Fairy magnolia

Fairy Magnolias make a great hedge plant

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Fairy Magnolia® Blush is a new variety in the Fairy Magnolia series. It grows as a small bush, not a tree like conventional magnolias. It’s a prolific spring bloomer of fragrant, 2.5” flowers that blanket the stems and have a delightful scent. The flowers have light pink petals with dark pink highlights on the petal edges. Once the flowers have passed, decorative red seed pods appear. It can be grown in the landscape in zones 8 and higher on in a container in northern zones.

Many gardeners dream of having a Magnolia tree in their gardens. To see those pastel blooms start to emerge at the end of winter is a sight that even non-gardeners enjoy! But alas, not all of us have the room for a towering Magnolia in the garden. We’re used to seeing the majestic Magnolia x […]

Why did planting a hedge drop off the gardener’s to do list? Could it be because hedges have a reputation for being high maintenance thanks to all that clipping, guided by a string line and template. Look it up if you want to know how to achieve a finish where the hand of man is very, very evident: I’m not going to explain here. And that’s because there are ways to have a hedge that’s actually low maintenance.

Meet your end-of-summer garden project: a four-step guide on how to plant a flowering hedge. After all, all gardens need some hedge-screening; and a screen of lovely flowers beats a wall of green leaves any day.

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