Sunday, December 23, 2007

Combining Shrubs for Year-Round Color

Keep your garden looking good all year by planting a selection of easy-care shrubs, each with different attractions, making sure their flowering times vary.

Deciduous flowering
Chaenomeles x superba 'Crimson and Cold', Deutzia gracilis, Viburnum opulus 'Sterile', Weigela florida.

Evergreen flowering
Chaenomeles uncinatum, Choisya ternata, Euryops pectinatus, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote'.

Colored foliage
Acalypha wilkesiana, Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifolia', Codiaeum spp, Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple', Melaleuca incana, Pittosporum 'Silver Sheen'.

Fruits and berries
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii, Eugenia reinwardtiana, Pyracantha 'Orange Glow', Syzygium wilsonii, Viburnum opulus 'Compactum'.

Autumn foliage and stem color
Acer palmatum 'Osakazuki', Cornus alba 'Sibirica', Nandina domestica 'Firepower', Sapium sebiferum.

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