http://www.karensgardentips.com Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:10:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-andromeda-pieris-japonica/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-andromeda-pieris-japonica/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:29:07 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=4440 Read 'Plant Profile: Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Early blooming evergreen shrubs are very special for year round interest in the garden and Pieris japonica is one of the best. Its large drooping clusters of small, waxy lily-of-the-valley-like flowers cover the bush in late winter or early spring when little else is blooming The [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-andromeda-pieris-japonica/feed/ 2 http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-variegated-winter-daphne-daphne-odora-aureo-marginata/ http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-variegated-winter-daphne-daphne-odora-aureo-marginata/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:44:04 +0000 Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=4194 Read 'Plant Profile: Variegated Winter Daphne (‘Daphne odora Aureo-marginata’)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com.

Be prepared for a princess with this shrub but it’ worth it. In late winter or early spring the shrub bears clusters of pink to white to red flowers that have an incredible fragrance. Small fruits follow the flowers in summer and all year [...]]]> http://www.karensgardentips.com/plant-profiles-how-to-grow/plant-profile-variegated-winter-daphne-daphne-odora-aureo-marginata/feed/ 0