By Manomotina
United States
I love this flowering evergreen type bush . Can’t find it. What is it called ? I live in illinois
- 18 Aug, 2018
Answers
Yes I agree it's Tamarix, I have one in my garden. It's very pretty in spring and early summer.
18 Aug, 2018
Thank you both !! I’ve been trying to find out what this is,,,for years! .....
18 Aug, 2018
But Tamarix ramosissima 'Pink Cascade' is deciduous, not evergreen, so far as I know...
18 Aug, 2018
True, Bamboo! It's a common mistake, though: when it's in leaf, it does resemble an "evergreen" of the cypress family.
I occasionally get customers recently transplanted from more northerly climates, and they say, "Do you have any evergreens?", when 99% of the trees and shrubs that I sell are evergreen. Of course, what they are looking for is something like a pine or juniper, because the only things that are evergreen where they come from are conifers.
18 Aug, 2018
How depressing, not having any evergreens in winter other than coniferous ones... you can't beat the bright yellow and green coloration on, say, Euonymus japonicus in winter... though conifers certainly have their place.
18 Aug, 2018
Yes, most of the northern interior U.S. is a good deal colder in winter than anywhere in the UK. With a few exceptions, such as American Holly, non-coniferous plants drop their leaves in the winter, hopefully leaving attractive bark or berries, etc.
18 Aug, 2018
Tamarix ramosissima Pink Cascade?
18 Aug, 2018