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  • pears grow on a tree

    C 742

    Home Garden Pears

    Find out how to grow pears at home. They are adapted to nearly all of Georgia, and it’s not uncommon to find trees as much as 50 years old that are still producing fruit.

    Bob Westerfield, Paul F. Bertrand, and Gerard W. Krewer

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  • a hand grasps a bare-root tree by the lower trunk to show the roots

    C 1061

    Planting Your Bare-Root Fruit Tree

    Many fruit trees are purchased as bare-root trees. A bare-root tree is a dormant tree that has no soil or planting medium around the roots. Here are some tips on storing, planting, and caring for your bare-root fruit tree.

    Jule-Lynne Macie and Lynwood Blackmon

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  • an orange chainsaw sits idle on a cut stump

    B 1364

    Chainsaw Safety Tips

    This publication discusses tips for purchasing the correct chainsaw for your needs and how to use it safely.

    Glen C. Rains

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  • B 1286

    Key to Diseases of Oaks in the Landscape

    This publication contains a guide to diseases of oak trees in the landscape.

    Jean Williams-Woodward and Mila J. Pearce

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  • a shady, tree-lined street

    B 1031

    Shade and Street Tree Care

    With proper care, trees can be valuable commodities around our homes, communities and urban landscapes. Providing care requires understanding tree biology, or how and why trees function. Trees constantly interact with the environment, including changes in soil, light, temperature, moisture, competitors and pests. Humans can produce additional stress by altering environments, but with proper care and maintenance trees can survive and thrive in your landscape.

    Kim D. Coder and Timothy Daly

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  • a large tree with a smaller tree and landscaping plants are in a mulched area in the lawn of a white multifamily home

    B 1590

    Creating a Balanced Landscape: The Partnership Between Trees and Lawns

    Trees and lawns are not mutually exclusive, with proper care, planting, selection of trees and grasses, one can enjoy a beautiful landscape complete with cool shade and soft, inviting grass. This publication explains factors involved in plant growth, the differences between trees and grasses used in lawn settings, and provides step by step directions on achieving a healthy, beautiful landscape.

    Tiana Deeb, Bodie V. Pennisi, Jason Gordon, and Clint Waltz

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  • B 1586

    Streambank and Lake Shoreline Vegetation Management for the Home Landscape in North and Central Georgia

    This resource explains how flooding and stormwater pollution affect waterways and how vegetation along the water reduces the negative impacts while improving aesthetics and water quality for fish habitats, recreational boating, appealing views, and property value. It provides guidance on planning, implementation and maintenance of riparian buffer vegetation, and a list of recommended plants.

    Martin Wunderly, Bodie V. Pennisi, Erin Getzelman, Nathan Eason, Steven R. Patrick, and Garrett Hibbs

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  • Sweet tea olive shrub with orange blooms

    C 1363

    ​​Propagating Sweet Tea Olive​ (Osmanthus fragrans)

    Sweet tea olives are woody, evergreen broadleaf shrubs or small trees that are widely produced in nurseries and used in landscapes because of their fragrant flowers and lower incidence of pests. This resource helps producers understand different propagation methods and how each works for sweet tea olives.

    Ping Yu and Yulong Chen

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  • A photograph of a leaf with a curious, winding path carved out of it. at the end of the path is the culprit, a zigzag sawfly larva.

    C 1355

    Elms Under Attack: How to Spot and Manage the Invasive Zigzag Sawfly

    The invasive elm zigzag sawfly is a small wasp that has been reported in nine U.S. states, where it poses a threat to elm trees.

    Rajesh Vavilapalli and Shimat V. Joseph

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