Plant Profile: Adam’s Needle (Yucca filimentosa) ‘Color Guard’)
Karen When I look out across 100 feet of lawn to my perennial garden in winter the plant that first catches my eye is ‘Color Guard’. It’s canary yellow color is…
Plant Profile: Winter Creeper (Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’)
When cold weather settles in and the autumn coloration disappears the yellow and green leaves of this fabulous little shrub will add color to your garden. The foliage keeps its…
Plant Profile: Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick (Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’)
If the name of the shrub is not enough to pique your curiosity, the stems and flowers will. The cultivar name ‘Contorta’gives you hint of what to expect…twisted branches. But…
Plant Profile: Yellow Twig Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera ‘Flaviramea’)
Having a winter garden with color is a challenge and this is a shrub that will help drive away winter grayness. Like its cousin, redtwig dogwood, its stems are the…
Plant Profile: Redtwig/Tartarian Dogwood (Cornus alba ‘Sibirica)
A moist property line needed an attractive low maintenance hedge and we chose redtwig dogwood for its pleasing foliage from spring to fall and its smashing red stems in winter.…
Plant Profile: Smokebush ‘Flame’ (Cotinus) ‘Flame’
Smokebush ‘Flame’ is hybrid resulting from a cross between Cotinus coggygria, a native to Asia, and C. obovatus, native to southern US. It is a membe of the cashew family,…
Plant Profile: Beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
This cascading deciduous shrub is native to China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Ryuku Islands and is a member of the deadnettle family, Lamiaceae, that also includes mint, beebalm and adjuga.…
How to Prune Clematis
The huge flowers of clematis vines are real eye catchers when they bloom and give a romantic look to most settings. But over the years those flowers will slowly diminish…
Plant Profile: Susanqua camillia (Camellia sasanqua)
The pastel flowers of fall blooming camellias contrasts with the other signs of fall but they never fail to catch my eye and make my spirit soar. True, there are…
Plant Profile: White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
This is a tree that might interest baseball fans as it is the one that provides the wood for baseball bats. But it has other qualities that recommend it. It…