Viking Chokeberry: The Viking of the Prairies
Looking around at the snow now covering the ground it is hard to believe that it is st...
False Spirea: Mistaken Identity?
One of the most complicated parts of gardening is knowing which plant will work in whi...
Grafting: The Franken-trees?
Have you ever pondered this in your own yard… a flowering crab apple tree is growing a...
Russian Flowering Almond: The Flower from Siberia
To increase the variety of trees and shrubs we can plant in our landscape we often bri...
Got a little Charisma?
How can you say a lilac has charisma when it is not a heavy bloomer? I honestly wish t...
Therese Bugnet: Beauty Lost in Translation
It does not take a linguist to realize that French and Latin just have a smoother tone...
Silver Star Seabuckthorn: The Star of the Show
If you have been gardening long you have likely heard the term “contrast plant” before...
Potential of Potentilla
The Potentilla shrub is a plant we are all familiar with even if we do not know it by ...
Barberries: Nature’s Thorny Gems
If you have ever worked with barberry shrubs you have probably learned within seconds ...