Mix shrubs with trees Try planting trees and shrubs together because shrubs can quickly fill in areas giving time for trees to reach mature sizes. Vines or climbing plants will work in these combinations. Use large shrubs instead of trees for a small-scale landscape grouping. Trees growing in containers make an instant, temporary screen. Containerized trees offer the advantage of moving and rearranging, and their containers can add a decorative element.
Small holly trees in a container create an instant and moveable screen.
Crape myrtle Lagerstroemia fauriei, L x indica. Magnolia x 'Galaxy' Pyramidal, deep pink flowers Crabapple Malus spp. Cultivars and Comments False cypress Chamaecyparis spp. Visit Virginia Cooperative Extension.