A seasonal guide to the best flowering bushes By Anne Balogh FREE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER: Plants, Design Ideas, Gardening Solutions & More!Flowering shrubs provide color and structure and can be used as groundcovers, hedge plants or eye-catching focal points. You can fill your garden with ...
Butterfly Bush has flowering panicles in white, red, pink, purple, and even blue. If you’re growing one in a container, you’ll need a dwarf variety. The best time to plant butterfly bushes is in spring or fall. 10. Boxwood Botanical Name: Buxus USDA Zones: 5-11 Pot Size:10-14...
Large flowering bushes do well in groups that line the edge of a property—similarly to hedges. Single flowers that grow from a bulb do well in larger clusters to fill in space since only one flower may grow from each bulb. There are additional benefits to growing flowers in groups besides...
The red twig dogwood can be kept small and brighter by pruning out 1/3 of the old stems in the winter, otherwise, it will reach 8’ tall. The stems will be a brighter red if it gets some morning sun. Buy it HERE.* Foliage Bushes While flowering bushes are beautiful, to have a lu...
Also called bush clock vine, it is a shrub that is native to Africa. This prolific year-round bloomer comes in shades of violet, purple, and yellow and is considered one of the best flowering bushes for full sun. 9. Mandevilla zahaslowana ...
Witch Hazel(Hamamelis virginiana)is a large native flowering shrub or small tree with dazzling clear yellow flowers that bloom in late fall or winter (depending on the variety)—adding color and fragrance during a time when much of Earth is dormant.Learn more about planting Witch Hazel. ...
Overview: In a happy suburban neighbourhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbours, hidden deep beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by an army of tireless, little yellow minions, we dis...
The sculpture and rhododendrons (and other woody flowering bushes) are amazing. We took hundreds of photographs to remember the experience. To top off our experience, we purchased five dozen tulip and daffodil bulbs that will be shipped to my home in October that I will enjoy for years to ...
flowers range from pink to purplish-red. Manyweigelacultivars put on an excellent leaf-color transition from spring to fall. Although this plant works best as a somewhat loose, informal hedge, it will accept a considerable amount of shaping, which should be done immediately after flowering has ...
If you have ever taken a trip to the South in early spring, you’ll likely have seen masses of azalea bushes lush and full of their pink flowers. This pink flowering shrub should be pruned after flowering since the buds for flowers next year will be setting right after that. ...