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Izel News
June 20, 2017
If you’re anything like me, the least utilized area of your lot is the front yard. The American Dream sold us single family homes with sprawling front lawns that ultimately have little visual appeal, serve no ecological purpose, and the maintenance of which is environmentally questionable and a chore that no member of the family wants to take on voluntarily.
November 19, 2016
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September 16, 2016
Franklinia alatamaha is probably the rarest of all trees native to North America. The species was discovered in 1765 along the Altamaha River, in southeastern Georgia, by famed botanists and horticulturists John Bartram and son William. Ultimately, they named the species in honor of their dear friend Benjamin Franklin. William went back a few years later to collect seed which was successfully propagated. Were it not for this fortuitous discovery, and the recognition of having found something exceptional, this species, last observed in the wild in 1803, would now be extinct. Franklin tree soon became an attraction at Bartram’s Garden; the oldest botanic garden in the country, on 46 acres along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. read more
Featured Plants
Partridgeberry is a diminutive evergreen groundcover that does not grow more than a couple of inches tall. Its deep green leaves are glossy and often white veined. Dainty, funnel-shaped white to pinkish, fragrant flowers appear in pairs at the end of stems. Red berries develop in late summer and fall. These will persist into winter.
Polystichum acrostichoides is a stout and robust evergreen species that forms neat, somewhat asymmetrical, vase-shaped clumps up to 2’ tall with erect to arching stems and deep-green, leathery leaflets. The fronds emerge as hairy and silvery fiddleheads that arevery ornamental in their own right, and turn dark green as they mature. The foliage deteriorates late winter to early spring, just before the new growth emerges. It can be removed to maintain a well-kempt appearance, or left in place to create a natural mulch and weed barrier.
