Can you suggest a couple of shrubs for the Kansas City area that will take full sun and won't get over 4-5 ft high? We would prefer them to have some flowers.
Can you suggest a couple of shrubs for the Kansas City area that will take full sun and won't get over 4-5 ft high? We would prefer them to have some flowers.
All these are easy to find:
many varieties of spirea such as
'gold mound'
'anthony waterer'
'daphne'
'little princess'
'neon flash'
Neon Flash
Bronxensis forsythia
cotoneaster (some varieties - flowers arent as decorative as fruit)
hypericum
kerria
sweetspire "little henry"
dwarf lilac
barberry (color and form - flowers insiginficant)
dwarf cranberry (Viburnum opulus compactum? rarely flowers)
potentilla
azaleas/rhododendrons (choose smaller varieties)
mahonia
nandina (dwarf)
There is whole lot of shrubs that fit this category:
Dwarf spirea (Hortis gave a listing)
Potentilla
Hypericum (St. John's Wort)
Fothergilla
Deutzia
Crepe Myrtle
Cotoneaster
Annabelle Hydrangea
Ninebark
Roses such as Knock Out
Just Google these names and you will find more information and pretty pictures. Let us know if you have follow up questions.
Dennis - Johnson County Extension