the plant needs in terms of light. Most (but not all) flowering shrubs need full sun, or at least six hours of direct sunlight to bloom. Otherwise, they tend to get 'leggy' and produce few flowers. Also, pick plants that will survive winters in your USDA hardiness zone (find yours...
The proportion of herbs in this region is significantly higher than trees and shrubs (Supplementary Fig. 6), probably resulting in an imbalance in “tree-shrub-herb” ecotypes and compositional instability in most local communities, but also reflecting the adaptive potential for herbs to speciate ...
Cassia bakerianais a showy, semi-evergreen ornamental tree which drops its leaves in late winter and pushes new growth in early spring here in Southern California. Native to Myanmar and Thailand, it is surprisingly cool hardy with the chance to grow in a 9B zone here in California. I say ...