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)
Hebe Blue Star = 'Vergeer 1'
Hebe macrantha
Large-flowered hebe
Hebe pimeleoides 'Quicksilver'
Glaucous blue flowered hebe
Hebe topiaria
Topiary hebe
Hypericum lancasteri
Lancaster's St John's wort
Hypericum olympicum
Dwarf St John's wort, Olympic St John's wort
Hypericum olympicum f. uniflorum 'Citrinum'
Dwarf St John's wort, Olympic St John's wort
Hypericum x dummeri 'Peter Dummer'
Dummer's tutsan
Hypericum x inodorum Golden Beacon = 'Wilhyp'
Tall tutsan
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna 'Purple Stem'
Himalayan sarcococca
Sarcococca ruscifolia 'Dragon Gate'
Fragrant sarcococca
Sorbus reducta
Creeping mountain ash, Pygmy rowan, Dwarf chinese mountain ash
Euonymus fortunei 'Kewensis'
Wintercreeper, Evergreen bittersweet, Dwarf euonymus
Forsythia Maree d'Or = 'Courtasol'
Fuchsia 'Annabel'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Baby Blue Eyes'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Eva Boerg'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Fuchsia 'Madame Cornelissen'
Ballerina plant, Lady's eardrops
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Wedding Gown'
Lacecap hydrangea