# Popular Landscape Plants
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Spirea
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Spirea's delicate flower clusters are dainty. Spirea is native to Europe, northern Asia, North America and northern Mexico. It is an easy-to-grow perennial flowering shrub with more than 80 species and is a member of the rose family. The small shrub has small leaves with twiggy branches and clusters of flowers in white, pink or red. Spirea grows in poor or rich soils but doesn't tolerate wet conditions. It is a delicate-looking but hardy shrub that doesn't require much attention after planting.
Forsythia
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Forsythias are prized for their cheery springtime yellow flowers. Forsythia is a flowering shrub with 11 species in the olive family. It has yellow flowers in the spring on thin woody branches, with small green leaves. Forsythias have a range of growth habits, from straight upright to bushy to low growing dwarf shrubs. The plants multiply by sending up new plantlets from underground roots.
Hydrangea
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The color of hydrangea's flowers depends on the alkalinity or acidity of the soil. Hydrangeas are native to Asia and North and South America and have about 75 species. Their growth habit ranges from small shrubs to trees and have evergreen and deciduous varieties. Hydrangeas easily are recognizable by their snowball shaped clusters of flowers in white, blue or pink, flowering from spring to fall. Hydrangeas grow blue in acidic soils and pink in alkaline soils and are dramatic in the landscape.
Japanese Maple
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Red Japanese maples are sought for the beauty and color of their leaves. Japanese maple is native to Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia and Russia. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree with five-part leaves grown for its beauty, color and interesting foliage. There are more than 1,000 different cultivars of Japanese maple with various forms, colors, leaf shapes and sizes. Japanese maples are ornamental plants that add beauty and interest to any landscape.
Butterfly Bush
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Butterfly bush comes in a variety of flower colors and attracts many types of butterflies. Butterfly bush is native to the southern United States, South America, Africa and Asia. It is a perennial flowering shrub with more than 100 evergreen and deciduous species. Butterfly bush has an upright growth habit, with tall branches growing from a central rosette. White, pink, purple, red, orange or yellow flowers form at the ends of branches in bottle-brush shaped clusters and attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
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