Best Shrubs For Sunny Borders

They ll tolerate some shade.

Best shrubs for sunny borders. Cotton lavender santolina chamaecyparissus is a mediterranean native so is perfectly suited to the sunny conditions of a south facing border. This widely adapted plant grows upright from 4 to 6 feet high with an equal or greater spread. Why we love it. Rudely and unfairly called sneezeweed helenium butterpat usda hardiness zones 4 8 makes the grade for its masses of sunny yellow flowers in august and september.

Oakleaf hydrangea hydrangea quercifolia is a shrub for all seasons with large showy cone shaped flower clusters in early summer outstanding fall color and handsome cinnamon colored flaking bark in winter. There are thousands of types of evergreen bushes in every imaginable height shape and color. Other species and cultivars of helenium come in russet red and in orange but yellow is my favorite. There are lots of herbaceous perennials you could plant but many tall perennials are best avoided in wider borders they blend in with shorter plants but alone you ll be left with rather stark naked stems.

One of the best ways to deal with a narrow border is to use the vertical space by growing climbing plants or trained trees and shrubs. Whether you live in the snowy north or the sunny south evergreens provide year round color texture and privacy. The aromatic foliage grows to form a neat mound and in summer yellow pom pom shaped flowers appear. We all love the cistus shrub genus not only are these plants easy to maintain they have a good bushy habit and provide a long lasting splash of summer colour.

Some good full sun border plants that are well suited to most areas include. Achillea creeping phlox delosperma evening primrose oenothera gaillardia iris kniphofia poppies papaver salvia perennial varieties verbascum sedum. Viburnums are some of the toughest shrubs out there and these spring bloomers have pretty white to pinkish white blooms with a distinctively spicy scent and attractive reddish fall foliage. From evergreen flowering shrubs to dwarf evergreen shrubs here are our favorite varieties for your yard.

In ideal conditions it ll grow to around 1 metre tall and 1 5 metres wide. Here are some of the best summer flowering perennials that are particularly easy to grow in drought like conditions. Yarrow shasta daisy coreopsis purple coneflower blanket flower russian sage butterfly weed lavender sedum daylily verbena bee balm aster lamb s ear. This particular specimen is a hardy evergreen shrub with a dense habit.

Note the number of hours of sunshine the position receives as the seasons change consider the ultimate height and spread of the shrub as well as rate of growth assess the microclimate of your garden and choose suitable plants.