Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 21:25     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) green in spring and summer

yellow in fall

red berries in winter


Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 20:40     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Kalmia angustifolia (deer don't like it)

Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 20:35     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Witch hazel flowers bloom in fall and winter...smells heavenly

Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 20:30     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Buttonbush (this one I haven't found in local nurseries)

Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 20:27     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
New Jersey Tea Ceanothus americanus

Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 20:22     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
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
Post 05/04/2014 20:17     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Inkberry (evergreen)



http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d553
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 20:15     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Smooth Winterberry



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

Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 20:09     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Another native gray dogwood:



http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j930#AllImages
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 19:49     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
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
Post 05/04/2014 19:48     Subject: Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Otto Luyken Laurel
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 19:45     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Go native and don't go boring.

Try beautyberry:


http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAAM2
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 19:29     Subject: Re:Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
Boxwood
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2014 18:41     Subject: Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
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
Post 05/04/2014 18:13     Subject: Please recommend small shrubs that will keep their color most of the year
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.