The Life of a Christmas Tree
December 9th, 2014
Growing a Christmas tree is no easy feat, as you might’ve guessed from the troubles gardeners often have with their own backyard conifers. Here’s how the growers do it…
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Evergreens and Conifers Category
How Now Brown Tree?
January 12th, 2013
Don’t be too quick to give up on an evergreen that’s browning. Sometimes they’ll recover if intense heat was the culprit. But a conifer that’s brown all over most likely already has been dead for weeks.
The Perfect Christmas Tree
November 29th, 2011
At least 25 million cut evergreens will end up in American living rooms over the next 4 weeks. Some of them will look nicer, hold ornaments better and keep their needles longer than others. Which type makes the best choice? That’s open to some interpretation, but here’s a comparison of 8 species […]
Butchery in the Garden
July 7th, 2011
No plants take more abuse in our yards than those foundation evergreens that we keep shearing mercilessly into balls and boxes. If that’s what you know as “evergreens,” you’re missing a whole wonderful category of textural, four-season plants.
