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Olearia macrodonta

Growing Olearia macrodonta: care, uses and best varieties

Shrubs
Hydrangea macrophylla

Hydrangea macrophylla care: how to grow and maintain

Shrubs
Hebe speciosa

Growing Hebe speciosa: care tips and garden uses

Shrubs
Fuchsia magellanica

Growing Fuchsia magellanica: care, varieties and garden uses

Shrubs
Escallonia rubra

Red Escallonia: growing, care tips and garden uses

Shrubs
Cistus rock rose shrub with pale pink papery flowers in full summer sun in a dry garden border

Cistus and rock rose in summer: why flower production crashes in peak heat and how to keep blooms coming through the season

Gardening
Stressed rosemary plant with dry brown woody stems in summer garden heat

Rosemary in summer heat: how to recognise stress and prune it back to health

Herbs and spices
Cistus shrub in full bloom with white papery flowers and yellow stamens in a dry rocky garden

Cistus: the complete growing and care guide for sun-drenched gardens

Gardening
Overgrown woody lavender shrub with bare stems and sparse purple blooms in summer garden

Your Lavender Is Woody and Bare — This Summer Trim Fixes It Before It’s Too Late

Garden Flowers
Elaeagnus angustifolia

Elaeagnus angustifolia, a beautiful and fast-growing shrub

Shrubs
Jerusalem sage

Jerusalem sage, learn to grow Phlomis fruticosa

Garden Flowers
Sea buckthorn

Sea buckthorn, lots of spikes, but lots of berries, too!

Shrubs
Dodonea, the broadleaf hop bush

Dodonea, the hop-bush that’s happy planted near the sea

Shrubs
Olearia traversii

Olearia, the chatham tree that fell in love with the sea

Shrubs
Sea orache, or salbush, leaves

Sea orache, the saltbush for seaside gardens… with edible leaves!

Shrubs
Row of agapetes flowers seen from the front view (Himalayan lantern)

Agapetes, branches arching over to display cute red bells

Shrubs
Lemon bottlebrush

Lemon bottlebrush planting, care and pruning

Shrubs
Scotch broom lining the property of a farm

Scotch broom, a powerful burst of color

Gardening
Tamarisk, invasive and native ranges

Tamarisk native and invasive ranges: should you plant it?

Shrubs
Blue-colored soap bush flowers

Soap bush, variations in blue

Shrubs
Myrtle plant - myrtus communis

Common myrtle, cute shrub, fragrant flowers… edible berries!

Shrubs
A single mature alyogyne flower against a black background.

Alyogyne, caring for them well

Shrubs
arbutus unedo

Arbutus unedo – noted for its berries

Shrubs
Tree germander - Teucrium fruticans

Tree germander, how to plant and care for Teucrium fruticans

Shrubs
Gorse flower in full bloom filling up the whole screen.

Gorse, superb flower shrub

Shrubs
Laurestine blooming under snow

Laurestine, a cute small shrub

Shrubs
Silverberry - Elaeagnus commutata

Silverberry, a magnificent evergreen shrub

Shrubs
Rosemary

Rosemary, beautiful in the garden, useful in the kitchen

Herbs and spices
Escallonia

Escallonia, a shrub of great beauty

Shrubs
Tamarisk shrub with forget-me-nots

Tamarisk, a very easy shrub

Shrubs