my list of essentials for a southern garden include several flowering shrubs: mophead hydrangeas 
oakleaf hydrangeas - this is mine in 2011- below is a close up
azaleas - this one is a very unusual color that I got from my mother. Below are more of my azaleas - most of which were rooted from my mother's. Even though I probably shouldn't have planted them so close together, I love how they look with all the colors mingling. This photo doesn't show it, but there is a solid white one in the mix too!
native azaleas - there are many colors. This yellow one was given to me by my brother, Ken. The first close-up is this same bush, the second close-up is another one that I love. I don't know the names of them unfortunately. I just got a new one from a friend, who gave it to me in memory of my mother. It's pink and I haven't decided yet where I want to put it.
Rose of Sharon, or althea is another favorite of mine. I think it must be the "mother plant" of hibicus. Can you see the similarities? My first one actually came from my husband's grandmother. Her's was purple. It reseeds itself, and it is very interesting to me that sometimes they are purple and sometimes white. I also have a double one that is pink, that came from my Aunt Opal.
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