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Great Fall Color and Deer Resistant!

Here in the Midwest we have had weather this year that is beginning to produce a wonderful show of fall leaves on the trees and shrubs. Generally you need sunlight and cool autumn nights for the leaves to turn color. Did you know that these colors are always there but the deep green of their summer foliage...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 09-24-2008
Early blooming Tulip - Single Early - Apricot Beauty

If you are like me and have trouble waiting for the snow to melt and the flower bulbs to begin poking their heads up then this is the one for you. The Apricot Beauty, Tulipa single early 'Apricot Beauty', is a fall bulb that will start your garden out in early spring with fragrant light peach...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 08-21-2008
A fun August "Surprise" Lily

We just had a surprise in our landscape this August. We moved into a home that is over 100 years old. The original owners had done lots of landscaping although after they passed away and new owners took over, it was and still is quite an overgrown area. We have had lots of surprises of plants that have...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 08-20-2008
Bridal Veil Spireaea - Renaissance

If you have heard of a shrub called Bridal Veil or Bridal Wreath, this is the one you are looking for. The Spirea - Renaissance Sp. vanhouttei 'Renaissance' have arching branches with dark green leaves and delicate white cascading flowers. As a child growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, I remember...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 03-01-2008
Ornamental & fruit bearing Fuyu Jiro Persimmon

The Fuyu Jiro Persimmon tree is not only a beautiful ornamental tree but also bears a fruit that has a very sweet flavor and is used in many ways. Fuyu Jiro fruits are flattened with a light orange, firm and crunchy flesh. It can even be peeled and eaten like an apple. The fruit is seedless unless planted...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 02-26-2008
Intense Red Color! Burning Bush - Grove Dwarf

The Burning Bush - Grove Dwarf, Euonymous alatus 'Grove Compactus' is highly desired for it's intense scarlet red color in the fall. It is also extremely versatile on it's own or as a hedge or border plant. It looks great with coniferous evergreens and will brighten any dark corner of...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 02-24-2008
Lots of color! Barberry - Helmond Pillar

Barberry - Helmond Pillar Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar' grows as it is named. It is a shrub that grows in a shape like a pillar. If you like lots of color this is the shrub for you. It is magnificent with it's reddish brown stems and reddish foliage. It produces small yellow flowers...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 02-22-2008
Burning Bush - Rudy Haag

The Burning Bush - Rudy Haag Euonymus alatus 'Rudy Haag' is a beautiful shrub. In the fall this shrub can be spotted from far away due to it's vibrant red foliage. It's one of the sights I enjoy and actually seek out during the fall season. It's beauty stands out among grasses and...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 02-17-2008
Barberry - Burgundy Carousel

The Barberry - Burgundy Carousel, Berberis thunbergii 'Bailtwo' is an excellent accent or hedging plant. It would also be good as a barrier plant because of it's thorns. I imagine the bunnies and other animals that like to feast on your garden would be discouraged. Maybe even a neighbor or...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 02-16-2008
How to grow Amaryllis bulbs

Amaryllis is known for it's large flowers that look exotic and dangerous and yet they are the easiest bulbs to bring to bloom. They can be planted indoors and/or outdoors. There are many varieties and their colors can be in shades of red, white, pink, orange and salmon and some are striped or variegated...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 02-08-2008

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