Looking to brighten your summer garden? Learn about butterfly bush, hydrangea, oleander, and other vibrant shrubs perfect for any landscape needs.
Flowering shrubs have more than one role to play. The most obvious benefit of growing shrubs in the yard is to fill the space with colorful blooms and floral scents. However, they also keep your yard sheltered from the wind and nosy neighbors and are a magnet for a variety of bird speci...
Included below are three selections of fragrant shrubs that bloom during that time of year between spring and summer. In addition to being fragrant, all of these shrubs, while looking very different, have white flowers. Each has a long track record of providing soothing scents and bright seasona...
This perennial makes a perfect low-border plant for your sunny gardens in front of shrubs or taller perennials. When the first batch of flowers begins to fade, cut the plant back, and you will get a resurgence of growth that will last into the fall. ...
Sometimes referred to as honey balls, buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is the last to leaf out in spring and the last summer-flowering shrub to bloom in my garden. But it makes up for its tardiness with its unique clusters of spherical, white blossoms that resemble golf-ball-sized Spu...
Seasonal Interest:Spring Flowering, Summer Flowering Watering:Average Resists:Deer Tolerates:Drought, Salt Attracts:Butterflies Container Role: Uses:Borders, Containers, Groundcovers, Mass Planting, Wildlife Gardens Features:Attracts Pollinators, Foliage Interest, Low Maintenance ...
Planting trees or shrubs too close to ground transformers. Planting large trees too close to buildings. Planting closer than 20 feet is risky. Blocking windows or desirable views. Planting where roots will damage pavement. Spacing trees too closely or shading gardens. Encroaching on your neighbor...
A purple flowering comfrey is planted between the two roses to collect nutrients, provide flowers for bees and other pollinators, and also to provide an ongoing supply of nourishing mulch. A few more of these comfrey plants are placed near trees and fruiting shrubs throughout the property. ...
The Wildflower Garden is known for its extensive collection of spring-flowering woodland wildflowers. Many of the most popular wildflower species growing at the Garden were not indigenous to the site, but rather introduced by Eloise Butler in the first twenty-five years of the Garden’s developmen...
Prepare beds to an 18 inch deep for perennials. This will seem like a tremendous amount of work now, but will greatly pay off later. Besides, this is not something that is easily done later, once plants have been established. How-to : Pruning Flowering Shrubs It is necessary to prune ...