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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Viburnum farreri

An erect shrub with dark green leaves, bronze when young, turning purple-red in autumn. Fragrant white flowers open from pink buds, on bare stems from late autumn. Bright red fruit Height: 3m

Viburnum opulus Aureum

A bushy shrub with bright yellow leaves turning green. Small white flowers from late spring to early summer, followed by fleshy bright red fruit. Height: 4m Spread: 4m. Full sun/partial shade.

Viburnum opulus Roseum

A rounded shrub with dark green leaves, purple tinted in autumn. Globular heads of creamy white flowers from late spring to early summer. Height: 2.5m Spread: 2m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/Rounded

Viburnum pli. Summer Snowflake

A bushy shrub with tiered branches. Dark green leaves turn purple-red in autumn. White flowers in late spring and into summer. Height: 3m Spread: 4m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/BushyFull sun/partial shade.

Viburnum plicatum Mariesii

A bushy shrub with tiered branches. Dark green leaves turn purple-red in autumn. White flowers in late spring. Height: 3m Spread: 4m Growth Rate/Habit: Normal/Bushy. Full sun/partial shade.

Viburnum sargentii Onondaga

An upright shrub with dark bronze-purple leaves ageing to dark green and turn purple-red in autumn. Pink flushed white flowers open from red buds in late spring. Height: 3m Spread: 2mGrowth

Viburnum tinus Eve Price

A compact shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of white flowers open from carmine-pink buds, from late winter to spring, followed by dark blue-black fruit. Height: 1m Spread: 1m

Viburnum tinus French White

Strong growing evergreen. Glossy dark green leaves. Large heads of white flowers autumn-winter. Height: 6 ft Spread: 6 ft Growth Rate/Habit: Slow/Bushy.

Viburnum tinus Gwenllian

A compact shrub with dark green leaves. Clusters of pink-flushed, white flowers open from dark pink buds, from late winter to spring, followed by dark blue-black fruit. Height: 3m Spread: 3m

Viburnum tinus Purpureum

A compact shrub with dark green leaves, purple tinted when young. Clusters of white flowers from late winter to spring, followed by dark blue-black fruit. Height: 3m Spread: 3m. Full sun/part shade

Viburnum tinus Variegatum

A compact shrub with variegated creamy yellow leaves. Clusters of white flowers open from reddish buds, from late winter to spring, followed by dark blue-black fruit. Height: 3m Spread:

Viburnum x burkwoodii

A rounded shrub with glossy, dark green leaves. Clusters of fragrant, white flowers from mid to late spring, followed by red fruit, ripening to black in autumn. Height: 2.5m Spread: 2.5m

Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn

An upright shrub with dark green leaves, bronze when young. Fragrant, tubular rose tinted dark pink flowers, on bare stems from late autumn to spring. Height: 2m Spread: 1.2m

Vinca difformis Alba

An evergreen sub shrub with glossy, dark green leaves. Upright stems produce white flowers from late winter to early spring. Height: 30cm Spread:Indefinite. Plant in full sun/part shade.

Vinca Maculata Surrey Marble

An evergreen shrub with arching stems of dark green leaves with a yellow green centre. Dark violet /blue flowers produced from mid-spring autumn. Height: 45cm Spread: Indefinite

Vinca major Variegata

An evergreen shrub with arching stems of dark green leaves, margined creamy white. Dark violet or violet-blue flowers produced from mid-spring to autumn. Height: 45cm Spread: Indefinite.

Vinca minor Atropurpurea

evergreen mat-forming shrub, with long trailing stems. Dark green leaves. Dark Plum-purple flowers from Spring to Autumn. For best flowering, place in Full Sun. Height: 20cm

Vinca minor Variegata

Fast-spreading ground covering plant with variegated foliage. Pale blue single flowers from Spring through to June. Thrives in either sun or Shade. Height: 8cm Spread: 60cmGrowth