Summer is in full swing and while we are enjoying the blooms that have already arrived in our gardens and landscapes there are still plenty of flowering trees, shrubs, and perennials that have yet to show off.

Flowering trees change the look and feel of the landscape, drawing the eye upwards, and throwing bursts of color and scent into the air.

Sourwood (Oxydendron arboretum)
Blooms in July with “Lily of the Valley” like flowers.  Foliage turns red, orange, and purple in Fall.

Sweet Bay Magnolia (Magnolia virginiana)

Blooms in late June with fragrant cup-shaped flowers.

Flowering shrubs will add a variety of shape and color with their blossoms.

Smoke Bush (Cotinus coggygaria ‘Royal Purple’)
Big cotton-like flowers are unique, foliage is burgundy, warming to deep purple in summer, ending with blazing orange in Fall.

Bluebeard Shrub (Caryopteris varieties)
Blue late summer blooms attract birds and butterflies.

Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Produces a variety of colorful blooms mid to late summer.

Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)
Excellent for attracting butterflies.  Flowers July to September and dies back in winter.

These unique perennials will soon blossom with vivid colors and textures.

Hillside Black Beauty (Cimicifuga simplex)
A striking specimen; very late blooms that last into the Fall.

Aster (Aster ‘Blue Autumn’)
Blooms in August with deep blue and gold flowers.