What To Do With No Cherries?
You can be sure of a fruit crop even if you have only one tree. A few years ago, one of my friends asked me to bring some of my
Landscape
Kobus Magnolia The Early Blooming Magnolia
Magnolias are among the most beautiful trees, and the early flowering kinds are near the top of the list for spring display. And one of the hardiest early magnolias, Magnolia
The Magnificent Pink Flowering Dogwood
No tree native to the northern part of the United States makes a better specimen than the common flowering dogwood found wild over the entire eastern part of the country.
Low-Growing Shrubs For Planting The Back Walk
Like so many others, our back walk connects the back porch with the street. In our case, this walk extends east and west, south of and near the house. For
Forsythia for Lasting Beauty
If you are searching for a shrub that will add beauty to your grounds the summer through, plant forsythia —plenty of them. This floral bush is one of the earliest
American Holly Berries – A Birds Feeding Tray
The feeding tray serves as a convenient small stage on which we may observe the performing bird actors close at hand. Many birds—purple finches, evening grosbeaks. Cardinals, fox sparrows, towhees.
What Are May Apples?
The Mayapples grow in the fresh sunshine with curious, awkward grace. No walk through the spring woods or pastures would be complete without finding colonies of these plants. Their glossy
How To Save A Tree By Inarching
You can save that little crab apple tree that the rabbits have girdled. Sometimes a lawn mower, a wire, or a boring insect has injured a young grafted nursery tree,
8 Hedge Plants For The North, South, East, West and More
Hedges solve many landscape problems around the home. But when homeowners plant a hedge, they begin to wonder which kind to choose. Soon the hedge idea seems to arouse as
Find Space for More Climbing Roses
Have you ever considered what a lucky thing it is that one of our favorite flowers – the rose – grows as a vine and a bush? That may be