Q: I have had two mountain laurel bushes for 15 years . Suddenly last fall, one dropped its leaves. The stems were green and it is starting to bloom and add some new leaves. The other bush had some ...

Plant “Mount Vernon” as a low informal bed border or small hedge, or as a groundcover under trees and large shrubs. What: An exceptionally useful small shrub, Prunus laurocerasus “Mount Vernon” ...

Lush growth on lawns, shrubs and trees testifies ample rainfall. If your walkways have crowded with new branches that swish as you pass by, or plants — like the rosemary in my garden — that usually ...

WHAT: The Mount Vernon variety of dwarf English laurel creates a dense, tidy evergreen mound, making it an ideal ground cover. WHY PLANT IT: Though it is a cousin of a larger, more aggressive English ...

A welcome sign at the trail head of the Guilford Land Trust’s Nut Plains Woods welcomes visitors to the 48-acre preserve by noting it is a “bit of wilderness reserved for foot travel unspoiled by ...