Many hobby gardeners wish to cultivate a silver birch in their garden. The deciduous deciduous tree with the slender, picturesque silhouette, accented by a black and white bark, is indeed impossible to miss. In addition, the Betula pendula brings advantageous attributes to the table, such as rapid growth, remarkable undemanding and a great pioneering spirit. Where no other…
Pinwheel trees impress with their fantastic flowers. However, it takes 10 to 15 years for the plants to flower. A heated conservatory that can be opened up in the summer is the best place for these impressive trees. Care is not difficult, you just need to be familiar with watering and fertilizing. Otherwise, there is not much to consider…
Field maple is one of the most popular and also cheapest trees for the home garden. The good thing about these plants is that they are easy to prune. They can be kept at any height and width. In addition, the shrubs or trees are quite frugal and robust and require very little care. The location and plant substrate…
The bladder ash is not an ash but an East Asian tree, a very ornamental East Asian tree (or shrub if you buy and grow it accordingly). With a maximum height of around 10 metres, it is the ideal home garden size. As one of the few yellow-flowering shrubs for the garden, the lantern tree delights the…
Like hardly any other native deciduous tree, the sycamore maple symbolizes irrepressible vitality, coupled with an impressive habit, palm-sized leaves, winged nuts and enchanting panicles of flowers. With increasing age, the Acer pseudoplatanus even gains in expressiveness when the fascinating play of shapes and colors of its scaly bark catches the eye. Garden owners who can give…
The apple thorn is a hybrid of two different hawthorns. It has numerous flowers, which is because it belongs to the rose family. In addition, the apple-like fruits are a real eye-catcher in summer, autumn and even in winter, especially in older plants that have tons of them. The care is easy, the apple thorn is quite undemanding. You…
Elderberries are known for fragrant clouds of flowers and delicious, healthy fruit. In Central Europe, a distinction is made between three native types of elder: 1. the grape elder (Sambucus racemosa), 2. the dwarf elder (Sambucus ebolus) and 3. the black elder (Sambucus nigra). The latter is the most common species. This elder grows quite large, too…
In spring, when most of the trees are still stretching their bare branches towards the sky, the Norway maple is already showing its yellow umbels of flowers. These catch the eye because they appear before the palm-sized leaves of the tree. Of the more than 100 maple species, the Norway maple is the most common in Germany. If…
Walnuts taste good and are healthy. Walnut is one of the finest and most expensive woods. Walnut trees are often found in large gardens mainly in the hope of a bountiful harvest of tasty nuts. Harvesting is easy, the ripe fruits fall to the ground and you just have to pick them up. Why do you have to wash…
It welcomes spring with fresh green leaves on branches with a reddish tinge. Its dense foliage provides welcome shade in summer and turns into a bright, colorful spectacle in autumn. As the most common deciduous tree in Germany, the common beech has long since conquered the hearts of enthusiastic hobby gardeners. In park-like areas, the Fagus sylvatica characterizes…