Weigela ‘Golden Jackpot’

Grab your sunglasses – you will need them when you look at this new Weigela cultivar. Perhaps the brightest Weigela yet, its dazzling golden leaves hold their color all season long, undaunted by summer sun. If that isn’t enough excitement, velvety red buds open to deep pink blooms for almost four weeks starting in mid-spring.…

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The New Big is Small! Flowering Shrubs

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. …

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