Redbud Tree Planting and 6 Free Care Tips
Redbud Tree
Redbud trees are relatively small trees with spreading branches and small, short trunks. It is a popular ornamental tree in the mountains. The tree is among the earliest flowering trees, adding color to...
Dogwood Tree Info Plus 6 Essential Care Tips
Dogwood Tree
Many dogwood trees have the advantage of blooming in spring or summer and the deciduous varieties can give some wonderful autumn color.
As I was touring the landscape of a Southeastern college, I noticed that...
Sword Fern Plus 7 Great Ferns To Grow
Sword Fern
Leaves of the western sword fern have small, dark green leaflets arranged pinnately -- featherlike -- along a central midrib.
Where redwoods have dropped their needles for centuries, sword ferns grow in clumps that become quite substantial with age, reaching...
Ficus Benghalensis (Ficus Audrey) Care Tips
Care Tips For Ficus benghalensis
Ficus Audrey, also known as Ficus benghalensis, is an oval-leafed plant and much-less-finicky alternative, "has a striking silhouette and deep green, white-veined leaves."
While Audrey loves bright light, they forgive filtered light....
Swedish Ivy – 4 Intense Varieties Of Plectranthus
Swedish Ivy
Swedish ivy is a well-known house plant that has been around for many years. It is not actually an ivy, but rather a member of the large family Plectranthus. Swedish ivy, P. australis,...
Weigela Growing And Care Information
Weigela Information
Weigelas are deciduous woody shrubs commonly used as fillers in shrub borders. They are also grown as freestanding shrubs or informal flowering hedges.
Their flowers are produced in late spring to early summer and...
Creeping Jenny Growing And Caring Information
Creeping Jenny
SPECIES: Lysimachia (li-si-ma'ki-a) nummularia (num-u-le'ri-a). An English native that has wandered in and out of British gardens for centuries. Its many common names: twopenny grass, twopence, wandering Sally, wandering Jenny, creeping Charlie, and...
Loropetalum – 10 Design And Landscaping Ideas
Loropetalum
Loropetalum Chinense, otherwise known as the Chinese fringe flower, is an evergreen shrub that has been a landscape favorite. The species plant, which has green leaves and white flowers, has been around since 1880.
However,...
Birch Tree Planting And Care Information
BIRCH TREE
How to Plant a Birch Tree
WHITE BIRCH TREE is commonly grown as an ornamental tree in the Algoma area. This week I'll provide you with some tips on how to grow them and...
Katsura Tree Simple Growing And Caring Info
Katsura Tree
The Katsura tree is a little-known but excellent shade tree that thrives locally. I am convinced a part of its anonymity is its name.
Appropriately, the tree is a Cercidiphyllum japonica (ser-sid-i-FILL-um JA-PON-i-ca), and...