Safari Conebush (Leucadendron ‘Safari Sunset’) resulted from the cross-breeding between a Leucadendron laureolum with Leucadendron salignum in New Zealand in the 1960s. This is a robust, tall, and upright growing shrub with green leaves and deep, red-coloured bracts appearing on long stems in late summer. This shrub is a hardy cultivar that can withstand winter, alkalinity, …
Parthenocissus Inserta is a woody vine that originated from North America in the west of southern Manitoba and the U.S., from Montana to Maine west and east of Missouri, and south of New Jersey. It supports itself by twining the tendrils around anything available or just by inserting into crevices.
One of the goals of cultivating the bonsai tree is to have a robust tree trunk. The trunk of a bonsai has two functions. To begin with, the trunk protects the whole tree from the weather. Second, the stem distributes carbohydrates to the roots from the leaves and transports water and nutrients to the foliage. …
Chollipo Euonymus is a thick multi-stemmed evergreen shrub that grows and spreads upright. It has a fine texture and less refined foliage. Chollipo Euonymus can grow to about 12 feet tall in its maturity and spread to about 6 feet. This plant tends to fill the ground, so it does not necessarily need facer plants …
North Star Dwarf White Spruce is a thick multi-stemmed evergreen plant with a refined and distinctive pyramidal form. It has a fine texture and less refined foliage, different from other landscape plants. North Star Dwarf White Spruce has green foliage that emerges light green during spring. The leaves continue being green through the winter and …
Fothergilla Blue Shadow is a compact and deciduous shrub with creamy-white and fragrant bottlebrush flower heads. It has blue-green rounded leaves that form a vivid shade of orange, yellow, or red in autumn. Fothergilla Blue Shadow is excellent in adding rich color to the homestead. The plant produces fragrant, bottle-brush-like, and fluffy blooms in spring …
Lemon Thread False Cypress is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a mounded form. It provides a delicate and fine texture to the land composition, making it the best accent feature. Likewise, lemon Thread False cypress has beautiful lemon yellow foliage that turns gold in the spring. It has highly ornamental thread-like leaves, which turn yellow …
The Franklin’s Gem Boxwood is a very dense and small shrub plant that can be maintained easily. These plants originated from parts of Korea and China. Due to the plant’s compact size, they are perfect for growing in small gardens. The green foliage of this shrub turns into a beautiful olive green color which is …
Parthenocissus quinquefolia or Virginia creeper is a species of flowering vine that belongs in the grape family. This vine is most commonly found in eastern to central North America, southeast Canada, east to southern Mexico, and Guatemala. Virginia creeper is used as an ornamental plant, and it is great to cover surfaces like masonry walls. …
The Pencil Point Juniper is a small shrub that is beautiful and easy to care for at the same time. Natively found towards the northern hemisphere, these plants boast evergreen leaves that beautify any setting they’re planted in.
Trees are the benevolent guardians of green spaces, the most obvious landmark in most gardens and yards. Unfortunately, American trees are under attack. According to Science magazine, trees all over the USA are facing threats from invasive pests, with one forest reporting that 25% of its trees were currently under attack. For the health of your …
Many homeowners love boxwoods because of how easily they grow. They are famous for their luxurious hedges that can form an entrance to your garden. However, boxwoods are not entirely foolproof. They are some issues that could cause your boxwoods to turn yellow. Although you can easily cure some of these issues, others are pretty …
Mikawa Yatsubusa Japanese Maple is a tree that has become quite popular in recent years because of its growth size. These trees grow at a very slow pace that allows you to keep them in your average-sized garden. The foliage of the tree produces sensational colors in the spring season that further intensify its overall …
Wood is a layered porous material of plant origin. It consists of a variety of cells interconnected by pores. The structure of wood is complex and perfect. Nature has created a material with such unique qualities as hardness, low heat and sound permeability, and high strength. The wood can be easily processed with tools that stick together well. …
Late summer is a time that every gardener dreads. Around this time, loads of spiders start webbing the leaves. These are sometimes surprisingly large, which you don’t really expect from a spider. The branch tips are usually where you start seeing these giant webs.
If you’re a new gardener and are planting one of your first crepe myrtles, you would be facing a number of unique challenges that you would never have expected to meet. The tree might just be growing fine, and then the bark would start peeling. So what do you do in such a situation? If …
The blue atlas cedar’s prostrate form is called weeping blue atlas cedar. Garden centers sell it trained so that you can grow them in a serpentine pattern before draping them back to the earth. It appears to be manageable, but understanding its development tendencies is critical to turning it into an asset instead of a …
The process of cutting down trees is a non-stop part of woodworking. It would help if you fell the tree in a suitable direction; otherwise, it can endanger your safety. Felling a tree in the direction it’s leaning is easier, but felling it against the lean is tricky. One of the most common questions we …
Outdoor palm trees are usually vigorous, easy to grow, and rarely encounter problems. So naturally, palm leaves fall off as they age and turn brown. However, there are times when you notice that your palm tree has a lot of yellow or drooping leaves, it has a health problem. If you wonder, “Why is my …
No home garden or field is complete without at least one shrub tree present in it. If you’re wondering what plant you should add next to your collection of plants, look no further. The Gold Lace Juniper would make for the perfect addition. If you end up getting this plant for your home garden, it …