If you're looking for ways to spruce up your outdoor space, including your backyard patio and garden, evergreens are essential to creating a new look. Along with being natural providers of food for birds and other wildlife, they have the power to bring texture, color and personality to your...
Fast Growing Trees is an online-only nursery that (as their name suggests) carries a wide selection of trees, including all kinds of evergreens, fruit trees and palm trees. As well as some shrubs and perennials. They are based in South Carolina so they carry many warmer zone plants that N...
Help your green thumb get a jump-start on spring planting with a functional present from Denver’sCity Floral Garden Center. Pop in to pick upbulbs,seeds, orclay pots. Or really get into the holiday spirit by putting a bow on some gardening tools. May we suggest a “hoe, hoe, hoe?”...
What trees should you avoid planting close to a house? 'Varieties oftree that I would avoid planting near your homeare large evergreens. They put your home in perennial shade since they don't lose their leaves or needles,' says says New York-based landscape designerJonathan Fargion. 'These ...
Soft-foliaged Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria) is also seldom bothered, and they different varieties of this plant are beautiful evergreens for any garden. Top Deer-Resistant Hedges and Screens Thuja Green Giant –Because it has genes from the Redcedar, this plant, the best hedging plant you can ...
Many gardeners and landscapers prefer evergreens in planting privacy screens and garden borders, since the trees will continue to provide these provisions in the winter months. Beautiful garden paths can be easily marred by deer-chewed plants. We have collected a few of the most popular deer res...
Garden Styles Suited For:Traditional or rustic 9. Weeping Podocarpus These fast-growing, woody evergreens are among the best trees for privacy in places like Florida and California. Weeping Podocarpus trees have plush, billowing foliage and work well as spot privacy trees or in a full natural pri...
This week, we’re also getting a truckload of rosemary topiaries, trees, and other evergreens from a new supplier. We weren’t able to carry these in years past, so we hope you’ll check them out,too. We look forward to seeing you soon andhope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Timing is crucial when it comes to trimming trees. Each tree species has a specific period in the year when it is most suitable for pruning. Deciduous trees: Best pruned in late winter or early spring Evergreens: Generally trimmed in the late winter ...
Plant- ing a row of evergreens and fast- growing, hardwood trees near the barnyard will break wind flow and dilute smells. Plant trees far enough away from barns so natural ventila- tion can still occur. They also make the farmstead more attractive. Improve protein utilization. Managin...