Spring Gardening Essentials: Top Picks From Our Greenhouse

Spring is the season when everything comes to life, bringing blooming flowers and warmer days. Over the years, we’ve cultivated a list of our favorite perennials and shrubs. Here’s a selection of plants that we think are perfect for refreshing your garden this year.

Abelia

Abelia is a hardy perennial shrub that blooms with delicate, sweetly scented white flowers from spring through fall. Thriving in full to partial sun, it grows densely, making it perfect for group plantings, borders, or as an accent piece in your garden. While relatively low-maintenance, occasional pruning helps maintain its attractive shape. Drought-tolerant once established, Abelia only requires weekly watering.

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Azalea

Azaleas are among the first to bring vibrant splashes of color into your spring garden, with flowers ranging from pink, red, purple, peach, and white. These low-maintenance shrubs thrive in filtered sun, making them perfect for planting under pines or in shady areas where midday heat is less intense. Avoid pruning in summer or fall to preserve next year’s blooms.

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Dogwood

Dogwoods range from ground-cover shrubs to trees with dark green foliage and beautifully colored flowers. Blooming begins between early and mid-spring and lasts two to three weeks. These versatile plants tolerate most soil types but require two years to develop strong roots, so water them well during this time. Partial shade or full sun suits them best.

Ajuga

Also called Carpetweed or Bugleweed, Ajuga is a low-maintenance ground cover. It’s an evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial, forming a tight mat of rich chocolate brown, burgundy, and bronze foliage. Flowers appear in spring to early summer with occasional reblooming. Ajuga thrives in full sun and full shade, adapting to various soil types.

Sunshine Ligustrum

Ideal as a low-maintenance privacy screen, this vibrant golden-yellow shrub thrives in full sun—the more sun, the brighter its foliage. Evergreen to semi-evergreen in colder regions, non-invasive, and does not bloom, making it a great pick for those with sensitive noses.

Loropetalum

This easy-care shrub, also called Chinese Fringe Flower, can be used as a border plant, privacy hedge, or small evergreen tree. Producing pink or purple blooms from late winter to early summer, its dark maroon foliage adds year-round interest. Loamy, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade helps it thrive.

Catmint

A member of the mint family, Catmint is fragrant, hardy, and low-maintenance. It produces silvery-green foliage with spiky flowers that bloom for an extended period. Ideal for mixed borders, pathway edging, or herb gardens, it grows well in most soil types, including rocky or clay soil.

Society Garlic

Society Garlic has a flavor and character between garlic and chives. It features grass-like leaves topped with fragrant, lilac flowers. Highly heat- and drought-tolerant, it appreciates consistent moisture during the growing season. Plant it in light, sandy, well-drained soil with at least six hours of sunlight for optimal blooming.

Fizzy Mizzy Sweetspire

From May to June, this compact deciduous shrub bursts into bloom with sky-pointing fragrant flowers. Its tidy shape and resilience make it an easy-to-care-for choice. Thriving in full sun and partial shade, it adds structure and visual appeal to your garden with minimal effort.

Spirea

Spirea is a carefree, adaptable, and fast-growing shrub. It requires minimal maintenance, blending well with other plants. While tolerating some shade, it blooms best in full sun. After the first year, it requires little watering and isn’t fussy about soil pH.

Chinese Snowball Viburnum

This shrub adapts well to clay and sandy soils, thriving in neutral to slightly alkaline conditions. Its 8-inch blooms appear from April to May, making it a striking statement plant. It can be grown as a large shrub or trained into a small accent tree.

Star Confederate Jasmine

A fast-growing evergreen, this multi-tasking plant climbs trellises and arbors, weaves through chain-link fences, or sprawls as a ground cover shrub. Tolerant to heavy shade, it’s perfect for adding privacy in shaded garden areas. Drought-resistant with glossy dark green leaves and fragrant white flowers, its scent alone makes it a favorite.

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Create Your Perfect Spring Garden

These low-maintenance plants complement each other beautifully and thrive under similar conditions. Whether you’re new to gardening or looking for easy-to-care-for additions, these choices will help you build a stunning landscape with minimal effort.

So why wait? Spring is just around the corner! Head to our shop, explore these reliable spring favorites, and start planting today!