MAPLES - Garden Guide
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,...
Bonsai Trees For House And Garden
What plants, other than ferns and cut-leaf maples, would you recommend to be included in a Japanese garden? There is a great variety of plants that could be used in a Japanese garden. It depends on what type of garden you have...
Have Green In Your Yard All Year With The Ever Green Evergreen
For landscape artists, green is the ideal background. It supplies tranquility and is cool in the eye. By staring at a green landscape, the eyes relax and are soothed.Because ever green shrubs are in constant foliage all year...
Japanese Maples, the Dwarf Acers
I have been known to rant on about how people should try to include more native plants within their garden. However, I would never dissuade someone from including a Japanese maple within his or her garden; on the contrary, I...
An Introduction to Bonsai Maple Trees
Bonsai trees have long been a favorite hobby of many due to their interesting shapes and decorative appeal. Bonsai trees can be grown indoors to decorate a living room, den or office or left in the garden for an exotic look....
How to Nurture the Perfect Bonsai Tree
Youve surely seen the beautiful Bonsai tree somewhere in your life, even if only watching Mr. Miagi on the Karate Kid. Its probably likely that if theres a Japanese restaurant in your town, then youve sent them there....
Silk Bonsai Trees
A silk bonsai tree is an effective alternative to a live bonsai tree. Silk bonsai trees are artificial, hand-made artifacts that are made to fit the highest standards. Since they need no wiring, pruning, or other maintenance,...
Site The Greenhouse - Orientation and Location
Before you can build a greenhouse, you must decide where it will be situated. This seems elementary, but careful thought must be given to the location and orientation of the finished greenhouse.First you must decide the...
How To Grow And Maintain A Bonsai Tree
Shaping and dwarfing are accomplished through a few basic but precise techniques. The small size of the tree and the dwarfing of foliage are maintained through a consistent regimen of pruning of both the leaves and the roots....
Tree Pruning Tips
There are two kinds of winter gardening. The first method usually starts in January as the gardening catalogs start to arrive in the mail. This type of gardening is as easy as sitting in your favorite chair, browsing the...
Color in the Garden
Discover color in foliage. I don't know why people think of flowers
when a garden is mentioned. Blooming plants make a noticeable
accent only when in bloom and in sufficient numbers to be seen
from a distance. On the...
Japanese Decorating Ideas
Each Japanese garden is unique in its design, and most Japanese gardens are designed in a very singular way, but using common elements that are traditional in Japanese design. The most common elements that are considered for...
The Best Trees and Bushes to Attract Birds
Hearing the melodic songs of birds, seeing the bright red of a cardinal, or the quick, dipping flight of a chickadee are the things that make me say, "Yes, it is a good day". Planting the right bushes and trees in your yard can...
Tree Pruning Tips
There are two kinds of winter gardening. The first method usually starts in January as the gardening catalogs start to arrive in the mail. This type of gardening is as easy as sitting in your favorite chair, browsing the...
An Introduction To Indoor And Outdoor Bonsai Trees
Bonsai, literally tree planted in a tray, are miniature versions of larger trees. Depending on the type of bonsai tree under consideration, their height can range from a few inches to a few feet. Like regular trees, bonsai...
Nurturing Your Bonsai Plant
Bonsai are dwarf plotted plants cultivated by the Japanese and Chinese for centuries. Growth of a bonsai is a time-consuming process requiring much patience, care and nurturing. It is also said to take considerable artistic...
Pest Control - Tree Pests
Our trees are under attack. There are a host of insects that feast on trees; some are deadly for them, with no known defense. For many of these bugs, the only solution is cutting down all infested trees and quarantining the...
4 Essential Elements in the Oriental Garden - From a South African Perspective
Western gardeners have the utmost respect and admiration for oriental gardens, not just because of the feeling of peace and tranquility with which they are imbued, but also because of their seeming simplicity and, to us, the...
The Last Chore of the Gardening Year : Raking Leaves
When we see colorful fall leaves on the trees, they are beautiful! Red maples, yellow tulip trees and other bright colors light up the neighborhood as well as the hillsides. The downside to the color is that the mechanism that...
How To Grow Japanese Red Maple Trees From Seed
Most Japanese Maple seeds ripen in the fall. Watch the tree and wait for the seeds to turn brown. The seeds are ready to be harvested when they are brown and can be easily removed from the tree.The seeds are attached to a wing,...