The scale of this tree is perfect for a small garden and here it is growing as a street tree, facing south, receiving the full sun it loves! Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ is a round headed deciduous tree.
5 Flowering Cherries You Will Love!
April showers bring May flowers and also flowering cherry trees. The impact of this flowering tree is strong, and so is the association – just think of all the cherry blossom festivals around the world – and in Japan, tracking the timing (when the cherry tree blooms) goes back 1,200 years!
Spotlight: Flowering Cherry Trees and Why they Made our Tree List!
SPRING is showtime for the blooming flowering cherries. These trees have a powerful impact on people when they’re in bloom, more so than I’ve seen with any other flowering tree! Last week I had to wait my turn to get some “one on one time” (and photos) with the cherries, swarms of people were doing the same!
Elating Early Blooming Trees: Magnolia and Flowering Plums
Magnolias and flowering plums steel the show in February and March. These early blooming trees can easily be the envy of your neighbors. What are we looking at exactly? Some of the show stoppers featured in this post are flowering plums, saucer and star magnolias.
Small Garden? Try an Espaliered Multi-Budded Apple Tree!
Where garden space is limited but appetite is not, one clever idea is to consider a space saving techniques like espalier. What does it mean to espalier you ask?
Definition: (verb) To train a tree or shrub to grow flat against a wall.
Believe it or not you can buy many kinds of fruit trees (apples yes!) already trained as espaliers and ready to plant in the ground or in a container.
Fragrant Tree: Spotlight on Magnolia Doltsopa
Each year right around this time in winter, the early flowering magnolia trees start to captivate – so does, Michelia doltsopa.
Within the past few weeks, I’ve been tripping over myself to get closer & closer to any one of these trees, also known as “Sweet Michelia.”The tree’s flower fragrance is spicy & magical, and it’s so heavily scented that you may just stop dead in your tracks…
Pollarding: Tree Pruning
It’s winter, and an important time for tree pruning and the pollarding of deciduous trees. If you haven’t heard of pollarding, the Royal Horticultural Society calls it…
Barberry and Smokebush may Set your Garden on Fire!
Two plants that are deer resistant and so hot that they may set your garden on fire this autumn are a golden leafed Barberry (Berberis) and a reddish-purple leafed Smokebush (Cotinus). Both compact shrubs are excellent for a small garden; plus, they deliver interest through their colorful foliage…
Best Yew Hedging Plants for Screens, Hedges & Backdrops!
This summer I took a couple of photos of yew hedging plants, because “Yews,” in my opinion, should be used much more frequently (for this purpose) than they are. From the small genus, Taxus, there are about 7 species of yews; but, from those species…
Ever Thought About Growing Your Own Olive Trees?
Before he became a olive oil mill master at Chacewater Winery, Emilio was a monk in Lake County. So how did he end up managing 3,000 olive trees and, at one point, milling 100 tons of olives all by himself? Watch this short video to find out more…