Carnation

Carob Tree

Casuarina

Clematis

Cornflower

Cussonia

Hibiscus

Japan Daphne

Japanese Snow Flower

Japanese Spindle

Japonica

Juniperus

Bottletree

Lilac

Mock Orange

Olive

Photinia

Pine

Sagewood

Thrift

Kilarney Strawberry Tree

Tamarix

Alkaline | Soil Specific

Alpinia purpurata

Solomon's Seal

Columbine

Aristea

Arum Lily

Asparagus

Assegai

Blechnum

Red Alder

Button Snakewort

Camellia

Bellflower

Cape Chestnut

Chinese Rice-Paper Plant

Christmas Rose

Clerodendrum

Clivia

Common Alder

Common Silver Birch

Creeping Jenny

Creeping Lilyturf

Cyathea

Disa

Egyptian Stars

Common Elder

Fairy Bell

Falling Stars

False Castor Oil Plant

Flame Tree

Gardenia

Globe Flower

Hiba

Horse Chestnut

Ifafa Lily

Indian Bean Tree

Indian Shot

Japanese Cedar

Saucer Magnolia

Japanese Maple

Kahili Ginger Lily

Laburnum watereri

Bull Bay

Sweet Gum

Oriental Plane

Magnolia figo

Southern River Bell

Monkshood

Murraya

Mussaenda

Ophiopogon

Phyllostachys

Pieris

Plantain Lily

Podocarpus

Poplar Tree

Primula

Pteris

Foxglove

Red Horsechestnut

Rhododendron

River Lily

Sacred Bamboo

Saxifraga

Shining Mandevilla

Snowflake

Spider Plant

Spiderwort

Silver Inch Plant

Spiraea

Spleenwort

Spotted Laurel

Swamp Cypress

Swiss Cheese Plant

Sword Fern

Chinaberry Tree

Thuja

Tulip Tree

Viburnum

Vinca

Wax Mallow

Weigela floribunda

Bear's Breeches

Willow

Damp | Soil Specific

Surround yourself with fragrance by including these to create a scented escape. 

Brugmansia

Convallaria

Daphne

Frangipani

Freesia

Grape Hyacinth

Hyacinth

Jasmine

Lily

Lily Of The Valley

Lonicera

Osmanthus

Rose

Stock

Sweet Pea

Tobacco Plant

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Traditionally flowering in May, these flowers will be at their best this month.

Cow Parsley

Deutzia

Allium

Snapdragons

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Chocolate Cosmos

Citronella Pelargonium

Curry Plant

English Lavender

Four O'Clock Flower

Lemon Balm

Oregano

Ornamental Tobacco

Common Sage

Thyme

Smell

Shrubs that give you structure and summer flowers. 

Abelia 'Edward Goucher'

Abelia Schumannii

Abelia Triflora

African Hemp

Angel's Trumpets

Barberry

Oleander-Leaf Protea

Beauty Bush

Blackthorn

Blue Daisy

Blue Potato Bush

Highbush Blueberry

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Brachyglottis 'Sunshine'

Buddleia Alternifolia 'Argentea'

Himalayan Butterfly Bush

Buddleia Davidii

Bush Anemone

Californian Lilac 'Gloire De Versailles'

Calycanthus

Cancer Bush

Crimson Cestrum

Chinese Hibiscus

Chinese Rose Of Sharon 'Lilac Queen'

Chokeberry

Coast Rosemary

Coral Tree

Cornelian Cherry

Creeping Blue Blossom

Crimson Bottlebrush

Decaisnea

Dendromecon

Dogwood

Dusty Zenobia

Eleutherococcus

Eriogonum

Escallonia

Escallonia 'Peach Blossom'

Eucryphia

Grey-Leaved Euryops

Violet Pichi

False Heather

Flame Of The Woods

Flannel Bush 'California Glory'

Flowering Maple

Wild Gardenia

Fringe Tree

Fuchsia

Woolly Rock Rose

Heliotrope

Hibbertia

Hoary Rock-Rose

Holly-Leaved Sweet Spire

Holodiscus

Hydrangea

Hyssop

Indigo Bush

Japanese Spirea 'Little Princess'

 Summer Flowering Shrubs

Lilac

Syringa vulgaris

Also known as

Full Sun

Moderate care

Moderate watering

Frost Hardy

RHS hardiness

Minimum temperature

Flowering

spring

summer

autumn

winter

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Common problems

Special Features

Attracts butterflies

Attracts bees

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Summer Flowering Shrubs

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