5 Flowering Shrubs to Add Color to Your Landscape

Contents

1 Introduction
2 Flowering shrubs are great for adding color to your yard. They’re also often fragrant, which is a plus if you’re a big fan of aromatherapy.
3 Most flowering shrubs bloom in the late spring or summer, so they make a great addition to your landscape during these hotter months.
4 Below are five flowering shrubs that are sure to brighten up any backyard.
5 Hollyhock (Alcea)
6 Butterfly Bush (Buddleia alternifolia)
7 Lavender (Lavandula species)
8 Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
9 Weigela (Weigela florida)
10 These flowering shrubs will add color, fragrance and beauty to your yard this summer.
11 Conclusion

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Introduction

If you’re looking for a way to brighten up your landscape, look no further than the flowering shrubs on this list. Most of these plants will bloom in the late spring or summer, making them ideal for adding color and fragrance to your backyard during these hotter months. Here are five shrubs that are sure to make your garden pop with color:

Flowering shrubs are great for adding color to your yard. They’re also often fragrant, which is a plus if you’re a big fan of aromatherapy.

Flowering shrubs are great for adding color to your yard. They’re also often fragrant, which is a plus if you’re a big fan of aromatherapy. Flowering shrubs are easy to grow and maintain–they generally don’t require much more than minimal watering and fertilizing once or twice per year. Some flowering shrubs even have flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds!

Flowering shrubs are an excellent choice for novice gardeners because they tend to be hardy plants that don’t require much care beyond basic maintenance (e.g., watering).

Most flowering shrubs bloom in the late spring or summer, so they make a great addition to your landscape during these hotter months.

Flowering shrubs are also often fragrant, which can add an additional layer of enjoyment to your yard. If you’re a big fan of aromatherapy and like to use essential oils or other scents in your home, consider adding some flowering plants that will help you relax when you’re outside.

Below are five flowering shrubs that are sure to brighten up any backyard.

‘Saucer Magnolia’ (Magnolia x soulangeana) is one of the most popular flowering shrubs in North America, with fragrant white flowers that bloom in late spring or summer. The plant grows up to 12 feet tall and wide, making it ideal for large landscapes or garden beds. It’s hardy in USDA zones 4 through 8.
‘Pink Cloud’ Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens ‘pink cloud’) produces clusters of pink buds that open into frilly white flowers on arching stems above dark green leaves throughout summer. This beautiful shrub can reach up to 10 feet tall by 7 feet wide at maturity; it’s hardy in USDA zones 5 through 9

Hollyhock (Alcea)

Hollyhocks are a beautiful flowering shrub that can be grown in full sun or partial shade. The flowers are bright and colorful, making this an excellent choice for any landscape. They bloom from late spring through summer, adding color to your garden with their large blossoms that grow up to 6 feet tall!

Butterfly Bush (Buddleia alternifolia)

Butterfly bush is a perennial shrub that produces fragrant flowers in a variety of colors. It can be used as a hedge or border, but you can also plant it in containers and grow it as an annual or perennial depending on your climate.

Lavender (Lavandula species)

Lavender is a perennial shrub that grows up to 3 feet tall and blooms in the summer, producing fragrant flowers in shades of purple, blue, pink and white. It prefers full sun but can tolerate partial shade. Lavender thrives in hot climates and is drought-tolerant once established; it’s also deer resistant!

Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

Rose-of-sharon is a shrub or small tree that grows up to 12 feet tall and wide. It produces large, pink flowers in late spring and early summer. It can be grown as a bonsai tree and will grow well in areas with partial shade or full sun exposure, making it an ideal choice for planting along fences or other structures that would otherwise block out sunlight from the plant’s leaves if it were placed directly in front of them. Rose-of-sharon has many benefits aside from its colorful blooms; it produces berries which birds love to eat during winter months when food sources are scarce (and they’ll leave your garden alone!), but also provide food for humans if you pick them yourself!

Weigela (Weigela florida)

Weigela is a shrub that grows to be 8 feet tall and wide. Weigelas are hardy in zones 4-8, which means they can be grown throughout the continental United States. They bloom in spring through fall with pink or red flowers that attract hummingbirds! Weigelas like well-drained soil and full sun to partial shade. You can prune them into a hedge or small tree shape if you prefer; just remove any branches that look diseased or dead at any time during the year.

These flowering shrubs will add color, fragrance and beauty to your yard this summer.

You may be hesitant to add new plants to your landscape, but these flowering shrubs are easy to grow and will provide color, fragrance and beauty all summer long.

Ceanothus ‘Sky Pencil’ (California lilac) forms a tall shrub with dark green leaves that turn bronze in fall. The flowers are upright clusters of small white blooms that smell like honey when they open in early summer. It grows best in full sun but can tolerate some shade if you live where summers are hot and dry. You’ll find this plant at nurseries that sell natives or online from retailers like [link].
Coral bells (Heuchera ‘Caramel’) has an interesting branching habit with bright green leaves edged with creamy white variegation on top of which spring up clusters of small red-orange flowers throughout the growing season starting in spring through fall depending upon location (zones 4-9). This native beauty is easy to grow as long as it gets plenty of sunlight; it’s perfect for adding color under trees where there isn’t much room for larger shrubs like azaleas or rhododendrons.*

Conclusion

If you’re looking to add some color and fragrance to your yard this summer, then consider planting one of these five flowering shrubs. They’ll make a great addition to any landscape, and they’ll keep blooming until frost kills them off in the fall.