Plant type

Shrubs

278 shrubs in the BloomsEye library, with bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs.

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How this list is made

Derived from each plant's type, the library's own growth-habit classification, as stored in the BloomsEye library, which was written with AI assistance. Of these 278 plants, 119 have been checked against outside sources (11 fully verified); the rest have not been checked yet, and each plant's own page says which. The cards are AI-generated illustrations.

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Hydrangea Types Compared Long-Blooming Shrubs

Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbotswood'

Full sunZones 2–72.5 ftLow

Lagerstroemia 'Acoma'

Full sunZones 7–108 ftLow

Camellia japonica 'Alba Plena'

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam'

Full sunZones 2–76 ftModerate

American Beautyberry

Callicarpa americana

Part sunZones 6–106 ftModerate

American Boxwood

Buxus sempervirens

Full sunZones 5–810 ftModerate

American Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Full sunZones 3–98.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Anah Kruschke'

Part shadeZones 5–96 ftModerate

Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle'

Part sunZones 3–95 ftModerate

Anthony Waterer

Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'

Full sunZones 4–83.5 ftModerate

Hibiscus syriacus 'Aphrodite'

Full sunZones 5–98 ftModerate

Camellia japonica 'April Rose'

Part shadeZones 6–96 ftModerate

Hamamelis × intermedia 'Arnold Promise'

Part sunZones 5–811 ftModerate

Viburnum dentatum

Full sunZones 3–88 ftModerate

Gardenia jasminoides 'August Beauty'

Part sunZones 8–115 ftHigh

Part shadeZones 5–94 ftModerate

Buxus microphylla 'Baby Gem'

Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate

Bearberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri

Full sunZones 5–812 inModerate

Beauty of Moscow

Syringa vulgaris 'Krasavitsa Moskvy'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Part sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'

Full sunZones 5–85 ftModerate

Ilex verticillata 'Spravy'

Full sunZones 3–98 ftHigh

Ilex verticillata 'FarrowBPop'

Full sunZones 3–94 ftHigh

Beyond Midnight Bluebeard

Caryopteris × clandonensis 'CT-9-12'

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow

Bigleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

Part sunZones 5–95 ftHigh

Black Beauty Elderberry

Sambucus nigra 'Gerda'

Full sunZones 4–810 ftModerate

Black Diamond Red Hot

Lagerstroemia 'Black Diamond Red Hot'

Full sunZones 7–911 ftLow

Buddleia davidii 'Black Knight'

Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Black Lace Elderberry

Sambucus nigra 'Eva'

Full sunZones 4–77 ftModerate

Viburnum prunifolium

Full sunZones 3–913 ftModerate

Bloomerang Purple

Syringa 'Bloomerang Purple'

Full sunZones 3–75 ftModerate

BloomStruck Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'PIIHM-II'

Part shadeZones 5–93.5 ftModerate

Hibiscus syriacus 'Oiseau Bleu'

Full sunZones 5–98 ftModerate

Hibiscus syriacus 'Blue Chiffon'

Full sunZones 5–98 ftModerate

Buddleia 'Lo & Behold Blue Chip'

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftLow

Rhododendron 'Blue Peter'

Part shadeZones 5–85 ftModerate

Caryopteris × clandonensis

Full sunZones 5–92.5 ftModerate

Hibiscus syriacus 'Blushing Bride'

Full sunZones 5–98 ftModerate

Hydrangea paniculata 'Ilvobo'

Full sunZones 3–82.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Boule de Neige'

Part shadeZones 4–84 ftModerate

Full sunZones 5–94 ftModerate

Spiraea × vanhouttei

Full sunZones 3–86 ftModerate

Viburnum × burkwoodii

Full sunZones 4–88 ftModerate

Buddleia davidii

Full sunZones 5–96.5 ftLow

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Full sunZones 5–98.5 ftModerate

California Flannel Bush 'Ken Taylor'

Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor'

Full sunZones 8–115 ftLow

California Flannel Bush 'Pacific Sunset'

Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'

Full sunZones 8–1116 ftLow

California Flannelbush

Fremontodendron californicum

Full sunZones 8–1115 ftLow

California Lilac

Ceanothus 'Concha'

Full sunZones 8–118 ftLow

Camellia japonica

Part shadeZones 7–96.5 ftModerate

Rhododendron 'Capistrano'

Part shadeZones 5–84 ftModerate

Lagerstroemia 'Catawba'

Full sunZones 7–1011 ftLow

Chardonnay Pearls Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis 'Duncan'

Full sunZones 5–82.5 ftModerate

Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly'

Full sunZones 3–710 ftModerate

Lagerstroemia 'Cherry Dazzle'

Full sunZones 7–104 ftLow

Chinese Fringe Flower

Loropetalum chinense

Part sunZones 7–98 ftModerate

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Mindia'

Full sunZones 3–78 ftModerate

Coral Tropical Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Full sunZones 9–115 ftModerate

Cranberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Full sunZones 4–72.5 ftModerate

Full sunZones 6–1013 ftLow

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