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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 ornamental tree produces large, brilliant red...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 11-13-2009
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 that persist on the tree into winter. Its dense summer...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 10-27-2009
Growing Serviceberries

Planting shrubs with edible berries is a very popular thing to do at this time. If you are wanting something a little out of the ordinary, try planting a serviceberry (also called saskatoon or juneberry). The berries resemble blueberries , but have a distict flavor of their own. The most popular varieties...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 10-16-2009
Berry Production On Mulberry Plants

Mulberry trees make a good edition to your landscape, especially if you are looking for something that produces an edible berry. The fruit can be eaten fresh or used to make jams and jellies. Red mulberry , black mulberry, and white mulberry are the types of mulberry trees, however the color doesn't...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 10-15-2009
Nightshade Bittersweet Plant

This climbing Nightshade Bittersweet has beautiful small purple flowers. They grow upside down (like Turk's Cap) and the petals fold back on themselves with a bright yellow stamen. They are gorgeous flowers but too tiny to see from afar. What I do like about this plant are the bright reddish/orange...

Posted to Member Gardening Photos (Gallery) by Bobbie Joe on 10-07-2009
Growing the Productive, Reliable Gooseberry Plant

The Gooseberry bush usually has thorny, arching branches, but some new varieties are thornless. Depending on the cultivar, some plants can reach a height of 20 feet. Choose a sunny location that has good air movement to reduce disease problems. Gooseberries can be long lived if the soil well prepared...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-22-2009
Growing Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster shrubs will climb over rocks and walls and are well-loved for their showy berries. Many Cotoneasters have attractive pink or white flowers as well. (No thorns!) In other words, they are grown for their attractive leaves, red or white flowers, and small, red or black fruits. Most Cotoneasters...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-13-2009
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 of taller plants or as a decorative bush along the...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 09-01-2009
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 about anything from roaming into the area they...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 08-29-2009
Cardinal Candy Viburnums Berry Production

For most species of viburnum , cross pollination is required for berry production. However there are self-fertile cultivars available, such as the Cardinal Candy ( Viburnum dilatatum 'Cardinal Candy' ) . This species can benefit from cross pollination with another variety, but will bear on its...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 08-16-2009

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