Dasylirion Longissimum White flowers

Explore this garden shrub directory, covering colour, use, shape, size of shrubs. Waterside planting ... this is a shrub that thrives in these relatively moist areas. Such shrubs also provide a degree of shade for the pond's inhabitants. Most shrubs for this purpose should be evergreen in nature

Dasylirion Longissimum

Dasylirion Longissimum

White flowers

Summer flowering shrub

Waterside planting ... this is a shrub that thrives in these relatively moist areas. Such shrubs also provide a degree of shade for the pond's inhabitants. Most shrubs for this purpose should be evergreen in nature

Garden shrubs like this classed as an evergreen shrub. This means the shrub will keep its leaves (normally green) in winter season irrespective of the climate being hot, cold or mild. The most classic example of an evergreen is the fir tree

This shrub is referred to as tender which generally means it will not tolerate any frost at all. Protect shrubs like these in even mild frosty places

When fully grown this shrub will reach a height of about 3 feet and spread over an area of about 3 feet

Shrubs of this kind prefer soils with a pH of more than 7 to be seen at their best. Add lime to correct soil conditions for these shrubs (soil is then referred to as alkaline)

No pruning should be carried out on this shrub

This shrub has spectacular and attractive foliage