Flowering shrubs

Shrubs flowering in the Summer

Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) has beautiful flowers in the summer, but the foliage is a favorite of Japanese Beetles and a number of other hungry vegetariens. It is a large growing shrub. Flowers of 'Lohengrin' have a great shape and texture	Lavender Chiffon - looking a bit pale on the photo, but the flowers really are a beautiful soft lavender-blue.	Helene sets little or no seed and flowers longer than most other varieties.
	Potentilla is a useful landscaping shrub with a long bloom season and happy looking mostly yellow flowers. the foliage contrast well with bold textured plants, such as hydrangeas and broadleaf evergreens. Potentillas look best if regularly pruned.
	Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii) is the staple in every butterfly garden (the white varieties seem to work the best!). It is a colorful, long-blooming and intensly fragrant shrub. Best planted in a location that is protected from harsh winter winds. It will die down in the winter, but shoot out from low down in late spring. Then it can still grow to 8 ft. tall in the same season. It is somewhat scraggly and needs well-shaped partners.
	Weigela 'Wine and Roses' has hot pink flowers and dark chocolate-purple foliage. Minuet is more compact and has green foliage that is usually tinted with purple (not visible in photo). 'White Knight' is a good white-flowering variety. Photos of 'French Lace' and the dwarf varieties 'Midnight Wine' and 'Monet' will be posted later. All of these have colorful foliage.


Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia Hybrids) blooms in early summer.

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue' is a strong grower and reliable	Hydrangea macrophylla 'Coerulea' needs a sheltered site in our climate	The Hydrangeas information will be re-worked at some point.