Revived Landscape Juniper Wish I had a before shot of this Juniper sp. before I went at it.  Purchased by the original homeowner in the early 80′s, it had never been pruned.  The outer branches had rooted into the soil at their apexes.  Half of the shrub was dead wood.  And then Kenny “pruner-hands” did...

Staghorn Sumac Staghorn Sumac Staghorn Sumac Staghorn Sumac When I found out that one could make a tea from the flower buds of this plant, which as a kid everyone in our neighbrohoood thought was “poison” sumac, I was stunned.  I was about 13 years old.  Staghorn Sumac, Ruhs typhina, is actually in the CASHEW family,...

Rhody, Out of Season In horticulture, among flowering plants, in the N.E. they can be divided into two main groups- long day flowering plants and short day flowering plants.  The long day’ers bloom as the days of Spring get longer up to June 21.  Short day plants generally are trigger to bloom early in Spring, the short...

Burning Bush Burning Bush Burning Bush, stem "wings" Burning Bush Seed A shrub that my father always wanted on our property when I was a boy, but for some reason never secured- now grows wild in some parts of the North Eastern U.S.  It brings constant childhood reminders back to me as I encounter the burning bush,...