12 Fences One For Every Garden Need
While enjoying the summer garden, there is a chance to correct omissions or mistakes in the landscape that may have been overlooked during the heavy planting season in spring. One
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Butterfly Bushes: Transform Your Garden With Vibrant Colors
The buddleias, or butterfly-bushes, popular plants in the North, came from Asia. Although generally classed as rather coarse shrubs, they are now widely planted because of their pleasing color range.
Lilacs For Colder Climates? Easy Solutions For Beautiful Blossoms
Anything Dr. Donald Wyman or Dr. John C. Wister wrote about lilacs is worth reading carefully, for few have had as much experience with the lilac as it grows in
Fresh And New: Explore Different Spring Shrubs For Any Garden
These words will be read at the beginning of the fall planting season, so it may be good to consider some improvements in the spring garden, which can be made
The Unsung Hero: Discover The Beauty Of Overlooked Shrubs
With everyone looking for the “new” plants, we often overlook some of our best ones that have been in nurseries for years. This is especially true of shrubs. There are
Tree Ivy: The Climber You Should Know
Fatshedera, sometimes called tree ivy, is a plant of hybrid origin, resulting from a cross between Fatsia japonica, a small native Japanese tree, and our familiar English ivy, Hedera helix.
Planting the Back Garden – Your Backyard Haven
Only yesterday, the area behind the house was called “the backyard “—succinctly, graphically, and perhaps disparagingly. Today it might be designated “the back garden” were it not that it has
Why You’ll Love the Adaptable Bald Cypress
You might have come across the Bald Cypress, a deciduous conifer that can adapt to various environments. These trees have a unique root system, are resistant to drought, and boast
Fun with Fruits: Exploring Lesser-Known Delights
There are a number of interesting and useful edible fruits that are not commonly grown in gardens. Although they have little or no commercial value, they are unusual for their
North Wind Signals: Time to Get Digging!
When the frost-tinged air starts blowing in from the North, it’s time to start digging the glads, dahlias, tigridias, tuberoses, and other tender bulbs, corms, and roots that need to