#9 - All About That Grass

06/27/20 • 27 min

Landscape Alaska - Conversations with Alaska Gardeners

Some more tips on taming the constantly growing grass, planting on vertical surfaces, a little about roses, experimenting with imported plants and advice on eradicating the rhododendron munching root weevils and of course much, much more!

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#8 - Summer Solstice Sunshine

On this rainy Southeast Alaskan day - on the cusp of the solstice - we talk about keeping your endlessly growing lawns at bay, lilac pruning, what's causing the holes in your Rhododendrun leaves (and what you use to stop it), what grass types are best grown in our climate and more!

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#10 - The Next Phase of Summer

The plants and trees understand that the days are starting to get shorter, so they will begin the process of preparing for another long southeast Alaskan winter - storing food and producing new growth sprouts that will flourish next spring. We talk a bit about that and a little about pruning, fertilizing, dead-heading, we have a short conversation about a Maple tree issue - and of course so much more!