If you don’t already have a pollinator friendly garden started in your yard then there is no time like the present! Also known as summer lilac, Buddleja is a perfect offering for butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees! They also have a wonderful fragrance for us to enjoy. They range in size depending on your selection. If […]
Each year we grow more and more excited for the arrival of roses in the Spring. The rosa bloom is a sure sign that spring is finally in the air! Roses need to be planted in plenty of sun and thankfully don’t mind our clay ridden and often sandy soil. In fact, a good rule
Hydrangea is a wonderful flowering shrub to add to the garden this season! The name hydrangea comes from the Greek words “hydor” and “angos” which essentially translates to water vessel, a good name for these water lovers with their cup shaped flowers. These flowers can be presented in bouquets for different occasions around the world.
Syringa When daffodils begin to emerge from their winter slumber, our noses become poised for the smell of sweet sweet Syringa, or as most of us know it, lilac. We know it won’t be long until we can enjoy their glorious flower clusters, packed with the intoxicating perfume of spring. Amidst our eager digging in
Ribes Sanguineum Have you ever been on a neighborhood stroll in the early spring and had your eye drawn to a nice pink flowering shrub? That shrub my fellow gardeners is red flowering currant! Or botanically known as, Ribes sanguineum! Say it with me, “RYE-beez san-GWIN-ee-um” now wasn’t that fun? Currants are a great shrub
Physocarpus Physocarpus, pronounced fye-so-car-pus or more commonly referred to as ninebark, is a perfect flowering shrub for this area. Ninebark is a summer bloomer that also bursts with fall color! It doesn’t end there either, folks. The bark of this deciduous shrub continues to provide a wonderful pop of color through the winter months. .
Have you noticed a golden color appearing on the landscape after many months of cold winter weather? Usually sometime in March or April there is suddenly something warm and bright guiding us like a beacon of light out of winter and into spring. This, my fellow gardeners, is Forsythia! The colorful bloom is easy to
