By Julie Christensen With their arresting tart flavor, limes are most often used for their juice, which flavors dishes from key lime pie to margaritas to guacamole. Like all citrus trees, limes are heat-loving plants that only grow outdoors in USDA plant hardiness zones 9 … [Read more...]
Common Diseases of Pecan Trees
By Julie Christensen Pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis) are as beautiful as they are useful – growing 75 to 100 feet with a wide spreading canopy. Pecan trees are hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 10, although they are most commonly grown … [Read more...]
How to Grow the Eastern Wahoo Shrub
By Julie Christensen Flaming fall foliage and an attractive multi-stemmed form make Burning Bush a popular choice for a hedge or shrub planting. Unfortunately, Euonymus alatus, the species most commonly grown in the U.S., is invasive throughout much of the East. Easily spread … [Read more...]
How to Grow a Mimosa Tree
By Julie Christensen Mimosa trees, also called Silk trees, are native to Japan and Iran. In the U.S., they are winter hardy only in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 9. Even there, they are usually short-lived, succumbing to branch breakage and … [Read more...]
Poplar Trees: Identification and Care
By Julie Christensen When you think of poplar trees, you probably think of the Lombardy poplar. This tree, with its fast growth and upright, columnar form, is frequently used as a windbreak or to line driveways and avenues. But, the poplar family includes more than 35 native … [Read more...]
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