Shrub Varieties

It is one of the most flexible conifers you can cut it hard back if you need to.

The poison in a Pyracantha is in such tiny amounts that being pricked by a thorn would not cause any problems.

The above may be true but I have found on several occasions when pruning our Pyracantha that the almost inevitable pricks by the amazingly sharp thorns will often leave me with a very sore and red finger or arm. This goes away after 2 or 3 days. This is possibly due to the minute amounts of cyanide in the plants.

No, tap water cannot be used for Acer shrubs. The woody plants in question number among Maple family members and respond poorly to water high in calcium, chlorine and fluoride. They will handle tap water that receives a monthly teaspoon (4.93 milliliters) of vinegar per quart (liter) of water and that sits for a day to evaporate the above-mentioned contents.

The Gumamela Flower is more commonly known as the Hibiscus in the US. It is in the family Malvaceae and also known as Rosemallow. A flower is the part of a plant that facilitates fertilization. It contains the mechanism for and products necessary (sperm and ovum) for reproduction. Unless the plant is self pollinating or pollinated by the wind, the flowers of different plants use varying methods of attracting pollinators for the transfer of the pollen. Some of these attractions are nectar, mimicry, color, pattern, and scent. Not all attractants are needed for a given individual plant, but some plants do utilize more than one. In the case of Hibiscus/Gumamela Flower, nectar is the attractant with color and pattern ("nectar guides") leading the pollinator to the store of nectar to brush against the stamen on the way and receive and transfer the pollen while feeding on the nectar. Common pollinators of Hibiscus are large moths or other nectar-seeking insects and Hummingbirds. Vision is the primary sense used by these to find their food. Scent is not needed for the fertilization process so it is not included in the Hibiscus flower's "bag of tricks".

Yes, dwarf burning bush can need Miracid or Miracle Gro. The diminutive woody plant in question (Euonymus alatus) handles slightly acidic, well-drained soils. The products in question number among those for such acidic soil-loving bushes, shrubs, trees and vines as azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons.

Escallonia.

More than likely they are dead. Scrape a small area of bark on the main trunk and if

it looks dry underneath you've had it.

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The most likely cause is trimming the bushes at the wrong time of the year. The best time is just after the flowers have finished blooming. Pruning in late summer, fall, or winter will remove the following spring's flower buds.

Whether or not you grow Oleander in the yard depends on whether you have pets or young children. Oleander is highly toxic to people, pets and livestock, so if there is any chance of it being ingested, it is best avoided.

Pottentilla and Laurel. Pottentilla and Laurel. Manuka & Heibes

No. Very few shrubs are.

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deer resistant, when other plants have been eaten.

Are you sure they are shedding flowers ? Many people don't realise that the flowers on a bougainvillea are not at all conspicuous. They are very, very pale yellow in colour, trumpet shaped, and very narrow in relation to their length. They are truly tiny by comparison with the brightly coloured objects that look like medium sized and brightly coloured flowers. These beautiful "flowers", often as large as an inch or more across are not in fact flowers. The "petals" are actually a modified form of leaf called a bract. Plants do shed their leaves, and this includes bracts. If you want to look again at your bougainvilles, get up close and take a magnifying glass.

Native to Egypt, the Sudan and India.

You may be asking about the forsythia bush. It has small, bright yellow flowers covering the branches even before the leaves have leafed out. When pruning, last year's woody stems are removed near the base of the bush, leaving new growth to produce flowers and leaves.

Autumn is the time of year when flowering almond shrubs can be transplanted and divided. The middle of the three autumnal months -- October in the northern hemisphere -- manages to be opportune for re-arrangements and re-locations since the humidity and temperature generally help fine-tune irrigation arrangements and site demands so that the shrub goes into winter established, moisturized, and ready for the super-stresses to come during summer. Flowering almond shrubs additionally offer spring displays which will not be compromised with spring transplants and divisions and show definite cold tolerances (whose counter-measures are better understood than the still nebulous realm of how much heat plants can endure in the age of climate change and global warming).

Stinkwood timber is dark walnut to black.

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Witch Hazel

The fruit of the American Cranberry is quite edible and often used in jams and preserves. However, eating large amounts of the fruit all at once can cause vomiting and diarrhoea.

Oleander is a highly toxic shrub of unknown region of origin. Despite its toxicity, the plant is often used in ornamental gardening. The Oleanderâ??s poison can cause nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, seizures, and even death.

Yes, purple leaf plum hedge plants are evergreen. The woody plant in question (Prunus cisterna) does not drop its foliage within less than a year, which is the hallmark of deciduous or non-evergreen plants. Purple leaf plum hedges provide landscaping color, interest, and texture even while other plants that do not drop foliage over the course of several years are littering the ground with leaves for composting.

The most likely red berries around Christmas are on holly plants (Ilex aquifolium).

Adelaide Dunbar is a lilac bush that is beautifully fragrant and generally disease-free. But the woody plants in question (Syringa spp) all react sensitively to other than proper drainage, heat, light, moisture, nutrients, and pest control.