Spring-Flowering Shrubs
Start the season with a beautiful display of spring-flowering shrubs. There are many varieties available, blooming in different colors and sizes. Find which shrubs will look best in your garden. Zones: 4–10, depending on type Buy It: Encore Azalea ($45, Lowe’s) Zones: 5–9 Zones: 6–9 Buy It: Pink Camellia ($23, Lowe’s) Zones: 5–8 Buy It: Yuki Cherry Blossom ($31, The Home Depot) Zones: 4–9 Buy It: Forsythia ($25, Etsy) Zones: 5–9 Buy It: Fothergilla Gardenii ($19, Bluestone Perennials) Zones: 2–9 Zones: 3–7 Buy It: Fireside Ninebark Shrub ($40, The Home Depot) Zones: 2–9 Buy It: White Flowering Summer Snowflake Viburnum Flowering Shrub ($35, Lowe’s) Zones: 4–9 Buy It: Wine and Roses Weigela Shrub ($45, The Home Depot)
Summer-Flowering Shrubs
Add shrubs to your summer color show as a backdrop to perennials and annuals. Many of these summer shrubs have blooms all season long. There’s one for every garden, you just need to know what to look for. Zones: 5–9 Buy It: Carolina Allspice Plants ($12, Etsy) Buy It: Annabelle Hydrangea ($60, Home Depot) Zones: 5–8 Zones: 6-9 Buy It: Scentlandia Sweetspire ($21, The Home Depot)
Fall-Flowering Shrubs
Actual flowering slows down in shrubs during summer, but many flash brilliant fall colors to make up for any lack of blooms. These are some of the best fall shrubs for color and texture as the growing season winds down. Zones: 4–8 Buy It: Beyond Midnight Bluebeard ($19, The Home Depot) Zones: 3–9
Winter-Flowering Shrubs
Few shrubs add winter color from blooms (though many can be depended on for bright berries). Still, there are options out there with colorful seed pods, berries, and blooms. Here are two of the best. Zones: 6–9 Buy It: Oregon Grape ($58, Etsy) Zones: 3–9 Buy It: Witch Hazel Seeds ($3, Etsy)
