There is nothing like the taste of a just-picked peach or juicy apple on a summer day, and the wide variety of dwarf fruit trees makes it an option for anyone with a sunny back yard to experience it for themselves. With the popularity of growing your own vegetables steadily on the rise, adding a few small fruit trees takes your harvest to the next level.
Spring is a great time to add them to your yard, and our 2010 selection has just arrived, so be sure to get yours soon, while the supply is good! Choose from apples, cherries, peaches, pears, plums, and even blueberries.

Hydrangeas have expoded in popularity, due in no small part to the many new varieties providing a range of sizes, colors, and styles for any garden.
As cold weather approaches, it is important to protect your investment and ensure a beautiful, healthy plant next spring. In the case of hydrangeas, it is important to know if your plant blooms on old wood or new wood: pruning or rough handling can damage or eliminate next year's blooms. If you are uncertain, give Cleve or any of our nursery staff a call, and they will steer you right!
For some basic winter care tips for your trees and shrubs, click here for Knollwood's guide. For more specific information regarding hydrangeas, we like this very purple website (Hydrangeas! Hydrangeas!) for it's easy-to-understand information and sense of fun. If you are addicted to Hydrangeas (it's easy to be!), explore their site awhile for some great ideas.

One of our seminars this past September covered all the little things you can or should do to get your landscape and outdoor spaces ready for winter, and have a great headstart on spring. If you missed the seminar, print out our comprehensive list by clicking here and get busy!!!

In the garden, having the blues can mean an Endless Summer of color! Hydrangeas are the sure way to make an eye-catching statement, and spread a few smiles, too. From the creators of the re-blooming Endless Summer and Blushing Bride, we can't wait to show you Twist-n-Shout, an absolutely extraordinary reblooming lacecap hydrangea.

We have many, many styles of hydrangeas from white to pink to blue to suit any gardeners fancy, so spread the blues around!

See many of the varieties by clicking here!

Let us introduce you to two of our favorite, small ornamental shrubs:
'My Monet' Weigela (on the left) provides a soft contrast in borders and beds. It has unusual variegated foliage in shades of green, cream, and pink. Planted in a sunny location, they give you the easy care of a shrub, but the bonus of colors and flowers.
Cranberry Cotoneaster (pronuounced cot-tone-ee-aster) is another easy-care, low-growing shrub. It makes a great, low hedge with glossy green leaves on sturdy branches giving way to loads of bright red berries in early fall and into the winter. Once-yearly pruning in the winter will maintain their shape and fullness.

When you choose plants and flowers that attract butterflies and birds, your enjoyment is two-fold: the color and fragrance of the flowers, and the enchanting motion and beauty of the wildlife.
There are many choices for any type of garden to entice the butterflies to your yard. Click here for our printable list of tips and butterfly favorites, and in the meantime, enjoy this clip set to music:

KnockOut Roses
The winner in the rose world by a KO, these shrub roses have been taking the gardening world by storm in recent years. Easy to care for, disease-resistant, and covered in blooms all summer long...they now come in singles and doubles, and shades from palest pink to cherry red to golden yellow!
Availble now in our Nursery Department

See photos here and print Knollwood's easy Rose Care Guide here.