Indian Hawthorn isn’t your only shrub choice in Southwest Florida, but you might think otherwise seeing this ubiquitous evergreen in practically every HOA community around. Sure, Indian Hawthorn is a traditional specimen, but if you’re looking for a nontraditional alternative, here are three ArtisTree recommends to give your landscape a…
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Since the arrival of Lime Sizzler™ Firebush in 2014, gardeners everywhere have been eager to get their hands on this long-blooming addition to Mother Nature’s plant palette. This double-take dynamo has captured the eye of landscape design professionals, hummingbirds, butterflies and bees with its exotic lime-green and yellow foliage topped…
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Now here’s a plant that literally earns its stripes in shade gardens throughout Florida’s zones 9B and 10: the light and billowy variegated Shell Ginger. Known for its massive spread, the anything-but-shy Shell Ginger flounces around large trees, fringes rows of tall shrubs with breezy abandon and can even steal…
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Often overlooked by Florida residents, Walter’s Viburnum is an excellent hedge choice for several reasons. But first, let’s answer the burning question: “What’s up with a plant named Walter?” Well, Walter’s Viburnum honors a colonial botanist named Thomas Walter (1740-1789). This English-born planter described the species in his catalog of…
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