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The Gorgeous Flowering Zumi Crabapple

The Zumi Crabapple Tree first displays its lovely pink flower buds , and then before long, a profuse, spring bloom of fragrant, white flowers appear. This deciduous tree is the standard for which other white flowering trees are compared! Not only does this tree have showy flowers, but it also produces...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by barb-nhn on 11-20-2009
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
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
Is the Carolina Silverbell a tree or a shrub?

Use Carolina Silverbell for smaller areas in the landscape. Carolina Silverbell only grows 20-40 feet in height so is ideal for the smaller landscape. Silverbell functions more as a huge low-branched shrub with several trunks. With a rounded form, it is an open, transparent structure almost as wide as...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-23-2009
Autumn Olive Berries

If you are looking for healthy berries, the small edible olives of the Autumn Olive Tree ripen in September and taste very much like cranberries. The flavor of Autumn Oilve berries is also reminiscent of other fruits from currants to peaches and is crammed with nutritional value . Autumn Olives are tart...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-20-2009
Information on Dogwoods

The wonderful thing about Dogwoods is that they have four-season appeal. When spring comes, you have flowers, sometimes showy, sometimes fragrant . The summer months will bring berries that contrast nicely with the leaves. In Autumn the leaves are eye-catching, with shades of red and orange . And in...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 08-29-2009
Keep Out the Deer! The Natural Way.

Deer can reek havoc on garden in no time at all. It doesn't take long for these creatures to undo a lot of hard work (not to mention money) that people spend on their gardens. Fencing and netting can help, but it can get expensive and get in the way of you enjoying your outdoor space (and sometimes...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 07-24-2009
What Is A Sucker?

Sometimes trees and shrubs will spread by producing suckers. In the world of gardening, a sucker is a vertical shoot that emerges from the roots of a tree or shrub. In some cases, like forsythia or lilacs , this is how the plant spreads. You can actually sever the suckers and transplant them when the...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 02-25-2009
Cut Costs Using Bareroot

With money on everyone's minds these days, people are trying to find ways to cut costs without sacrificing quality. When it comes to the garden this can often be achieved by using bareroot material. Depending on your gardening needs, consider ordering bareroot material early to help "bare"...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 01-24-2009
Sweating The Small Stuff

Bareroot plants are shipped dormant. Often, they are uprooted and stored in a controlled environment to ensure that they remain dormant up to, and sometimes during, the shipping process. The idea is that the plants will break dormancy after being planted in the ground. Some species might need a little...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bryan-nhn on 02-29-2008

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