Flowers of Sweet Pepperbush

Sweet Pepperbush is a fast growing deciduous shrub and grows well in partial shade area and full sun area if there is enough moisture. As the name indicating, Sweet Pepperbush blooms spicy sweet fragrant white cluster flowers in summer and attracts bees and butterflies well. Sweet Pepperbush grows to 2.4m (8 feet) height and width. Sweet Pepperbush is native to USA.

Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus is one of very popular cactus and can be seen in the desert area of south-west USA. For taking care of Prickly Pear Cactus in your yard is easy even though it prefers to grow dried area. Prickly Pear Cactus is often used as vegetable and sold in grocery stores. And Prickly Pear Cactus is used as medicine for reducing bad cholesterol.

Red Flowers of Bee Balm

Bee Balm is a perennial well known herbal plant among Native American. Bee Balm grows 90cm (3 feet) height in relatively dry area and prefers full sun or partial shade area. Bee Balm is easy to grow plant and often used as herbal tea by dry up the whole plant except its root. Bee Balm bloom pink or red color flowers in summer. Bee Balm is native to North America.

Flowers of Blazing Star

Blazing Star is a wild flower native to USA. This flower grows well in full sun relatively dry area. Blazing Star blooms pinkish purple flowers, which look like thistle flowers, along the stalk as you can see on the picture. You can enjoy this flower through summer to autumn.

Flower of Shrubby St. Johnswort

Shrubby St. Johnswort is a deciduous shrub and prefers to grow in full sun or partial shade area and reaches 1.2m (4feet) height and width. Shrubby St. Johnswort forms dense foliages and has bright yellow flowers in summer season and is loved as garden shrub. Shrubby St. Johnswort is very alike other St. Johnswort species so often confused. For identifying the species, you have to check the cells of their seed capsules. If the number of cells of seed capsule is three, it is a Shrubby St. Johnswort. Shrubby St. Johnswort is native to Eastern USA. Shrubby St. Johnswort attracts bees, butterflies and birds well. Here you can see the photo for Kalm St. Johnswort.

Leaves of Japanese Fantail Willow

Japanese Fantail Willow is a deciduous shrub and grow 4.5m (15 feet) height and width (sometime become bigger). Japanese Fantail Willow prefers to grow in full sun or partial shade area and moist soil. Japanese Fantail Willow is often called as Dragon Willow.

Leaves of Harlequin Glory Bower

Harlequin Glory Bower is a deciduous shrub and reaches 4.5m (15 feet) height and width in the area of full sun or partial shade area. Harlequin Glory Bower has fragrant flowers in summer even though when I took this photo, this shrub didn’t bloom yet.

Harlequin Glory Bower is native to China and Japan.

Leaves of Golden Larch

Golden Larch is a deciduous tree and reaches 18m (60 feet) height and 12m (40 feet) width. The foliage color of Golden Larch is yellow as the name implying. This tree is grow well in the area of south east USA and often used as a landscaping tree. Golden Larch is native to east China.

Leaves of Goat Willow

Goat Willow is a common name of Salix Caprea and also known as Pussy Willow. Goat Willow is a deciduous shrub (or small tree) and one of very popular willow. This willow reaches 12m (40 feet) height and 9m (30 feet) width and prefers to grow in full sun or partial shade area. Goat Willow is native to Europe and Asia.

Leaves of Eucalyptus

Even though Eucalyptus is an evergreen tree and native to Australia and Tasmania, there are several kinds of Eucalyptus in the world and some of them have long leaves and some of them have round leaves like the one of this photo. Most of them have volatile aromas and oils which are useful for our living. Eucalyptus is a quick growing tree and the specie of this photo reaches 12m (40 feet) height even though it is not difficult to grow inside of home.