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Fertilizing, or feeding plants, much the same as watering plants, cannot just be a hit and miss affair. Not if you are looking for good results and ultimately, doing your plants a favour.

The secret to making your flowering trees, shrubs, annuals, and perennials bloom more is in the numbers. All fertilizers have analysis numbers on the package. These numbers represent the percentage of each chemical the fertilizer contains. For example, 12-12-12 is a typical garden fertilizer that would contain 12% nitrogen, 12% phosphorous, and 12% potassium. The [...]