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)
Fuchsia 'Walz Jubelteen'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Whiteknights Blush'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Whiteknights Pearl'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Winston Churchill'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica 'Pumila'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica 'Thompsonii'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis 'Aurea'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis 'Variegata'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae 'Alba'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae 'Sharpitor'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia procumbens
Creeping fuchsia, Trailing fuchsia, Ballerina plant
Gaultheria Florry® = 'HO120'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea
Gaultheria mucronata 'Bell's Seedling'
Bell's prickly heath
Gaultheria mucronata 'Indian Lake'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Gaultheria mucronata 'Lilian'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Gaultheria mucronata 'Mulberry Wine'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Gaultheria mucronata 'Pink Pearl'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Prickly heath
Gaultheria shallon
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Salal, Shallon
Gaultheria x wisleyensis 'Pink Pixie'
Wintergreen, Box berry, Canada tea, Wisley wintergreen
Gaylussacia ursina
Hickleberry, Bear huckleberry
Genista 'Porlock'
Broom woadwaxen
Genista aetnensis
Sicilian broom, Mount Etna broom
Genista pilosa 'Procumbens'
Silkyleaf woadwaxen, Hairy greenwood
Genista tinctoria
Dyer's greenwood, Common woadwaxen, Dyers broom
Grevillea 'Canberra Gem'
Spider flower
Grevillea johnsonii
Johnson's spider flower
Grevillea juniperina
Juniper leaf grevillea, Juniper leaf spider flower
Grevillea juniperina f. sulphurea
Juniper leaf grevillea, Juniper leaf spider flower
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Rosemary grevillea
Griselinia littoralis
Broadleaf, Papauma, Kapuka
Griselinia littoralis 'Bantry Bay'
Broadleaf, Papauma, Kapuka
Griselinia littoralis 'Redge'
Broadleaf, Papauma, Kapuka
Hakea lissosperma
Pincushion tree, Needle bush, Mountain needlewood, Needle bush
Halimium lasianthum
Woolly sun rose, Woolly rock rose
Halimium lasianthum subsp. formosum 'Sandling'
Woolly Formosum sun rose
Halimium umbellatum
Umbel flowered sunrose
Halimium x pauanum
Hybrid sun rose
Hamamelis 'Brevipetala'
Witch-hazel, Winter's bloom
Hamamelis japonica 'Sulphurea'
Japanese witch hazel
Hamamelis mollis
Chinese witch Hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Coombe Wood'
Chinese witch Hazel
Hamamelis mollis 'Goldcrest'
Chinese witch Hazel
Hamamelis vernalis 'Sandra'
Ozark witch hazel
Hamamelis virginiana
American witch hazel, Snapping hazel, Tobacco wood
Hamamelis x intermedia
Hybrid witch hazel
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Advent'
Hybrid witch hazel
Hamamelis x intermedia 'Aphrodite'
Hybrid witch hazel