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 vigorous flowering, optimal growth habit, disease resistance, and overall outstanding 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 beautiful varieties of butterfly bush, hydrangeas, roses, spirea, and 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)
Pugster Periwinkle Butterfly Bush
Buddleia x ‘Pugster Periwinkle’
Pugster Periwinkle® is a whole new look for butterfly bush – it offers a small, sturdy frame with flowers the size you’d find on much larger plants. This dwarf variety has everything that the regular sized Butterfly Bush has to offer with long lasting and stunning blooms that do not need deadheading. The periwinkle color and honey-sweet fragrance will attract many pollinators. An additional perk to this great performer is its winter hardiness.
- Height: 2’
- Spread: 2’ – 3’
- Hardiness Zones: 5-9
- Flower Color: Periwinkle
- Foliage Color: Green
- Sunlight: Full Sun (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 (4-6 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)
Low Scape Snowfire Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa ‘Snow Fire’
Low Scape Snowfire Chokeberry is a mid-sized native shrub that benefits wildlife and beautifies the garden. It is blanketed in little white flowers in the springtime, to the delight of busy pollinators. This flurry of blooms complements most perennials, shrubs, and annuals. In summer it blends in, making a great backdrop for summer bloomers, but by autumn it’s ready to shine again with bright red foliage and dark blue fruits. You can plant this versatile native in practically any condition; warm and cool climates, wet and dry soil, and full sun to part sun.
- Height: 3’ – 4’
- Spread: 3’ – 4’
- Hardiness Zones: 3
- Flower Color: White
- Foliage Color: Green
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours)
Flavorette Honey-Apricot Rose
Rosa x ‘Boznatafra’
Flavorette® Honey-Apricot rose is a wonderful hybrid rose with edible flowers that rebloom all season long. Each rose was bred for reliable landscape performance and excellent taste, so you’ll get the best of both worlds! This variety has great disease resistance and doesn’t require deadheading. Prune back by one-third every spring to keep the growth habit tidy.
- Height: 5’ – 8’
- Spread: 3’ – 4’
- Hardiness Zones: 4-8
- Flower Color: Orange
- Foliage Color: Green
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours)
We have many varieties of Proven Winners flowering shrubs currently available with more arriving throughout the month of August. Please call or stop by to check for availability.
Originally published on August 1st, 2018. Updated on July 28th, 2025.