Must-have shrubs
By: Garden Gate staff
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Multiseason stunners
There might not be much blooming in the garden, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have lots of color! Shrubs with multiseason interest have unique traits that make them beautiful even when they’re not in flower.
The three shrubs ahead offer tons of year-round interest — look for these, or others that rebloom or have foliage that changes color in fall — the next time you’re at the garden center.
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Double Play® Big Bang spirea Spiraea ‘Tracy’
Type Shrub
Blooms Large pink summer blooms, orange spring foliage turns deep yellow in summer and golden-orange in fall
Light Full sun to part shade
Size 2 to 3 ft. tall and wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 4 to 9
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 9 to 1
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Tiny Wine® ninebark Physocarpus opulifolious ‘SMPOTW’
Type Shrub
BloomsWhite flowers in late spring, bronze to maroon foliage all year long, dwarf
Light Full sun
Size 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 8
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 8 to 1
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Bloomerang® Purple lilac Syringa x ‘Penda’
Type Shrub
Blooms Purple flowers in early spring, and again in midsummer to fall
Light Full sun
Size 4 to 5 ft. tall and wide
Cold-hardy USDA zones 3 to 7
Heat-tolerant AHS zones 7 to 1
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