Fast-Growing Shade Tree

Fast-growing shade tree

Have you heard about the new Moraine locust? It’s the quick-growing shade tree recently developed by the Siebenthaler Company at their Moraine Nurseries in Dayton, Ohio. The parent tree has

Traveling Tips For Rose Bushes

Traveling Rose Bushes

If you’re about to move to a new home, you can take your rose bushes with you.  If you consider their simple cultural requirements, they’ll quickly adapt to a new

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Easy to eradicate now, even when among ornamentals  The summer brings many joys with its myriad of colorful, fragrant plants, but it also gives rise to some undesirable plants that

Turfs Of Tiny Thymes

Turfs of Tiny Thymes

In days gone by, thyme was used as a strewing herb—a medicinal measure against pestilence—as well as providing a more perfumed atmosphere for crowds enclosed in poorly-ventilated buildings; the Greek

Doctor Your Yews

Doctor your Yews

When nurseries introduced varieties of Japanese taxus, commonly called Japanese yew, it was considered an evergreen beautiful in form and with rich foliage but also hardy and completely pest free. 

Landscaping With Hollies

Landscaping with Hollies

Landscaping is not an exact science and therefore is interesting. It may be formal or informal so long as it reflects your personality and meets your needs.  In creating a

Plant Tree Peonies Now

Plant Tree Peonies

The tree peony, the aristocrat of the garden, has dignity, becoming a plant of ancient lineage and royal patronage.  In its native land, China, where it has been known as

Pickerel Weed Summer-blooming Marsh Plant

Pickerel Weed

Along the Tamiami Trail at the southern tip of Florida are expanses of pickerelweed with myriads of black swallowtail butterflies hovering over the blue flowers.  Similar blue flowers in swamp