Shrubs of Istria

If you are tired of staring at the ugly block wall next door or sick of watching your neighbors peeping in, then the best solution for this is to grow some plants. Here are some gorgeous Fast Growing shrubs to provide privacy in the greenest of ways!

For a bit of early color and fragrance inside your home or office, branches from many common flowering trees and shrubs can be forced to blossom indoors, even when the weather outside is cold and dreary. Whether you take cuttings specifically for forcing or use some branches from your winter pruning, forcing flowering trees and shrub branches inside is fairly simple and doesn't have to cost you a penny. Best yet, flowering branches are an excellent alternative to store-bought cut flowers, which are usually imported and can come with questionable provenance.

Shrubs add structure and depth to the landscape as substantial mid-story forms that function as specimen plantings, backdrops to lower profile plants, and transitional armature between ground and canopy layers.There are also compact varieties suitable for sma

A highly ornamental shrub, Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense) features fragrant fringed flowers and fantastic, colorful foliage – a beautiful addition to gardens with mild winters.In late winter to early spring, and sporadically through the summer, th

In the world of landscape design, it’s hard to go wrong with a heap of green shrubbery. And when that shrubbery is none other than a cherry laurel, it just feels oh so right.The glossy green broadleaf foliage is alluring, what with the

Never underestimate the power of a little bit of year-round greenery. It can truly do wonders for walkways – and for your mind.When I lived in Oklahoma for two years, wintertime was difficult. There were few e

How can you not immediately fall in love with a plant called “American beautyberry”? It just makes the heart swell. Here, take a Kleenex.The emotive lexicon is well deserved.This large, deciduous shru

Plant these Shrubs According to Different Seasons to Get Blooms All Year. These plants are low maintenance, flower beautifully, and look fantastic in pots too!

Elevate your garden design by growing Shrubs that Climb. These versatile plants bring vertical beauty, vibrant colors, and captivating blooms to create a stunning and dynamic landscape.

Pink blooms depict happiness, love, and abundance with a touch of elegance. If you wish to usher your yard with these positive elements, here are the best Bushes with Pink Flowers for you to grow!

One of my favorite plants is a bay tree that lives in a raised bed in my garden. Every summer, it usually doubles or even triples in size. And the secateurs are duly fetched.

Whether it was steeply sloping meadows of Orlaya grandiflora, the brilliant blues of Salvia pratensis and Nice milkwort, or Dittany dotted grasslands there was always something to keep me interested. Lanes were lined with starbursts of Dianthus carthusianorum, the deadly poisonous Swallowwort was deceptively attractive and the flowers of wild lettuce looked much nicer than the bitter taste of the somewhat narcotic leaves. Among the plants I would happily have in my garden was the large-flowered Austrian flax, the lovely purple-flowered Jurinea and a rather fine cerise-flowered clover. Of course, the chances of them growing in a coastal garden in the south-east of England are remote, but I can dream.