The American Conifer Society (ACS) supports public conifer gardens around the U.S. Reference Gardens offer plant professionals and home gardeners an opportunity to evaluate conifers growing in a landscape or garden setting within their geographic region. You can compare the unique foliage colors, shapes, and growth habits which conifers offer. You can select conifer(s) which work as [...]
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Reference Conifer Gardens in the Southeastern U.S.
Posted by Hugh on November 7th, 2011
Posted in Arborvitae (Thuja spp.), Christmas trees, DWARF CONIFERS, Evergreen, Evergreens, Gardens to Visit, Leyland cypress, Microbiota, Mugo pine (Pinus mugo), Pines (Pinus spp.), Southern Appalachian Region, Spruces (Picea spp.), Uncategorized, Winter Garden Interest, winter hardiness 
1 Comment »Irrigate Evergreens This Winter
Posted by Hugh on October 28th, 2011
Fall slowdown in the garden brings many of us back indoors to prepare for the winter holidays ahead. A number of serious canker diseases attack evergreens in the fall and winter if soil moisture is not plentiful. These diseases include botryosphaeria, cytospora, phomopsis, and seiridium cankers. Each organism is capable of causing branch dieback or [...]
Posted in Arborvitae (Thuja spp.), Christmas trees, Disease prone, Drought tolerant, DWARF CONIFERS, Evergreen, Evergreens, Leyland cypress, Pines (Pinus spp.), Rhododendrons, Southern Appalachian Region, Spruces (Picea spp.), Thujopsis, Trees & Shrubs, watering evergreens, watering tips, winter injury, Winter Protection 1 Comment »
