Shrubs

A A Rose Selection Abelia Acanthopanax Actinidia Adenocarpus Decorticans Allspice Tree Andromeda Anise Tree Aralia Arbor-vita Aristotelia Aronia Azalea Planting Azara B Baccharis Bamboo Banksia Barberry Bayonet Plant Bear-berry Belvedere Bladder Nut Bladder Senna Blue-bell Creeper Bowkeria Box Box Thorn Brachyglottis Repanda Brambles Broom Bryanthus Buckeye Buckthorn Bugle Lily Bush Honeysuckle Butcher's Broom C Caesalpinia Japonica Callistemon Salignus Camellia Canadian Rhodora Carpenteria Californica Caryopteris Cercidyphyllum Chamaerops Chaste Tree Chinese Jasmine Clerodendron Club Palm Colletia Coprosma Coral Barberry Coriaria Corokia Coronilla Corylopsis Crowberry Currant D D. californica Daisy Trees Dalmatian Laburnum Daphniphyllum Decaisnea Desfontainea Deutzia Diostea Juncea Dipelta Floribunda Disanthus Cercidifolius Distylium Dogwood Dogwood Shrub Drimys E E. japonica: Loquat Elder Enkianthus Erinacea Pungens Escallonia Euscaphis Evodia Hupehensis F Fallugia Paradoxa False Heath Fendlera Rupicola Fire Bush Flowering Nutmeg Flowers by Month Fontanesia Fothergilla French Willow Fuchsia Furze G Gardening: Caring for Roses Garland Flower Garrya Gerardia German Tamarisk Gillenia Glory Pea Golden Bell Golden Bush Golden Chestnut Gordonia

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Formally, shrubs are multi-stemmed woody plants; in some species, the only difference between a shrub variety and a small tree variety is the presence of stems instead of a single trunk. Shrubs can lose their leaves each fall, or they can keep them throughout the winter. Evergreen shrubs can have broad leaves or needles. Shrubs can be very small or they can grow to a height of 15 or 20 feet! There is a remarkably wide variety of plants that we call bushes or shrubs.

Shrubs in your Yard

Shrubs are the most important plants in the garden! Few homeowners have enough space to grow a variety of trees. Annuals and perennials are only around for part of the year, and even then, they are usually small plants. Shrubs give bulk and substance to your landscape year-round.

Things you can do with shrubs:

• Border your property with a hedge
• Create a formal garden by edging flowerbeds with small shrubs
• Add year-round color
• Add height to desired areas of the garden
• Create a solid wall of color during the shrub’s blooming season
• Make a ‘wild garden’ by planting native species and along narrow, winding pathways
• Create a tapestry hedge by planting a variety of shrubs with different growth habits and flowers
• Hide the ugly foundation of your house or garage
• Channel traffic by bordering walkways with shrubs
• Screen ugly views
• Set a mood by choosing shrubs with special foliage characteristics

Read our LTK Garden articles, and enjoy planting shrubs in your garden!