MASSACHUSETTS - Garden Guide
History Of Apple Trees
Apple trees were the most popularly grown fruit tree in colonial America and practically every settlement farm and backyard gardener planted this easily grown fruit tree, or easier, the seed of the apple could be planted to...
History Of The Cherry Tree
There are only a few instances in the ancient historical record concerning cherry trees. This absence in the record perhaps resulted in the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the fruit from the apple tree....
History Of The Pear
There is convincing archeological evidence from the excavation of the ancient lake dwellers in Switzerland that the European pear, Pyrus communis L., was known by that civilization. It is believed that the pear was known by...
Seaside Gardening
Gardening along the coast presents even the most skilled gardeners with challenges not encountered elsewhere. Natural conditions along the coast make a very hostile environment for garden plants. Wind, salt spray, dry sandy...
Asian Lily Beetles - A New Garden Threat
Anyone genuinely interested in Nature - while perhaps naive enough to believe in its absolute innocence - might think the small, bright fiery-orange beetle that's suddenly materialized in their gardens is strikingly beautiful...
History of the Cherry Tree
There are only a few instances in the ancient historical record concerning cherry trees. This absence in the record perhaps resulted in the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the fruit from the apple tree....
Flowers And Gardens Behind Bars
It's not surprising that Tony Perez enjoys his time in the garden. Its wonderful
to watch it grow from nothing to something ... , said Perez. It allows you to get your mind thinking about whats next in life.It is...
The Organic Gardener
Its not always easy to be an organic gardener. Even committed organic gardeners sometimes long to spray herbicide on goutweed or pesky poison ivy. When Japanese beetles or rose chafers arrive in throngs just before your...
The Amazing Flowers Of Camellia Japonica And Camellia Sasanqua
Japanese Camellia, Camellia japonica. American gardeners in the South know and love the Camellia japonica, a landscape shrub, bush, or tree that can grow 20 feet tall. The Camellia japonica became an important garden landscape...
Fall Wildflower - Eupatorium serotinum - Late Boneset
Eupatorium serotinum
Family Asteraceae- AsterLate Boneset is a fall blooming wildflower usually found in woodlands and in the marginal areas around them. Its range runs from Massachusetts in the eastern United States, west to...
Fall Blooming Wildflower - Willow Aster
Aster praealtus
Family - Astereae - AsterThe Willow Aster inhabits thickets, prairies, and meadows in an area ranging in the north from Manitoba, Canada to Massachusetts, South to Virginia and Maryland and west to Missouri and...
Mallow Wild Flowers Unmatched Beauty
There are many varieties of Mallow wild flowers. Mallow Rose is the most common one. Others varieties include Marsh Mallow, Desert Mallow.Mallow rose or Swamp Rose- mallow grows well in saline conditions, riversides, brackish...
The Amazing Flowers Of Camellia Japonica And Camellia Sasanqua
Japanese Camellia, Camellia japonica. American gardeners in the South know and love the Camellia japonica, a landscape shrub, bush, or tree that can grow 20 feet tall. The Camellia japonica became an important garden landscape...