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Shrubs

Three Favorite Shrubs

Coming from cold harsh northern Alberta to BC’s mild and moist coast meant I had to learn a lot of new stuff about which plants worked and which didn’t. Every landscape needs shrubs, and over the years as I worked on landscaping around our home, I kept discovering new ones that I’d never seen [...]

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Rhododendrons – My Favorite Flowering Shrub

Rhododendrons have become one of my favorite shrubs. These gloriously flowering evergreen shrubs come in colors and varieties to suit almost any region and any garden. They are quite hardy, but need to be placed properly in the garden . Like their relatives, azaleas, they are woodland plants, so must have particularly good drainage, an [...]

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Grow Rhododendrons for Year-Round Interest

Rhododendrons are beautiful woodland plants that can thrive in your garden, giving  year-round interest. Over 1000 varieties of rhododendrons are available, most with showy, colorful flower displays. They range in size from tiny species just inches tall to mid-sized shrubs to R. giganteum, which can reach 30 meters tall.
Rhodos are widely distributed throughout the world, [...]

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