Shrubs are the plants we relate to they help us feel a part of the landscape because they bring it down to our level. There are literally hundreds of different shrubs that grow in our area, Goodspeed says. A shrub or bush is a woody plant with a mature height of between one and a half and 10 feet. Anything smaller is ground cover. Anything larger is a tree.
Most bushes are also easy to place in the landscape.
Drought-tolerant shrubs can survive and even flourish on only the water Mother Nature provides. Sometimes there is a misconception of what drought tolerant means, Goodspeed says. People often conjure up an image of cactus and a few other tough succulents. Most are simply over-watered because they receive the same amount of water as everything else in the landscape. Plant this type of shrub or bush away from the others and it will survive without irrigation or with just occasional watering.