by Kim Riedel
Master Gardner

This past month I have received a few questions about flowering trees, compost, and how to tell the gender of the aloe vera plant–all of which have made me do a lot of thinking.

The question about flowering trees was to help choose a flowering tree as a memorial for a beautiful and sweet lady. When I was doing the research trying to find the perfect flowering tree, it was hard to pick one that would represent her. I looked through trees that dropped inedible fruits, all different colors of flowers, and trees that had foliage that turned colors with the seasons. The tree that I thought was the most beautiful with the least maintenance was a flowering     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.