Best Red Shrub Seeds in 2026

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

OTHER: What is a garden without roses? Their lovely very fragrant double blooms will delight you all season long! Roses make an excellent cut flower and these large blooms will last for up to 2 weeks once cut. They are also a popular dried flower. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to give your friends or family a beautiful bouquet of roses cut from your very own garden? About the Red Rose - The red rose symbolizes love & romance, beauty & perfection. Red is the traditional color of roses chosen for wedding ceremonies. The red rose is native to China but was introduced to the east in the 1800s.

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

OTHER: What is a garden without roses? Their lovely very fragrant double blooms will delight you all season long! Roses make an excellent cut flower and these large blooms will last for up to 2 weeks once cut. They are also a popular dried flower. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to give your friends or family a beautiful bouquet of roses cut from your very own garden? About the White Rose - The White Rose is also called the Bridal Rose because it was traditionally used in wedding ceremonies before the red rose was discovered. White Roses symbolize unity, young love, the new bond of loves pureness, love & romance, innocence & purity, virtue, & new beginnings. They have also come to symbolize honor & reverence.

PLANT HEIGHT:  12 - 18" // PLANT SPACING:  18 - 24"

LIGHT:  Sun - Part Shade // WATER:  Average // COLOR:  Mauve (Pinkish Purple)

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

OTHER: What is a garden without roses? Their lovely very fragrant double blooms will delight you all season long! Roses make an excellent cut flower and these large blooms will last for up to 2 weeks once cut. They are also a popular dried flower. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to give your friends or family a beautiful bouquet of roses cut from your very own garden? About the Purple Rose - Purple roses are actually rare although they are a natural color. They symbolize majesty & royalty, and enchantment, such as love at first sight as well as wonder, impossibility, and magic.

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

OTHER: The Rose of Sharon is considered a bush, shrub, or small tree. They are very tolerant of pruning and you can shape them into whatever form best suits your needs. They grow well in any soil including clay and are able to tolerate drought. The Rose of Sharon grows very quickly and has a long bloom period during which the large flowers cover the branches. This tropical looking beauty attracts bees, butterflies, and birds including HUMMINGBIRDS. These fabulous shrubs make an excellent living fence and will add a lot of wonderful fall color to any landscape!

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

OTHER: What is a garden without roses? Their lovely very fragrant double blooms will delight you all season long! Roses make an excellent cut flower and these large blooms will last for up to 2 weeks once cut. They are also a popular dried flower. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to give your friends or family a beautiful bouquet of roses cut from your very own garden? About the Black Rose - The black rose is actually a hybrid. There are no black roses found in nature, but don’t let that fool you into thinking they are a new creation. They have actually been around since Victorian times. The black rose is sometimes used to symbolize things such as vampires and the occult, but also has many less macabre meanings such as intrigue, mystery, and mourning, symbolizing death, grief, and tragedy. They have been used at funerals as a final farewell for ages.

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Tolerates Heat Well . . . SOIL / WATER: Average - Dry

Tecoma Stans has unique bean-like seed pods. It attracts bees, butterflies, and birds including HUMMINGBIRDS

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun . . . SOIL / WATER: Average - Moist - Wet

The Elderberry’s flowers are fragrant and smell like honey. It attracts birds, bees, and butterflies. The birds love to eat its ¼” juicy berries, The berries are also edible by humans if they are ripe & fully cooked. Otherwise they can be poisonous. This shrub has interesting bark and is also used as a medicinal herb.

PLANT HEIGHT:  6 - 10' // PLANT SPACING:  4 - 8'

LIGHT:  Sun - Part Shade // WATER:  Average - Moist, also Dry // COLOR:  Dark Red

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

OTHER: The Rose of Sharon is considered a bush, shrub, or small tree. They are very tolerant of pruning and you can shape them into whatever form best suits your needs. They grow well in any soil including clay and are able to tolerate drought. The Rose of Sharon grows very quickly and has a long bloom period during which the large flowers cover the branches. This tropical looking beauty attracts bees, butterflies, and birds including HUMMINGBIRDS. These fabulous shrubs make an excellent living fence and will add a lot of wonderful fall color to any landscape!

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Moist

The Buttonbush is a fragrant woody shrub with ball shaped flower heads that are very unique! They are great near ponds and streams, and water birds such as ducks enjoy eating their seeds. They are also a host plant for the Sphinx Moth and a nesting site for song birds. As if that is not enough, they also attract HUMMINGBIRDS!

PLANT HEIGHT:  12 - 15' // PLANT SPACING:  12 - 15'

LIGHT:  Sun - Part Shade // WATER:  Average // COLOR:  Yellow - Purple

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

Cardamon is a tropical plant originally from Indian that is grown for its foliage and seed pods. The seed pods are the source of the Cardamon Spice, the 3rd most expensive spice in the world. While it is not very cold hardy, it does do very well grown in containers as a houseplant and has fragrant glossy leaves that make it a joy to have indoors.

PLANT HEIGHT:  6" // PLANT SPACING:  12 - 15"

LIGHT:  Sun // WATER:  Average // COLOR:  Pink Flowers / Pinkish White Berries

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Light Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

The Rhododendron is an evergreen shrub with fragrant clusters of large flowers. Bees absolutely adore them!

PLANT HEIGHT:  4 - 6' // PLANT SPACING:  4 - 6'

LIGHT:  Sun - Part Shade // WATER:  Average // COLOR:  Rose Pink - Mauve - White

PLANT HEIGHT:  4 - 5' // PLANT SPACING:  6 - 10'

LIGHT:  Sun // WATER:  Average - Dry // COLOR:  Yellow Flowers / Golden Orange - Red Fruit

PLANT HEIGHT:  60 - 72" // PLANT SPACING:  36 - 48"

LIGHT:  Sun - Part Shade // WATER:  Average // COLOR:  Pink Flowers / Red Fruit

PLANT SPACING: 6 - 8’

PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost / Cold stratify

PLANT HEIGHT:  6 - 8' // PLANT SPACING:  4 - 6'

LIGHT:  Sun // WATER:  Average // COLOR:  White - Pink with a yellow blotch

PLANT HEIGHT:  8 - 10' // PLANT SPACING:  4 - 6'

LIGHT:  Sun - Part Shade // WATER:  Average // COLOR:  White, Pink, & Red Flowers / Green Fruit with White Flesh

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

Red, Orange, Yellow, Pink, & White. The Flowering Maple makes an excellent houseplant. As an annual plant, it typically only grows between 24-36 inches tall, but if it gets a chance to continue growing can reach heights of up to 12 feet. It blooms all year round indoors, and has so many beautiful shades of flowers. If you take a look at all of the pictures above, you will see that the flowers look very different in their various stages, all of which are as lovely as the next!

PLANT HEIGHT: 15 – 25’ PLANT SPACING: 8 – 16’

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun – Part Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

There is nothing quite like the huge beautiful blooms of a hydrangea! This native species is a prolific bloomer and it will attract bees, birds, and butterflies. They are tolerant plants that can even be grown in containers.

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

White to pink flowers with fall leaves of red, orange, and yellow. The Oak Leaf Hydrangea does indeed have leaves shaped like that of an oak tree. They are fragrant and make an excellent cut or dried flower.

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun . . . SOIL / WATER: Average - Dry

The Crepe Myrtle is considered a large bush/shrub or a small tree. They can be pruned to your desired shape and size. They can tolerate dry conditions, and will be just covered in lovely blooms whose petals are indeed crepe-like. Crepe Myrtles will attract bees, birds, and butterflies. After flowering, neat little seed are pods formed.

PLANT HEIGHT:  12 - 48" // PLANT SPACING:  12 - 15"

LIGHT:  Sun // WATER:  Moist // COLOR:  Pink & White Flowers / Dark Blue Berries

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun . . . SOIL / WATER: Average

The Beauty Bush has lovely fragrant flowers that will attract birds, bees, and butterflies in the spring and red berries in the fall that the birds will go crazy over! These shrubs have a complex branching system that makes them a favorite nesting spot for songbirds as well as an excellent privacy screen.