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  • February Garden Activities from Your Towns-Union MGEVs

    Trees and Shrubs – Forsythia and quince are easy to force into bloom indoors.Cut branches when the buds show a touch of color and place them in a vase ofwater. They should bloom within a week or so.February is a good month to plant and transplant trees and shrubs.Prune flowering shrubs that flower before May…

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  • January Garden Activities from Towns-Union MGEVs

    Trees and Shrubs – For winter interest in your landscape, birch trees, crapemyrtle, deciduous magnolia, coral bark maple, kousa and red-twig dogwood,stewartia, and trident maple all have interesting bark.For winter blooms, plant flowering quince, witch hazel, and leatherleaf mahonia.Prune trees and shrubs while they are dormant with the exception of those thatbloom in the spring.…

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  • Garden Activities from Your Towns-Union Master Gardener Extension Volunteers – Whole year

    January Trees and Shrubs – For winter interest in your landscape, birch trees, crapemyrtle, deciduous magnolia, coral bark maple, kousa and red-twig dogwood,stewartia, and trident maple all have interesting bark.For winter blooms, plant flowering quince, witch hazel, and leatherleaf mahonia.Prune trees and shrubs while they are dormant with the exception of those thatbloom in the…

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