Plant Profile: Warminster Broom (Cytisus x praecox)
Karen This deciduous shrub provides year round interest in the garden. Pale yellow pea-like flowers are fragrant and cover the bushes for a showy display in late spring to early summer.…
Book Review: My Garden
Do you want to encourage “thinking outside the box”? Do you want the help a young child’s imagination soar? Do you want to inspire love for nature and gardening? Well,…
Botany for Gardeners:Taxonomy of Dicots-Identifying the Sunflower Family (Compositae)
The Sunflower Family is one of the largest families of flowering plants, second only to the Orchid family. Unlike orchids, the sunflower family is found in both tropical and non-tropical…
Plant Profile: Beautybush (Kolkwitzia amabilis)
This large bushy deciduous shrub, native to rocky outcrops of mountains in central China, produces an abundance of showy flowers in late spring on long, arching branches. The bell-shaped flowers…
Creating a Tropical Look with Foliage Plants in Containers
If you live in an area where tropical plants can not survive the winter you can still have a tropical look on your patio or entryway by using container plants…
Plant Profile: Green Hawthorne (Crataegus viridis)
This medium-sized native tree of central and southeastern United States provides interest in spring, fall and winter. In early spring two inch wide clusters of small white flowers make a…
Book Review: Professional Design Guide to Green Roofs
As urbanization and environmental awareness increases more and more people are becoming interested in creating rooftop gardens that address critical environmental issues while also allowing people to interact with nature…
Weeds and Their Control: Quackgrass (Agropyron repens)
A rough looking cool weather perennial, quackgrass is a native of Europe, Asia and northwest Africa that was introduced into the United States for forage or as a contaminant in…
Plant Profile: Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
This native of eastern North America, wintergreen is a woody evergreen shrub that grows three to ten inches tall, spreading by stolons about 4-6” per year to form a mat.…
Five Miniature Roses for Containers: Pinks and Whites
Miniature roses make excellent plants for containers and can add color and beauty to a deck, patio, balcony, or other small space. They can be moved around to complement other…