Yet these indispensible plants offer shape, color, texture, and often fragrance. Massed together they provide screening and privacy.
Shrubs are invaluable in mixed borders with perennials, bulbs and other ephemeral plantings.
They're also essential for attracting birds, butterflies, and other wildlife to your backyard. Shrubs are destined to become the new glamour plants in the American garden. An encyclopedia of spectacular insect and disease resistant shrubs. Recommended shrubs for your region. How to plant shrubs to get them off to a good start.