…you are so little you are more like a flower who found you in the green forest and were you very sorry to come away?…             -e. e. cummings Although small in stature Cephalotaxus harringtonia, Plum yew exceeds yew in … Continue reading →

…when we plant a tree, two trees take root: the one that lifts its leaves into the air, and the inverted one that cleaves the soil to find the runnel’s sweet, dull silver trace and spreads not up but down, … Continue reading →

…She will love the smell. Pine. sage, cypress. She will love the sound…             -Patricia Spears Jones We return to a familiar theme, “Who does your garden grow?” With this theme in the past we have discussed the Cherokee chief … Continue reading →

…And houseless there the snow-bird flits Beneath the fir-trees’ crape…             -Herman Melville Beginning in December and throughout our winter we may take notice, often heretofore overlooked, of remarkable conifers throughout our landscape. Herein we grow many specimens of eastern … Continue reading →