ArtisTree has worked through 34 Florida fall seasons, and each year we see the same planting mistakes being made. We suspect it’s because summer-weary homeowners are ready to plunge into all that’s fall: football, apple cider and yellow mums. In their zeal, they dash to big-box nurseries to fill their…
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Oyster plants never fail to turn heads with sword-shaped leaves that are green on top and purple below. But shucks, they didn’t get very good reviews from ArtisTree Plantopinions experts for a variety of reasons. The world may be your oyster, but the oyster plant may not be your world.…
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Stokes Dwarf Holly was embraced by all but one ArtisTree judge on our Plantopinions panel, but only for the way people think it should be maintained as a small, tightly pruned shrub. Otherwise, our experts admired them for their dense foliage, tidy appearance and extreme hardiness. You’ll see Stokes Dwarf…
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Agapanthus doesn’t pan out for most local Sarasota County landscapes, at least if you ask ArtisTree’s Plantopinions experts. No one questions their beauty – delicate blooms in lavender, purple, blue or white perched on tall single stalks. Even the strap-like leaves in clear rich green will draw you in. But…
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