CORVALLIS – You visit the nursery, pick out a primo plant, come home, put it in the ground and wait for it to become a beautiful tree, shrub ... zones range from 6a (-20 to -15) to 8b (15 ...

No, I am not referring to the home place of the Jolly St. Nick but North Pole arborvitae, Proven Winners Landscape Shrub of the Year ... fourth growing season in zone 8b West Georgia.

Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade and well-drained soil Size: 2 to 15 feet tall and 2 to 8 feet wide Zones: 4–8 A dense evergreen shrub with glossy blue-green foliage, blue holly (Ilex ...

Q: Some of my evergreen shrubs are looking pretty toasty. I don’t think we got below a zone 7 winter though, and these shrubs are supposed to be hardy to that zone. Is something else going on?

This branch will assume the growth of the tree or shrub. How far back an evergreen can be pruned depends on the amount of growth prior to reaching the dead zone. Unfortunately, people are afraid ...