21 Of The Prettiest Flowering Shrubs For Hedges

Name: Lagerstroemia Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to five feet tall and four feet wide Zones: 6-10 Buy It: Crape Myrtle Tree ($45, The Home Depot) Test Garden Tip: In Zones 5 and 6, where crape myrtles die most winters, treat the shrubs as perennials and cut them to the ground before growth begins in the spring. Name: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’ Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to eight feet tall and wide Zones: 3-8 Name: Viburnum selections Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 16 feet tall and 12 feet wide Zones: 2-8 Buy It: Chinese Snowball Viburnum ($33, The Home Depot) Name: Clethra alnifolia Growing Conditions: Full sun to shade in medium moist to wet soil Size: Up to eight feet tall and six feet wide Zones: 3-9 Name: Caryopteris clandonensis Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to four feet tall and wide Zones: 5-9 Name: Physocarpus selections Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in dry to medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to eight feet tall and six feet wide Zones: 2-8 Name: Weigela florida Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall and 12 feet wide Zones: 4-8 Buy It: Czechmark Trilogy (Weigela) Live Shrub ($30, The Home Depot) Name: Rosa selections Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to four feet tall and wide Zones: 5-9 Name: Potentilla fruticosa Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to four feet tall and five feet wide Zones: 3-7 Buy It: Gold Drop Potentilla Shrub Beautiful Dwarf Shrub ($30, The Home Depot) Name: Kolkwitzia amabilis Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall and wide Zones: 4-8 Name: Syringa spp. Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 30 feet tall and wide Zones: 3-7 Buy It: Scentara Double Blue Lilac ($21, The Home Depot) Name: Fothergilla gardenii Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in moist, acidic, well-drained soil Size: Up to three feet tall and four feet wide Zones: 5-8 Name: Vitex agnus-castus Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall and 8 feet wide Zones: 6-9 Buy It: Shoal Creek Vitex ($62, Lowe’s) Name: Hibiscus moscheutos Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist to wet, well-drained soil Size: Up to seven feet tall and four feet wide Zones: 5-9 Name: Rhododendron spp. Growing Conditions: Part shade in medium moist, well-drained acidic soil Size: Up to three feet tall and wide Zones: 7-9 Buy It: Autumn Royalty Encore Azalea ($17, The Home Depot) Name: Callicarpa dichotoma Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in moist clay or sand enriched with organic matter. Size: Up to six feet tall and wide Zones: 5-10 Buy It: Pearl Glam Beautyberry ($17, The Home Depot) Name: Spiraea prunifolia Growing Conditions: Full sun in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to eight feet tall and wide Zones: 5-8 Buy It: Bridal Wreath Spirea Flowering Shrub ($57, The Home Depot) Name: Hypericum kalmianum ‘Deppe’ Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to three feet tall and four feet wide Zones: 4-8 Buy It: Creeping St. Johns Wart Plant ($12, The Home Depot) Name: Forsythia selections Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall and wide Zones: 5-8 Name: Deutzia Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist, well-drained soil Size: Up to 10 feet tall and wide Zones: 5-8 Buy It: Deutzia ($16, The Home Depot) Name: Nerium oleander Growing Conditions: Full sun to part shade in medium moist soil Size: Up to eight feet tall and five feet wide Zones: 8-10