Horticulture

Overused Plants?

Thanks to the magic of Twitter (do you follow me?), I stumbled across the Garden Designers' Roundtable, a really cool blog to which …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This is actually a fairly under-utilized plant, which is a darn shame. I love the Chinese Fringe Tree (chionanthus virginicus), partly …

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 …

Now that Snowpocalypse 2010 is over (Snowmageddon was a close second for my fav name, with SnOMG a distant third), what has it done to your …

The deer are a persistant problem for landscape contractors and designers in Virginia. As development reduces their habitat more and more, …