Big Blue Liriope
$19.95
Introduction Deep Green Color and Lavender Flowers Add Beauty to Your Home Great for bordering plant beds to soften and add texture Super hardy an...
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White Drift® Rose
$34.99
Introduction Crisp White Blooms Blooms from spring all the way to frost! Hard to find white blooms that are no maintenance. Disease resistant Low ...
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Stella de Oro Daylily
$19.99
Introduction A Profusion of Rich Golden Yellow Flowers Repeat Bloomer Attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds! Beautiful Border and Groundcover Fait...
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Brilliance Autumn Fern
$24.99
Introduction A fern with dramatic foliage color A Perfect fern for shady areas with only a little bit of sun Looks best planted in masses Awesome ...
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Sweet Drift® Rose
$34.99
Introduction Light Pink Sugar-Sweet Blooms will Brighten your Day. Perfect, unique color! Great groundcover rose bush that can be planted anywhere...
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Peach Drift® Rose
$54.99
Introduction Peach colored roses...beautiful! The most flowering of all the roses! Stays small and compact Disease resistant Colors that make you ...
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Apricot Drift® Rose
$34.99
Introduction Gorgeous, Apricot Blooms from Spring until Frost! Superior disease resistance Great groundcover Plant in clusters or borders Great pl...
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Blue Star Juniper
$32.95
Introduction Silvery-Blue Color You Will Love! Blue evergreen that stands out next to your home with other reds, pinks, and yellows. Great shrub i...
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Patriot Hosta
$22.99
Introduction Great Accent Perennial Highly adaptable to many conditions Loves shade! Low maintenance Never Bareroot... All plants come rooted int...
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Popcorn Drift® Rose
$54.99
Introduction Unique, Light Yellow-White Color Blooms! Enjoy colorful blooms spring, summer, and fall Adds lots of color in bare areas of the lands...
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Coral Drift® Rose
$49.95
Introduction Dynamic coral flowers! Coral colored roses that mesmerize! Disease resistant Stunning addition to your landscape! Everyone will want ...
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Red Drift® Rose
$34.99
Introduction Ruby Red Blooms Celebrate your Yard! Extremely hardy rose bush Disease resistant! Blooms from spring all the way to frost AND it's a ...
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Double Play Candy Corn Spirea
$49.99
Introduction Fall into Landscaping with this Halloween Candy Dwarf Spirea Colorful Foliage - Orange, Red, and Yellow Purple Flowers from Spring to...
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Pink Drift® Rose
$34.99
Introduction Pink Groundcover Rose Bush Brightens borders and really adds color! Fills empty spaces where you need more color. Drift Roses are per...
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Dwarf English Boxwood
$59.95
Introduction Perfect for borders and walkways! Natural round,cloud like shape Cold Hardy Deer Resistant Description The Dwarf English Boxwood is ...
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Nandina Flirt™
$57.99
Introduction Add Pops of Rich Color to your Landscape Anywhere! Vibrant red color all year long! Dwarf variety that only grows to 2 feet tall and ...
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Happy Returns Daylily
$21.99
Introduction The Happy Return Daylily Happily Creates Blooms Year After Year Very hardy Adaptable to a variety of conditions 4 inch wide lemon yel...
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Guacamole Coral Bells Heuchera
$29.99
Introduction Vibrant Guacamole Green Plant that Grows in Shade! Cold and Heat Hardy Creamy White Flowers Low Maintenance and Deer Resistant Beauti...
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Kimberly Queen Fern
$42.95
Introduction Add a Touch of Sophistication to Your Home and Garden Natural Air Purifier Great in Containers and as a Houseplant Ideal Plant for En...
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Cityline® Paris Bigleaf Hydrangea
$56.99
Introduction New Dwarf Variety Perfect for any Space! Plant in containers on your patio or walkway and enjoy. Great for cut flowers and floral arr...
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Gumpo White Azalea
$49.99
Introduction Huge White Flowers in Late Spring Dwarf Evergreen Azalea A Unique Groundcover Low Maintenance Flowering Shrub Perfect Container Azale...
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Gardenia Radicans
$49.99
Introduction All the Beauty and Fragrance of a Gardenia in a Small Package! Perfect ground cover, border, foundation, or container gardenia Pretty...
View full detailsWhat are Shrubs?
Shrubs 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.)
When to Plant Shrubs
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!
How to Plant Shrubs
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.
When to Prune Shrubs
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.
What Shrubs are Deer Resistant?
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.
What are the Best Shrubs for Shade?
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.
What are the Fastest Growing Privacy Shrubs?
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.
What the Best Small 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.
