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Are Hydrangeas on the Way Out Experts Say What to Plant Instead

Hydrangeas still look spectacular, but increasingly erratic weather can make them harder to grow well. These tougher flowering shrubs offer a similar effect while coping better with heat, drought and frost—and often do more for wildlife too.

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An Impenetrable Barberry Hedge, an Ornamental Shrub That Delights With Colour and Berries

Barberry (Berberis) is a tough, thorny shrub valued for colourful foliage, yellow flowers and decorative berries. It excels as a specimen, in mixed shrub borders, or as a dense, security-style hedge.

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