Plants We Love

Tasty Rhubarb, an Edible and Ornamental Plant

April 1, 2013 | Maria Woodie | 0

Virtues: We love rhubarb for its tangy yet sweet, crisp flavor, the perfect companion for strawberries or the main ingredient in pies, jams and jellies.

Quick-to-Harvest, Colorful ‘Bull’s Blood’ Beets

March 26, 2013 | Maria Woodie | 0

Virtues: We love ‘Bull’s Blood’ beets for their deep red-burgundy foliage and dark reddish pink roots (the beets). With sweet-tasting, gorgeously colored foliage and tender baby beets, these easy-to-grow vegetables make the perfect addition to salads and other recipes.

Redwing Cranberrybush: a Flowering, Fruiting Native Viburnum

March 15, 2013 | Maria Woodie | 0

Virtues: We love American cranberry bush for its rich green foliage and the charming clusters of tiny, white flowers that bloom through late spring, later revealing small, cranberry-red berries in fall.

Agave ellemetiana: a Spineless Agave for Dry Gardens

March 12, 2013 | Maria Woodie | 0

Virtues: We love Agave ellemetiana for the lush, waxy, green leaves that arch away from each other, creating a display of bold color and eye-catching form.

Dwarf Fetterbush, a Small Evergreen Flowering Shrub

March 4, 2013 | Maria Woodie | 0

Virtues: We love Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Nana’ for its leathery, rich, deep green leaves that rest upon gracefully arched stems, transforming into stunning shades of purple, red, bronze and burgundy in fall through winter. Clusters of perfumed white flowers bloom in …

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To Avoid Pruning Forsythia, Try Compact ‘Arnold Dwarf’

February 24, 2013 | Maria Woodie | 1

Virtues: We love Forsythia ‘Arnold Dwarf’ for the stunning, vivid yellow tubular flowers that bloom in early spring and for its naturally compact size, which makes it a good groundcover shrub.

Bok Choy: How to Grow This Easy, Crispy Green Vegetable

February 17, 2013 | Maria Woodie | 0

Virtues: We love bok choy for its large, lush, deep green leaves that rest on top of creamy white stalks; these leafy veggies are full of mild flavor, perfect for stir-fry.

Filifera Falsecypress: An Evergreen Tree with Great Texture

February 12, 2013 | Maria Woodie | 0

Virtues: We love sawara falsecypress for its hreadlike foliage in vibrant shades of greens to golden yellows that dangles down in a spectacular weeping effect, gracefully covering the smooth, stunning reddish-brown trunk, which peels away its bark in vertical plates.