Top 10 Shrubs For Seasonal Color

Read on below to discover more of these useful shrubs to provide colorful blooms throughout the season.

3. Lilacs

Big, beautiful, fragrant — what more could you ask of lilacs?. David Beaulieu

Lilac’s blossoms pick up where forsythia’s leave off. This May-flowering bush has one of the yard’s most fragrant flowers. Although various cultivars are now marketed (I, myself have grown ‘Bloomerang’ and ‘Miss Kim’), I prefer the smell of the old-fashioned lilacs.
4. Rose of Sharon

Hibiscus flowering shrubs such as the one pictured here are popular in part for their late-season blooms. Wendy Cutler/ Flickr/

As a summer-flowering bush with a long blooming period, rose of sharon occupies something of a strategic spot on this list of shrubs: it helps bridge the gap in yard color between the spring displays put on by flowering bushes and displays offered by bushes with fall color.

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