Lets talk a bit about trees , The Japanese Maple or Acer palmatum , Has brilliant ,delicate foliage that can come in reds or greens. Many don’t realize that many of the maple tree varieties come from Asia. There are well over 200 different varieties, all are great hardwood trees that are valuable for shade , wood and ornament .
The Japanese Maple has many varieties itself , some are small , you can grow them in pots and prune them into beautiful specimens, most are considered average size for trees, 15 to 25 feet.
If left to grow on there own they will grow into an umbrella like shape.
Many of the Japanese Maples cannot withstand severely cold winters without help. They do best in zones 3-10 ,Refer to our climate map in the blog section of our website , www.watchusgrow.com
They like the sunlight but prefer to have a location that has some shade especially during the midday hours, also shelter from strong winds is recommended .
They also can tolerate average soil but prefer fertile soil, if the soil is not very fertile it is helpful to top dress around the base yearly with compost and some bonemeal in the fall. When planting a new balled and burlapped Japanese Maple , be sure to dig the hole twice as wide and half again as deep as the ball, mix in some compost and peat moss with the soil and tamp down well. You may want to help the freshly planted tree by supporting the trunk with lines that are parallel and attached to stakes. We also recommend watering in the fresh planting with a mixture of 1 ounce of Watch Us Grow all purpose liquid plant food to 1 gallon of water . And be sure to keep the tree watered in its first year after planting
In our opinion orchids rank among some of nature’s most beautiful flowers. Once you understand their basic needs it’s easy to grow them yourself. Most
Most everyone has heard of the Venus Flytrap ,(Dionaea muscipula) We just wanted to give you some facts and myths about this unique plant. You
The Crown of Thorns or some refer to it as the Christ Plant is thought by many to be a succulent, but it is not
Lets talk a bit about trees , The Japanese Maple or Acer palmatum , Has brilliant ,delicate foliage that can come in reds or greens.
The Iceland Poppy or Papaver Nudicaule is a biennial that will give you a long lasting show of flowers all summer long.. The Iceland Poppy
Balloon Flower or Platycodon Grandiflorus is a hardy perennial, that will have your summer garden popping with large blossoms in a number of pastel shades.
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About Stephen Follett Company… Our company has its roots on a farm outside the Village of Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, where in 1952 our founder, botanist and horticulturist Stephen Follett, began production of his newly developed liquid plant food concentrate Follett’s Watch Us Grow®.
He spent the previous decade experimenting with various compounds of fertilizers, trace elements and other organic and inorganic materials to find a formula that would foster healthier and better plant growth. He based his studies on the ancient idea of foliar feeding; the theory that plants can absorb nutrients through leaves, branches, stems, buds, fruits and even flowers as well as its root system. After years of trial and error, Mr. Follett perfected his gentle 8-8-8 liquid formula . . . a 256 to 1 concentrate of three major elements (nitrogen, phosphorus and potash) and five micronutrients (boron, copper, iron, manganese and zinc) plus his proprietary compound Fol-Ade® which contains eight ingredients that react on the elemental plant foods in the formula.
Since his death in 1992 at the age of 81, Mr. Follett’s grandson Phil Faustini has run the 50 year old family business. Few things have changed over the years. We’re still located on a farm a few miles from where the company started and the Watch Us Grow formula remains the same. We just don’t see any reason to tamper with something that works so darn well on everything — flowers, shrubs, trees, grasses, vegetables, fruits and house plants. Mr. Follett, known for his sense of humor, jokingly said in his later years, “why it works so well is my little secret, but I think plants grow up to get away from the stuff.” He did share his secret but only with his family. We’re glad he did. You will be, too.
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