Spring and autumn are the two "transitional" seasons in many regions, and each is blessed with abundant landscape color -- assuming you've taken the time to install the right plants! Along with flowering trees, the flowering shrubs of spring are a must-have for your yard.
Yes, our springs would be much the poorer without the color display afforded by the flowering shrubs. Forsythia shrubs announce spring's arrival, and lilac shrubs bid it adieu, ushering in the summer.
Along the way, we're entertained by a number of other beauties; for a sampling of which, please click here to browse my flowering shrub resources. For those who prefer a visual overview, please see my pictures of flowering shrubs.
There are also later-blooming flowering shrubs and sub-shrubs that will inject color into the summer landscape, such as the hibiscus plant pictured above.
Next, we'll turn our attention to that other colorful season, autumn....
