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Japanese lovelies blossom

May 25, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Plants

THE great massed flowering of the spring cherry trees is just approaching its crescendo and clouds of petals fall like snow to the ground.
In Japan, where the big flowering cherries originated, there are ceremonies to mark the opening of the blossom time. In April and early May, the great flowering cherries can transform the garden [...]

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Gardening on the trashy side

March 31, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Wouldn’t you know it? Just when I thought that my weather-forecasting mole was right about winter, spring happened! And while I am savoring the victories of the past hunting season, my dog quit hiding behind the tree and became a hardworking bird dog, I sometimes find myself puttering around humming the theme song from the [...]

Master Gardeners: Dealing with sudden oak death

March 11, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

My West Marin garden is surrounded on three sides by the native forest of the Inverness Ridge, which includes magnificent Douglas firs, towering bays, elderly California buckeyes, madrones, coffeeberry and manzanita, as well as coast live oaks and tanbark oaks.
I didn’t know when I planted the garden eight years ago that existing and new oaks [...]

Flowers Thats Growing In Shade

December 02, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers

If you’re looking for something a little more interesting than moss and lichen to brighten up a shady corner of your garden, the wide variety of shade-loving flowers available will provide you with an abundance of colors and shapes to start your shade garden with.
Knowing what kind of shade you’re working with is the first [...]

Juniper SPECIES AND CULTIVARS

August 01, 2006 By: Momoy Category: Flowers, Garden, Landscaping, Plants

Shrubs:
* Pfitzer juniper (J. chinensis ‘Pfitzerana’) is probably the most widely planted of all junipers. It is a fast grower and often outgrows its location (5 feet high and 10 feet wide). It has feathery, gray-green, sharp needles and small berries. The sexes are separate.
* Armstrong juniper [...]

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JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY, ORIENTAL CHERRY (Prunus serrulata)

Mature Height/Spread: The Japanese cherry will grow 15 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 25 feet wide. Depending on the cultivar, it may have an upright form, wide spreading

HIGAN CHERRY (P. subhirtella)

Mature Height/Spread: The Higan cherry will grow 20 to 40 feet tall and 15 to 30 feet wide. The habit may be upright-spreading, rounded or weeping, depending on the cultivar. Growth

Japanese lovelies blossom

THE great massed flowering of the spring cherry trees is just approaching its crescendo and clouds of petals fall like snow to the ground. In Japan, where the big flowering cherries

YOSHINO CHERRY (P. x yedoensis)

The Yoshino cherry, along with the Japanese cherry tree, dominates the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. during the Cherry Blossom Festival. Mature Height/Spread: The Yoshino cherry can grow 40 to 50

Boxwoods CULTIVARS AND VARIETIES

Buxus microphylla cultivars: * ‘Compacta’or ‘Kingsville Dwarf’ is a very low-growing (1 foot), wide-spreading shrub with dense green foliage. * ‘Wintergreen’ is a low,

SAUCER MAGNOLIA (M. x soulangiana)

Mature Height /Spread: Saucer magnolia, a hybrid, is usually a large, spreading shrub or small, low-branched tree with wide spreading branches. It will grow 20 to 30 feet tall and

Red oaks for the north

If you have a medium to large landscape, well-drained soil, and full sun, then you might consider planting one of these stately trees for shade or as a specimen. If

Gardening: WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK …

Germination may take a few weeks, keeping the compost moist at all times Look out for signs of canker and prune out all dead, diseased or dying branches from apple and
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