Blogs on flowering shrubs

Azaleas/Rhododendrons, Hydrangea, Hibiscus, Roses

(I'm a 1st-time blogger and don't want to get a bad rep for asking too many questions. If I have, set me straight.) I understand...

Hydrangeas

If I had a pound for every time I have heard someone say something not very flattering about hydrangeas I would be rich....

RHODODENDRON

Are you there Willinilli, you did ask me to put a photo of the rhododendron in full flower, back from our holidays monday...

EXOCHORDA ... I love the blossom :o)

At the end of my back garden, past the archway. Exochorda macrantha 'The Bride". In springtime, she puts on a great...

Deutzia for you

I only recently managed to locate this plant, with an eventual size of 2mtrs x 2mtrs. Deutzias have never been a favourite...

Winter damaged Ceanothus

This winter has taken it's toll on many of our garden plants, leaving us thinking we should maybe be planting hardier alternatives....

Late bloomers

Several years ago, we acquired, at a special plant sale, a cream flowered weigela. According to the Wikipedia entry, weigela...

HYDRANGEAS

Mums Hydrangeas are lovely again this year... they are on either side of the front door of her bungalow..... the ones on...

Elizabeth Rose Garden

These are pictures I took at the Elizabeth Rose garden in Hartford Conn. a couple of weeks ago. The roses were stunning,...

My Rose Garden

Some pictures of my rose garden for you to enjoy. Something about the roses just keeps me in that garden (and sometimes...

my roses

i think i have gone rose made this year, buying them like they going out of fashion . have got ten this year, mostly climers...

The 5 Stages of Clematis Sieboldii !

Clematis florida 'Sieboldii' is one of my favourite clematis and must be the only flower that looks good from the start...

Rosa Mundi

We just popped up to Greys Court (see earlier blogs) to see if the Rosa Mundi border was in flower. It is. And here are some...

Everything's coming up...

Roses. I always said that I'd never be bothered with roses, although as a flower I appreciate them, and I constantly find...

Growing Fuchsias in the Pacific Northwest (Washington State) U.S.A

Fuchsias have been a part of my nursery career since 1979 started growing baskets for school greenhouses Swingtime,Dark Eyes,Crusader,Jack...

And so to Summer ( First week of June in the garden )

This Blog is saying good by Spring Hello Summer In between i have popped in two Rhododendron's as they were to good to leave...

Winter Interest in my garden - part 4 - flowers!

Yes, flowers! I have a considerable number of winter-flowering plants and shrubs in my garden. I'll show you! First-the...

Clematis - prune or not?

Some members were concerned about the thorny subject of Clematis pruning...which, when and how. I promised that I'd write...