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Growing Cardinal Flower

Cardinal flower, also known as Lobelia cardinalis, is a great choice for a native, non-invasive plant that is a great addition to most gardens located in North America. It's deep brilliant shades of red will add in beautiful shades to your garden, and is also a great choice for attracting guests during the summer. Cardinal flower is a flower to consider planting this year if you're looking to improve the visual appeal of your garden or compliment the colors of other flowers.

By M Kolenut|2018-10-29T16:30:16-04:00February 19th, 2018|Gardening, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

Oh So Sweet Azalea

Sweet azalea is a great shrub for anyone looking for a deciduous, loose branched shrub that is both fragrant and adds great visual appeal with it's elegant white flowers and red pistils. Sweet azalea is not only a great looking shrub during the summer when it has bloomed, but in the autumn months, the foliage of sweet azalea will turn into different shades of red, orange, and yellow, making it a great shrub to have around in the autumn too.

By M Kolenut|2018-10-29T16:30:16-04:00February 5th, 2018|Design, Gardening, Landscaping, Native Plants, Sustainable Landscaping|

Deep Root Feeding – What is it

One common method of feeding established trees and plants is Deep-Root Feeding. This is usually done using a pressurized deep-root probe or injection device that places a solution of select nutrients and sometimes liquefied organic additives such as “compost tea” into the root zone where hungry roots can take them into the entire plant system.

By M Kolenut|2020-08-03T11:18:37-04:00January 24th, 2018|Maintenance, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

Plant Care During Mother Nature’s Slumber

With this frigid weather, the cold nights can become hard to survive for some plants. Many plants will get through the winter without any intervention, but you should always know what to do for your plants over the winter so they'll do their best come springtime. Here are instructions on how to care for most plants over the winter.

By M Kolenut|2018-10-29T16:30:17-04:00January 6th, 2018|Gardening, Native Plants, Organics|

Gray Birch

Gray birch, or betula populifolia, is a fast growing, tolerant, and skinny deciduous tree and is a great choice for a tree that will remain attractive in the winter time even without leaves. Gray birch is a fairly simple tree to grow and is an important tree to plant for many species, and it is becoming endangered or threatened in quite a few states.

By M Kolenut|2018-10-29T16:30:17-04:00December 31st, 2017|Gardening, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

Plant Dormancy

During dormancy, a plant will experience little to no growth and all metabolic activity stops during this time. However, many plants manage to return the following months despite this... how? Well, plants use dormancy as way to survive the unforgiving winter weather. The dormant state of the plant is able to better protect the plants buds during the winter.

By M Kolenut|2018-10-29T16:30:17-04:00December 28th, 2017|Gardening, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|

Growing Beneficial Red Root

New Jersey Tea, or redroot, is a deciduous shrub native to New Jersey and makes for an appealing shrub and has plenty of health benefits and can be consumed as a tea. Redroot is a fairly simple plant to tend to

By M Kolenut|2018-10-29T16:30:17-04:00December 17th, 2017|Gardening, Native Plants, Organics, Sustainable Landscaping|