deciduous articles Tag

The larch: 5 surprising things to know about this tree

like most conifers, which keep their beautiful green needles in winter, larches turn golden and then red in autumn. This tree is moreover the only deciduous conifer in Europe: it loses its needles but keeps its cones, which are its only adornment in winter. The cones remain on its branches for ...

17
Nov
2021

The edible chrysanthemum: an amazing vegetable plant

themum produces small yellow flowers (sometimes edged with white). Its light green leaves are thin and finely serrated. It is an annual plant with deciduous leaves that blooms from July to September. How to grow it? The edible chrysanthemum is a rather easy plant to grow. It is usually grown ...

06
Oct
2021

The laburnum: a small tree with a dazzling bloom

e genus that can grow to the size of a tree, between 4 and 8 meters tall, but it is most often found as a shrub with long, spreading branches. Its deciduous leaves are trifoliate and form very aesthetic clumps. But it is most appreciated for its beautiful, bright yellow spring flowering. Its v ...

13
Oct
2021

The camerisier or edible honeysuckle: an amazing shrub

a height of 1.5 to 2 meters without making vines like the classic climbing honeysuckle. It has a bushy habit and spreads to at least a meter. Its deciduous leaves are green and oval with blue-gray highlights. In early spring, the shrub is covered with small, inconspicuous cream-colored flower ...

27
Apr
2022

Sun in the garden: how to measure the exposure of your garden?

ng, when your vegetable garden is not yet suffering from too much sun but needs maximum light to get off to a good start. Always choose trees with deciduous foliage and plenty of air. A quicker and more easily modulated solution is to plant grapevines. You can prune the vine in the spring to prov ...

27
July
2022

Garden: growing kiwai in 5 questions

same family as the kiwi). It is a climbing plant that can grow up to 8 m in length. This perennial plant native of Japan, China and Korea carries deciduous leaves of oval shape and dark green color. The leaves are 10 to 12 cm long and have silky teeth. The fragrant and highly melliferous flow ...

20
Jan
2023

Caryopteris: A Beautiful Flowering Plant in Autumn

in height but are covered with a beautiful colorful bloom in autumn. The flowers of this shrub are melliferous and attract bees and butterflies! Its deciduous foliage emits an aromatic scent when crushed. The different varieties of Caryopteris offer flowers in shades of blue, which has earned this ...

17
Nov
2023

Processionary caterpillars: how to identify and get rid of them?

pa, which colonizes conifers such as black pine, Scots pine, and Atlas cedar. • The oak processionary or Thaumetopoea processionea, which colonizes deciduous trees like the English oak and the sessile oak. How to identify processionary caterpillars? Processionary caterpillars get their name fr ...

06
Mar
2024

The shrimp willow: how to plant, maintain, and prune it?

1- When to plant a shrimp willow? The best season to plant a shrimp willow in your garden is spring or autumn, outside of frost and extreme heat periods. Thus, to plant your shrub, you can choose between the period from February to May or from October to December. In garden centers, the selection ...

19
June
2024