Use for tall borders, backgrounds. Grows to 10 feet. The sensitive plant, Mimosa pudica, is a small, tropical shrub native to Brazil that is often grown as a houseplant. Belonging to the pea family, Leguminoseae, it produces spherical clusters of small, pink flowers and has fernlike leaves that quickly fold together if touched and then slowly resume their original form. Sensitive Plant Euonymus Latus Compactus Burning Bush Bushy shrub native to China and Japan, with inconspicuous spring flower and brilliant red fall foliage.
Red fruit persists into winter providing food for birds.
Acid to neutral soil and full sun. Burning Bush Syringa Vulgaris Common Lilac Tall shrub member ofolive family, native to East Asia and Western Europe with showy fragrant flowers appearing in mid-spring in various colors. Nest site for birds. Spreads by means of underground shoots. Lilacs Forsythia Intermedia Golden Bells a mound shaped shrub native to Asia with brilliant yellow early spring flowers.