Shrubs are mainly used to provide a permanent woody background in your garden, with a range of types to provide year round colour. Flowering shrubs have become great favourites that you can plant at any time of the year.

At Thompsons we grow our own extensive collection of shrubs which includes close to 400 varieties.

Please use the letters below to browse our A-Z range of shrubs.
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Callistemon citrinus Splendens

Attractive shrub, arching pink-red young stems, with dark green leaves, lemon- scented when crushed. Brilliant scarlet bottlebrush-like flowers. Height: 1.5m Spread: 1.2m.

Callistemon vim. Captain Cook

Attractive shrub with arching stems of dark green leaves, lemon-scented when crushed. Brilliant crimson-red bottle- brush-like flowers in summer. Plant in full sun and fertile well-drained soil. Height 1.5m. Spread 1.5m.

Caryopteris Heavenly Blue

Dense Mound Forming Shrub. Deciduous grey-green leaves, aromatic Foliage. Purple-Blue Flowers in Late Summer. Height: 1m Spread: 1.5m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/mound forming Aspect: full sun

Caryopteris Summer Sorbet

A small to medium sized shrub which produces striking golden variegated foliage witch contrast well with its vibrant blue flowers. Plant in well drained soil in full sun

Ceanothus Blue Sapphire

Unusual variety with dark sapphire-blue flowers and dark purplish-green foliage. Arching evergreen foliage makes it suitable for growing against a wall or as a free standing shrub. Height: 2m

Ceanothus Concha

Dense, evergreen shrub with arching branches and finely toothed, dark green leaves. In late spring, reddish purple buds open to dark blue flowers. Height: 2.5m Spread: 3m.

Ceanothus griseus Yankee Point

Prostrate, evergreen shrub with glossy, dark green leaves. grey-hairy beneath. Profuse bright blue flowers. Height: 1.4m Spread: 3m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Spreading Aspect: Full Sun

Ceanothus Italian Skies

Bushy evergreen shrub with finely toothed, glossy, mid-green leaves. Deep blue flowers in dense panicles. Height: 1.5m Spread: 2m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Spreading Aspect: Full Sun

Ceanothus Puget Blue

Spreading evergreen shrub with large deeply veined, dark green leaves. Profuse dark blue flowers. Height: 3m Spread: 3m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Spreading Aspect: Full Sun.

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Skylark

Bushy evergreen shrub with finely toothed, glossy, mid-green leaves. Abundant dark blue flowers. Height: 2m Spread: 2m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Upright Aspect: Full Sun. Soil: Fertile

Ceanothus thy. var. repens

Low, spreading, evergreen shrub with glossy, mid-green leaves. Bears large bright blue flowers. Height: 1m Spread: 2.5m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Spreading Aspect: Full Sun.

Ceanothus Zanzibar

Evergreen shrub with creamy yellow foliage, with a central green streaking. Blue flowers in May/June.

Ceratostigma willmottianum

Spreading, open branched shrub with bristly green stems and dark green, purple- margined leaves, red in autumn. Pale to mid-blue flowers. Height: 1m Spread: 1m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/Spreading

Chaenomeles spe. Geisha Girl

A spreading deciduous thorny shrub with rounded dark-green glossy leaves. Peach flowers in small clusters are borne in spring, followed by green,yellow edible fruits. Height: 1.4m .

Chaenomeles Knap Hill Scarlet

A spreading thorny shrub with mid-green glossy leaves. Clusters of cup-shaped, large, bright orange, scarlet flowers in spring, followed by green edible fruits ripening to yellow.

Choisya Aztec Pearl

Compact shrub with narrow dark green leaves and masses of pink-tinged white flowers borne in spring and again in late summer. Height: 1.2m Spread: 1.2m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/Upright

Choisya Goldfingers

A golden leaved, evergreen shrub for a sunny position. White flowers in May and again in September. Height: 2m Spread: 2mGrowth Rate/Habit: / Aspect: Sun/Partial shade.

Choisya ternata

Compact shrub with dark green leaves, which are aromatic when crushed. Masses of sweetly scented white flowers borne in spring and again in late summer. Height: 1.4m Spread: 1.4m.

Choisya Sundance

Compact shrub with bright golden yellow foliage, aromatic when crushed and fragrant white flowers in late spring and summer. Height: 1.2m Spread: 1.2mGrowth Rate/Habit: Normal/Upright spreading

Cistus x purpureus

A rounded shrub with upright sticky, red flushed shoots and narrow dark green leaves. In summer produces crinkled dark pink flowers with maroon marks at the base of the petals. Best in full sun. Height 100cm. Spread 100cm.