Articles related to "Conifer"

Use a wide variety of conifers to add color and dignity to a garden. The elegance of conifers and their different colors can enhance any type of garden, large or small.

Upright conifers are perfect complements to residential landscapes and gardens, providing strong vertical accents and year-round interest.

For maintenance free gardening, especially on patios and suburban gardens, dwarf conifers are the ideal choice. Dwarf conifers come in many colors and sizes.

Evergreen, most conifers may be, but that doesn't mean all are dull green.Thousands of improved varieties have been introduced recently in all shapes, sizes and colours.

Plant hunters, propagators,and geneticists have developed rare and unusual conifers. Because of this there is a perfect plant for any site.

The diverse, ancient conifers grow to towering heights, thrive in rugged terrain, and remind us of earth's prehistoric days. This book is their fascinating story.

Northwest conifers may seem similar, but when you look closely at the needles and cones, it's easy to tell a pine from a fir or a hemlock from a red-cedar.

Homeowners longing to have prized conifers resemble the finely-coiffed varieties grown at commercial tree farms can achieve the same look with timely mid-summer pruning.

Pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, cypress, cedar, larch--not all these trees are evergreens, although all have needle-like leaves and produce cones, so they are conifers.

Bonsai styles can be categorized into classical and non-classical groups. Classical bonsai styles are a useful starting point for beginners.

You don't need berries or blossoms to create winter interest. These conifers have showy cones that provide interest and contrast to a winter garden landscape.

The gymnosperms are cone-bearing seed plants that once dominated ancient landscapes

Course or fine, spheroid or winged, pollen is one of the main ingredients for sexual reproduction in plants.

Evergreens, for the most part, are mostly conifers in colder temperate regions.

Weeping form evergreen shrubs keep their foliage providing extra interest to any garden area. See six favorite weeping evergreen shrubs; broadleaf and conifers.

Dwarf conifers fit miniature landscapes like outdoor model railroad gardens. The small cone bearing evergreen and deciduous trees add structure to flowering plant beds.

The coast redwood is one of the earth's tallest trees, the giant sequoia is massive, and the beautiful dawn redwood is newly discovered after being seen only in fossils.

These lovely evergreen conifers make great additions to a Japanese reflection garden because of the interesting form and year round color they provide the landscape.

The largest dinosaur ever discovered is the Argentinosaurus, meaning "Argentine lizard." This frisky fellow lived during the Cretaceous period, 90 million years ago.

Araucaria heterophylla is a striking plant for home décor and a popular choice as a living Christmas tree.

Many gardeners have discovered that using gold foliage in the landscape is an easy way to add color without depending on flowers.

In North America nearly all gymnosperms display an evergreen tree body form and produce seeds within hard comes.

At 9,157 feet above sea level, Mt. Lemmon is a popular escape from Tucson's summer heat. It's a biology lesson as well, equivalent to driving from Mexico to Canada.

"Show me some Dr. Seuss trees" a customer requested. Cascade Falls Weeping Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum ‘Cascade Falls’) is a good selection to accent water gardens.

In this group of plants all have names that reflect spring themes! A fun way to pay tribute to this fleeting but powerful time of the year.

Fall brings not just the reds and yellows of turning leaves, but also the bright colors of berries on many common trees.

Consider home garden designs to include interesting and colorful trees, shrubs and even vegetable plants that need little winter care and bring ife to the cold months.

There are many popular and delicious mushrooms found on the west coast. One of the easiest to identify and most savory is the Cantharellus genus, or chanterelles.

Learn how to use plants with winter fruits or berries to add color and delight to your garden. There are so many delightful trees, shrubs and others to choose from!

Does your garden design make you hum? Or, do you look at the layers of plantings and hear a symphony? If you want a symphony, include Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil Holly'.

The third zone in a desert garden is the "arid" zone, one that requires little or no supplemental water after they are established. Read about the "arid" zone, and the pl

Learn some guidelines for using evergreens in the garden to provide winter interest. Look at the types of evergreens available, and variety of uses for your landscape.

With the guides below, nature enthusiasts will know a Douglas fir from a hemlock and an Oregon ash from an elderberry.

Pines belong to the conifers, with evergreen needles and cones. Sorting the pines from among its relatives, the firs, spruces and hemlocks, is not difficult.

Mugo pines grown from seed usually outgrow their location due to genetic predisposition - read on and learn how to properly select plants for the garden.

Nothing surpasses the lush green of Mountain Laurel foliage in the midst of winter.

There are so many fun ways to enjoy winter in the garden year-round including planting some of these winter themed plants.

Visitors to Portland, Oregon, can easily explore nature without a car. The city's MAX lightrail takes you right to the trailhead of two nature preserves

Non-classical bonsai styles are more loosely defined than the classical styles but take just as much skill to create successfully.

Drive along the Feather River National Scenic Byway on Highway 70 and see some of nature's most dramatic displays of wildflowers in bloom by cascading waterfalls.

The Pine Tree State in "Leaf Peeping" season combines blazing forests, rolling hills, ocean vistas, harvest season and white villages outlined in red, orange and yellow.

Imagine a half-day hike in Canada's Rocky Mountain Parks where the reward is a glacial lake surrounded by rocky peaks, with a log cabin teahouse overlooking it.

Flower gardens and trees are under siege by aphids, a tiny sucking insect that causes leaves to turn yellow and take on a distorted appearance.

A National Scenic Byway from Grant to Georgetown affords excellent views of turning Aspens, within an hour's drive from Denver.

Rosemary, Norfolk Pine and Monterey Cypress make festive tabletop Christmas trees and gifts that can be kept as attractive houseplants after the holidays.

A good first step when trying to identify an unfamiliar tree is to decide whether the growth pattern is "opposite" or "alternate".

See the best of the new shade and ornamental trees available to home gardeners in 2008. Healthy plants, unique forms and beautiful colors.

Yellow-foliage evergreen plants are attention-getters and liven up winter landscape gardens. They mimic sunshine and echo PANTONE® 2009 Color of the Year 14-0848 "Mimosa"

If you haven't put up your Christmas tree yet, think about a real, grown in the ground, trunk and needles one, and help the environment with your festive decorations

Dawn Redwood and Ginkgo trees were seen only in fossils until living stands were discovered in the 1900s. With the Chilean Monkey Puzzle tree, they are living fossils.