Best Landscape: Flowering Shrubs

Landscapes often take place as years pass by and the gardener is constantly adding and moving plants. By adding a few flowering shrubs to your landscaped areas, you will provide a bit of stability as well as a beautiful plant to look at. Many flowering shrubs flower for only a piece of the season, but the beauty they behold while flowering is worth every day. I'll list some wonderful flowering bushes that you can add to your landscape to beautify and sustain the area. Bushes add depth, width and height to your landscape so by planting a few, you'll add an interesting dimension to the area.

My favorite flowering bush is the Hydrangea. There are many types of hydrangea bushes, ranging in color from white, blue, purple, red and even green. They large flower clusters demand immediate attention from any onlookers eyes, and will steal the glory from any other plant. If you want a stunning landscape, you need to add some hydrangea bushes. Hydrangeas can generally withstand full sun, but if you have a partly shady spot, they will flourish there. Some favorite varieties include: Limelight, Annabelle, Endless Summer and Nikko Blue. The greenery of hydrangea bushes will also provide an excellent backdrop for smaller plants in front of it. Hydrangeas do get tall, so you should always place them in the back of the landscaped area.

Spiraea is also a great choice for a flowering bush. They generally bloom in the middle of the summer and bloom for up to a month. You can find a spiraea in almost any color and shade of foliage. Some favorite varieties include: Little Princess, Goldmound, Goldflame, and Snowmound. Spiraea blooms are dainty clusters of mini round flowers. The famous Bridle Wreath bush is a variety of Spiraea too.

Weigela is another common flowering bush used in American landscapes. A Weigela bush generally will flower in the late spring, into the early summer months. Sometimes a Weigela bush will randomly flower in the summer. Some common varieties include: Java Red, White Knight and the Variegated Weigela. Weigela bushes should be grown in full sun.