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Looking for source for garden management/plant care
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Posted by remarkableearth OR (My Page) on Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 15:04
| For my residential landscape design clients, I am looking for a US-based internet source for monthly/seasonal plant care advice that I can sign clients up for so clients can manage their new gardens.
I have found one such service through www.shoot.com, but it is UK-based.
Does anyone know of a source for such internet-based service based here in the US?
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RE: Looking for source for garden management/plant care
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| Correction to my previous posting on this subject: the website I identified is not www.shoot.com, it is www.shootgardening.co.uk. Sorry for any confusion! |
RE: Looking for source for garden management/plant care
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| Since this is such a vast country with a great many different climates and growing conditions - 11 different hardiness zones - I doubt you will find a database that will satisfactorily address what to do when uniformly for all areas. For example, the timing on when to prune roses will differ dramatically depending on whether you are located in California, Connecticut or Arkansas. Some plants will require winter protection in certain areas but be perfectly happy in winter conditions elsewhere. Same thing for lawn care - cool season turf grasses require different maintenance approaches than do warm season grasses common to the more southern areas. Lots of designers, myself included, prepare maintenance schedules of varying complexity as part of the design package for clients that may require them. It is pretty easy to construct a simple database yourself based on your typical plant palette or month by month. And for the west coast, Sunset magazine has a monthly garden checklist included with every issue that is quite helpful. Since this publication is tailored by region, a subscription will assure the clients get the correct info for their location. |
RE: Looking for source for garden management/plant care
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| I agree with your insights about regional climate differences, and as a Sunset magazine subscriber, I can attest to its helpfulness in planning for garden maintenance. But since I have thousands of plants at my disposal in designing a client's garden, I am hopeful there is a regional resource which could help. My experience is limited to those I have grown in my own garden. Advice, though, from outside sources such as Sunset is easy to come by. The website I mentioned, shootgardening.com, seems to be the best fit for such tailored advice since the regional climates between England and Portland are similar enough. Perhaps I should include a subscription to Sunset as a value-added service to my clients! |
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