Smooth Sumac is flowering while the Staghorn Sumac are developing their showy fruit. .
Category Archives: Shrub
Chokecherries Fruiting
Chokecherry fruit doesn’t interest my tastebuds, but the wildlife may find it worthwhile. Besides the ornamental appeal of the fruit, the primary ornamental aspect of Chokecherry bushes are when they are full of white flowers in spring.
Nanking Cherry Fruit Production
Now that my Nanking Cherries are getting older, I am getting reliable fruit production most years. The fruit on the Nanking Cherry(Prunus tomentosa) is small and the birds like it, also.
Buddleja Alternifolia
Buddleja Alternifolia is cold hardier than the common Butterfly Bush(Buddleja davidii). Where as the latter does not come back after winter, the former keeps coming back each year in my rough climate. Some Butterfly Bush flowers below my Golden Silver Maple.
Grace Smoketree
Grace Smoketree is one of the many cultivars of the genus Cotinus that does not have green leaves. This Smoke Bush is a hybrid cross of Asian and American Smoke Bushes.
Yellowhorn Seedpods
My young Yellowhorn bushes flowered this year and started to develop seedpods. Also known as the Popcorn Shrub because of how the flowers look.
Amur River North Privet Flowering
Amur River North Privet is easy to propagate from cuttings. This Privet also flowers while quite small, too.
False Indigo Bush
The False Indigo Bush is quick to flower. Though the flowers are kind of bland.
Tiger Eyes Sumac
Tiger Eyes Sumac is a cutleaf and golden cultivar of the Staghorn Sumac(Rhus typhina). In a green landscape, this plant practically glows and is very showy.
Tree Variegation
There are a lot of different tree species that have variegated cultivars. Maples are a good start in variegation. Beech trees and Lilac bushes also come with ornamental, variegated leaves.