Trees and shrubs - page 2

Pittosporum, apart from its shy flowers, has simply beautiful leaves.

Thuja, or Arborvitae, is a long-living tree that just keeps growing. If you miss a few pruning seasons, you’ll have to cut it back hard! Here’s what Michel experienced.

In the vast Cornus family, Japanese dogwood is an outlier thanks to its one-of-a-kind fruits and flowers.

Rhododendron is among the most beautiful heath soil shrubs.

Bradford pear, or Pyrus calleryana, used to be all the hype in ornamental gardens throughout the United States and Europe. Today, common sense labels it for what it is: an invasive tree that’s

Caryopteris, also called bluebeard, is a shrub that is unique thanks to its blooming.

Do you want to add a touch of greenery to your balcony or terrace? Go for evergreen laurel!

Cordyline australis is a beautiful exotic plant that’s worthy of appearing on the most far-flung travel postcards!

With its dense clump-like silhouette and tight-growing stalks, Fargesia is the ideal candidate for growing a privacy hedge. This non-invasive bamboo grows corms that bear elegant, thin green leaves.

The Mexican orange tree is a marvel at the beginning of spring with its magnificent little white flowers that smother the entire shrub.

Hydrangea is a beautiful shrub, and pruning helps boost blooming and makes the plant healthier.

Arbutus unedo is appreciated for its beautiful red fruits that look like strawberries.

Thanks to their hardiness and the low growing requirements they need, Hypericum are the perfect plants for beginner gardeners, or those who have a difficult garden to bloom.

Native alternatives exist to plant instead of invasive Scotch or French broom. They’re even more beautiful, if you consider that planting them restores habitats and

Winter honeysuckle, Lonicera standishii, is among the unavoidable winter blooming shrubs.

Why not go for a four-seasons hedge? Bored with drab monochrome conifers? Bring a bundle of delight to the neighborhood with a mixed hedge of ornamental flower, leaf and fruit shrubs.

Korean forsythia looks just like yellow forsythia – but white.

Magnolia is are among the most beautiful spring-blooming trees.

Lagerstroemia is an amazing shrub that blooms during the entire summer.

Silverberry is a very beautiful ornamental evergreen shrub.

Elaeagnus angustifolia is a lovely, fast-growing shrub. Its leaves and fruits remind you of an olive tree’s.

Carpenteria californica is a very beautiful spring-blooming shrub.

Nandina is a wonderfully beautiful shrub that many find appealing for its colored foliage and early summer blooming.

More than 300 types of willow are available nowadays (Salix). Growing to different heights, these trees and shrubs are resilient and easy to prune.

As appealing to us as they are to pollinators, melliferous plant species are where pollinator insects reign as kings. These beautiful flowers are gorged with pollen and nectar offered up for pollinators to feed on, a trade-off that 80% of all flower-bearing species sign up for in order to reproduce.

Common yew is a famous and wonderful hedge conifer.

Camellia, a stunningly ornamental flower shrub, is perfectly suited to growing in pots. Picture it on your terrace or balcony!

Sea buckthorn is a thorny shrub worth checking out for its numerous vibrant-colored fruits. They’ll brighten up your garden in winter.

Azalea japonica is a small heath shrub that provides evergreen, bushy growth.

Chamaecyparis is a very beautiful conifer that looks very ornamental, often called the Lawson cypress, Port Orford cedar or false cypress.

The alder is a lovely tree, well-known for thriving in wet areas like riverbanks and swamps.

Guitar plant is a shrub with beautiful summer blooms.

Staghorn sumac, also called vinegar sumac, is a short tree that grows in a roundish shape.

This smallish pear tree has a bearing and leaves that closely resemble those of the weeping willow. Willow-leaf pear key facts Name – Pyrus salicifolia Family – Rosaceae Type – tree Height – 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 m) Exposure – full sun, part sun Soil – ordinary Foliage – deciduous Flowering – March-April Wispy leaves and sometimes weeping branches make willow-leaf pear a great ornamental […]

Holly is a shrub that grows in the wild in most areas of the world.

Firethorn, a shrub with superb foliage, also bears magnificent colored berries in fall.

Skimmia is a beautiful shrub that is as attractive in winter as it is in spring.

Spindle hosts a unique and very ornamental leafage.

Acacia dealbata, commonly known under the name winter mimosa tree, decorates our gardens with superb golden yellow blooms from January to March, depending on the climate.

Out with the unending lines of thuja! These days, planting mixed hedges is all the fad. In such a hedge, evergreen leafage, colorful blooms and species that

Snowberry is renowned for its cute berries which it bears at the end of summer and in winter.

Fall is the season of nature’s grand finale, an explosion of color before a well-deserved rest. Like a show of fireworks, a culmination of powerful fiery bursts of color bursts forth from trees left and right in the scenery and in the garden. Gold in particular flashes and shines in all its rich tan-to-orange leaves, […]

Crepe myrtle is an amazing ornamental summer-blooming shrub.

The tamarillo is a fruit shrub native to the tropics which bears surprising fruits with firm flesh and a tangy, pungent taste.

Mimosa blooms in winter with warm, yellow flowers. Grow it in a pot near a window! Key facts for potted mimosa

In the birch family, Betula utilis jacquemontii shines with its silver-white trunk.

Some shrubs have the advantage of flowering during the entire fall season. They let us make-believe that the summer is extended

Perovskia is a magnificent summer to mid-fall bloomer.

Oregon grape is either of three gold winter-blooming hollies. Oregon grape holly key facts Species name – Mahonia Sub-sp. – aquifolium, repens, nervosa

Mimosa, the famous yellow-flowered tree, is easily controlled through pruning. Mimosa pruning key facts Goal – size, appearance Season – after the blooming (early spring) Cycle – yearly (every few months for suckers) With proper pruning, your mimosa tree will grow to the shape you desire. Read also: Mimosa tree care and, more specifically, Mimosa […]

The horse chestnut tree is a favorite of schoolyards: its famed “conkers” are an infinite source of enjoyment! Horse Chestnut tree facts Name – Aesculus hippocastanum Family – Spindaceae Type – tree Height – 50 to 150 feet (15 to 45 meters) Exposure – full sun Soil: rich and cool  –  Foliage: deciduous  –  Flowering: May Planting a horse chestnut tree The planting usually is performed in […]