SHRUBS & BUSHES

🌱 Improving Your Soil Healthy soil = healthy plants. It’s the foundation of gardening success. ✅ Better watering & fertilizing ✅ Stronger plants & bigger blooms ✅ Ongoing investment in your garden 🔍 Why Test Soil? Soil testing is the first step to improving your garden. A soil test will: 🧱 Identify soil type (clay, sandy, etc.) 🌿 Reveal nutrient or micronutrient deficiencies ⚖️ Pinpoint soil pH (acidic or alkaline) 📍 Soil testing available at: Oklahoma County Extension

TLC’s March Checklist & Pruning Guide Early in the month, you still have time to plant cool-season vegetable crops. Plants and seeds are available now: Potato | onion | asparagus | beet | broccoli | cabbage | carrot | cauliflower | kohlrabi | lettuce | onion | peas | potato | radish | rhubarb | spinach | swiss chard | turnip This is a great time to plant shade, fruit and nut trees, as well as grapes and other berries. Plant shrubs, perennials and herbs now, but check with you

Plant Selection Choose your tree or shrub based on your landscape needs, like flowering, evergreen, screening, hedge, shade or border. Be sure to consider the ultimate size of each plant – which tends to be different in Oklahoma than what you’ll read on a generic label. Speak with a TLC Expert for guidance in selecting the proper tree for your location. Call OKIE Call OKIE at 811 to have your utility lines marked before planting. This service is free of charge, but takes 48 h

The Facts Height: 2′ – 4′ Spread: 1.5′ – 3′ Sun: Full Sun Water: Medium Soil: Well-Drained Growth Rate: Fast Agastache, sometimes known as hyssop or hummingbird mint, is a native of the Midwest and Great Plains regions. Because of this, it thrives in Oklahoma’s climate. As a member of the mint family the foliage carries a slight fragrance to it. While there are many varieties and color of Agastache to choose from, most will grow to reach 2 – 4’ tall and spread 1.5 – 3’ wide.

Summer flowering shrubs provide color to the landscape in the hot, dog days of summer. Most of these shrubs begin blooming in June and continue to blossom into October. They’re critical allies to have if you value continuous sequence of bloom. These deciduous flowering shrubs are easy to grow and have been favorites for a long time. They are tough, durable, and will tolerate a wide range of conditions. They will grow in full sun or part shade, but require a minimum of 6 hours

With immense flower heads, hydrangeas flaunt an old-fashioned charm that is hard to resist. Colors also beguile with clear blues, vibrant pinks, frosty whites, lavender, and rose—sometimes all blooming on the same plant! Unrivaled in the shrub world, these elegant ladies are easy to cultivate, tolerate almost any soil, resistant to most pests and diseases, and produce flowers in mid-summer through fall. Hydrangeas are excellent for a range of garden sites from group plantings

Vigorous Vines Vines do double-duty in a garden. Flowers and foliage make them spectacular vertical accents to train on a fence, trellis, wall, or tree trunk. Create summer shade on a porch with a string trellis covered with vines. Use vines to cover a blank, dull wall or cover a fence. Vines can screen an eyesore or for privacy, Plant vines on an open pergola frame or arbor to create a cool, shaded retreat and give the garden elegant architecture at the same time. Some vines

Spring Flowering shrubs burst upon landscape when we need them most. Fulfilling the promise of spring these shrubs provide floral color after Old Man Winter’s icy grip. Deciduous spring flowering shrubs are the easiest group of shrubs to grow and have been favorites for a long time. They are tough, durable, and will tolerate a wide range of conditions. They will grow in full sun or part shade, but require a minimum of 6 hours of sun in order to produce flowers. Once establish

When is the best time to transplant roses? It is best to transplant existing planted roses in February or March while they are dormant. Container grown roses can be planted at any time, but March through May is the best. Where should roses be planted? Roses must receive at least six or more hours of direct sunlight each day. The soil must be well drained, so no tight clay and no standing water. They must have good air circulation, so plant them a minimum of three feet away fr