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| From time to time, the experts at Twombly Nursery are asked by gardening and landscaping magazines to share their knowledge. Here are some of the most recent articles in which Twombly has been featured.
Groundcovers for Dry Shade
Priscilla Twombly
Connecticut Gardener
July/August 2002
All spring, following dire warnings of drought, drought, drought!!!, we've had plenty of rain, rain, rain!!! 3" last night, in fact. But the fact remains that most of us have some dry shade at some point in the summer, and many of us have dry shade a good part of the year, under maples, beeches or birches, all water- and nutrient-depleting trees...
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Viburnums are Versatile Shrubs
Ken Twombly
Fine Gardening
October 2000
Showy, often-fragrant flowers are followed by colorful berries and fall foliage. It can be risky for a nursery owner to go out on a limb about naming his favorite plants. But I have absolutely no qualms about saying that viburnums are my pick for the most versatile and gardenworthy genus of shrubs...
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The Bright Touch
Doug Hall
Better Homes and Gardens
November 1999
Granted, Some so-called evergreens really are green, but many others bear needles in shades of chartreuse, steely blue, burnished bronze, or dusky plum. If the "green" in their name is deceptive, the "ever" isn't; these shrubs are beautiful for twelve months a year. Out front, colorful evergreens are a bright alternative to the usual shrubbery. And the look is as friendly in January as it is in June...
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September in Bloom
Priscilla Twombly
Connecticut Gardener
September/October 1999
When you've only had an inch of rain in the months of June and July, it's pretty easy to figure out which plants can take a tough summer and still perform. We have about two acres of gardens, all of which have to be watered by hand during a drought, so even if I drag hoses on a daily basis I can't get to it all. And I don't, so most of it has been on the edge of collapse, or worse, all summer...
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 A Garden of Winter Delights
Tovah Martin
Victoria Magazine
January 1999
While other New England gardens are asleep under the snow, the winter landscape planned and planted by Ken and Priscilla Twombly comes into its full glory. Visit their Twombly Nursery in Connecticut, and you'll discover the beauty of shapes and subtle colors, from berried shrubs to red-twigged trees, silhouetted against the white world. It all goes to show that winter need not be a forgotten season for garden lovers....
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 Make Winter a Wonderland
Ken Twombly
Taunton's Fine Gardening
February 1998
Wake the sleeping season with sculptural trees, colorful conifers, and well-chosen perennials.
I didn't know beans about winter gardens when I first laid eyes on one. During a February botanic tour to Great Britain, I marveled at the extensive plantings of heaths, heathers, and the like displayed for their winter beauty. But, attractive as they were, I thought there was a big flaw in the gardens I saw...
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 Plant Trees for Keeps
Ken Twombly
Taunton's Fine Gardening
April 1997
An arborist shares his secrets for getting balled-and-burlapped trees off to a good start. As a horticulturist and licensed arborist, I'm often called in as a "tree doctor" to diagnose sick trees. My heart goes out to distraught or bewildered gardeners who have patiently tended their trees, only to see them wither...
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 A Winter Landscape
Sydney Eddison
American Home Style & Gardening
Nov/Dec 1996
Show off your garden's framework against the season's white backdrop. Let berries, bark, leaves and twigs brighten bleak winter days...
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