Shrubs with Pink Flowers for Your Garden

Enjoy this list of 13 bushes with pink flowers that you will want to put on your wish list for this year's garden. Most of them will flourish in a wide range of climates and are easy to grow.

When creating garden spaces flowering bushes can really give you more bang for your buck. They are usually very manageable in size, add great structure, and most importantly may live longer than you will. Just a little annual pruning is all you need to have beautiful flowering shrubs in your landscape or as part of your garden display.

13 Shrubs with Pink Flowers

1. Lilac - Syringa vulgaris

• Hardiness Zone: 3-7 Find My Zone
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun
• Bloom Time: Early Spring
• Height and Width: 12 - 16 ft tall by 10 - 12 ft wide (dwarf varieties 4-6 tall x 3-7 ft wide)
• Evergreen: No
• Notes: Pretty blossoms that produce a very sweet fragrance. Especially the older varieties.

2. Azalea

• Hardiness Zone: 3-8
• Sun Requirements: Part Sun - Shade
• Bloom Time: Spring into Early Summer
• Height and Width: 5 ft tall and 5 ft wide
• Evergreen: Yes, though some varieties are not.
• Notes: Creates a huge display of bright pink flowers in the spring. An azalea is part of the rhododendron family with smaller glossy green leaves. They are overall smaller than rhododendrons and have a slightly different shaped flower.

3. Rhododendron

• Hardiness Zone: 4-9
• Sun Requirements: Partial Shade
• Bloom Time: Spring into Early Summer
• Height and Width: They can get quite large as you can see from the above picture however you can easily prune them just after blooming to keep their shape manageable.
• Evergreen: Yes
• Notes: Many of these great evergreen shrubs are native to North America and are drought tolerant.

4. Sambucus - Black Lace® Elderberry

• Hardiness Zone: 4-7
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Height and Width: 6 ft tall by 8 ft wide
• Evergreen: No
• Notes: Attractive lacey dark foliage.

5. Beautyberry Bush - Callicarpa 'Early Amethyst'

• Hardiness Zone: 5-8
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun - Partial Sun
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Height and Width: 3 ft tall by 5 ft wide
• Evergreen: No
• Notes: These flowers result in beautiful vibrant purple berries in late summer through fall.

6. Daphne - 'Spring Beauty'

• Hardiness Zone: 5-8
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun - Part Shade
• Bloom Time: Spring
• Height and Width: 3 ft tall by 5 ft wide
• Evergreen: Yes - Semi-Evergreen
• Notes: Clusters of pink petals produce a beautiful fragrance. Nice and compact for a small garden. Also deer resistant.

7. Weigela

• Hardiness Zone: 4-8
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun - Partial Shade
• Bloom Time: Late Spring through Summer
• Height and Width: 6 ft tall by 10 ft wide (many smaller varieties exist)
• Evergreen: No
• Notes: Pretty arching branches filled with pink blooms. Attracts hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. Makes a great accent plant in the garden.

8. Spirea

• Hardiness Zone: 3-8
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun - Partial Shade
• Bloom Time: Summer
• Height and Width: 3 ft tall by 7 ft wide
• Evergreen: No
• Notes: Compact habit. Flowers are great fillers in arrangements.

9. Hydrangea - Invincebelle^® Spirit

• Hardiness Zone: 3 - 9
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun - Partial Sun
• Bloom Time: Summer
• Height and Width: 3 ft tall by 4 ft wide
• Evergreen: No
• Notes: Blooms on new growth with large light pink flowers. Good for areas where there are late spring frosts.

10. KnockOut© Roses

• Hardiness Zone: 5-9
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun
• Bloom Time: Spring through Fall
• Height and Width: 3 ft tall by 4 ft wide
• Evergreen: No
• Notes: Very low maintenance. Works well as foundation plants, in borders, or with other flowering perennials.

11. Rose of Sharon - Hibiscus syriacus

• Hardiness Zone: 5-8
• Sun Requirements: Full Sun - Partial Sun
• Bloom Time: Summer through Fall
• Height and Width: 8 ft tall by 10 ft wide
• Evergreen: No
• Notes: This hibiscus family shrub can be pruned into a tree shape.

12. Camelia

• Hardiness Zone: 7-9
• Sun Requirements: Partial Sun
• Bloom Time: Late Fall, late Winter, and Spring
• Height and Width: 6 ft tall by 10 ft wide
• Evergreen: Yes
• Notes: Some newer varieties are hardy to zone 6. 'April Kiss' is a pretty double-flowered pink variety.

While you are out plant shopping consider adding a few pink flowering bushes to your list. Even if you are not a huge fan of pink, many of these tried and true shrubs come in a wide selection of other colors that will look great in your garden.