The creation of flower borders requires more than just perennial flowers. Today, Huayue will take you to get to know 16 commonly used shrub flower border plants and see what characteristics each of them has.

1. Royal Red Buddleja     is a deciduous shrub that blooms from June to November. It likes light, grows fast, and is resistant to pruning. It can be used in regular flower borders, but is not recommended for small courtyard flower borders.

2. Vitex agnus-flowered is a deciduous shrub that blooms from July to August. It is light-loving, cold-resistant, heat-resistant, drought-resistant and pruning-resistant. Multiple pruning is beneficial to the plant's formation and flowering. Cutting off the remaining flowers after flowering can prolong the flowering period.

3. Colorful-leaved Salix babylonica is a deciduous shrub for viewing leaves. It is cold-resistant and moisture-resistant, has strong growth potential, and requires strong pruning in late winter.

4. Red Prince Weigela is a deciduous shrub that blooms from May to October. It blooms more vigorously after being pruned once and sprouting once. It likes light, is afraid of waterlogging, and has strong adaptability to cold and drought.

5. Bicolor Weigela The flowering period is April to May. It likes light, is afraid of waterlogging, and has strong adaptability to cold and drought.

6. Purple-Leafed Weigela is a deciduous shrub that blooms from April to October. The leaves are purple-red throughout the growing season. It is resistant to pruning. Each time it is pruned, it sprouts and flowers more vigorously. It likes light, is afraid of waterlogging, and has strong adaptability to cold and drought.

7. Golden Leaf Weigela is a deciduous shrub that blooms from April to October. The leaves are golden yellow throughout the growing season . It likes light, is cold-resistant, drought-resistant, and relatively shade-tolerant.

8. Variegated Weigela is a deciduous shrub that blooms from April to June. It likes light, is relatively shade-tolerant, cold-tolerant, drought-tolerant, but is afraid of waterlogging and can tolerate pruning.

9. Sambucus sambucus Deciduous shrub, flowering period April-May, light-loving, slightly shade-tolerant, strong growth, tolerant to pruning

10. Sambucus sambucus is a deciduous shrub that blooms from April to May. It is cold-resistant and drought-resistant, light-loving, and has strong growth potential.

11. Cassia corymbosa (pointed leaves) is a semi-evergreen shrub that blooms from July to October. It is light-loving, cold-resistant, does not shed its leaves in warm winter, grows fast, and tolerates pruning.

12. Cassia tora (round leaves) blooms from September to October. It likes light, is cold-resistant, drought-resistant and resistant to pruning.

13. Golden Leaf Physocarpus is a deciduous shrub with golden yellow leaves during the growing period, which turn yellow-green before falling. It is light-loving, cold-resistant and grows fast.

14. Spray snowflake is a deciduous shrub that blooms from March to April. It likes sunshine and can tolerate a certain amount of water and humidity, but is not suitable for long-term waterlogging . It grows fast and tolerates pruning.

15. Psoralea corylifolia Deciduous shrub, fruiting period from November to February, cold-resistant, light-loving

16. Single-leaved vitex is a deciduous shrub that blooms from July to August. It is cold-resistant, drought-resistant and light-loving.