what are some of the best flowering bushes too plant around your home?

Answer 1

in addition to the above, azaleas, camelias, mock orange, spirea, rose of sharon,
Heck just go for it. Pay attention to the sun and drainage requirements. As suggested above, try the site for Wayside Gardens and click to tres and shrubs
http://www.waysidegardens.com also try
http://www.whiteflowerfarms.com go right to spring and down to shrubs.

Answer 2

Disease resistant roses are always beautiful and you can cut the flowers; "burning bush"-this one doesn't flower but has green leaves all summer, then turn a fiery red in fall. They would make a beautiful backdrop for your flowering bushes; Hydrangeas are beautiful and you can dry the flowers to use in the house or arrangements. There are so many others, visit Jackson and Perkins or Wayside Gardens websites.

Answer 3

I am in zone 9 on the coast where winds are high.....we use a lot of Esperanza (yellow bright blooms), Duranta (the best purple),Canyon Daisies (little bitty covered in yellow blooms), Jatropha in both pink and red, lantana in every color, all of Jackson and Perkins easy to grow and disease free roses, Dwarf oleanders and the big ones, Plumbago, all kinds of hardy hibiscus and the tender ones, Datura, all the angolinas....the summer snapdragons, and I could type and type....fun gardening

Answer 4

In my garden which doesn't get very cold: forsythia, flowering quince, azaleas, camellias, hydrangeas, cape plumbago, potato vine, princess flower, spirea (bridal wreathe) oleanders, tea tree, and Osmanthus fragrans for its fragrance.

Answer 5

Lilacs, butterfly bush, spirea (especially "bridal wreath" variety--very beautiful), and weigela are some of my favorites.

Answer 6

Lilac (scent), buddlea (attracts butterflys), roses (scent and colour), viburmun (scent), winter flowering jasmine (winter colour), Hammenelis (winter scent), dogwoods (winter colour).

Answer 7

Gardenia and Forsythia are nice also.

Answer 8

I the south we have Azela's and roses.