Shrubs and vines add height to gardens, providing vertical interest and privacy as well as hiding unsightly structures. And when you plant flowering shrubs and vines, those plants offer beautiful blooms for added color. Plus, if you have limited space, flowering vines can pack more flowers into a small footprint by growing upward rather than outward.
Beautiful Red Flowering Shrubs That Make Your Landscape Pop
Add a vibrant pop of crimson to your landscape with red flowering shrubs. For year-round color, plant shrubs with varying blooms times and some with winter berries, like, well, winterberry. Autumn Fire azalea is an excellent choice for vivid blooms, and a red Knock Out rose offers classic beauty.
Find more stunning red flowering shrubs here.
Pink Flowering Shrubs For Any Garden
From bold magenta to the tranquility of a delicate pale blush, flowering shrubs come in a range of pink hues as well. The right variety of hydrangea can be coaxed into producing lovely pink blooms, and weigela flowers run the gamut from light to hot pink.
Discover more in this list of pink flowering shrubs.
Growing Climbing Honeysuckle Vines In Your Garden
Not only are honeysuckle vines beautiful, but they also smell amazing. Choose a native variety like the stunning coral honeysuckle to avoid introducing an invasive species (like Japanese honeysuckle) and nurture wildlife like bees, butterflies, and even hummingbirds.
Read this honeysuckle growing guide for helpful tips.
Black-Eyed Susan Vine Growing Tips For A Beautiful Burst Of Color
Black-eyed Susan vines are truly stunning with their bright yellow to orange funnel-shaped flowers with contrasting black throats. Typically grown as an annual, they are relatively easy to start from seed and will readily climb a trellis or other provided support, like a fence or simple wire.
Learn more black-eyed Susan vine growing tips.
How To Grow Wisteria Without Overtaking Your Yard
Popular for its breathtaking cascades of purple flowers, wisteria can unfortunately grow out of control quite easily. If you already have an invasive Chinese or Japanese wisteria vine, careful pruning can help keep it in check. Or you can choose an equally lovely native species, like American or Kentucky wisteria, instead.
This wisteria care guide offers more helpful advice for keeping wisteria under control.
Growing Candy Corn Vine
For a unique flower, try the candy corn vine, or firecracker vine. It has striking scarlet tubular flowers with yellow tips for a vibrant bicolor display. Humidity is key, and the vine will live for years if grown in a greenhouse or indoors over winter. It is also wonderfully easy to propagate from cuttings.
Read more in this candy corn vine growing guide.
How to Create a Spectacular Rose Flower Garden
Perhaps the most classic flowering shrub of all is the rose. Knock Out roses make these beautiful shrubs accessible to even the most beginner gardener, and climbing roses add lovely visual interest. From formal gardens to cottage gardens, roses can fit into almost any landscape.
Learn how to choose from the many varieties and how to grow them with these rose garden tips.
