Hey! Ya know what? I love what I do! Yeah, I know, I’m a plant geek, but how can you not appreciate a plant this beautiful and this unique. I’ve had this Lion’s Head Japanese Maple in my landscape for about 7 years now and I really, really like it. I sit on the porch and just… Click here to read more…
‘Fireworks’ Fountain Grass
‘Fireworks’ Fountain Grass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’) PP18504 This is why I love plants! Like most mornings I grabbed a cup of coffee and headed to our sun room to read and enjoy my coffee. As the sun was coming up I looked outside and through the porch railing I see this spectacular display of red… Click here to read more…
Techny Arborvitae
Techny Arborvitae, also known as Mission Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis ‘Techny’ This by far my favorite Arborvitae! It has a beautiful dark green color, it grows very dense, it’s a medium fast grower. Some say it’s a slow grower and compared to a lot of other Arborvitae it is slower growing. However, you will hear me… Click here to read more…
Emerald Green Arborvitae
Emerald Green Arborvitae-Thuga occidentalis ‘Smaragd’ Hardy in zones 3 through 8. All pyramidal Arborvitae are not created equal! Some look similar but they grow and perform over time very differently. There are two upright, pyramidal Arborvitae that I really like because the look great, and over time they perform exactly as you expect them to. They are very different and… Click here to read more…
Canadian Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis
The Canadian Hemlock is one of my all-time favorite upright evergreens. I use them in many of the landscapes that I do, including my own. They grow nice and full but are still easy to maintain at just about any given height you choose. In a landscape planting as I used this one, I like… Click here to read more…
Black Mondo Grass
Black Mondo Grass- Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens Growing, selling and propagating Black Mondo Grass. I’ll give you a little inside baseball. This is a hot, hot seller in our members area, but I rarely see it offered there. Inside the Members Area We have a Buy/Sell Area where members buy and sell plants to and one… Click here to read more…
Variegated Liriope
Variegated Liriope (Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’) is one of my all-time favorite plants to use as a border around a planting bed or along a sidewalk or even a driveway. They are colorful, low growing and they flower in mid-summer with purple flowers on short spikes about 12″ tall. Probably closer to 8″ tall. Unlike hosta,… Click here to read more…
Weeping Nootka Cypress
Weeping Nootka Cypress, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ I’m not sure I can explain why, but the Weeping Nootka Cypress is one of my favorite evergreens. I guess because it can be considered a non compliant evergreen because it has it’s own style and it’s own personality. Like Willie Nelson. They need little pruning, however I do… Click here to read more…
Java Red Weigela
Friends, I’ve been growing and have had Java Red Weigela in my landscape for years and I promise you, this is a very, very nice plant. Like almost all flowering shrubs it should be pruned at least once a year to maintain a nice shape, but the nice thing about Java Red is that it… Click here to read more…
Heuchera-Coral Bells
Heuchera, ‘Coral Bells’ will wake up your yard. Your neighbors will be envious! I’ve written about Coral Bells before but I’ve got some new pictures that I just have to share with you. These are some of the coolest (I know, saying “cool” shows my age) plants that I’ve ever added to a landscape. And… Click here to read more…