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Juniper - Buffalo
These plants may also be utilized for background plantings in shrub beds or flower gardens, as specimen plants, in rock gardens or for topiary or espalier purposes. Junipers are important evergreens for landscape use due to their tolerance of unfavorable soil conditions, their hardiness and great variation in size, habit, color and growth rate. May prune to shape desired. Buffalo Juniper's feathery branches are of bright green foliage; retains color in winter. Junipers are used as ground covers, in foundation plantings, or as hedges, screens or windbreaks. This Juniper prefers sun and a well-drained soil, but tolerates a range of soil types; drought and heat tolerant. It has a height of 12-15 inches and a spread of 5 feet. Buffalo Juniper, Juniperus sabina 'Buffalo', has soft, feathery, bright green foliage on low spreading branches that produces an interesting form, and it is an excellent groundcover plant for borders or mass plantings. ... additional information
Rose of Sharon-Jeanne DArc Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring. Leaves are diamond-shaped, dark green, slightly palmate and toothed. 'Jeanne D'Arc' bears double white flowers from late summer until mid-fall. Very tolerant of summer heat and humidity. This shrub may also be trained as a single trunk tree or espalier. Excellent flowering shrub that may be massed, planted in groups or used as a specimen. This cultivar is a sterile triploid that produces very few if any seed pods. The Jeanne D'Arc Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc, is an upright, deciduous shrub that is vigorous, erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-12' tall. Otherwise, prune to shape. Long, early-summer to fall bloom period. This plant really requires no pruning, unless you need to remove a dead or damaged branch. Gardening News and Articles |
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