Finally! Japanese Maples for Cold Climates!
Who doesn’t like Japanese maples (Acer palmatum), with their lacy foliage and oriental look? They’re on pretty much every gardener’sContinue Reading
Category: Shrubs
Plant Well So You Can Prune Less
The need some gardeners seem to feel to prune everything in sight is difficult for the laidback gardener to understand.Continue Reading
Aging Shrubs May Need a Bit of Pruning
If pruning shrubs so they look like a globe, a cube or Mickey Mouse is something better left to zealousContinue Reading
What Makes Hydrangea Leaves Stick Together?
The ever-popular ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’), with its big pompoms of white flowers is often attacked by the hydrangea leaf-tierContinue Reading
Small Trees for Small Spaces
Not every gardener has enough space for a large tree on their property. A full-grown oak, for example, can measureContinue Reading
When A Top Graft Fails
Top-grafted shrubs, also called top-grafted standards or just standards, are shrubs grafted on top of the upright stem of a relatedContinue Reading
Forcing Branches For an Early Spring
Spring isn’t coming around fast enough for you? Well, you can make it happen much earlier by forcing branches fromContinue Reading
Grow Your Own Coleus Tree
Here is a DIY project for a laidback (because it requires little effort) but patient gardener (because it takes 18Continue Reading
The Secrets to Growing Hibiscus Indoors
I get more questions about growing hibiscus as a houseplant than almost any other plant. Why? Because it often behavesContinue Reading
The Shrub That Just Won’t Stop Blooming
There’s not much still blooming in my garden in late November. An aconite (Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’), some fall-blooming crocuses, white corydalisContinue Reading