8 Interesting Green Shrubs That Are Also Flowering

By Calin Oancea and Florin Gabriel

4/26/20245 min read

Green bushes with flowers are some of the overall best plants to plant in your garden.

In this short and no-fluff article, we will reveal the 8 best flowering bushes that you can grow in your garden. We will also share their growing needs and unique benefits.

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a shrub with green leaves and pink flowers
a shrub with green leaves and pink flowers
a Aloysia Citrodora bush with green leaves
a Aloysia Citrodora bush with green leaves

Aloysia Citrodora

The Aloysia Citrodora is evergreen in tropical locations, but is sensitive to cold, losing leaves at temperatures below 0 °C (32 °F). Lemon Beebrush is used to make herbal teas as a liqueur flavoring and to add a lemon flavor. The cooking herb is also added to fish and poultry dishes, vegetable marinades, salad dressings and more.

Dimorphotheca Pluvialis is a bush with summer flowers, and the shrub grows up to 40 cm (16 in) tall. It also can be grown as an ornamental flowering shrub or bush in your garden or on your yard. It is native to South Africa and Namibia but can be observed all around the world.

a tiny blooming Dimorphotheca Pluvialis shrub
a tiny blooming Dimorphotheca Pluvialis shrub

Dimorphotheca Pluvialis

a plant with long green leaves
a plant with long green leaves

Dryopteris filix-mas

Dryopteris filix-mas, the Male Fern, is a very popular and common leafy garden plant with ecological benefits, growing around Australia, Europe, Asia, and North America. It favors damp shaded areas under woodlands, but also shady places on hedge banks, rocks, and screens. Overall, if you want to green up your garden in a simple way this bushy plant is a must-need for you.

Spiraea Japonica is a pink bush flower, also known as Japanese Spiraea. This deer resistant shrub grows all around the world and is very common and popular. It blooms mostly in June but can be found till the late summer months.

a Spiraea Japonica bush with blooms
a Spiraea Japonica bush with blooms

Spiraea Japonica

multiple Yucca plants with long bright green leaves
multiple Yucca plants with long bright green leaves

Yucca Pallida

Yucca pallida is a species of Yucca that grows 1–2 m high, with up to 100 bell-shaped flowers, each 5–7 cm long, with color ranging from light green to cream similar to most yellow bush flowers. Although it isn't common in horticulture, its color, size, and the fact that it is a small evergreen bush and is moderate to hardy (down to −18 °C or 0 °F) make it an amazing green flowering bush.

Linnaea × Grandiflora (Dahlias) are perennial plants native to China, like most other Chinese flowers and with tuberous roots, though they are grown as annuals in some regions with cold winters. Dahlias are not year round green bushes because they naturally grow in climates that don't experience frost.

a Linnaea × Grandiflora shrub with a big red-white flower
a Linnaea × Grandiflora shrub with a big red-white flower

Linnaea × Grandiflora

beautiful red-white Dahlia blooms on a bush
beautiful red-white Dahlia blooms on a bush

Dahlia

Dahlias are green flowering bushes that prefer full sun and well-drained soil, they have colorful flowers which we found in a wide range of forms. They are perfect for borders, cutting gardens, or nice features in outdoor planting areas. After our experts grew them they found that Dahlia varieties range from 30 cm to over 1 m (1-4 ft).

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This flowering spring shrub, commonly known as Hortensia or French Hydrangea isn't just a simple bush, it is a quick-growing and flowering bush. The flowers can be blue, red, pink, or purple and appear mostly in July. You can find these shrubs mostly in all parts of the world.

a number of red Hydrangea flowers
a number of red Hydrangea flowers

Hydrangea

bushy plants with tiny white fowers
bushy plants with tiny white fowers

Abelia × Grandiflora

Abelias are used as ornamental plants for example in gardens, or in mixed with other shrubs. The low maintenance bush is relatively easy to cultivate, is not fully hardy and requires a sheltered position in full sun. Linneras prefer most, organically rich soils with good drainage, unlike most succulents.

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  1. Aloysia citrodora: Aloysia citrodora - Wikipedia

  2. Dahlia: Dahlias: How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Dahlia Flowers | The Old Farmer's Almanac

  3. Yucca: Yucca pallida (Pale-leaf yucca) | Native Plants of North America (wildflower.org)

  4. Male Fern: Dryopteris (Buckler Fern, Male Fern, Shield Fern, Wood Fern) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (ncsu.edu)

  5. Linnaea-x-grandiflora: Linnaea x grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (ncsu.edu)

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