Flowering hedges

Natural development

If there is space for a wider hedge and plants are able to develop naturally, a loose flowering hedge is an option in which you can grow all sorts of shrubs. Effectively it becomes a narrow shrub border in which the bushes are planted closer together and may be staggered.

You can use species such as:

Spiraea (Spiraea japonica and Spiraea nipponica)
Shrubby cinqfoil (Potentilla fruticosa)
Kolkwitzia amabilis
Fuchsia magellanica
Roses: various species of wild and shrub roses
Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas)
Weigela