Virginia plants

3 Great Plants for Winter Color in the Virginia Landscape

Winter and I have a challenging relationship. I don't love the way business slows down for a few months, I'm not a fan of the fact that it …

Right plant, right place. I know I harp on that a lot. Sorry about that. The fact of the matter is that a lot of people have these …

When I design a landscape for a brand new home in a subdivision that was until recently a hay field, I rarely get to use shade plants. Then …

I'm officially a HUGE fan of beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma). This is the time of year when plants are putting on the grand finale. …

I don't have to tell you this is bad, right? Wrong plant, wrong place and all that? Obviously you've seen examples of corrective pruning to …

Common? Maybe. Still, there's no denying that this is a showy plant in the fall. Just keep in mind that it wants to get to be a ten foot by …

Can we speak frankly? We're friends, right? This is an issue that I encounter a lot: A lot of folks are thinking too small when it comes …

I realize that I have already posted about Cryptomeria japonica, but I wanted to do a quickie Plant Profile card for it because hey, I find …

These beauties have mostly stopped blooming at this point (although I've seen an oddball bloomer here and there), and now the big, dangly …