One area of my industry I’ve wanted to do more with is garden coaching- working with homeowners to teach them how to care for their gardens themselves. The curse of running a small business is that there are only so…
Sorry for my absence from this blog- spring rush and all. But hey, ignore the tumbleweeds and check out the most amazing plant blog I’ve found! No quick hit and run posts with him. You want to know about pieris?…
Are you looking for landscape design ideas for small spaces? Be sure to check out my Landscape Packages page. I’ve created several simple yet elegant designs that will work in a majority of backyards, especially newer homebuilder homes. The prices…
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 the deer don’t seem to want to…
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 were planted over twenty-five years ago, if…
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 tracks. The best advice I can give…