Landscape

Climbing to Garden Greatness: Fruiting Vines

Ornamental Vines

If any appraisal of ornamental fruiting vines, the bittersweet are among the first to come to mind. The American bittersweet Celastrus scandens is spectacular in Autumn when its yellow fruits

Common Witch-Hazel

Delicate Vernal Witch Hazel

Witch-hazels are among the most typical undercover shrubs of eastern forests. Great diversification in the places where they grow wild offers a good index to their usefulness in landscape plantings. 

Three Willows

weeping willow

The year 1950 was a good time to tell the story of our great crack willow trees. They began in the spring of 1850 when Grandpa was the pilot, the

Trees Are Characters

Native Trees

Trees have a character like people. Some of them are lovable; others a trifle crotchety. Birch Tree A gray birch, for example, is like a rough, aggressive little fellow born

Some Useful Ideas On Winter Protection

hollies cold climates

Proper precautions are necessary for a successful wintering of perennials, bulbs, ornamental shrubs and trees, fruit trees, and berries, where reasonably severe winters are normally expected.  Seasons vary, and the

What Is Corn Cob Mulch?

Strawberg Corn

The lowly shall be great: that has become the destiny of the corncob. It has long been recognized as a useful article for corn cob pipes, as litter for chickens,

Ideas For Rock Gardens

Rock Garden

Rock gardening on the West Coast has come a long way. The early English rock garden was likely to be a scaled-down replica of some minute fraction of the Alps,

Plants And Climate

Winter Ready Greenhouse

When winter comes, we who live in the temperate zone button up our overcoats, don stadium boots, and perhaps even wear earmuffs to keep out the cold. That’s our way