These 9 flowering shrubs are perfect for balcony pots

Friends who love growing flowers also love "showing off flowers" and sharing the ones they have grown well. Some flowers can win friends over at a single glance. When I saw these 9 flowering shrubs below, I wanted to take them all home.

1. Bougainvillea

This is a very common perennial flowering shrub in the south. Among a profusion of flowers, it is undoubtedly full of vitality, and its colors are rich too. It likes plenty of sunlight (with appropriate shade in summer), and the soil should not stay wet all the time; keeping it slightly dry is best.

2. Camellia

Camellia likes slightly acidic soil rich in humus, and it likes growing in a mild, cool climate. A common small flowering shrub for sunny environments. If you want to grow it in a pot and have it bloom like the flowers above, it needs fertilizer and pruning.

3. Gardenia

It is considered one of the most desirable shrub flowers. Gardenia likes growing in warm, slightly acidic soil rich in humus, and likes the warm, rainy environment of the south (plenty of rain, soil on the acidic side).

4. Hydrangea

Hydrangea is also one of the most popular flowering plants. It can adapt to various environments and grows best in sunny subtropical and temperate environments. Its small flowers bloom in clusters, very spectacular.

Potted hydrangeas need appropriate regular pruning and frequent light fertilizing.

6. Lilac

Lilac likes growing in mild-climate regions. It has a very strong fragrance and likes sunny environments, needing more than 6 hours of light per day.

You can choose compact and dwarf varieties for pot cultivation, and pay attention to appropriate pruning.

6. Crape Myrtle

Crape myrtle is a very common tropical flowering shrub in the south. This shrub's flowers come with very rich colorful leaves, and they are also vibrant plants.

When in full bloom they are especially eye-catching. This tropical flowering shrub has rich, varied colors. Dwarf crape myrtle varieties are still fairly suitable for pots and need regular pruning.

7. Peony

Peony is relatively cold-hardy and can adapt to the colder environments of the north. Its flowers are full and stately, and very fragrant. It is best suited to being planted in the ground in courtyards; growing a good-looking potted peony is very difficult.

8. Rose

There are very many varieties of rose, and they can adapt to various climate and environmental conditions, depending on the variety you choose. For their care, pay attention to preventing pests and diseases, give plenty of light, and pruning after flowering and before spring budding is also very important.

9. Azalea

Azalea likes environments with plenty of rainfall and prefers mild, moist conditions in summer. It is a very beautiful flowering plant that likes scattered light and grows best in slightly acidic soil.