Garden Tips

Featured Tree: Walking Stick

The walking stick tree  is an unusual plant that is bushy and has distinctive, twisting branches that give it a unique appearance, especially in the winter when the leaves drop off. The walking stick is striking at any time, but particularly so when it has a wall or solid fence as a backdrop.

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Featured Shrub: PeeGee Hydrangea

The Pee Gee Hydrangea is a showy, fast-growing shrub that can reach up to 25 feet tall.  With blooms reaching 6 to 18 inches that turn pinkish and darken to mauve, this hydrangea is easy to grow as a hedge or specimen plant.

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Featured Perennial: Sedum Autumn Joy

Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ is a standout perennial that brings multi-season interest to gardens with its changing flower colors and pollinator-friendly blooms. This hardy succulent-like plant emerges in spring with fleshy, green leaves, followed by clusters of pink flowers in late summer that deepen into a rich copper-bronze hue as fall progresses. Its adaptability, drought tolerance,…

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Featured Perennial: Echinacea

Echinacea also called coneflowers, are old fashioned prairie plants that resemble daisies with swept-back petals They are hardy, drought tolerant and long-blooming and are being cultivated in a ever widening range of colors.  They are hardy bloomers that thrive in full sun and well drained soil. They can be divided to expand the number of…

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