Dec 14, 2021
Apple Tree
This apple is an excellent example of an espaliered tree, one that has been trained...
Dec 14, 2021
Blue Atlas Cedar
Landscapers usually recommend planting Blue Atlas Cedars at least 40 feet away from any structure...
Dec 14, 2021
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Planted 25 years ago in dense formation on a small mound next to a pond,...
Dec 14, 2021
Eastern Hemlock
This specimen, with two separate trunks bridged midway up, is an example of self-grafting. When two...
Feb 24, 2022
Eastern Hemlock
The very top of this tree has a Witch’s Broom. In this type of deformity,...
Dec 14, 2021
Emerald Green Arborvitae
This variety of Eastern Arborvitae is frequently used for spiral topiary, as are these four...
False Cypress, Sawara Cypress
Two of these lollipop topiaries (plants clipped into ornamental shapes) decorate the entrance of Miesse...
Japanese Maple
126 W. Main Street, Terre Hill PA (front yard) Right-slanted. In bonsai terms, this tree...
Dec 14, 2021
Little Leaf Linden
These two linden trees are good examples of pollarding, the pruning technique in which a...
Dec 14, 2021
London Plane Tree
The London Plane is a fertile hybrid of the Oriental Plane (Platanus orientalis) and the American Sycamore (Platanus...
Dec 14, 2021
London Plane Tree (Lamp-eating Tree)
This London Plane supports a lamp whose mounting stem is being enveloped by the tree....
Dec 14, 2021
Mystery Tree
Architecturally, this specimen is one of the most stunning trees in Lancaster County. With codominant...
Dec 14, 2021
Sentry Gingko
This narrow, columnar cultivar is always male and thus fruitless (G. biloba is dioecious, with...
Dec 14, 2021
Sentry Ginkgo
This narrow, columnar cultivar is always male and thus fruitless (G. biloba is dioecious, with...
Dec 14, 2021
Serbian Spruce
This medium-size evergreen has a very small natural range (Serbia, Bosnia) but is widely grown...
Skyrocket Rocky Mountain Juniper
This gorgeous plant, trimmed into a spiral topiary, is a cultivar that originated in the...
Sycamore (American Sycamore; Grant Noll Sycamore; Old Sycamore)
This tree sits near the old Grant Noll farmhouse and is probably between 300-370 years old...
Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar
Like some huge bird of prey with its wings outstretched, this tree highlights the landscaping...
Mar 03, 2022
Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar
The cantilevered Blue Atlas in Willow Street is a magnificent example of an accent plant....
Mar 04, 2022
Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar
From the proper angle, this drooping, sprawling tree looks for all the world like an...
Weeping Eastern Hemlock
This weeping specimen, and others like it, make for one of the most impressive accent...
Dec 14, 2021
Weeping Norway Spruce
Time was, when an Asian restaurant resided at this address and this stunning tree looked...
Mar 07, 2022
Weeping Norway Spruce
This is a spectacular example of a weeping tree. “Every Weeping Norway Spruce has its...
Dec 14, 2021
White Birch (Paper Birch)
This White Birch is growing out of the trunk of a tree that died 50...