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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Lavatera Barnsley

A long flowering shrub with grey-green leaves and pretty soft pink flowers with a red eye throughout summer. Plant in moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Height 2m , Spread 2m.

Lavatera Barnsley Baby

This compact version of an old favourite is a most useful addition for borders and patio containers, where the branching plants produce soft pink hollyhock-like blooms which can be seen from June to August. Height 30in. Spread 24in.

Lavatera Blushing Bride

A long flowering shrub with grey-green leaves and pretty pale pink to white flowers with a red eye throughout summer. Height: 2m Spread: 2mGrowth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Rounded to broadly spreading.

Lavatera Burgundy Wine

A long flowering shrub with grey-green leaves. Rich purple flowers over a long period throughout summer. Vigorous and semi-evergreen. Height: 2m Spread: 2mGrowth Rate/Habit: / Aspect: Full Sun.

Lavatera Brendon Springs

A long flowering shrub with grey-green leaves and pretty deep dusky pink flowers with darker veins throughout summer. Height: 2m Spread: 2mGrowth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Rounded to broadly spreading.

Lavatera chamallow

New variety, dwarf compact habit. Semi Evergreen sub shrub. Grey Green Leaves, attractive shaped rose pink flowers from May-September. Height: 1m Spread: 1mGrowth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Shrubby

Lavatera Kew Rose

A long flowering shrub with grey-green leaves and pretty dark pink flowers throughout summer. Height: 2m Spread: 2m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Rounded to broadly spreading Aspect: Full sun.

Lavatera maritima (bicolor)

A shrubby upright perennial with hairy grey-green leaves and pink, lilac-pink or white flowers from late summer to mid-autumn. Prefers a warm sheltered position. Height: 1.5m Spread: 1m.

Leucothoe fon. Scarletta

A shade bearing shrub with glossy, red young foliage, turning dark green, then red-purple in autumn. Height: 1m Spread: 60cm - 90cmGrowth Rate/Habit: Slow/Bushy Aspect: Shaded Site.

Leycesteria formosa

An upright shrub with blue-green young stems and pendent white flowers surrounded by purple-red bracts, followed by purple-red berries. Height: 2m Spread: 2mGrowth Rate/Habit: Normal/Arching.

Leycesteria Golden Lanterns

Suckering, Deciduous shrub with hollow stems. Golden leaves with red flowers mid to late summer. Plant in full sun or part shade in a well drained but moist soil. Ht:6ft-Sp:6ft.

Ligustrum ova. Argenteum

A conical, evergreen shrub with rich green leaves, margined creamy white. White flowers, followed by black berries. Height: 3m Spread: 3m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Conical Aspect: Full Sun.

Ligustrum ovalifolium

A conical, evergreen shrub with rich green leaves. White flowers, followed by black berries. Height: 2m Spread: 2m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Conical Aspect: Full Sun Soil: Most.

Ligustrum ovalifolium Aureum

A conical, evergreen shrub with rich green leaves, margined bright yellow. White flowers, followed by black berries. Height: 2.5m Spread: 2m Growth Rate/Habit: Vigorous/Conical Aspect: Full Sun.