"Hi, I'm Sandy. I'm the resident garden guru here at Green Biz. I'll be using this space as a forum to keep you up to date on all the exciting new plant varieties coming online. If you have any questions feel free to email me here."
Sandy's Corner - Episode 03 - Azaleas & Stone
Sandy's Corner - Episode 02 - Maples
Sandy's Corner - Episode 01 - Screening Plants
July 16th, 2008
The hot muggy days of summer are here and your spring blooming trees and shrubs are sadly showing only green. Never fear for the Crepe Myrtle varieties are here to add splashes of color to your landscape. Crepe Myrtles are a valued addtion to your landscape known for tehir prolific summer blooms, heat and drought tolerance. Color ranges include shades of puple, white lavender, pink red and even bicolor (two colors on ear petal).
Crepe Myrtles are available for use as container plants, groundcovers, shurbs, and small to medium tress. They also give you fantastic foliage colors of brilliant yellow, orange or red in the autumn. They also have winter interest with the new bark mottled in shades of pale cream to dark cinnamon to rich brown to bright orange on the trunks. Many of the new cultivars have burgundy colored foliage which makes the blooms even more striking in appearance.
June 10th, 2008
The month of June has come in with sizzling heat and many of us would like to be able to look out on our yards and see bright, cheerful colors that are not wilting from the heat. Many selections of perennials, shrubs and tress perform outstanding with the heat by producing an abundance of blooms to cheer us on with the summer weather.
The Rose of Sharon Hibiscus plants are blooming in pure white, ruby reds, pinks and purples and will keep on blooming throughout the summer. Snowball Viburnums are starting to pu on their summer show of lovely globes of soft white flower heads. The Pink Diamond and Kyushu Hydranges are a dazzaling array of white blooms above the deep green foliage. The tree forms are verry attractive this summer as are the #3's. The Daylilys, Lantana, Cannas, Rubeckias and Coryopsis are in full bloom and in vibrant shades of reds, yellows, pinks, and orange.
