Flowers, Plants & Gardening

Height: 10 feet Location: Full sun Ideal For: Conservatory, Containers, Patio, Houseplant Try growing your own olives with this ornamental evergreen with fragrant small white flowers when established...

MAPLE TREES: Maple trees are large, deciduous trees that grow throughout the world. In the United States, they are more common in the northern states. Many people know maple trees for their spectacular fall color...

Species Name: Sequoia -- from the Cherokee Indian chief Sequoyah sempervirens -- from the Latin meaning "always green" Family Name: Taxodiacae, often called the deciduous cypress family Relatives: The coast redwood has only two close relatives...

TOMATO: Tomatoes are rich in vitamins and antioxidants, and the seeds are high in fiber. The green parts are mildly poisonous, which is not surprising, as tomatoes are closely related to both nightshade and tobacco...

The Kona is the very popular coffee of Hawaii. Its a heavy bearing variety with excellent quality. One producing tree can provide 1 lb. of coffee. Join the coffee craze and produce your very own coffee beans! Red, pulpy berries produced on an upright shrub, it also has fragrant white blooms against shiny green leaves...

The "General Sherman" is a giant sequoia growing in Sequoia National Park, California, that happens to be the largest living thing on Earth. This tree is 275' tall and its crown spreads 107'. The trunk is more than 26' in diameter...

Even before you see it, you sense its presence. Once in your field of vision, its sizzling, violet-blue floral explosion grabs your attention and holds it fast. The jacaranda is a large deciduous tree with finely textured, fern-like pinnate leaves...

MAPLE TREES: Maple trees are large, deciduous trees that grow throughout the world. In the United States, they are more common in the northern states. Many people know maple trees for their spectacular fall color...

The Phantom Miracle Tree (Moringa oleifera) gets it's name from the fact that when older it forms an enlarged base and can withstand periods of drought by dropping its leaves. When this happens it looks like a "Phantom"...

Japanese cedar is a tall, cone-shaped evergreen with bluish green foliage and a massive trunk with thick reddish brown bark that shreds and peels in long strips. This is a fast-growing tree that, in its native habitat, can get more than 180' tall with a trunk diameter exceeding 12'; ornamental specimens are rarely more than 60' tall, though, and many of the named selections stay much smaller...