Sunny Knock Out® Rose Tree
Looking for the perfect plant to add color to your landscape? No matter what size space you are dealing with, the Sunny Knock Out® Rose Tree makes ...
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Looking for the perfect plant to add color to your landscape? No matter what size space you are dealing with, the Sunny Knock Out® Rose Tree makes ...
View full detailsThe Golden Euonymus shrub is a compact, evergreen shrub with green and gold variegated leaves. This compact little hedge serves as a great year-rou...
View full detailsIntroduction A Colorful Shrub with Heavenly Fragrance Beauty and Scent beyond compare Exotic Korean Lilac Low Maintenance Disease and Deer Resista...
View full detailsFall in love with the alluring, sweet scent of the Fragrant Tea Olive. This Tea Olive, the Osmanthus Fragrans, has a long bloom time that begins in...
View full detailsIntroduction Add Tropical Flare Even in Cold Climates! Tolerates temps below 0 with proper care Planting zones 5 to 11! Great for containers Perfe...
View full detailsAre you looking for a small and easy-to-maintain evergreen shrub? Look no further than the Blue Star Juniper. This ornamental specimen is a perfect...
View full detailsIntroduction Tons of Huge Sweet Blueberries from an Award Winning Variety Heavy Producer Self-Pollinating - only 1 plant required Enjoy Healthy Bl...
View full detailsLow Maintenance, Evergreen shrub that keeps blooming over and over again! If you plan on planting a cluster of azaleas or are just looking to add c...
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...
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View full detailsIntroduction The Fire Light® Hydrangea will light up your landscape with its vibrant blooms! Extremely cold hardy flowering shrub Beautiful Pink-R...
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View full detailsIntroduction Great for Adding Color to your Landscape! Purple-Red foliage Yellow flowers in summer Red seed pods in winter Versatile plant Deer an...
View full detailsIntroduction Add Tropical Flair and Property Value to your Home Unique texture from the palm leaves to the trunk Add a warm, tropical feel to your...
View full detailsIntroduction True Red Blooms that Repeat Bloom ALL YEAR LONG! Evergreen Burgundy Foliage Add Phenomenal Color to your Landscape Brilliant Purples ...
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View full detailsIntroduction A Columnar Shrub with Exciting Color! Enjoy Vibrant, Orange, Green, and Reds throughout the year! Unique Upright, Columnar Barberry! ...
View full detailsIntroduction Hot Pink Rebloomer Perfect pink flowers in spring and fall! Lush double blooms Can tolerate full sun Everyone wants one. Never Barer...
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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.