Shrub – Page 21 – Kleckner Oasis

Gold Watch

There are many golden plants available these days. Golden Hops suckers everywhere and grows fast, for good competition with grass below and the Giant Miscanthus it climbs on. Golden Ninebark is a bright-leaved bush and as an added bonus, flowers, too. A good contrast of colored Smoke trees(Cotinus).

Copper Red Ninebark

For interesting leaf color on a bush, the Copper Red Ninebark(Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Coppertina’) sure is noticeable. I really like the contrast with the green grass.

Bristly Locust Flower

Bristly Locust(Robinia fertilis) has attractive pink flowers. These shrubs spread via suckers, but also have viable seed.

Evans Cherry Suckering

Evans Cherry is good at suckering and I can dig the suckers up and create more Cherry bushes. The above photo shows the Lilac and Evans Cherry suckers intermingling.

Spiraea Blooming

This Spiraea bush has been here for decades, reliably flowering every year. This is the first year that I decided to propagate it by cuttings and make more.

Evans Cherry

The Evans Cherry produced fruit for the first time last year and looks like it will continue that trend. This shrub is also called the Bali Cherry.

Korean Forsythia Leafing Out

A young Korean Forsythia shrub is leaving out. This Forsythia cultivar has variegated leaves.

White Lilac

Most of the Common Lilacs in my windbreak row have purple flowers. There is this lone white Lilac and I need to propagate more of it.

Yellowhorn Flowering

The Yellowhorn(Xanthoceras sorbifolium) has started flowering at a young size and age. The end result should be edible nuts. Pretty good for an ornamental flowering shrub.