Nature Hills Gardening Neighborhood

The ‘Castle Wall’ Holly Provides Year Round Interest. The Blue Holly ‘ Castle Wall’ is a plant with year-round interest: blooms in the spring, berries in fall, and displays structure in winter! It has dark glossy leaves and superior vigor with a compact and pyramidal form. Since it has a narrow form, ‘Castle Wall’ can be used for a beautiful hedge ...

The Bristol Raspberry is an excellent choice for black raspberry flavor. The flavor of the ‘Bristol’ raspberry is distinctive and pleasant with a nice aroma. It is considered by many the top choice for taste and just right for planting in your garden. Since the berries of the black ‘Bristol’ raspberry are very firm, they often are frozen, and they are...

The coloring of a Bosc Pear is one characteristic that makes it a unique pear. It is a warm cinnamon brown with russeting over the surface of the skin. Its shape is long and narrow. This appealing pear holds a distinct flavor, even though it is masked by its blemished packaging. Another special feature of the Bosc is that it has a crunchy, yet tender...

You most likely have a favorite color or two, so indulge yourself and plant your whole garden with your cherished colors! The proper use of color can influence mood and perception. For instance, red, yellow, and orange are considered "warm colors" and may excite the viewer. Blue, purple and green are considered "cool colors" and...

The flowering quince is an easy to grow, round-topped, deciduous shrub growing 6 feet tall and 10 feet across. This shrub is a mass of tangled, thorny branches with mundane foliage. But, in spring the beast becomes a beauty with showy single or double blossoms. The flowering quince produces stout thorns. Quince foliage emerges maroon-green in the spring...

The ‘American Icon’ Hosta is an impressive and dramatic plant with large rounded green leaves. Growing into a huge clump, this perennial can grow a large form that reaches 5-6 feet wide! An outstanding sport from Hosta ‘Choo Choo Train’, ‘American Icon’ has green leaves that are emblazoned with a bright golden edge. It shows off yet another color in...

What a splendid multi-seasonal display you will receive with the ‘ Hansa’ Rose ! Being very reliable and winter hardy, it produces large blooms of rich deep purple pink. ‘Hansa’ is a repeat bloomer and releases an intense clove fragrance all summer long. The leaves take on an orange hue, and then this shrub produces a profusion of large, meaty large...

Offering beauty and fragrance, shrubs are hardworking plants in any landscape. They are woody plants with multitude stems, ranging from a few inches tall to over 15 feet at maturity. For year-round interest or an ornamental and creative attraction, combine deciduous and evergreen species, shrubs that bloom at different seasons, or add flowering shrubs...

If you are looking for a vigorous plant with great landscape performance, ‘Appleblossom’ will become your “scene-stealer”! A super-quick variety with gorgeous dark green zoned foliage as well as those amazing soft pink blooms, it's the one geranium you simply MUST try this season! You will love the easy-care habit and constantly attractive look...

A most outstanding and rugged plant, the Siberian Iris is maintenance free. Blooming in late spring, these graceful plants maintain their beautiful grass-like foliage all season. Once they are finished blooming, the mature seed pod and stem make excellent dried arrangements. Even without care, irises are durable enough to last a decade and put up an...