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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Potentilla fru. Abbotswood

A bushy shrub with dark blue-green leaves. Pretty cup-shaped, white flowers from late spring to mid-autumn. Height: 75cm Spread: 1.2m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/Bushy Aspect: Full Sun

Potentilla fru. Goldfinger

A bushy shrub with dark green leaves. Pretty cup-shaped, large rich golden yellow flowers from late spring to mid-autumn. Height: 1m Spread: 1.5m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/Bushy Aspect: Full sun

Potentilla fru. Lovely Pink

A bushy shrub with dark green leaves. Pretty cup-shaped,pink flowers from late spring to mid-autumn. Hardy. Height: 80cm Spread: 1.2m Plant in full sun.

Potentilla Primrose Beauty

A bushy shrub with grey-green leaves. Pretty cup-shaped, pale primrose yellow flowers from late spring to mid-autumn. Height: 1m Spread: 1.5m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/Bushy Aspect: Full sun.

Potentilla fruticosa Red Robin

A low spreading shrub with dark green leaves. Pretty cup-shaped, deep red flowers from late spring to mid-autumn. Height: 60cm Spread: 80cm Growth Rate/Habit: Slow/Low Spreading.

Prostranthea cuneata

Alpine mint bush. Bushy shrub producing woody shoots. Dark green leaves which are strongly aromatic when crushed. In summer bears tubular white flowers with purple and yellow markings inside. Height 60cm. Spread 60cm.

Prunus incisa Kojo No Mai

A rounded shrub with yellow-green leave when young. Pretty pale pink flowers opening from light red buds flowers in spring. Hardy. Height: 2.5m Spread: 2.5m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/Rounded

Prunus lau. Otto Luyken

A low compact, bushy shrub with glossy narrow green leaves. Fragrant white flowers on upright spikes in spring, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Height: 1m Spread: 1.5m

Prunus lau. Marbled White

A slow growing dense bush. Green, grey-green, marbled throughout with white. Fragrant white flowers followed by red fruit ripening to black. Hardy. Height: Up to 5m.

Prunus laurocerasus

A dense bushy shrub with glossy green leaves. Fragrant white flowers on upright spikes in spring, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Height: 4m Spread: 4m. Plant in full sun.

Prunus laurocerasus 'Etna'

Compact Habit-Copper Coloured Red young leaves. Contrasting with Dark Green mature foliage. White Flowers in Spring. Suitable for most soil types.

Prunus lusitanica

A dense bushy shrub with glossy dark green leaves. Fragrant white flowers on pendent racemes in early summer, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Harmful if eaten. Height: 6m Spread: 6m

Prunus lusitanica Variegata

A dense bushy shrub with glossy dark green leaves, narrowly margined white. Fragrant white flowers in early summer, followed by red fruit ripening to black. Harmful if eaten. Height: 6m Spread: 6m

Prunus cerasifera Pissardii

Purple leaved plum. A very popular form with dark red young foliage turning to deep purple. Flowers in great profusion, white, pink in bud in late March/April. Height: 2m Spread: 1.5m

Pyracantha Orange

A vigorous bushy shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of white flowers are produced in early summer followed by orange berries. Harmful if eaten. Disease resistant. Height: 3m Spread:

Pyracantha Yellow

A vigorous bushy shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of white flowers are produced in early summer followed by yellow berries. Harmful if eaten. Disease resistant. Height: 3m Spread:

Pyracantha Red

A vigorous bushy shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of white flowers are produced in early summer followed by red berries. Harmful if eaten. Disease resistant. Height: 3m Spread: 2m.