Shrubs (bushes) & structural plants
Shrubs give the garden its structural backbone. Whether evergreen or deciduous, they are ever present in the garden all year round. There are shrubs for every type of garden situation, size and soil condition. Some flower, whilst others have interesting foliage in a spectrum of colours and different shapes. Hugely versatile, there are many ways to incorporate them. Grown in a group, perhaps several layers deep, forming a wind break at your boundary and also a backdrop to border plants. Those with a distinctive shape can be used as a feature, perhaps in a lawn. Shrubs will continue to grow for many years and it is advisable to check the size they will reach. ; Top tip: Container-grown shrubs can be planted in the ground at any time of the year, but best when it is not too hot, between autumn and spring.
A-Z of shrubs
5248 plants
Drought resistant shrubs
402 plants
Drought & wet tolerant shrubs
6 plants
Evergreen foliage shrubs
1558 plants
Flowering shrubs
3513 plants
Large shrubs (>1.5m spread)
1436 plants
Low maintenance shrubs
1672 plants
Multi-season interest shrubs
360 plants
Shade loving shrubs
280 plants
Shrubs for containers
542 plants
Small shrubs (<1m spread)
482 plants
Wildlife wonder shrubs
755 plants
Winter interest shrubs
213 plants
All plants (5353)
Cornus kousa 'Milky Way'
Chinese dogwood, Kousa, Japanese dogwood
Cornus kousa 'Norman Hadden'
White flowering dogwood, Chinese dogwood, Japanese dogwood
Corokia x virgata 'Welsh Whisky'
Wire-netting bush
Correa rosea 'Marian's Marvel'
Australian fuchsia
Corylus maxima
Filbert
Cotinus coggygria 'Notcutt's Variety'
Smoke tree, Venetian sumach, Smokewood, Smokebush
Cotoneaster dielsianus
Diel's cotoneaster
Cotoneaster naoujanensis 'Berried Treasure'
Yunnan cotoneaster
Cotoneaster salicifolius 'Repens'
Arching willow leaf cotoneaster
Cotoneaster x suecicus 'Skogholm'
Swedish cotoneaster
Cytisus 'Burkwoodii'
Broom
Cytisus racemosus
Dwarf yellow broom, Sweet broom
Cytisus scoparius f. andreanus
Common broom, Scotch broom, Broom
Cytisus x kewensis
Kew broom, Broom
Cytisus x praecox 'Lilac Lady'
Broom, Warminster broom
Dalea orcutti
Baja dalea, Indigo bush
Daphne bholua 'Darjeeling'
Himalayan daphne
Daphne bholua 'Spring Beauty'
Himalayan daphne
Daphne cneorum 'Eximia'
Garland flower, Rose daphne
Daphne x burkwoodii 'Briggs Moonlight'
Burkwood's daphne
Deutzia Yuki Cherry Blossom = 'Ncdx2'
Slender Deutzia
Diervilla rivularis Honeybee = 'Diwibru01'
Mountain bush honeysuckle
Dracaena sanderiana
Ribbon plant
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Maryline'
Hybrid oleaster
Elaeagnus x submacrophylla 'Moonlight'
Hybrid oleaster
Empetrum nigrum
Crowberry, Black crowberry, Crake berry, Curlew berry, Monox, Black berried heath
Erica arborea f. aureifolia 'Golden Smile'
Tree heather
Eucalyptus cinerea 'Silver Dollar'
Silver dollar tree
Eucryphia lucida
Leatherwood, Pinkwood, Tasmanian leatherwood
Euonymus fortunei 'Kewensis'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Euonymus japonicus 'Latifolius Albomarginatus'
Japanese spindle
Euryops pectinatus 'Silver Star'
Grey-leaved euryops
Felicia amelloides 'Astrid Thomas'
Blue marguerite, Blue daisy, Cape aster
Felicia amelloides 'Read's White'
Blue marguerite, Blue daisy, Cape aster
Felicia amelloides 'Santa Anita'
Blue marguerite, Blue daisy, Cape aster
Ficus carica 'Rouge de Bordeaux'
Common fig
Ficus pumila 'Sonny'
Creeping fig, Climbing fig, Creeping rubber plant
Ficus pumila 'Variegata'
Creeping fig, Climbing fig, Creeping rubber plant
Ficus pumila 'White Sonny'
Creeping fig, Climbing fig, Creeping rubber plant
Forsythia Maree d'Or = 'Courtasol'
Forsythia x intermedia 'Spring Show Off'
Frangula alnus
Alder buckthorn, Black dogwood
Fuchsia 'Annabel'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Baby Blue Eyes'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Bunny'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Chang'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Chilli Red'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Deep Purple'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops