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Except for the strictly yellow forsythia, ornamentals come in a wide range of colors, Heider says.
When selecting an ornamental, a person should look for “good healthy color in the foliage; make sure that there isn’t any scarring or breaking in the stems; new growth, indicating that it is a healthy plant,” Thomas says.
Woody ornamentals planted this spring will bloom this spring, Thomas says.
As long as you use a lot of organic matter -- peat moss in the soil -- and mulch heavily care of ornamentals is not difficult, Heider says. Flowering almonds and hydrangeas are susceptible to flower blight, and any of the flowering trees “can get insects on them easily,” Heider says.
But if we don t have a wet spring and a really humid summer it's not that bad. she says. “Last summer was very bad."
To plant ornamentals, “mix up about two-thirds peat moss to one-third your soil. And plant about an eighth of the root ball above soil level,” Heider says.
Plant-specific fertilizers should be used to maintain the proper pH in the soil, Thomas says.
During dry summer weather, ornamentals should be watered twice a week, Heider says.
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