Expires Nov 30/00 Complimentary in-home consultation with our ~ designer, Mary Ip call hotline (604) 461-3940 CAPILANO cusTOM 1629 Marine Dr. North Van. INTERIORS. 985-7200 T am often asked the question, “When is the best time to transplant a large shrub or plant a new tree?” With so many micro. cli- mates and wide fluctuations in the weather from year to vear, it is difficult to give specitic dates. The best answer I can give is to observe your own environment and watch for the vine or Japanese maple leaves to fall. When the leaves are down it is safe to move almost any shrub OF tree. In most areas on the North Shore the leaves have fallen so this is a goud time. to think HELPING THE WORLD _ WRITE NOW _ _ Self-sufficiency through “""fiteracy.in the developing world For information, call 1-800-661-2633 : Gallant Kachen & Bath recently opened “Marine drive, next to. Country furniture in North Vancouver. Gary: Worked as an independent edntractor for © Thunderbird Home Centres for well ever a decade, renovating kichens and bats is bis special, butasa “ consumer he oesn't expect i tobe ; Courtesy ‘af BO Rail plus hourl hie Adults $5, t door. iced nion/Youth Ste fron sah rely nae amily $Ut Da eiiiieds sila sow it grows about new trees for your gar- den. The soil is still relatively warm and the tree, if planted now, Will start to put on some new root growth before spring, giving it a head start at the beginning of the growing sea- son. Choosing the right tree for a small garden gives both scale and balance and provides a focal point to the design around which other plats can be added. Planting the wrong tree can be a costly mistake ifit has to be cut.down after a few years because. it has become too large. Choose a tree that has an interesting shape or form and one which is not going to be too big at matunty for the space you have given it. Decide F you want an’ evergreen - or deciduous variety.” Evergreens are great for privacy but most deciduous trees tend to be bet- ter bloomers and provide more interest throughout the year. %. ‘ GORCORDE WINTER TR. || Value priced winter radia! | GoopfYEaR | Goodyear's newest winter radial - + pinned for studs. : sé garden trees They preduce vibrant new apple green leaves in the spring, shade and form in the summer, colourful leaves in the fall and possibly an intricate branch structure for a snow display in the winter. Trees that are disease resis- fant and) require minimum Mmuintenance are good choices. Native dogwoods and some of the ornamental apples and cherries are lovely trees but are far foo prone to disease in our damp climate. At this time of the year you can buy trees grown in pots or fieldgrown trees that have been dug with their reot ball rapped and tied in burlap (B & Boor ball and burlap). Young trees in pots are generally soid bv height) whereas. the more mature fidld-grown trees are sold by calliper (diameter of trunk). The price goes up exponentially as the tree increases in height or diameter. Give considerable thought to the location before planting, your tree. Dig a hole twice as jarge as the root ball, removing, all targe reots and rocks. Mix the ‘soil from’ the hole with’ compost on a tWo-to-one, ratio and place enough of the new. mix back in the hole to create a mound chat will raise the top of the root ball to be flush with the ground. Holding the trunk in au upright position, fill the rest of the hole with the new ULTRA GKIP mix, Umping as vou proceed. Frees that are more than two metres high should be staked and secured for the first two years until their roots become well established. Using. wo sharpened two-foot-high stakes, drive one in on cach side of the root ball being careful not to skewer the roots. Tie the tree trunk to the stakes using belting, fabric or old hose. Make sure the trunk has a litde bit of freedom to move as it would in nature. DO NOT use wire to secure the tree and make sure you check the ties several times a year unt) they are removed. Wire is prone to cut the bark or choke the tree. Water the newly planted tree to drive out excess air in the soil mix; an organic mulch will finish the job. Ifyou are looking for ideas, here are the names of a few trees that would be suitable for gardens on the North Shore: # Paper bark maple (Acer i> . seum) has very distinctive red - peeling bark and great fall colour. : i: | Japanese maples (Acer palnatum) come in more than a dozen different forms and. sizes. The leaf colour varies in the summer burt all have good fall colour. Some varieties have coloured bark that gives winter. interest. Silk tree ( Albizia julibrisen) ULTRA GRIF ICE. 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Bo : White Rock’ 2785 Kingsway: (Gpen te King George Hwy, is slow to leaf out in the spring but is a fast grower. The pink tassel blooms come in August and September when many gardens are at their best. Korean dogwood (Ca aus bousay has large white blooms that fade to pink with large red strawberry-like fruit and coloured leaves in the fall. It is hor as suscepuble to disease as_ our native dogwood." BR = Willow cotoneaster (Coteneaster salicifolia) is an _. evergreen tree that produces a. flush of white flowers in the ~ spring and a great show of red berries all winter. @ Star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) is one of the best of the: species for a small garden. It * produces an abundance of small white blooms each - spring. @ Golden locust (Robinia pseudoacacia Frisia’) can get to be a fairly large wee but the yel- © low green leaves against a dark green backdrop can be spectac: ular ali summer. : & Stewartia (Stewartia ‘psendo- camelia) has year-round inter est with large white blooms ia” ‘the spring, great fall colour and peeling bark and branch struc: | ture for the winter, | ~@ Snow Bell Tree (Styra. ee * japonica or S. obassia) is one. of: the best small trees for home: gardens. The pink or white flowers are produced all ‘along the branches in May. Only until’ November 30. Don't get ieft out in the cold.