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• A Spectacular Flowering Crabapple -- Sugar Tyme®

  Showing off its masses of gorgeous, sugar-white fragrant flowers, Sugar Tyme® Crabapple puts on quite the show in May! After its spectacular flowering , you can enjoy this Crabapple's colorful, crisp and lustrous green foliage that emerges. This lovely... Posted Nov 13 2009, 06:14 AM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: berries, crabapple tree, disease resistant, flowering, ornamental, oval shape, small tree, spectacular, white flowers, winter effect

• The Dwarf Sargents Crab Tree

  Reaching a height of 10-15 feet, this dwarf tree flowers profusely in early spring with pink to white scented blossoms; it is well known for its stunning flowers. The Sargents Crab tree is excellent for wildlife because of its edible dark red berries... Posted Oct 27 2009, 07:19 PM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: berries, compact, crabapple, deciduous tree, dense foliage, dwarf tree, flowering, ornamental tree, patio heavy bearing, spring blooming

• A Thornless Barberry Bush - Check It Out!

  This Thornless Barberry Bush is quite a beauty with its green leaves that also have great fall color. It is a variety of the Japanese Green Barberry Bush and is globe shaped and compact making it great for small spaces such as an accent bush in front... Posted Sep 01 2009, 05:04 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: Barberry, berries, bushes and shrubs, compact shrub, hedges, small shrub, thornless, yellow flowering shrubs

• Korean Barberry Bushes Make Great Barrier Plants

  If you want to put up a barrier, decorative hedge or privacy hedge, the Korean Barberry Bush lends itself to that very easily. This colorful oval shaped shrub has thorns and has very dense foliage. One time of meeting up with the thorns should deter just... Posted Aug 29 2009, 06:33 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: Barberry, berries, bushes and shrubs, fall color, hedge, korean, yellow flowering shrubs

• The Crimson Pygmy Barberry Is A Miniature For Small Spaces

  Do you have a small space that you can't figure out what to do with? The Crimson Pygmy Barberry is a miniature Barberry bush that is one of the best to fill in those spaces. It is small at 2 feet tall and it will spread out about 2 to 3 feet. Compact... Posted Aug 05 2009, 01:10 PM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: berries, birds, compact, fall color, full sun, hardy, hedge, miniature, Shrub, small, wildlife

• Darrow Blackberries Are Honey Sweet!

  For a blackberry that is honey sweet, the Darrow is a great choice. The Darrow Blackberry Rubus 'Darrow' produces large berries which make them wonderful choices for fresh eating or also in decorative desserts. Obviously, you won't need as... Posted Jan 28 2009, 10:00 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: berries, black fruit, blackberry, fruit, full sun, hardy, self-fertile, small fruit

• Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry A Brilliant Choice!

  Serviceberry Trees are known for their ornamental and fruit bearing assets. The Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance' falls easily into this category. The flowering white blossoms begin in spring. They are... Posted Jan 12 2009, 06:33 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: accent, berries, birds, ornamental trees, red fall color, serviceberry, small yard trees, white flowers

• Holly-Winter Red The Queen Of Fruiting Shrubs

  The Holly-Winter Red Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' also called Winter Red Winterberry is the Queen of fruiting shrubs . It is a female shrub so it does need a male to pollinate. The Ilex 'Southern Gentlemen' is the recommended pollinator... Posted Dec 02 2008, 06:30 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: berries, birds, bushes, fall color, fruit, holly, red, Shrub, wildlife, winter

• White Snowberry Shrub Sports Blue-Green Foliage

  Blue is my favorite color so I tend to gravitate towards blue flowers or blue foliage as often as my husband will let me. Technically, I haven't started planting much yet as we are still trying to decide what we want to do. We have been in the house... Posted Nov 16 2008, 10:37 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: berries, birds, blue, bushes, hedge, hummingbirds, pheasants, pink, shrubs, unusual, white, wildlife

• Crusader Hawthorn Thornless and Colorful

  If you like Hawthorn trees but not their thorns, the Crusader Hawthorn is the one you've been waiting for! Not only is it thornless but it's fall color is gorgeous with it's yellow to orange leaves. I love the fall colors of the trees each... Posted Nov 07 2008, 07:17 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: berries, birds, country, crusader, fall color, flowers, hawthorn, orange, red, small tree, thornless, thorns, urban, white, yellow

• Here's a Gold Nugget for You!

  It seems like gold has had the attention of the world almost since the beginning of it's creation. The color of gold is often considered warm, like the gold flames of a fire. It is most prized in jewelry and to award someone for a job well done. In... Posted Sep 22 2008, 02:31 PM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: bark, berries, birds, bush, dart, deciduous, gold, low maintenance, ninebark, yellow foliage

• Currants make wonderful tasty treats!

  We have bushes on our front fence that were there when we moved in. They appeared to be some type of vine. We couldn't figure out what kind for sure and we had just moved in and it was not on our priority list. We knew that it filled up the cyclone... Posted Sep 18 2008, 03:37 PM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: berries, black, currants, easy to grow, fence, fruit, hedge, small fruit, vines

• Issai Beautyberry-Graceful and Refined

  I have heard the Issai Beautyberry Callicarpa Dichotoma 'Issai' described as a graceful and refined shrub. Their long slender branches arch and touch the ground at their tips. Dainty pink flowers bloom in the spring. If you enjoy bird watching... Posted Mar 04 2008, 06:36 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: adaptable, berries, compact, Featured Plants, flowers, fruit, graceful, hardy, purple, resistant, Shrub, small space