WILLOW - Garden Guide
Fall Tree Colors - Sweet Gum
Liqudambar styraciflua
Family - Liqudambar - GumThe Sweet Gum tree sports reddish burgundy leaves in the fall and is one to the prettiest autumn deciduous trees. The nearly star shaped leaves has five to seven lobes, is smooth...
Flowering Gardens
Hi there, We are lucky enough to live in the part of the country known as East Anglia and with it's gorgeous country side, woods, rivers and sea to admire. We have just got back from an early morning walk with our dog down in...
Choosing A Tree To Plant
Planting trees is one of the easiest yet effective means of giving your garden or your yard a face-lift. Trees can provide shade during summertime and protect you from harsh, chilly winds in the winter. Aside from these, they...
Pond Plants
Many people like to include a pond in their garden to add to the beauty and visual appeal. Ponds offer a ideal setting for relaxing and unwinding after a long and exhausting day. Many exotic ponds include waterfalls, colorful...
May Gardening Tips for the Southwest
Use Cypress mulch to help keep roots insulated from the HOT sun. This helps keep moisture in the root zone as well as the keeping weeds down to a minimum.Lantana, red bird of paradise, Oleander, and other winter damaged plants...
A Look at Garden Gazebos
A garden gazebo is the ideal way to accent your garden. Imagine being able to walk along the path between the koi pond and the flowers, the hedges and the willow tree, pausing to rest on a bench inside a gazebo. Its shade will...
Gardening 101
Successful garden designs make landscapes which are practical, beautiful and compatible with a sites natural conditions. Gardens should be designed to meet the needs of the people who will use and maintain them. More...
Wild Flowers of New York
Wild Flowers of New York are of great species and with a large variety. It certainly interests any kind of flower lover. Wild flowers are beautiful, fragrant and colorful. Wild flowers also can be grown in gardens as well....
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...
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...
Landscape Gardening: Tree Arrangement
Landscape gardening is like the painting of a picture. A good picture frequently has a point of chief interest, and the rest of the points simply forms a fine setting for it. In landscape gardening, the gardener has a clear...
Arbors In English Tudor Gardens
Every Tudor garden contained one or more arbors. One type had a square-topped roof, while the other type was arched. Both were constructed of willows or osiers. Fragrant rosemary, jasmine, and roses of various sorts, especially...
Types of Silk Trees
Silk trees are natural looking trees that are handmade using premium silk or polyester and natural looking wood trunks. The different types of silk trees include palms, bamboo, ficus, weeping willows, and tabletop silk trees....
February In The Garden
Often in February there is a surprisingly warm day. Everybody sheds their coats and puts a bounce in their step. Sure, sometimes on the next day they hear a snow plow at 4 AM. But the brief warm up gets you thinking what is...
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...
Landscape Gardening Tips
LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Landscape gardening has frequently been associated with the painting of a picture. Your art-work teacher has told you that a good picture should have a point of interest, and the rest of the points simply...
Cheat Winter By Forcing Spring Flowers
Forcing spring flowering trees and shrubs is an easy three step process. Just because cherry trees bloom in the spring doesn't mean you can't benefit from their beauty earlier. In fact, if you have forsythia, cornelian...
My Little Secret With Rose Cuttings
I have always loved roses -- and of course taking cuttings is half the fun of growing them. Free plants! My strike rate is around 99%, which I put down to two things that I do slightly differently than the accepted "normal"...
Tips for Locating a New Vegetable Garden
The key to starting a new vegetable garden is the actual garden location. You can change many things about a garden, even upgrading the soil with compost and other amendments, but the location is something that you will have to...
June Gardening Tips
It is starting to get very HOT during the month of June. You need to watch your watering especially with new plantings.You can still successfully plant new plants. Make certain enough water is applied to thoroughly saturate the...