Welcome Spring Color to Your Garden

Gardening is all about fresh growth, colorful blooms, and bringing your landscape back to life. If you’re ready to refresh your flowerbeds and create a space filled with vibrant color, now is the perfect time to plant flowering shrubs.

Planting now gives shrubs time to establish healthy roots and settle into your landscape, rewarding you with beautiful blooms throughout the seasons ahead. From classic favorites filled with fragrance to pollinator-friendly varieties and bold statements, these shrubs offer endless ways to add color and personality to your outdoor spaces.

Explore our favorite flowering shrubs to plant now!

Altheas

Altheas, often called Rose of Sharon, bring beautiful blooms and graceful structure to the landscape. Their colorful flowers create a cottage garden feel while attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to your outdoor spaces.

These versatile shrubs make beautiful additions to flowerbeds and create vertical interest throughout the garden.

Gardenias

Gardenias bring elegance and fragrance together in one unforgettable plant. Their creamy white blooms and glossy green foliage make them a beautiful choice for patios, entryways, and garden borders.

Plant Gardenias near seating areas or walkways where their sweet fragrance can be enjoyed throughout the season.

Hydrangeas

Hydrangeas are a garden favorite for good reason. Their large, show-stopping blooms instantly brighten flowerbeds, patios, and landscape borders while adding timeless beauty to any garden setting.

Available in a variety of colors and bloom forms, Hydrangeas create eye-catching displays and make wonderful additions to fresh-cut arrangements. Their lush blooms and classic appeal make them a staple for spring gardens.

Texas Sage

Texas Sage brings soft silvery foliage and gorgeous purple blooms that add texture and color to landscapes. Its unique appearance pairs beautifully with both colorful flowering plants and classic garden designs.

This Texas favorite creates a striking presence and offers beauty with very little maintenance.

Roses

Few flowers capture stunning garden beauty quite like Roses. Available in countless colors, forms, and bloom styles, Roses bring classic charm and continuous color to the garden.

Whether planted in decorative containers or incorporated into flowerbeds, Roses create stunning focal points throughout your landscape.

Abelias

Abelias are beloved for their graceful shape, glossy foliage, and delicate blooms. Their soft appearance adds movement and texture while attracting butterflies and pollinators to the garden.

Many varieties also provide colorful foliage interest throughout multiple seasons, making them a beautiful addition beyond bloom time.

Azaleas

Nothing says spring quite like Azaleas in full bloom. Their vibrant flowers create breathtaking displays that instantly brighten landscapes and shaded garden areas.

After flowering, their rich foliage continues adding structure and beauty throughout the year.

Perennial Hibiscus

For gardeners looking for dramatic color, Perennial Hibiscus creates an unforgettable display. You’ll need to practice patience to wait for them to come up in the garden, but when they do, their oversized blooms become instant focal points and add bold beauty to flowerbeds and patio containers.

These eye-catching flowers bring vibrant personality and create a garden full of color and charm.

Give Your New Shrubs the Best Start

Every beautiful garden starts with healthy roots. When planting new flowering shrubs, begin with Calloway’s Premium Tree & Shrub Garden Soil, specially formulated to support strong root development and create an ideal growing environment.

After planting, continue supporting lush growth and beautiful blooms with Calloway’s Premium Flowering Shrub Plant Food, designed to help flowering shrubs thrive and perform their best.

Starting with the right foundation now means more beauty to enjoy throughout the seasons ahead.

Garden Design Ideas

Not sure where to begin? Flowering shrubs make it easy to create a landscape full of color, texture, and seasonal interest. Whether you’re refreshing an existing flowerbed or planning a new garden project, these design ideas can help inspire your next planting project.

Create Layered Flowerbeds

For a lush, professionally designed look, plant with layers in mind. Position taller shrubs like Altheas toward the back of flowerbeds, place mid-sized favorites like Hydrangeas in the middle, and finish with compact shrubs or annuals near the front.

Layering creates depth and allows every plant to shine while giving your landscape a fuller, more established appearance.

Add Fragrance Near Gathering Spaces

Create an inviting outdoor experience by planting fragrant favorites like Gardenias and Roses near patios, pathways, front entrances, or seating areas.

Adding fragrance where family and guests naturally gather brings another layer of beauty to your garden beyond colorful blooms.

Create a Pollinator-Friendly Garden

Butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees love flowering shrubs. Combine colorful selections like Perennial Hibiscus, Altheas, Roses, and Abelias to create a pollinator paradise full of movement and seasonal blooms.

Mixing bloom shapes, colors, and textures creates a vibrant display while supporting beneficial pollinators.

Add Color with Decorative Containers

Many flowering shrubs also thrive beautifully in decorative containers. Use colorful pottery to brighten patios, frame entryways or create eye-catching focal points throughout outdoor spaces.

Hydrangeas, Roses, Gardenias, and compact Abelias all make beautiful container statements.

You Pick It, We Plant It

Want help bringing your landscape plans to life? With Pick & Plant, you choose the flowering shrubs and plants you love, and our team takes care of the planting for you. It’s an easy, stress-free way to create a beautiful outdoor space with the plants you want—professionally placed and ready to thrive.

Shop with Ease

At Calloway’s and Cornelius, we’re here to help you create stunning container combinations and exceptional gardens this spring. From vibrant blooms and lush greenery to stylish pottery and expert advice, we have everything you need to get started.

Visit your neighborhood store to explore our seasonal selection and let our Texas Certified Nursery Professionals help you design an outdoor space you’ll love all season long.