… The start of the new year is an ideal time for homeowners to begin making plans for enhancing their garden's beauty. As … a big impact. Here are a few with the potential to improve the quality of your landscape — and, by extension, your life! Planting one tree in the right place is an easy and affordable way to create beauty and improve the quality of life. Trees enhance the landscape …
Type: Plant Info
… April in the Garden is all about anticipation, with each day bringing new discoveries, news oohs and aahs. What a magnificent season to walk the cultivated gardens and the natural areas, seeking both the brash and the modest — plants whose tropical colors take …
Type: Walks
… are more than 20,000 species of bees worldwide? That’s more than all the mammals, amphibians, and reptiles combined! Can you guess how many more eyes they have than humans? In addition to the two most prominent, there are three eyes on top of their heads just for tracking light and motion. There are many fascinating facts we have learned about bees, but the most critically important one is their role in pollination. Busy Pollinators Smart gardeners know that it's the presence of …
Type: Plant Info
… Texas Scarlet is a clump-forming shrub that produces showy watermelon-red flowers in the spring that are … height of 4 feet under full sun to partial shade with moderate moisture conditions. The plant is ideal as a specimen or as a hedge. It is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… 'Pumila' is a dwarf cultivar that has a cone-like shape that reaches a height of 5’ with a similar spread. … a brownish cast in winter. It prefers moist, well-drained loams in full sun to part shade. It is not fussy about soil pH but is intolerant of dry conditions. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Although this brilliantly colored bird nests regularly in the restored woodland, it is most often seen on migration early in spring and late in the fall. …
Type: Birding
… This clump-forming bulb grows to a height of 3 feet with partial shade and moist soil conditions. From May to August it has white blooms. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… <p> Deciduous Magnolia native to Missouri. 'Miss Honeybee' is used in hybridizing. One of the parents of Magnolia 'Gold Star' and M . 'Goldfinch'. Blooms at a n early age. </p> …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub grows about 3 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From June to July it produces showy rose blooms. It is successful in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This round evergreen conifer needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions to reach a height of about 3 feet. It is a specimen for the urban street. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
