Beautiful Fences for Your Backyard

Burning Bush

 Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) is a widely used decorative shrub prized for its red-hot leaves, which brighten up any landscape or garden. This durable, low-maintenance shrub is perfect for year-round interest and stunning fall foliage. Ease of Planting and Maintenance Burning Bush This shrub can be easily planted by any gardener. This shrub prefers well-drained soil and is shade-tolerant in full sun to part shade. Once established, Burning Bush requires little maintenance. It is drought-tolerant, pest-resistant, and only occasionally pruned to keep it tidy. Euonymus Alatus Has Vibrant Red Leaves in the Cool Season  Burning Bush is known for its spectacular autumnal changes. Its bright green leaves in the summer make it a tall, erect shrub. As fall draws near, the leaves blaze red and burn for several weeks. Small greenish flowers bloom in spring and summer, followed by decorative red berries that entice wildlife.  Shape and Longevity of Burning Bush  The shrub forms a neat, oval shape and usually reaches 6 to 10 feet tall and wide. Its dense growth makes it a great choice for hedges, borders, or individual focal points. Burning Bush is a long-lasting plant that will survive for decades with proper care.  Life Cycle of Burning Bush at TN Nursery  Burning Bush shrubs are grown to perfection at TN Nursery and shipped as fresh-cut plants. These plants grow quickly, providing you with glorious seasonally changing foliage and enduring beauty. Take Burning Bush into your garden and witness an unforgettable blaze of fiery leaves every autumn!

Privet Hedge

Privet Hedge is an evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green leaves and small, fragrant white flowers, commonly used for hedges and landscaping. It is a versatile and attractive shrub that offers a range of benefits when used in landscaping projects. Its adaptable nature, evergreen foliage, and various design applications have become popular among landscapers and gardeners. The private hedge is officially known as the Ligustrum Ovalifolium, but gardeners often call it the California type. It's native to Japan. However, it grows and thrives in many other countries, including the U.S. Homeowners and gardeners, love its white flowers and ability to create privacy while adding to a home's curb appeal. Identifying Features of Privet Hedge (Ligustrum ovalifolium) It grows between 10 and 15 feet with a similar spread. This bush develops white flowers in June and July, usually between two and four inches long. The leaves are oval and typically grow to between one and two and a half inches long. It's considered a fast-growing shrub; gardeners can expect it to gain one to two feet in height each year without pruning. Best Uses for Privet Hedge It is most commonly used as a living privacy fence or as garden mazes, and in English Gardens or Victorian-style gardens, it can reach heights of up to 15 feet. Gardeners can create thick, solid-looking walls with these bushes by planting them in a zigzagged double layer. Once these bushes are established, they can be pruned to take specific shapes. Gardeners can even get creative with these bushes by leaving significant gaps between the plants and installing arches or gates to create elaborate entrances. Excellent Companion Plants For The Privet Hedge Gardeners looking to add depth and color around it can choose between many types of wildflowers, shrubs, and ornamental grasses. Some favorites include the sunshine ligustrum, peonies, lady's mantle, hostas, sedum, the New Zealand iris, boxwood, and Japanese holly. Privets Can Be Shaped And Pruned To Your Liking.  Gardeners and landscapers will enjoy a private hedge as part of a formal garden or living privacy fence. This versatile shrub can be pruned, shaped, and trained to grow around arches and wooden gates. It softens concrete walkways and adds depth and interest to homes.

Blue Hydrangea

Blue Hydrangea has vibrant dinnerplate blooms, lush foliage, and versatility, making it famous for gardens, parks, and residential landscapes. Scientifically known as macrophylla, it is a captivating flowering shrub celebrated for its enchanting beauty and the tranquil ambiance of gardens and landscapes. Revered for its vibrant azure blossoms, it is a botanical masterpiece that has charmed horticulturists and nature enthusiasts for generations. With a profusion of attractively hued blooms, Blue Hydrangea makes beautiful additions to any garden. The flowers appear in clusters or cones up to eight inches wide. The foliage is generally deep green with a matte or waxy surface, but leaf shapes vary significantly between varieties. Some plants produce oblong or heart-shaped leaves between four and eight inches long, while others are adorned with serrated, deeply veined, or lobed leaves of similar size. Blue Hydrangea Shrubs (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue') Have Amazing Large Blooms One unique fact about Blue Hydrangea it is the most eye-catching parts of the plant aren't made up of petals, as is the case with most other flowering plants. Instead, showy, colorful blooms are comprised of petal-like structures called sepals. Sepals are sturdier than regular flower petals and protect the tiny flowers hidden behind or below them. Their bloom clusters vary from faint sky-blue to deep purple, with most shades in between. The color of the flowers it produces is based on the plant's variety and the content of certain minerals in the surrounding soil. Get Blue Hydrangea Dies Back In Winter They go dormant in the cooler months. As warmer weather returns, the plants start putting on new foliage, and new flowers begin forming in mid-to late spring. They will burst into full bloom in the early summer, with the flowers generally reaching their prime during June, July, August, and September. Some varieties only bloom once per growing season, while others rebloom continuously throughout the summer. Creating Height and Depth With Blue Hydrangea Blue Hydrangea can grow six feet or more with a six-foot branch span. These standard varieties are suitable for creating a border, a flowering green wall, or a divider between lawn areas. If space is a consideration, smaller varieties that are great for raising pots or planters are also available. These varieties will reach just two to three feet with a similar branch-spread diameter. Some plants also act like vines and can scale trees and fences to heights of 50 feet or more. Blue Hydrangea Is A Favorite Flowering Shrub For Gardeners

Mapleleaf Viburnum

Mapleleaf Viburnum is a deciduous shrub with distinctive three-lobed, maple-like leaves and clusters of small, white flowers followed by blue-black berries, making it an attractive choice for woodland gardens. It is a versatile and attractive shrub that offers a range of benefits when used in landscaping projects. With its unique characteristics and aesthetic appeal, this plant can enhance outdoor spaces and create a visually pleasing environment. Mapleleaf viburnum is a deciduous shrubbiest known for its red berries that turn blueish-black during summer. However, it also features flowers and other types of beautiful foliage, particularly during the year's warmer times. Mapleleaf Viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) Is A Small Shrub This plant can reach around 3-6 feet in height and generally has a 2-4 feet spread. Its fuzzy leaves are usually 2-4 inches long with around five lobes that have serrated edges. The reason for it being in its name is because those leaves are shaped like maples. Seed production typically starts around when this plant reaches two years of age. A sealed seed coat then protects its seeds. In many cases, one of these shrubs can blossom into a colony of them. Flowers and Berries Of Mapleleaf Viburnum It creates white flowers in addition to its fruit. Blooming occurs between May and August, usually in June, while fruiting generally occurs between July and October. Meanwhile, those berries, popular with butterflies, birds, deer, rabbits, chipmunks, and people, can remain ripe into winter. Support Wildlife With Mapleleaf Viburnum  The colors this plant's leaves display during fall are stunning, and they can vary significantly as the weather and prevailing light conditions are significant factors. Possibilities include yellow, orange, pink, red, and purple. This coloring tends to occur in October and November; the timeline depends on local weather conditions and related factors. Buds created to prepare the shrub for what is coming the following spring will be visible once those colorful leaves have fallen. Where Mapleleaf Viburnum Is Found More generally, Mapleleaf Viburnum is primarily located in the eastern half of North America. In the United States, it can be found in significant numbers from the country's northeast west to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin and Illinois, southwest to East Texas, and south to North Florida. Where is the best place to plant maple leaf viburnum? It is native to dry, rocky woods and prefers partial to full shade, which makes it a suitable addition to woodland gardens or shaded borders. It thrives in deep, rich, moist but well-drained loams and can also succeed in rather dry or shallow, rocky soil.  What is the shape of the maple leaf viburnum?  The plant itself is deciduous, which means it drops its leaves in the winter and also has a multi-stemmed, rounded, and upright growth habit. It's similar to the maple tree both in its leaves and its flat corymb clusters of white flowers that bloom in spring, the blue-black fruit it bears, and the activities of changing colors in the fall season.  Does maple leaf viburnum grow fast?  A moderate-growing plant, maple leaf viburnum has a height increase of 12 to 24 inches per year. When supplied with appropriate care and environmental conditions, hardiness, and sunlight, it may grow to be up to 4-6 feet in the course of 2-3 years.  What is the best fertilizer for maple leaf viburnum?  For Maple Leaf Viburnum, the best fertilizer type should be slow slow-release, balanced type of fertilizer with the recommended 10-10-10 fertilizer for this plant. Use it in the early spring for new foliage and flowering, and don't overfeed in order not to form excessive foliage to the detriment of flowers.  How do you maintain maple leaf viburnum?  The maple leaf viburnum is easy to grow and very easy to maintain. Trim in early to mid-winter to maintain the structure of the plant and to take out any dieback. Mulching can be done often to help in moisture conservation and to do away with weeds.