(New planting of Allee elm pictured) Recent storm damage has caused a re-evaluation, whether to continue to plant the cultivar Allee®, also called ‘Emerald Vase’. Urban foresters around the state of Tennessee report that limb breakage and clean up around Allee elms is greater than around other cultivars. Bosque seemed to fare much better.Lacebark elm […]

(Photo courtesy of The Daylily Nursery) Browsing through several garden catalogs on this snowy February day, I spotted a new daylily gem called ‘Clothed in Glory’ from The Daylily Nursery, a mail order emporium in Rock Island, TN. Tim Hitchcock, nursery owner, describes ‘Clothed in Glory’ as an 18- inch tall lavender beauty possessing regal […]