Tip of the Week: A Million Trees? Try This New Planting Method
Posted in Gardening Tips on February 1st, 2010 by Sonia Uyterhoeven – Be the first to comment |
Sonia Uyterhoeven is Gardener for Public Education. |
One of the highest arts or noblest feats in life is to put new and ambitious ideas into practice. New Yorkers were promised “a million trees” to green the city, combat greenhouse gases, and improve the quality of life. Can it be done? Thanks to some phenomenal research by the Urban Horticulture Institute at Cornell University that makes planting street trees easier, the answer from the horticultural side of the equation is “yes.”
Trees are sold three ways—balled and burlapped (B&B, see photo), container grown, or bare root. They all have their advantages and disadvantages when it comes time to plant. read more »