Low Plants & Shrubs

Dwarf English Boxwood

• Boxwood has been featured in landscape designs for many years because it is versatile and easy to grow. The dwarf English variety is a particular favorite because of its diminutive size. It attains a height of no more than 3 feet, and can be kept lower than that by regular pruning.

  Dwarf English boxwoods can be spaced well apart in beds or grown in containers but make dense, compact hedges when planted close together. Evergreen and essentially pest free, dwarf English boxwood is the perfect choice for edging flower beds or garden paths. It grows well in zones 5 to 8 and takes full to partial sun.

Firepower Nandina

• Nandina is a venerable shrub that has earned its place in the garden by being virtually indestructible. Varieties of nandina have been found thriving around old home places where they have suffered decades of neglect.

  Firepower nandina has all these good qualities and more. In the fall, its leaves turn a brilliant red and add needed color to the autumn landscape. It has compact growing habits and remains a tidy 2 feet tall with little pruning. Firepower’s natural shape is rounded, and it looks best when selectively hand pruned to preserve its form. This shrub is suitable for zones 6 to10 and colors best in full sun.

Stella D'Oro Daylilies

• Extravagant golden-yellow blooms are the hallmark of perennial daylily Stella D’Oro. This lily enjoys enormous popularity because of its brilliant color and low-maintenance requirements. About 2 feet tall at maturity, Stella D’Oro blooms prolifically in full sun from May until fall. Attractive strap-like foliage adds texture to the garden even when the plant is not in bloom.

  Stella D’Oro lilies are stunning when massed, but equally effective planted in smaller clusters or scattered singly among other plants in a bed. They make attractive borders for beds or walkways and can be grown in zones 4 to 9.

Hosta

• For the shady garden, there is no finer plant than hosta with its showy, textured leaves. It comes in many varieties and offers a range of color from chartreuse to dark green. Some have variegated leaves. Massed, hostas are gorgeous, but they combine beautifully with other shade-lovers such as multicolored impatiens. Plants grow to about 1 foot in height, but spread to more than 2 feet in width. Suitable for zones 3 to 8, hostas die back in a frost, but will re-emerge in the spring.