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American arborvitae ( Thuja occidentalis) is a low-maintenance, fast-growing evergreen tree that offers a tall privacy hedge.

A good replacement for box is Ilex crenata, it has a very similar leaf. It is a slow growing holly that can be nicely shaped ...

What is a weed? A weed is any plant that's growing where you don't want it. Some weeds are ugly. Some are pretty. But nearly all share the nasty habit of growing out of control, coming up everywhere, ...

New Jersey's beautiful but infamously smelly Bradford pear trees are one of several invasive species banned in the state by a ...

Long before dinosaurs roamed the land, Earth looked very different from the planet we know today. Around 500 million years ago, most of Earth’s surface was bare rock and dry soil. There were no trees, ...

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Prune these shrubs in spring for more flowers this summer. Getting the timing right is half the battle when it comes to pruning flowering shrubs. Prune at the wrong time, and you’ll lop off developing ...

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Being named the best garden center in CT goes beyond having a plentiful, hardy selection of plants and flowers — although that’s definitely a plus. Locals voted and named the top CT plant nurseries, ...

There are plenty of altruistic reasons for planting trees. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and alleviate climate change. They suck up other pollutants and release oxygen, literally cleaning the air we ...