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Mistletoe – Where Did It Go?

Mistletoe – second to the Christmas tree, it is the staple yuletide plant. Songs are written about it, doors adorned with it and kisses won under it, but this seasonal decoration and great matchmaker is under threat, it is believed. The RHS is awash with rumours that the fabled mistletoe is in steady decline, with […]

Trees For Small Gardens

Last week we gave you information on proper pruning techniques and its many benefits, however even the most dedicated maintenance cannot make a large tree suitable for a small garden, and this week we address this with a list of smaller trees that are ideally suited to such a calling. All of them are rated […]

WHY TREE PRUNNING IS NEEDED?

The basic objective of pruning is to maintain physiologically healthy, aesthetically attractive and environmentally safe plants. Pruning also stimulates fruit and flower production and increases the value of the timber. Pruning of tree is a horticultural practice. It aids in alteration of forms of the plants and shrubs and restrains the unwanted growth. Considering it […]

Why utmost tree care is indispensable?

The living organisms are broadly divided to Flora and Fauna, both mutually dependent since the very creation of the living earth. Trees are essential to human beings, because they are major provider of food and oxygen. Only trees are gifted with chlorophyll that helps them to make their own food aided by sun light. But […]

Why Tree Care Needed? Beneficial aspects

Trees, hedges or shrubs, if left to grow at their natural growing potentialities are likely to defeat the very purpose for which they are being grown in gardens; Aesthetic look. Optimal thinning is a must to keep the trees healthy as well as to exhibit the desired shape and design. Tree trimming is the one […]