The Time To Clean Up Peonies
Before peony leaves dry and fall off, cut the stems as low as possible without injuring the dormant buds. As the leaves are cut, put them in a basket and burn them to destroy any disease that they may be harboring. A few stakes set teepee-fashion over the plants will mark their location and prevent damage from uninvited traffic.
There is no particular hurry in planting tulips since they can successfully be set either this month or next, but any late arrivals of narcissus should be planted as soon as possible.
October is usually a choice month for planting evergreens. Since the persistent evergreen foliage allows some plant activity even during the winter months, evergreens do not attain the high degree of dormancy found here in the deciduous plants which shed their leaves in fall. When a deciduous plant is being moved, the top growth is usually trimmed back to better establish the relation between it and the root system which has been partially depleted in the digging process.
This practice is a definite aid in transplanting deciduous stock but is a method seldom used when moving evergreens in October, since the pruned tree would probably appear stiff and thin of foliage, and would fail to do its part in the landscape picture. Roots of deciduous plants which have become partially dry during transplanting, will frequently recover if well planted and given plenty of water just like watering bromeliad. In contrast, the roots of evergreens which have been allowed to dry to cause the resinous sap to harden, apparently do not recover from any amount of watering. If you do not know how to water bromeliad and evergreens, you can visit to the nearest nursery of ask some gardener.
The preceding comparisons between evergreens and deciduous plants tend to prove the necessity for digging evergreens carefully with generous sized balls of earth about their roots and burlapping them firmly to insure proper handling without danger of loss often resulting from loose, broken balls.
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