Flowering Shrubs

Flowering shrubs are a must for colourful hedges, borders and wildlife gardens, wowing you with year-round displays of beautiful blooms, while providing essential habitats for birds and mammals and pollen for bees and butterflies. They’re all grown by our UK growers, so you can be sure you’re getting the hardiest, healthiest plants around.

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  • Berberis 'Admiration' | Japanese Barberry Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Berberis 'Admiration' | Japanese Barberry

    Stunning foliage colour

    • Dwarf, bushy shrub
    • Smalll shrub - grows up to 0.5m
    • Glowing red foliage skirted with yellow
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Cordyline australis | New Zealand Palm | 2L pot Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Cordyline australis | New Zealand Palm

    Shining blades of foliage

    • Tufted to upright shrub
    • Large shrub - grows up to 8m
    • Exuberant evergreen with blade-like rosettes
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Buddleja davidii White Profusion | Butterfly Bush Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Buddleja davidii 'White Profusion' | Butterfly Bush

    Myriad fragrant white blooms

    • Bushy shrub with arching flower stems
    • Large shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Huge white flowers on arching stems
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Spiraea japonica Magic Carpet | 3L pot Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Spiraea japonica 'Magic Carpet'

    Low-growing and utterly lovely

    • Gently domed shrub
    • Smalll shrub - grows up to 0.5m
    • Warm-hued leaves, lovely pink flowers
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Buddleja davidii Pink Delight | Butterfly Bush Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Buddleja davidii 'Pink Delight' | Butterfly Bush

    Flowers like a wizard's hat!

    • Compact, bushy shrub
    • Large shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Bright pink, fragrant flowers, green leaves
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Buddleja davidii Royal Red | Butterfly Bush Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Buddleja davidii 'Royal Red' | Butterfly Bush

    Arching pink flower spears

    • Vigorous, bushy shrub
    • Large shrub - grows up to 5m
    • Large clusters of scented magenta flowers
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Buddleja davidii Empire Blue | Butterfly Bush Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Buddleja davidii 'Empire Blue' | Butterfly Bush

    An incredible butterfly bush

    • Dense, bushy shrub with arching stems
    • Large shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Scented violet blooms on arching branches
    • A pollinator's paradise

    Currently out of stock

  • Buddleja davidii Black Knight | Butterfly Bush Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Buddleja davidii 'Black Knight' | Butterfly Bush

    The darkest-flowered buddleja!

    • Wonderfully bushy shrub with arching stems
    • Large shrub - grows up to 5m
    • Dark purple, honey-scented flowers
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Cytisus Allgold Shrubs
    £23
    £23

    Cytisus 'Allgold'

    A pot of gold your garden needs

    • Densely bushy shrub
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 1.5m
    • Golden blooms boasting a lovely fragrance
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Fatsia japonica Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Fatsia japonica

    Award-winning, exotic evergreen

    • Scene-stealing, spreading shrub
    • Large shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Glossy green, palmately-lobed leaves
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Hydrangea macrophylla Madame Emile Mouillere Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Hydrangea macrophylla 'Madame Emile Mouillere'

    Showy pompom blooms we *love*

    • Graceful, bushy shrub
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 2.5m
    • Billowing white flowers and ovate foliage
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

    Currently out of stock

  • Escallonia Apple Blossom Shrubs
    £15
    £25 £15

    Escallonia 'Apple Blossom'

    An evergreen bee-magnet!

    • Pink & white flowers, evergreen foliage
    • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
    • Average growth rate - 20-40cm per year
    • Grows up to 1.5m

    Currently out of stock

  • Euonymus alatus Blade Runner Shrubs
    £18
    £25 £18

    Euonymus alatus 'Blade Runner'

    A dazzling autumn display

    • Winged leaves and pale flowers
    • The most vibrant red autumn colour
    • Slow growth rate - 10-20cm per year
    • Grows up to 2.5m or keep trimmed at 1-2.5m

    Currently out of stock

  • Abelia Sunshine Daydream Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Abelia 'Sunshine 'Daydream'

    A riot of colour for sunny spots

    • Compact, upright shrub
    • Medium shrub - grows up to 1.5m
    • Semi-evergreen, variegated leaves
    • Eyecatching and easy to care for

    Currently out of stock

  • Abelia grandiflora Shrubs
    £25
    £25

    Abelia grandiflora

    Glossy leaves, fragrant flowers

    • Bushy shrub with arching branches
    • Large shrub - grows up to 4m
    • Semi-evergreen with clusters of pink flowers
    • Hardy and low-maintenance

    Currently out of stock

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Straight from the capable hands of our shrub specialist Danielle to your garden, you can be sure that each bush, hedge and plant is grown to last. Nurtured in the fields of the South Downs and professionally pruned for the best shape, these hardy feature plants will be adding structure, colour and variety to your garden for many years to come.

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Which flowering shrub should you choose?

Which flowering shrub should you choose?

Want some more beautiful blooms for your garden? Want something chunkier than a perennial but not so large as a sprawling tree? Flowering shrubs hold the answer. But which should you choose? Well, there’s plenty to choose from! For early spring blooms, look to forsythia and its sunny yellow flowers. Camellias, too, herald the arrival of springtime, dazzling with a variety of different flower forms. Later in the year, lilacs announce themselves to the world with their pretty purple flowers and sumptuous fragrance. As summer rolls around, hydrangeas come to the fore, along with buddleias, both offering fabulously showy flowers. Late summer into autumn brings abelias, while you can even get some flowers in winter, thanks to winter jasmine.

Planting schemes featuring flowering shrubs

Planting schemes featuring flowering shrubs

Various planting schemes utilise flowering shrubs, including Japanese gardens, cottage gardens, Mediterranean gardens and woodland gardens. Camellias and magnolias are often found in Japanese gardens, rose bushes are a staple of the traditional English cottage garden, while lavender plants, which can be grown into a wonderful flowering hedge, are a mainstay of Mediterranean gardens. If you’re wanting to create a natural, woodland-style garden, then turn your trowel to rhododendrons and azaleas.

Caring for flowering shrubs

Caring for flowering shrubs

Flowering shrubs are generally nice and easy to look after. Most will need regular watering for the first couple of growing seasons until they’re established. Once established, however, watering is only desperately needed during hot, dry spells. Pruning requirements will vary from shrub to shrub, so make sure to check out the growing guide for the plant you’re thinking of choosing. Be sure, too, to check your plant’s spacing requirements. If you’ve only got a small garden, then opting for something vigorous like Japanese quince probably isn’t the smartest idea. Feed in spring with slow-release, general fertiliser and apply a layer of mulch to help retain moisture.

Flowering Shrubs FAQs

What is the easiest flowering shrub to grow?

Most flowering shrubs are nice and easy to grow, but if we were pushed to pick just one, we’d opt for the spectacular forsythia. Also known as golden bells, this jolly shrub tolerates most soils and conditions, requires little in the way of maintenance and delivers fabulous early spring colour to kickstart your garden back into life post-winter.

Are there any winter-flowering shrubs?

Yes, there are winter-flowering shrubs. Our two choices are the shrubby winter honeysuckle (Lonicera fragrantissima) and sweet box (Sarcococca confusa); both are highly fragrant and produce their beautiful blooms between December and March. What’s not to like?

What is the fastest growing flowering shrub?

Buddleias are pretty rapid growers, growing upwards of 60cm per year given good growing conditions. Weigelas are also known for speedy growth, commonly reaching 50cm to 60cm of growth each year.

Which shrubs flower in summer?

There are plenty of summer-flowering shrubs to choose from, including hydrangeas, , St. John’s wort, ceanothus, escallonia, shrub roses, abelia, hibiscus and potentilla to name just a few. Is September too late to plant shrubs?

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