Articles tagged Low growing shrubs
- Low Growing Deciduous Shrubs (under 5 feet)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...