First and foremost, I can say with even more assurance than in 2012 that edgeworthias are hardy in southeastern Pennsylvania, US, and surrounding areas. We are in USDA hardiness zone 7 with an average annual minimum temperature of 0 to 10 degrees F (-17.8 to -12.2 C). In January of 20...
If you’re a gardener with a lot of shade around your home, you may find yourself struggling to find plants that thrive in minimal sunlight, especially when it comes to shrubs. Take a look at the shaded areas of your yard. Just because they are dark, does not mean they have to be ...
Woodland Gardens -Many flowering shrubs, such as Rhododendrons, Azaleas and Camellias, are ideal for semi-shaded areas, such as beneath trees. Any shade-tolerant shrub can be grown in a natural way in a wooded area. Always prepare good planting holes so that they can establish before they ...
Interesting throughout the year, Tutsan is a cure-all for lightly shaded garden areas that need some brightening up. The wine-infused stems and deep green foliage contrast beautifully with cheerful golden yellow flowers in summer, and later with glossy red berries, which eventually turn black. ...
The red twig dogwood (Cornus Alba) is a shade loving shrub with very attractive variegated gray-green deciduous leaves that provide a bright light in the shaded border. It has insignificant small white flowers in the spring, followed by white berries, but the compelling reason to plant this sh...
In very shaded areas, the crown stretches, thins and blooms worse. Scientific Name: Hydrangea quercifolia Plant Type: Deciduous shrub Geographic Origin: Southeastern United States Plant Size: 4 – 8 feet tall Sun Exposure: Partial to full sun Plant Zone: 5 – 9 If you’re looking for ...
Mine are in a lot of full sun since I don’t have many shaded areas. If I water the roots as well as the leaves while in the sun will that burn the leaves? I hadn’t noticed any ill effects from the full sun until the past couple weeks when temps and humidity here in IN have...
creeping dogwood. This low-growing evergreen shrubproduces bright red berries that birds like to eat. It is very cold-hardy and does well in USDA growing zones two through six. It grows in part shade and does well at the base of trees due to its native habitat in shaded woodland areas....
It may be just the fact that higher branches shade lower ones and the nutrients can’t get to the lower areas, resulting in them dying off. It could be that animals will chew on tender shoots too, so that the plant gets shaped in some form. It could be storm damage. Nature has many...
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