Thomas Andrews

Evergreens: The Easiest Way to Have A Strong Garden Year Round

To improve the overall look of your garden and cut your workload in half, there are few better ways than planting a few evergreens. Reliably beautiful and low-maintenance evergreen shrubs can serve as the backdrop to your overall garden design. Whether it's a fragrant rhododendron hedge around the perimeter or a beautiful gardenia with huge blooms planted as a specimen right in the... (posted by Thomas Andrews 3 years 69 days ago.)

Dig Into Gardening Books for Holiday Gift Ideas

Gardening is an ancient activityimportant, even necessary for our very existence. But it is also an activity that many people enjoy just for fun. Horticulture is a beautiful marriage of science and art that attracts the passionate and curious alike. Being an accomplished gardener requires an eye for aesthetics, knowledge of design and color theory, and general artistic ability--but it also benefits from a... (posted by Thomas Andrews 4 years 62 days ago.)

Instead of Sending Flowers, Send Live Plants

If you are planning on sending someone a flower arrangement, why not send instead a live plant that can be enjoyed indefinitely? Cut-flower arrangements are beautiful, but very temporary--send a potted plant, and your generosity will last a lifetime. You can send true houseplants or plants to be transplanted to a garden. Have the plant sent directly from the manufacturer, and your gift will come professionally... (posted by Thomas Andrews 4 years 90 days ago.)

Plant Fast Growing Trees For Dramatic Garden Improvements

Want to make a dramatic change in the overall look of your garden? The quickest way to do that is to plant a fast-growing tree. Trees add structure and height to your garden. Trees have striking presence and style--just a few, strategically placed in your landscape design, can change the entire look and feel of your yard. Planting a fast-growing tree provides incredible results for the modest... (posted by Thomas Andrews 4 years 90 days ago.)

Evergreen Formal Hedges: An A-Mazing Garden Project

So you've decided to add a formal evergreen hedge in your garden. Maybe you want the crisp elegance of an English garden maze or a medieval labyrinth in your own back yard. Or maybe you just need just a thick wall of dense greenery to dampen the noises of obnoxious neighbors. Formal hedges and topiaries look like difficult projects—that’s why they’re so impressive! (And that’s really why you want them.)... (posted by Thomas Andrews 4 years 150 days ago.)

Thumbs Up For Thujas!

Thujathe common name of these sweet-smelling, softwood conifers is Arborvitae , or "Tree of Life" in Latin. These lovely evergreen trees may not hold an ancient secret to immortality, but they are certified pros at sprucing up your garden. Officially, there are only five species of Thuja, but youll find many different cultivars of these species, like the ever-popular Thuja 'Steeplechase'. Varieties of the species Thuja... (posted by Thomas Andrews 4 years 150 days ago.)