Just at dawn, in a dew-drenched thicket of spirea, I found three nests not six feet apart. |
The hardy ornamental shrubs, honeysuckle, lilac, mock-orange and spirea Van Houttii can be grown here. |
Here, centipede grass, multiple shade trees, and spots of forsythia and spirea provide a subtler but still spectacular garden show. |
For me, the best of all worlds are spirea, smallish, easily maintained plants that grow anywhere, with pretty pink or white spring and summer flowers. |
Take hardwood cuttings from shrubs including buddleia, forsythia, spirea, weigela, berberis, hydrangea, pyracantha and roses. |
Gambel oak, rock spirea, and waxflower are typical understory shrubs and slender wheatgrass, Canada bluegrass, and Parry oatgrass are common grasses in the MC zone. |