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   News You Can Use
 Home>News Archive>2011>January>News You Can Use>
Nutritionist offers suggestions for American Heart Month
(Distributed 01/26/11) February is American Heart Month, and women throughout America will again wear red on the first Friday in February to raise awareness of heart disease.

Floribundas offer lower-maintenance rose option
(Distributed 01/21/11) Landscape shrubs roses like the popular Knock Out varieties are all the rage in the rose world right now, but we have a number of other great landscape shrub roses that can be considered.

Avoid tree planting mistakes
(Distributed 01/14/11) Louisiana Arbor Day is the third Friday in January. But many home gardeners and landscape professionals plant shade trees during the fall and winter months. People are learning that this is the proper time of the year to plant, but improper planting practices sometimes present issues regarding the long-term landscape success of these trees.

Prune shrubs properly
(Distributed 01/07/11) Proper pruning is one of the most neglected and misunderstood of all gardening practices, yet it is one of the most important best management practices in a residential or commercial landscape when done properly.