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February Tree of the Month-Japanese White Pine
Let’s start with an important structure lesson…you have your general ‘Plant-Geeks’ that like plants, gardening, etc. At least, that’s how non-plant-geek would describe them. However, among us Plant-Geeks, there are, as I like…
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February Shrub of the Month-Bowling Ball Arborvitae
Plants can be beautiful. Plants can be ugly. Plants can be everything in between. Thuja occidentalis ‘Bobozam’ MR. BOWLING BALL, aka Bowling Ball arborvitae, is one shrub that, to some people, goes from…
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February Perennial of the Month-HUSH PUPPY Fountain Grass
The longer you garden, the more “problem plants” you encounter. This is, unfortunately, how most budding gardeners learn. We see a plant that we MUST HAVE, and before we know it, it becomes…
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Garden-Lou Spotlight on Angie Price, Interior Plant Service Technician with Ambius
“I truly believe I have the greatest job ever.” That job is making St. Louis look good. Be it the terminals at Lambert Airport or the Jewel Box at Forest Park, visitors to…
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January Tree of the Month-Blue Atlas Cedar
Blue Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica, is another pretty boy evergreen that breaks my heart, probably more than Cryptomeria. December Tree of the Month-Japanese Cedar I’ve tried a couple of dwarf cultivars (Cedrus atlantica…
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January Shrub of the Month-Boxwood
I once met someone who said she hated “Shrubs.”. Turns out she just hated boxwoods, Buxus spp.. I’ve met quite a few boxwood haters over the years, and it seems that most people,…
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January Perennial of the Month-Elliot’s love grass
Winter is a great time to analyze structure and form in a garden-the “bones” in a sense. Winter interest plants shine this time of year, and one of the top perennials for winter…
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Road Trip Garden-Hawai‘i Tropical Botanical Garden
Pāpa’ikou, Hawaii When our long, red-eye flight finally landed in Kona on the Big Island, the people beside the windows raised the shades. I caught the eye of the woman across the aisle…
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December Tree of the Month-Japanese Cedar
Remember that one handsome boy back in high school? You know the type: great hair and smile. Drove a Mustang. Snappy dresser, outgoing, personable … surrounded by friends and admirers. Most likely, he…
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December Shrub of the Month-Dwarf Japanese Cedar
It’s unique, evergreen, slow-growing, low-maintenance, and, to top it all off, cute. Are you tired of the cookie-cutter evergreens around your foundation? You know those shrubs, the standard yews or boxwoods, perhaps a…
