Winter Pruning

Hey everyone, just a little reminder from your Greenlife garden maintenance staff. Now is a great time to do some winter pruning on your trees and woody shrubs. You don't want to do all of them however, because some bloom on last seasons growth (lilacs) and some can't recover from the pruning wound during the winter (yews).

Here are a couple tips and things to look for when pruning:

- Look for crossing branches, and prune one of them
- Look for branches that are occupying the same space
- Look for branches that are rubbing against each other
- Look for diseased or broken branches and remove them

It's also good to just take a step back and look at the overall shape of the tree or shrub. I know that I can get so focused on one area, and then I'll step back and see some lopsided and weird looking shrubs. We like to keep our plant material looking as natural as if you found it in nature.

If you have any pruning questions, just leave a comment or feel free to give us a call at 402-593-7651

brett w koehn
project manager

Inspiration For Winter

Around this time of year we at Greenlife Gardens start to get very excited about sunny days and spring flowers. To help us stay motivated here are some good winter reads:

1. Garden Design, magazine
2. Dwell, magazine
3. Garden Masterclass by John Brookes
4. Gardening with Nature by James Van Sweden
5. Azure, magazine

Really, any book or magazine that allows us to dream about gardens and architecture are helpful and insightful.

Cory Wehrbein