Zone 3 Shrubs For Sun

Butterfly bush is like a summer flowering lilac.

Zone 3 shrubs for sun. The types of hydrangeas that change colour depending on soil ph mophead hydrangeas like in the picture are not hardy here they are a shrub grown mostly in the southern usa. 2 to 9 depending on cultivar sun exposure. The snowball blossom clusters begin green but mature into snowy white balls about 8 inches in diameter. And because it s on a list of dwarf flowering shrubs for small gardens it s important to note that this rose reaches just three feet tall and wide.

Alpine currant ribes alpinum annalisa getty images. The tags often just say zone 5 if anything but it s the usda zone map which prairie canada is zone 1 1b on their map. Bees and butterflies love it. Happily butterfly bushes offer a longer bloom season than lilacs.

Acorns in the fall. This sun lover has brilliant blue blooms in late summer to fall when many other flowering shrubs are done with their annual show. One cultivar to look at is northern gold forsythia forsythia northern gold one of the shrubs for zone 3 gardens that blooms in spring. From summer into autumn especially if you pinch off the old flower clusters as they start to fade.

Flamingo willow salix integra flamingo. Acer ginnala full sun to part shade hardy in zones 3 6 hardy and rugged this large hardy shrub is stunning in fall turning brilliant yellow and red. In fact forsythia is usually the first shrub to flower and its brilliant yellow showy flowers can light up your backyard. Site them in a spot that gets sun.

Blue balloon beyond midnight. Well drained dry or moist. Alpine currant bears fruit but it is dioecious so you need both male and female plants for pollination. 13 best shrubs for full sun gold mound spirea spiraea japonica gold mound.

Will grow 60 to 100 feet tall. Both the male and female shrubs produce berries but. This cultivar is called flamingo because of the reddish pink coloration of. Bright blue flowering shrub for full sun.

Requiring little more than full sun and an occasional top dressing of an organic granulated rose fertilizer this variety withstands winters down to 30 degrees f. It s most striking planted in a mass as a border. The spiraea genus is known for its flowering displays and the blooms. The blooms appear in similar colors purple lavender blue pink and white and are deliciously fragrant.

Bur oak quercus macrocarpa zone 3 to 8 full sun or part sun with moist to dry soil. Hydrangea arborescens annabelle blooms and grows happily in zone 3.