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  • … shrubs requiring little or no pruning. The best time for overall pruning to shape boxwoods is in the early spring. However, trimming stray branches and thinning cuts can be done anytime …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … 2012 It seems that everyone has a tree story — climbing a tree or falling out of one, walking in a dense forest, or finding that tree that seemed to speak to you. Treewhispers is an ongoing, …
    Type: Event for Calendar
  • … 2012 It seems that everyone has a tree story — climbing a tree or falling out of one, walking in a dense forest, or finding that tree that seemed to speak to you. Treewhispers is an ongoing, …
    Type: Event for Calendar
  • … according to Boyce Tankersley, director of living plant documentation. See it this summer in the English Walled and Bulb Gardens. This stately perennial prefers well-drained soil with …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … weighing up to two tons, but some are truly tiny; the flower of this species is just .1 inch in size—a whole .04 inch larger than its aptly named cousin, Quekettia pygmaea . …
    Type: Plant Info
  • … blooms with a dark center that attract butterflies from July through October. It belongs in a border and is resistant to deer. It is also attractive to birds. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … bred selection. Foliage is black spot resistant and it is hardy to USDA zone 3.  Plant in full sunny locations and provide space around it to encourage good air movement. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … close to the ground and not become more open. Inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers appear in April. Fall color is a dull yellow. …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … its bright leaves. This cultivar has dark green leaves, turning blackish purple and then red in autumn, and pink-tinged flat umbels of flowers with purple stalks. This plant makes a nice …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant
  • … an upright globular variety. It is slow-growing and densely branched with blue-green needles. In 25 years it will reach 1 – 2 feet tall but may eventually grow to 3 – 4 feet. It prefers sun …
    Type: Garden Guide Plant