Tree species represent 20% of the vascular plant species worldwide and they play a crucial role in the global functioning of the biosphere. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the 36 world biodiversity hotspots, and it is estimated that forests covered 82%
Flowers are very fragrant with a scent of Lily of the Valley. Grows to become a large shrub [3m x 3m]. Found in the north facing border of the Ornamental Garden and outside the Gardener’s Cottage. Viburnum Tinus –An evergreen shrub studded with fat pink flower buds that open in mid...
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Birchleaf spirea is agreat small, rounded shrub, reaching 3 to 4 feet high. It has white flowers in early summer with dark green, birch-like leaves. The leaves turn a kaleidoscope of red, orange, and purple in fall, adding seasonal interest. It can be used for butterfly gardens and in...
(campanula glomerata) at the garden, and some kind of viburnum and willow and the mulberry creeping in where you really should expect it. It’s renewed my goal of installing some perennials in my plot. The volunteer dill and naturalized shallots are filling in a few spots while I wait for...
What is ‘Well-Drained Soil’? We have all seen it, and some gardeners have even come to dread it – those words in the description of that tree or shrub you are aching to have –‘Grow in fertile, moist, well-drained soil’. The first two parts are not so bad, after all, if...
Kalina: The ultra-feminine name means 'love and affection' in the Wemba-Wemba language of New South Wales and Victoria. Besides being used in the indigenous Australia, Kalina is also known throughout the Eastern Europe, particularly in Poland, where it means 'viburnum,' the flowering shrub. ...
Blackcurrant(Ribes nigrum'') and guelder rose (''Viburnum opulus'') are frequent but alder buckthorn (''Frangula alnus) a common constituent of East Anglian carr is very rare. *2003, European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy,ESCOP Monographs: The Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal ...
Let's say you've just heard about a gorgeous perennial or a spectacular shrub you want to add to your garden. Will it survive in your region? This dilemma is why the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map was created. A glance at it, and you can figure out your Zone. Terrific, now what?
A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish...