It’s been a weird late winter in our area with temperatures that keep going up and down. I’m in Grow Zone 7b. It’s mid-March, 2021. We had temps in the 30’s today and it was up to 78 a few days ago. We’ve also had a lot of rain the past month or so. So […]
Boxwood are one of the most popular evergreen shrubs. They can be pruned into many shapes & can handle heavy pruning. But when is the best time to prune them and How?
We’ve been receiving quite a few emails asking if it’s still a good time to be planting. Fall is considered the best time of year to plant but when do you know the planting window has closed? Well, I got an email from a friend in southern Minnesota a few days ago with pictures of […]
Online nursery PlantsByMail.com has been around since 2003. They are owned by one of the largest growing operations in the country. It doesn’t seem that they put much work into the retail nursery website until the past year or so. They rose into our top 10, ranked #8 this month among the 24 online nurseries […]
One of The Most Unique Fast-Growing Trees For Privacy 5 years ago I bought one Musa Basjoo Banana ‘tree’. Also referred to as just Basjoo Banana or a cold hardy banana tree. I’ve posted pictures of the unboxing below. I use parenthesis on ‘tree’ because technically they are an herbaceous perennial. They will turn brown […]
Spring blooming evergreen shrubs are a great addition to any yard and landscape. After 10 years, I learned the one constant in the nursery business is change. Every season new varieties of popular shrubs are introduced. You have a LOT of choices. I had an online nursery owner I used to work with that was […]
As temperatures go up, most online nursery prices come down. Compare updated lowest prices from top rated online nurseries.
Creating a living privacy wall can not only block lines of sight but also absorb noise and serve as a wind break. They can even raise your property value. The problem is that not everyone has the room to use something that gets as tall & wide as many popular privacy trees. Some people want […]
I ordered a Berkman’s Golden Arborvitae from Wilson Brothers Gardens, www.wilsonbrosgardens.com, last Monday. Wilson Bros Gardens is based in McDonough, GA and has been on our radar for a while. The site is relatively new (2015) but the nursery started in 1989. They recently closed their retail garden center operation to focus more with online […]
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 decisions that you can’t make a decision! Then there’s the question of who to […]
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