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Brown Turkey Fig Tree

A Fig Tree is a picturesque deciduous tree, that grows up to 50 feet tall, but more typically to a height of 10 - 30 feet. If you take a close look at the branches, you will see that they are muscular and twisting, spreading wider than they are tall. The Brown Turkey Fig Tree grows to a height of 10...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 10-22-2009
The Graceful and Elegant River Birch - Dura Heat

The River Birch Dura Heat is extremely popular as an ornamental tree . It offers superlative, lustrous, dark green leaves that turn soft butter yellow in the autumn. These leaves are more leathery and smaller than other varieties and the species. The beautiful cinnamon to creamy white exfoliating bark...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 10-13-2009
The Corkscrew Willow Tree

The main ornamental feature of the Corkscrew WIllow Tree is the contorted and twisted branches and twigs. Branches arise from the trunk at an acute angle and grow up almost parallel to the trunk before they curve back to the horizontal. The winter branch pattern also is most interesting and accounts...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 10-07-2009
What is a Spicebush?

The Spicebush, Lindera bezoin, is a native deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit which typically grows 6-12' high. Clusters of tiny, aromatic, greenish-yellow flowers bloom along the branches in early spring before the foliage emerges. They bloom in March and April. The Spicebush has thick...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-30-2009
The Easy-to-Grow Cavalier Nectarine

The Cavalier Nectarine is medium sized, firm and very aromatic with yellow freestone; resists brown rot. It has an orange-yellow skin blushed with mottled dark red; a r esilient flesh texture. Ripening in late July, it is easy to grow and quite attractive when in bloom with showy blossoms. Nectarines...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 09-26-2009
Cloud 9 Dogwood Provides Year Round Interest

A beautiful flowering dogwood , Cloud 9 is a strong grower with light green foliage, and it produces distinctive, large, overlapping, pure white petal-like blooms in April and May. The nectar and pollen attracts butterflies and other pollinators. This tree will provide a landscape with year round interest...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 09-23-2009
What is the wood from the Kentucky coffee tree used for?

A very attractive tree during the summer as well as in the winter, Kentucky Coffee tree has coarse ascending branches that often form a narrow crown. Its short trunk,1 to 2 feet in diameter, divides into several large branches. Reaching a height of 60 to 100 feet, it adapts well to urban conditions and...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-22-2009
Eastern Whitebud Ornamental Tree

The Eastern Whitebud Tree is a small deciduous tree that is adaptable to other soil types, but will not grow well in permanently wet or poorly drained soils. Growing best in full sun to light shade with moist well-drained deep soil, it is commonly used as either an ornamental or patio tree. The Eastern...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 09-19-2009
Growing The Delightful Summersweet Plant

Summersweet is a vase-shaped deciduous shrub that features fluffy, bottle brush-like, 3-6" spikes of extremely fragrant flowers that are an extremely important nectar source in the summer. Flowers bloom for 4-6 weeks and attract butterflies and other pollinators. The glossy, dark green leaves of...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-18-2009
Serviceberry, Shadblow, Shadbush, Juneberry, are the same plant.

A Serviceberr y is a small deciduous tree or shrub with attractive white spring blossoms. It provides year-round interest in the landscape, as well as producing edible fruits. In different areas of the country the serviceberry can be called a shadblow, shadbush, juneberry or saskatoon. Serviceberries...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-05-2009

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