After a long cold and gray winter, a colorful spring garden is a welcome sight. Bulbs, many species of shrubs and a few perennials can brighten up a garden long before there are even leaves on the trees.
Colorful Spring Gardens
On January - 20 - 2010
Colorful flowers…
On January - 13 - 2010
whether bulbs, shrubs or perennials, are always a welcome sight. Incorporating these early bloomers is a great way to brighten up the landscape after a long barren winter.
Spring Flowering Trees, Shrubs & Perennials
On January - 2 - 2010
To start of the gardening season with color, incorporate in your design some of the following plants. Just be sure they are hardy for your zone.
Trees
Allegheny Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)
Bradford Pear (Pyrus calleryana)
Camelot Crabapple (Malus ‘Camzam’)
Eastern Redbuds (Cercis canadensis)
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Higan Cherry (Prunus subhirtella)
Kwanzan Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulata “Kwanzan”)
Little Leaf Linden (Tilia cordata)
Native American Plum (Prunus Americana)
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry (Prunus cistena)
Royalty Crabapple Tree (Malus ‘Royalty’)
Saucer Magnolia (Magnolia x soulangiana)
Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata)
Sweetbay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)
Washington Hawthornes (Crataegus phaenopyrum)
Designing Gardens For Early Spring
On December - 29 - 2009
Colorful flowers, whether bulbs, shrubs or perennials, are always a welcome sight. Incorporating these early bloomers is a great way to brighten up the landscape after a long barren winter.
7 More Spring Flowering Trees
On November - 25 - 2009
After a long cold winter, small ornamental flowering trees are a very welcome sight as they are among the first garden plants to brighten up the landscape and announce the arrival of spring. The following are a few classic spring flowering trees for the garden.
Spring Flowering Bulbs
On November - 21 - 2009
Blooming as early as February or early March, bulbs brighten up the landscape when they are needed most. Bulbs can be planted beneath trees, in the lawn or in the perennial garden where they can complement other early flowers. Planted in the lawn or beneath deciduous shade trees, bulbs can provide your property with spots of vibrant colors.
7 Spring Flowering Trees
On February - 15 - 2009
Though it is still winter, most gardeners are thinking of spring so for a little taste of what’s to come here’s a list of 5 more great spring flowering trees.
Spring flowering…
On November - 19 - 2008
shrubs should be pruned immediately after flowering.
