Small-growing plants are the perfect additions to any yard. They provide an area for privacy as well as provide blooms throughout the year. There are many dwarf or miniature flowers that make wonderful additions to a landscaping with flowers. Allowing you to create an attractive flower landscape in a small space that is easy on the eye.
Dense shrub or trees of dwarf flowering shrubs can be used as accent pieces in your backyard or garden landscape. Smaller shrub bushes look spectacular planted at the base of a tree, shrubbery, or even along a walkway. Small shrub flowers are perfect for adding accents to walkways, patios, driveways, and backyards. You can even plant them next to flower bushes in your yard. Dense shrub or trees of dwarfing shrub can fill an entire area of a larger yard and make it look like a small garden.
Dense shrub varieties such as the hibiscus, azalea, and catalpa can be used for creating an attractive display along walkways, patios, in your backyard, and around your home. These shrub varieties can grow up to ten feet tall and bloom for years. The flowers in the fall will be ready to begin decorating for the holidays. Many people choose these dwarf flowering shrubs because they do not grow as tall as the bigger varieties.
Many gardeners prefer rhododendron. These easy to care for hardy shrub varieties are becoming popular for flower displays. These beautiful flowering plants are native to North America and bloom all over the world. They grow to three to four feet tall with flowers ranging from pink to purple. The rhododendron flowers are blue, white, pink, purple or red in color depending on the species.
Other dwarf plants you may want to consider planting are the Japanese pines, hibiscus, orchids, blue star magnolia, and passion flower. These flowering plants are best planted in a container and not in a garden. The Japanese pines can easily be grown in a container garden, but the hibiscus and orchids need a dedicated outdoor location for a blooming time. All of these flowers are native to North America, Australia, and South America. The blue star or magnolia is also native to Europe and Africa.
Flower beds should be carefully planned out before planting anything. Perennial flower beds such as the crabgrass, daffodil, and phlox can last for several years if they are properly maintained. Be sure to plan ahead when planting and choose the correct size of shrub borders. Shrubs like the classic cedar shaded flower bed. While the crabgrass and daffodils will grow quickly and thrive in full sun, the phlox needs shade during the cooler months.
Low-growing shrubby plants make an attractive focal point when planted along a walkway, patio, or flower bed. There are many different varieties of dwarf flowering shrubs available including ficus, azalea, cherry blossom, elm, Hawaiian umbrella tree, larch, Oahu spice plant, plumeria, regalas, rose of Sharon, sugar cane, and the traditional hibiscus. Some of these plants are very low-growing, making them ideal for small areas. If you’re looking for a blooming low-growing shrub to anchor your planting area, the hibiscus is a perfect choice. The flowers are small and fragrant.
Hibiscus flowers can be compact flowering shrub or bush. The flowers, which appear to be tiny hand-sized pearls, start to open in late spring and bloom for several weeks before losing their fragrance in late summer. The fragrance is also a sweet, lovely smell reminiscent of strawberries or chocolate. The foliage is a creamy pink color, somewhat rounded, with short leaves. The trunk of the hibiscus, a straight column, is a rich dark pink color.