Plant of the Week: Paperbark Maple
This week, we chose the Paperbark Maple as our Plant of the Week. Here at Grimm’s Gardens, we love this small, ornamental tree for its bark and autumn interest. It grows 20 to 30 feet tall and wide, but is a very slow growing tree. It grows 6 to 8 inches per year, once the […]
Beautiful Barks
Every few years we have got to talk about barks. And I do not mean when a dog barks. Tree bark is often overlooked when selecting a tree for a landscape, but the decision making process for purchasing a tree should include bark as an aspect of a beautiful tree. Below are 12 trees and […]
Choosing a Tree to Plant
Autumn is the time for fall color. When a lot of people start thinking about autumn color, their minds travel to photos they have seen of New England, with old churches and barns among the Catskills and Adirondack Mountains, a burst in colors of red, purple, yellow, bronze, gold, and orange. However, when I think […]