Enough already, Better Homes & Gardens, I’ve coveted 80% of your New Trees and Shrubs for 2012, and it’s time for me to get to work. Thanks to the plant breeders of the world this seems to be a banner year for introductions and even with my garden limitations, there are plenty to drool over. This Callicarpa is particularly appealing because it’s foliage will make it earn its space even if it doesn’t get enough sun to produce berries, like my poor Early Amethyst which has never repeated its initial nursery-bred crop, and just sits there in my bed looking like any other homely green-leaved micro-shrub.
