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Clean Tools Before Pruning 14 Mar 2013 | 10:44 pm
In New Hampshire, spring is around the corner and it’s time to prune many trees and shrubs. But before you start cutting (and digging, when the soil warms), make sure your tools are clean. If you didn...
Fabulous Foliage 6 Mar 2013 | 08:31 am
Rolling Green Nursery’s Spring Garden School Series kicks off this Saturday, March 9, at 10:30 a.m., when I speak on Fabulous Foliage: Year-Round Interest with Trees & Shrubs. I’m going to show some s...
Irresistible Sinocalycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ 1 Jun 2012 | 11:39 pm
As editor of Coast Home magazine, I get to write about some of my favorite–and not so favorite–plants for the magazine’s newsletter and website. Here’s one of the best, Hartlage Wine hybrid allspice (...
Gardening Panel 1 Jun 2012 | 10:55 pm
I’m looking forward to being on a gardening panel sponsored by The Pick of the Planet nursery and Water Street Bookstore. Here’s a press release about the event: Join us at Water Street Bookstore on ...
The Evolving Landscape of South Church 10 Apr 2012 | 04:07 am
Life is change, and change upsets many people. Change came last Thursday to Portsmouth’s South Church, a Unitarian Universalist congregation, when two trees were cut down in front of the building. One...
A Touch o’ the Green 17 Mar 2012 | 04:15 am
What a year! I haven’t lived in the mid-Atlantic for 20 years, but now the mid-Atlantic has come to me in the form of milder winter weather. My witchhazels (Hamamelis x intermedia) have been blooming ...
Graham Blandy Boxwood Strikes a Pose 29 Jan 2012 | 06:45 pm
This odd winter, more warm than cold, feels different to me and full of change. At times like this, I turn away from my thoughts and take comfort looking at my garden, specifically at my favorite tree...
Chief Joseph makes light of winter 20 Jan 2012 | 07:43 am
Want a plant that stands out in the winter landscape? ‘Chief Joseph’ lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta ‘Chief Joseph’) does that with its stunning winter color. Typically described as squash yellow, ‘Chi...
Rocky Labyrinth in the Maine Woods 3 Aug 2011 | 05:14 am
Good garden things happen unexpectedly. For example, I met avid gardener Bob Scherer last spring after I spoke at a pruning workshop at Rolling Green Nursery in Greenland, New Hampshire. An online con...
Taxodium in home landscapes 4 Apr 2011 | 04:47 am
Why don’t we use more bald and pond cypresses (Taxodium spp.) in residential landscapes? I took the photograph above of a house landscaped with Taxodium on a recent house tour in New Orleans. Limbed u...
