Zen Garden

One way to bring color and beauty to your garden is by planting some bushes that have flowers on them. These plants do not take a lot of effort to take care of and usually can be put just about anywhere in a person’s back yard or other places as desired. Some of these flowing plants will give you beautiful flowers all year long if you pick the right varieties.

Types of Bushes With Flowers

There are many types of these pretty flowing shrubs. All of these will provide both ground cover and different kinds of flowers, and some are good for attracting wildlife such as birds, bees, butterflies and more. Some of the best ones are:

Butterfly Bush

This scrub can bring you the joy and beauty of both flowers and butterflies. It comes in more than a hundred types and also attracts hummingbirds.

Lilac Bush

The lilac bush is unique because it can actually live up to 100 years and there are more than 20 different kinds. They grow between two and 10 meters tall and come in the colors of pink, white, purple and lilac. The flowers appear in the spring.

Azaleas Bush

Azaleas also come in many types and colors. Some of the popular colors are pink, white, orange, purple, red or yellow. They grow from about one to 15 feet tall.

Abelia Bush

The Abelia is part of the honeysuckle family and can grow to a size between one and six meters. The flowers are white and pink and shaped like bells.

Callicarpa Bush

The Callicarpa have white and pink flowers and are also called beautyberry plants. There are about 150 kinds of these bushes.

No matter which of these you choose, they will all bring color, beauty and fragrant flowers to your yard for your whole family to enjoy. You just have to make sure they get the proper amounts of water, sun, fertilizer and attention. Plus, be sure to pick the kinds that grow in your planting region. They can be found in many different colors, sizes, and varieties so there are some that everyone will enjoy.