Trees and shrubs - page 2

Watanabe doublefile is a beautiful small shrub, much appreciated in our gardens for its appealing blooming.

Wonderful at the beginning of spring, these shrubs are among the first to celebrate spring in our gardens, balconies and terraces with their beautiful flowers. They are often major players in our mixed hedges and shrub beds

Snowball viburnum or guelder-rose is a very beautiful shrub, much appreciated in our gardens for its appealing blooming.

Shrubby veronica offers spectacular flowering and simply beautiful leaves.

Japanese andromeda, or Pieris japonica, is a sumptuous shrub.

Loropetalum chinense is a nice winter-blooming bush.

Scotch laburnum is a small tree or shrub that is incredibly flower-bearing, hardy and easy to care for.

Hornbeam or blue-beech is a common tree in our forests, and it also appears in many parks and gardens.

Grevillea junipera is a beautiful spring-blooming shrub, that is easy to grow in garden boxes, pots or in the garden.

Palmate maple, Japanese maple or Acer palmatum is without a doubt one of the most beautiful autumn shrubs.

Its heart-shaped leaves have turned it into a symbol of love and faithfulness… But lime tree est more than anything an easy tree to grow, with rapid growth and refreshing shade.

They share their flowers from spring to summer, and sometimes even longer! Either as part of a hedge or in a pot on your terrace, they share beautiful colors

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

Cistus is a beautiful flower shrub with simply beautiful evergreen leafage.

Wild privet is a very beautiful shrub, often used in hedges for its beautiful leafage and its humble blooming.

The cedar tree is certainly one of the most beautiful conifers, and one of the most majestic, too.

Boxwood is probably the shrub that best personifies the notion of “French garden”.

Very much appreciated in coastal areas, this shrub has a magnificent summer blooming that lasts until the beginning of fall.

Holly is a shrub that grows in the wild in most areas of the world. It is famous across the globe for its pointed prickly leaves.

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.

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

Russian olive is a beautiful shrub. Its name comes from its native region – Southern Russia – and the resemblance to the olive tree around the Mediterranean.

Judas tree is a small spring-blooming tree that is simply beautiful.

Lemon bottle-brush is a small, original and very ornamental shrub.

Planting a shrub, rose tree or tree is an important phase in the life cycle of the plant you have just purchased. After having been grown in a container in a nursery or garden store, your plant will now

Preparing oleander cuttings is very easy to do, and you’ll be able to propagate your oleander in a simple and cheap manner.

Crepe myrtle is an amazing ornamental summer-blooming shrub.

Olive trees in the North? Yes, it can grow! A single thing matters: take great care of the special needs of this exceptional tree.

Setting up a mixed hedge fulfills all the functions of a normal single-species hedge, and provides an added aesthetic touch to your garden that is quite unique

Escallonia is a shrub that has very beautiful flowers and is thus very ornamental.

The plane tree is one of the the most typical trees of certain regions like French Provence.

Weeping willows are absolutely magnificent ornamental trees.

Cherry laurel is a shrub as attractive in summer as it is in winter.

Lime, apart from the usage that is made of its flowers in infusions, is a very ornamental tree.

Laurestine is a very beautiful shrub, the appeal of its flowers on par with that of its leaves.

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

Mountain ash (rowan in British English) is an elegant shrubby tree that both bees and birds adore. Spring blooming is full of nectar and turn into nutritious red berries by Fall for birds.

The mulberry tree is a beautiful tree, both for the leaves themselves and for the cool shade they dispense in summer.

Firethorn, aside from its superb foliage, also bears magnificent colored berries in fall.

The cypress is certainly one of the kings of the conifers to establish elegant hedges, but it is also remarkable as a standalone specimen.

Niwaki – this is the Japanese word for cloud pruning. It’s the act of trimming trees into cloud shapes. An ancestral, elaborate art, this cloud pruning technique was developed to create symbolic spaces,

Hedges protect us from prying eyes, create intimacy, break the wind and protect our gardens. Flowered hedges boast many advantages and can even become truly ornamental.

Katsura is an amazing and resilient tree. It will set your garden ablaze

Juniperus is a very cute little conifer that is also called common juniper.

Cercidiphyllum is a  smallish tree that comes from Japan. It definitely lends a distinctive

Bottlebrush buckeye is a shrubby tree that spreads more than it grows tall. It’s a relative of the chestnut tree and has the same leaves. Bottlebrush Buckeye facts Name – Aesculus parviflora Family – Sapindaceae Type – shrub Height – 6 ½ feet (2 meters) Exposure – full sun or part sun Soil – ordinary, well drained Foliage – deciduous Flowering – June to […]

The horse chestnut tree is a favorite of schoolyard autumn games: it produces the famed “conkers” which are an infinite source of childish 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 […]

White, pink or even yellow, flowers from the many magnolia cultivars come in many shapes and colors.

Cotoneaster is a very beautiful shrub, especially appreciated for its berries.

Callicarpa or candy tree is a beautiful shrub that grows fine in the ground and in a pot.

Hibiscus syriacus is a very ornamental summer shrub.