Select File and then Print from your browser's menu. Episode DIG-120 Figure A Figure B Figure C Figure D Figure E Thousands of shrubs are available to home gardeners, which can make it tough to choose. Here are some basics to help you understand the differences between them. The Sargent crabapple and staghorn sumac have spreading branches.
Coniferous shrubs are cone-bearing, primarily evergreen plants with needlelike or scalelike leaves.
They may be low and trailing, spreading, rounded or upright. These plants' leaves are usually thick and waxy. Evergreens do a good job of hiding heat pumps, dog runs or garbage cans year-round. Tall evergreens can be used to guide the eye up and over permanent landscape features such as fences and walls.