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October 3, 2011 1 Comment

With fall comes an initial blaze of color as the trees turn, followed by a whole lot of brown and gray. Luckily we have a gorgeous plant for fall color: Winterberry holly, or

March 22, 2010 0 Comments

If you're looking for a funky little accent plant, Pieris japonica is a great choice, and the variety 'Mountain Fire' seems to do pretty well in northern Virginia. What's also important is that

March 15, 2010 0 Comments

This is a boxwood I specify a fair bit. Why? Scale. Justin Brouwer stays tight and compact. The ones in the profile picture were taken at the home of the grower's relative. They

March 10, 2010 0 Comments

This is actually a fairly under-utilized plant, which is a darn shame. I love the Chinese Fringe Tree (chionanthus virginicus), partly because it's just so unusual that its blooms stop people in their

February 21, 2010 1 Comment

Everyone and their brother does a favorite plant, plant of the week, etc. I decided to change it up a little and present the plants a little differently. I used to love the

April 29, 2009 1 Comment

While I was driving around today, I kept hearing a commercial for one of the big box home improvement stores, advertising a special on Knockout (R) roses. In the ad, they talk about

April 8, 2009 0 Comments

Behold, a happy little one-gallon Stella D'oro daylily (please ignore the mess behind it- it's a work truck). I picked up this one and 29 of its friends, for a great price from

March 12, 2009 0 Comments

ICON_PLACEHOLDEREstimated reading time: 4 minutes Landscaping, gardening, whatever you want to call it- it's pretty forgiving. I'm of the school of thought that you can't actually have flowers that clash with one another,

March 10, 2009 0 Comments

More plants for small spaces! This one here is Harbor Dwarf Heavenly Bamboo, or more accurately Nandina domestica 'Harbor Dwarf'. It's a compact, tidy little evergreen that, at most, will get 3 feet

November 14, 2008 0 Comments

[caption id="attachment_103" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Cryptomeria japonica "][/caption] There's not a lot going on in the garden today, so I figured I'd snap a picture of my cryptomeria, aka Japaenese Cedar. It's a fantastic