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Summer Blooming Shrubs

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If its summertime where you're at, Forsythias, flowering Quince, many varieties of Azaleas and all the other spring-flowering shrubs in the landscape have finished blooming. During Summer we're watching all the butterflies and hummingbirds flutter and zip around. So what do you have to attract and feed them? Got blooms? If not, you can plant some low-maintenance, beautiful summer-blooming shrubs such as Butterfly Bush and Lantana.

Summer is a great time to plant flowering shrubs in the garden as they will root in very quickly with the warmer soil temperatures. Before you know it, you'll be happily surrounded with color...and happy butterflies and hummingbirds.

Oh, and let's not forget, many summer flowering shrubs produce flowers that can be cut and broiught indoors.

Below is a listing of shrubs that bloom during the Summer. Click on any thumbnail image or link to see detailed description, usage tips and instructions for care.
Black Knight Butterfly Bush
Black Knight Butterfly Bush

Butterfly bushes are known for their prolific blooms...
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Blue Mist Shrub - Caryopteris 'Longwood Blue'
Blue Mist Shrub - Caryopteris 'Long...

Caryopteris 'Longwood Blue', Blue Mist Shrub,, is recog...
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Coral Drift Rose
Coral Drift Rose

Coral Drift has the most compact of all the new, low maintenance Drift Roses. It...
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Crape Myrtle 'Acoma' (Fauriei Hybrid)
Crape Myrtle 'Acoma' (Fauriei Hybrid)

Crape Myrtle 'Acoma' features an abundance of pure whit...
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Crape Myrtle 'Tonto' (Fauriei Hybrid)
Crape Myrtle 'Tonto' (Fauriei Hybrid)

Crape Myrtle 'Tonto' features and abundance of large, d...
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Crape Myrtle 'Velma's Royal Delight'
Crape Myrtle 'Velma's Royal Delight'

Velma's Royal Delight is a dwarf crape myrtle which pro...
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