Easycare shrubs (small bushes)
Low-growing shrubs (or bushes if you prefer) give a year-round structure to the garden, even if they lose their leaves in winter. Their presence means the garden always has visual interest.^ A few shrubs are grown solely for their flowers – as is the case with shrubby Potentilla. Others have multi-season interest such as Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame' with exciting spring foliage and attractive flowers in summer. Look out for plants that earn their keep with more than one season of interest.
Plants (67)
Berberis x frikartii 'Amstelveen'
Frikart's barberry
Ceratostigma willmottianum
Chinese plumbago, Leadwort
Choisya x dewitteana White Dazzler = 'Londaz'
Mexican orange blossom, Golden Mexican orange blossom
Fuchsia 'Alice Hoffman'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Garden News'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Mrs Popple'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Son of Thumb'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis 'Versicolor'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Hebe 'Emerald Gem'
Hebe 'Wiri Mist'
Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling'
Ochre whipcord hebe
Hebe pinguifolia 'Pagei'
Fat leaf hebe
Hebe vernicosa
Glossy leaved hebe
Hypericum x hidcoteense 'Hidcote'
St John's wort, St Peter's wort
Sarcococca hookeriana 'Ghorepani'
Himalayan sarcococca
Berberis x stenophylla 'Corallina Compacta'
Rosemary barberry
Ceratostigma willmottianum Forest Blue = 'Lice'
Chinese plumbago, Leadwort
Fuchsia 'Army Nurse'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Beacon Rosa'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Brutus'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Corallina'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Dark Eyes'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Display'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Dollar Prinzessin'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Hawkshead'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Heidi Ann'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Herald'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Margaret'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Saturnus'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Snowcap'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Whiteknights Pearl'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis 'Aurea'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia magellanica var. molinae 'Alba'
Hardy fuchsia, Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Hebe 'Blue Clouds'
Hebe 'Caledonia'
Hebe 'Great Orme'
Hebe 'Margret'
Hebe 'Mrs Winder'
Hebe 'Nicola's Blush'
Hebe 'Oratia Beauty'
Hebe 'Pascal'
Hebe 'Pink Elephant'
Hebe 'Sapphire'
Hebe 'White Gem'
Hebe 'Wiri Charm'
Hebe 'Wiri Dawn'
Hebe albicans
White hebe