4 Tips For Putting Landscape Colors Out Front
A well-designed front-yard planting should provide a setting for a house but should not compete with it for attention. Flowers and colorful trees and shrubs can easily dominate a landscape
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Tips On Growing Annual Flowering Vines From Seed
Are you taking advantage of the many interesting, dramatic effects you can achieve in your garden by using annual vines? If not, you overlook one of the easiest and least
How The Tree Expert Works To Improve Your Property
He’s just like a doctor, says George M. Codding. “That’s the best way I can describe what a tree expert is.” “His job, is mainly preventive medicine—to keep your trees
Showy Crab Apple: One Of The Best Small Ornamental Trees For Home
The Crab Apple is one of the best small ornamental trees for planting on the home grounds. It is suggested here as only one example of crab apples grown throughout
Growing Apache Plume: How To Care For Fallugia Paradoxa
Much of the excitement in Pacific Coast gardening comes from experimenting with plants native to western states and those from other countries with similar climates. Many natives have adopted themselves
Growing Garrya Elliptica: How To Care For Coast Silk Tassel Bushes
Seven of the fifteen known garrya species are native to the Pacific Coast. Evergreen Garrya elliptica, Coast silk-tassel, is the one that has been in the trade the longest and
Growing Ilex Crenata ‘Convexa’: Care Tips For Convex Japanese Holly
The convexed-leaved variety of the Japanese holly is one of the best low evergreens for ornamental planting. In fact, over vast areas of the northern United States, it can be
Growing Hamamelis Vernalis: How To Care For The Vernal Witch-Hazel
Those familiar with the out-of-doors in the eastern and central United States know the native witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), the last shrub to bloom in the fall. But they may be
Lovely Fragrant Lilacs Deserve A Prominent Place In The Landscape
What could be lovelier than waking on a sunny May morning to the fresh fragrance of a dewy lilac just outside your window? The charm and sweetness of its multiple
Growing The Glory Lily: For Pots, For Garden, For Cuttings
Its airy grace and exotic, eye-catching blooms of vivid crimson and bright chrome yellow make the glory-lily (Gloriosa Rothschildiana), the perfect accent for the patio, garden, or greenhouse. Although important