Spirea Japanese Spirea Spirea, Spirea x vanhoutei, Bridal Wreath Baby’s Breath or whatever you call it, has beautiful small white clusters of blooms in spring. Southern homeowners have planted them alternated beside azaleas for years. The pink variety, pink spirea however, is a deciduous shrub that you may want to consider for your garden even […]
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Wisteria Gardens of Europe Gardeners, I Just returned from 2 weeks in Northern Europe on a circle tour of 8 countries. Temperatures varied by regions and topography but it’s still mid Spring there weatherwise. I thought you might want to see some usual and not so unusual plants. I saw lots of Spirea or bridal
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Tropical Color for the Garden One of the best plants for tropical flowers from midspring through fall is the tropical hibiscus. Tropical hibiscuses, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is also Chinese Hibiscus. It is a Tropical evergreen shrub which can grow 6-8 feet depending on the variety. The plants can be single or double flowered with large funnel-shaped
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Wisteria Wisteria is a deciduous, perennial vine which is a member of the pea family. There are different kinds of wisteria, American , Chinese and Japanese. Wisteria in a vigorous climber and needs sun to part shade for the stunning blooms of purple, white and sometimes pink racemes which look like grapes. Attractive to bees
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Pink Hydrangea Hydrangeas Hydrangea macrophylla is divided into two types, Hortensia which are the big flower clusters and Lacecaps which have a center of fertile non-showy flowers encircled by showy non-fertile flowers. Hydrangea macrophylla also known as the common hydrangea, mophead, French Hydrangea or Hortensia is a deciduous shrub which can reach 5 feet x
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