Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Spotted Laurel (Acuba japonica)
Karen Spotted laurel is a broad leaf evergreen shrub native to China, Japan and Korea where it grows in moist forest soils. Its variegated forms are very useful in both the…
Plant Profile: Japanese Andromeda (Pieris japonica)
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…
Plant Profile: Variegated Winter Daphne (Daphne odora ‘Aureo-marginata’)
Be prepared for a princess with this shrub but it’s worth it. In late winter or early spring the shrub bears clusters of pink to white to red flowers that…