Shrubs are an integral part of good garden design. They provide a transitional element between lawn and trees on your property, adding balance and scale. A border of flowering shrubs can also be an alternative to a wood or stone structure, offering privacy to your outdoor space.

If you are planting a variety of shrubs in one location, make sure they have similar light, soil, and moisture requirements. Choose shrubs that are sized to fit your landscape, and avoid packing immature shrubs too tightly into a border.

Here are ten new shrubs from Proven Winners you should try this season:

Kodiak Black Diervilla, Bush Honeysuckle
Sun Exposure: Sun or Shade.
Bloom Time: Summer.
Bloom Time: Grown for Foliage.

This hardy, easy-growing shrub is a standout with its dark burgundy-black foliage. The color is especially intense in spring and autumn. The bright yellow flowers add contrast in early summer. This is a durable native that thrives in sun or shade, and is a very useful landscape plant. 

All that Glitters Viburnum 
Sun Exposure: Sun.
Bloom Time: Mid-spring.
Resists Deer.
Native to North America. 

This beautiful and elegant viburnum is also low-maintenance. The foliage of this shrub is super glossy, which gives it a handsome presence in the landscape. Early summer brings hundrens of white flower clusters. This plant is smaller than most viburnums, which makes it perfectly suited to foundation plantings, hedges and screens. 

All that Glows Viburnum 
Sun Exposure: Part Sun to Sun.
Bloom Time: Early Summer. 
Attracts Birds.
Resists Deer.

The glossy variegated foliage will certainly add interest to your landscape. Abundant creamy white flowers appear on this shrub in spring. The dark green, textured leaves turn a rich burgundy-red in late autumn. Offering a variety of texture and color, this shrub would be a wonderful addition to your landscape.

Pucker Up Dogwood
Sun Exposure: Part Sun to Sun.
Bloom Time: Early to Late Spring.
Attracts Butterflies, Bees, Birds and Hummingbirds.
Resists Deer.
Native to North America.

This unique shrub has heavily textured foliage that makes an eye-catching addition to your landscape. It is native and tolerant of a wide range of condition, thriving even in wet or partially shaded areas. Though it does flower and display some red coloration on its young stems, foliage is this variety’s defining characteristic.

Double Play Red Spirea
Sun Exposure: Part Sun to Sun.
Bloom Time: Late Spring.
Attracts Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds. 
Resists Deer.

Double Play Red is a flower color breakthrough, the first and only spirea with true red flowers. Add in the showy dark burgundy spring foliage and you’ve got the perfect double play! Available in better garden centers Spring 2016.

Double Play Pink Spirea
Sun Exposure: Part Sun to Sun.
Bloom Time: Late Spring.
Attracts Bees, Butterflies and Hummingbirds.
Resists Deer.

The bright pink and compact blossoms on this shrub will provide instant color to your landscape. The foliage emerges dark red in spring and turns to a rich green in time for the pink spring flowers. The dense, mounded habit is perfect for landscapes.

Maroon Swoon Weigela
Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade.
Bloom Time: Summer through Fall.
Attracts Butterflies.

The abundant rich red flowers on this shrub contrast with the deep green foliage for a stunning effect. This mid-sized ornamental shrub is perfect as a focal point in your garden, or try it in a large patio pot. 

Tuxedo Weigela
Sun Exposure:  Full Sun to Part Shade.
Bloom Time: Summer through Fall.
Attracts Butterflies.

A classy, elegant compact performer that really stands out in the garden. The pure white, funnel-shaped blooms contrast beautifully with the dark purple, almost black, foliage. The fragrant blooms attract butterflies all summer long!

Miss Violet Butterfly Bush
Sun Exposure: Sun. 
Bloom Time: Summer through Fall.
Attracts Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds.
Resists Deer.

The collection of tiny purple flowers on this plant will add great interest to your landscape, while attracting all sorts of pollinators. This seedless and non-invasive plant will bloom all season long!

Still Waters Clematis
Sun Exposure: Part Sun to Sun.
Bloom Time: Summer through Fall. 
Attracts Butterflies, Bees and Hummingbirds.
Resists Deer.

The large, icy-violet blooms contrast with the dark red center and lush green foliage. This plant is a great choice to grow on its own or on a trellis or fence. The long-lasting blooms will appear for most of the season!

Whichever type of shrub you choose to add to your garden, all will offer structure, year-round color, as well as food and shelter for wildlife.