Breaking Misconceptions: Planting Small Container Trees and Shrubs Trees and shrubs are the foundation and focal point of your garden. They stand out among smaller, less impressive plants. They provide structure and architecture, shade for other plants, divide the garden into defined spaces, … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight – Sweet Gum
Native Range and Habitat The Sweet Gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, is a medium-sized, deciduous tree native to the eastern and south-central United States, extending south into Mexico and Central America. Its range in the United States extends from south-eastern Connecticut, New Jersey, and … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight – Willow Oak
The Willow Oak, Quercus phellos, a medium to large species within the “red oak group”, occurs mostly in the Southeastern United States. It occurs from Missouri, south to extreme-eastern Texas, east to the Florida Panhandle, and extending north along the coast to Long Island, New York. It is … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight – Black Oak
The Eastern Black Oak, Quercus velutina, is a small to medium sized species within the “red oak group” and has a wide range in Eastern North America. It occurs from extreme-eastern Texas, east to the Florida Panhandle, and north to southern Maine. Its population in the Southeast is sparse compared … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight – Shrubby St. Johns Wort
Hypericum prolificum, or Shrubby St. John's Wort is a small, durable shrub that provides large cheery yellow blooms in early to mid summer. Dry or rocky soil does not phase this shrub. It prefers full sun to part shade and will grow up to 5 feet in height, usually lower. This is one of our shorter … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight – Yellow Birch
The Yellow Birch, Betula alleghaniensis, is a large birch species which occurs from Minnesota, east to Maine, and extending south along the Appalachian Mountains to Northern Georgia. Its range also includes the southern end of several Eastern Canadian provinces. It is most often found growing at … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight – Bur Oak
The Bur Oak, Quercus macrocarpa, is a medium to large species within the “white oak group” and is often considered one of the stateliest trees in North America. Though most common in the American Midwest, its most dense populations are in the Great Lakes region and northern part of the Mississippi … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight – White Spruce
Picea glauca is a drought tolerant, deer tolerant, cold-hardy evergreen, which occurs naturally from Newfoundland south to Zone 6. It is also called Canada Spruce or Skunk Spruce – the blue-green needles sometimes have a pungent scent when crushed. White Spruce is a a fairly narrow, compact, … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight – Virginia Pine
The Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana), also known as the Scrub or Jersey Pine, is a medium-sized, robust conifer found throughout Appalachia from Alabama east to South Carolina, and north to Pennsylvania. Typically, this species grows in the poor soils of mountain ridges and rocky outcroppings, … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight: Red Pine
Pinus resinosa – Red Pine This native evergreen can tolerate dry, exposed sites, and is great for a windbreak. It reaches up to 50 feet in height and is native as far north as Nova Scotia, and south to Pennsylvania. Pictured above is a stand of Red Pine in Lackawanna County PA. Photo Credit: … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight: Pitch Pine
Pinus rigida Pitch Pine This native evergreen tolerates a dry site and occurs on poor, sandy, or salty soils. In fact, it will grow in almost any site as long as it has full sun. Pitch pine can reach height of 30 to 50 feet and a width of 15 to 25 feet. It grows a foot or more a year in youth, … [Read more...]
Species Spotlight: Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum (Sourwood) is a highly ornamental small tree in the same family as rhododendron and azaleas. Sourwood tolerates drought once established and prefers sun to part shade. It prefers moist to moderately dry soil. It flowers in weeping, creamy white panicles at the end of the … [Read more...]
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