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Magnolia x soulangiana ‘Alexandrina’ - Saucer magnolia (2488 readers)

Contributed by amazon 16.05 2007 on 08:52:23 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Spectacular large shrub or small tree valued for its beautiful large tulip-shaped blooms, purplish-pink with white interior in late winter into early spring. Great garden specimen; use it to anchor shrub beds. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate grower to 20 to 25 feet tall and wide, smaller as a shrub. ...

Calycanthus floridus - sweetshrub,strawberry shrub, pinneapple shrub (906 readers)

Contributed by havlis 22.03 2008 on 17:09:31 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Title and Article's text

This easy to grow shrub has many names and all of them say something about the beautiful scent of the flowers: sweetshrub, strawberry shrub, or even pineapple shrub. That’s because of the deliciously scented flowers which smell like a blend of strawberry jam and apple juice. ...

Juniperus horizontalis 'Andorra Variegata' - creeping juniper (1046 readers)

Contributed by havlis 02.04 2008 on 14:28:31 Topic: Plants / Conifers Match on Article's text

Creeping juniper is a useful and maintenance-free shrub, popular with landscapers. They are so easy to grow and need very little care. This variety has creamy-yellow varigated leaves. The branches grow upright and slightly droop at the edge of the shrub. The green branches turn violet-blue in winter. It is compact, medium to slow growing. ...

Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia' - aukuba japonská (1916 readers)

Contributed by havlis 29.10 2007 on 08:11:20 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

This evergreen shrub is a commonly known favourite especially in Britain. The first specimen was brought to Europe in 1783, and has been sought after ever since for its beautifully varigated/golden-spotted leaves. Should the top leaves be damaged after winter, just get rid of them in the spring, or cut back a few cms of the branches. ...

Deutzia gracilis 'Seward' ppaf, cpaf - Chardonnay Pearls™ (682 readers)

Contributed by amazon 07.07 2007 on 11:50:08 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

CHARDONNAY PEARLSTM (D. gracilis. Duncan ppaf, Canadian BRAF) Attractive, crisp, lime-yellow foliage provides season long garden color long after the pure white, pearl-like buds explode into a shower of fragrant spring time flowers. An attractive compact shrub with lots of impulse appeal. Great for the perennial garden or shrub border ...

Syringa meyeri - Dwarf Korean Lilac (1968 readers)

Contributed by amazon 30.05 2007 on 09:19:32 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Korean lilac is an upright, densely branched deciduous shrub with dark green velvety foliage. Soft pink to lavender flower clusters tip the branches for a lovely spring accent. Excellent for borders, screens and hedges. Full sun. Slow grower to 6 to 10 feet high, 5 to 6 feet wide or clipped to shape. ...

Pieris japonica 'Little Heath' - dwarf Japanese pieris (1490 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:35:24 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

Little Heath is a dwarf variety of pieris. It is a neat little shrub with short, elongated, pointed leaves of mid green colour with white margins. New leaves emerge orange to copper red. It grows very slowly and forms a compact shrub without pruning. It likes moist, slightly acidic soil. Once established it withstands temporary summer droughts. ...

Rosa 'Mundi' - shrub rose (495 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:51:32 Topic: Plants / Roses Match on Title and Article's text

A sport from Officinalis and an equally good shrub but with crimson flowers, striped with white. A very showy plant, giving a wonderful effect in the garden. Will form a very good low hedge. Non-repeating. ...

Pieris japonica 'Katsura' - lily of the valley (1375 readers)

Contributed by havlis 02.04 2008 on 14:13:51 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

Lily of the valley shrub is an attractive evergreen shrub with handsome flowers and striking red new leaves. Vase-shaped flowers are pink and hang on pink stamens in slightly pendent, long racemes. “Katsura” is the darkest variety with deep burgundy red new leaves, which turn to dark green in summer. ...

Rosa 'Complicata' - shrub rose (390 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.03 2008 on 10:43:03 Topic: Plants / Roses Match on Title and Article's text

This rose, which is probably a Canina/Gallica hybrid, has flowers about five inches across, of the most brilliant pure rose-pink, with a large boss of stamens. It is very robust, reliable and free flowering and may even be grown as a climber. It is one of the finest single roses and one of the best shrub roses for general cultivation. ...

The Shrub Identification Book (1275 readers)

Contributed by amazon 19.05 2007 on 08:40:38 Topic: Other / Books Match on Title and Article's text

The Visual Method for the Practical Identification of Shrubs, Including Woody Vines and Ground Covers | The Visual Method for the Practical Identification and Recognition of Shrubs (and vines and ground covers) -- and an important supplement to existing botanical methods. ...

Viburnum 'Eskimo' - Eskimo viburnum (408 readers)

Contributed by havlis 27.05 2008 on 10:26:11 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

Eskimo is a jewel among viburnums . It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen, compact shrub, growing slowly about 1m tall and wide. In mid-spring it makes almost spherical corymbs of pure white, lightly scented flowers. ...

Ulmus x hollandica 'Wredei' - golden elm (646 readers)

Contributed by havlis 17.05 2008 on 13:34:38 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

This elm is a slender shrub - a cross between ulmus minor and ulmus glabra from Germany, yet from 1875. It has been a popular small tree or rather a shrub ever since. Its size is suitable for gardens with restricted space as it seldom grows more than 1,5m wide and can be 3-5m tall. ...

Viburnum opulus 'Roseum' - European Cranberrybush (1870 readers)

Contributed by abies 28.10 2007 on 10:09:08 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Deciduous shrub cultivated since the 16th century with dense mound habit and upright, spreading, arching branches. Big, showy, sterile snowball like inflorescences cover the plant in May emerging light-green and changing to white, and some pink (rose, hence ‘Roseum’). ...

Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty' - European elder (923 readers)

Contributed by havlis 02.05 2008 on 09:19:05 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Aren’t the breeders krafty, I often say to myself. Take European elder, for instance. This omnipresent shrub grows anywhere, without any maintenance and the more you prune it the thicker it gets. Well, what a promising start for cultivation, someone said. And here we are! So forget this common weed of our countryside and dive in the world of SAMBUCUS, the world of colours, shapes and sizes that, with 10 different varieties, could well do for one complete garden. ...

Aronia melanocarpa - black chokeberry (914 readers)

Contributed by havlis 22.03 2008 on 16:51:14 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Trees Match on Article's text

Recently, less known fruit trees and shrubs are becoming more and more popular mainly thanks to their original taste as well as positive impact on our health. Black chokeberry is one of them. It is in the same rosaceae family as the service tree and its fruit is similar, too. The lustrous fruits are black, slightly larger than black currant, contain vitamin C and other important microelements such as ferrum and iodine. They can be eaten fresh, in fruit salads or sundaes, or processed as stewed f ...

Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' - black chokeberry (700 readers)

Contributed by havlis 20.04 2008 on 21:19:05 Topic: Plants / Deciduous Shrubs Match on Article's text

Tabernaemontana divaricata 'Flore Pleno' - Crepe Jasmine (1013 readers)

Contributed by amazon 09.07 2007 on 10:21:49 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Tabernaemontana divaricata Variegata Flore Plena; Common Names: Crepe Jasmine, Double Crepe Jasmine, Indian Carnation Flower, Double White Gardenia, Creme & Green Double Butterfly Jasmine; Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Double Butterfly Jasmine is a beautifully shaped evergreen shrub that forms symmetrical 6 foot high mounds. The many branches tend to grow almost parallel to the ground giving the shrub an attractive horizontal aspect (the species name, divaricata means at an obtuse ang ...

Ilex x meserveae 'Heckenstar'® - blue holly (1272 readers)

Contributed by havlis 08.04 2008 on 08:34:47 Topic: Plants / Evergreen Shrubs Match on Article's text

Castle Wall™ | Heckenstar® is quite a novelty from Germany, bred by Hans Hachmann and patented only in 1998. It is a cross ilex aquifolium „Pyramidalis“ and ilex x meserveae „Blue Prince“® . The result is a strictly upright growing, very hardy, evergreen shrub. Outside Europe it is distributed under trade name Castle Wall™. ...

Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Longwood Blue' - Blue Spirea (852 readers)

Contributed by amazon 06.06 2007 on 08:57:17 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on Article's text

Blue Mist Caryopteris (also commonly called blue spirea or bluebeard) is a low-mounded, deciduous shrub that is valued for its aromatic foliage and late summer flowers which are said to resemble clouds of blue smoke or mist. The plants typically produce about 18-30 inches of growth per year, so total shrub height (usually from 2-3) depends in large part upon the extent of winter dieback and/or the annual spring pruning. Longwood blue is a taller cultivar which may reach a height of 4. It feature ...