As we bundle up and head outside during February we often confront the coldest temperatures of the year. Standing water is frozen solid, snow falls, and wind chills can approach zero degrees. It is hard to imagine how plants can possibly survive in wea…
Landscape Design
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Fall Gardening & Spring Flowering Bulbs
FALL GARDENING & SPRING FLOWERING BULBSEarly fall is a busy time in everyone’s life. School is starting, fall sports begin, and tending our gardens takes a back seat as we focus on the upcoming holidays. In the rush, we overlook the fact that fall is…
Fragrant Plants for the Garden
In our recent newsletter we referred to the appeal of fragrant plants. Not only do they produce beautiful blossoms but those blossoms can fill the garden with a powerful aroma. We detailed six of our favorite shrubs;Korean Spice Viburnum Carol Mackie D…
Deer Resistant Landscapes
Deer have a significant impact on landscape plantings in New Jersey. Many homeowners have given up on buying new plantings for fear that deer will eat them and the money will be wasted. There is a perception that nothing can be done to stop the deer, s…
Your Landscape Helps Clean our Environment
We all know that greenhouse gases are increasing in our atmosphere. The most prevalent of those gases is carbon dioxide which makes up 26% of all greenhouse gases. Did you know that plants capture and hold an enormous amount of carbon dioxide? In fact,…
Hardy Hellebores
March has many different weather personalities in the New Jersey Garden. From frigid cold to whipping winds, to driving rains, these months test the winter tolerance and hardiness of both plants and plantsmen alike. So, when the hale and hardy Hellebor…
Winter Interest and Spring Blooming Shrubs for your Garden:
Spring may be around the corner but we still have a little over a month more of Winter to go! As we venture out into our gardens over the next couple of weeks, mother nature will begin to herald the coming new season with spectacular late winter and ea…
2009 Hummingbird Migration has begun!
The web link below will take you to a web site that monitors the northern migration of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). These tiny birds overwinter in Mexico, Central America or some Caribbean Islands. They begin their journey wi…
The Architecture of Trees
Winter in its nakedness, offers us an opportunity to study the architectural forms of trees that comprise our landscape. When designers begin to layout a landscape they usually start with the trees, ornamental or shade trees. Why? In the life cycle of …
Garden Tips and Outdoor Rooms
FORCING SPRING BLOOMS IN YOUR HOMEAbout this time of the year, gardeners in the colder climates are very ready for spring. One way gardeners can speed up the onset of the flowering season is to force branches into blooming indoors. This is a great way …