They add low-maintenance curb appeal that can be tailored to your yard.
you could select tall, expansive shrubs for privacy or dwarf varieties to add an ornamental touch.
Use shrubs as borders or foundation plantings, and enjoy their beauty as the summer flowers disappear.
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Here are 12 excellent shrubs for providing year-round landscape color for every climate zone.
Then choose a selection to ensure that you have color in your landscape all year round.
Keep plants well-watered during dry periods to avoid leaf scorch.
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They only bloom once, however, and after that, the bush is not particularly interesting.
Deer-resistant forsythia can become unkempt if not trimmed; pruning should be done immediately after spring flowering is complete.
Common Lilacs
This May-flowering bush features beautiful clusters of fragrant flowers.
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Common lilac are deer-resistant and can spread uncontrollably unless suckers are removed at ground level.
In fact, these beautiful flowers will rebloom until the first frost.
Flowers are produced on new wood, so prune to maintain shape in early spring.
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Fothergilla Bushes
A multi-season shrub, fothergilla features white, fragrant “bottlebrush” flowers in spring.
Many gardeners, however, choose the ‘mount airy’ dwarf fothergilla shrubs because of their spectacular autumn foliage.
Expect various hues (orange, yellow, green, purplish), sometimes all on one leaf.
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Deer-resistant fothergilla shrubs are often grown near azaleas and rhododendrons since they have similar soil and cultural needs.
Oakleaf Hydrangea
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Oakleaf hydrangea is a bush that boasts multi-season interest.
For good measure, its peeling bark adds winter interest to the yard.
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Where soil is not sufficiently acidic, you could amend with peat moss or feed with an acid-enhanced fertilizer.
Red Twig Dogwood
The ‘Elegantissima’ cultivar of red twig dogwood outdoes even oakleaf hydrangea.
Red twig dogwood looks best when planted in groups or as an informal hedge.
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Blue Princess Holly
No list of shrubs would be complete without including an evergreen.
As evergreens, bushes such as Gold Mops offer year-round color for the yard.
In late November, the foliage drops off, but by December new mahogany-colored leaves appear.
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These remain through the spring, creating visual interest even in dull March.
Azaleas prefer somewhat acidic soil, so feed them with an acid-enhanced fertilizer.
These roses are sprawling, so give them plenty of space and beware of their large, sharp thorns.
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These showy blooms last longer than those on other colorful shrubs.
Even once its spring flowers are gone, the leaves still create garden interest with their vibrant color.
These deciduous shrubs are fast-growing, quickly giving you vibrant color in your garden.
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Viburnum
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Viburnum is not a hydrangea, despite closely resembling one.
you could find them in both deciduous and semi-evergreen varieties.
Bees, hummingbirds, andbutterflies love the colorful blooms, yet deer will stay away.
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The cone-shaped blooms of the limelight hydrangea bring a striking look to your garden for nearly the whole summer.
you could count on these big blooms from July to September.
That means yourgarden will be covered in colorwithin just a few short seasons.
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While they come in a variety of colors, the vivid violet is one of the most recognizable.
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