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ACORNS AND BRANCHES OF A PUSCH N O R WAY SPRUCE.
TIPS FROM “ THE GARDENER GUY®” PA U L J A M E S ’ I D E A S F O R S P R I N G P L A N T I N G
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THE CONIFER S E C T I O N AT SOUTHWOOD L ANDSCAPE F E AT U R E S MANY
aul James is the television host of “In the Garden” which airs Saturday mornings on KJRH. Many of us know this hometown boy as “The Gardener Guy®” from the HGTV show called Gardening by the Yard which aired for 19 seasons. Scenes for his show were often filmed in his own backyard as well as Southwood Landscape and Garden Center in Tulsa. Now, James is the marketing manager at Southwood, so who better to ask what’s new in home gardening? “Most of what I know about gardening comes from digging the dirt for 40 years,” said James who holds a master-gardener certification and studied botany, plant physiology and pathology in college. “March is a great month for planting ornamentals
including trees, shrubs and perennials. But this year, consider trying something different to keep the landscape interesting even if it means moving or removing a plant that’s been in the same spot for years to make room for something new.” James says that he gets bored with the same look year and year and moving plants is actually quite simple. “There are a lot of plants that I wish more people would try. I’m a huge fan of evergreen conifers and I think they’re extremely underused,” said James. “They have a way of making an otherwise dull deciduous landscape come alive in the dead of winter.” A number of dwarf varieties are available the easily fit into a small garden or even that perfect spot in a large garden.
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Tulsa Lifestyle | March 2017
A LIT TLE S TAT U A R Y, BIRD FEEDER O R WAT E R F O U N TA I N . THIS LIT TLE PUP CAN BE F O U N D AT L ANDSCAPE
EVERGREEN YOUR G ARDEN.
WITHOUT
SOUTHWOOD
VA R I E T I E S O F PL ANTS FOR
NO GARDEN IS COMPLETE
AND GARDEN D WA R F G L O B E B L U E S P R U C E CAN LIVEN YOUR G ARDEN.
CENTER.