Low Maintenance Flower Bed Bushes

This evergreen perennial totes white or purple coloring and earns points in the low maintenance shrub department for its adaptability in acidic soil.

Low maintenance flower bed bushes.

These 10 flowering shrubs are a great place to start. Many shrubs also have flowers so choose a range of shrubs to provide a display all year such as witch hazel dogwood and cotinus smoke tree for winter interest and camellias azaleas and rhododendrons for spring. Low maintenance shrubs for raised beds and rock gardens lavender lavenders are small evergreen shrubs with aromatic foliage and purple flowers during the summer. This tenacious perennial spreads rapidly thrives in full.

Low growing mats of creeping thyme are covered in teeny purple or white flowers in late spring which makes it a haven for pollinators. Cistus small evergreen shrub with pink or white flowers in early summer. The rainbow fizz can grow taller than many other flowering shrubs so it is an excellent candidate for a border plant or you could plant it at the back of a corner for a showy display. You can choose blooms in a rainbow of hues including white red gold pink rust and burgundy.

Lithodora heavenly blue small creeping shrub with blue flowers in spring. Plus as one of the first early spring bloomers the plant welcomes pollinators. Dress up your late summer and fall scenery with the dependable performance of small flowered garden mums. You can t go wrong with planting the spirea.