The plants that do the heaviest aesthetic lifting in the Wonder Garden are without doubt our sun-loving evergreen shrubs. Hands down.
We’re not talking conifers (no reason not to, we just do many) nor our seasonally explosive perennials. Instead, we depend on our 1-foot to 6-foot shrub layer to establish our garden’s sense of rhythm, rootedness and year-round architecture.
Plus, they’re the lowest maintenance plants in the WG. Phew!
If you’re a Wonder Garden regular, you’ll know a few of the woody delights we grow: blue-flowering Ceanothus (California lilac); yellow Calistemon (bottlebrush); silver, spring-green and gray-blue foliage forms of Hebe; pristine white-flowered Cistus (rock rose) and that peculiarly claw-flowered hummingbird magnet, Grevillea.
Oh, and let’s not forget our much beloved Laneda Ave bed of the plant that spells home: Manzanita.
Fine, you say. Good for you. But just how many of these shrub varieties will you be selling at Saturday’s Hoffman Wonder Garden Plant Sale, 10am – 1pm?
ALL!
See you there.
Pictures in order: Grevillea, Ceanothus, Callistemon
