conifers - Page 3 of 6 - Fine Gardening
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Design
Narrow Conifers for the Mountain West
Sometimes you just want a tree to stay green year-round. You may need privacy from a neighbor, or you may need a specimen with color and texture to accent your…
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Article
Fall in Renee’s Garden
My name is Renee Minirth. This is fall in my garden. In Memphis, fall lasts into December. Sometimes it’s hard to find good fall color in Southern gardens, but I’ve…
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Collection
Everything You Need to Know About Conifers
What is a conifer? We think of it as an evergreen plant with needle-like foliage, but a conifer is simply a plant that bears cones. And not all conifers are…
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Design
Blue Conifers for the Midwest
As our Midwest gardens transition to those long winter months, we start to focus on any remaining elements that offer color and texture. Ornamental bark, colorful stems, showy fruits, and…
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How-To
How to Grow Conifers in Containers
The sculptural qualities and year-round presence of evergreen conifers make them valuable assets in a garden. Planting conifers in containers is useful because they can be easily moved, combined with…
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Design
Conifers in Dale’s Garden
Today Dale Dailey (whom we've visited before: Dale's Garden in 2020) is sharing some special conifers. Coniferous trees and shrubs have a special place in our garden located near Lansing,…
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Design
Jay’s Garden in the Mountains
Today Jay Sifford, an award-winning landscape designer in North Carolina, is sharing his home garden. For the past two years, I've been realizing a dream that I've had since childhood:…
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Design
Tall, Skinny Conifers for the Southeast
Perhaps you struggle with when it’s appropriate to use an exclamation point at the end of a sentence. However, you don’t need to struggle with when to use one in…
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Design
Icy Blue Conifers for the Southeast
Interest in growing conifers in the Southeast continues to be on the rise. Every year we learn more about which species and cultivars grow best in our region. One of…
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Design
Dwarf Pines for the Mountain West
The forests in the Mountain West are made up of huge swaths of pines, such as lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta, Zones 4–8), ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa, Zones 3–7), and many…