Landscape Shrubs S-Z by Common Name

Common Name	Scientific Name	Comments
Sasanqua Camellia	Camellia sasanqua	Size: medium (8' tall by 8' wide) broadleaf evergreen Flowers: very showy. Flowers late fall (Oct. thru Dec.). Typically flowers before *Japanese Camellia (C. japonica)* Fruit: not significant Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen. Leaves more refined than *Japanese Camellia (C. japonica)* Culture: same as above. Best in rich, moist soil, partial sun Disease/insect: none significant Use: screen, back of mixed shrub border Cultivars: many. Similar flower choices as *Japanese Camellia (C. japonica)*
Shore Juniper	Juniperus conferta	Size: low (18" tall by 6' wide) needle evergreen Needles: Soft blue-green color Culture: full sun; drought tolerant once established Disease/insect: none serious Use: groundcover. Probably best groundcover juniper for Arkansas Cultivars: 'Blue Mist'; 'Blue Pacific'
Slender Deutzia	Deutzia gracilis	Size: small (3' tall by 4' wide) deciduous shrub; mounded habit Fruit: noted for early spring, white flowers, not fragrant Fruit: not significant Fall color: none Culture: full sun; adaptable to soils Disease/insect: none significant Use: massed, middle of mixed shrub bed
Summersweet Clethra	Clethra alnifolia	Size; medium (5' tall by 7' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: showy. Terminal white spikes early summer Fruit: not significant Fall color: generally not significant. Can be golden yellow like hickories Culture: best in rich, moist soil, partial sun Disease/insect: none significant Use: naturalizing, massed Cultivars: several. ‘Hummingbird’ is tighter habit and white flowers; pink selections include ('Ruby Spice', 'Pink Spires')
Sweetspire; Virginia Sweetspire	Itea virginica	Size: medium (4' tall by 9' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: significant, white, terminal racemes, May/June Fruit: not significant Fall color: reliable, spectacular maroon fall color Culture: sun to partial sun; moist soil Disease/insect: none significant Use: mass, spreads by rhizomes Cultivars; 'Henry's Garnet'; 'Saturnalia'; 'Merlot'
Thorny Elaeagnus	Elaeagnus pungens (E.x ebbingei)	Size: fast growing, large 12' tall by 12' wide) broadleaf evergreen; very wild habit unless pruned Flowers: extremely fragrant flowers in the fall, but not showy Fruit: not significant Fall color: none/broadleaf evergreen Culture: sun; very adaptable to soil type Disease/insect: none significant Use: must be sheared; good for screen/hedge Similar to E. x ebbingei
Vanhoutte Spirea	Spiraea x vanhouttei	Size: medium (6' tall by 7' wide) deciduous shrub, classic arching stems Flowers: dramatic white flowers in mid-spring (April) Fruit: not significant (dry capsule) Fall color: depending on fall can be nice purple/orange Culture: full sun; adaptable to most soils Disease/insect: none serious Use: massed, mixed shrub border Prune after flowering
Variegated Chinese Privet*	Ligustrum sinensis 'Variegata'	Size: large (10' tall by 12' wide) Flowers: white terminal panicles, not significant due to variegated foliage Fruit: not significant, blue-black berry (drupe); helps plant spread rapidly Fall color: none; white-green variegated leaf all growing season Culture: full sun; very tough. Adaptable to most soils Disease/insect: none Use: very common deciduous filler shrub; the non-variegated species and this cultivar can almost be considered weedy
Variegated Euonymus	Euonymus japonicus 'Aureus'	Size: this cultivar is low (2’ tall x 4’). Broadleaf evergreen Culture: sun; adaptable to soil type Disease/insect: Euonymus scale a problem Use: low, evergreen groundcover Cultivars: many cultivars and forms available besides this one
Weeping Yaupon Holly	Ilex vomitoria 'Pendula'	Size: medium (15' tall by 5' wide) weeping broadleaf evergreen Fruit: heavy red fruit display Use: specimen plant
Weigela	Weigela florida	Size: medium (6' tall by 8' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: showy, funnel flowers in May; pink, white, yellow, red Fruit: not significant Fall color: none Culture: sun; very adaptable once established Disease/insect: none serious Use: mass, shrub bed Cultivars: many; 'Eva Rathki', 'Minuet', 'Red Prince', 'Variegata'
Winged Euonymus (Burningbush)	Euonymus alatus	Size: medium (7' tall by 7' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: yellow/green, not showy Fruit: brilliant orange, can be significant after foliage drops and if in sufficient numbers Fall color: exceptional, pink Twigs: distinctive 'wings' Culture: best in rich, moist soil; best in partial sun to shade. Very shade tolerant Disease/insect: none significant Use: individual plant, naturalizing, deciduous hedge Cultivars: 'Compactus' (red fall color; similar size) more common in trade
Winter Honeysuckle	Lonicera fragrantissima	Size: medium (8' tall by 8' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: extremely fragrant flowers; February/March; flower display not overwhelming since leaves not present Fruit: red, early summer, rarely see Fall color: none Culture: full to partial sun; very adaptable to soil type Disease/insect: none serious Use: deciduous hedge, mixed shrub border
Winter Jasmine	Jasminum nudiflorum	Size: medium (4' tall by 7' wide) deciduous shrub Flowers: late winter (February/March) for weeks; golden yellow on green stems Fruit: not significant Fall color: none Culture: full sun; adaptable to most soils Misc: pinnately compound leaf, 3 leaflets
Wintergreen Barberry	Berberis julianae	Size: medium 5' tall by 5' wide Flower: yellow flowers (not significant) March Fruit: black fruit (drupe) not showy Fall color: none/ broadleaf evergreen; Very spiny leaf margin Culture: full sun. Soil tolerant. Tough Disease/insect: none significant Use: low hedge; block traffic
Witchhazel	Hamamelis virginiana	Size: large (10' tall by 10' wide) deciduous shrub; very irregular habit, open Flowers: noted for yellow, strap-like flowers in late fall/early winter Fruit: not significant (woody capsule) Fall color: yellowish or golden yellow Culture: best in rich, moist soil, sun or shade. Flowers well in shade Disease/insect: none significant Use: naturalizing Cultivars: hybrid selections such as ‘Arnold’s Promise’, ‘Jelena’, ‘Sunburst’ even more dramatic flowering in early spring; native H. vernalis flowers mid-winter/early spring
Yew	Taxus sp.	Needle evergreen Culture: partial shade to shade; rich, moist soil best: Best suited to Northwest Arkansas (cooler) Cultivars: many for plant habit Trademark of landscapes in north Tolerates shearing
Yucca	Yucca filamentosa	Size: small (foliage 18" tall) shrub Flowers: dramatic, white flower panicle May through June Culture: full sun; great for hot, dry locations Disease/insect: none serious Use: Southwestern appearance, rock gardens