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Nothing gets me into the holiday spirit more than seeing Holly (Ilex opaca) decorating a house. This is actually an ancient tradition as the presence of holly was thought to ward off witchcraft and demons. Spooky, right? Later, in England, mystical rules were used to govern when to decorate with holly. Under these rules, holly […]
October 28, 2011
Do you know of an amazing woody plant that deserves the PHS Gold Medal Award? Now is your chance to nominate it! PHS wants to know which members of your garden you consider the best of the best. Submit your nominations now through December 2, 2011. Download the nomination form here. Since its inception in […]
October 11, 2011
I love October. The changing leaves, Sunday football, pumpkin carving, Halloween, the Phillies winning the World Series…next year—there is so much to see and do. Of all the autumn activities, my favorite is apple picking. That’s why I’m devoting the October Tree of the Month post to the entire Malus genus. There are literally hundreds […]
August 30, 2011
Casey has returned from his Australian odyssey, just in time to give you August’s Tree of the Month. It’s been a memorable summer weather-wise, right? June and July had record-breaking heat and droughts and August is the wettest month on record. I recently read new research that claims plant species are moving one mile further […]
July 28, 2011
Eucalyptus?!? Has Casey gone crazy? Well maybe a little, but mostly this is a special post from Down Under, mate. That’s right, I’m in wintery Australia right now where eucalyptus dominates the landscape. They say there are more than 700 species in the genera with only nine not occurring in Australia. Along with the koala—which […]
July 12, 2011
My most recent Tree of the Month posting was about the Kentucky coffeetree, and I received a comment from someone who thought she spotted a few in West Philly. This seemed like the perfect opportunity to use our newest amazing tool, the PhillyTreeMap. Previously described in this post, the PhillyTreeMap is an amazing, easy-to-use web […]
December 12, 2011
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