Landscaping – Saving Old Plants
Q: We’ve just moved into a new home with nice landscaping. We’d would like to redo the landscape but I don’t want to clear cut everything. Are there any companies that would come and harvest existing plants for their own use?
A: Your heart is in the right place but I’m not sure any company would want your plants. A landscape company must guarantee the health of plants they install. That would be hard to do with your plants compared to what they could buy at a nursery. One idea would be to contact a local garden club and ask if anyone would like to rescue plants in your landscape. Master Gardeners (1-800-ASKUGA1) might be interested. Another possibility is to advertise their availability at www.freecycle.com. Your plants definitely have value to someone; don’t let them go to waste!
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Crapemyrtle – To Prune, Or Not To Prune
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Leylands – Spacing for a Privacy Screen
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Flowering Plants in Winter
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Virginia Buttonweed – Control
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Poison Sumac – Identification
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Pine straw – Weed control
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Yellownecked Caterpillars – Identification
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Fatsia – Blooming in December
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Fire Power Nandina – Not Coloring
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Ground Cherry – Identification
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