Double Knock Out® Rose
Enjoy your colorful Double Knock Out Rose Blooms May through late fall or. Ideal for hedges, natural areas, and individual planting. Even use for ...
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Enjoy your colorful Double Knock Out Rose Blooms May through late fall or. Ideal for hedges, natural areas, and individual planting. Even use for ...
View full detailsShenandoah Switchgrass is an upright grass with tons of red color! Red-pink plumes soften your landscape from mid-summer until winter. As the weat...
View full detailsAre you thinking about adding some life to your yard? How about a really cool Knock Out Rose Tree?! They are so easy; just remove them from the box...
View full detailsFall in LOVE with the ROMANTIC, RED blooms of the newest variety of Encore Azalea®, Autumn Fire®! You won't find another azalea with the perfect, s...
View full detailsThe Hot Flash Camellia is a perfect shrub for smaller yards and spaces. This compact Camellia shows off with an explosion of bright red semi-double...
View full detailsThe Yuletide Camellia is a spectacular evergreen shrub that is perfect for the holidays. It's hard to pass up a plant with such a beautiful name an...
View full detailsWe just love the new Autumn Bonfire® Encore® Azalea. With true red single and semi-double blooms for 3 seasons, this dwarf azalea is absolutely stu...
View full detailsThe Greensboro Red Camellia is a wonderful evergreen shrub that can also be used as a small ornamental tree. It is a compact shrub with an upright ...
View full detailsIntroduction Dwarf Red Encore® Azalea that Blooms Spring, Summer, and Fall! Dwarf Variety averages 3 feet tall x 3.5 feet wide. Deep Red-orange, s...
View full detailsIntroduction The Fire Light® Hydrangea will light up your landscape with its vibrant blooms! Extremely cold hardy flowering shrub Beautiful Pink-R...
View full detailsIntroduction True Red Blooms that Repeat Bloom ALL YEAR LONG! Evergreen Burgundy Foliage Add Phenomenal Color to your Landscape Brilliant Purples ...
View full detailsIntroduction Ruby Red Blooms Celebrate your Yard! Extremely hardy rose bush Disease resistant! Blooms from spring all the way to frost AND it's a ...
View full detailsIntroduction Amazing Bright Red-Orange Blooms! Re-bloomer Perfect for brightening your landscape Pest and disease resistant Low maintenance Great ...
View full detailsIntroduction Stunning, Full, Colorful Winter Blooms Gorgeous privacy hedge Big, bright blooms in late winter to early spring Light, sweet fragranc...
View full detailsIntroduction You Can't Resist Endless Cherry Red Blooms Blooms and Re-blooms from spring to fall with no deadheading Amazing pop of color for your...
View full detailsIntroduction Brand New Red Miniature Rose from Knock Out®! Great Color! Non-Fading Fire Engine Red Color 3 Seasons of Blooms Low Maintenance and E...
View full detailsThe Heavenly Bamboo Nandina has the most phenomenal year-round color and interest that you can find in a shrub. This evergreen plant offers stunnin...
View full detailsIntroduction Exciting, New Broadleaf Evergreen that Flowers in Winter! Delightfully deep green foliage Delicate, deep Red flowers January to March...
View full detailsIntroduction A Perfect Privacy Screen for Cooler Regions Dense, Deep Green Foliage Attractive Red Berries Welcome Birds Year-Round Interest A Uniq...
View full detailsThe Red Lucy Althea tree is a spectacular dwarf flowering tree with much to offer the home landscape. The large, vivid blooms are red-pink and abun...
View full detailsIntroduction Say Goodbye to Winter with an Explosion of Coral-Red Blooms! Fast Growing Shrub! Easy to Grow Plant a hedge or group for a blanket of...
View full detailsShrubs are synonymous with bushes. Generally they are small to medium perennial woody plants. Shrubs have multiple stems versus trees which usually have a single trunk. These plants can be deciduous or evergreen. There are types of shrubs that flower and those that don’t. Some produce seeds or berries. Bushes that are commonly grown in the landscape for decorative purposes are called ornamental shrubs. These plants vary in color, shape, and size. (We include some herbaceous plants like perennials, tropical plants, and herbs in this collection for ease of use.)
The best time to plant most bushes in just about any climate is early spring. Fall is also a great time to plant shrubs, but cooler climates should plant at least 6 weeks before the ground freezes for best results. In warmer locations avoid summer, but embrace winter planting!
Dig a hole twice the width of the root ball of your plant. Once placed in the hole the root ball should be slightly higher than the soil line. Fill the hole with water, backfill the hole with soil, and tamp the soil down gently with your hands to remove air pockets. Apply 1 to 2 inches of mulch around your plant and water again until the water begins to pool. Water daily for the first week and 2 to 3 times per week for the first 2 to 3 months while your shrub is establishing.
You can trim bushes lightly anytime of the year especially if you are simply removing dead, broken, or diseased branches. Avoid pruning shrubs in mid to late fall because it stimulates new growth which is easily damaged by freezing temperatures. For most shrubs late winter or early spring is a good time for heavy pruning, but be sure to check the best time for your specific shrub. Some flowering shrubs like hydrangeas can bloom on old wood so pruning in winter or spring can remove flower buds. Plants that bloom on old wood should be pruned right after flowering.
Deer will eat almost any plant if it is the only option, especially in areas with heavy deer populations. Even deer resistant shrubs may still be a source of food for a hungry animal, predominantly the tender young growth, and flowers. As far as flowering shrubs, Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) and Barberry have the highest deer resistance ratings, with Viburnum (Snowball Bushes, etc), Abelia, Forsythia, Camellia, Lilac, Beautyberry, and Rose of Sharon Hibiscus following close behind. Boxwood shrubs, Juniper shrubs, Mugo Pine, and most Holly bushes are deer resistant evergreen shrubs. Deer also tend to avoid flowering broadleaf evergreen shrubs, Distylium, Japanese Pieris, and Ligustrum. A bonus is that all of these are low maintenance shrubs.
Shade loving flowering shrubs include Azaleas, Hydrangeas, Snowball Bushes (Viburnum) and Camellias. Boxwoods, Camellias, Azaleas, Distylium, and many Hollies and Junipers are evergreen plants that can grow in part shade. Gold Dust Aucuba, Pieris Mountain Fire, Green Mountain Boxwood, Japanese Plum Yew, and Hicks Yew are evergreen shrubs for full shade.
Wax Myrtles can grow 3 to 5 feet in one year. Nellie Stevens Holly, Oakland Holly, and Wavy Leaf Ligustrum can grow 2 to 3 feet per year. Some varieties of Nandina and Camellia can grow 1 to 2 feet per year. Dwarf shrubs tend to grow slower than standard and large shrubs.
Check out the Blue Pacific Juniper, Blue Star Juniper, Purple Pixie Loropetalum, Nandina Flirt, Dwarf English Boxwood, Soft Touch Holly, and Mr Bowling Ball Arborvitae for dwarf evergreen shrubs. For low growing shrubs, look to Liriope, Dianthus, Drift Roses, and Creeping and groundcover Juniper. There are tons of dwarf flowering shrub options. Some of our favorites are Encore Azaleas, Daruma Loropetalum, Gold Mound Spirea, Fine Wine Weigela, Let’s Dance Hydrangeas, Kleim’s Hardy Gardenia, Kaleidoscope Abelia, and Low and Behold Ice Chip Butterfly Bush. All of these bushes grow to 3 feet or less at maturity! (Some of the Encore Azaleas get a bit bigger, but they have several that stay at 2 to 3 feet tall)
Browse thru the best selections of Shrubs at our online plant nursery including our amazing Evergreen shrubs and Flowering shrubs.