Category: Trees

Screening Plants

You will need to consider the following:

-The length and width of the area to be screened.

-The desired height of the screening.

-The amount of sunlight the area receives.

-The moisture content of the area.

-The drainage in the area.

-Are there any physical pressures such as road salt, high wind or deer?

This holds true for all types of plantings. The worst thing you can do is plant in the wrong area.

Evergreen screening plants:

Arborvitae (Thuja) – They form a narrow screening for a sunny area. There are several popular cultivars with varying colors, widths, heights, and …

Pinus Strobus “Niagra Falls”

2009 Collector's Conifer of the Year

2009 Collector’s Conifer of the Year

Appearing like a broad, cascading waterfall on a mighty river, this form of weeping white pine is an improvement of the very popular weeping tree often used in commercial and residential landscapes. It is dense and full in appearance, with short inter-nodes and numerous branches; all cascading from the highest point the plant is trained to. Brothers Mike and Ken Yeager of Hickory Hollow Nursery and Garden Center and Hickory Hollow Landscapers at 713 Rt. 17, Tuxedo, NY, found this plant in 1998, near Congers, NY. They sent the scions to Iseli Nursery in …