Amelanchier, The Service Tree

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I wondered why this tree was called the “Service Tree” or the “Serviceberry”. One story tells it that...

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Ten Winter Features

Posted in Now In The Garden, plants, shrubs, trees

Everyone has their opinion of what makes something a joy to the eye. In winter everything is finely edited by our cold weather and killing...

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Pyracantha, Friend or Foe?

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The firethorn, Pyracantha coccinea ‘Mohave’, grows clambering up my house and love it. I wouldn’t be without this...

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