These pale blue -- whatever they are -- were just too cool to pass up without a picture. Technically, they are the "cones" of dwarf golden arborvitae, Platycladus orientalis (formerly Thuja orientalis ...

If you'd like to add privacy, shade, or just a windbreak shrub to your yard, arborvitae are a great way to do that. Arborvitae belong to the cypress family and are versatile evergreen trees and shrubs ...

My falsecypress, which has been in the ground over two years and doing so wonderfully, has turned very brown. Not the nice winter bronzing... brown and dried out over much of the plant. I thought ...