Wayne Mezitt, Author at Weston Nurseries

Repairing Winter-Damaged Plants

These past few weeks have been a trial of extreme weather here in New England, causing extensive damage to many trees and shrubs. We still have some time to go

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Basic Planning for your Garden

Planning a garden around your home can seem like a daunting, overwhelming undertaking — so many choices, so much investment, so little understanding about what plants to use, seemingly huge

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Cold Hardiness

By R. Wayne Mezitt Surprising as it may seem, the recent period of extended cold temperatures we’ve been through may actually be beneficial for our full enjoyment of flowers next

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Brown Fall Foliage

By R. Wayne Mezitt Every autumn we New Englanders enthusiastically look forward to bragging about our spectacular fall foliage. But this year has turned out to be a big disappointment.

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Real or Plastic Christmas Tree?

By R. Wayne Mezitt Looking at the wide variety of the artificial Christmas trees now being sold at Big-Box stores, it can be hard to tell they’re not real—at least

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Burning Bush? Please reconsider!

As early as mid-October and continuing through much of November, it’s ubiquitous throughout the northeastern USA. This time of year we can’t help but remark at the brilliant, intensely-red foliage

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Black Walnut

By R. Wayne Mezitt Intrigued by learning about the potential value of its timber, I first began growing Eastern black walnut (Juglans nigra) in my yard more than 50 years

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Most any New Englander will confirm that one of autumn’s favorite tourist activities in this region is the so-called “Fall Foliage Extravaganza”. This annual September to November progression of nature’s

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Trees & Shrubs for Pollinators

By R. Wayne Mezitt I’m gratified and quite taken that the issue of pollinators has recently so effectively caught the attention of the public. Decade after decade, dedicated members of

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