Spring Pruning Shrubs Spring is the perfect time to prune and groom many of your shrubs! While some plants should only be pruned during specific times of the year, here are seven popular shrubs that are perfectly suited for springtime trimming and shaping to keep them looking their best. Spring pruning shrubs is a great […]
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The Amazing Mahonia Evergreen, Also Known as Oregon Grape Holly Fragrant Yellow Flowers in Late Winter! I live in the Piedmont area of North Carolina, in grow zone 7b. I was outdoors, enjoying some unusually mild weather at the start of February when this amazing scent got my attention. The aroma reminded me of Lily […]
Buying Plants Online Checklist Buying trees or shrubs online can be exciting. You’ve got so many more choices than you could ever imagine at a local garden center. But that can also be overwhelming. I call it the paralysis of analysis. There are so many choices that you can’t make a decision! Then there’s the […]
Knowing when to prune holly shrubs can be a tricky process. If done at the wrong time of year, you could risk damaging the plant or inadvertently disrupting its growth for the season. To get the best results from your pruning efforts, follow this guide to learn the ideal times and techniques for getting your […]
Common Nursery Terms When I first started working in marketing for an online nursery in 2010, I shadowed the Field Manager the first few weeks. It was like an alphabet explosion of colorful terms and phrases I never heard of. It was quite a learning curve. Most businesses have their own jargon, terms, acronyms, and […]
Unboxing Garden Goods Direct Houseplant When we visited Garden Goods Direct a few years ago, we were impressed with the wide variety of houseplants they had but more importantly, the quality. Woodie’s Garden Goods Direct (Yes, there really is a Woodie!) is located in a temperate area near the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland. This […]
Meyer Lemon Tree Blooms Indoors I have an Improved Dwarf Meyer Lemon tree that I keep in containers. It almost died last summer. All the leaves had fallen off. I assumed I had a dead stick until I did a scratch test in the fall. A scratch test is when you take a finger nail […]
Winter is a good time for pruning evergreen shrubs if the weather cooperates.
Unboxing Perfect Plants It was just over 5 years ago that I bought one, Musa Basjoo Banana plant. Little did I know at the time that these crazy fast-growing perennials suckered out new plants every year. When I say fast, they die back to the ground each winter and will get back to 10+ feet by […]
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