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Shrubs
SBISD approved shrub species for planting
Many of the species on this
list have color variants, leaf variants and/or flower color variants.
Also, it is important to know the soil composition and pH level,
(for example, azaleas like a pH between 6.0 and 5.0).
- Glossy Abelia: 8 to 10 feet in height;
full sun to partial shade; small white flowers in summer
- Pink Abelia: Same as glossy abelia,
but has pink flowers
- Dwarf Abelia: 18 inches in height;
full sun to partial shade; white flowers in summer
- Aucuba: 8 to 10 feet in height;
likes shade; shiny green foliage, red berries on female plants
- Gold Dust Aucuba: 8
to 10 feet in height; like shade; green leaves
speckled with gold
- Common Boxwood: 6 to 8 feet in height;
full sun; tight thick appearance, southern favorite; green
foliage all winter; excellent for mass planting; shears well
- Cherry Laurel: full sun to partial
shade; hardy, tough, fast growing plant; tear out those disease
prone red tip photinia and put these in; great plant for screening
- Carissa Holly: 3 to 5 feet in height;
full sun to partial shade; compact and rounded with glossy
green foliage
- Nandina: Sometimes called Heavenly
Bamboo; grows up to 8 feet in height, partial sun to shade;
fine foliage; clusters of red berries; red fall and winter
leaf color
- Blue Rug Juniper: Prostrate growth;
sun to partial shade; interesting plant; branches have a bluish
cast
- Azaleas: up to 8 feet in height;
full sun to partial shade; Houston favorite; magnificent flowers
in the spring; many colors to choose from; loves acid soil
does well around pine trees; looses all leaves in the winter;
;must be pruned soon after flowering
- Crepe Myrtle: up to 10 feet in height;
full sun to partial shade; Houston favorite; flowers can be
lavender purple, pink, red or white and blooms from summer
to winter; prune in the spring
- Japanese Flowering Quince: up to
6 feet in height; full sun; normal blossom time is in early
spring, but will bloom in warm spell and continues through
spring; flower colors can be white, pink, red, orange-red
and orange.
- Spiraea: up to 6 feet in height;
sun to partial shade; another flowering shrub; different varieties
bloom at different times of the year; will have long arching
branches completely covered with white blooms
- Indian Hawthorn: evergreen having
a natural compact growth and showy pink flowers that bloom
in late spring
- Sage: up to 3 feet in height; full
sun; interesting, evergreen shrub with bright green glossy
leaves; takes trimming beautifully
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