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Sasanquas do appreciate a humus-rich soil, an organic mulch, and average moisture until well-established. The small leaved Sasanqua Camellias make excellent landscape or container plants and are much more tolerant of sun and soil conditions than the larger...

Morning sun and afternoon shade would provide the perfect situation. The Kerrias are deciduous, suckering shrubs that will slowly colonize an area but are certainly not uncontrollable or aggressive and are rarely bothered by pests.

Images courtesy of Green Nurseries, all rights reserved. Camellias prefer an acidic, humus rich soil with an organic mulch and average moisture. They can usually tolerate overnight temperatures that dip as low as 20-25 o F for short periods in 8" or larger...

For more on growing Camellias as container plants see the following article by Dan Gill with LSU Agcenter: Camellias are Outstanding in Containers . These large evergreen shrubs make easy container plants provided they get regular moisture and a good...

A small semi-evergreen shrub to 6'. 3/4" yellow blooms are followed by black berries suspended from the bright red sepals with some resemblance to "Mickey Mouse".

With the Big Leaf or French Hydrangea , Hydrangea macrophylla , the flower color (the sepals, as a unit they are florets, are actually the part we most enjoy but they do look so much like petals themselves) will vary depending on soil pH.

Most pruning is generally done after flowering and should be completed before the end of summer. Compact growth habit. Hydrangeas are easy to grow deciduous shrubs that prefer partly shaded areas of the garden with a rich, moist but not wet, soil.

Great for Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Bees. These durable and easily grown shrubs are basically pest and disease free, are deer resistant, and are moderately salt tolerant. Removing spent flowers and seed heads will promote the production of wave after...

Averagemoisture and a full to mostly sunny site is best. This new PeeGee Hydrangea has all of the great qualities of the ever popular Limelight on a dwarf compact plant that lends itself to a spot in anyone's garden.

Images courtesy of Green Nurseries, all rights reserved. Aglaia is a compact growing Sasanqua Camellia with dark green foliage growing as wide as tall. Large fully double, rose form flowers in rich pink darkening to a near crimson center are produced...

For more on growing Camellias as container plants see the following article by Dan Gill with LSU Agcenter: Camellias are Outstanding in Containers . They can usually tolerate overnight temperatures that dip as low as 20-25oF for short periods in 8" or...

Images courtesy of Green Nurseries, all rights reserved. Susy Dirr Sasanqua Camellia makes an excellent evergreen specimen, screen, or hedge for the garden or landscape. Fully double, perfect form, large rich pink flowers are born over an extended period...

For optimum growth and flowering (like most Hibiscus they flower on new growth) provide average to moderate moisture, not soggy, in full sun with a rich fertile, well-drained soil.

If pollinated, the flowers may be followed by tart fruit that are suitable for making jelly. Masses of beautiful soft orange, 2" wide, double, Camellia-like blossoms adorn this Quince in late-winter and early spring.

The mulch will keep the root zone cooler and at a more stable temperature, helps to conserve moisture, controls competition from weeds, and as it breaks down it's nutrients are slowly release back into the soil feeding your plants.

Preferably a few hours in the morning, in the late afternoon, or filtered light, like through a pine, is fine as well with high light conditions the remainder of the day whenever possible.

Wade ' Check Out This Alternative Hydrangea ' (Oakleaf Hydrangea) from LSU Agcenter by Richard Bogren ' Hydrangeas Provide Color in the Shade ' from LSU Agcenter by Dan Gill ' Hydrangea Selection, Pruning, and Care ' from Virginia Cooperative Extension...

Vitex are adaptable to a wide variety of soil types and are considered to be drought tolerant enough to be suitable for Xeric gardens. These durable and easily grown shrubs are basically pest and disease free, are deer resistant, and are moderately salt...

Wade ' Check Out This Alternative Hydrangea ' (Oakleaf Hydrangea) from LSU Agcenter by Richard Bogren ' Hydrangeas Provide Color in the Shade ' from LSU Agcenter by Dan Gill ' Hydrangea Selection, Pruning, and Care ' from Virginia Cooperative Extension...

Less thorny than most roses, vigorous, and fairly disease resistant. One of the bluest of old rambling roses. Produces clusters of fragrant, small, purple blossoms in spring which darken to a blue-purple as they age.

Pick the flowers and float them in a bowl of water to bring their beauty indoors. This large evergreen shrub has a naturally upright to rounded habit. Camellias are the rose of winter in southern gardens, with their colorful blossoms held against deep...

Kristen Braman, Jean Williams Woodward with input from John Thornton, Frank Bryan, and Albert Penland - Selecting and Growing Azaleas MSU Cares - revised by Jeff Wilson from an earlier edition by David Tatum - Azaleas For The Landscape And see our Growing...

Preferably a few hours in the morning, in the late afternoon, or filtered light, like through a pine, is fine as well with high light conditions the remainder of the day whenever possible.

Some resources suggest that Pieris japonica can be successfully grown in the cooler summer regions of zone 9 as well in zones 5-8, others suggest that it can survive even into zone 4B but this may be a stretch without appropriate protection.

Images courtesy of Marteen van der Giessen. There is also an interesting article from the Washington Post by Adrian Higgs titled " Azaleas Other Than Pink " that describes the origin of the heat tolerant Aromi Deciduous Azalea hybrids and was published...

It has become a popular landscape shrub anywhere that it is hardy and rightfully so with it's dark foliage and brilliant spring flowers. The emergence of dark fuchsia frilly flowers in spring only add to the excitement this shrub brings to the garden.

Dirr's Hydrangeas for American Gardens ). Flowers on old growth tend to be smaller. For the largest flowers cut the Smooth Hydrangea back to near the ground each winter (for excellent information on growing Hydrangeas from UGA click here or see Michael...