spring growth

The Plant Enabler and the Plant Addict

The Plant Enabler and the Plant Addict

With April Fool’s Day this week, I find myself reminiscing about a fabled article from the legend himself, my esteemed predecessor at Sunnyside Nursery, Mr. Steve Smith.  The Whistling Gardener pontificated about the mythical “wonder shrub” for April Fool’s Day many moons ago -  luckily…

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Japanese Maples for Spring Color

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Japanese Maples for Spring Color

Japanese Maples come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, colors, growth habits and foliage types, offering the home gardener a myriad of choices to suit each individual’s taste.  All of these trees get outstanding autumn color, but gardeners should note their spring foliage tones as well…

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The Changing Garden, What A Difference A Couple Of Weeks Can Make

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The Changing Garden, What A Difference A Couple Of Weeks Can Make

A few weeks back I was lamenting the fact that there were still so many bare spots in my new garden that needed to be filled in, due to plant failures from this last winter…  No matter how good of a gardener we might be, some things thrive while others just whimper away into oblivion.  Isn’t that the nature of gardening?

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Take Time To Enjoy The Season

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Take Time To Enjoy The Season

This is the time of year when it often feels like it is all happening at once.  It can be overwhelming to say the least.  Yet, here I am asking you to slow down and smell the proverbial roses…

Oh, The Exhilaration Of New Spring Growth

Oh, The Exhilaration Of New Spring Growth

April is a floriferous month to be sure, but along with all those glorious rhodies, tulips, daffodils, flowering cherries and magnolias, there is also an amazing array of new foliage emerging from both evergreen plants as well as deciduous ones. Personally, I find these foliar displays just as exciting as the floral ones….