Low Growing Deciduous Shrubs

Most spireas stay relatively small which makes them useful.

Low growing deciduous shrubs. They have a compact habit of growth and their flowers are heavenly thriving in hardiness areas five to nine. With its short blue green needles blue star juniper looks especially nice planted next to shrubs with golden. Butterfly bush summersweet winged euonymus border forsythia fothergilla witch hazel rose of sharon oakleaf hydrangea northern bayberry tree peony mock orange ninebark purple leaved sandcherry pussy willow lilac. Growing up to three feet tall and wide the butterfly bush is the perfect choice for gardeners who need low growing shrubs for front of house. Some shrubs that i rely on almost as much as hydrangeas are spireas. Rhus aromatica gro low fragrant sumac deciduous shrub. Blue star juniper juniperus squamata blue star is strictly a foliage plant if you like the look of blue spruce trees but lack the room for something so big consider scaling down and growing blue star juniper.

Ogon spirea grows 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide with a tighter form in full sun. For example space a shrub that grows to 4 feet wide at least 2 feet from a walkway. Ranging from short bushes to tall hedges these include both evergreen and deciduous plants. Deciduous shrub the species grows 4 tall and provides large scale groundcover addition to the landscape. If you are not near the water you have a lot to choose from. A common lemon tree grows to 20 feet. The native shrub is best used for a large naturalized setting.

These bushes can provide color and interest to a drab nook in your yard. Cold hardy shrubs will benefit from an extra heap of mulch around the root zone in late fall for insulation in winter. The 5 best hedges 1. Larger deciduous shrubs those that get from 5 9 feet 1 5 3 m in height include. They can look formal if clipped or appear wild and rambling if allowed to grow unpruned. Dwarf english boxwood buxus sempervirens suffruticosa this formal garden icon lined the front walk of my. Most shrubs can be pruned back when they go dormant in late autumn except for evergreens lilacs and weigela.

The spruce catherine song shrubs that grow in shade are a diverse lot. The trifoliate leaves turn brilliant red in fall for added interest. Red tipped photinia photinia x fraseri. Growing shrubs in zone 4 is not much different than growing shrubs in any zone. Plants growing near a large body of salt water are a special concern due to the salty air that comes with strong winds or storms and can damage many plants. Dwarf bush honeysuckle diervilla lonicera dwarf bush honeysuckle grows in zones three to. Fill in open ground between young shrubs with fast growing annuals and perennials space holders that provide temporary color and cover ground until the shrubs fill out.

This plant grows to roughly 1 to 3 feet tall with a 1 to 4 foot spread.