Flowering Shrub Garden Design

From classic garden staples like rhododendron to more unique options like spirea you re sure to find the right flowering shrub for your landscape.

Flowering shrub garden design. Discover 14 flowering shrubs that will bring season long color to your garden. The arrangement of the shrubs is pretty enough to be a feature in and of itself. Most landscape shrubs don t need as much pruning as you may think and no plant has died from a lack of pruning.

With hundreds of varieties there s a beautiful blooming bush for every taste. As a general rule. Includes shrubs that flower as early as april or as late as september.

Flowering shrubs that bring joy through the fall season author and garden speaker kerry ann mendez shares an excerpt from her book the right size flower garden. Learn more about hydrangeas. Shrubs are also known as bushes and they are woody plants with small to medium heights.

Flowering shrubs are the backbone of any garden offering privacy along a border attracting pollinators and providing color and interest for years. Rather they add beauty to the overall design of your garden. If it blooms early in the season forsythia lilac azalea etc prune right after flowering.

They are short to be called trees and they do not provide much shade. Simplify your outdoor space with smart design solutions and plant choices by kerry ann mendez. Designing a shrub garden requires one very important component the shrubs.

Knowing when your plant blooms is the best guide for when to prune. In addition to offering shape and texture with their leaves and branches shrubs that bloom also add spring or summer color to the landscape while attracting butterflies and other pollinators. Here are some flowering shrubs lining a long path.