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Field maple: complete guide
Acer campestre
Complete growing guide for Acer campest rue: ideal location, soil, pruning and seasonal care. Perfect for hedges, screens or specimen trees. Learn more on gardenworld.app.
Berberis canadensis: complete guide
Berberis canadensis
American barberry (berberis-canadensis) is a native North American shrub with sharp spines, yellow spring flowers, and bright red berries. This evergreen to semi-evergreen plant is perfect for defensive hedges, wildlife food, and seasonal color. Low-maintenance and hardy.
Darwin's barberry: complete guide
Berberis darwinii
A full guide to Berberis darwinii: how to grow, care for, and use this thorny, evergreen shrub in UK and European gardens.
Thunberg's barberry: complete guide
Berberis thunbergii
Everything you need to know about Thunberg's barberry: planting, care, pruning, and ideal garden uses. Hardy, low-maintenance shrub with vibrant autumn colour.
Spanish boxwood: complete guide
Buxus balearica
Everything you need to know about Buxus balearica: growth, care, soil, pruning, and ideal placement. A resilient evergreen for hedges and structure.
Siberian peatree: complete guide
Caragana arborescens
Complete guide to growing Caragana arborescens: ideal conditions, pruning tips, soil needs, and companion planting. Perfect for windbreaks and low-maintenance gardens.
Carissa carandas: complete guide
Carissa carandas
Discover Carissa carandas (Bengal currants), a tropical fruiting shrub with fragrant white flowers and edible fruits.
Corylus heterophylla: complete guide
Corylus heterophylla
Siberian hazel offers early catkins and bird-attracting hazelnuts. Hardy, easy shrub for garden design. Discover planting and care strategies.
Cotoneaster coriaceus: complete guide
Cotoneaster coriaceus
Discover the Late Cotoneaster, a hardy shrub with pink flowers and red berries. Excellent for hedges and architectural plantings.
Tree cotoneaster: complete guide
Cotoneaster frigidus
Discover Cotoneaster frigidus, the tree cotoneaster. Learn cultivation, care requirements, and ideal conditions for winter gardens.
Cotoneaster: complete guide
Cotoneaster integerrimus
Everything you need to know about Cotoneaster integerrimus: growth, care, ideal location, and companion planting for wildlife gardens.
RosaceaeCotoneaster niger: complete guide
Cotoneaster niger
Black cotoneaster is a low-growing shrub with white flowers and dark berries. An ideal hedge plant requiring minimal maintenance for year-round interest.
Silverleaf cotoneaster: complete guide
Cotoneaster pannosus
Learn how to grow and care for Cotoneaster pannosus: ideal location, watering needs, pruning tips and best companion plants for year-round interest.
Calycine hawthorn: complete guide
Crataegus rhipidophylla
A detailed guide to Crataegus rhipidophylla: growing conditions, care, bloom cycle, and ideal companion plants for wildlife-friendly and low-maintenance gardens.
Diervilla: complete guide
Diervilla lonicera
Discover the North American shrub diervilla or bush-honeysuckle. Learn about care, growing conditions and tips for this beautiful flowering shrub.
Japanese spindletree: complete guide
Euonymus japonicus
A practical guide to growing Euonymus japonicus: ideal location, soil, watering, pruning tips. Perfect for hedges and low-maintenance gardens.
FagaceaeBeech (Fagus sylvatica): complete guide
Fagus sylvatica
Everything about beech as a hedge plant and specimen tree: planting, pruning, growth rate and winter interest. Practical tips for a dense beech hedge.
OleaceaeForsythia ovata: complete guide
Forsythia ovata
Discover Korean forsythia, an early spring bloomer with golden flowers. Hardy and low-maintenance, perfect for hedges and spring color.
Chinese juniper: complete guide
Juniperus chinensis
Everything you need to know about growing Juniperus chinensis: care, soil, pruning, and ideal planting spots. Use gardenworld.app to design your perfect evergreen garden.
Red juniper: complete guide
Juniperus virginiana
Everything you need to know about Juniperus virginiana: growth conditions, care, ideal planting location and companion plants for garden design.
Japanese privet: complete guide
Ligustrum japonicum
A full care guide for Japanese privet: growth habits, pruning, ideal conditions, and companion planting. Perfect for hedges and low-maintenance gardens.
Chinese privet: complete guide
Ligustrum lucidum
Everything you need to know about Ligustrum lucidum: light, soil, pruning, and care. Ideal for hedges and screening in USDA zones 8-11.
OleaceaeLigustrum obtusifolium: complete guide
Ligustrum obtusifolium
Discover border privet: an elegant hedge plant with white flowers and refined foliage. Perfect choice for garden boundaries.
OleaceaePrivet: complete guide
Ligustrum ovalifolium
Everything about Oval-leaved Privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium): planting, pruning, hedge-forming and care. Practical tips for the ultimate hedge plant.