Flowering Low Hedge Plants

In smaller gardens try a compact variety like munstead or thumbelina leigh.

Flowering low hedge plants. It starts blooming in late spring and continues through autumn bearing cheery yellow orange red or white flowers that look like single roses which attract butterflies. A new variety is a dwarf flowering shrub with white flowers and red fruit in the fall. Best flowering shrubs for season long color. 5 to 15 feet depending on the variety.

Too cute ball shaped flowers that pollinators adore. This evergreen perennial totes white or purple coloring and earns points in the low maintenance shrub department for its adaptability in acidic soil. Forsythia spp koreanspice viburnum. Syringa vulgaris zones.

The native variety can grow up to 20 feet tall so be careful with placement. The 5 best hedges 1. Emerald green arborvitae thuja occidentalis smaragd for a fast growing column shaped shrub that creates privacy. Potentilla attractive and long blooming the potentilla is a low maintenance shrub with beautiful bright flowers perfect for accent foundation or planting in large groups.

It has attractively divided foliage. This plant loves moisture so situate it in wet areas such as near a downspout. Viburnum carlesii weigela. English lavender can form a fragrant hedge.

Witch hazel is another low maintenance shrub giving both spring and fall interest although very little in summer. Plus as one of the first early spring bloomers the plant welcomes pollinators. A tiny little powerhouse of a shrub this compact cultivar of the bush. This mediterranean herb packs perfume into purple blossoms and silvery leaves.

In spring this flowering shrub is one of the first plants to bloom a trait that is always highly valued in the north. Late april to may and again in summer for. Tough comes in a pretty package with english lavender. The bush can be a standout for its fall foliage season if it is grown in full sun.

Why we love it. Cotoneaster is a great groundcover shrub and also works well atop walls or on slopes for erosion control. The low form of cotoneaster provides excellent cover for birds and is a good plant to include in a wildlife friendly garden. 4 6 2 of 10.

Small pink flowers appear in spring and fade to shiny red berries in fall. A compact panicle hydrangea that maxes out at just two to three feet tall and equally as wide this compact flowering shrub. Dwarf english boxwood buxus sempervirens suffruticosa this formal garden icon lined the front walk of my.