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    Blue Prince Holly

    Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Prince'

    (2)
    $6650 $8026
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    Royal Family Holly Combo

    Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Princess' / Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Prince'

    (29)
    From $8500 $10027
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    Blue Princess Holly

    Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Princess'

    (25)
    $5600 $6793

  • Temple of Bloom® Seven Son Flower Tree

    Heptacodium miconiodes 'SMHMRF'

    (1)
    $9532
  • Up to 16% off

    Ruby Slippers Oakleaf Hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers'

    (7)
    From $3732
  • Gibraltar Bush Clover

    Gibraltar Bush Clover

    Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar'

    (7)
    $5829

  • Tianshan® Seven - Son Flower

    Heptacodium miconioides 'Minhep'

    $8248
  • Jetstream™ Oakleaf Hydrangea

    Jetstream™ Hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia PIIHQ-I PP25,319

    $8258

  • Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'

    (10)
    $8016

  • Paisley Pup® Leucothoe

    Leucothoe fontanesiana 'SMNLFGRV' PP 35,833

    $6705

  • Honey Maid Holly

    Ilex x meserveae 'Honey Maid'

    $8570

  • Endless Summer® Blushing Bride Bigleaf Hydrangea

    Hydrangea macrophylla ENDLESS SUMMER 'Blushing Bride'

    (12)
    From $6510

  • ReJoyce Coast Leucothoe

    Leucothoe axillaris 'ReJoyce'

    $6706

  • Tiny Tuff Stuff™ Hydrangea

    Hydrangea serrata 'MAKD'

    (2)
    $8498

  • Pee Wee Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee'

    $6160

  • Legend of the Small® Fothergilla

    Fothergilla × intermedia ‘Legend of the Small’ PP 34,139

    From $8758

  • Tuff Stuff Ah - Ha® Hydrangea

    Hydrangea serrata TUFF STUFF Ah Ha® 'SMNHSDD'

    $8494

  • Let's Dance® Rhythmic Blue™ Hydrangea

    Hydrangea macrophylla LETS DANCE 'SMHMES14'

    (4)
    $7066

  • Crispleaf Stephanandra Lace Shrub

    Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa'

    $7380
  • Fizzy Mizzy® Sweetspire Bush

    Fizzy Mizzy® Sweetspire Bush

    Itea virginica 'SMNIVMM' PP33,549

    $7879

  • Leptodermis

    Leptodermis oblonga

    $6954
  • Blue Maid™ Meserve Holly

    Blue Maid™ Meserve Holly

    Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Maid' PP# 4685

    $5597

  • Magical® Ruby Red Hydrangea

    Hydrangeamacrophylla 'KOLMARU' PP#25104

    $7098
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    Frost Proof Gardenia

    Gardenia jasminoides 'Frostproof'

    (34)
    From $2696 $2811
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    Sikes Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea

    Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sike's Dwarf'

    $7640 $8563
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    Girard's Rainbow Leucothoe

    Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Girard's Rainbow''

    $4023 $4315
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    Pacific Wax Myrtle

    Myrica californica

    From $4483
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    August Beauty Gardenia

    Gardenia jasminoides 'August Beauty'

    (6)
    From $2670 $3441
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    Snow Fire Rock Rose

    Cistus x 'Snow Fire'

    (1)
    From $3957 $4573
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    Howard McMinn Manzanita

    Arctostaphylos densiflora 'Howard McMinn'

    (1)
    $5333 $6465
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    Cherry Delight Crape Myrtle Shrub

    Lagerstroemia x 'G19234'

    $9952
  • Blue Stallion™ Meserve Holly
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    Blue Stallion™ Meserve Holly

    Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Stallion' PP# 4804

    $11460
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    Cotton Candy Crape Myrtle Shrub

    Lagerstroemia x 'G19235'

    $13961
  • Emerald Magic® Meserve Holly
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    Emerald Magic® Meserve Holly

    Ilex x meserveae 'WillEmer'

    (1)
    $5599
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    Sister Disco® Scotch Broom

    Cytisus scoparius 'SMNCSCRY'

    $4455
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    French Vanilla Crape Myrtle Shrub

    Lagerstroemia x 'G18147'

    $9978
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    Sweet & Lo™ Sweet Box

    Sarcococca hookeriana 'Purplerij1'

    $6956
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    Castle Spire® Blue Holly

    Ilex x meserveae 'Hachfee'

    (10)
    From $5996
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    Mount Vernon Laurel

    Prunus laurocerasus 'Mount Vernon'

    $3957 $4569
  • Coastal Dog Hobble
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    Coastal Dog Hobble

    Leucothoe axillaris

    $3957 $4308
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    Gulftide Osmanthus

    Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide'

    $6940 $8161
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    Patty's Purple Hebe

    Hebe 'Pattys Purple'

    (0)
    $4833 $5349
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    Portuguese Cherry Laurel

    Prunus lusitanica

    From $3957 $4719
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    Dwarf Gardenia Radicans

    Gardenia jasminoides 'Radicans'

    (6)
    From $2668 $2989
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    Dwarf Yaupon Holly

    Ilex vomitoria 'Nana'

    (2)
    From $2957
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    Chef's Choice® Rosemary

    Rosemary officinalis 'Roman Beauty'

    $4971
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    Pink Breath of Heaven

    Coleonema pulchrum 'Compacta'

    (2)
    $4833 $5261
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    Pink Marble® Photinia

    Photinia x fraseri 'Cassini'

    From $3957 $4841
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    Crimson - Spot Rock Rose

    Cistus ladanifer

    From $6983
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    Emerald Carpet Manzanita

    Arctostaphylos 'Emerald Carpet'

    $5333 $5817

Bushes Off the Beaten Path!

Your property is unlike any other, and it should reflect your singular personality! Defy the ordinary with our collection of unique shrubs that go off the beaten path for a visually captivating look that's yours alone.

With these unique and widely underused shrubs in your landscape, we're sure traffic will slow down, neighbors' heads will turn, and everyone will be clamoring to check out what is planted in your landscape!

Find deciduous and evergreen shrubs with a little more panache! Look through our helpful Garden Blog for inspiration, or find Unique and Unusual Shrubs by checking out these popular plant varieties we're sure the neighbors won't have yet!

From Anise to Viburnum, Camellia to Manzanita, this collection takes your landscape off the beaten path and into the realm of your wildest dreams!

How To Use Unique Shrubs In Your Garden!

When you're looking for something … different … the flowering shrubs and bushes in this collection are for you!

Showy newcomers on the block, unusual flowering forms or colors, fancy foliage, and variegation, or something different that sets them apart from the rest - unusual shrubs are fantastic specimens, focal points, and front yard berm headliners!

  • Need an eye-popping chartreuse foundation planting? Check out Goldmound Spirea!
  • Go purple-leafed beauty with First Editions® Crimson Fire™ Fringe Flower!
  • Try evergreen multi-colored texture plants like Moon Bay Heavenly Bamboo Nandina
  • Heads with turn when Flowering Japanese Kerria starts to open their golden blooms!
  • Go bold with the red blooms of the Grateful Red Hydrangea
  • Cool things down with Little Lime® Panicle Hydrangea
  • Perfume the entire block with Gardenia!

New and Unique Shrub FAQs

Choosing Shrubs For Your Landscape

Start your search for Shrubs Off the Beaten Path by finding your Planting Zone using our USDA zone filters. Then find shrubs for your garden's sun exposure levels. Lastly, narrow down the options by flower color, height/width at maturity, fall color options, and more!

Head over to our Garden Blog to find more info about choosing shrubs for your landscape!

Find The Most Underutilized and Unique Shrubs Available! We're sure no one else has one of these spectacular bushes! Many of which you may not have ever heard of!

  • Kerria Golden Guinea
  • Leafscape™ Little Flames Leucothoe
  • Little John Dwarf BottleBrush
  • Grape Explosion Hydrangea
  • Invincibelle® Ruby Hydrangea
  • Cherry On Top™ Sorbaria
  • Red Oleander
  • Gibraltar Bush Clover
  • Coastal Dog Hobble
  • Leptodermis
  • Coast Silktassel

Or go native with unique shrubs endemic to your area that have fallen out of fashion in favor of something shiny and new!

Need greenery year-round? Try an Evergreen or Broadleaf Evergreen that the neighborhood hasn't seen before like one of these unique offerings!

  • Fragrant Tea Olive
  • Red Tip Photinia
  • White Chinese Fringe Flower
  • Florida Sunshine Anise Shrub
  • Edmee Gold Honeysuckle Bush
  • Olympic Fire Mountain Laurel
  • Delavay Osmanthus

Caring For Evergreen Bushes & Deciduous Shrubs

These shrubs may be show-stoppers, but they are anything but divas in the landscape!

  • Ensure the proper amount of shade or sun needed by your plant
  • These shrubs generally do best in well-drained soil
  • Create raised gardens or berms if you have poor drainage
  • Provide a 3-4 inch deep layer of mulch over the root system
  • Check out the Plants Description for each shrub's pruning and other care requirements
  • Water new plants regularly using the Finger Test to help them get established

Get your new shrubs off on the right foot with these simple tips, planting advice in our #ProPlantTips, and with Nature Hills Root Booster!

Why Order Unique Shrubs From NatureHills.com?

Unbeatable Quality, Guaranteed!

Family-owned and operated since 2001, Nature Hills Nursery prides itself on meeting the needs of customers with an ever-growing collection of online plants backed by our product guarantee and protected by Plant Sentry™.

All of our plants and shrubs are delivered safely to your home with instructions for planting, care, and storage, so you can order knowing you'll have exactly what you need! Plus plenty more information in our #ProPlantTips Garden Blog for extra support and inspiration!

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