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Shot-hole Fungus on Schip Laurel
April 7, 2022
Shot-hole is an omnipresent issue of small holes in leaves resulting from growing laurels in containers for nursery prod...
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Green Giant Arborvitae
February 6, 2022
(Thuja plicata × standishii ‘Green Giant’) Thuja x Green Giant Green Giant Arborvitae is an outstanding, ...
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Hedges in the Winter Garden
February 6, 2022
Hedges are living fences that can be grown as a border, for privacy, as a windbreak, or to define spaces in your garden....
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Cold Hardy Hedges for Texas
February 6, 2022
Taxus Fagus hedge February 10th through February 20th, 2021 ushered in a series of three severe winter storms t...
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Hedges and Topiary
June 27, 2021
Decorative Gardening Agriculture began in the Fertile Crescent and West Asia during the Neolithic Age 4,000 to 6,...
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Conifers | A Complete Guide
June 3, 2021
Conifer General Conifers are more than Christmas trees. There are 600+ species of conifers, and thousands of rare...
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Conifers for Shade
June 1, 2021
Colbys' Digs “Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specificallyyour own.” -Bruce Lee...
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Conifers for the Southeast
June 1, 2021
Conifers are native to all the Earth’s continents except Antarctica, ranging from tropical environments to boreal fore...
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Interesting Varieties of True Cedars
June 1, 2021
True cedars are ancient trees with thousands of years of history, mythology, and cultural significance surrounding them....
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Winter Gold Conifers
June 1, 2021
During the winter months when skies are gray and gardens are colorless, there is a bright group of conifers that add war...
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Trophy Trees
May 31, 2021
Exceptional specimens for the discriminating buyer Conifer Kingdom proudly offers an extensive collection of exquisit...
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32 Best Japanese Maples for Full Sun in the South
January 24, 2021
Although Japanese maples are often thought of as northern trees, certain cultivars can thrive in the Southern US under t...
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Colorful and Unique Bark Maples
January 24, 2021
We love all Japanese maples, but the varieties with unusual features hold a special place in our hearts. A big benefit o...
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Weeping and Laceleaf: Colors and Leaf Shapes
January 24, 2021
Laceleaf Japanese maples are unique trees that delight us with their various colors and leaf shapes. These deciduous tre...
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30+ Deer Resistant Conifers And Evergreens
January 23, 2021
A family of deer wandering through your property is picturesque, but when they stop and browse your prized plantings, it...
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Japanese Maples Fall Show (part 2)
January 18, 2021
Happy November, the season of fall colors! This is the last of our blog posts featuring Japanese maples. We will transit...
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Japanese Maples Fall Show (part 1)
January 18, 2021
As promised in our last blog post, we are now transitioning to the beautiful fall colors. We left off with a photo of Ac...
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Japanese Maples Spring Show (part 2)
January 15, 2021
It may seem crazy to be displaying maples in spring color since it is now October, but there were too many stunning vari...
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Japanese Maples Spring Show (part 1)
January 15, 2021
Welcome to the first of several blog posts that feature a glorious variety of Japanese maples. First, we will begin with...
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Gift Plants
January 15, 2021
We appreciate the business of our customers, so we reward every purchase over $100 (before shipping) with a nice conifer...
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From Carpet to Sky — the Best Ground-Hugging and Columnar Junipers
December 25, 2020
Junipers are a group of aromatic evergreen shrubs and trees in the Cypress family that are native worldwide in the north...
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Growing Japanese Maples in Containers
July 24, 2020
Japanese maples are a cornerstone plant in temperate gardens all over the world. There is an endless array of colors, te...
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14 Fast-Growing Evergreens and Conifers for Privacy
July 23, 2020
If making eye contact with your neighbors while enjoying your morning coffee from your patio makes you uncomfortable, ma...
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Best Dwarf Maples and How to Use Them
July 22, 2020
Every garden needs at least one Japanese maple (ok, more like 100) to add grace, beauty, color, and romance. It’s a go...
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Autumn Moon – The Ultimate Orange Maple?
July 22, 2020
Are you in search of a low-maintenance Japanese maple that will blow you away with its seasonal color change? Autumn Moo...
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Witches’ Broom Plant Disease
November 14, 2019
Grafting season is nearly upon us again, and we are setting out to collect many of the witch’s brooms we have discover...
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Japanese Maples & Fall Colors
October 23, 2019
While most maples are regarded for having stunning leaf color in the fall, many Acer palmatum have colorful samaras and�...
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Get to Know the Japanese Maple
October 9, 2019
Japanese maples have some of the most beautiful foliage of any landscape trees. Leaves are long and wide, having several...
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Plants With Colorful Spring Growth
October 9, 2019
Spring is a season of new beginnings, where the world awakens from its winter slumber and bursts with vibrant colors and...
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Fairy Gardens!
March 7, 2017
The big back yards of suburbia have become less common, exchanged instead for a green patch behind a townhouse or even a...
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