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Growing a Blush Satin Rose of Sharon

The Rose of Sharon blooms profusely, and its attractive flowers are its main selling point. Like other types of Hibiscus , Rose of Sharon's flowers bear a striking stamen. Another feature giving the shrub value is its relatively late period of blooming, into August! It is a profuse bloomer and not...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-14-2009
Growing the Dense and Compact Minuet Lilac

Are you looking for a compact dwarf bush (denser than most lilacs) with large, dark green leaves, has no suckers to deal with, and provides you with fragrant light purple blooms in the spring? Then Minuet Lilac is just the plant for you! It has light purple flowers that bud open into single, fragrant...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-13-2009
Caring for the Tidy and Compact Miniglobe Honeysuckle

Miniglobe Honeysuckle is a naturally compact, tidy, ball-shaped plant. It is a mounded shrub that features diminutive yellow flowers in spring and red berries in the fall With dense blue-green foliage, it makes an excellent foundation plant or can be used for low hedges . A low maintenance exeriscape...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-10-2009
About The Winter Hardy Green Gem Boxwood

The Green Gem Boxwood is a shrub that is noted for its globular shape and excellent winter hardiness. It is a broadleaf evergreen shrub that typically grows in a dense globe to 2' tall and as wide. Elliptic to oval, glossy dark green leaves hold their color well in winter. (Its flowers are inconspicuous...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-07-2009
About Evergreen Shrubs

Evergreen refers to shrubs that normally retain most of their foliage (needles) through the winter. They are used mainly as foundation, hedge, screen, or focal points in the landscape. It is wise to include some evergreens in all landscapes and garden plantings; evergreen shrubs are sometimes striking...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 10-05-2009
Trimming or Pruning Privet Hedges

Privets are very versatile plants and one of the perfect plants for hedging. They have been used to make walls, tall barriers, and sound barriers. You can let it grow to 15 ft. or trim it to any size you want. Because of this, it can be made into arches, low to the ground fences, or it can be made thick...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 09-29-2009
Plants for Windy Areas

Where high winds prevail, tender plants may have a difficult time getting established. Helping them become established may be as simple as supplying sturdy trees and shrubs that will help create a wind-resistant, protected area. Shrubs such as Arrowwood viburnum seem to hold its own in windy, inclement...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-13-2009
About Honeysuckle Bushes

The difference between bush honeysuckles and the native honeysuckle species is that the native species are woody and vine-like in nature. Bush honeysuckles are upright shrubs ranging from a few feet to 15 feet tall. There are Dwarf Honeysuckles that prefer sun to partial shade and are rapid growers that...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 05-24-2009
About hedges and evergreens

One thing to remember about shrubs is that they need a heavy pruning at planting time. Then prune again after the first year’s growth, but avoid heavy pruning at that time. Most shrubs look best in natural shapes, rather than forced into an unnatural appearance. Just cut the too-long branches all the...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 05-23-2009

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