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Fast
Growing Shrub Listing
Below
is a listing of fast growing shrubs that
perform well in Zone 8. Fast growing shrubs
are great for creating quick screens or
hedges. If you plant them in foundation
plantings make sure to place them where
they can grow to their natural height
and width without taking over or obstructing
the view of the home. Trimming back shrubs
that are planted in the wrong place can
become a regular nuisance.
Name:
Cleyera
Botanical:
Ternstroemia
Size:
8-10'
H x 5-6' W
Exposure:
Full
Sun or Afternoon Shade
Foliage
Color:
New growth
is red, burgundy, or orange
Growth
Rate:
Fast
Water
Needs:
Low
Features:
Handsome
glossy evergreen foliage
on this fast growing upright-rounded
shrub. New growth is red
to orange.Excellent foundation
plant in or on the corners,
or under high windows.
Excellent as a small tree
specimen.
Companions:
Dwarf
Yaupon, Junipers, Crimson
Pigmy Barberry, Soft Touch
Holly, Cotoneaster,Gold
Mound Spirea, and other
small leaved shrubs.
Name:
Eleagnus
Botanical:
Eleagnus 'Fruitlandi'
Size:
8-10'
H x 8-10' W
Exposure:
Full
Sun or Part Shade
Foliage
Color:
Dark
green dusted with silver
Bloom
Time:
None
Water
Needs:
Low
Features:
A
densley branched, fast growing
evergreen shrub excellent to
create a quick screen, hedge,
or background. Dark green foliage
has attractive silver scale.
Companions:
Loropetalums,
Junipers, Carissa Holly, Barberries,
Ornamental Grasses, and many
more.
Name:
Forsythia
'Yellow Bell's'
Botanical:
Forsythia 'Lynwood Gold'
Size:
5-6'
H x 5-6' W
Exposure:
Full
Sun or Part Shade
Bloom
Color:
Bright
Yellow
Bloom
Time:
Early
Spring
Water
Needs:
Low
Features:
In
Spring the branches of this
old time favorite flowering
shrub are literally covered
in bright yellow blooms! Useful
in a flowering shrub border,
islands, foundation plantings,
around decks, or as a hedge
or screen.
Companions:
Combine
with Quince, Reeves Spirea,
and Flowering Almond for a stunning
combination of early Spring
color!
Name:
Gardenia
'August Beauty'
Botanical:
Gardenia
Size:
5-6'
H x 4-5' W
Exposure:
Full
Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
White
- Highly Fragrant
Bloom
Time:
Late
Spring
Water
Needs:
Low
Features:
Very
sweetly fragrant double white
blooms stand out nicely against
the deep blue-green glossy foliage
of this attractive evergreen
shrub. Excellent near sitting
areas such as decks and patieos.
Companions:
Soft
Touch Holly, Junipers, Abelias,
Dwarf nandinas, Dwf Spireas,
Snow Indian Hawthorne, and others.
Name:
Holly
'Weeping Yaupon'
Botanical:
Ilex vomitoria
Size:
10-20'
H
Exposure:
Full
Sun or Partial Shade
Berry
Color:
Red
Berry
Time:
A
massive crop of small red beries
in winter
Water
Needs:
Tolerates
dry or damp soils
Features:
The
weeping habit of this yaupon
adds plenty of personality to
to the landscape. Let it weep
to the ground or limb it up
as a tree form. Excellent corner
plant, screen, or tree-form
specimen. Lots of red berries
in winter!
Companions:
Carissa
Holly, Indian Hawthorne, Miss
Huff Lantana, Junipers, Barberries,
Loropetalums, Ornamental Grasses,
and many more.
Name:
Juniper
'Hetzi Columnar'
Botanical:
Juniper hetzi columnaris
Size:
10-15'
H x 3-5' W
Exposure:
Full
Sun
Foliage
Color:
Rich
green
Bloom
Time:
None
Water
Needs:
Low
Features:
Upright
pyramidal habit with handsome
rich green foliage. An excellent
corner plant, screen or specimen.
Also good for topiary.
Companions:
Hollies,
Indian Hawthornes, Barberries,
Loropetalums, Abelias, Spireas,
Ornamental Grasses, and many
more.
Name:
Lantana
'Miss Huff's Hardy'
Botanical:
Lantana camara
Height
x Width:
5' H x 6-10' W
Exposure:
Full Sun
Bloom
Color:
Orange - Yellow - Pink tricolor
flower clusters
Bloom
Time:
May to Frost!
Water:
Very drought tolerant
Features:
The
best butterfly magnet we know
of!! Literally covered with
tri-color flowers from late
Spring to frost! The hardiest
of Lantanas. Give this one room
to grow. A must in every landscape
and a Wilson Bros. Favorite.
Totally drought tolerant and
pest free. DO NOT PRUNE IN FALL!!
Companions:
Other
Lantanas, Verbenas, Setcresia
(PurpleHearts), Sedums, and
many other perennials. Junipers,
Loropetalums, Yucca, Barberries,
Hollies and many many more.
Name:
Ligustrum
'Recurve' - (Wavy Leaf)
Botanical:
Ligustrum
Height
x Width:
6-10' H x 6-8'
W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
White - fragrant
Bloom
Time:
Spring
Water:
Low
Features:
Handsome,
dark blue-green leaves on this
upright evergreen shrub that
is good for hedges, screening,
or as a tree-form specimen.
White flowers in Spring contrast
nicely against the dark foliage.
Very fast growing!
Companions:
Dwarf
Yaupon Holly, Soft Touch Holly,
Variegated Pittosporum, Abelias,
Spireas, Lantanas, and many
more.
Name:
Variegated
Privet - Ligustrum
Botanical:
Ligustrum sinensis
Height
x Width:
6-10' H x 6-8'
W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
White - fragrant
Bloom
Time:
Spring
Water:
Low
Features:
Outstanding
variegated green and white foliage
on this fast growing shrub or
small tree. Excellent for screening.
Not a good foundation plant
except on, or in, the corners.
Companions:
Junipers,
Carissa Holly, Soft Touch Holly,
Loropetalums, and other various
shrubs that have dark foliage.
Name:
Loropetalums
Botanical:
Loroptelaum
Height
x Width:
4-15' H x 4-8'
W depending on variety
Exposure:
Full Sun is preferred but
will tolerate some shade
Bloom
Color:
Fuschia-Pink
Bloom
Time:
Spring and Fall!
Water:
Low
Features:
Deep
purple-red foliage contrasts
wonderfully with the fringe-like
fuschia-pink flowers in Spring
and Fall. An excellent foundation
or corner plant. Makes a nice
low maintenance hedge or tree-form
specimen too. 'Ruby', one of
the low growing varieties makes
an excellent substitute foe
Azaleas in full sun areas.
Companions:
Soft
Touch Holly, Dwarf Yaupon, Abelias,
Dwarf Spirea, Junipers, Indian
Hawthorne, Ornamental Grasses,
Daisy Gardenia, Lantanas, and
many more.
Name:
Rose
'Knockout'
Botanical:
Rosa
Height
x Width:
4-5' H x 4-5'
W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Afternoon Shade
Bloom
Color:
Red, Pink, or Blush Pink
Bloom
Time:
April to December!!
Water:
Low
Features:
The most carefree,
adaptable rose we have ever
seen! No disease or insect problems.
Produces an abundance of outstanding
cherry red roses from March
to Frost! Anybody can grow this
rose. A Wilson Bros. favorite
and a must in every landscape!
Companions:
Underplant
with groundhugging Sedums,Thymes,
Junipers, Creeping Jenny, Creeping
Fig, Iceplant, or Mondo Grass.
Combines well with Stella De
Oro Daylilies and many other
low growing perennials.
Name:
Rose
'Lady Banks'
Botanical:
Rosa banksia lutea
Height
x Width:
5'+ H x 5'+ W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
Light Yellow
Bloom
Time:
Spring
Water:
Low
Features:
Small, light
yellow roses are produced in
abundance on this dense shrub
rose with long arching branches.
Can be trained on trellises,
against walls, or on fences,
or left to grow naturally on
its own into a large gracefully
weeping mound. An old time favorite!
Companions:
Other
Roses, Junipers, Hollies, Lantanas,
Abelias, Indian Hawthorne, and
many more.
Name:
Tea
Olive
Botanical:
Oamanthus fragrans
Height
x Width:
8'+ H x 5'+ W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
White - highly fragrant!
Bloom
Time:
Throughout Spring and Fall
seasons!
Water:
Low
Features:
Clusters of
wonderfully fragrant, small
white flowers are produced in
Spring and Fall on this upright,
rounded, evergreen shrub or
small tree. A welcomed addition
to any landscape. Plant near
sitting areas such as decks,
porches, and patios.
Companions:
Gardenias,
Fragrant Snowball Viburnum,
Hollies, Junipers, Abelias,
Spireas, Loropetalums, Indian
Hawthorne, and many more.
Name:
Wax
Myrtle
Botanical:
Myrica cerifera
Height
x Width:
10-12' H x 8-10'
W
Exposure:
Full Sun or Partial Shade
Bloom
Color:
None
Bloom
Time:
Water:
Low to moderate
Features:
Fast growing
native shrub or small tree is
excellent for screening, as
a corner plant, or tree-form
specimen. Foliage is pleasantly
aromatic. Fits in great around
pools, garden ponds, or other
bodies of water.
Companions:
Hollies,
Junipers, Abelias, Spireas,
Ruby Loropetalum, Gardenias,
Indian Hawthorne, and many other
shrubs. Underplant with Ivy,
Cotoneaster, Liriope, or other
low growing plants.
