What is the most beautiful evergreen flowering shrub?
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. Popular choices include photinia ‘red robin’, camellia, skimmia, pittosporum, hebe, choisya, and box (buxus) — all reliable, low-maintenance shrubs that offer lasting texture and colour.
Are there perennials that bloom all summer long?
Echinacea ) Nothing screams summer more than the tropical hues from coneflower! These long-blooming perennials thrive in the summer and adapt to nearly any landscape with well-drained soil and plenty of sun. Other than that, coneflowers are extremely low-maintenance and great for beginners. In general, daylilies are a great perennial addition, but the Stella de Oro’s are some of the earliest and longest blooming varieties. Coneflowers or echinacea have perennial flowers that bloom through summer in pink, purple, white, orange, red, or yellow. Butterflies and other pollinators love coneflowers!Some of the best include Geranium Rozanne, famous for its incredibly long flowering season, and Salvia Caradonna, which blooms early and often. Gaura Whirling Butterflies, Verbena bonariensis, Scabiosa Butterfly Blue and Nepeta Six Hills Giant also flower for much of the summer.