Shrub top picks

This alphabetical list showcases some of our most frequently purchased shrub varieties, based on customer demand. Please note that high-volume purchases of certain plants may influence their general popularity ranking.

Most of these shrubs are available in 2L, 3L, 5L, and 10L pots, offering flexible options for gardens of all sizes and planting needs.

📞 Looking for more information? Contact our expert team at 01423 330234 — we’re happy to help you choose the right shrub for your space.

Our Top 5 Shrubs

These five standout shrubs are reliable, attractive, and consistently popular with our customers. Ideal for a wide range of garden styles, they offer interest throughout the year.

1. Skimmia Rubella

Skimmia ‘Rubella’ is prized for its deep red flower buds, which appear in autumn and persist through winter before opening into small fragrant blooms in spring. With its tidy evergreen form and year-round interest, it’s perfect for patio pots, borders, and shaded spots.

☀️Position: Partial – Full shade

Flowering period: April and May

💡 Garden Tip: Combine with spring bulbs or ferns for a layered shade display.

2. Viburnum Tinus

An outstanding winter-flowering evergreen, Viburnum tinus lights up the garden when little else is in bloom. It bears clusters of white flowers followed by small dark berries. Ideal for partially shaded borders, hedging, or as a low-maintenance structure plant.

☀️Position: Full sun or partial shade

Flowering period: December – April

💡Garden Tip: Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape and encourage new growth.

3. Photinia ‘Carre Rouge’

A compact and colorful variety of Photinia, ‘Carre Rouge’ features vivid blood-red new foliage and smaller, neater leaves compared to its larger relative, ‘Red Robin’. It grows to a manageable height of around 2.5m, making it ideal for hedging, screening, or as a structural shrub in modern landscapes.

☀️Position: Full sun – partial shade

💡 Garden Tip: Trim new growth to maintain dense foliage and encourage richer red tones.

4. Euonymus japonicus ‘Green Spire’

‘Green Spire’ is a neat, upright evergreen shrub that forms a tidy column of glossy dark green leaves. It’s an excellent alternative to box (Buxus) and perfect for low hedging, topiary shapes, or formal borders. Easy to maintain and highly adaptable.

☀️Position: Full sun – partial shade

💡Garden Tip:Tolerates clipping well—shape twice a year for a crisp look.

5. Hebe ‘Little Leaves’

‘Little Leaves’ is a compact, disease-resistant hebe with a rounded form and red to purple tinged foliage at the tips. It requires minimal trimming and maintains a tidy, low-growing habit, ideal for small borders, gravel gardens, or containers.

☀️Position: full sun or partial shade

💡Garden Tip: Avoid heavy pruning—just remove dead stems and shape lightly in spring.

🌼 Why Choose Shrubs for Your Garden?

Shrubs provide year-round structure, seasonal color, and essential habitat for wildlife. Whether you’re creating a hedge, softening hard landscaping, or filling a border, there’s a shrub for every garden purpose.

Benefits of Shrubs:

• Provide evergreen structure and privacy

• Offer long-lasting flowers, berries, and foliage

• Great for containers, hedges, and mixed borders

• Low maintenance and long-lived