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…and fill it up again with a newly planted tree Every good garden book and article that gives advice on how to plant a shrub...

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Where should I plant a new tree? This can be a difficult decision to make, and why it is a great help to have some form of plan. Trees are...

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”O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree, So scant of grass, so profligate of pines,” ~Jean Toomer, Song of the Son The...

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

There are more examples than four, but four is the number of those I have grown (besides the fact that they are the most popular). These...