Tag: tree planting

• Front Yard Makeover — Native Plant Edition: 9 Steps to Planting a Tree

  

  The focal point for our small front yard will be our Vine Maple (Acer circinatum). I wanted a small deciduous native tree; that way we get summer shade and winter light. Vine maples top out about 20 feet tall and about 15 feet wide. (Depending on what source you check.) They have pretty little red…

  Amy SBG

  December 13, 2022

  Design Project, Uncategorized

  FALL, Front Yard Project, Native Plants, Perennial, Tree, tree planting, Winter, Winter To-Do

• 7 Common Mistakes Planting Trees

  I have to actively work to keep my backyard from becoming a forest. So when I intentionally plant a healthy young tree and it dies or fails to thrive, I tend to take it personally. Then I try to learn from it. Here are the mistakes I have made or seen first hand.

  Amy SBG

  November 5, 2021

  Guide, Winter

  Mistakes, Perennial, Tree, tree planting, Winter