Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year

[Anonymous]

Just pulled out a 20 yr juniper that was way too overgrown. Now I have an empty bed along my driveway. I'm looking for something not too tall that will keep its color most of the year. Any suggestions.

[Anonymous]

That would depend on the look you are trying to achieve but I have used Nandina, Boxwoods, and birds nest spruces in similar applications. FWIW - I am not a professional. Just a hobby gardener with a very large yard.

[Anonymous]

Boxwood

[Anonymous]

Go native and don't go boring.

Try beautyberry:


http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAAM2

[Anonymous]

Otto Luyken Laurel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go native and don't go boring.

Try beautyberry:


http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAAM2

That is lovely. Hardy? And easy to find?

[Anonymous]

Another native gray dogwood:



http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j930#AllImages

[Anonymous]

Smooth Winterberry



http://www.silive.com/homegarden/interiordesign/index.ssf/2010/01/winterberry_a_holly_for_all_se.html

[Anonymous]

Inkberry (evergreen)



http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d553

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go native and don't go boring.

Try beautyberry:


http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAAM2

That is lovely. Hardy? And easy to find?

Try Behnkes:
http://behnkes.com/website/gardening-articles/shrubs-trees-a-vines/511-decorate-your-fall-garden-in-new-colors-textures-shapes-a-surprises-.html

[Anonymous]

New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus

[Anonymous]

Buttonbush (this one I haven't found in local nurseries)

[Anonymous]

Witch hazel flowers bloom in fall and winter...smells heavenly

[Anonymous]

Kalmia angustifolia (deer don't like it)

[Anonymous]

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) green in spring and summer

yellow in fall

red berries in winter