All Season Ornamental Shrubs

Japanese Rose

• Japanese rose is a low shrub, growing no more than five feet high, that offers yellow spring through autumn flowers with a mild scent, followed by colorful red hips and bright yellow leaves. In the winter, the stems are brightly colored in red hues. Japanese rose is also known as Ramanas rose and grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) growing zones five to nine.

Christmas Holly

• Christmas holly is an evergreen shrub that is cold hardy and grows through USDA zone six. It features glossy, pointed leaves. In the winter, bright red berries appear. An ideal privacy screen, Christmas holly is easy to care for and grows at a moderate rate.

Winterberry

• Sometimes also called "black alder," "false alder," or "fever bush," winterberry grows especially well in wetland areas. Growing from 3 to 15 feet tall, winterberry looses its leaves and produces red berries in the winter, if you grow at least one male among females. The rest of the year, winterberry offers green foliage.

Oakleaf Hydrangea

• Not only does oakleaf hydrangea produce spreading clusters of flowers in the spring or summer, but the rich green leaves turn red in the fall. Berries also appear in autumn. Unlike other types of hydrangea, oakleaf has large, oak-tree-like leaves and grows up to 10 feet tall in ideal locations, although six feet is more typical. Oakleaf hydrangeas grow in USDA zones five through nine.

Spice Bush

• Growing in USDA zones five through nine, spice bush turns yellow in the autumn, has yellowish green leaves in spring and has red berries in the late summer (if the plant is female). Spice bush attracts butterflies, too, and the twigs from the bush are frequently used to make tea. In deep shade, the bush can grow up to 15 feet high.

Smooth Sumac

• Sumac is ideal for light shade in dry areas. It grows in USDA zones three through nine. Growing up to 12 feet high, it offers large clusters of yellow flowers. These are followed by red fruit, lasting from fall through winter. In the autumn, sumac's leaves also turn red. In particular, Laciniata sumac offers beautiful two-toned foliage beginning in the fall.