Stop and Smell the Roses!

Perennials, Trees and Shrubs

Mother’s Day is the perfect time to add a new rose to your garden. Roses make a thoughtful gift that keeps on blooming, offering beauty and fragrance throughout the season. With so many new, easy-care varieties available, it’s easier than ever to grow roses...

Trees & Shrubs for the Winter Garden

Landscape Design, Trees and Shrubs

Beautiful gardens do not just appear in spring, summer and fall. Winter can also provide a ton of beauty through texture, color and structure. When choosing plants for winter interest, consider the following: • Branch structure and bark • Flowers (fresh & dried)...

Plant Spotlight: Beautyberry

Trees and Shrubs

With a name like Beautyberry, it certainly isn’t difficult to surmise what ornamental attribute makes this medium sized, deciduous shrub garden worthy.   Botanically known as Callicarpa, the striking, glossy lilac-purple berries provide tremendous eye candy in late...

Plants for Privacy

Trees and Shrubs

While we are all social creatures by nature, we tend to enjoy our privacy just a little bit more… especially when it comes to our own back yard.  The old saying “good fences make for good neighbors” definitely applies here, but a living screen of beautiful trees...

Hardy Shrubs for Summer Color Year After Year

Landscape Design, Trees and Shrubs

The easiest way to add color to your garden during the summer is by using hardy flowering shrubs. Not only do they re-bloom all season, they come back year after year. Summer flowering shrubs include many old favorites such as roses and hydrangea. Newer varieties are...

Crape Myrtle – The Hottest Tree Around

Trees and Shrubs

Years ago, Crape Myrtle trees could only be enjoyed by our neighbors in the south. Thanks to Mother Nature and the ever changing climate along with some cross breeding, that is no longer the case. Hardy to zone 7, Crape Myrtle trees and shrubs flourish in the Long...