{"id":6399,"date":"2017-08-07T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6399"},"modified":"2017-07-31T15:33:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T19:33:22","slug":"flowering-shrubs-of-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/08\/07\/flowering-shrubs-of-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowering Shrubs of Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rose of Sharon (Althea)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Plumleaf azalea (close-up)<\/p><\/div>\n

In several areas of the U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 6-9), summer landscapes along the east and west coast and Southern U.S. are filled with these botanical beauties:<\/p>\n

Panicle hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata<\/em>) – so many great choices of these hydrangeas, mostly with lime white flowers starting in July into August. Most popular cultivars\u00a0are ‘Limelight’, ‘Little Lime, ‘Quickfire’, ‘Vanilla Strawberry’, ‘Diamond Rouge’, ‘Bobo’.<\/p>\n

Bigleaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla<\/em>) – \u00a0Bloomstruck\u00ae series, Endless Summer\u00ae series, LA Dreamin\u00ae, ‘Nikko Blue’, Lets Dance\u00ae Diva\u00a0collection are among the winter hardiest to date<\/p>\n

Chastetree (Vitex agnus-castus<\/em>) -10-15 feet shrub in color choices ranging from purple (also lavender, pink and white) blooming; new dwarf 5-8 feet cultivars are coming to garden centers in near\u00a0future. The current popular forms are\u00a0‘Shoals Creek’, ‘Montrose Purple’ and ‘Woodlander’s White’.<\/p>\n

Summer sweetshrub (Clethra alnifolia<\/em>), aka sweet pepperidge is an absolute bee favorite in my garden. Popular cultivars include ‘Sixteen Candles’, ‘Rosea’, and ‘Hummingbird’.<\/p>\n

Flowering abelia (Abelia x grandifolia<\/em>) – choose old-fashioned shrubs @ 12-15 feet;, modern compact cultivars at 4-6\u00a0feet such as \u00a0Rose Creek\u00ae, ‘Mardi Gras’, Canyon Creek\u00ae,and ‘Ed Goucher’; low growing types \u00a02-3 feet bsuch as Kaleidoscope\u00ae, ‘Confettii’, ‘Sherwood’\u00a0.<\/p>\n

Altheas or Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus<\/em>) -choose from Chiffon\u00ae series, ‘Blue Bird’, Roman Goddess series from U.S. National Arboretum (Aphrodite’, ‘Minerva’, ‘Diana’, and ‘Helene’).<\/p>\n

Crape myrtles (Lagerstroemia x<\/em>) – white, pink, rosy-pink, lavender, and red crape myrtles; available to four size catergories: tree (26-30 feet), intermediate (13 -20 feet), semi-dwarf (5-12 feet), and dwarf (3-5 feet).<\/p>\n

Bluebeard shrubs (Carypteris x clandonensis<\/em>) – small 2-3 feet high compact shrub that bloom from mid-summer into fall . Select cultivars ‘Dark Knight’, Longwood Blue\u00ae, Beyond Midnight\u00ae, Grand Bleu\u00ae, and Petite Bleu\u00ae; also gold leaf \u00a0‘Worcester Gold’.<\/p>\n

Blue Mist shrubs (Caryopteris divaricata<\/em>) – taller \u00a0growing @ 4-6 feet and also bloom from\u00a0late summer into fall; select from Snow Fairy\u00ae and ‘Blue Butterflies’.<\/p>\n

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Caryopteris divaricata ‘Snow Fairy’ at Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC<\/p><\/div>\n

Additional choices available from specialty nurseries include\u00a0plumleaf azalea (Rhododendron prunifolium<\/em>) and butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii) that\u00a0bloom through most of the summer into autumn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In several areas of the U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 6-9), summer landscapes along the east and west coast and Southern U.S. are filled with these botanical beauties: Panicle hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata) – so many great choices of these hydrangeas, mostly with lime white flowers starting in July into August. Most popular cultivars\u00a0are ‘Limelight’, ‘Little Lime, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1034,1218,747,1304,963,696,749,299,710,144,914,645,10,1012,628,1164,745,675,853,1385,761,729,712,630,1184,7,1085],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6399"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9852,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6399\/revisions\/9852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}