Garden along the road less traveled

On a Cold Winter’s Night: Indoor Bulbs

Posted in bulbs, Featured Articles

It is so hard for a gardener to lock up the growing season for winter, even when the platoons of garden catalogs begin marching in...

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Winter Outlines Garden Bones

Posted in Featured Articles, garden design, Now In The Garden, trees

Winter is a stark time for most of us in a temperate climate. Doubly so when a fresh snowfall creates lines and shapes, filled in with...

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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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Contorted Hazel

Posted in Featured Articles, landscaping, plants, trees

Preeminent for winter interest, the Contorted Hazel, Contorted Filbert, or ‘Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick’ all add up to...

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5 Choices for Living Christmas Trees

Posted in Now In The Garden, plant lists, trees

You have to plan a little early for success with living Christmas trees. Dig your planting hole before the ground freezes and be sure to keep your soil in unheated storage. Decide which tree you wish to put into your landscape plan this year.

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