Utilities Limit Appropriate Tree Selection
UNITED STATES—Trees and utilities should not mix. Unfortunately, on rare occasion, they do. Trees cause electrical outages or fires by dropping limbs onto electrical...
Vines Are Naturally Very Competitive
UNITED STATES—Nature is competitive. Competition is natural. In the wild, vegetation competes for limited resources. Where sunlight is a limited resource within forest ecosystems,...
Catalog Shopping Affords More Options
UNITED STATES—Local retail nurseries can sell more varieties of more types of plants than anyone needs. That which is unavailable from one nursery is...
Trees Should Fit Their Gardens
UNITED STATES—A tree is a woody perennial plant with a single tall trunk and branches. However, several tree types can not conform with this...
Colorful Foliage Regardless Of Bloom
UNITED STATES—Home gardens display more floral color now than at any other time of year. So much is in bloom. So much more is...
Succulents Within Average Home Gardens
UNITED STATES—All cacti are succulents. So are all agaves. Technically, yuccas are too, even though they are no more succulent than palm trees. Perhaps...
Palm Trees Within Home Gardens
UNITED STATES—Trees conform to an overly vague definition. Most simply, they are substantial and woody perennial plants with tall trunks and branches. Yet, several...
Pruning At The Proper Time
UNITED STATES—Motorized hedge shears are the most overused home garden power tools. They are very useful for hedges and similarly shorn shrubbery. The problem...
Ferns Are Splendid Foliar Perennials
UNITED STATES—Ferns are an odd bunch within home gardens. They lack floral color and fragrance. They produce no fruit or vegetables. The few that...
Watering Resumes With Drier Weather
UNITED STATES—Even before the last day of winter on March 20, the weather went summery fast. Not only has there been no rain in...