Shrubs

With shiny violet-trimmed new leaves, deep purple stems, raspberry-purple buds, and fragrant violet flowers, Virtual Violet^® Lilac is a garden favorite you can count on. Virtual Violet^® is mildew-free and the stems of the leaves remain violet well into summer, meaning you can count on clean, gorgeous views throughout the season. The upright, dense habit makes it a great choice for a hedge in smaller spaces as well as a welcome addition to foundation plantings.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 6' - 8'

• Width: 5' - 7'

Zone: 3

Panther® Ninebark  from Bloomin' Easy is a perfect contrasting option for any outdoor space. Foliage is sleek with black leaves and stems, it will surly stand out amongst bright colours!  Summer time blooms are sparse but yield petit button-like flower bunches. 

Low maintenance with compact size makes it a unique, easy to grow choice for modern landscapes. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun 

Mature Size:

• Height: 4' - 5'

• Width: 3' - 4'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Bloomin Easy

Compact form with bright, color-changing foliage—every month a new color! Low maintenance plant, but does benefit from pruning in late fall and early spring. 

Can be pruned in all seasons, makes a great hedge.

Light Requirement: Full Sun 

Mature Size:

• Height: 4' - 5'

• Width: 3' - 4'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Bloomin Easy

Mockorange is a delightfully old-fashioned plant that has unfortunately fallen out of favor, mostly due to its enormous size. Illuminati Tower^® mockorange stands to breathe new life into this classic favorite, though, combining a landscape-friendly size with a totally unique space-saving habit. It naturally grows in a very narrow, upright way, each sturdy stem a stack of rugged, deep green leaves that looks like a four-sided tower. In late spring/early summer, hundreds of fragrant white flowers emerge from between the leaves for striking show that truly celebrates the season. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 5' - 6'

• Width: 3' - 4'

Zone: 4

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to light shade. Tolerates a wide range of soils except poorly-drained ones. Prefers moist, organically rich soils. Flowers appear on prior year’s growth, so prune as needed immediately after flowering. May be cut to the ground (also just after flowering) if shrub becomes scraggly, unkempt or otherwise in need of rejuvenation. Very fragrant. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 5' - 6'

• Width: 5'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

A compact, upright cedar with lush green foliage, Baby Bear maintains a consistent shape without requiring pruning. Formerly known as Skinner's Dwarf Cedar.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 6' - 8'

• Width: 3' - 4'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

This robust shrub features attractive foliage and fragrant lilac-pink blossoms.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 6' - 8'

• Width: 5' - 6

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Rich green needles form a dense, naturally flat-topped globe. This small, slow-growing evergreen requires practically no maintenance. A stunning accent for landscape and rock gardens, or planted as low filler between larger conifers in borders.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 18"

• Width: 5'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

An instant garden favorite, Little Hottie^® is a compact panicle hydrangea with brilliant white blooms that stand up to the warm summer sun without burning. Little Hottie^® is ideal for smaller landscapes where traditional panicle hydrangeas won’t fit. As evening temperatures drop in the fall, the petals turn antique shades of white and pink.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 3' - 5'

• Width: 3' - 5'

Zone: 3

Photos and information courtesy of First Editions Plants

The Chinook Sunrise features exotic coral buds that fade to pink blooms, soft waves of colour that evoke the warm winds of a prairie chinook. This is the second addition to Vineland’s 49th Parallel Collection of Roses, a product of Canada’s national rose breeding programme. Roses in the collection are selected on the basis of three main criteria: winter hardiness, black spot tolerance and consumer appeal. Hardy and low maintenance, these are excellent garden and landscape roses.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 4' - 5'

• Width: 4'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Extremely hardy, this lilac is a deciduous shrub with large panicles packed with sweetly scented, tubular, single, brilliant flowers. Buds in early summer, 2-3 weeks after the common lilacs, the abundant blossoms are produced on new spring growth.Foliage is larger than other lilacs in this group. Upright rounded shrub. Excellent choice for attracting butterflies and humming birds to your landscape. Suitable as a backdrop for contrasting shrubs along foundation and border plantings. Works well for a fragrant accent and general gardening.   

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 6' - 8'

• Width: 5' - 6'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Low mounded shrub with small, yellow foliage making it a good contrast for any landscape with a darker backdrop. Good choice for attracting butterflies. Deer do not find this shrub particularly attractive and tend to pass over it. Best suited in mass plantings for small hedges along with foundations and borders.

Light Requirement: Full Sun 

Mature Size:

• Height: 18 - 24"

• Width: 18 - 24"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Prunus tenella 

Russian Almond is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 2' - 3'

• Width: 2' - 3'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

This compact, rounded shrub is low maintenance with its very fragrant, single, white blooms. Pruning should take place late May-June once blooms have faded. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 5' - 6'

• Width: 5'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery