Gardeners and non-gardeners ask, “what happened to our summer?” And, it’s true that we’ve experienced little of the heat and humidity that so often encourages local residents to head for higher (and cooler) ground in July and August. My garden has both profited and suffered from the unusual weather, but as the season nears its…
Tag: mopheads
Big blooms, small flowers
There is no larger shrub in the garden, and certainly no larger blooms than on the Chinese Snowball bush (Viburnum macrocephalum ‘Sterile’, below). In fact, the huge blooms are composed of many smaller flowers, much like mophead hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla), but Chinese Snowball is considerably taller and wider than the largest of the mopheads. This…
Ramblin' through Dave's Garden 