Native Shrubs

Witchhazel Brightens A Gray Garden

Flowers in winter gardens are few and far between, but witchhazels are one large shrub that blooms when everything else looks drab or dead.

2013/02/11

Talking To Your Plants

I don’t know whether talking to plants works – but it’s worked for me.

2013/01/23

A Better Red Bush

Unfortunately, most bright red shrubs you see right now are an invasive alien shrub called ‘burning bush,’ also known as ‘winged euonymus,’ that’s escaping into our woodlands and replacing plants our birds and butterflies need to survive. There’s a much better alternative which is equally as attractive.

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2012/11/06

Baptisia Australis

A perennial that looks like a shrub all summer, then dies back to the ground for winter, our native Baptisia australis, or ‘False Indigo’ may become one of your favorite plants.

2012/05/16

Fothergilla Shows Off In Every Season

Fothergilla is an easy-going shrub that’s adaptable to different sites and soils, and has few problems with pests.

2012/05/15

Itea Virginica

Here’s an easy-to-grow native shrub with multiple seasons of interest from spring flowers to show-stopping fall color. Itea virginica, also known as Virginia Sweetspire.

2012/05/14

The All-American Blueberry Bush

Blueberries bushes aren’t only great native plants, they display all-American colors too – white spring flowers, blue summer berries and red fall foliage.

2011/05/16