Growth & Spread: Ultimate height and spread of 1.5 – 2.5m. This will be reached over a 10-20-year period. H4) Large pure white star-shaped flowers during May with faint lines through the petals and occasional spotting, set off by prominent darker anthers. Soft green foliage forming a neat but informal mounded shape. Height 45-60cm in 10 years. Beautiful small 50mm white flowers with an orange yellow blotch. Mid to late May. Height 140-160cm in 10 years. Requires a fairly sunny position. The Chinese Juniper ‘Mathot’ is a perfect evergreen shrub for front yard landscaping and foundation plantings. This small evergreen shrub is a species of juniper that has soft, feathery evergreen foliage that keeps its color throughout the year.

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While the deciduous azaleas, particularly in the white range of colors, are noted for their varying fragrances, few evergreen azaleas show evidence of exhibiting any fragrance at all. Only a single evergreen species has a faint fragrance, and its hybrids are not noted for the trait. Leaves Striking and very large rosy purple flowers around 75mm across, with a deeper blotch and occasional pale centres. Flowering in May this plant has a broad and wide spreading habit. Height 60-80cm in 10 years. Euonymus fortunei ‘Silver Queen’—This cultivar is a variegated shrub with dark green leaves with contrasting white edging and markings.

Attractive vivid reddish-orange flowers fading to yellow in full sun. Flowering in May - June, this deciduous azalea has good autumn leaf colour and a bushy habit. Height 150-180cm in 10 years. Evergreen flowering Japanese andromeda shrubs also have the names ‘Red Head’ or ‘Forest Flame’ due to its stunning pink or red foliage. The pinkish ovate leaves gradually turn dark green as creamy-white pendulous flowers appear. Shrubs in the Pieris genus provide plenty of color in spring and summer gardens.

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H6) Tubular funnel shaped scented flowers, light yellow suffused pink with a dark yellow blotch. Beautifully scented. Flowering in June with nice autumn foliage.

Feeding azaleas

Another one of our favourite plants with bright red hose-in-hose (double) flowers that have a faint brown spotting. It flowers in early to mid May. A very popular and easy growing plant with good glossy foliage. Height 60-80cm in 10 years.

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Before they grow, Japanese Azaleas can be pruned in late winter or early spring. Pruning will help to encourage new growth and keep your plant healthy. To prune your azalea: Mulch yearly to keep the soil acidic but don’t bury the stem, I have seen azaleas die because the gardener buried the stem. An old and very hardy May-flowering variety with large, violet-blue flowers spotted in purple-red. Upright spreading habit reaching only 60-80cm in 10 years. Use the height shown in 10 years as a guide to the distance between each plant. Allow room for plant to fill out. If planting closer for instant impact, be prepared to move plants after a few years.Gorgeous large white flowers up to 50mm wide with wavy margins, yellow throat and dark anthers. Flowering in mid-May, this plant has a broad spreading habit (up to 1.4m). Height 50-75cm in 10 years. A late-flowering Scottish variety for June, with bright-scarlet flowers on a compact plant. Height 40-60cm in 10 years. Japanese azalea is native to Japan and occurs in the understory of forests on mountain slopes. It has been introduced to many other countries and regions outside its native range, including North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. H6) Vivid orange-red flowers, with a paler dorsal lobe and frilly edging. Late May-early June. Flowers do not fade in sun but will last longer when dappled. Compact habit. Height 125-150cm in 10 years. I always fed mine in March and June, and the pellets can be sprinkled on the pot’s surface or worked into the soil. Watering