18 Spring-Flowering Shrubs to Add to Your Yard for Early Color
WEBMar 23, 2023 · Your spring landscape will shine when these gorgeous shrubs begin blooming. Many of them also have beautiful foliage that is variegated or evergreen, so they'll continue to add some color to your yard even after their flowers fade. Bill Stites. Denny Schrock. Jeff Mcnamara.
10 Flowering Trees and Shrubs for Spring Landscaping
WEBMay 2, 2024 · Its tiny but numerous rosy pink flowers line the branches before heart-shaped leaves appear. While the flowering tree is breathtaking during spring, the Eastern redbud undergoes another magnificent transformation during fall when its leaves transform from verdant green to vibrant yellow.
10 Early-Blooming Trees and Shrubs for the Garden
WEBOct 5, 2023 · Early-blooming deciduous trees and shrubs provide just that, energizing us as their branches, often while still devoid of leaves, make true the promise of spring. Many times these woody plants are also a boon to emerging pollinators as they forage for nectar and pollen in the lean early season.
Forsythia: Plant Care & Growing Guide - The Spruce
WEBAug 5, 2024 · These low-maintenance, fast-growing shrubs feature an upright, arching form and are known for their long branches that fill with brilliant yellow blooms early in the spring. Forsythia, which is native to China, Japan, and parts of Europe, blooms for about two weeks before leaves emerge.
14 Decorative Branches to Shop for (and Arrange!) by Season
WEBOct 19, 2017 · The most bountiful season for flowering branches, spring brings all kinds of fruit tree stems to markets—purchase the ones that haven't yet bloomed and then force them indoors for maximum...
16 Spring Flowering-Shrubs To Add Color To Your Early-Season …
WEBJun 10, 2022 · Green foliage will follow and stay on till frost, and there are varieties with arching branches (Korean forsythia, or Forsythia ovata), weeping bushes (weeping forsythia, or Forsythia suspensa), and those with upright branches too (Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood Valley’).
27 Spectacular Spring-Blooming Trees - Epic Gardening
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · Spring-blooming trees are responsible for rebuilding pollinator populations after the winter. With the help of those pollinators, their flowers are often the first step in producing the summer fruits we enjoy so much. Enjoy these stunning specimens that will bring a burst of color to the spring landscape.
Forcing Spring Branches to Bloom In Your Home - StoneGable
WEBFeb 27, 2024 · Forcing spring branches is one of my favorite things to do! One of the sure signs of late winter turning into spring is the swollen buds on the trees that will burst into beautiful bloom soon. Why wait for Mother Nature, force them yourselves, and let them bloom indoors weeks earlier. Here’s how….
Forcing Branches into Bloom Indoors - The Old Farmer's Almanac
WEBFeb 16, 2024 · An age-old practice called “forcing branches” only requires pruning non-essential branches of flowering trees and shrubs and putting the branches in a vase. The buds will open, filling the room with sweet blossoms of spring. Learn how to force branches—plus, see a chart of the best trees and shrubs to use! It’s easy!
Why Some Red Japanese Maples Have Green Leaves - Treehugger
WEBMay 17, 2022 · Why Is My Red Japanese Maple Sprouting Green Branches? The answer is found below the graft. By. Steve Nix. Updated May 17, 2022. Treehugger / Beth Caldwell. Japanese maples (Acer palmatum) are...