Best Zone 6 Shrub Plants in 2026

Jasmine Plant Pot: Snow N Summer Jasmine is a gorgeous vining plant with tri-colored foliage, which makes a great option for beautiful ground cover. The leaves of the plant are pink in color when young and variegated white and emerald green when mature

Indoor Plants: Snow N Summer Jasmine plants, also known as Japanese Star Jasmine plants, bloom with fragrant, white flowers. These plants can be trained to spread as vines across a fence or trellis. The USDA hardiness zone for outdoor planting is 7–9

Easy Maintenance: Snow N Summer Jasmine plants need full to partial sunlight and well-drained, moist soil. The plants are sensitive to cold winds. A heat pack is included with each plant if your region experiences cold weather

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Perennial lupine can grow wild or in your flower bed in USDA zones 3 - 9. Lupinus perennis, or simply Lupine, is a well-known and loved perennial wild flower. They bring interest and beauty to any naturalized landscape setting, and they fixate nitrogen for the soil.

Wild blue lupine can reach heights of 36 inches and deer tend to stay away. They’re beneficial in many ways! Lupines have very attractive, shrub-like deep green foliage and tall erect stems that tower above the foliage. Lupine is an early summer bloomer and very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds.

Lupine is an early summer bloomer and very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. They produce a taproot, so after the first year of getting established, they are fairly drought tolerant and need water only during periods of prolonged drought.

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BUSHES ARE HARDY IN ZONE 5-9 — Loves the Warm Heat of the Southern United States

DROUGHT TOLERANT — Once Established this Perennial Plant is Heat & Drought Tolerant

Botanical Name: Syringa reticulata

Height: 35 feet USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 - 7

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BUY MORE, SAVE MORE - Save up to 60% when you buy more! [INFO1] - It's the choice plant for difficult sites. Forming a large evergreen mound, the filamentosa produces long narrow leaves that are green variegated with yellow centers. This variegated Adam's Needle is a slow grower that will reach 3 to 5 feet at maturity with a 2 to 3 foot spread. One of Greenwood's favorite garden evergreen plants.

[INFO2] - In mid to late summer the Color Guard Yucca produces a large white flower head. Yucca Tip: once completed its blooming, remove the spent flower and its stem. Plant in full sun with average to dry soil. Adaptable to most any soil type. Mate the Color Guard with its opposite the Bright Edge Yucca. Drought tolerant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Specimen plant. Great for planting in containers with drainage holes.

[DETAILS] - Category: Perennials, Perennial Plants, Evergreen Perennials, Shrubs, Flowering Shrubs, Evergreen Shrubs ● Plant Type: Evergreen ● Light Requirement: Full Sun ● Soil Condition: Dry, Well Drained ● Bloom Season: Summer ● Bloom Color: White ● Mature Height: 3 - 4ft ● Growth Rate: Slow-growing ● Planting Zone: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

This rapidly-growing, broad pyramidal evergreen tree has medium to dark green foliage. Its rich green foliage grows 30-50 feet tall. Ideally used for a decorative accent, and wind or privacy screen.

This adaptable and easy to grow plant needs a regular water schedule to ensure the growth of a mature root system. The first year of growth requires watering at least once per day. After the mature root system is established, watering is needed occasionally, except during a drought, watering is needed regularly. Pruning is not necessary. To maximize its growth allow the necessary amount of space.

Amount of Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade. Amount of Water: Water once per day during first year of growth; Drought tolerant. Soil Conditions: Prefers deep well- drained soil; Adaptable to a wide range of soil conditions including saturated soils. Cold Hardiness Zone: 5-9

Large, upright, broad-leaved evergreen shrub, highly adaptable and easy to grow. Lustrous dark green, wavy foliage creates a handsome small accent tree, foundation hedge, or privacy screen. Excellent for use as a container specimen.

If you're looking to create a quick privacy screen or natural or clipped hedge, it doesn't get much better than the Wavy Leaf Ligustrum. This shrub can be left to grow naturally to 10 feet or so in height, or responds very well to shearing for hedges that can be maintained at 5 feet or more in height

A fine addition to fragrance gardens and Xeriscape gardens (low water needs).

Grown, packaged and shipped exclusively by Florida Foliage. The Super Blue Liriope is an improved variety of the more common Big Blue Liriope that grows a bit taller and can tolerate more direct sunlight. It features abundant blue-purple spikes of flowers that rise above its tufted, grass like foliage in summer and are followed by clusters of black berries. This liriope is best used as a ground-cover, border or edging plant or in a mass planting.

This plant prefers moist, loamy soil and partially shaded areas, but will tolerate dry soil areas once established. The liriope is quite tough and is both heat and drought tolerant. Its flowers bloom best in a sunny location.

Not to be confused with “Big Blue” Liriope, Super Blue has a more vigorous growth habit and can grow to be 20 inches tall. It is exceptional as a container plant, lush border or pathway edging, in mass plantings and under large trees. This hard-working shrub grows well in hard to grow places such as banks and slopes, driveways or filling in gaps between shrubs.

Common Thyme: Seeds from this herb grow a very hardy perennial shrub that can be up to 15" tall. The whole plant (leaves, stems and flowering tops) of Common Thyme is used to flavor a wide variety of dishes. Aids sore throats and coughs. Can also be used as an aromatic, ornamental landscape herb.

Drought tolerant and attractive to bees, butterflies, and/or birds!

Start thyme herb seeds inside 5 a month and a half before the last ice, sowing them 1/4" somewhere down in a level. Keep them out of direct daylight, yet ensure the dirt temperature is somewhere around 70 degrees F.

Suitable for Zones 2 - 7. Tough - Drought Tolerant - Nitrogen-Fixing

Grows up to 15 Feet - Easy to Grow. Edible Pods Feed Wildlife and Humans

Beautiful Fragrance in Spring from Masses of Bright Yellow Flowers.

FAST GROWING SHRUB: The Wavy Leaf Ligustrum, also known as the Crinkle Leaf Ligustrum is fast growing evergreen shrub that can be trained or limbed out into a small tree. With waxy, dark green foliage and a producer of small white fragrant flowers this is one of our most popular shrubs to date! Expect a mature planting to reach up to be no smaller than 10-15' H x 5-6' W.

MULTIFUNCTIONAL: An attractive variation on the familiar Wax Leaf Privet the Wavy Leaf Ligustrum looks beautiful in the garden as a specimen or clipped hedge. It is great for privacy screening or blocking unsightly views and it usually grown in mass. The flowers are very aromatic and are attractants of birds and butterflies.

MAINTENANCE: Ligustrum's are fast growing shrubs that can add as much as 25 inches of growth per year! Rapid growth means frequent pruning to keep them under control. As soon as the blossoms begin to fade buds for the next season begin forming leaving a small window of opportunity. As soon as your blossoms begin to fade you should prune as much as you feel is needed. Privets can withstand severe pruning.

35+ RED CRAPE MYRTLE TREE /SHRUB /FLOWER SEEDS / DROUGHT TOLERANT PERENNIAL

Grown, packaged and shipped exclusively by Florida Foliage. One of the best of the non-green spreading junipers, Parson's Juniper offers grayish blue-green foliage on a prostrate, spreading form. Fill between larger shrubs, spread along slopes or cascade over walls with this versatile groundcover.

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Control weeds until the plants have filled in. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer.

This dense, evergreen shrub has a soft texture with bluish-green foliage. Its upright, feathery branches grow in a dome-like shape 2-3 feet tall. Its ground-hugging attribute makes it ideal as a hedge, ground-cover, screen, and windbreak. Often used as a bonsai and near sea-side areas.

Wonderful, low spreading form makes a superb groundcover, group planting or single specimen. Dense blue-green foliage gives this selection a handsome appearance and is best when not pruned, but rather left in its natural form. A notably heat tolerant variety.

This popular, fast-growing evergreen maintains its dense, ocean blue-green foliage year-round. Its needles are dense and shorter than other junipers with a low-trailing growth habit spreading 2-3 feet (6 inches tall). Best performs as groundcover, seashore planting, planter boxes, and draped over walls.

This easy-to-grow evergreen needs a regular water schedule to ensure the growth of a mature root system. After the mature root system is established, watering is needed occasionally, except during a drought, watering is needed regularly. Prune once or twice a year around the edges in order to keep the middle of the plant full.

*Syringa vulgaris ( lilac tree/shrub) is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae, native to the Balkan Peninsula<br>

*‎Showy, Very Fragrant, Good Cut Flowers. <br>

* Hardiness Zones 6-11, Evergreen,Irregular, pyramidal when young; Irregular, assymetrical, spreading crown with pendulous branches with age; dense,heat tolerant, drought tolerant, screen, salt tolerant, deer resistant.<br>

One of the most compact Pfitzer junipers available, yet maintaining the pleasantly arching sprays of foliage. Bluish green needles impart a fine textural effect, great for a spreading groundcover or in masses in the garden

Nick's Compact Juniper has attractive bluish-green foliage. The scale-like leaves are highly ornamental and turn grayish green in fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant.

Nick's Compact Juniper is a spreading evergreen shrub with a ground-hugging habit of growth. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which should be used to full effect.

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Bright red berries emerge in fall and persist through winter.

Heat and drought tolerant once established.

A dense mound of ground-hugging branches that radiate from the center. New growth is bright green turning to bluish green as it matures. Winter color has a purple tint. Wonderful evergreen for a group planting on a rocky slope, or trained into an upright staked specimen. Foliage and form is superb when left unpruned.

Grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Adapts to a wide range of soils, but prefers a dryish, sandy soil. Tolerates hot, dry growing conditions, somewhat poor soils and many city air pollutants.

‘Nana’ is a dwarf, less vigorous form that features spiny-pointed blue-green needles (to 1/3” long). It typically grows 8-12” tall and spreads to 6’ wide over time. Foliage may turn purplish in winter.

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USDA Zones 5-9 - Mature Size: 5-6' H x 4-6' W

Buxus microphylla var. japonica

Graceful branches are beautiful cascading over rocks or walls; a perfect accent or groundcover as well. Retains its showy, glowing silver-blue foliage coloring through winter. Evergreen.

Adaptable to snow and frost as well as excessive heat, it thrives in rocky or sandy soil and is highly tolerant of urban pollution. Even the deer will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats.

Hughes Juniper will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

Exotic white flowers with yellow and purple-blue markings burst from stalks amid stiff, iris-like, evergreen foliage. Profuse bloomer; blooms last only one day but are quickly replaced. Fire resistant.

Tap into the beauty of drought-tolerant African iris. A cousin to bearded iris, Siberian iris and the rest of the iris flower clan, African iris is a native of South Africa. Botanically it’s known as Dietes bicolor. In common parlance, African iris is also called fortnight lily, yellow fortnight lily and butterfly flag.

The name fortnight lily refers to the plant’s habit of flowering from spring through fall. African iris produces a smattering of blooms in each clump of leaves roughly every two weeks. Each blossom lasts only one day, but because stems appear about every 14 days, the flower show is strong and steady.

Grown, packaged and shipped exclusively by Florida Foliage. With its lower spreading habit, this hummingbird magnet fits into any garden. Use as a foundation cover-up in drought tolerant gardens or as middle-of-the-border accent plants. Line up several for a hedge or mass them like groundcover in very hot planting areas where other plants wilt. Ideal for desert landscapes.

Blood red, bottlebrush-like flower spikes cover this dwarf evergreen shrub from spring into summer. In warm, temperate regions, it will continue to bloom intermittently throughout the year. A densely branched habit with blue-green leaves that have a citrus scent when crushed. The versatile compact size is perfect for today's smaller gardens.

Thrives in average, lightly acidic, well-drained soil; avoid alkaline soils. Water deeply, regularly during first growing season to establish an extensive root system; reduce frequency once established. More drought tolerant in coastal areas; less tolerant in hot, arid regions. Apply fertilizer in early spring. Prune to shape after flowering.

LIGHT: Smooth Hydrangeas can be grown in full sun or dappled shade (the hotter the climate, the more shade is needed) and are surprisingly drought tolerant.

SOIL: Best grown in average, medium, well-drained soils. Full sun is tolerated if constant moisture is provided.

TALL: Smooth Hydrangeas typically grow up to 3-6 ft. tall and wide.

Prepare the soil: Choose a well-draining, sandy soil with a pH between 6.0 and 8.0. Amend the soil with compost or other organic matter if necessary to improve fertility.

Scarify the seeds: Creeping Mountain Lilac seeds have a hard outer coating that needs to be scarified or scratched to allow moisture to penetrate and germination to occur. You can scarify the seeds by rubbing them gently with sandpaper or nicking them with a small knife.

Soak the seeds: Soak the scarified seeds in water for 24-48 hours to further soften the outer coating and encourage germination.

SUN: Mountain laurel is highly prized because it performs well in part shade. It can tolerate full sun but the deep-green leaves may turn yellowish.

SOIL: These shrubs are like cool, moist but well-drained, acidic soil (pH 5.0 to 5.5), planters filled with a well-draining soil mix.

WATER: A newly planted mountain laurel needs watering every three to four days for the first few weeks. Give it enough water to thoroughly moisten the soil without making it soggy.

Easily grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Tolerant of a wide variety of soils including clay. Intolerant of wet soils. Tolerant of some drought once established. Also tolerant of many city air pollutants. Pruning may help maintain compact habit.

Juniperus x pfitzeriana is a hybrid designation that includes certain cultivars that are crosses between Juniperus chinensis and Juniperus sabina. Such cultivars in the Pfitzer Group are sometimes commonly called pfitzer juniper. Genus name comes from the Latin name for the juniper.

'Saybrook Gold' is a low-growing, evergreen shrub with a spreading, arching, feathery habit. Typically grows 2-3' high and spreads horizontally by long stiff branches. Features mostly needle-like, bright yellow foliage (bronzish yellow in winter) with drooping tips. Foliage is attractive year-round.

LIGHT: Forsythia bushes grow best with at least six hours of direct sun on most days. If your plant gets less sun than this, it might not produce as many flowers.

SOIL: Forsythias prefer loose, well-draining soil—however, these tough plants show tolerance for clay soil, too. They are not particularly picky about their pH levels.

TALL: Grows up to 2–10 ft. tall, 2–10 ft. wide.

The Juniper 'Kallay Pfitzer', Juniperus chinensis 'Kallays Compacta', is a select and improved form of compact pfiltzer that is one of the best evergreens for hot, poor, dry soils in city conditions

It is a vigorous grower with a dense, compact growth habit. 'Kallay Pfitzer' has fine bright green, thick foliage, and sometimes blue or reddish fruits follow the small white flowers.

Having a sweet fragrance when crushed, this low maintenance and compact, flat-topped shrub is drought tolerant once established. It is tolerant of a wide variety of soils including clay, but intolerant of wet soils.

USDA Hardiness Zone. Mexican sunflower, T. rotundifolia, is a vigorous, drought tolerant warm season annual that is easy to grow in the ornamental garden, grown in 9-11 (USDA).

Attract pollinators. Many pollinators visit tithonia flowers including (L-R) bumblebee, longhorned bee, another wild bee, syrphid fly, monarch butterfly and tiger swallowtail.

Sow. Sow directly into moist soil, pressing the seeds in and don't cover the seeds, as they need light for germination. Seeds will germinate in 4 to 10 days.