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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Garden Plants for Flower Arranging: Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)

Karen December 31, 2013 0 Comments

Strawberry tree is a broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree native to the Mediterranean region. It has spreading limbs with exfoliating gray-brown bark that reveals the reddish bark below. As…

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Plant Profile: Singleseed Juniper (Juniperus squamata)

Karen December 30, 2013 0 Comments

This native of Asia is an evergreen shrub that may be an upright shrub or tree or dwarf, prostrate ground cover. It is of medium texture with awl-like grayish green…

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Plant Profile: Ti Plant (Cordyline fruticosa)

Karen December 26, 2013 0 Comments

Whether you know ti plant as a houseplant or garden plant it is outstanding for the lush tropical look it gives to any space. This evergreen plant was introduced to…

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Plant Profile: European Silver Fir (Abies alba)

Karen December 23, 2013 0 Comments

This native of central Europe from the Pyrenees to the Carpathians and the Balkan Peninsula, is a tall evergreen tree reaching 180 feet in the wild but half that size…

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Plant Profile: Veitch’s Silver Fir (Abies veitchii)

Karen December 18, 2013 0 Comments

A native of Japan where it grows in wet forest in cool, moist soil, Veitch’s Silver Fir is a conical evergreen tree with horizontal branches to the ground. The densely…

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Plant Profile: Nordmann Fir (Abies nordmanniana)

Karen December 16, 2013 0 Comments

This stately evergreen tree, native to Asia Minor and the Mediterranean, has a dense pyramidal form with many branches from the ground up. Dark, shiny green needles with two white…

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Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Sexy Rexy’

Karen December 11, 2013 0 Comments

The medium pink flowers of this compact floribunda open flat into camellia like blooms with lightly ruffled petals. They are produced in large clusters of 5-15 on strong straight stems…

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Plant Profile: Noble Fir (Abies procera)

Karen December 9, 2013 0 Comments

Noble fir is the largest of the firs in terms of height, diameter and wood mass and perhaps that is why it earned its common name. Native to the mountains…

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Plant Profile: Macedonian Pine (Pinus peuce)

Karen December 4, 2013 0 Comments

A native of the mountains of Yugoslavia, Albania, and Greece, this evergreen tree is popular in Scandinavia due to its cold tolerance and adaptability. It grows consistently and slowly, and…

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Plant Profile: Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)

Karen December 2, 2013 0 Comments

An evergreen native of the Pacific-northwest, California and western Nevada incense cedar is an excellent ornamental tree that can be used in the garden to add a stately ambiance even…

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