By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Boxwoods are one of the most ubiquitous shrubs in the American garden. They have been popular for centuries throughout Europe and the US, because they are so versatile; boxwoods can be pruned into elaborate topiaries, sheared into formal hedges, or... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

The redbud, Cercis, is one of the most beautiful native trees in the eastern US. Cercis canadensis, the eastern redbud, is the one we see in the Carolinas most commonly. The tiny light purple/pink flowers (there are also white varieties) open in early... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Even if you don't do any gardening or landscaping at all, if you live in the south, you probably know what an azalea looks like. In April, you can drive around any neighborhood to see the brightly colored shrubs completely covered in blooms. Many... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Spring is really here! We are seeing so many beautiful flowering plants in the landscape this week. To finish out March, we will be covering the loropetalum shrub, or Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense). This plant has been in the United... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

What a beautiful St. Patrick's Day weekend, reaching the upper 70's on Friday, and even though the temps dropped back down, we had clear sunny weather Friday through Sunday! We're doubling up today to get back on... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Some of the earliest signs of spring in the south are daffodils and forsythias. Both are well-known plants common from new developments to old rural homesteads throughout North and South Carolina. Forsythia... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Usually, when people think of "dogwoods", they think of the eastern flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), a small, native, understory tree with showy white or pink blooms in the spring. But did you know there are... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

This week, we're focusing on a vigorous little groundcover called creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia). In our area, creeping Jenny is a part-shade perennial, which grows best in moist garden soils or containers. It should not be allowed to grow in... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Last week we had to cancel our usual training session due to extremely cold morning temperatures! We delayed our crews coming in for an hour and a half until the sun could come up and raise the temps. Fortunately, we're... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Hello and Happy New Year! We're trying to get back into our normal routine after the chaos of the holidays, crazy weather, and switching over our operations software system. Here's our first plant ID post of the... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Because of the short weeks we had due to rain and the Thanksgiving holiday, today we had our first new plant for plant identification training in 3 weeks! Last week, the crews reviewed the plants they learned in November: Carex 'Evergold', Chinese... read more.

By Myatt Landscaping, Posted in Plants

Today for #TeachingTuesday, we will cover two species of tea olive: Osmanthus fragrans and Osmanthus x fortunei. Tea olive is also known as false holly, or simply 'osmanthus.' Personally, tea olive is one of my all-time favorite shrubs. I have fond... read more.