The encyclopedia of shrubs catalogs all the shrubs you could want in your beautiful yard. Explore the encyclopedia of shrubs to find exactly what you're looking for.
Camellia is a shrub with pink flowers, red flowers, and white flowers. Camellias come mainly from China and Japan. Blooms appear in fall, winter, and spring. Camellias are great accent plants. Learn about the camellia. See more »
Hydrangeas are shrubs with large flower clusters, which may be mounded, globular, or spiked. The flowers can be nearly 2 inches in diameter and can be white, pink, purple, or blue. Learn about the hydrangea.
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Hypericum, a medium-sized shrub with bright yellow flowers, is also known as St. John's wort. Flowers appear in summer. Fruits are popular in flower arrangements. Learn about hypericum.
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Landscape shrubs come in a variety of shapes and sizes, with many different types of foliage. Learn how landscape shrubs such as euonymous, heather, and hydrangeas can add beauty to your garden.
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The leucothoe is a low-growing evergreen shrub that is native to the southeastern United States. It is a good ground cover and is excellent for mass plantings. Find out about this shrub.
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Lilacs are cod resistant flowering shrubs. Their tall, upright shrubs have clusters of perfumed, lavender or white flowers and green leaves. Lilacs make a great accent plant or blooming hedge. Learn about this flowering shrub.
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Michigan holly's red berries make it an attractive winter plant. The shrub's green leaves turn yellow in fall. The holly's red berries last through winter, if not eaten by birds. Learn about this accent plant.
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Mock orange has long branches loaded with pure white, fragrant flowers. This is a large deciduous shrub, best used in a shrubbery boarder or as an informal hedge. Learn about this flowering shrub.
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Oregon grape has berries that can be eaten, but has leaves that look more like holly. Forest green in summer, leaves can turn violet-red in the off-season. Learn how to use it in preventing erosion.
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The pieris remains a popular shrub because it has almost every landscape use in borders and as a background plant. Learn to care for and combine this small-flower plant with spring bulbs.
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Pittosporum carries the same scent as the orange blossom. Branch exposure changes as the plant matures and in part makes it a good garden accoutrement. Learn more about experimenting with Pittosporum displays.
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Red chokeberry produces somewhat edible fruit and grows even in low-quality soil. Leaves change color, flowers bloom white, and berries typically last into winter. Learn more about red chokeberry.
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Reeves skimmia begins the growing season with white flowers and then bears fruit until winter, making for interesting garden decor. Pruning is minimal. Learn more about the variety of functions for reeves skimmia.
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Rhododendrons offer a lot of landscape appeal because of their diverse sizes, shiny leaves, and colorful globes of flowers. Learn to grow them for use in woodland gardens, shubbery borders, and foundation plantings.
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Rosemary is a shrub that comes in all sizes, is rooted easily, and can be grown from a seed or sold while small. Learn how to grow it in containers or gardens.
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A tree peony is a great addition to a cottage-style garden with its cupped blossoms of red, pink, yellow, and white. The shrubs may grow to 7 feet tall and as wide but may be kept smaller by selective pruning. Read about its care.
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Winter honeysuckle, aptly named for its wintertime blooms, reaches perhaps 10 feet vertically and horizontally. Though it doesn't change color in autumn, it does bear a strong fragrance. Learn how to use it as a border.
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Witch hazel is a small ornamental shrub or tree that grows up to 20 feet in height and spread. It generally is the last shrub of the year to bloom. Learn about this shrub.
See more »Scented geraniums have perfumed leaves, often with fruity or spicy fragrances. They have magnificently varied leaves, and in summer grow clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers. Read more about this species of pelargoniums.
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