cold hardy spring flowering shrubs Archives

Ninebark offers 4 seasons of interest

By Kerry Mendez | July 4, 2015

Ninebark (Physocarpus) is a lovely, low-input, flowering shrub. What do I mean by input? Well, let’s start with how it relates to you. The shrubs needs little maintenance – or input – on your part. Sweet! Secondly, it needs little input in regards to water, fertilizer or pesticides. Double sweet! The only high input category…

The New Big is Small! Flowering Shrubs

By Kerry Mendez | January 17, 2015

While writing my new book, The Right-Size Flower Garden, I became fascinated by new ‘downsized’ versions of popular flowering shrubs. These miniaturized plants have BIG personalities but are perfect for smaller gardens and containers. Below are three spring blooming superstars that may have you digging out ‘their big brothers’ for tidier, more compact replicas. …