Soggier Than Thou: Plants That Tolerate Wet Soil
Ideally, good garden soil would be both moist and well drained. Any surplus moisture would then drain away rapidly, allowingContinue Reading
Category: Trees
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
Garden-Friendly Trees
Here are a few examples of trees that either have deep roots or roots that are at least not tooContinue Reading
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
In Praise of Tall Trees
An important element of residential landscaping seems to be going the way of the dodo in modern cities. Tall treesContinue 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
Have a Holly Christmas!
Common holly (llex aquifolium) has a long history of use as a Christmas symbol. You most often see it onContinue Reading
Crabapples with Winter Interest
Crabapples (Malus) are very popular small trees, especially grown, with good reason, for their beautiful spring flowers, but most doContinue Reading