Best Fragrant Shrubs Plants in 2026

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USDA Zones: 8-11 - Mature Size: 4-6' H x 3-4' W

Gardenia jasminoides August Beauty

The Japanese Sky Pencil is female only cultivar of Ilex Crenata. Dense evergreen foliage that retains its natural shape without pruning making it very easy to care for. Fully mature plants reach sizes of 5-10 feet tall x 18-24 inches wide.

MULTI USE: With its unique appearance you may find that there are several places that you may want to place your Sky Holly. They do well as container plants, tall hedges or privacy screens. In order for your plant to produce berries both male and females must be present for pollination.

EASY TO MAINTAIN: Sky Pencil Hollies retain their elegant form without pruning, but they often benefit from light trimming while still young. Prune during the winter as the plant is not actively growing while being sure not to remove more than 1/3rd of its growth.

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Usda zones: 4-8 - mature size: 15' H x 3-4' W

Thuja occidentals emerald Green

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Ilex cornuta Burfordii Nana

Deep glossy green foliage tipped with a single sprine

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Ilex cornuta Burfordii Nana

Deep glossy green foliage, female plants produce red berries in fall/winter (shipped plants will be either male or female)

DENSE FOLIAGE: The Blue Rug Juniper is a hardy evergreen ground cover shrub with a low trailing habit and short, needle-like silvery-blue aromatic foliage. A fully mature plant will reach a height no taller than 12 inches, but it will spread up to 8 feet wide! This low-maintenance ground cover plant attracts year-round interest with its evergreen foliage.

GROUND COVER: Use this Juniper along foundation plantings, around trees and shrubs, embankment plantings, beds, and rock gardens, or planted along and allowed to hang over retaining walls. With an intermediate growth rate, a fully mature Blue Rug Juniper will remain less than 1 foot in height while spreading up to 8 feet wide, which creates a dense mat.

LOW MAINTENANCE: Caring for the Blue Rug Juniper is relatively easy and low maintenance. This low-growing conifer does not require pruning unless its growth has become unruly or foliage is damaged or diseased. Light pruning can encourage growth and provide your garden with dense, healthy dark green year-round interest. If you choose to prune, do so in the late winter or early spring, removing any dead or damaged foliage.

DENSE FOLIAGE: The Blue Rug Juniper is a hardy evergreen ground cover shrub with a low trailing habit and short, needle-like silvery-blue aromatic foliage. A fully mature plant will reach a height no taller than 12 inches, but it will spread up to 8 feet wide! This low-maintenance ground cover plant attracts year-round interest with its evergreen foliage.

GROUND COVER: Use this Juniper along foundation plantings, around trees and shrubs, embankment plantings, beds, and rock gardens, or planted along and allowed to hang over retaining walls. With an intermediate growth rate, a fully mature Blue Rug Juniper will remain less than 1 foot in height while spreading up to 8 feet wide, which creates a dense mat.

LOW MAINTENANCE: Caring for the Blue Rug Juniper is relatively easy and low maintenance. This low-growing conifer does not require pruning unless its growth has become unruly or foliage is damaged or diseased. Light pruning can encourage growth and provide your garden with dense, healthy dark green year-round interest. If you choose to prune, do so in the late winter or early spring, removing any dead or damaged foliage.

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Ligustrum japonicum Recurvifolium

Waxy and curly glossy green foliage with small white tubular flowers in Spring

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.

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USDA Zones: 7-11 - Mature Size: 3-5' H x 3-4' W

Gardenia jasminoides 'Frostproof'

RESILIENT GROUNDCOVER: Procumbens Nana Juniper is a slow-growing and highly manageable option in a family full of fast-growing, invasive plants. With its needle-like blue-green foliage, Nana Juniper makes for a unique plant in non-traditional green spaces. This juniper shrub has a very dense and low-growing habit, maturing to 6 inches to 1 foot tall by 4-6 feet wide.

JUNIPER BONSAI: Considered a very hardy conifer, the Juniper is a non-flowering tree that makes an excellent choice for bonsai because it is so easy to prune and train. It is one of the most popular bonsai trees and is a firm favorite of many bonsai enthusiasts.

MAINTENANCE: Nana Juniper's care is easy, but it requires the right environment to promote growth. The tree does well with wiring as it will bend into styles easily. Try not to remove all growing tips simultaneously when pruning, as the leaves may turn brown and the whole plant may decline. Instead, trim dense foliage areas with small, sharp pruning shears.

A staple landscape plant with a mature size of 3-5' H x 3-5' W.

Provides deep and rich hedge protection for privacy screening and well as noise barrier from more busy streets or trafficked areas.

With a petite leaf this foundation plant requires little pruning. Or prune it into a topiary to amaze your neighbors.

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USDA Zone: 7-9 - Mature Size: 2-4' H x 3-5' W

Ilex vomitoria 'Bordeaux'

RESILIENT GROUNDCOVER: The Parsoni Juniper is an attractive evergreen ground cover packed with aromatic foliage that features hues of blue and green. On average a fully mature plant will reach 2-3' H x 5-6' in width depending on its growing conditions. The needle-like foliage gives this plant a feathery appearance from a distance and is a feature that has made this juniper plant so popular.

JUNIPER BONSAI: Considered a very hardy conifer, the Juniper is a non-flowering tree that makes an excellent choice for bonsai because it is so easy to prune and train. Although not a popular choice by bonsai enthusiast with the proper technique it does just as well as many other junipers. This Juniper is not cut in bonsai form, but you can shape it into a bonsai tree.

MAINTENANCE: Caring for the Parsoni Juniper is easy, but it requires the right environment to promote growth. The tree does well with wiring as it will bend into styles easily. Try not to remove all growing tips simultaneously when pruning, as the leaves may turn brown and the whole plant may decline. Instead, trim dense foliage areas with small, sharp pruning shears.

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USDA Zones: 6-10 - Mature Size: 16" H x12" W

Liriope muscari Variegata

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USDA Zones: 7-10 - Mature Size: 3-4' H x 2-3' W

Raphiolepis indica 'Eleanor Tabor'

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USDA Zones 7a-10b - Mature Size: 1-2' H x 3-4' W

Gardenia jasminoides Radicans

EVERGREEN: Soft Touch Holly is dense, yet soft shrub with glossy green foliage and a round growth habit. Along with the very similar boxwood shrubs they are often used to maintain green areas in home gardens and landscapes throughout the world. Soft Touch Holly is fast growing shrub and reaches 2-3' H x 2-3' W once mature.

ATTRACTS BIRDS: Soft Touch Holly is fast growing shrub and reaches 2-3' H x 2-3' W once mature! In the spring, very small white flowers will bloom and once the cooler weather arrives it will bear glossy blackberry-like fruits. Birds and butterflies are attracted to both the berries the dense foliage of this dwarf holly shrub.

PRUNING: Soft Touch Hollies tolerate pruning well if you want to keep them a certain size or shape. Heavy pruning is best reserved for late winter or early spring. You can certainly let your Soft Touch Holly grow naturally with no pruning as well.

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

Ilex crenata Compacta

Mature size: 3-6 ft. H x 3-6 ft. W

Very low maintenance once plant is established

Fertilize in spring with slow-release granular fertilizer

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

Buxus microphylla var. japonica

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USDA Zones 7-10 - Mature Size: 6-8' H x 6-8' W

Ligustrum sinensis Variegata

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FAST GROWING EVERGREEN: When you need a large wind and sound break or a large screen the Thuja Green Giant is the perfect candidate. With an exceptionally fast growth rate, resiliency to tough weather conditions and thick evergreen foliage it's hard to beat this tree! Once fully mature you can expect it to reach 20 - 40 feet tall while spanning 6-12 feet in diameter.

DENSE FOLIAGE: With thick foliage capable of blocking light, sound, wind and more with a natural appearance, unlike a fence. The only issue you may run into are the mature heights of this tree. With its upright growth habit this is the most popular and widely planted tree to be used for privacy.