http://www.karensgardentips.com Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:10:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-winged-sumac-rhus-copallinum/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-winged-sumac-rhus-copallinum/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:33 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=15270 Read 'Plant Profile: Winged Sumac (Rhus copallinum)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Native to Eastern United States, winged sumac is a tough small tree that is found on forest edges, old fields, meadows and roadsides. It grows quickly and suckers form colonies that are appealing when in bloom or fruit. The tiny greenish cream colored flowers are borne [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-winged-sumac-rhus-copallinum/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-maidenhair-tree-ginkgo-bibloba/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-maidenhair-tree-ginkgo-bibloba/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:00:15 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=10335 Read 'Plant Profile: Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo bibloba)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

The maidenhair tree is one of the most interesting trees alive! Fossil leaves from ancient trees have been found in rock dating to Jurassic times, almost 200 million years ago, when dinosaurs walked the earth so ginkgoes are considered ”living fossils”. The leaves are very attractive, [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-maidenhair-tree-ginkgo-bibloba/feed/ 0 http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-smoke-bush-%e2%80%98flame%e2%80%99-cotinus-coggygria-%e2%80%98flame%e2%80%99/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-smoke-bush-%e2%80%98flame%e2%80%99-cotinus-coggygria-%e2%80%98flame%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:25:27 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=3285 Read 'Plant Profile: Smoke bush ‘Flame’ (Cotinus coggygria ‘Flame’)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

The clouds of pink flowers appear after the flowers of most spring blooming trees and shrubs and before the summer blooming ones, like crepe myrtle, begin. The simple, blue gray foliage is attractive all summer but is eye catching in the autumn when it [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-smoke-bush-%e2%80%98flame%e2%80%99-cotinus-coggygria-%e2%80%98flame%e2%80%99/feed/ 2 http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-boston-ivy-parthenocissus-tricuspidata/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-boston-ivy-parthenocissus-tricuspidata/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:39:47 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=3121 Read 'Plant Profile: Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

When we moved from an old historic brick house in Annapolis to the brand new brick house in North Carolina we were not thrilled with the starkness of the look and missed the ivy covered walls to which we were accustomed. No, problem; the head gardener [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-boston-ivy-parthenocissus-tricuspidata/feed/ 1 http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-red-maple-%e2%80%98schlesingeri%e2%80%99-acer-rubrum-%e2%80%98schlesingeri%e2%80%99/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-red-maple-%e2%80%98schlesingeri%e2%80%99-acer-rubrum-%e2%80%98schlesingeri%e2%80%99/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:49:40 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=3102 Read 'Plant Profile: Red maple ‘Schlesingeri’ (Acer rubrum ‘Schlesingeri’)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

The red maple announces its presence in early spring with a huge haze of red, produced by a myriad of tiny red flowers borne on the tips of the twigs all over the tree. This beautiful sight can be see at a distance and [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-red-maple-%e2%80%98schlesingeri%e2%80%99-acer-rubrum-%e2%80%98schlesingeri%e2%80%99/feed/ 1