Trees and shrubs - page 5

Witch-hazel: the spooky name betrays its uniqueness. Magical and mysterious, witch-hazel is covered in winter with strange gold yellow flowers and in fall is draped in amazing hues.

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 August Planting bottlebrush buckeye Preferably in fall. Follow our advice on planting shrubs. Pruning bottlebrush buckeye It isn’t necessary to prune it. To reduce the […]

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

Elder is a beautiful flowered shrub noted for its edible fruits that are a boon to our bird friends.

Although plants survive in nature without being pruned, this practice is often needed to increase flowering or fruit formation.

An amazing blooming, beautiful leafage, ornamental fruits… Birds and insects love Japanese snowball. And we do, too!

Winter viburnum species bloom from November to March. Blooming only occurs

Wild cherry is a very beautiful wild tree that is known for its wood and fruits.

Pieris come in a multitude of varieties and put on a show all year round in the garden,

Carpenteria californica is a very beautiful spring-blooming shrub.

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

French broom is a fantastic shrub with yellow flowers that blooms in spring.

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

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

Spindle hosts a unique and very ornamental leafage.

Deliciously fragrant and rich in honeybee nectar, the numerous little lemon yellow Mahonia flowers extend into long bunches for weeks on end,

This is one of the garden’s most enchanting and fragrant shrubs. Very accommodating, it settles in anywhere it’s planted, and gives the garden a romantic outlook with its cascade of white petals and its scent of fresh orange flowers. Very easy shrub to live with, mock-orange or Philadelphus produces excellent results in every garden and […]

Meadowsweet is a nice spring-blooming or summer-flowering shrub.

Green all year long, boxwood draws back to the elegance of French gardens. Along edges to organize the garden, or sculpted as as a standalone shape, it is currently making a comeback.

Running contrary to popular belief, the pruning of boxwood is actually very easy, and doesn’t endanger your shrub in the least. Pruning boxwood is a practice that

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

The tomato tree is a fruit shrub native to the tropics which bears delicious fruits called tamarillo, with firm flesh and a tangy taste.

An ornamental pear tree is a tree that bears cute flowers at the beginning of spring.

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

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

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

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

Weeping willows are absolutely magnificent ornamental trees.

Lonicera purpusii is a winter honeysuckle that shares deliciously fragrant winter blooms.

To help you choose your shrubs depending on their blooming season, Nature-and-Garden recommends this selection of the most beautiful shrubs for each season.

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

Pruning shrubs is an important part of their development, their blooming or simply the harmonious shape of your specimen.

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.

Did you know that a hedge does much more than just protect us from neighbors, wind and noise?

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

Rhododendrons are among the most beautiful heath soil shrubs.