Trees and shrubs - page 3

Hawthorn is a shrub often used for defensive hedges, and it is also very ornamental.

Tamarisk is a spring-blooming or summer-blooming shrub that is well known for its pale pink flowers. Ideal for seaside gardens thanks to wind and salt resistance.

Silverberry is a very beautiful ornamental evergreen shrub.

Buddleja offers magnificent bunches of flowers that attract butterflies.

Wintersweet is a wonderful winter-blooming shrub tree.

Katsura varieties are always magnificent and are often very appealing when grown in a garden. There are two main types of Katsura 

American black elder is a beautiful flower shrub noted for its edible fruits that are a boon to our bird friends.

Alyogyne, also called Lilac hibiscus, is a remarkable shrub with generous blooming.

Almost all the common techniques for propagating your katsura tree will work.

Common yew is a famous and wonderful hedge conifer.

Aside from its visual appeal, eucalyptus is a tree credited with many health benefits and medicinal uses.

Soap bush, with scientific name Ceanothus, is one of the most amazing ornamental shrubs thanks to the unique blue color of its blooming.

Several types of barberry naturally grow small. These dwarf varieties won’t grow into towering, thorny giants

Choisya ternata White Dazzler does exactly what it sounds like – bedazzling fragrant white blooms bursting forth in

Berberis is a defensive hedge shrub of great value, especially thanks to its blooming.

Anisodontea, or Cape mallow, is a beautiful shrub that bloom in spring. It deserves a prominent spot in gardens or balconies and terraces.

Yaupon holly, also simply called “yaupon“, is a shrub that has been planted in homes along the Gulf of Mexico and

Catalpa is a true garden-enhancing tree thanks to its unique foliage, especially in fall. This fast-growing tree is also very hardy in winter.

Cercidiphyllum, commonly called katsura, can be grown into bonsai that are particularly appealing in fall.

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

Mock-orange is a very beautiful shrub that blooms abundantly in spring and at the beginning of summer.

Chimonanthus, commonly called wintersweet, is one of the most beautiful shrubs to bloom in winter.

Growing katsura, the caramel tree, in your garden is a pleasure for every season. At the end of spring, gift this amazing tree

Having blue flowers in the garden is rather uncommon. One of the advantages of the soap bush is that it comes in a range of blue hues from pastel blue to deep indigo.

Evergreen oak is one of today’s trendy trees, appreciated for its evergreen leafage and reasonable size.

Forsythia is truly marvelous in spring thanks to its magnificent golden flowers.

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

The Ginkgo biloba or silver apricot is a very ornamental tree thanks to the beauty of its leaves and its sprightly, elegant bearing.

Don’t let your garden turn all drab in winter! Make it evolve into a space that is appealing all year long by planting trees with highly ornamental bark.

Heath plants love acidic, cool and well-drained soil. Planting is an important phase in the life of a plant.

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

Flowering currant bears magnificent blooms in spring.

Skimmia are beautiful shrubs that are as attractive in winter as they are in the spring.

Gorse is a fantastic shrub with abundant bright yellow spring blooming.

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

The mop-head acacia tree is an appealing ornamental tree. From planting and pruning to basic care, follow our advice to grow a thick, round mophead acacia.

Ceanothus is a tallish shrub that brings bees and butterflies to the garden in spring thanks

The flower apple tree or ornamental apple tree is a magnificent tree to decorate a garden, even though it doesn’t produce any palatable fruits.

What is more beautiful in a garden than the blooming of fruit trees? With ornamental apple trees, small spaces and amateur gardeners can also take advantage of it.

Crinodendron is a very beautiful shrub. Its summer blooming is an enchantment in our gardens.

Deutzia is a fantastic spring-flowering shrub.

Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Umbraculifera’ is a special variety of black locust tree. It sprouts dense twigs and leaves from the crown of the tree and forms a shrubby, umbrella-like canopy that is very dense.

Thuja isn’t the most elegant conifer, nor is it a hedge shrub that is particularly supportive of biodiversity, but it does, however, excel in cutting off the view for intrusive onlookers.

Stone pine is a typical Mediterranean tree and its shape looks quite like that of a giant parasol.

Kerria is a wonderful shrub that is covered in yellow blooms

A katsura tree is a wonderful addition in any garden – it easily grows from seed, too! Steps for

Cestrum is native to Mexico, and makes for a wonderful

Lomatia tinctoria is a magnificent evergreen shrub that blooms in summer. An easy plant to care for, here are the tips from planting to blooming.

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,

Viburnum tinus ‘Lisarose’ is a shrub whose reputation comes from its cute fall flowering, that adds a touch of color to the garden.

Even though your bamboo has been properly settled in the garden for years already, you must stay alert. The need to control invasive bamboo is a constant endeavor! Bamboo growth must be constrained if you don’t want your garden to turn into an impenetrable jungle.