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Suggest tall flowering bush for illinois

Please suggest a tall (4' +) flowering bush to plant in illinois. It will be going behind garage with 4 to 6 hours of afternoon sun. Would like long bloom duration.
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rainbowgardener
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Here are some of my favorite native flowering shrubs, all hardy in your area and tolerant of hot afternoon sun:

Serviceberry: 4-6', white flowers, edible red berries that birds love
Chokeberry: 4-6', profuse white flowers, fall color, edible black berries
Dogwood: small tree, beautiful white flowers. Full sized is about 25 ft, but there are dwarf forms more like 10’
Red-twigged dogwood: 6-8', white flowers, bright red stems very showy in winter
Mock orange: 4-5', large, very fragrant white flowers, long bloom season, may repeat bloom
Purple nine-bark: 5-6, dark purple foliage, pink flowers (flowers come and go, but colored foliage is there all season!)
Viburnum: comes in several sizes from dwarf to full size (10-12’), gets covered in very fragrant white flowers
Redbud: small tree to 20’, but there are dwarf varieties 6-8’, covered in pinkish purple blooms in spring
American elderberry: 8-10', large white flowers, edible (when cooked) purple berries

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Thanks for the list. Great info. I will look into those.



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