Posts Tagged ‘ninebark’
In a Squeeze? Use narrow plants!
Sometimes you need a skinny plant to slip into a tight spot. A specimen that has great ‘posture’ and completes the design puzzle. Here are a few woody plants, evergreen and deciduous, to consider when you are literally ‘between a rock and a hard place’: (pictured right Boxwood ‘Graham Blandy’, photo ncsu.edu) Evergreen Boxwood (Buxus…
Read MoreNinebark offers 4 seasons of interest
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…
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