Hinoki Cypress Troubles
For years these favorite slow growing trees had given me no trouble, only delight. That changed …
Conifers Create Interest
Conifers provide shelter for wild life and interest in the garden year around.
Landscape Interest: Dwarf Hinoki Cypress
Landscaping With Chamaecyparis obtusa This is one evergreen you can count on to remain well-behaved by the house. How many times have you seen the common arborvitae, or large juniper shrubs outgrowing their given space, and looking awkward and overgrown? Too many to...
Mugo Pine, Swiss Mountain Pine
Pinus Mugo Mugo Pines, AKA Swiss Mountain Pine, are dwarf trees, and they keep their shape well with yearly attention in the spring. These aromatic, evergreen, dwarf trees highlight my foundation planting.Because these are dwarf size and slow growing they are grown as...
5 Choices for Living Christmas Trees
You have to plan a little early for success with living Christmas trees. Dig your planting hole before the ground freezes and be sure to keep your soil in unheated storage. Decide which tree you wish to put into your landscape plan this year.
Alberta Spruce
Alberta spruce, Picea glauca ‘Conica’ is a favored dwarf evergreen for foundation and landscape use. I have grown them in both my rural and city garden. Their greatest drawback is the spider mite infestations they are prone to- which I never suffered in...Join Me In The Garden
