Japanese Rose.

No pruning is needed to maintain its tidy ” round shape.

It's an easy plant to grow.

Grow this low maintenance shrub in full sun in zones as a short hedge or foundation planting. SHOW OFFStarlet Forsythia. When standard forsythia varieties are too big for the space but you desire a bright pop of yellow in early spring, plant Show OffStarlet instead.

Lemon Meringue potentilla (Potentilla fruticosa 'Bailmeringue’) is a flower powerhouse, unfurling yellow, rose-like blooms all summer long.

Butterflies can’t resist the plant, along with other pollinators. Small, round plants are drought tolerant once established and deer resistant. Grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide. Mar 16, Kurt Mobus/Getty Images.

The ultimate early-spring flowering shrub, blooming even before forsythia, Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise' starts blooming when the calendar still says"Winter." For best effect, skip the pruning and let it achieve its natural vase-shaped form of 12 feet with a Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Jun 23, Shrubs that bloom later than spring usually form flowers on their current year’s new growth; these are best pruned before new growth begins in spring, or in late fall/winter when they are dormant.

Some of these are roses, Buddleia, Clethra, honeysuckle, hibiscus, Hydrangea paniculata & arborescens and shrublop.buzzted Reading Time: 3 mins. Pruning is required to maintain the integrity of your trees and shrubbery. When you're ready for a pruning expert to assess your Weston, Massachusetts's trees and shrubs, call Clean Slate Landscape & Property Management, LLC at