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BY KENNER LOVE
Extension Agent, ANR
Crop & Soil Sciences
The following are February tips for gardeners. Anyone desiring more information and needing answers to gardening questions should call the Rappahannock Extension Office at 675-3619.
• If bird feeding has been a favorite activity this winter, order trees and shrubs that provide cover and small fruits for your feathered friends. Consider species such as crabapple, hawthorn, holly, dogwood, and pyracantha that can help lure hungry birds from cultivated fruits, if planted on the opposite side of the yard.
• Deciduous trees with narrow crotch angles (such as Bradford pear) are more susceptible to snow damage than are trees with widebranching angles as they have poor structure across the angle.
• Ice damage to woody plants occurs when high winds break heavily coated branches. Evergreens are more susceptible to snow damage than are deciduous plants as they have more foliage surface for snow accumulation.
• Trees with large cavities in their trunks should be evaluated yearly as to whether or not they should be removed for safety reasons. When a cavity takes up over 75 percent of a limb or trunk, the wood could give way anytime.
• Shrubs for spring planting should be ordered now. Bare root, deciduous types should be planted while still dormant, about one month before the average date of the last frost in your area. Hardy, container-grown and balled and burlapped shrubs may be
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