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Hot New Sunflowers to Grow
In recent years, sunflowers have come into their own as cutting flowers. There are many exciting new cultivars in a variety of shapes - from standard ray flowers to pompoms or fuzzy disks.The plant sizes too range from dwarf to...
Rare Flowering Trees That Light Up Your Garden Landscape
Flowering apricot trees offer spectacular flowering blooms earlier than any other flowering tree, sometimes blooming as early as January. This early flowering can result in cold weather damage in some areas of the United...
Rare Flowering Trees That Light Up Your Garden Landscape
Flowering apricot trees offer spectacular flowering blooms earlier than any other flowering tree, sometimes blooming as early as January. This early flowering can result in cold weather damage in some areas of the United...
Autumn Tree Colors - Sassafras Tree
assafras albidum Family - SassafrasThe sassafras is distinctive from other trees in that there are three different types of leaves on the same tree. One is an oval shape, one sort of shaped like a hand in a mitten. The third is...
Ornamental Grasses For Fall Landscapes
Ornamental Grasses are becoming extremely popular in low maintenance landscapes as a way to add beauty and color without a great deal of hard work in the garden. Another great way to implement ornamental grasses is for fall...
History Of The Pawpaw Tree
Pawpaw trees were discovered in 1541 by the Spanish explorer, Hernando Desoto, on an excursion into the Mississippi Valley, and he sent samples of this plant back to Europe.William Bartram in 1776 stated in his botanical book,...
Teak Furniture and the Benefits of Using Teak Wood
Teak is one of the hardest, strongest and most durable of all woods, highly resistant to rotting and almost impervious to the effect of sun, rain, frost or snow.These characteristics make it the best wood for outdoor furniture...
Fall Autumn Color - American Beech
Fagus grandifoloa
Family - Fagus - BeechWith the exception of Florida and northern Maine, the American Beech inhabits forests in the entire eastern portion of North America east of the Mississippi River. The fall leaves turn a...
Autumn Tree Colors - Tulip Poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
Family - Magnoliaceae - MagnoliaThe stately tulip poplar is so called because of the tulip-like blossoms it sports in early spring. Unfortunately, by the time the tree is large enough to start blooming,...
Rev Up Your Curb Appeal - Plant a Ginkgo Tree
While its great to spend all your time and money improving the interior of your home, dont forget about the exterior and gardens, especially if youre looking to sell sometime in the future. After all, this is where first...
Fragrant Spring-Blooming Bulb Collection
This week we have assembled a collection of fragrant spring blooming flower bulbs. We have chosen those that we believe to be the most fragrant of all. It happens that many are heirloom varieties. Ideal for planting in small...
Fall Tree Color - Pignut Hickory
Carya glabra
Family - Juglandaceae - WalnutThe Pignut Hickory has golden yellow leaves in the fall, accompanied by small, globe shaped nuts. The leaf is compound, which means several smaller leaflets make up a full leaf. There...
Fall Tree Colors - Sugar Maple - Acer Saccharum
Acer saccharumFamily - Aceracerceae - MaplesThe Sugar Maple is one of the more colorful autumn trees. It is also one of the more common trees found in the eastern deciduous tree forests. Its leaves can turn one of two colors,...
History Of The Pawpaw Tree
Pawpaw trees were discovered in 1541 by the Spanish explorer, Hernando Desoto, on an excursion into the Mississippi Valley, and he sent samples of this plant back to Europe.William Bartram in 1776 stated in his botanical book,...
Fall Leaf Color - Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana
Family - Benicia - EbonyThe Persimmon leaf turns a golden yellow in autumn, but usually does not stay on the tree very long after turning. It is a small tree, appearing throughout the southern states,...