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Shrub Varieties

A cardinal rule in gardening and landscaping is the proper placement of the proper plant in the proper environment. The proof of this rule clearly is seen in a shrub that grows poorly or looks out of place in the wrong setting. Typical questions relate to the different adaptations, habitat needs, landscape functions, problem pests, and survival threats of the many different varieties of shrubs.

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Is the tulip tree a shrub?

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Tuliptree is the state tree of Indiana. Also known as Yellow Poplar and Tulip Poplar, the botanical name is Liriodendron tulipifera. Trees will begin producing flowers at around 12 - 15 years of age. Flowers are yellowisn-green with orange centers and are shaped somewhat similarily to Tulips.

Tuliptree has very distinctively shaped leaves and is a rapid grower, tolerant of many different soil conditions. Fall color is usually a fairly consistent yellow.

What bushes grow well in partial shade?

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Growing beautiful gardens in the shade is easy to do, but shade is a relative term. In the home garden or home site there can be many types of shade. The nuances of each type of shade are well known to experienced gardeners, but for newbie, it's important to learn about how shade is created, whether it's all day or just at one time of day, and the density of that shade.

This article goes into these details from the gardener's point of view so you can go out and assess exactly what kind of shade you have and how it relates to the information on a plant tag at the garden center. That is vital to selecting a plant that grows, blooms and thrives in your shaded garden.

Once you understand your shade you can start looking at some of the great shade gardener bloomers. Here are some favorites...

Abutilon hybridum Flowering Maple

Shrub Frost tender Beautiful dangling bell flowers.

Astilbe hybrids Astilbe

Perennial Cold hardy. Elegant plume flowers many colors.

Begonia semperflorens Wax Begonia

Annual bedding plant. Small Blooms red, white, pink flowers.

Heuchera hybrids Coral Bells

Perennial Fabulous Foliage Coral, pink or white blooms.

Hosta hybrids Plantain Lily

Perennial Fabulous Foliage Unique lavender blooms

Hydrangea macrophylla Mophead Hydrangea

Shrub Deciduous Huge pink or blue flowers

How do you take care of cedar bushes?

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Checking irrigation schedules, employing pest controls and pruning dead branches describe what to do with brown cedar branches. Location and pattern identifies the problem and its solution since one-sided and upper canopy browning speak of shallow roots in respective need of root rot-fighting fungicides and of drought-fighting supplementary irrigation. Horticultural oils against eggs and insecticidal soaps and miticides against adult spider mites and weevils resolve clumped bark- and branch-browning while pruning takes care of the scattered browning of old growth prefatory to replacement by new growth.

Why are my Azalea bush leaves turning brown?

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Potted azaleas are grown in almost pure peat so to keep the rootball moist submerge the pot in a bucket of water until the air bubbles stop rising the allow the excess water to drain off. Do not allow it to dry out again.

What are examples of yellow-flowering shrubs?

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Forsythia is the foremost example of a yellow-flowering shrub because of its early spring blooms. Roses represent another prime example because of the beauty, fragrance and symbolism of their blooms. Abutilon (velvet-leaf), azalea, chimonanthus (ice flower), corokia (zigzag shrub), cytisus and genista (broom), hamamelis (witch hazel), hypericum (St. Johnswort), jasminum (winter jasmine), kerria, mahonia, potentilla (cinquefoil) and rhododendron serve as other beloved examples of yellow-flowering shrubs.

Are burning bush berries toxic?

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Birds eat it - get drunk - fall off the bush - get eaten by the cat. In that respect the berries are very fatal.

This link suggests that the berries are completely edible and can be used for jams and jellies http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/recipes/pyracanjelly.HTML while the Center for Poisen Control says the berries are "mildly" toxic and cause gastric upset in some people http://www.calpoison.org/public/plants-toxic.HTML. There are other links that suggest the berries are toxic:

http://www.shadeseclectus.com/safe.htm

http://www.chelonia.org/articles/plantsthatpoison.htm

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/emergencies_first_aid/57912

http://www.sdturtle.org/Plants%20that%20Poison.htm

So - unless you are a cat looking for a bird that has eaten too much - or unless you are a Texas Aggie with a taste for adventure - its probably best to avoid eating the berries.

When to prune red bud trees?

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after flowers have fallen off.

What bush has purple flower and thorns?

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The tall shrub/small tree that flowers in early spring is the dogwood. Its scientific name is Cornus florida. The pink flowering variety has the scientific name of Cornus florida var. rubra.

What is the country where poinsettias are grown?

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Guatemala and Mexico are the countries where poinsettias are grown. The plants in question (Euphorbia pulcherrima) grow natively in the two above-mentioned countries (as well as possible Costa Rica and Nicaragua) and naturalize to countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe (either as an indoor or outdoor plant).

When do you plant rose of Sharon bush?

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Tips, care, and planting times on the Rose of Sharon.

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If you mean move from one place in the garden to another ..... at winter's end up to the point just before it puts out new spring leaves. (After the new leaves emerge, it's too late: these cannot be transplanted without loss). If you mean planting from a container-grown situation .... just about anytime you can get a shovel in the ground.

Where do purple lilacs grow?

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they just grow somewhere

i don't know

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Why bougainvillea not flowering?

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This depends on many things. The position where it is growing could be too much in the shade. It may have been pruned at the wrong time of year. It may be suffering from lack of moisture,the first thing a plant jettisons when stressed is it's flower buds. Without knowing where it is growing it is impossible to be sure.

How far back can you trim azaleas and when is the best time?

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Within 12 inches (30.48 centimeters) of the ground within three weeks of the time that spring or early summer blooms discolor and shrivel describes how far back azaleas can be trimmed and the best time to do so. Maintenance pruning for minimal or moderate shaping is carried out with hand pruners. Extreme, severe pruning is done with hand saws or with loppers and followed up with a slow-release 12-6-6 fertilizer.

Why do people use holly at Christmas?

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Holly trees and bushes are used for landscaping where you might want a perennial, broadleaf evergreen with red berries in the fall. Hollywood, of course, is useful for housing goofball actors.

How many seeds do you need to grow a full grown cotton bush?

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Yes. The seeds develop inside the cotton boll. They are bred and sold by several seed companies under the name "cottonseed."

What shrub has fragrant pink or white flowers?

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Damask roses are the kinds of shrubs which have both pink and white flowers. The deciduous shrub in question (Rosa v damascena) may mix pink, red, and white on one bloom or one branch of one shrub.

Are dry oleander flowers poisonous?

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Oleander is poisous to humans, but not to the touch. You have to eat it or make a tea with it in order to be harmed. The most recent sad story I know was a family on a driving trip pulled over and roasted hotdogs on sticks cut from oleander. The smoke from that plant is dangerious too and, as I recall, the family perished. However, they're a hardy, attractive plant, and if you remember they're poisonous, you should be okay.

5 examples of shrubs?

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shrubs are smaller than trees. they have a woody stem and are less than six metres tall. the rose and hibiscus are some examples of shrubs. shrubs have a few stems that grow from the ground. unlike trees, the branches of shrubs grow close to the ground

How do you fertilize a Rose of Sharon bush?

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Roses tolerate a wide range of conditions, they thrive om moderately fertile, humus rich, moist but well drained soil. Apply a balanced fertilizer and mulch in late winter and early spring and in spring a liquid fertilizer every three weeks. Watch out for pests and diseases. For further information visit your garden certer

Where to grow azaleas?

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Azaleas must be grown in an ericaceous soil.

A northern temperate rosaceous tree?

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Roses, plums, cherries, meadowsweet, brambles, strawberry, hawthorn, applies, pears, service tress, and quinces. (Like a rose in shape or appearance)