Choosing the best flowering shrubs for your garden? Compare lilac, hydrangea, and crepe myrtle side by side: bloom season, hardiness, maintenance, and which suits your climate and style.
Few flowering shrubs stop a garden visitor in their tracks quite like a hydrangea in full bloom or a lilac weighted down with fragrant purple plumes. Both have devoted followings — and for good reason. They deliver some of the most spectacular displays in the temperate garden. But they are very different plants, and choosing the wrong one for your …
Weigela vs Hydrangea: Which Flowering Shrub Is Right for You? Weigela and hydrangea are two of the most beloved flowering shrubs in the British and North American garden. Both deliver a generous flush of colour each year, both are widely available from garden centres, and both have earned their place in borders ranging from cottage plots to contemporary landscapes. Yet …
Mountain Laurel vs Rhododendron: Differences & How to Choose Mountain laurel and rhododendron are two of the most spectacular flowering shrubs you can grow in a shade garden. Both are broad-leaved evergreens that thrive in acidic soil, produce show-stopping spring blooms, and tolerate the dappled light beneath trees that defeats most other flowering plants. At first glance they look almost …