As columnar plants go, it’s a chubby one, but might be a good choice for a 4- to 5-foot hedge. The autumn flowers on this species are small but intensely fragrant, and they last for a long time. While ...

This time of year, I always try to touch on the topic of tree planting. So, I apologize in advance if I start to sound like a broken record. Fall ...

Pyramidal European Hornbeam is a dense deciduous tree with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined ...

While conifers might be the most diverse group of columnar plants in our region horticulturally, other deciduous trees and narrow, tree-like shrubs are also valuable additions to our landscapes. Watch ...

Aim to have around the same number of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees. It’s not only winter when evergreens can come into their own.

But for the sake of this conversation, I’ll refer to all these columnar evergreen and deciduous plants as trees. Another great columnar conifer is ‘Degroot’s Spire’ Arborvitae.