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Gold Dust aucuba (Aucuba japonica ‘Variegata’) is one of the most reliably handsome evergreen shrubs available for shaded gardens, and it earns that distinction through a combination of bold ornamental presence, extraordinary adaptability to difficult conditions, and a year-round quality that few other shade shrubs can match. Its large, glossy, deep green leaves are generously…
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Golden chain tree (Laburnum x watereri ‘Vossii’) is one of the most breathtaking flowering trees in the temperate garden, producing a floral display in late spring that stops visitors in their tracks and lingers in memory long after the bloom has passed. For two to three weeks in May or early June, depending on climate,…
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Golden Curls willow (Salix x sepulcralis ‘Erythroflexuosa’, also listed as Salix ‘Golden Curls’ and sometimes sold under the trade name Scarlet Curls) is a willow that manages to be theatrical without being exhausting, delivering year-round ornamental interest through a combination of twisted, corkscrewing branches, long narrow leaves that spiral as they grow, and warm golden-yellow…
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Golden Mops false cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Golden Mop’) is one of the most cheerful and reliably attractive dwarf evergreens available to home gardeners, a plant that earns its considerable popularity through a combination of vivid year-round color, naturally tidy form, and a level of adaptability that makes it useful in a wide range of garden…
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Golden Vicary privet (Ligustrum x vicaryi) is one of the most reliably bright and versatile deciduous to semi-evergreen shrubs available for sunny landscapes, bringing a sustained warmth and luminosity to the garden through its vivid golden-yellow foliage that holds its color with exceptional consistency from spring through fall. Unlike many shrubs whose ornamental appeal is…
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Goshiki osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Goshiki’) is a refined, slow-growing evergreen shrub that earns a permanent place in the garden through an extraordinary foliage display that shifts and evolves through the seasons with a subtlety and richness that rewards close attention. The name Goshiki means “five colors” in Japanese, a reference to the remarkable range of…
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Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) is one of North America’s most underappreciated native trees, a rugged, adaptable, and ecologically generous species that quietly outperforms many more celebrated landscape trees when it comes to wildlife value, cold hardiness, and sheer resilience across a staggering range of conditions. It’s the kind of tree that thrives where others struggle, tolerating…
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Heritage raspberry (Rubus idaeus ‘Heritage’) is one of the most widely grown and consistently reliable raspberry varieties available to home gardeners, and its decades-long popularity is a straightforward reflection of how well it performs across a broad range of climates and growing situations. It produces abundant crops of medium to large, firm, bright red berries…
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Hidcote Blue lavender (Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’) is one of the most celebrated and widely grown lavender cultivars in the world, and its reputation is entirely earned. Named for Hidcote Manor Garden in the Cotswolds, the legendary English garden where it was discovered and popularized in the early twentieth century, it delivers everything that makes lavender…
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Highbush cranberry (Viburnum trilobum, also recognized as Viburnum opulus var. americanum) is a native shrub that earns its place in the landscape through a remarkable sequence of seasonal gifts that few other plants can match across all four quarters of the year. In spring, flat-topped clusters of lacy white flowers, each with a ring of…