Landscape Shrubs Dwarf
Dwarf shrubs and low bushes are perfect options when landscaping a small garden or to add some contrast with ground cover and taller plants that may be spread throughout your garden.
Landscape shrubs dwarf. Most varieties do not grow taller than six feet which can provide you garden scale and proportion. Some ornamental shrubs are as small as 1 ft. One alternative is to select dwarf evergreen shrubs for full sun which also provide amazing color and coverage without all the hassle of cumbersome trees. A tiny little powerhouse of a shrub this compact cultivar of the bush honeysuckle has so much to offer.
We ve chosen 18 smaller shrubs by groups of zones that are either naturally dwarf typically topping out at about 4 5 tall maximum or are very slow growers each of these has something special going on that we re pretty sure will solve a problem in your landscape. The leather like leaves of carissa holly are dark to olive green and grow 2 to 3 inches long. While these trees and shrubs are ideal for landscapes many homeowners hate the idea of struggling to plant regular sized trees with large branches and root balls. Those tight spaces narrow walkways against the side of the house petite little borders that need a little something that makes a style statement but doesn t become a maintenance nightmare by overgrowing the area.
Dwarf pine shrubs look like miniature evergreen trees and they add elegance and an exotic touch at the front of the house. Growing 3 to 4 feet tall carissa holly bushes are drought and heat tolerant making for a low maintenance landscape shrub. Flare panicle hydrangea is an excellent small flowering shrub for the garden. They are usually low maintenance and are very compact.
Planted in arid climates where rainfall is limited they are an ideal dwarf shrub.