I live in Northern Kentucky and I am rebuilding a family farm that had been let go for many years. On 52 acres I am not exaggerating when I tell you that there are nearly 3000 cedar trees. Many of them are going to need to be cleared away anyway. I had heard there may ...
Ivy. It is a beautiful plant that you often seen growing along fences and up the walls of stone houses. But sometimes, this plant can become a pest like weed, taking over the area it was intended to fill. If left growing, it can overtake and choke out any plants in its path. So how ...
The blue Atlas cedar tree is from the family Pinaceae and it is a native tree to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco. It is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture zones 6 through 8. When mature, this tree can grow to heights of 40 to 60 feet, with a spread of 25 to ...
Dwarf Shrubs and Plants – Dwarf shrubs and plants make for fun indoor plants. It is possible to keep these plants indoors year round, transition them outdoors for the season and several species are hardy enough to stay outside year round adding to the beautification of homes both inside and out. Some dwarf species of ...
True and False Cedars Many North American trees are called cedar. This includes the western red cedar (Thuja plicata), incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) and eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana). Together these trees are lumped together and sometimes referred to as the “false cedars”, for no true cedars grow in North ...
Dwarf conifers are smaller, interesting variations of the stately Georgia pine, blue spruce, cedar trees and other large cone-bearing evergreen tress and shrubs. The dwarf varieties offer more flexibility for planting in small outdoor spaces, plus they attract a multitude of birds because they offer the top three things birds need most; food, shelter and ...
The blue Atlas cedar tree, Cedrus atlantica f. glauca, is a native tree in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco. This pyramidal shaped tree can grow to heights of 40 to 100 feet, with a spread of 25 feet or more. The needles look blue to a blue-green. This tree is hardy in U.S. ...
It was majestic in beauty, with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters. I made it beautiful with abundant branches, the envy of all the trees of Eden in the garden of God. (Ezekiel 31:7, 9) It is the tree most mentioned in the Bible-70 times. Ezekiel makes the comment that ...
