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General Gardening Tips

• Fall is a great time to plant trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials, grass seed and sod. Plants that are planted in the fall enjoy cooler temperatures and ideal growing conditions that allow roots ample time to grow into the surrounding soil. Beaver Bark Gift & Garden Center carries only the healthiest, most beautiful plants from the country's finest growers.
• Plants and trees that provide color and interest in the month of November include camellia, nandina, pyracantha, red twig dogwood, birches, coral bark maple and Harry Lauder's walking stick.
• Ornamental grasses provide wonderful interest at this time of year.
• Spring blooming fall bulbs are in stock and now is the time to plant them. Plant iris, tulips, crocus, daffodils and many others for glorious spring color.
• Do not prune azaleas, rhododendrons and other spring flowering shrubs because they have already set their buds for next year's blooms. If you feel these shrubs do need to be pruned, however, you can prune them now, but you will sacrifice next spring flowers.
• Time to feed your plants with a good quality slow release plant food. We recommend fertilizing perennials and flowering shrubs and trees with Beaver BarkFlowering Plant Food. This custom blended plant food contains slow-release nitrogen, sulfate of potash, iron and other micro-nutrients for overall plant growth and development.
• We recommend feeding evergreens (hollies, boxwoods and yews) and deciduous trees (maples, oaks and ash) with Beaver Bark Tree & Shrub Food. This product contains slow-release nitrogen, sulfate of potash, iron and other micro-nutrients for overall plant growth and development.
• Time to transplant peonies or divide them if you wish to multiply your plants.
• Time to divide and transplant any of your perennials if necessary.

Lawns

• November is a great time to fertilize the lawn. We recommend using Beaver Bark Premium 26-4-12 or Merrifield Select 14-18-14 for feeding your lawn this fall.
• You can still overseed established lawns in November, but in all likelihood the seed will germinate next spring.
• November is a great time to lime the lawn if needed to raise the pH level of the soil. You can lime, fertilize and seed your lawn all in the same day.
• Now is also a good time to control weeds growing in the lawn, however you cannot weed kill and seed at the same time.

Tips on applying weed killer:

• Do not apply weed controls on newly seeded areas.
• Do not apply weed controls on windy days.
• Do not apply weed controls near or on the edge of waterways.
• Do not apply weed controls when temperatures are above 85 degrees F.
• Do not allow children or pets to play on lawns freshly applied with weed controls. Wait until weed control is dry if you applied a liquid weed killer. If you applied a granular weed control, wait one week.
• Always check the label of weed control products and follow the labeling instructions.

Fruit and Vegetable Gardens

• Remove all old vines of beans, squash, etc. to the compost pile and then spade or till the garden. Sow winter rye and do not mow it.
• You can apply a dormant spray on fruit trees in November but make sure the temperature is above freezing at the time of application.

House Plants

• Time to re-pot root bound houseplants to a larger pot. Use Beaver Bark Potting Mix when repotting houseplants.
• Fertilize your houseplants with Jack's Classic or Osmocote through November, and then slow down your feeding until February.
• All tropical plants should be back indoors by now.

Water Gardens

• Cover the pool with pond netting to keep leaves from falling into the pond.
• Remove dead foliage off of plants and set on the bottom of the pool.

Additional Information

For more information to help you garden more easily and successfully, stop into the garden center.

November Reminders:

• Stop by Beaver Bark Gift & Garden Center and pick-up a beautiful plant or decoration for your Thanksgivings day gathering
• Stop by and get great decorating ideas as you enjoy refreshments.
• Poinsettias and holiday plants arrive in late November.