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Hydrangea paniculata, commonly called panicle hydrangea, is a deciduous flowering shrub native to eastern Asia, including China and Japan. It produces elongated, cone-shaped clusters of flowers in summer, typically opening white or cream and often becoming pink as they age. It is generally more cold...
Hydrangea macrophylla, commonly called bigleaf hydrangea, is a deciduous shrub native to Japan and widely grown in temperate gardens. Cultivars commonly produce rounded mophead clusters or flatter lacecap flower heads, often on growth formed during the previous season. In many cultivars, flower colo...
Clethra alnifolia, commonly called summersweet or sweet pepperbush, is a deciduous shrub native to eastern North America. It produces fragrant spikes of small white or pink flowers in midsummer, when relatively few shade-tolerant shrubs are in bloom. The species grows naturally in moist woodlands, w...
Indigofera heterantha, commonly known as Himalayan indigo, is a deciduous shrub native to the western Himalayas. It belongs to the Fabaceae family and is noted for its pinnate, feathery foliage. During the summer, the plant produces long, arching branches covered in dense racemes of rose-purple, pea...
Spiraea japonica, commonly called Japanese spirea, is a compact deciduous shrub native to East Asia, including Japan and China. It produces broad, flat-topped clusters of small pink to reddish flowers during summer, often above toothed, lance-shaped leaves. Numerous cultivars are grown in borders an...
Butterfly bush, native to central China and first described by French missionary Armand David in the 1860s, is now invasive in parts of Europe and North America.
