Shrubs Fact Sheets

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Glossy abelia blooms from spring through fall, producing terminal clusters of delicate small, tubular flowers. Glossy abelia is ideal for use as a specimen, foundation plant, or shrub border.

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Chenille plant has striking red, drooping flowers. It is commonly used as an accent, hedge, or container plant due to its long blooming period and ornamental features.

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Dwarf chenille plant is a perennial groundcover with bright red, fuzzy flowers and is well suited as a groundcover, hanging basket, or cascading down a wall.

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Copperleaf is a fast-growing shrub that provides a continuous splash of color in the landscape. It is available in varying mottled color combinations depending upon cultivar type. It is well-suited to use as an accent in mixed shrubbery borders, or as a hedge or screen.

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Fullmoon maple is a small, deciduous tree that is well suited as a specimen tree and may be used in a commercial or home landscape. This tree is notable for its showy fall foliage and flowers.

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Japanese maple is a small tree that is often planted for its colorful foliage, which adds interest to a landscape. Many cultivars exist with varying coloration and growth habits. This tree is well-suited for an accent or specimen, used in containers or above-ground planters, or may be trained as a standard.

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Leather fern is an herbaceous perennial plant with pinnately divided fronds emerging from the ground to form a beautifully textured, open form. Leather ferns are well suited for mass plantings, accents, or borders.

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Maidenhair fern is a fine-textured, delicate perennial plant that thrives in shady outdoor landscapes, or in bright indirect light indoors. This plant is excellent for use as a specimen plant, edging, or groundcover.

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Aechmea bromeliads have attractive foliage in a basal rosette and produce a showy flower stalk during the spring. This plant is excellent for use as a groundcover or mass planting, may be used in containers or above ground planters, or makes a suitable houseplant.

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Bottlebrush buckeye is a shrub which displays showy fall coloration and ornamentally interesting flowers. Small, white, tubular flowers are arranged on upright panicles above the palmately-compound foliage. This plant is well suited as a specimen, screen, foundation, or border plant.

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Agapanthus has strap-like leaves and clusters of large blue or white flowers funnel-shaped flowers, which atop long flower stalks. It is attractive to pollinators and can be used in the landscape in a variety of ways.

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Agave plants have a high level of variation in size and color depending on species. This diverse group of plants may be used in different ways in the landscape including in containers or above-ground planters, as specimen or accent plants, or utilized in rock gardens.

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Chinese evergreen is an herbaceous perennial that has colorful, variegated evergreen foliage which lends a tropical feel to the landscape. It may be utilized as a mass planting or groundcover, container or above ground planter, or it makes a suitable houseplant.

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This document provides an overview of Ajuga reptans, commonly known as bugleweed. It describes the plant’s characteristics, including its dark green to purple leaves, small blue flowers, and its growth habit as a ground cover. The document also details its planting requirements, such as preferred light conditions, soil tolerances, and USDA hardiness zones. Additionally, it highlights the plant’s uses in landscaping, potential invasive nature, and available cultivars. The document concludes with information on propagation, pest resistance, and aesthetic considerations for garden design. Original publication date October 1999.

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This document provides a detailed overview of the Bolivian Allamanda (Allamanda bolivinensis), an evergreen vine known for its vivid white, trumpet-shaped flowers with deep yellow throats. It describes the plant’s characteristics, including its rapid growth rate, spreading habit, and adaptability to various soil types. The document highlights the plant’s uses in landscaping, such as covering trellises, arbors, and retaining walls, and its suitability for hanging baskets. It also notes the plant’s high drought tolerance and minimal pest issues, making it an attractive option for gardeners in frost-free locations. Additionally, the document discusses the plant’s maintenance requirements, including the need for full sun and regular pinching to manage its growth. Original publication date October 1999.

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Purple allamanda is an evergreen vine with reddish-purple to pink funnel-shaped blooms. It is well suited for an arbor, large hanging basket, cascading on a wall, groundcover, or container plant.

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The genus Alocasia contains numerous species with arrow-shaped leaves that come in a wide array of sizes, colors, patterns, and variegation. Alocasia, or elephant’s ear, provides a tropical feel to the landscape and is well suited as an accent plant, border or edging, groundcover or mass planting, or as a container or houseplant.

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Variegated shell ginger has striking green and yellow variegated foliage. This plant’s ornamentally interesting foliage and shell-like flowers make it an excellent specimen or accent plant, as well as being suitable for mass planting, borders, or as a houseplant.

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Seaside joyweed is a native, drought and salt tolerant, herbaceous groundcover. It is well suited as a groundcover or may cascade when planted near the edge of a wall, and may be used in coastal landscaping and habitat restoration.

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Joseph’s coat amaranth has brilliantly colored foliage, variegated in shades of red, green, or yellow. Several cultivars are available in a variety of colors and growth dimensions, and are well suited as specimen plants, edging, borders, or mass plantings.