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Cherry Laurel is one of those functional plants that does what it’s supposed to and looks good while it’s doing it. How often we look at a situation and think, “I just need a mounded-form plant that’s nice and full; that I can rely on.”  (It sounds like what a plant would request with a [...]

In the previous article on watering to the core, we looked at the importance of maintaining moisture at the center of a plant’s root ball. The soaker hose provided one method to efficiently water plants by concentrating water over the root system.  This is essentially what drip irrigation does. Drip irrigation is typically installed on [...]

What’s “The Core” And Why Is It Important When I use the term “core” I’m referring to the center of the plant’s root ball.  A nursery plant that’s been dug, balled & burlapped (B&B) is now totally reliant on that root ball to keep it alive.

Euonymus ‘Emerald Gaiety’ and ‘Emerald Gold’ are 2 very common shrubs.  In many ways the two are similar in form.  You’ll often see both used as a low, mounded shrub either at the front of a garden or as an area groundcover. Euonymus ‘Emerald Gaiety’ has the distinct capability to climb when planted next to [...]