Low Maintenance Flower Bed Bushes

These 10 flowering shrubs are a great place to start.

Low maintenance flower bed bushes.

This tenacious perennial spreads rapidly thrives in full. Lithodora heavenly blue small creeping shrub with blue flowers in spring. The rainbow fizz can grow taller than many other flowering shrubs so it is an excellent candidate for a border plant or you could plant it at the back of a corner for a showy display. Low growing mats of creeping thyme are covered in teeny purple or white flowers in late spring which makes it a haven for pollinators.

Many shrubs also have flowers so choose a range of shrubs to provide a display all year such as witch hazel dogwood and cotinus smoke tree for winter interest and camellias azaleas and rhododendrons for spring. These small low maintenance plants get the job done and look great while they do. Plus as one of the first early spring bloomers the plant welcomes pollinators. This evergreen perennial totes white or purple coloring and earns points in the low maintenance shrub department for its adaptability in acidic soil.

This perennial is reliable low maintenance and a strong contributor to autumn color. Peach lemonade rose rosa. Cistus small evergreen shrub with pink or white flowers in early summer. Dress up your late summer and fall scenery with the dependable performance of small flowered garden mums.