Articles related to "Crabapples"

Eighteen kinds of crabapples form the backdrop to a Memorial Garden in a western MA orchard. Autumn crabapple display begins with warm sunny days and cold nights.

Crabapple trees stand out with autumn characteristics that make them top-notch landscape trees. Plantings of intelligent choices do well with good cultural practices.

Crabapple diseases ruin landscape designs. Bacteria and fungi cause the majority of crabapple diseases. Awareness and proper environments lead to healthy crabapples.

Flowering Crabapples: "The Genus Malus" by Rev. John L. Fiala is an essential reference for those wanting to know about flowering crabapple trees in built landscapes.

In this article we will look at two different plants that produce showy red fruits in the winter.

Are you thinking of buying a crabapple but have heard that they are disease prone? Today's article will help you select a crabapple that is disease resistant.

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.

Marvel's Strange Tales #1 re-launches the classic comics title as a humor anthology. Highlights include stories by Paul Pope, Peter Bagge, and Nicholas Gurewich.

A number of tree species have oval or egg-shaped leaves, but specific characteristics enable us to identify them.

Six of the best deciduous trees with weeping growth habit and pendulous silhouettes. Is your favorite listed?

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

Trees and shrubs that produce colorful berries bring winter beauty to landscape gardens. They may also provide winter shelter as well as food for fruit-eating birds.

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!

These perennials, annuals and other plants will add a chivalrous feel to your garden as you celebrate the myth of the Knights of the Round Table.

Gardeners often choose garden plants that are attractive to birds. Here's a sampling of plants of various types that you might use.

Plant names are rich with charm and description. These annuals, perennials and shrubs all have fall, autumn or harvest themed names.

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

Attracting birds to the backyard is a great hobby venture and to make sure you get a variety you may need more than seed trays.

Pilgrims and Wampanoagan AmerIndians dined on the first "Turkey Day" meal. Can Pagans add their traditions and foods for the festivities? Yes. Suggestions and recipes....

Some plants do best air dried, others with glycerin or silica. Tips for preserving plants and suggestions for plant varities to harvest are in today's article.

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.

Lilacs: A Gardener' s Encyclopedia by Fr. John L. Fiala (1988) was revised and updated by Freek Vrugtman (2008). Contains in-depth information about the genus Syringa.

Landscape maintenance mistakes abound in both residential and public landscapes. What are some of these landscape maintenance errors and how do they happen? Photographs.

Ornamental trees add an interesting focal point to any landscaping. Here are some tips to ensure your ornamental trees will thrive in your garden.

Everyone has different views and desires when it comes to color. Many landscape designers and garden architects prefer foliage color over flowering garden plants.

An introduction to Geneva State Park in Northeast Ohio on Lake Erie, a great place for a weekend getaway for water fun.

One way of adding interest to the garden is through the use of plants with pendulous, weeping growth habits.

Granny Smith apples are the most popular apple variety. Pick some this fall and discover how versatile they are for cooking.

The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls, MA, dedicated in 1929, adapted the idea of a New England garden by using a relic trolley bridge. Well worth the visit.

Before an ice storm blows in, learn how to protect your trees from damage and how to help trees heal from its devastating effects.

Learn how to combine favorite old fashioned flowers of all kinds to design your own colorful cottage garden filled with fragrant roses, lilacs, peonies and more.

You can make your backyard a habitat for wildlife. Just look around for native plants and trees and provide food, shelter, water, and protection for young.

Most flowering trees and shrubs can be coaxed into their spring dresses in the middle of winter.

A garden transition zone, where open space gradually changes to the deep shade of mature trees, is prime backyard bird habitat.

Gardeners visiting Beijing shouldn't miss the chance to visit the Beijing Botanical Garden in the western suburbs. It is a tourist attraction and a research facility.

You've spent time and money developing your garden landscape into an oasis. Don't let garden fungus ruin your work. Find tips for fighting this garden pest.

Every few years, oak trees seem to come alive in a most unsettling way as leaf-chewing gypsy moth caterpillars emerge from tan egg masses and begin their feeding frenzy.

The annual appearance of leaf-chewing caterpillars is underway, leaving pot-marked canopies in forests and suburban woodlots throughout the Midwest.

Use up all those crab apples in your backyard by making a delicious fruit jelly.

There are many homeowners who are unfamiliar with plants and trees, but take great pride in their homes all over the United States.

Trees bring gravitas. Every white flower garden or moon garden needs a special white flowering tree, either nearby or in the garden itself.

This popular fruit, a member of the rose family, is grown throughout the world, with China and the United States the leading producers.

What better way to celebrate the neglected holiday than to combine traditions and foods of the Solar Festivals? Decorate the house in Autumn finery; enjoy the recipes!

Both Pagans and Christians celebrate the first harvest according to individual spiritual beliefs. It is a time of joy and to give thanks for abundance.

What's all the fuss about native plants? Simple. We need them to feed and shelter birds, butterflies and all life, from bacteria to mammals. Non-natives usually won't do.

There are two shrubs that have leaves that are more black than anything - and several more in dark colors deep enough to work as if they were ebony colored.

A great many trees and shrubs have purple foliage that can create garden drama, whether as specimens or integrated as the backbone of a garden bed. Here are 17 varieties.

Helping to sustain wildlife in the backyard is a rewarding way to ensure their survival and create appreciation for the natural world.

Gardening at altitudes above 6500' is challenging, but with a little effort and proper plant selection, the rewards can be spectacular and unique.

One of Manhattan's most charming small parks, Straus Park is a little-known Upper West Side neighborhood oasis offering shady benches, greenery and a soothing fountain.