The terms bush and shrub have similar meanings, bushes (or shrubs) are often the anchors of a landscape. Shrub is used to describe a low woody perennial plant that usually has several stems, multitude of sizes, colors, shapes and many have flowering attributes. The contrasting leaf colors can be positively riveting for the eye. Because there are so many uses and so many distinctive combinations for shrubs and bushes, it is up to you to decide what species please your eye.
~Bulbine Orange Stalked Bulbine, bulbine frutescens. A succulent ground-cover, has narrow fleshy bright green foot-long leaves, arranged in opposite rows to form open rosettes and spreads by rhizomes to create 2 to 3 foot wide clumps. Orange flowers are 6-petaled and star-like with frilly yellow stamens atop long stalks that rise above the foliage and…
~Angel Wing Jasmine Jasminum nitidum Angel wing jasmine is a vine or shrub with sweetly fragrant, snow-white, pinwheel shaped flowers. This is a fast-growing, twining vine. It can grow to 20 ft (6.1 m) long but in the garden is often trimmed as a bushy shrub that gets little more than 2-4 ft tall. Full…
~Night Blooming Jasmine Cestrum nocturnum One of the most fragrant plants. Night Blooming Jasmine is an upright container plant with greenish-white flowers that emit a romantic and intoxicating fragrance at night. Just give it a sunny spot and you’ll be amazed. To maintain size, prune hard after flowering. Sun to Partial Shade, Average Water Needs;…
~ Golden Eldorado Pseuderanthemum reticulatum Ornamental tropical flowering shrub. An erect, multi-branched and evergreen perennial shrub that is moderate to fast-growing Grows easily with moderate care. It enjoys the sunny, humid and wet seasons of the tropics. Grows best in full sun or partial sun for vibrant foliage colors. Average water requirements. However, it thrives…
~Gardenia Veitchii Gardenia ‘Veitchii’ is the oldest cultivar of Gardenia and yet it is still the most reliable bloomer of all the Gardenias. This glossy dark green leafed evergreen gets to about 4′ high and 6′ wide when mature and will bloom prolifically. Blooms are double and resemble roses with an enchanting aroma. Great as an…
~Aimee Yoshioka Fragrant white blooms are larger than any other Gardenia and the first to bloom. A superb evergreen landscape accent or container plant for courtyards or lanai. Height: 4-6 ft. Full Sun to Partial Shade. Fertilize with fertilizer for acid loving plants.
~ Raspberry Ice Variegated Foliage! A profuse bloomer that is one of the most vigorous variegated cultivars in our collection. Vivid crimson floral bracts set off the striking glacier-white leaves edged in meadow-green. Full sun, occasional watering when established in the ground. An ever bloomer!
~Barbara Karst The bougainvillea-industry standard for red, but it’s actually the darkest shade of hot pink; only the new growth is truly red in color. Leaves are dark blue-green, and broadly ovate. Bougainvillea ‘Barbara Karst’ can be found beautifying the landscape all throughout Florida, southern California, Arizona, Texas. A natural climber, she performs best when grown…
~Temple Fire A fabulous dwarf bougainvillea, ‘Temple Fire’ shows flaming color in both its flower and its bronze leaf accents. This is a cultivar derived from Bougainvillea glabra, which was crossed with hybrids to create a rainbow of colors and dwarf forms for smaller gardens. It retains the intense, long-lasting color of its ancestors in…
~Miss Manila Miss Manila is a favorite hybrid, created in the Philippines and brought to Hawai’i in the late 1960’s by Donald Angus. Very drought-tolerant but do better with irrigation. They flower on new wood, so don’t cut off the shoots if you want abundant flowering color. They are good for xeriscaping, freeway landscaping and…
