Virginia Cut Holly Production: Alternative Ground Cover
Before planting holly on your production site, consider the types of vegetation that already grow there. In order to reduce potential competition and maintenance problems, you may want to replace that vegetation with an alternative ground ... [... more]
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Walnut tree characteristics
Walnut is the common name given to twenty species of deciduous trees in the genus Juglans, of which six species are native to the United States. The black walnut, Juglans nigra, which is native to Virginia, grows from Maine west to southern ... [... more]
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Resources for Starting a Business:
Street Address (8th & Main Building): 707 E. Main Street, Suite 300, Richmond, Virginia 23219 The Virginia Small Business Development Center Network of the Virginia Department of Business Assistance coordinates an extensive network of centers ... [... more]
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Deciduous Tree Pruning Calendar
Avoid pruning in late winter/early spring due to sap flow (more cosmetic than detrimental) Avoid pruning from spring through summer due to insect or disease problems Avoid pruning from October - December due to reduced cold hardiness Publication ... [... more]
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Environmental influences
Planting trees in aboveground containers and planters is becoming a common practice on sites that are not suited for inground planting. Containers differ from raised planters in that they are usually smaller in volume and moveable, whereas ... [... more]
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Virginia Cut Holly Production: Pest Management
Author: Bonnie L. Appleton, Peter B. Schultz, Ann D. Spivey, and Susan C. French* Insects, diseases, animals and environmental conditions can all injure holly plants. Monitor your plants frequently, and when signs or symptoms appear, use a ... [... more]
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Trees for Problem Landscape Sites -- Wet and Dry Sites
To grow, all trees require air, light, water and nutrients. Some trees can survive over a wide range of climatic and soil conditions, whereas others are very site specific. Both wet and dry sites present establishment and growth challenges, ... [... more]
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A Guide to Successful Pruning, Pruning Deciduous Trees
Trees that shed their leaves annually are classified as deciduous. Before getting out your hand pruners, learn some basics about the anatomy, or supporting framework, of a deciduous tree. The above-ground part of a tree consists of the trunk, ... [... more]
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Handling Cut Sprays
Brilliant red berries make evergreen and deciduous hollies desirable as Christmas greenery. Cut holly berries and evergreen leaves are cold tolerant and retain much of their shape and color even when partially dry. Holly cultivars vary as to the ... [... more]
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Virginia Cut Holly Production: Orchard Layout and Planting
If you decide to grow either evergreen or deciduous hollies and have selected a location, plan the physical layout of your orchard. After designing the layout and prior to purchasing plants, prepare your land by plowing/disking, incorporating ... [... more]
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A Guide to Successful Pruning, Pruning Evergreen Trees
Evergreen trees have leaves that persist year round, and include most conifers and some broad-leaved trees. Evergreen trees generally need less pruning than deciduous trees. Conifers are distinguished from other plants by their needle or ... [... more]
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Trees for Problem Landscape Sites -- Trees for Hot Sites
Hot landscape sites require special consideration before trees are planted. Trees can survive, and even thrive, in hot sites if the site is prepared correctly, if heat-tolerant species are selected, and if the trees are properly maintained. A ... [... more]
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