If you're looking for flowering shrubs that just don't know when to quit, you're in for a treat!
The best reblooming shrubs give you encore-worthy shows, double takes, and boomerang blooms that keep circling back again and again.
From the famous Lilacs to the flashy Azaleas, plus a lineup of Weigelas, Roses, and Hydrangeas that push out a second (or even third!) flush of flowers - these rebloomers make your landscape pop all season long!
Top 10 Best Reblooming Flowering Shrubs
Gardening with reblooming bushes is like getting two (or three) gardens in one! Why settle for a one-hit wonder when you can have a full-length concert of color?
Let's dig into the Top 10 Best Reblooming Flowering Shrubs that deliver waves of fragrance, butterflies, hummingbirds, and pollinators, and nonstop smiles!
1. Proven Winners® Bloomerang® Lilac (Syringa x)
Few plants pull the heartstrings like Lilacs! Normally a one-and-done springtime delight, Bloomerang® offers the classic spring show of richly fragrant purple blooms, then sends out another round in mid-summer that lasts into fall. Butterflies and bees can't resist, and the scent carries across the garden on warm evenings.
- Zone: 3-7
- Size: ~2-6 feet tall and wide, depending on variety
- Choose from Dark Purple, Purpink®, the original Bloomerang®, and the Dwarf Pink
- There are even reblooming Lilac Trees available in this great series!
- Best pruning time: Immediately after the first flush of spring flowers
>>Read up on Lilac pruning here!
2. Encore® Azaleas (Rhododendron hybrids)
Like a rock band that keeps coming back for curtain calls, Encore® Azaleas burst into color in spring, then give repeat blooms into fall once temps cool down. Their glossy broadleaf evergreen foliage stays handsome year-round, while the flowers range from hot pinks and corals to snowy whites. Hummingbirds love them, and they brighten those shaded borders!
- Zone: 6-9
- Size: 2-5 feet tall, depending on variety
- Best pruning time: Right after the spring bloom
3. Weigela (Weigela florida 'Sonic Bloom®' series)
Sonic Bloom® Weigelas pump out trumpet-shaped blooms in vivid pink, red, or white, with waves of flowers that keep hummingbirds coming back as often as the flowers do!
Their arching branches and naturally neat and tidy shape give them a soft, fountain-like form, and the colorful display stretches from spring, throughout the summer, and continuing right until frost!
- Zone: 4-8
- Size: 4-5 feet tall and wide
- Best pruning time: After the first bloom in late spring
4. Knock Out® Roses (Rosa hybrids)
The garden's ultimate workhorse, Knock Out® Roses bloom in flush after flush of vibrant red, pink, or yellow, with self-cleaning flowers and glossy foliage. They're tough, disease-resistant, and beloved by bees and pollinators.
A low-maintenance way to keep romance in your mixed shrub borders, cut flower gardens, and formal foundation gardens all season!
- Zone: 5-9
- Size: 3-4 feet tall and wide
- Best pruning time: Early spring and light deadheading through summer
5. Endless Summer® Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)
A true garden star, Endless Summer® Bigleaf Hydrangeas produce large mophead blooms on both old and new wood. Depending on soil pH, the flowers glow pink or blue, and they rebloom well into the fall. Their lush foliage and oversized blooms give a lush, nostalgic, cottage garden charm to borders and foundations.
- Zone: 4-9
- Size: 3-5 feet tall and wide
- Best pruning time: Lightly prune after blooms fade - avoid heavy pruning
6. Proven Winners® ColorChoice® Spilled Wine® Weigela (Weigela florida)
This compact rebloomer pairs deep burgundy foliage with vibrant pink trumpet flowers that keep repeating through summer. Its dark leaves add contrast even when the blooms pause, making it an eye-catching, pollinator-friendly accent in dark foliage garden displays. The color contrast brings in the curious neighbors, while the trumpet-shaped flowers attract hummingbirds galore!
- Zone: 4-8
- Size: 2-3 feet tall and wide
- Best pruning time: Immediately after the first bloom in late spring
7. Double Play® Doozie Spirea (Spiraea x)
This sterile Spirea has no energy wasted on seed production - which means flower power galore! Bright pink blooms keep reblooming against fiery new growth that emerges red, shifts to green, then blazes orange in fall. Bees and beneficial insects love the fizzy-looking flat-topped flowers, too! A triple-play of color combined with a double dose of bloom time is a sure bet!
- Zone: 3-8
- Size: 2-3 feet tall and wide
- Best pruning time: Very little is needed, but you can shear lightly after each bloom wave
8. Kaleidoscope Abelia (Abelia x grandiflora)
With variegated foliage that shifts gold to orange-red through the seasons and sweetly fragrant white flowers that rebloom from summer to frost, this shrub truly lives up to its name! Butterflies and bees hover around it, while the foliage alone is a year-round show. Abelia is related to Weigela, so you know the flowering superpower this shrub will use to boost the color impact in your gardens!
- Zone: 6-9
- Size: 2-3 feet tall and wide
- Best pruning time: Early spring for shaping
9. Proven Winners® Oso Easy® Roses (Rosa hybrids)
A modern Rose series bred for carefree reblooming, Oso Easy® Roses flower repeatedly without much fuss. Their clusters of bright blooms resist common Rose diseases and keep the garden cheerful right through autumn! These are practically plant it and forget it flowering shrubs that even the brownest thumbs can grow with ease!
- Zone: 4-9
- Size: 2-4 feet tall and wide
- Best pruning time: Early spring with light deadheading after blooms fade
10. Butterfly Bushes (Buddleia davidii)
Known as the "summer lilac," Butterfly Bushes produce long, fragrant flower spikes in shades of purple, pink, or white that keep reblooming until frost if you snip off spent flowers. Its airy shape and sweet scent make it a pollinator magnet, with Monarchs, Swallowtails, and hummingbirds lining up for nectar.
- Zone: 5-11
- Size: 2-8 feet tall, depending on the variety or if it is a dwarf variety
- Best pruning time: Cut back hard in the very early spring to encourage vigorous new growth and repeated flowering. You can also keep these pinched back for a more compact plant.
Care & Maintenance - How To Keep Your Rebloomers Blooming
Keeping your reblooming flowering shrubs at their best is all about timing, food, and light. Here's how to make sure your shrubs don't fizzle out before the encore:
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Deadhead spent flowers: Removing old blooms encourages the shrub to push out a new flush of buds. This can be done by hand, by shearing your shrub, or by giving it a pruning. Never remove more than one-third of your bush at any one time.
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Fertilize smartly: Use a balanced slow-release fertilizer in early spring, then follow up with a bloom booster after the first flush of flowers. Avoid overdoing nitrogen - too much green growth means fewer flowers.
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Water deeply: Reblooming takes energy. Keep soil evenly moist, especially during dry spells, to fuel new buds.
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Sunlight matters: Most reblooming shrubs thrive in full sun! Shadier spots may slow the repeat show and reduce the number of flowers that are produced.
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Prune lightly at the right time: Prune immediately after the first flush fades to give plants recovery time before the next wave. Heavy late pruning can cut off the next round of buds! Incorrect pruning timing can even remove flowers until next year!
- Renewal pruning for vigor: Every couple of years, remove a few of the oldest, thickest stems at ground level. This rejuvenation pruning makes room for new, vigorous shoots that carry the strongest rebloom potential, without interrupting blooming.
Remember: only remove up to one-third of a shrub at any time to avoid stressing your plant.
Double The Bloom, Double The Fun!
Reblooming flowering shrubs are the garden gifts that keep on giving. From the boomerang beauty of Lilacs to the encore-worthy Azaleas and long-lasting Roses, these bushes make it clear that Ma Nature loves an encore performance!
Planting these rebloomers means more fragrance, more pollinator action, and more garden color stretched across the entire growing season.
So, if you're ready for flowers that don't fade after the opening act - bring these shrubs into your garden and enjoy a show that keeps circling back.
Happy Planting!
