Flowering garden shrubs are great to have around a landscape, with beautiful foliage and colorful blooms to add variety. You can use these plants either as focal points or as foundation plants in your garden, lending curb appeal and beauty to your home throughout the season!
To buy flowering garden shrubs of your own, shop with us at Garden Goods Direct. We carry plenty of high-quality options, and can also provide support and answers about how to care for your flowering garden shrubs!
Types of Flowering Garden Shrubs
Several varieties of flowering garden shrubs are available for sale, coming in many shapes, sizes and types. The linking characteristic? Their blooms.
Two of the primary options available from Garden Goods Direct are:
- The Clethra Ruby Spice: The Clethra Ruby Spice has dense glossy foliage and fragrant spikes of small pink flowers. Compact and dense, these plants fit in many areas of your garden and attract pollinators in the summer.
- The Gardenia Frostproof: The Gardenia Frostproof has dark green leaves and large, highly fragrant flowers. This Gardenia shrub is upright, producing white flowers and plenty of foliage, all characteristics that make it a great hedge or foundation plant.
Why Plant Flowering Garden Shrubs?
Flowering garden shrubs are a beautiful and versatile addition to any garden, with plenty of planting and landscape design options. They can be beautiful specimen plants or hedges, serving as backdrops or focal points themselves. Shorter varieties are excellent choices when creating a transition between a manicured lawn and a taller area of the garden, for example, while taller variants can be used as a border for the rest of a garden.
On top of these decorative benefits, flowering garden shrubs can be excellent for your local ecosystem, providing food for pollinators.
Tips for Choosing the Right Variety of Flowering Garden Shrubs
Before choosing a flowering garden shrub for your landscape, consider the growing conditions of your area. For example, the Clethra Ruby Spice grows best in USDA plant hardiness zones 4 through 9, meaning it will grow well in most regions throughout the continental United States. The Gardenia Frostproof, however, grows in zones 6 through 10, making it unsuitable for many northern and midwestern regions of the country. All flowering plants also require either partial or full sun to produce quality blooms.
Beyond these considerations, choose the best flowering garden shrub for your aesthetic preferences.
How to Care for Flowering Garden Shrubs
When planting flowering garden shrubs, consider the information listed above — choose a climate and location appropriate for the plant. For more specific information on how to plant your flowering garden shrub, consult your plant’s information sheet.
Most flowering garden shrubs require thorough watering, fertilization and a layer of mulch after planting to keep the plant hydrated and fed. These factors will support healthy blooms through the season. Be particularly careful about these factors in your shrub’s first growing season.