What is the most durable shrub?
First up: One of the garden’s most resilient shrubs, hydrangeas offer bountiful flowers (perfect for cutting) on sturdy stems and tolerate a variety of soils, as with this beauty (pictured), ‘Let’s Dance Rhapsody Blue,’ a reblooming bigleaf hydrangea with a compact habit. In the western U. S. California lilac is one of the best hydrangea alternatives. It loves full sun and well-draining soil, and has both evergreen and deciduous varieties. There are many different species, so check your local native plant nursery for their recommendations.
What plants are good for outside all year round?
Evergreen flowering perennials will keep their green foliage all year, long after the blooming season is over. Many herbs are particularly known for being great practical flowering plants with evergreen foliage, such as lavender, rosemary, and salvia, among others. Any list of the best evergreen shrubs would be incomplete without gorgeous lavender. With scented silver-green foliage and lovely flowers in shades of purple, lilac and pink, this well-loved hardy shrub is attractive, versatile, deeply fragrant and acts as a magnet for bees and other pollinators.Plants for Sun From knockout roses and vibrant coneflowers to gorgeous grasses and fragrant lavender, this collection of plants thrives in full-sun or part-sun environments.