Black Autumn Magic Chokeberry General Information ‘The glossy, dark green leaves of the Black Autumn Magic Chokeberry provide a good backdrop for the mounds of white flower clusters that appear in spring. The flowers give way to edible, dark blue-black fruits. The fruits are excellent for making jams and jellies. If not picked, the fruits [...]
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Ground Hug Chokeberry General Information Ground Hug Chokeberry is a low growing deciduous shrub. This plant is perfect for difficult areas, as a beautiful, low maintenance plant. The plant keeps a nice appearance throughout the spring and summer months with glossy, deep green foliage. In the fall, the shrub has great red leaves. In the [...]
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Ground Hog Chokeberry General Information Ground Hog Chokeberry is a low growing deciduous shrub. This plant is perfect for difficult areas, as a beautiful, low maintenance plant. The plant keeps a nice appearance throughout the spring and summer months with glossy, deep green foliage. In the fall, the shrub has great red leaves. In the [...]
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Black Autumn Magic Chokeberry General Information ‘The glossy, dark green leaves of the Black Autumn Magic Chokeberry provide a good backdrop for the mounds of white flower clusters that appear in spring. The flowers give way to edible, dark blue-black fruits. The fruits are excellent for making jams and jellies. If not picked, the fruits [...]
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Black Walnut trees are wonderful if you are a cabinet maker, eat the walnuts, or leave them as forage for wildlife, or use the husks to make a colorfast dye. But if you are a gardener, they provide a challenge, to say the least. A toxic chemical, juglone, diffuses from the roots into the soil, […]
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Viking Chokeberry General Information Viking Chokeberry is a deciduous fruiting shrub. It is perfect for use in shrub border, with great fruit production and ornamental appeal. It grows in a multi-stemmed and upright overall fashion. Abundant clusters of fragrant white flowers in the springtime. Following the flowers, berries form. The berries ripen to purple-black the [...]
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When fall finally arrives, it seems as if all the colors in the garden are playing me for a fool. I love the way the garden looks during spring and summer, with the many bright splashes of flower colors and all the greens! But October, wow. It seems as if an entire palette of mixed […]
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What is a rain garden? A rain garden is an area within the landscape that gets the majority of its moisture from rain. It may also get wet from a hose runoff or hillside springs. The rain garden can be a functional and beautiful part of the landscape. I have heard some people call their […]
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Aronia is our 2023 April Plant of the Month. One of the most versatile North American native shrubs; there are 3 species, 2 of which are used commercially in the U.S. Besides being a very useful landscape plant, Aronia berries are considered a superfood. I have always loved the multiple season interest of these shrubs, […]
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