.‘Peggy Clarke’ is a gorgeous small tree with a vased-shaped habit, sited here in a west-facing location near our front door for optimal late-winter viewing. . Winter jasmine, Jasminum nudiflorum, cascades off the corner of our terrace, but I have also seen it grown as a groundcover...
Oddly, our new house in Greenfield does not have many windows that look out at the garden. Only one upstairs window (in my office) gives a view of the back yard. The kitchen window is too high to see much of anything except the most westerly area of the garden. Fortunately… 1 2...
The article offers options and tips for readers on beautifying the winter landscape inside and outside the house such as decorating with houseplants like African violets, planting shrubs such as winter honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissim... GB Bussell,PBER Riley - 《Southern Living》 被引量: 0发...
Willows have other uses besides being a source of salicin and miyabeacin. The branches of certain species are still used for making baskets as they were in the past and are also used in other forms of wickerwork. The wood of willow trees is used by artisans to make rustic furniture. One...
Distribution of Hairy Manzanita from USDA Plants Database Distribution:Hairy Manzanita is found from Vancouver Island in British Columbia to the coast of Northern California, mostly on the west side of the Cascade Mountains. Hairy Manzanita can reach tree size. It has very interesting branching patte...
If all the branches on one side or another of the shrub are dying back it might be that they are drying out. But if it’s a branch here and there, more random, follow those down looking at the stems carefully. Look for either a small hole, a hole with sawdust coming out, or a ...
The native vegetation composed of xerophytic shrubs is highly adapted to their environment and has coevolved with drought-tolerant microorganisms for a long time. It is speculated that inter-organismal endophytes confer the ability of the host to tolerate drought and allow these plants to become ...