The Proven Winners® plant brand has introduced some of the best, most unique, and high performing plants since 1992. Their plants are well-known for flowering, growth habit, disease resistance, and garden performance. The Proven Winners® ColorChoice® series is one of the most recognized brands in flowering shrubs and produces many of our personal favorites. Come in and check out our awesome selection of ColorChoice® shrubs, available now. You’ll find many beautiful varieties of butterfly bush, hydrangeas, roses, spirea, and many more. Here are a few great options to consider:
Beyond Midnight® Bluebeard Caryopteris
Caryopteris x clandonensis
Beyond Midnight® Bluebeard Caryopteris features extremely dark, glossy foliage, a compact habit, and deep blue flowers. It adds much-needed color to the late summer landscape and makes a handsome companion with perennial flowers. This plant is long blooming, heat and drought tolerant, and does not require deadheading. Beyond Midnight® is a favorite with pollinators of all types and you’ll love it too!
- Height: 2’ – 2.5’
- Spread: 2’ – 2.5’
- Hardiness Zones: 5-9
- Flower Color: Rich blue
- Foliage Color: Dark glossy green
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours)
‘Miss Molly’ Butterfly Bush
Buddleia x
With its intensely colored blooms and refined habit, ‘Miss Molly’ is the queen of the summer garden. Its fragrant flowers are the closest to red of any butterfly bush and appear for months every summer without deadheading. Unlike older varieties of butterfly bush, ‘Miss Molly’ reaches just 4-5′ tall, so it’s easy to work into any sunny landscape. This non-invasive variety thrives in hot climates. Butterflies and hummingbirds will find it as irresistible as you do!
- Height: 4’ – 5’
- Spread: 4’ – 5’
- Hardiness Zones: 5-9
- Flower Color: Ruby red-pink
- Foliage Color: Green
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours)
Double Play® Candy Corn® Spirea
Spiraea japonica
Meet the newest and most colorful Proven Winners spirea, Double Play® Candy Corn®. The show starts in early spring when the new growth emerges bright candy apple red. As it matures, it turns pineapple yellow, and the new growth continues to emerge bright orange all season. Top it off with dark purple flowers in late spring/early summer, and you’ve got a display you really have to see to believe.
- Height: 1.5’ – 2’
- Spread: 1.5’ – 2.5’
- Hardiness Zones: 4-8
- Flower Color: Purple
- Foliage Color: Orange, Red, Yellow
- Sunlight: Part Sun to Sun (4-6 hours)
Double Play ® Blue Kazoo® Spirea
Spiraea media
Flowers, foliage, and easy care – Double Play® Blue Kazoo® spirea has it all! Its cool blue foliage emerges in a range of shifting hues through the season: red, pink, purple, and green. In early summer, very large white flower clusters appear. Like other spireas, you can count on Double Play® Blue Kazoo® to look great while needing minimal care. It grows well in lightly shaded conditions (four-six hours of sun or filtered light all day), and is generally unbothered by deer. Not fussy about soil or watering.
- Height: 2’ – 3’
- Spread: 2’ – 3’
- Hardiness Zones: 3-8
- Flower Color: White
- Foliage Color: Blue, Green, Red
- Sunlight: Part Sun to Sun (4-6 hours)
Sunny Boulevard® St. John’s Wort
Hypericumkalmianum
Sunny Boulevard® St. John’s Wort is native to North America and produces durable, yellow flowers all summer long. This tightly branched shrub is noted for its long bloom time, beginning in July and continuing until September. The flowers are a rich yellow and small but numerous. The leaves are dark, semi evergreen and willow-like. Sunny Boulevard® performs best in well draining soil, but does have high adaptability and mature plants can be drought tolerant.
- Height: 2’ – 3’
- Spread: 2’ – 3’
- Hardiness Zones: 4-8
- Flower Color: Yellow
- Foliage Color: Green
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ Hours)
Oso Easy® Urban Legend®
Rosa x
Looking for a bright red landscape rose with non-stop blooms? The Urban Legend® landscape rose is a disease-resistant addition to the best-selling Oso Easy® series. Its true-red, semi-double flowers bloom in early summer and continue through the first hard frost. A crown of lush yellow stamens in the center add interest and contrast. Because it is disease resistant, it is easy to care for and there is no need to spray or fret about black spot or powdery mildew. The Oso Easy® series features many other varieties to check out including Paprika and Mango Salsa.
- Height: 2.5’ – 3’
- Spread: 2.5’ – 3’
- Hardiness Zones: 4-9
- Flower Color: Red
- Foliage Color: Green
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ Hours)
We have many varieties of Proven Winners flowering shrubs currently available with the rest arriving throughout the month of August. Please call or stop by to check for availability.
Originally published on August 1st, 2018. Updated on July 26th, 2024.