Shrubs for flowerbeds
Check the details when you buy and pick appropriate plants for your situation
Key: Common name
Species & 'Variety'
Approx. eventual height
(or prune as desired)
Flowering season
Full sun
Senecio
e.g. Brachyglottis 'Sunshine', 1.5m, Jun-Jul
Weigela
Weigela florida, 1.5m, May-Jun
Guelder Rose
Viburnum opulus e.g. 'Compactum',1.5m, Apr-May; ‘Roseum’, 4m, May-Jun
Rosemary
e.g. Rosemary ''Miss Jessopp’s Upright’, 1.5m, May-Jun
Dog rose
Rosa canina, 2m, Jul-Aug
Escallonia
e.g. Escallonia 'Apple Blossom', 2.5m, Jun-Sept
Viburnum
e.g. Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’, 3m, Dec-Apr
Black elder
e.g. Sambucus nigra 'Gerda' Black Beauty, 3m, Jun
Juneberry
Amelanchier lamarckii, 4m, Mar-Apr
Part sun/part shade
Weigela
Weigela florida, 1.5m, May-Jun
Guelder Rose
Viburnum opulus e.g. 'Compactum', 1.5m, Apr-May; ‘Roseum’, 4m, May-Jun
Sweet box
e.g. Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Purple Stem’, 1.5m, Dec-Mar
Dog rose
Rosa canina, 2m, Jul-Aug
Viburnum
e.g. Viburnum tinus ‘Eve Price’, 3m, Dec-Apr
Black elder
e.g. Sambucus nigra 'Gerda' Black Beauty, 3m, Jun
Juneberry
Amelanchier lamarckii, 4m, Mar-Apr
Mahonia
e.g. Mahonia x media 'Charity', 5m, Nov-Mar
Shade
Sweet box
e.g. Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Purple Stem’, 1.5m, Dec-Mar
Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus, 5m, Apr
Mahonia
e.g. Mahonia x media 'Charity', 5m, Nov-Mar