Tag: foliage
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...
Evergreen Foliage For Christmas Decor
UNITED STATES—Berries such as firethorn might be the most colorful features of some home gardens now. Flowers can be scarce for late autumn and...
Foliage Surpasses Flowers For Christmas
UNITED STATES—Winter bloom might be limited. Wintry berries, dried flowers and the remains of summery bloom can be more abundant. Evergreen foliage is as...
Falling Leaves Are Getting Messy
UNITED STATES—The primary problem with autumn foliar color is that it eventually becomes quite a mess. Premature shedding started the process even before much...
Fall Foliage Is Gaining Color
Fall foliage is underappreciated here. It is not naturally prominent enough to suggest that it should be otherwise. Most native vegetation is evergreen. Most...
Shedding Foliage Often Precedes Defoliation
UNITED STATES—Indian summer is more typical here than not. As usual, the weather cooled somewhat as summer finished, and then warmed again. It is...
Colorful Foliage Without Colorful Bloom
UNITED STATES—Floral color gets most of the attention within home gardens through spring. It should. It is the most copious and most colorful of...
Defoliation Is A Messy Process
UNITED STATES—Autumn foliar color eventually gets messy. Actually, any deciduous foliage can become messy during its autumn defoliation. Color is not a prerequisite. Some...
Aromatic Foliage Attracts And Repels
UNITED STATES—After their invention in ancient Rome, window boxes became overly prevalent in Venice. They contained herbs and vegetables where space was limited within...
Succulent Plants Exhibit Unique Foliage
UNITED STATES—All cacti are succulents. However, not all succulents are cacti. Actually, cacti are a very unique family. Their distinctive spines and thorns are...