Plant expert Doug Welsh says when you prune a rosebush, crape myrtle or shade tree, first remove dead, broken or diseased parts.

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Passion plucks no berries from the myrtle and ivy, nor calls upon Arethuse and Mincius, nor tells of "rough satyrs and fauns with cloven heel."

真情不会强摘番石榴和常春藤的果实，也不会造访，阿里休斯和，敏吉河，更不会提到“粗犷“

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