Tag Archives: flowering shrub

Weigela

Posted on May 26, 2012 by

Weigela florida ‘Burgundy Baby’ – A very compact Weigela with deep rose flower buds opening to blooms with pink throats, these are borne from from mid to late spring and attract hummingbirds. ‘Burgundy Baby’ also has attractive burgundy-bronze foliage and … Continue reading →

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Low-Allergen Shrubs (Less than 4 on the OPALS Scale)

Posted on May 23, 2012 by

Chaenomeles x superba ‘Pink Lady’ (syn. C. speciosa ‘Pink Lady’) – A thornless cultivar of Flowering Quince with clear pink flowers emerging from March to May. This deciduous shrub has small glossy green leaves and is best trained espalier-style on … Continue reading →

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Lavender / Lavandula

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Lavandula stoechas ‘Silver Anouk’ – A 2008 Dutch introduction with distinct silvery-grey evergreen foliage and spikes of deep purple, caterpillar-like blooms topped with a pale purple wing or bract. Blooming from spring and well into summer, some might describe its … Continue reading →

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Species Rhododendrons II

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Rhododendron decorum – This native of China and Burma bears open trusses of fragrant  white to pale pink flowers with a greenish-yellow throat from April to May. It is an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner and tolerates neutral to … Continue reading →

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Red-Flowered Rhododendrons

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Rhododendron ‘Grace Seabrook’ (Seabrook 1965) (R. ‘Jean Marie de Montague’ x R. strigillosum) – This is the rhododendron that people go shopping for as soon as they see it blooming in nearby gardens. The bright blood red flowers are borne … Continue reading →

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Daphne II

Posted on May 19, 2012 by

Daphne x rollsdorfii ‘Wilhelm Schacht’ – This cross between Daphne collina and Daphne petraea bears very fragrant purplish-pink blooms (in clusters of 10-15 flowers) in May, re-blooming summer into the fall. It is a mounding evergreen shrub with deep green … Continue reading →

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Miniature Roses II

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Rosa GIZMO (Carruth 1998) (syn. WEKcatlart) – A cluster-flowered floribunda-type miniature with eye-catching single blooms of intense reddish-orange punctuated by golden stamens (with a prominent white eye) that really show well from a distance. These are nicely contrasted by the … Continue reading →

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Deciduous Azaleas

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

Rhododendron ‘Irene Koster’ (Occidentale Hybrid) – This RHS Award of Garden Merit winner features interesting striped buds that open to sweetly fragrant light rose-pink flowers (funnel-shaped) with a prominent yellow blotch in May. Bred by Koster & Co. in 1925, … Continue reading →

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French Lilacs / Syringa vulgaris

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Syringa vulgaris ‘Monge’ (Lemoine 1913) – One of the most highly sought after French lilacs with large fragrant clusters of deep reddish-purple single flowers from April into May. ‘Monge’ is a consistent bloomer from year to year and has dark … Continue reading →

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Spring-Tips Scotch Heather / Calluna vulgaris

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Calluna vulgaris ‘Copper Splendour’ – This sport of ‘Manitoba’ features golden-orange foliage (bronze highlights in winter) with bright reddish-copper new growth in spring. ‘Copper Splendour’ has an erect growth habit and bears mauve flowers from August to September. Scotch heather … Continue reading →

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