"Read ‘em and weep," the poker players say. People who plant a weeping tree in their yard certainly won’t cry. Rather, weeping trees with their long drooping branches add a note of peace and ...
Create a focal point, add a bit of elegance or interject some whimsy into the garden with weeping trees and shrubs. This blue rug juniper was grafted onto a sturdy stem and elevated from sun loving ...
Have you ever thought about the shape of trees? How they grow tall and straight or have a weeping character to them? What makes some trees grow tall and straight while others weep? Both shapes are ...
There seems to be something mysterious in the minds of gardeners about using weeping trees in the landscape. Maybe it is a fear of doing it wrong, or perhaps some thought that a weeper just doesn't ...
National Arbor Day is celebrated each year on the last Friday in April, this year on April 29. Arbor Day is the official day set aside to recognize the importance of trees. Weeping trees make ...
Plants "weep" in many different forms. Visualize a tree or shrub with a cultivar name like 'Pendula,' 'Prostatus' or 'Procumbens' and what do you see? It could be a tall, narrow tree with drooping ...
When you want to add some aesthetic value to your landscaping, one surefire way is to plant some flowering trees on your property. And one such flowering tree is called a weeping cherry tree. “Weeping ...
One of the most interesting evergreens is the weeping blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Pendula'). This cultivar of the native Colorado blue spruce was a selected seedling grown in a tree nursery in the ...
This crabapple tree's flowers, fruits, and drooping foliage can help you draw in feathered friends and other pollinators regardless of the season.
A lovely specimen evergreen is the weeping white pine (Pinus strobus ‘Pendula’). This tree has soft, blue-green needles that are about 3 inches long. As with other white pines, these needles grow in ...
Weeping figs, otherwise known as 'ficus benjamina', are a low-maintenance variety of indoor tree native to Asia and Australia. With their abundance of delicate leaves, they're a great beginner tree ...