Anonymous wrote:Nothing is going to bloom all spring and summer except a rose or maybe a hydrangea.

Although deciduous, the leaves on oak-leaf hydrangeas are tenacious and in the DMV a material percentage tend to stay on the bush until they are pushed off by new growth in the spring. Might be worth considering.

Nothing is going to bloom all spring and summer except a rose or maybe a hydrangea.

Anonymous wrote:Partial sun. Would like one that flowers in the spring/summer but still has leaves in the fall/winter. Suggestions?

Some of the new hardy gardenias are nice. Sarcaccocca is a nice low grower.

Skip Laurel

If you want berries in the winter instead of flowers in the summer there’s holly

Kalmia latifolia needs light shade in the DMV

Anonymous wrote:What about a magnolia?

The only reliably evergreen one in this area is Southern Magnolia.

Cold hardy gardenia

Op here. That wasn’t me who asked about what’s native. I’m open to anything.

Anonymous wrote:Do they have anything that is native to the area like that?

Kalmia latifolia and Rhododendron maximum. There are others that produce berries, such as bayberry.

Do they have anything that is native to the area like that?

What about a magnolia?

Gumpo azalea (but they stay pretty short)

Azelea
Camellia
Rhododendron
Japanese Viburnum

Partial sun. Would like one that flowers in the spring/summer but still has leaves in the fall/winter. Suggestions?