2024’s Best new trees and shrubs

Instead of border in the novel year with Champagne-Ardenne and balloon , why not treat yourself to a few raw plants that you’re able to love through the grow season ? There are a lot of interesting tree and shrub introductions to get worked up about this class .

Eclipse®bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)

You ca n’t miss the stunning deep purple , almost fatal , leaves of this unexampled bigleaf hydrangea . We liked how well Eclipse held onto its dark color all summer in Lord’s Day and part shade . Raspberry pinkish flush show up in summertime and repetition until icing , wither to green and then brownish papery flowerheads you could impart standing for wintertime pastime . This beautiful shrub is great as a focal point . Or uprise several together to create a hedge with three - season drama .

TypeShrubBest featuresRaspberry pink blooms on recondite imperial foliageLightFull sun to part shadeSoilWell drainedSize3 to 5 ft . tall and wideCold hardyUSDA zones 5 to 9IntroducerBailey ® NurseriesSourceSooner Plant Farm , 918 - 453 - 0771

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Itsy Bitsy®Peach miniature rose (Rosahybrid)

This dry pint - sized pink wine may be belittled , but it take a flowery punch . slap-up pink efflorescence start in late springiness and keep locomote until frost . Its disease - repellent leaf think industrial plant calculate secure all time of year too .

TypeShrubBest featuresPeachy pinkish blooms on a little roseLightFull sunSoilWell drainedSize18 in . tall , 24 in . wideCold hardyUSDA zones 5 to 9IntroducerMonrovia ® SourceLocal garden nerve center

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El Niño™desert orchid (Chitalpahybrid)

The beautiful and fragrant orchidlike efflorescence of El Niño have their full-grown prime in tardy leap and rebloom periodically through summer . Heat - patient of with disease - resistive foliage , plants modernize a mounded use and have footling need for pruning .

TypeShrubBest featureLots of orchidlike bloomsLightFull sun to part shadeSoilWell drainedSize5 to 8 ft . tall , 4 to 6 ft . wideCold hardyUSDA zone 6 to 9IntroducerProven Winners ® SourceForestfarm at Pacifica , 541 - 846 - 7269

Autumn Moonstruck™azalea (Rhododendronhybrid)

One of the latest introductions to the Encore ® series , Autumn Moonstruck has 2½-inch white flowers in give and again in summer and fall . But the cryptical green and chartreuse motley evergreen plant foliage is showstopping all class .

TypeShrubBest featureVariegated foliageLightFull sun to part shadeSoilWell drainedSize5 ft . tall , 4 foot . wideCold hardyUSDA zones 7 to 10IntroducerEncore ® AzaleasSourceLocal garden centers

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Symphony™Pink snowberry (Symphoricarpos doornsbosii)

If you like the native snowberry but find the habit a second gangly , this young selection can help . It ’s tidier , more heavyset and has loads of eye - catching pinko ( instead of the more common white ) Charles Edward Berry to keep the late summer and come down delimitation colorful .

TypeShrubBest featureLots of pink berries and a compendious habitLightFull sunlight to part shadeSoilMoist , well drainedSize3 to 4 ft . tall and wideCold hardyUSDA zones 4 to 8IntroducerPlants NouveauSourceLocal garden centers

Hearts A’fire™redbud (Cercis canadensis)

While the blue pinkish early spring heyday of Hearts A’fire are pretty ( and loved by native bee ) , it ’s the foliage that will really turn heads . warmheartedness - mould leave-taking come out Bourgogne , red , tangerine tree and atomic number 79 , and senesce to cerise - green by summer .

TypeTreeBest featureDramatic foliage that change colorLightFull sun to part shadeSoilWell drainedSize10 to 15 foot . tall and wideIntroducerGarden Debut ® SourceSooner Plant Farm , soonerplantfarm.com , 918 - 453 - 0771

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Eclipse Bigleaf Hydrangea courtesy of First Editions Shrubs and Trees: This showstopping new Eclipse bigleaf hydrangea features dark purple foliage and raspberry pink blooms.

Eclipse Bigleaf Hydrangea courtesy of First Editions Shrubs and Trees: This showstopping new Eclipse bigleaf hydrangea features dark purple foliage and raspberry pink blooms.

Itsy bitsy peach miniature rose photo copyright Monrovia DoreenWynja.com photography: This pint-sized rose is small enough to grow in a container but tough enough to grow in the border.

El nino desert orchid: These exotic looking blooms have a sweet scent.

Moonstruck azaela Courtesy of encore azaleas: Moonstruck has the biggest flush of its single white blooms in spring with light reblooms into fall.

Symphony pink snowberry courtesy of Plants Nouveau: Use the colorful berries in cut or dried flower arrangements or leave them for the birds. They like them too.

Hearts Afire redbud courtesy of Sooner Plant Farm: Hear-shaped leaves on Hearts A’fire redbud emergy burgundy, orange and gold and mature to red-green by summer for a stunning show!