Category Archives for Shrubs
WEIGELA
(Deciduous) These beautiful spring-flowering shrubs are often called diervillas. They bear trumpet-shaped flowers in great abundance in various shades of pink or red. All grow well in good soil and need pruning after the flowers are over to remove old, … Continue reading
FLOWERING ALMOND AND PEACH
(deciduous leaf-losing) Primus persica Aurora and Clara Meyer, 15 to 20 ft., bear double pink flowers, and have the advantage of producing edible fruit. P. triloba florepleno, 8 ft., small rosette-like pink flowers all along the branches in March and … Continue reading
Species of Cherry
(deciduous leaf-losing) Many of the Japanese flowering cherries are decorative small trees, 15 to 20 ft. tall, bearing great quantities of double flowers in white or shades of pink from April to May, and having such names as Hokusai, Kanzan, … Continue reading
PERNETTYA
(evergreen) Pernettya mucronata, 4 ft., in its various forms is commonly grown, and has tiny white flowers in spring, like those of the ericas, followed by decorative berries. It is a dense shrub with small evergreen leaves and wiry stems. … Continue reading
HIPPOPHAE (SEA BUCKTHORN)
(deciduous leaf-losing) Hippophae rhamnoides, 12 ft. or more, one of the best of the hardy, silver-leaved shrubs, is often seen as a hedge plant near the coast. After the leaves have fallen, and provided a male plant has also been … Continue reading
ESCALLONIA
(D = deciduous leaf losing and E = evergreen) Most of the cultivated escallonias are evergreen, flowering in summer, hardiest near the sea where they are often used for hedges. A few are reasonably hardy inland, including the semi-evergreen … Continue reading
Cistus (Rock Rose)
(evergreen) There are many species and varieties of cistus. Some are hardier than others, but all have beautiful flowers over a long season, although the individual flowers last for only a day. They thrive in the hottest, driest positions, … Continue reading
Plants for the Garden: Climbers and Wall Shrubs
For the keen gardener the walls of a house are a bonus, an added dimension to be exploited by a wealth of plants that could be grown nowhere else in the garden. There are climbing plants that, if carefully selected, … Continue reading
Buying, Planting and Aftercare of Shrubs and Trees
Buying The first essential when buying any tree or shrub is to know what you want. That does not necessarily mean the genus and species, but you should know the amount of space the plant can occupy when it is … Continue reading
Shrub and Tree Gardens
Shrubs and decorative trees give a garden permanence, but they do a great deal more than that. They add a new dimension: they give it height and a sense of space. They help to bind the garden together, giving it … Continue reading