Sum and Substance Hostas
Introduction Add some great texture to your landscape with the Sum and Substance Hosta! Sun Loving Hosta Nice huge, green to yellow leaves Grows t...
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Introduction Add some great texture to your landscape with the Sum and Substance Hosta! Sun Loving Hosta Nice huge, green to yellow leaves Grows t...
View full detailsIntroduction Low Maintenance Super Fruit Full of antioxidants, amino acids, essential fatty acids Just plant and pick! Makes a great hedge Disease...
View full detailsIntroduction Dwarf Weigela with Deep Purple Foliage Gorgeous pink flowers that hummingbirds love Mounded shape - wider than tall Great for mixed b...
View full detailsIntroduction Easy Shrub that Adds Subtle Beautiful Color Great Shrub for Year-Round Interest! Add color to your landscape! Attracts butterflies Gr...
View full detailsIntroduction Dwarf Hydrangea Loaded with Blooms! White, clustered blooms from summer to fall Perfect for small spaces Heat tolerant Hardy, floweri...
View full detailsIntroduction Add Phenomenal Texture and Cool Blue Color Contrast Steel Blue Ornamental Grass Plant in Groups or Borders Low Maintenance Tolerates ...
View full detailsIntroduction Fast Growing Juniper with Shrub Height and Ground Cover Look and Function Add year-round color and texture to your landscape! Great f...
View full detailsPlanting a Bloomerang Lilac Tree will give your landscaping a rich and vibrant pop of purple for much of the year. Beginning in the spring and last...
View full detailsIntroduction Wow! Gorgeous Coral Roses for Three Seasons! Enjoy amazing and unique color Prolific bloomer with a long bloom period Flowers in spri...
View full detailsThe exquisite blue flowers on this bush add a unique one-of-a-kind color to any size garden or landscape. The thick sturdy stems ensure winter hard...
View full detailsIf you are looking for a substantial plant for shade that isn’t a hosta or heuchera, this is your plant! This phenomenal painted fern is huge, henc...
View full detailsIntroduction This Flowering Dwarf Grass is a Must Have! Accents areas of your landscape that need a little "something" Plant in groups of 3 or ...
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 The Spring Bouquet Viburnum has Year-round Appeal! Lovely star shaped, pink flowers fade to white Butterflies dance around the fragra...
View full detailsSedum ‘Angelina’ cultivars are known for their brightly colored chartreuse to yellow, needle-like foliage. This foliage is evergreen in warmer clim...
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 Add Bold Pops of Color and Rich Texture with this Extraordinary Plant Creamy Yellow color Plant in Groups or Borders for loads of col...
View full detailsIntroduction Beautiful and Unique Specimen Shrub Pine Cold Hardy Create a Dense Privacy Screen! Deer Resistant, Salt and Pollution Tolerant Year-R...
View full detailsIntroduction Gorgeous and Rare Blue Wisteria Vine! Heavy Bloomer Lovely Blue-Violet Color Colorful, Scented Flowers attract butterflies Descripti...
View full detailsIntroduction Pretty in Pink Petals for THREE Seasons! Perfect pink blooms in spring, summer, and fall! Large, silky 3 inch flowers Thrives in full...
View full detailsIntroduction Small Evergreen Shrub Great for Borders and Low Hedges Tidy, Compact Evergreen Heat, Drought, Wind and Salt Tolerant Disease and Dee...
View full detailsIntroduction Plum Magic Crape Myrtle....Yes It's Really Here! Brand New Variety Compact size fits in any yard Low maintenance and disease resistan...
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.