Garden Notes

Short pieces on what goes wrong in Vancouver gardens and what to do about it. The hedge cut at the wrong time of year, the shrub that gets dug out because nobody cut it back two years ago, the plant fed at the wrong time of year. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to buy.

Pruning

Most pruning belongs in late winter, and the rest belongs in the few weeks after a shrub finishes flowering. The exceptions are where the money goes. A plain guide to the cuts that grow out, the cuts that do not, and a rough order for the year on this coast.

Darrell walks the garden with you, or he looks at your photographs and talks it through on the phone. Then he writes down what he found: what is wrong out there, what is behind it, what to do first and what can safely wait. The fee is the same whether you hire us afterwards or not, and the plan is yours to keep.