michigan

Hey there, this is my first time attempting to work on a Hornbeam, I just couldn't pass up on this one in the bargain bin at the nursury... only $20 with my gardener discount! It had been slammed by a tractor and the leader was cut just below the current foliage you see here, hoping that will...

I thought I would share my 6 years of experience searching for a lesser known native species of Elm in Michigan. Michigan has been described in the literature as the "bedrock" of the species Ulmus thomasii, commonly called the Rock Elm. In the early 1900's, we had large populations of these...

Hello everyone, I'm James. A native of northern Michigan, I moved to the Ann Arbor area a few years ago. I've been a lifelong botany enthusiast, perhaps forced into it by the birth right of a backwoods farm kid but the passion stuck independently. I am a Gardener, Arborist and Hardscaper...