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in!) and she has planted a mixture of shrubs, flowering, berry bearing, evergreen and deciduous (not all at once!). She ordered cheaply from the internet a few years ago and now it looks great and houses many birds. I have a bare fence and am thinking

: The wood anemone. You don’t have to have a wood to grow this little plant. Underneath deciduous shrubs or in a shady corner will do fine. Also comes in white and a sort of washy pink. But I would stick with the first two.

Can anyone identify these 2 shrubs please?     thanks       Really hope the community can help with these - I've got 3 friends who are professional gardeners and a plantaholic mother-in-law who are all at a loss! 2nd one has bamboo like

Autumn leaves are mainly broken down by the slow action of fungi rather than by bacteria that decompose other compost bin ingredients quickly, so it's best to compost them separately in a simple cage.The leaves of all deciduous trees make good leaf

...wondering if there are Cornuses with purple leaves... Other option is moving the Acer to gain even more space and sticking a Fuji cherry  in there which grows to may 2.5m but the soil isn't ericaceous... Or a sword-shaped leafed plant?  Any ideas on good shrubs, not too slow

to start a garden sort of books. Gardening is a big subject, also personal taste comes into it a lot. Did you want shrubs as your evergreen background? Try "googling" evergreen shrubs. You will find sites like this http://www.rhs

. It is a acts like a climber and it grows around and tries to completely cover a other shrubs around. I am posting one more photo with the arrow pointing toward the stems; thicker older stems and new green branches.   Isn't Persicaria orientalis an annual

this is due to deciduousness rather than illness? The photo is from a while ago, i can take another/better one if it would help.   Thanks   Hi bookmonster, another pic might help, a bit closer in for detail, can't quite see enough. Are some of the leaves

idea. Eucalyptus shrubs/trees tend to be evergreen so if your tree is deciduous this response from me can be ignored !!! Also, after time, some varieties shed their bark which is an attractive feature, in my view, as it makes it more interesting

shape). Keep large cuts into old wood to a minimum on deciduous magnolias. As this is a thread labelled Magnolia I'm putting my query here but am happy to repost it as a new thread if that is preferred: My magnolia is a truly splendid Stellata; healthy