Landscaping Ideas for a Beautiful Yard : Tips for Pruning Shrubs

Pruning shrubs is an essential skill for gardeners, get expert tips and advice on plants, yards, and gardening in this free video.

Expert: Carolyn Holt
Bio: Carolyn Holt owns her own landscaping business, Carolyn's Gardens, and has been a professional landscaper for over 30 years. She also has a degree in horticulture.

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[cesna6]

love to your video on yardcrazy com

[bj616]

Musa acuminata or Dwarf Cavendish. We grow Bananas outdoors on our island, the species is Musa basjoo. I planted mine 20 years ago. Others that can grow outdoors are Musa sikkimensis, Musella lasiocarpa, M. rajapuri and Itenerans.

[bj616]

There are microclimates in every garden and region. Climatic growing zones will merge into one another. There are warm and cold pockets in every garden. I garden on a slope approx. 900'ft from the Pacific Ocean. On the top part of my slope I grow the most tender exotic plants and at the bottom the hardier species because cold air is like water as it runs downhill. I live on a small Island off of the west coast of Canada and we can litterally grow jungle gardens here.

[thetank10000]

that last time I checked, that plant is a basil

[SBrocksGH]

Neat video, very informative. I like how you can see the before and after. It looks like its getting a hair cut. Cute cat too!!! :o)

[likecards]

This year I focused on shrubs. I planted 15 in the front of my house after I removed the old. I have planted hundreds of perennials in my yard and friends keep bringing me more. I have no more room as a result.

[likecards]

I am growing a banana tree inside my house. It is a dwarf variety.

[likecards]

I live in Winnipeg. That is in Manitoba. Yes we can certainly grow many trees here. I just don't have any more room to grow them as I have 6 mature American Elms on my lot which take up all the space.

[joshallen1984]

I am from the southeast, and most of the perennials we study probably wouldnt grow very cold climates. But im sure there is a variety of perennials that will grow.

[likecards]

Well I don't have a degree in horticultrure but I do know a lot about plants. Most people come to me for advice. My friend is growing a japinese maple tree in her house since it is zone 5. We can get away with some things in zone 4 in certain miroclimates but not all. I have too many trees in my lot to plant more. I have 6 American Elms that were here when I bought the house. I like the shade they provide.