01/30/2025
Easy low maintenance fun textured sun loving shrubs for the win!
Sumac is lovely for its fern like chartreuse green foliage, gets about 6 ft tall and is compact, it has a rounded habit, velvety branches and its fall colored foliage is heavenly!
Ninebarks have an array of colors spreading 3-10 feel depending on variety. Attract pollinators with its cute little bloom in spring. My favorite is the bark as it exfoliates or peels away in layers. Great texture in garden particularly in the winter!
Butterfly Bush continuously blooms, has and array of colors and is fragrant! Dwarf variety available or can grow between 3 to 12 feet tall. I have heard these called a trash bush and I highly disagree. Butterfly Bush for the win and pollinators love me for it!
Caryopteris pairs well in mixed perennial gardens. Echinacea, black eyed Susan and ornamental grasses complement this gal well. Clusters of blue flowers bloom late summer to early fall. Only gets 2 to 3 feet tall and wide.
Black Lace Elderberry can spread 6-8 feet tall and wide. The foliage is phenomenal for its deep almost black color. Probably my favorite shrub in the perennial garden bed!
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