Annie and Melissa twittered back and forth about this plant, mentioning Elizabeth Lawrence while they were at it. So I went to see what she is noted as saying about the Winter Honeysuckle. ”Nearly every garden in the South has a large ungainly Christmas honeysuckle, Lonicera fragrantissima, that is dull at its best, shabby at […]
Shrubs and Bushes
Grow these mid size woody plants for many reasons: beauty, privacy, hedges, berries. The list is long when tallying up the benefits of bushes in the garden.
Mugo Pines: When to Trim and Prune
Don’t trim or prune your mugo in the fall. That is the short answer. Pines will stop growing from the points at which you prune off their branches
Pruning Your Mugo Pine
Don’t Butcher Your Pine The Mugo gets large when left unpruned. This shrub is now about 6 feet tall I have to make this small entry, to save someone out there from the butchering their mugo pines, as once seen in my neighborhood. On the other hand, if you don’t keep up timely pruning (done as […]
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry, Prunus x cistena
I have a large purple sand cherry that I planted in the first years here at this place, which I now call “Flatironed Acres“. What many people don’t realize is that this shrub grows quite wide with a floppy graceful form. Perhaps that is because many try to use shears to shape it to form. […]
