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May in the garden

Penstemons with red foliage

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, May in the garden

For diversity in foliage colour, Judith Adam appreciates red foliage plants such as ‘Husker Red’ and ‘Dark Towers’ beard tongues (penstemons).

When to prune spring-flowering shrubs

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, May in the garden

Although spring-flowering shrubs such as lilacs can vary in their bloom times, there’s far less leeway about when to prune spring flowering shrubs.

Heat-proof lobelias

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, May in the garden

A second generation of breeding has produced heat-proof lobelias. Lobelias have intensely blue cascading flowers for hanging baskets or as an upright form.

Ginkgo trees capture attention

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, May in the garden

Judith Adam is getting started with a collection of ginko trees. Ginkgos have been around for more than 150 million years.

Seeking enthusiastic pollinators

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, May in the garden

When the flowers come out, clouds of pollinators descend — bees of several kinds, small and large wasps, various flies and even some butterflies.

The ‘Red Dragon’ fleece flower caught my eye

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, May in the garden

‘Red Dragon’ fleece flower (Persicaria microcephala ‘Red Dragon’, Zone 7) is a tender perennial used as an annual in cold regions.

Off schedule: Italian honeysuckle

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, May in the garden

Italian honeysuckle (Lonicera caprifolium, Zone 6, possibly Zone 5 with protection) is finally in flower, and is quite late this year.

Peonies and butterflies

By Judith Adam Filed Under: Making a Garden, May in the garden

On heavily budded peonies without ring supports, remove the two smaller buds on either side of the largest flower buds at the top of each stem.

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