Common names for plants are a funny thing. They run the gamut from evocative - Queen Anne’s lace, butterfly weed - to kind of horrifying. Black chokeberry is so named because the fruit
Common names for plants are a funny thing. They run the gamut from evocative - Queen Anne’s lace, butterfly weed - to kind of horrifying. Black chokeberry is so named because the fruit
When you say “Japanese maple” to most people, they picture a low, weeping tree, often with red or burgundy leaves trailing along the ground. There are a lot of wonderful upright Japanese maples,
Plant people often make fun of “normal people” for wanting to buy plants the way they would buy furniture. You can’t find a tree that’s relatively small, that’s native to the area, has
Abelia is just one example of my ongoing love affair with “old fashioned” plants. We provide landscape design and landscape installation for a lot of historic properties, especially old farms, so I like
Remember that little rumor about impatiens? That there is something out there bent on tracking down, torturing, and destroying all traces of the genus? Well, not exactly, but there is something that’s keeping some
The American Pussy Willow (Salix discolor) is a plant that is near and dear to my heart. Perhaps, it is because the Pussy Willow is one of the very first harbingers of spring.
Sometimes you want to wear flip flops and shorts, and sometimes you want to rock a more classic look. Formal water features never go out of style! [caption id="attachment_2185" align="alignnone" width="284"] Gene Kelly
I grew up in New England which means that the most commonly used landscape material was stone. Oh, did we have stone! I maintained a love affair with stone throughout my career, played