I love flowers as much as the next gardener—I find the riot of spring blooms pure delight. But I’m a greedy gardener and I want more! At home, and in most of my client gardens, space is at a premium, so I try to select plants that will provide enjoyment for multiple seasons—and the larger the plant, the more I expect. When choosing shrubs, this typically means they’re bringing it with one or more of these attributes:
Fantastic foliage: an eye-catching solid color; lively variegation; attractive new growth; or perhaps an evolution of varied effects that mark progress of the seasons
Attractive bark or showy winter stems
Colorful blooms, with extra credit for blooming in a quiet season
In this post you'll find a gallery of garden vignettes built around hardworking, multi-season shrubs like these. I've assembled a collection of individual plants that do the same—and on the site you'll find plant combo ideas that include them.
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