Shrubs do the structural work a garden needs before anything else gets planted: screening a fence line, framing a bed, or filling the gap between lawn and tree canopy. This category spans flowering shrubs like viburnum and hydrangea, fast native screens like ninebark and dogwood, and evergreen hollies for winter structure, each with its own light, water, and mature-size profile rather than a generic "full sun, moderate water" label. Check the hardiness zone on each listing before committing to a hedge run, since a shrub that dies in year two costs more than one chosen correctly the first time. Grasses make a good low companion planting alongside most of these.
See also: Shade trees, Grasses.
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Questions about shrubs
What is the difference between a shrub and a subshrub?
A shrub keeps a permanent woody structure year over year; a subshrub is only woody at its base, with its upper growth dying back in winter and regrowing each spring, which changes how and when you prune it.
How far apart should shrubs be planted for a hedge?
Space shrubs at roughly two-thirds of their mature width apart for a hedge that fills in without immediate overcrowding; check the mature-size fact on each listing before spacing a hedge run.