Shrubs
A shrub is a "woody" perennial, relatively low-growing plant that lacks a single truck. Instead, shrubs have several stems branching from the base of the plant. Shrubs have many uses in landscape planting. They may be used to create a formal group, or as a hedge, or a privacy screen. Shrubs contribute pattern, color, and fragrance. Sometimes they are allowed to grow untamed, but in other landscapes they are pruned in the spring or fall for greater definition of their shape and to incourage compact growth. Some shrubs have multiseason interest: flowering in spring, attractive back or berries in the winter, as well as being decorative during the growing season. Some of the most frequently used shrubs in Nebraska are the lilac, viburnum, forsythia, azalea, yews and barberry, although there are hundreds more which will do well here.
althea, amur maple, aronia, azalea, barberry, beautyberry, boxwood, caryopteris, cotoneaster, dogwood, elderberry, euonymus, flowering almond, forsythia, genista, hamamelis, honeysuckle, hydrangea, hypericum, ilex, itea, lilac, mockorange, ninebark, potentilla, privet, rhamnus, rhododendron, rhus, russian olive, sandcherry, serviceberry, spirea, summersweet, symphoricarpos, viburnum, weigela, willow
arborvitae, juniper, pine, spruce, yew
blueberries, gooseberries, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, currants, kiwi
