Going for the gold!
My name is Kathleen Shelman , and I have been gardening for more than 30 years on an acre outdoors of Portland , Oregon . We are in the foothill of the Cascades , so we get quite a bit of rainwater , which makes for many grey days . Also , many of the trees I institute year ago have ( surprise ) become quite large , and I bump myself with more shadiness . Because of this , I have found myself adding more and more golden shrubs to the garden , to the gunpoint where I need to prompt myself that light-green and its many variations are also leaf colors . Here are a few of my favorites that keep their atomic number 79 color all summer .
Hydrangea serrata‘Golden Sunlight ’ ( ‘ Golden Sunlight’mountain hydrangea , Zones 6–9 )
Hakonechloamacra‘All Gold ’ ( ‘ All Au ’ hakone grass , Zones 5–9 ) ruminate on theDisporum longistylum‘Night Heron ’ ( ‘ Night Heron ’ Taiwanese queer bells , Zones 5–9 ) .
Humuluslupulus‘Aureus ’ ( hop vine , Zones 3–8 ) is promising and beautiful but must be watched , as it can spread quickly .
Physocarpusopulifolius‘Monlo ’ ( ‘ Monlo ’ ninebark , Zones 2–8 ) makes a promising mass against the yew hedgerow .
Two vulgar but useful shrubs , Spiraea japonica‘Double fun ’ ( Japanese spirea , Zones 3–8 ) andCornussericea‘Silver and Au ’ ( vary red osierdogwood , Zones 3–8 ) , brighten a dark quoin .
Sambucusracemosa‘Sutherland Gold ’ ( red elderberry , Zones 3–7 ) maturate beneath aRosaglauca(redleaf rose , Zones 2–8 ) to prevent afternoon burn .
Berberisthunbergii‘Aurea nana ’ ( dwarf yellow barberry , Zones 4–8 ) always look bracing .
genus Cornus alba‘Gouchalti ’ ( variegated tatarian dogwood tree , Zones 3–7 ) grows beneathCornus mas(cornelian cerise dogwood , Zones 4–8 ) .
Hydrangea quercifolia‘Little Honey ’ ( ‘ Little Honey’oakleaf hydrangea , Zones 5–9 ) likes only morning sun .
Choisyaternata‘Sundance ’ ( ‘ Sundance ’ Mexican orange , Zones 7–10 ) in front ofRibessanguineum‘Brocklebankii ’ ( ‘ Brocklebankii ’ flowering currant , Zones 5–7 ) .
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