Michael McGroarty

About Michael McGroarty

Michael J. McGroarty is the author of this article. Visit his most interesting website, http://www.freeplants.com and sign up for his excellent gardening newsletter.  mcplants@sbcglobal.net

Tips for Preparing a Planting Bed

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Date Posted: October 30, 2005

Spring Planting Tips

Spring means that the garden centers are packed with people, and car trunks are packed with plants. Everybody has dirt on their knees, dirt under their nails, and is excited about gardening.
Date Posted: October 30, 2005

Lawn Care Tips

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Date Posted: October 28, 2005

How to Grow Ornamental Grasses

Ornamental grasses have become extremely popular in the past ten years or so, and if you buy them at a garden center they are kind of pricey. Learning how to grow them yourself is actually quite easy.
Date Posted: October 11, 2005

Using the Propagation Technique Known as Budding to Grow Beautiful Ornamental Trees

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Date Posted: October 10, 2005

Pruning Weeping Cherry Trees and Other Grafted and Budded Plants

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Date Posted: October 07, 2005

Training Beautiful Flowering Shrubs into Unique Ornamental Trees

There is nothing more beautiful than a flowering shrub in full bloom, except maybe a flowering shrub in full bloom that has been trained to grow as a single stem tree.
Date Posted: October 03, 2005

Fertilizing to Create More Blossoms on Your Flowers, Flowering Shrubs and Trees

The secret to making your flowering trees, shrubs, annuals, and perennials bloom more is in the numbers. All fertilizers have analysis numbers on the package. These numbers represent the percentage of each chemical the fertilizer contains.For...
Date Posted: October 01, 2005

Weed Control Facts - Winning the Battle of the Weeds

Keeping your landscape plantings, flower beds, and nursery crops free of weeds is a battle, but if you approach it with a strategic plan, you will prevail.
Date Posted: September 30, 2005

How to Grow Flowering Dogwood Trees from Seed

Flowering Dogwood trees can be easily grown from seed, however 99.9999% of the seedlings that sprout will be Cornus Florida, which is White Flowering Dogwood.
Date Posted: September 30, 2005