How to Landscape With Pine Trees in Colorado - eHow.com_2830

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Dig holes with a shovel that are just as deep as the root balls of your pine trees, and twice as wide. Space holes at least 20 feet apart and away from buildings, the street or the driveway. If planting in rows,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, stagger the spacing and space rows 20 feet apart.
                     
                  
                     
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Plant pine trees in October or November in Colorado, while the trees are dormant and before the ground freezes. Purchase several varieties of pine for variation in texture, height, shape and color. Buy saplings that are less than 5 years old and less than 5 feet tall.
Pour half a bucket of water in each hole. If it does not drain quickly, amend the soil with equal parts peat and organic garden soil to improve drainage. Plant each pine, backfilling with dirt and pressing it firmly against root balls to eliminate air spaces around the roots. Finish each planting with a bucket of water.
Choose an area on your property that needs a "living screen." It can be between you and a neighbor's property or fronting your street. It can be along your driveway, or on the northwest side of your house. Whatever you choose, make sure this area gets full sun, and if you're asking the pines to double as a windbreak, be sure to plant them where they can block the prevailing wind.
Continue watering every other day until the ground freezes to help encourage new growth in the roots before winter sets in. Fertilize in spring with evergreen spikes,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, following package directions for the size and age of the pine.
How to Landscape With Pine Trees in Colorado | You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
               
               
               
Among the 35 species of pine found in North America, several are particularly suited to Colorado's cold, snowy winters and high elevation. Ponderosa pine, in particular,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, is native to Colorado. Bristlecone,You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, limber and lodgepole pines are also possibilities for the home landscape. Plant them in staggered rows to provide a living screen at the edge of your property that will double as a labor-saving windbreak, preventing deep, high snowdrifts in winter.
               
            
         
      
      
      
      
            
      
         
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