Flowering cherry trees make great additions to a home garden or back yard. They come in all shapes and sizes and can grow well in many different types of soil. Read Plant a Cherry Tree of Your Own
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Plant a Cherry Tree of Your Own
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Bloom Alert: Magnolia Plaza
The early-blooming specimens have blossomed, with later ones to follow throughout April and early May. Read Bloom Alert: Magnolia Plaza
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Japanese Flowering Apricot
This early-blooming ornamental tree is ideal for small gardens or as an accent in larger landscapes. Read Japanese Flowering Apricot
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The Best Crabapple Trees for Your Garden
Experts recommend these ten Malus cultivars for their beautiful blooms, lovely fruit, and disease-resistance. Among the showiest of spring bloomers, crabapples are also wonderful foliage plants in summer and fall, and they provide beautiful fruit displays late in the season. Read The Best Crabapple Trees for Your Garden
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What’s Happening to These Leaves?
These rhododendrons aren't wilting. Their curled leaves are a response to the cold. Charles Darwin first wrote about such movements in plants in 1880, but this response is a still not well-understood. Read What’s Happening to These Leaves?
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Growing Chile Peppers Indoors
It's a challenge to grow chile peppers indoors. Like tomatoes, they need an environment that's warmer and brighter than most homes. However, growing chiles indoors is a worthwhile project if you don't have a garden. Read Growing Chile Peppers Indoors
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Succulent Bonsai: Capturing the Spirit of the Desert
Succulents make interesting and unusual additions to bonsai collections. Bonsai practice can also contribute much to our knowledge of succulent species. Read Succulent Bonsai: Capturing the Spirit of the Desert
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Identify Your Christmas Tree
Do you have a Douglas-fir or a white spruce? Don't know? Our tree key can help you figure it out. Read Identify Your Christmas Tree
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Trees to See at BBG
With fall foliage season upon us, don't miss some of the hidden gems among BBG's tree collection. Read Trees to See at BBG
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Rose Hips: Behold the Fruit of the Rose Plant
Roses are famous for their blooms, but they also produce fruits! They may be round or bottle-shaped, smooth or prickly, orange, red, or even black. Read Rose Hips: Behold the Fruit of the Rose Plant