Plant Profile: Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii)
Karen The unusual shape and intense colors of Christmas cactus flowers brighten even the cloudiest gray days of December. Often blooming for as long as 6 weeks, mature plants are covered…
Plant Profile: Nellie Stevens Holly (Ilex x ‘Nellie R. Stevens’)
There are many beautiful hollies that do well in moderate climates but Nellie Stevens is one of the best. It combines a highly desirable conical shape with glossy dark green…
Plant Profile: Lavender Twist Redbud (Cercis canadensis ‘Covey’)
Lavender Twist is a weeping form of the native redbud. It was first found in 1991 in the New York garden of Connie Covey and was propagated from that tree.…
Florist’s Cyclamen (Cyclamen x persicum cv.)
The holiday season brings several special plants to the market and one of the prettiest is the florists cyclamen, C. persicum with its unusual flowers and attractive foliage. The individual…
Plant Profile: English Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens ‘Suffruticosa’)
English boxwood is an evergreen shrub native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia where they grow in open woodlands and rocky hillsides. It and is member…
Plant Profile: Adam’s Needle (Yucca filimentosa) ‘Color Guard’)
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.…