The houseplants are back inside, the pots of annuals have been emptied and the containers won’t be replanted until the spring. But in this rush to lay bare the winter garden, we may be missing an ...

Proving that even full-size shade trees will take this treatment, Longwood’s Gentry grows the red maple variety Franksred in large decorative teak containers — Versailles planters — that are 48 inches ...