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Growing Ornamental
Trees and Shrubs
Here’s all the information you’ll need to grow ornamental trees and shrubs in your yard and landscape.
For the gardener in you.
Tree and Shrub Section Contents:
In this section on ornamental trees and shrubs, you’ll find:
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- Where to begin?
- Planning a landscape with trees and shrubs.
- Planting trees, shrubs, cacti, and ferns in soils and in containers and structural planters.
- After-planting care of trees, shrubs, cacti, and ferns.
- Caring for and pruning large landscape plants and solving the most common health and pest problems.
- A guide to the commonly planted ornamental trees and shrubs, with all you need to know about them.
Let’s Get Started!
The Ornamental Trees and Shrubs section of this website is divided into two parts.
You’ll find inspiration and detailed information on planning, planting, and caring for ornamental trees and shrubs to grow at your home in your yard, or landscape in the first section.
It is followed by a second section with two plant selection guides listing 112 ornamental trees and 164 shrubs, cacti, and ferns commonly planted by home gardeners.
Tree and Shrub Planning, Planting, and Care
Part I. Planning, Planting, and Care of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs
Choose from these three topics to see many different landscape and container planting ideas. Learn how to plan and plant both trees and shrubs with easy-to-follow, expert demonstrations. Find information on caring for your landscape trees and shrubs.
Ornamental Tree and Shrub Selection Guides
Part II. Plant Selection Guides.
Two convenient, comprehensive, and easy-to-use plant selection guides show trees, shrubs, cacti, and ferns, with everything you’ll want to know about growing them.
There are separate listings in the guides for 112 ornamental trees, 137 ornamental shrubs, 12 cacti, and 15 ferns commonly grown in yards and landscapes. Each plant’s listing has a detailed description of each species, its bloom season, foliage, growth speed and habit, hardiness, soil, growing conditions, planting instructions, and care needs, plus its unique features.
Choose a guide from the two categories containing trees or shrubs you wish to grow by selecting their active links in the pictures below.
Navigating on GrownByYou.com
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