Shrubs & Hedges

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The hardest-working plants in any yard — living privacy screens, neat foundation plantings, and year-round structure that holds the garden together while everything else comes and goes.

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Garden Gems® Amethyst Redbud Bush Garden Gems® Amethyst Redbud Bush
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Garden Gems® Amethyst Redbud Bush

Small Size, Big Spring Sparkle

The Garden Gems™ Amethyst Redbud Bush brings all the eye-catching beauty of a redbud in a naturally compact, shrub-form habit that's easy to fit into today's landscapes. In early spring, vibrant purple-pink blooms cover the branches before rich burgundy, heart-shaped leaves emerge. As the season continues, the foliage matures to deep green, creating months of colorful interest.

Its smaller size makes it an excellent choice for foundation plantings, mixed borders, cottage gardens, and accent beds where a full-sized tree simply won't fit. It also performs beautifully in large patio containers, adding bold seasonal color to decks, porches, and outdoor living spaces. Adaptable to full sun or partial shade, this easy-care ornamental delivers impressive beauty with minimal maintenance.

Why You'll Love the Garden Gems™ Amethyst Redbud Bush

  • Brilliant purple-pink flowers blanket the branches in early spring.
  • Rich burgundy new foliage matures to deep green for multi-season interest.
  • Compact bush form is ideal for smaller landscapes and foundation plantings.
  • Perfect for borders, mixed beds, patios, and large decorative containers.
  • Thrives in full sun to partial shade.
  • Low-maintenance and drought tolerant once established.
  • Provides standout color without taking up the space of a traditional redbud tree.

Plant in well-drained soil and water regularly during establishment. Little pruning is needed, but if shaping is desired, prune after flowering to preserve next year's blooms.

Add jewel-toned color to every spring with the compact charm of Garden Gems™ Amethyst Redbud Bush.

Zones
5-9 outdoors
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AboutShrubs & Hedges

Shrubs are the bones of a garden. Long after the annuals fade and the perennials die back, a well-placed shrub is still there — screening a neighbor's window, softening a hard foundation line, marking the edge of a path, or simply giving the eye something green to rest on in the dead of winter. Plant them once and they pay you back for decades, growing fuller and more valuable every year.

Choose by the job you need done. For privacy and noise, reach for fast, tall evergreens like arborvitae, holly, or boxwood that form a solid living wall. For a clipped formal hedge, pick dense, small-leaved shrubs that take shearing well. For foundation plantings, look for compact, mounding habits that stay tidy under windows. And for seasonal payoff, flowering and berrying shrubs bring blooms, fall color, and food for the birds on top of their year-round structure.

What's in this collection

From evergreen privacy workhorses to flowering shrubs that earn a spot all season, this collection gathers the shrubs worth planting — in a range of mature sizes, growth rates, and habits so you can match the plant to the spot. Read each variety's light, spacing, and mature-size notes to space a hedge correctly the first time; getting the spacing right is what turns individual plants into a seamless screen.

Easy to establish, low to maintain. Most shrubs ask only for the right light, decent drainage, and steady water through their first season while roots take hold. After that, an annual shaping cut and a spring feeding are usually all it takes to keep them dense and healthy for years.

Shipped to arrive healthy. Every shrub is grown in our nursery network, inspected, and hand-packed in protective, season-aware packaging — and we honor the state-by-state agricultural rules that govern where plants can ship.

Common questions

  • How far apart should I space shrubs for a hedge?

    It depends on the variety's mature width. As a rule of thumb, space plants slightly closer than their full spread so they knit together into a solid screen — often a few feet apart for a tight hedge. Check each plant's mature-size note and space to it; planting too close crowds roots, too far leaves gaps.

  • How long until a privacy hedge fills in?

    It varies by species and how big the plants start. Fast evergreens like arborvitae can close a screen in a few seasons, while slower, denser shrubs like boxwood take longer but need less shearing. Starting with larger plants and keeping them well watered the first year speeds things up considerably.

  • Do these shrubs stay green in winter?

    Some do, some don't. Evergreen shrubs hold their leaves year-round for constant privacy and structure, while deciduous flowering shrubs drop their leaves in fall and reward you with blooms, berries, or fall color instead. Each variety lists its type so you can plan for the look you want.

  • When and how should I prune a hedge?

    Most shrubs take a light shaping cut in late winter or early spring before new growth. For formal hedges, shear lightly a couple of times through the growing season, keeping the base slightly wider than the top so sunlight reaches the bottom and the hedge stays full to the ground.

  • Can these shrubs ship to my state?

    Many plants carry agricultural shipping restrictions that vary by state. Those rules are built into fulfillment, so shrubs are only sent where they're allowed to go.

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