Native shrubs are among some of the easiest to grow, useful and most beautiful plants available to the gardener. This list of native shrubs for the garden is a continuation of a previous post on the same subject.
Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) blooms in spring with white flowers. Flowers are followed by blue berries, which ripen in summer and attract wildlife. Lowbush blueberry has lustrous blue-green leaves that turn bronze & scarlet in fall. It grows well in dry, acid, nutrient poor soil.
Healthy garden soil is an important part of a successful garden. With it plants may struggle to survive. Sandy soils are often dry and lacking in nutrients while clay soils can become compacted and remain too wet. An ideal garden soil is full of organic matter and teeming with earthworms and micro-organisms, both of which make the soil fertile.
