When winter sets in, it’s easy to feel like your garden is in hibernation mode—bare, lifeless, and gray. But with the right planning, your landscape can have winter interest filled with texture and color, even in the coldest months. By pairing trees, shrubs, and perennials, you’ll cr...
TheseWinter Flowering Shrubswith their unusual textures, foliage, colors, fragrance, and flowers can beautify your garden. Some even decorate themselves with bright and vibrant berries. Table of contents Find the Best Indoor Plants that Grow All Winterhere Winter Flowering Shrubs 1. Scarlet Firethorn...
Shrubs play many roles in the garden. Whether you want to maintain structure, provide winter interest, bring color in spring and summer, brighten your garden with fall colors, or create privacy, there’s a shrub that can do the job. ...
Planting bare-root plants How to plant and grow and care for bare-root plants in your garden. Read more about Planting bare-root plants Overwintering tender plants While some plants are bone hardy and will survive perfectly fine outside in the garden in a typical winter, some aren’t....
I want to focus more on native plants, not exclusively, but with a conscience effort to lean toward native species. So I started looking to native holly trees. Native trees offer more support for local wildlife and are … Read more Categories Evergreens, gardens Tags evergreen shrubs, ever...
Selecting garden plants is a journey of discovery. Whether you're beginning a completely new planting design, or you are just looking for a seasonal refresh, you must consider the plants needs and the look you are trying to achieve. Be careful not to pick one of everything you like at th...
Grasses and hydrangeas provide interest for a long time in winter. Around the corner heading back into the gardens, I enjoy the snow-white trunks of the Himalayan birches. I could have spent a while watching the wind whip the seedheads of the maiden grass (Miscanthus sinensis)– but the ...
Fall gardens are full of colour. Here we offer plant recommendations for autumn and gardening jobs to be completed before winter. Winter Gardens Winter gardens, a time for reflection. Recommended shrubs and evergreens to bring winter interest to your garden. And list of things to do during the...
Posted inNew Plants for the Garden| Taggedlow maintenance shrubs,Shrubs for winter bloom|2 Comments » Spring Cleaning February 28, 2018 byEastern Shore Gardener We have had some great weather for working out in the garden this spring. In the interest of getting in shape for the season and...
With all the choices of plants for fall and winter interest, and the advantages of late summer and early fall planting (cooler weather and rain for increased root growth), one of the most significant reasons to buy and plant now is that many trees, shrubs, and perennials are on sale. ...