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This three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath, 2,700-square-foot carriage house in Crescent Hill is featured on the 2025 Crescent Hill Garden Tour.
This three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath, 2,700-square-foot carriage house in Crescent Hill is featured on the 2025 Crescent Hill Garden Tour.
My father-in-law retired at 55 and is now 86. His successful early retirement taught me 4 lessons I plan to follow. GOP senators break ranks on Trump’s military parade - one compares it to North ...
Judas tree planting guide: Grow this Mediterranean redbud easily to elevate your garden The Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum) is nicknamed the “love tree” for its heart-shaped leaves ...
My redbud tree seems to be having problems, only half has bloomed this year, the other half is losing bark and has some dead-looking branches. I also see woodpeckers on the damaged parts.
Redbud can be utilized as a specimen, patio or lawn tree, in small groups or naturalized plantings. Eastern redbud is excellent with spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips that are in ...
Aside from Merlot, there are a few other dwarf redbud varieties that are appropriate for limited spaces, like ‘lavender twist’ and the Chinese redbud tree. USDA Zone: 6 to 9 ...
Windbreak planted one year ago with room to grow. A toyon tree is in the center, a Redbud bush is on the right, and native grasses fill in the spaces. Always follow fire-safe landscape practices.
I’ve used a good many leatherleaf mahonias in total shade, both for their rich yellow mid-winter flower spikes and for the large clusters of steel blue fruit that follow the blooms. They grow to ...
They are native to tropical rainforests on the Atlantic coast of Brazil and Argentina. They grow suspended from tree trunks in an area that receives upwards of 100-200 inches of rain annually.
My “go-to” groundcovers are regular mondograss (dwarf mondo is way too slow growing), liriope (where I need something taller), and purple wintercreeper euonymus (which I also use in full sun).