Tall Narrow Flowering Shrubs

They can grow up to 15 feet and are equally wide. Fast growing deciduous shrubs that grow more than 10 feet tall include american bladdernut staphylea trifolia american plum prunus americana gray dogwood cornus racemosa hazel alder alnus serrulata pale dogwood cornus oblique prickly ash zanthoxylum americanum red osier dogwood cornus stolonifera rough leafed dogwood cornus drummondii staghorn sumac rhus typhina and winged sumac rhus copallina.

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Tall narrow flowering shrubs

7 tall and slender shrubs for tight spaces. These flowering shrubs bloom with clusters of flowers in spring and they produce both red fall foliage and blue berries in fall. Like other hollies the male and female plants are separate.

The arrowwood type is an excellent choice for shade. These shrubs will spread by suckers unless you remove them. Dwarf hinoki cypress 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide in 15 years.

Usually these spots in the garden are created by fences or walls but you can also end up with little un planted areas in the back of your border when you remove unsuccessful plants or otherwise adjust a mature planting plan. Rose of sharon shrubs do best in well draining soil and grow best when exposed to a least a two inch layer of mulch which helps them retain their much needed soil moisture. This narrow upright evergreen is a smooth leaved holly that reaches about 6 feet in height but is only 2 to 3 feet wide.

Bluebeard blue myth caryopteris incana blue myth puts out dark blue fragrant flowers attractive to butterflies in september to october. In april and may the upright branches are adorned with large pale pink flowers. The females of this species produce tiny purple berries but only when a pollinating male plant is nearby.

Chamaecyparis obtusa gracilis compact hinoki cypress x zone half to full sun. Compact evergreens for shade dwarf hinoki cypress 6 feet tall and 5 feet wide in 15 years. Certain shrubs grow 2 to 3 feet wide making them just the right choice for narrow sites.

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