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Articles tagged Low growing shrubs

• Low Growing Deciduous Shrubs (under 5 feet)

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: shrubs, Deciduous, Low growing shrubs
  Generally grow up to 5 feet tall, easy to maintain in proper scale  Essentially, a low-growing woody plant that branches at its base Lose their leaves in fall (deciduous) Recommended for the Midwest on the basis of ornamental value,...

• Spirea - FIRST SNOW

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Spiraea x cinerea 'Grefsheim'Common Name: Spirea - FIRST SNOW™ Updated 12/2012  Height: 4-5' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: Dense, rounded to vase-shaped with arching branches Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Frau Dagmar Hastrup Rugosa Rose

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rosa rugosa 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup' Common Name: Frau Dagmar Hastrup Rugosa Rose Updated 12/2012   Form Bud Flower Click image to enlarge. Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Low dense...

• Goldflame Japanese Spirea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame' Common Name: Goldflame Japanese Spirea Updated 12/2012   Height: 2-3' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Low,dense mounded Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Tolerant of many soils except...

• Tango Weigela

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Weigela, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Weigela 'Tango'Common Name: Tango Weigela Updated 3/2013 Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Compact, rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun to part shade, extremely hardy and adaptable to...

• Minuet Old Fashioned Weigela

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Weigela, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Weigela florida 'Minuet' Common Name: Minuet Old Fashioned Weigela Updated 3/2013 Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Compact rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun to part shade, extremely...

• Blanc Double de Coubert Rose

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Rose, Low growing shrubs, Rosa
  Botanical Name: Rosa rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert'Common Name: Blanc Double de Coubert Rugosa Rose Updated 12/2012 Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright, rounded, suckering, colonizing shrub Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Rugosa Rose

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Low growing shrubs, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rosa rugosaCommon Name: Rugosa Rose Updated 12/2012   Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright, rounded, suckering, colonizing shrub Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: One of the most...

• Pink Knock Out Rose

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rosa `Radcon'Common Name: Rose - PINK KNOCK OUT® Updated 12/2012 Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Round compact bushy Growth Rate: Medium to slow Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Sun to light shade in moist, well-drained soil....

• Knock out Rose

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs, Rose
  Botanical Name: Rosa 'Radrazz'Common Name: Rose - KNOCK OUT® Updated 12/2012   Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Round compact bushy Growth Rate: Medium to slow Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Sun to light shade in moist,...

• Shining Sumac PRAIRIE FLAME

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Chicagoland Grows, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rhus copallina var. latifolia 'Morton' Common Name: Shining Sumac - PRAIRIE FLAME™ Updated 12/2012 Height: 5-6' Spread: up to 10' Habit/Form: Compact, mounding Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun for best...

• Fragrant Sumac

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, native, Low growing shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Rhus aromatica Common Name: Fragrant Sumac Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves fruit fall color Height: 2-6' Spread: 6-10' Habit/Form: Mounded  Growth Rate: Slow to...

• Sikes Dwarf Oak-leaved Hydrangea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Sikes Dwarf, Hydrangea, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sikes Dwarf'Common Name: Sikes Dwarf Oak-leaved HydrangeaUpdated 7/2012 Height: 2-4'  Spread: 2-4'  Habit/Form: Compact and mounded  Growth Rate: Slow to medium  Zone: 5-9Cultural...

• P.J.M. Rhododendron

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rhododendron 'P.J.M.' Common Name: P.J. M. Rhododendron Updated 12/2012 Height: 3-6' Spread: 3-6' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Their ability to tolerate near neutral soils makes this one of...

• Pink Beauty Shrubby Potentilla

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty'Common Name: Pink Beauty Shrubby Potentilla Updated 11/2012    Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Mounded Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 2-6Cultural Requirements: Grow in full sun for...

• Shrubby Cinquefoil

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: native, Low growing shrubs, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Potentilla fruticosa Common Name: Shrubby Cinquefoil Updated 11/2012   Height: 1-4' Spread: 2-4' Habit/Form: Mounded Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 2-6 Cultural Requirements: Grow in full sun for maximum flower production;...

• New Jersey Tea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, Low growing shrubs, native
  Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanusCommon Name: New Jersey Tea Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Ceanothus americanus Ceanothus americanus Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow to medium ...

• Black Chokeberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs, native, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Aronia melanocarpaCommon Name: Black Chokeberry Updated 2/2012   Height: 3-5' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Upright and mounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun but tolerant of partial shade....

• Morton Black Chokeberry - IROQUOIS BEAUTY

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Aronia melanocarpa 'Morton' Common Name: Morton Black Chokeberry - IROQUOIS BEATUYTM Updated 2/2012Click on an image to enlarge Aronia melanocarpa 'Morton" flowers Aronia melanocarpa 'Morton"...

• Bluebeard

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, Low growing shrubs, Late Summer & Autumn Perennials, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Caryopteris x clandonensis Common Name: Bluebeard Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Caryopteris xclandonensis 'Blue Mist' Caryopteris xclandonensis 'Blue Mist' Height: 2-4' Spread: 3-4' ...

• Cranberry Cotoneaster

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cotoneaster apiculataCommon Name: Cranberry Cotoneaster Reviewed 3/2012 Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-6' Habit/Form: Low, wide spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist, well-drained soil, in full sun to...

• Hesse Cotoneaster

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Cotoneaster 'Hessei' Common Name: Hesse Cotoneaster Reviewed 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Hesse Cotoneaster Hesse Cotoneaster Height: 1-2' Spread: 5-6' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate: Slow to...

• Slender Deutzia

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Deutzia gracilisCommon Name: Slender Deutzia Updated 3/2012 Height: 2-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Low, mounded  Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun or light shade in well-drained soil;...

• Dwarf Fothergilla

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Fothergilla gardenii Common Name: Dwarf Fothergilla Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   form flowers fall color Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Rounded mound Growth Rate:...

• Mount Airy Fothergilla

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Fothergilla x intermedia 'Mount Airy' Common Name: Mount Airy Fothergilla Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural...

• Virginia Sweetspire

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Itea virginica Common Name: Sweetspire Updated 10/2012 Height: 3-5'  Spread: 4-6'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: In the wild, this shrub is often found in wet areas,...

• Variegated Japanese Kerria

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: variegated, Kerria, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Kerria japonica 'Picta'Common Name: Variegated Japanese Kerria Updated 10/2012 Height: 3-4' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright and arching Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Does well in loamy, fertile, well-drained...

• Japanese Kerria

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, not favored by deer
  Botanical Name: Kerria japonica Common Name: Japanese Kerria Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora' Height: 3-6' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Upright and arching Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Dwarf Cut-leaf Stephanandra

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs, Stephanandra
  Botanical Name: Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' Common Name: Dwarf Cut-leaf Stephanandra Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form fall color Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3'  Habit/Form: Low mounded, suckering shrub...

• Crimson Pygmy Japanese Barberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, barberry, Berberis, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Berberis thunbergii ' Atropurpurea Nana'Common Name: Crimson Pygmy Japanese Barberry Updated 2/2012 Height: 1 ½ to 2' Spread: 2 ½ to 3' Habit/Form: Mounded  Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers...

• Rose Glow Japanese Barberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Berberis, barberry, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow' Common Name: Rose Glow Japanese Barberry  Updated 2/2012 Height: 4-5' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: Mounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun but tolerant of part...

• Concorde Purple-leaved Japanese Barberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs, Berberis, barberry
  Botanical Name: Berberis thunbergii 'Concorde'Common Name: Concorde Purple-leaved Japanese Barberry Updated 2/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 1-2' Spread: 1-2'  Habit/Form: Compact,...

• Wild Hydrangea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, native
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescensCommon Name: Wild Hydrangea Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded mounds Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements:...

• Hills-of-Snow Hydrangea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Hydrangea, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora'Common Name: Hills-of-Snow Hydrangea Updated 4/2012 Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Suckering Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Thrives in rich, moist, well-drained soil; pH...

• Grow-low Fragrant Sumac

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs, Rhus
  Botanical Name: Rhus aromatica 'Gro-low'Common Name: Gro-low Fragrant Sumac Updated 12/2012 Height: 2-3' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Wide spreading, low and mounded Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: A very adaptable plant....

• Leadplant

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, native, Low growing shrubs, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Amorpha canescensCommon Name: Leadplant Updated 2/2012 Form Leaf Flower Click an image to enlarge Height: 2-4'   Spread: 4-5'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 2-6...

• Sweet-fern

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: native, Low growing shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name:Comptonia peregrinaCommon Name: Sweet-Fern Updated 3/2012 Form Leaf Height: 2-4'  Spread: 4-8'  Habit/Form: Erect spreading  Growth Rate: Slow/Medium Zone: 2-5 Cultural requirements: Sun to part...

• Bush Honeysuckle

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Diervilla lonicera  Common Name: Bush Honeysuckle Updated 3/2012 Form Flower Leaf Click an image to enlarge Height: 3-5'  Spread: 3-5'  Habit/Form: Mounded  Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Coralberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, native, Low growing shrubs, deer, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus*Common Name:  Coralberry Updated 12/2012 Form Winter form Fruit Click an image to enlarge Height: 2-5'  Spread: 4-8'  Habit/Form: Upright arching  Growth...