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Spiraea japonica

Japanese spirea: care, varieties and garden uses

Shrubs
Potentilla fruticosa

Potentilla fruticosa: expert tips for growing shrubby cinquefoil

Shrubs
Close-up of spent rosemary flower stems with dried brown blooms on a woody shrub in summer heat

Rosemary flowering in summer: why blooms stop and how to get a second flush before autumn

Herbs and spices
Lush fresh mint, basil, and rosemary herbs growing together in terracotta pots on a sunny patio

The Herb I Nearly Killed Three Times (And Why It’s Worth Every Effort)

Herbs and spices
Vibrant red tropical hibiscus flowers blooming in a summer garden with green foliage

Your Hibiscus Is About to Explode With Blooms — Unless You Make This One Mistake in June

Garden Flowers
Vibrant magenta bougainvillea in full bloom cascading over a white garden wall in summer sunshine

Bougainvillea Won’t Bloom? You’re Probably Making This One Mistake

Climbing plants
Large tropical hibiscus with vivid red flowers blooming in a sunny summer garden

The Hibiscus Secret That Changes Everything (Most Gardeners Never Figure This Out)

Flowering houseplants
Vibrant magenta bougainvillea climbing a white garden wall in full summer bloom

Why Your Bougainvillea Looks Half-Dead (And the Fix Nobody Talks About)

Climbing plants
Leucothoe shrub

Leucothoe planting and care: single shrub, twice the appeal

Shrubs
Growing camellia in a pot or container

Container Camellia, with the right pot you’ll get a great flower shrub!

Shrubs
Propagation gardenia

Propagating gardenia through cuttings, marcot, seeds

Flowering houseplants
Container finger lime

Grow finger lime in a pot, for house and deck!

Indoor plants
Plumbago varieties and colors

Plumbago varieties, colors and climbers galore!

Climbing plants
Callistemon is a fabulous shrub that also does great in cities

Callistemon: it looks like a bottlebrush and smells like lemon!

Shrubs
Lonicera standishii - winter honeysuckle

Lonicera standishii, the winter honeysuckle shrub

Shrubs
Metrosideros

Metrosideros Carmineus, fun blooms (especially the Ferris Wheel)

Shrubs
Erica carnea - winter heath

Erica carnea, the winter heather

Garden Flowers
Nandina domestica

Nandina domestica, the Sacred Bamboo

Shrubs
Salix integra - dappled willow

Cute and lush, Salix integra pink dwarf willow

Shrubs
Cyphomandra fruits hanging from a tree

Cyphomandra, a tree that’s part of the tomato family

Shrubs
Unique hydrangea

Unique hydrangea

Garden Flowers

Cinquefoil, a cinch!

Garden Flowers
Plumbago escapade

Plumbago Escapade, perfect for growing in pots

Climbing plants
Indoor barberry plants

Growing Barberry indoors

Indoor plants
Mahonia eurybracteata

Mahonia eurybracteata, a yellow-blooming fall shrub

Garden Flowers
Mahonia soft caress

Mahonia Soft Caress, fern-like leaves for a Japanese garden

Garden Flowers
Evergreen laurel

Laurel, evergreen species for greenery in winter 

Shrubs
fushia

Fushia vs Fuchsia, spelling for this garden flower shrub

Garden Flowers
Fuchsia fulgens

Fuchsia fulgens, beautiful carmine flowers

Garden Flowers
cestrum

Cestrum, a shrub with fragrant hanging flowers

Shrubs
A field completely covered in purple Lavandula stoechas flowers.

Lavandula stoechas, the ornamental lavender

Gardening
Shaped boxwood shrubs forming boxes

Boxwood, always the elegant one

Shrubs
Willow shrubs are willows that grow shorter than normal willow trees

Willow shrubs, small but ever so elegant

Shrubs
English lavender

English Lavender, the queenly lavender of old

Garden Flowers
Pittosporum - Cheesewood

Pittosporum, noted for its foliage

Shrubs
Honeysuckle 'Winter Beauty' - Lonicera purpusii

Lonicera purpusii, Winter Beauty honeysuckle

Shrubs
Lomatia tinctoria

Lomatia tinctoria, a beautiful shrub for pot and garden

Shrubs
Guitar plant

Guitar plant, care for its beautiful flowers in ground and pot

Shrubs
Lomatia

Lomatia – an astounding flower shrub family

Shrubs
White dazzler leaves and flowers are about the same size.

Choisya ternata ‘White Dazzler’, a shrub bursting with fragrant white stars

Shrubs
Myrtle plant - myrtus communis

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

Shrubs
Large and small willows

Small willows for small gardens, big ones for bigger gardens

Trees
Pearl bush exochorda

Exochorda, the pearl bush: care and blooming

Shrubs
Clerodendrum

Clerodendron, a cute decorative plant

Indoor plants
White-yellow flower unfurling, still unclear whether it is a datura or a brugmansia flower.

Datura or Brugmansia, Trumpets of discord

Annuals and biennials
Yaupon holly branches with a few green leaves and bright red berries.

Yaupon holly, bring the grand old South to your garden

Shrubs
Berries and leaves of dwarf yaupon

Dwarf yaupon, a cute shrub that is easy to keep small

Shrubs
Close-up of dwarf yaupon holly leaves and unripe berries.

Dwarf Yaupon holly, a colorful berry shrub

Shrubs
Pale violet Hibiscus syriacus flower with sun shining through the petals.

Hibiscus syriacus, an oriental beauty

Shrubs
Hibiscus althea blooms on new growth.

Hibiscus Althea, a very ornamental shrub

Shrubs
Dipladenia plant

Dipladenia (Mandevilla sanderii): planting, care & watering

Climbing plants