Best Evergreen Hedge

Stir in flour mixture and oats until well combined. Sow the seed in individual pots in a cold frame as soon as the seeds are ripe, usually in September. Bake about 12 minutes, until cookies are barely browned around the edges.Combine all above ingredients...

I had to be very carefulwhen digging them out. Later I sowed one more - just before my grandson was born - which I planted one year later, as my grandson's tree, to celebrate his first birthday.

IIf you intend to replant a living Spanish fir in your yard, make sure that your soil is well-drained and slightly acidic in a location that gets full sun. It will provide everything you want in terms of a vibrant color and neat, conical shape, and its...

I pinch off some mountain ash berries growing along the sidewalk median in front of a foreclosed house. But here too I run into choices. Other times, I lay the greens on the ring and then wrap them with the wire directly to the ring.

(Editor's Note: This article was originally published on December 19, 2008. You may be able to find 1-gallon or 5-gallon plants at your local nursery, depending on your location. The word Hollywood may bring to mind many things, but it's likely not one...

It argues that humans are the ones being manipulated by plants rather than the other way around. It was strong and obviously loved its place in my little garden. This is what I told myself when I moved into my first home with a garden.

A dizzying throng of birds, bees and other creatures gorges on pollen & nectar. That is sometimes a problem for this neighbor, who loves books, basil and quiet days in the sun. (My calculation: 12 ft.

I think of it now , and I am struck with delight. The longleaf pine is the only pine tree with these characteristics.Other names for the longleaf pine are long needle, long straw, southern yellow, hard, pitch and Georgia pine.When it is young, the longleaf...

The twists and turns, bends and angles that the tree will take will add character to any garden.Never move a tree once planted unless you are ready to do some heavy digging. They like their soil to be moist but overall do not like to stand in water and...

Read more on what specifically makes spruces and firs different from pines. There are many different varieties of Norway spruce, including 'Reflexa' a weeping form, 'Witch's Brood' a small globe form, and 'Little Gem,' pictured at right.'Little Gem' is...

The green giant variety grows to 30 feet at a rate of 5 feet a year once established. Five feet apart is a good rule of thumb. They require little or no pruning, grow to 20 feet and can be purchased economically in large sizes.

They can be wind breaks or privacy screens.Hedges require little maintenance. Bright red berries in the fall are a favourite of birds. Imagine the scent!! Hardy to Zone 3a the lilac is versatile enough to be a hedge.

It took me a week to decide which plants I wanted and wherefrom should I get the cuttings. When I returned, I had the cuttings I took from some of the plants to remind me of those amazing gardens, but I'm sorry to say most of them didn't survive, except...

So far only one cultivar has been selected. This one is called ‘Fuzz Ball' and has softer, fuzzier foliage than is typical of the species and a more compact, somewhat rounded habit, growing 30 cm by 100 cm.

In all honesty, it is difficult to tell the difference between firs, spruces and pines. They prefer full sun, but will tolerate light shade; they can survive on as little water as 10 inches per year and up to 200 inches; they are hardy from -70 degrees...

Unfortunately, it declined rather quickly and this soured me on boxwood in general for a while. The best defense against disease is to keep the plant pruned so that light can reach the inner branches, be sure it is planted in a well-drained area with...

For the Celts, it played at part at Samhain, the November 1 festival when the boundary between the dead and the living was believed to be open. The yew is shade tolerant, making it a valuable landscaping shrub or tree.

The trees of this plantation are absorbing carbon dioxide and sending out fresh oxygen. Below is a look at some of the choices available.Concern over the environment may cause some to shy away from artificial trees while others use them due to family...

Give Hebes full sun to light shade. A trip home from the local nursery with a pick-up truck load of healthy happy shrubs is exciting--you can see your landscape coming together! Thoughts of lining a walkway with small shrubbery or a drive-way with tall,...

I hope I've shown you a creative, satisfying, affordable, or extravagant, gift option for somebody special on your list.Many thanks to fellow subscribers at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Forum, who gave me valuable feedback on this idea and article..

It's rainy and dreary and miserable outside. Just remember, you need to have both male and female plants, and they are poisonous.Spruce are nice to work with too. How about we go for a little walk and find some things to help brighten up your outdoor...

These individual leaves are composed of many tiny needlelike leaflets that line up closely on the secondary stem to form a v-like trough of foliage. Looking for a groundcover plant that grows in shade and is mannerly, evergreen, attractive, and that the...

These often appear more globe-shaped when young but develop a leader with age. There are a few weeping forms. Among the most popular 'blue' conifers is the Colorado blue spruce. If you prefer tall but narrow form, then 'Fastigiata', 'are your best choices.

As well as flavoring a dish, juniper cuts the gaminess of game, reduces the fatty effect of duck and pork and perks up a bread stuffing. The oil of juniper can be irritating to the kidneys if they are weak.

Specimens can be found in the wild in the Florida panhandle and across Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to southeastern Louisiana.Plant Florida anise in shade to partial shade in well-drained, moist, acid soil.

A biological rarity in North America has become worth a fortune in the Southern Hemisphere.is one of the rarer conifers in North America. The trees can be killed by heavily smoggy air.Monterey pines have been planted in various botanical gardens in California,...

I never heard anything more about those up near the old mine.By the time I left for college, those trees were growing steadily and I would swear I could see them growing inch by inch every day.