Fragrant Tea Olive

by | Feb 19, 2017

Tea olives are some of the most sweetly fragrant plants in Southern gardens. Their scent makes them ideal for planting near windows and outdoor living areas where the fall blooming flowers can be readily enjoyed.   Tea olives grow as dense, evergreen shrubs or small...

Persian Parrotia

by | Feb 19, 2017

Persian Parrotia (sometimes known as Ironwood) is a small, single trunk, deciduous tree eventually growing 20-40′ tall.  Apetulous flowers with dense, red stamens surrounded by brownish bracts appear in late winter to early spring before the foliage. Flowers are...

Colorado Spruce

by | Feb 19, 2017

Colorado Spruce or Blue Spruce is an evergreen that is native to the western United States.  It is planted throughout the eastern United States as an ornamental.  The tree is pyramidal in form, but becomes more open and droopy as it ages.  It grows slowly, reaching 30...

Japanese White Pine

by | Feb 19, 2017

Japanese White Pine creates a striking landscape element.  Often seen as a dense, conical form when young, Japanese White Pine develops into a 25 to 50-foot-tall, graceful, irregularly shaped tree, with an equal or greater spread, and a broad, flattened canopy. The 1...

Eastern White Pine

by | Feb 19, 2017

Eastern white pine is a rapid-growing, long-lived, needled evergreen tree that is native to the northeastern United States and Canada.   Although pyramidal in its early years, it matures to a broad oval habit with an irregular crown.   Typically grows 50-80′ in...