Deep Root Watering & Tree Care Blog

How to Plant a Butterfly Bush

Butterfly bush

Looking to add a beautiful shrub to your yard?

Would you like to attract butterflies to your yard?

While the weather gets colder and the sky is becoming grayer, you may find yourself dreaming about summer. Today, we want to dream with you. We have found a little gem and wanted to share how to plant it with you.

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How to Care For Poinsettias This Holiday Season

How to Care For Poinsettias This Holiday Season

Would you like to keep your poinsettias alive this holiday season?

Are you wondering how often you should be watering your poinsettias?

Poinsettias are one of those classic holiday plants, aren’t they? Today is Wednesday which means it is time for Beginner Gardening Wednesday. This is our series it which we provide gardening tips and tricks that will turn even the greenest thumb into a gardener. Today, we are focusing on keeping the classic holiday plant, the poinsettia alive.

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How to Save Money by Growing Your Own Holiday Gifts

Myrtus - Also known as a true myrtle

Myrtus – Also known as a true myrtle

Do you often purchase plants to give as gifts during the holiday season?

Would you like to give plants that you’ve grown yourself?

Yes, you can grow your own Christmas gifts. Imagine, going over to your in-laws with a beautiful myrtus. Your mother-in-law jaw drops, you smile and your husband proudly explains how you grew this plant that signifies love and friendship yourself.

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December Gardening Tips and Tricks

December Gardening Tips

It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.”
~John Burroughs,
“Winter Sunshine”

It is amazing that we are already into the month of December. Welcome back to Beginner Gardening Wednesday. This is our Wednesday series where we publish tips and tricks that will help even the greenest thumb grow a beautiful garden.

The holiday’s are here and your garden may be one of the last things on your mind. Before you head inside for good, there are a few things left to do in your yard. Make sure to bookmark this page and come back to it all month long for December gardening tips.

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How to Care For Your Christmas Tree

Christmas tree care

Have you already put up your Christmas tree this year?

Does your living room have a fresh smell of Christmas?

We hope you had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving weekend. Now that Thanksgiving weekend is over, it is finally time to start talking about Christmas. Doesn’t it feel like you have to get through Thanksgiving before you can start listening to Christmas music or put up your tree?

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Michigan’s 2013 Christmas Tree is Lit and Ready

Michigan Blue Spruce

What tree was chosen for Michigan’s Christmas tree this year?

Do you know how many trees have been chosen from the Upper Peninsula?

Michigan’s 2013 Christmas tree has been chosen, delivered to the state capital and is now decorated and lit. Michigan is a state full of evergreen trees and for the last 28 Christmases, trees have been chosen to represent the state. This year the tree that was chosen was a 71-foot blue spruce.

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3 Reasons to Be Thankful for Rootwell Product Inc.’s Aeration Tubes

3 Reasons to Be Thankful for Rootwell Product Inc.’s Aeration Tubes

Have you struggled to keep your trees alive?

Are you spending more money replanting your trees every few years because they continue to die on you?

With tomorrow being Thanksgiving, we couldn’t help ourselves taking the time to give thanks. This is such a great time of year because instead of being too busy, we celebrate the good things in life. One of the reasons why we here at Rootwell Products Inc. are so thankful is our aeration tube, the Rootwell Pro318.

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How to Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays with Monkshood

monkshood

Are you looking for the perfect fall perennial?

Would you like to add stunning beautiful blue flowers to your fall garden?

This week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. I love taking the time to stop and be thankful. I love eating amazing food and I love being around family. While sometimes family coming over causes more stress than we would like, there is still time to get your home ready to host everyone.

Today, we are talking about getting your home ready for the holidays by looking into a perennial that is sure to stop your in-laws in their tracks. In addition, this perennial isn’t as well known, so it gives your garden an edge. The perennial we are talking about is called Monkshood.

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Ornamental Grasses – All You Wanted To Know About Switchgrass

Ornamental Grasses

Are you looking to add something special to your lawn?

Would you like to plant ornamental grasses that brings something all year long?

Switchgrass is an ornamental grass that has a lot of benefits. First, it can help keep your lawn low maintenance. It can also add something extra special to your landscape all year long. This grass even made it on to our 5 Fall Perennials for Perfect Fall Color.

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