Clean Up Your Perennials
Clean up your perennials from last year. Clip or trim off the leggy branches. Begonias are brittle and will snap easily, be careful not to break unintended branches. Clean out old leaves, snails, and winter debris.
Stir up the soil in the bare areas and add some potting soil to bring up the soil level to grade. Take a couple of new plants scratch up the roots and plant in the open area in the container.
Water your renewed container this will reduce shock to the plants from having their roots stirred up.
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May 3rd, 2008 at
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