LANDSCAPING WITH EVERGREENS 
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trees in position. Sometimes, 
in this way, an improvement 
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Evergreen Foundation Planting The earth ball is wrapped in 
burlap and tied with a rope. 
This insures safe handling and less shock to the trees in transplanting. 
SOIL — A loose sandy loam, well drained is best. Subsoil taken from excavating 
basements should be replaced with good top soil. 
PEAT MOSS — is the greatest reservoir known for retaining moisture in the soil. 
We recommend mixing peat with soil at the rate of one-fourth peat moss and three- 
fourths good top soil. Mix this together thoroughly and use to fill in when planting 
Evergreens. Very helpful where soil is heavy and packs hard. 
FERTILIZER — Ordinarily Evergreens do well in our volcanic ash soil without the 
addition of fertilizer, however, applications of well composted cattle manure or 
commercial fertilizers containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash are bene- 
ficial in producing a better color. Fertilizers, organic and mineral, should be 
applied in the fall, around the plants and hoed into the soil, never coming into 
direct contact with the roots. 
WATERING — When planting, soak thoroughly. Sprinkling the top 2 or 3 inches 
of the soil does more harm than good. Remove the sprinkler from your hose, cut 
the stream down until the ground absorbs the water and is soaked thoroughly to a 
depth of 18 inches. Water in this manner until the ground freezes in the fall. 
Start to water early in the spring as it is our cold, drying winds in March and April 
that do so much damage. More plants die from lack of thorough watering than any 
other cause. | 
CULTIVATION — Between watering keep a layer of good loose earth several 
inches deep around the plants. This not only conserves the moisture, keeps the 
weeds and grasses down but greatly improves the appearance of your planting. 
SHEARING — is suggested to keep Evergreens within certain limits of size. This 
is not harmful to the plants and can be done at any time, thus keeping your Ever- 
green planting attractive for many years. 
A wide range of type and foilage in Evergreens can be found in our freshly dug, 
high altitude grown plants for Specimens, Entrance and Foundation plantings, 
Drives, Formal Gardens, Borders, Outdoor living rooms, Hedges, Window boxes, 
Windbreaks, etc. 
