In this extract from AG 2 March 1968, Christopher Lloyd looks at the longest flowering shrubs
Long-flowering shrubs
Christopher Lloyd explains which shrubs provide the longest flowering seasons throughout the year
HERE are many favourite flowering trees and shrubs that have a desperately short season of beauty, lasting only the inside of a week. The flowering cherries are notorious for this, yet we enjoy them so intensely in their brief glory that recollection tricks us into imagining that they are not really so ephemeral.