We all scratch our heads when we have a shady garden where the Sun does not shine all day, or not even all morning: “What shrubs could I grow there?” Shady places can be a problem for gardens, especially when it comes to growing shrubs underneath a shade tree. However, …
Do you need to block prying eyes or windbreak from your backyard, but don’t want to wait? ? Fast growing shrubs are part of the solution! Grow privacy bushes with dense foliage that reach eye level quickly then you’ll have a lush green fence in a matter of months… Some …
Spring is the season of flowers, fall is the season of leaf colors, and summer? You can brighten up the hot season with summer-flowering shrubs with generous blooms like hibiscus, oleander and even roses, all plants that like to blossom in sunny days. These low-maintenance bushes will also cut down …
Shrubs with white flowers, deciduous or evergreen, can bring light, peace and even candor to your garden, borders, containers or as specimen planting. You will find white flowering bushes in many gardens, especially white gardens and moon gardens, but also in combination with other bloom and foliage colors. In fact, …
There are many beautiful flowers that have an amazing scent, but few can match the intoxicating fragrance of a rose. The fragrance of roses is the sweetest of all flowers, experts say. And when you grow them in your garden they add an “aroma-scented” atmosphere with their wonderfully scented blooms. …
Popular belief has it that roses only grow in full Sun, but some varieties actually tolerate and even thrive some shade. So if your garden does not have lots of sunlight, but you still want to grow these thorny flowers of love, you still can. Your best bet is to …
The Sun that shines in Southern states can brighten up the colors of flowers, and some annuals will bloom all through summer there. Tickseed, petunias and cosmos look great in the light, but not all short lived plants can stand such hot days as you get in California or Florida! …
Rose of Sharon or Hibiscus syriacus is a flowering deciduous shrub from Asia with showy, exotic flowers and you can train it to become a small tree. It has the “Hawaiian” look of other hibiscus species, but it is very adaptable, fairly hardy and low maintenance. For this reason, rose …
Nothing compares to the sight of the first spring flowers blooming in the morning for a gardener, or just a plant lover… But they are mainly bulbs, and what happens when your delicate tulips and hyacinths fail to sprout after a cold winter? You will find the answer in professional …
If I say “lilac” you will think herbaceous shrubs in gardens with long, thick and fragrant inflorescences. Lilac inflorescences in fact – I mean the color. But no! there are white, pink, blue varieties too! This flower defines a color, but it can have many more indeed! So, you can …
