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The Handsome and Ornamental 'Showy Mountain Ash'

Showy Mountain Ash is a handsome and showy tree for the border of your property. It is a hardy tree that can tolerate heat or cold, strong winds and low humidity. Showy Mountain Ash is a smaller, rounded ornamental tree with white flowers, handsome foliage, and showy red fruit. A profuse flowering tree...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 11-08-2009
The Early Blooming 'Pink Spires' Crabapple

The Pink Spires Crabapple is ideal for a confined screen or border planting and is one of the earliest to bloom. In the spring, this excellent rosy bloom crabapple is covered with single pink flowers with red-purple foliage. It turns to green-bronze in summer, and then copper in fall. It bears persistent...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 11-03-2009
Little Henry Sweetspire

My Little Henry Sweetspires are now taking on their beautiful fall colors. They bloom in the srping and will grow in full sun to full shade. LItte pruning is required and they are very low maintenance. Growing less than 3 feet tall, Little Henry is quite suitable for this area along my house.

Posted to Member Gardening Photos (Gallery) by Bobbie Joe on 10-22-2009
Plant Hydrangea Late Panicle for Fall Color

The Hydrangea Late Panicle is a shrub that has white airy flowers that can reach 10-12" in length in late August. The flowers are a mixture of sterile and fertile flowers which gives them less density and less likelihood to tip or droop. This Hydrangea's flowers will turn bronze in fall; grows...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 10-17-2009
Autumn Joy Sedum -- What a Fall Flower!

The Autumn Joy Sedum can give you that lasting color in the fall when all other plants lose their luster. This plant is great for the beginner gardener! It lets you divide it, transplant it , and all it needs is a little tender loving care. The only attention mine ever get is a little watering...

Posted to Member Gardening Photos (Gallery) by Bobbie Joe on 10-03-2009
The Chanticleer Flowering Pear (Callery Pear)

The Chanticleer Flowering Pear is native to China and Taiwan. It is an upright-branched ornamental tree and grows pyramidal to columnar in its youth. As it ages, it tends to become oval to spreading. It is noted for its early profuse spring bloom , quality glossy green foliage, and outstanding reddish...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 10-01-2009
Double Flowering Plum

The Double Flowering Plum is a showstopper across the northern areas in May! It is a handsome, hardy tree or large shrub , and it is noted for its double pink flowers produced in profusion in April-May. These fully double hot pink flowers completely smother the branches in early spring, long before the...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 09-28-2009
White Fall Clematis

When sitting on our deck, we have the best view of our neighbors fall blooming White Clematis! Since he added the hummingbird feeder, the view on this trellis has even gotten better. This Clematis Terniflora produces masses of small 1" creamy white flowers that completely cover this plant. Its sweet...

Posted to Member Gardening Photos (Gallery) by Bobbie Joe on 09-23-2009
Polly White Peach Tree is Self-Fruitful

If you want to produce a delicious peach, but live in a colder region, Polly White Peach is one of the most winter hardy peach varieties. The tree was developed in Iowa and is hardy to 20º F. It likes full sun and will produce its first crop in 3 to 5 years. It does not need a pollinator since it is...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 09-22-2009
Austrian Copper Roses Bloom Early

The first thing that got my attention with this Austrian Copper rose was the coloring of the blooms. This bush blooms in spring and often before other roses have started to bloom. The blooms are a bright coppery orange on the inside and gold on the outside as well as having a moderate fragrance. Their...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 08-28-2009

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