A shrub could be defined as a miniature version of a tree, having multiple stems, and with a shorter height. This article gives you a deciduous shrubs list to refer to.
Popular among landscaping applications, shrubs are multi-stem plants which range from being small and dense to tall and thin. Shrubs make wonderful addition to locations like parks, gardens, etc. because of the way they branch, their flowers, fall leaf and twigs color in winter. They are basically of two types; evergreen and deciduous. Evergreen shrubs are subdivided according to their leaf types; broad and needle. These shrubs, as the name suggests, are not subjected to any seasonal change thus, bearing foliage throughout the year. Deciduous shrubs, on the other hand, are characterized by shedding of their leaves or losing their foliage, during the cold or dry season, depending on the climate.
List
The below list comprises names of some common species of deciduous shrubs and their color (of leaves, flowers or fruits). The list follows no particular order.
| Shrubs | Color |
| Japanese Barberry | Reddish-purple foliage |
| Kelsey dogwood | Reddish-purple |
| Korean Boxwood | Orangish-brown winter color |
| Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle | Bronze colored in spring and fall |
| Cranberry cotoneaster | Red |
| Globe Caragana | Dark green foliage |
| Pygmy Caragana | Gray-green foliage |
| Annabelle Hydrangea | Yellow-green color |
| Daphne | Pink flowers |
| Dwarf Euonymus | Blue-green needle like leaves |
| Alpine currant | Yellow |
| ‘Grow-low’ sumac | Reddish-purple |
| Dwarf Snowflake Mock Orange | Fragrant white flowers |
| Potentilla | Green foliage |
| Hancock coralberry | Blue-green leaves |
| Black chokeberry | Orangish-red |
| Bumald Spirea | Purple Red foliage in fall |
| Japanese White Spirea | Dark green leaves |
| Snowmound Spirea | Dull blue-green leaves |
| Butterfly bush | Purple |
| Dwarf Viburnum | Dark green foliage |
| Yucca | Greenish white flowers |
| Dwarf burning bush | Red |
| Flowering quince | Dark glossy green color in spring |
| Azalea | Pink flowers |
| Korean Barberry | Yellow flowers |
| ‘Isanti’ dogwood | Reddish-purple |
| Bailey Compact American Cranberrybush | Red growing tips |
| Dwarf Korean Lilac (Palibin Dwarf | Bronzy-purple fall color |
| Golden vicary privet | Golden yellow foliage |
| Hardy Shrub Roses | All rose colors |
| Threelobe Spirea | Bluish green leaves |
| Russian sage | Silvery-green or blue-grey color foliage |
| Weigela | Deep green foliage flushed with red |
| Buffaloberry | Grayish-green leaves |
| Cistena plum | Purple |
| Nanking Cherry | pinkish-white flowers |
| Black Chokeberry | Glossy dark green holly-like leaves |
| Threeleaf sumac (skunkbush) | Yellow-orange-red |
| Golden currant | Reddish-purple |
| Dwarf arctic willow | Green foliage |
| Hedge Cotoneaster (Peking) | Dark glossy green leaves |
| Variegated Dogwood | Green leaves |
| Prairie Fire Golden Dogwood | Golden leaves and red twigs |
| Vanhoutte spirea | Bronze |
| Snowberry | Glossy green color |
| ‘Miss Kim’ lilac | Reddish-purple |
| Yellowtwig Dogwood | Whitish-blue fruits |
| Serviceberry (Juneberry) | Yellow-orange-red |
| Forsythia | Yellow flowers |
| Galahad Mockorange | Dark green leathery foliage |
| Siberian peashrub | Yellow |
| Dwarf Ninebark | Green foliage |
| Peking cotoneaster | Reddish-orange |
| Spindletree | Reddish-purple |
| Double Flowering Plum (Rose Tree of China) | Double pink blooms |
| Forsythia | Yelloish-purple |
| Purpleleaf Sandcherry (Prunus cistena) | Purple-red foliage |
| Beautybush | Bronze |
| Ash Leaf Spirea | Pinkish-red foliage |
| Cheyenne privet | Deep green foliage |
| Van houtte Spirea | blue-green color |
| Arrowwood Viburnum | Glossy dark green leaves |
| Common ninebark | Yellowish-red |
| Nanking (Manchu) cherry | Yellow |
| Common Caragana (Siberian Peashrub) | Yellow pea-like flowers |
| American Cranberrybush Viburnum | White flowers and red fruits |
| Double flowering plum | Double pink flowers |
| Common chokecherry | Yellow |
| Sargent Cranberry | Yellowish-red fall color |
| Pagoda Dogwood | Pale yellow flowers; blue-black fruits |
| Columnar buckthorn (Tallhedge) | Yellow |
| Redosier Dogwood | White flowers and white berries |
| Smooth sumac | Reddish-orange |
| Siberian Dogwood | Light bluish white fruits |
| Staghorn sumac | Reddish-orange |
| American Elder | Purple-black fruits |
| European Red Elder | Golden dissected leaves |
| Pussywillow | Bluish gray |
| Golden elder | Yellow-green foliage |
| Chinese lilac | Yellow |
| Canada lilac | Yellow |
| Burkwood viburnum | Orangish-red foliage in fall |
| Common (French Hybrid) Lilac | Green foliage |
| Korean Early Lilac | Red-purplish fall color |
| Wayfaring tree viburnum | Purplish-bronze |
| Preston Hybrid Lilac | Lime green foliage |
| Nannyberry viburnum | Red-orange-purple |
| Golden Mockorange | Yellow-green foliage |
| European cranberrybush viburnum | Reddish-purple |
| Virginal Mockorange | Light gray to gray in color |
| Alleghany viburnum | Purplish-bronze |
| American cranberrybush viburnum | Reddish-purple |
| Tamarisk | Pink flowers |
| Wayfaring-tree Viburnum | white flowers and red fruits |
| Columnar Buckthorn | Glossy green foliage and red berries |
Before we conclude, you may want to have a quick look at the list of some deciduous trees as well. Some of the names may look familiar, while some may not. The list follows…
- Acer pentaphyllum
- Acer palmatum
- Acer buergerianum
- Acer griseum
- Acer rubescens
- American Hornbeam
- Amur MaplePyrus calleryana
- Betula jacquemonti
- Carpinus betulus
- Cedrela sinensis
- Cercis canadensis
- Cercis siliquastrum
- Catalpa bignonioides ‘Aurea’
- Cercidphyllum japonicum
- ‘Morioka’s Weeping’
- Cornus kousa ‘Beni Fuji’
- Common Persimmon
- Dogwood
- Davidia involucrata
- Fagus sylvatica
- Franklinia alatamaha
- Freeman maple
- Henry Maple
- Heritage River Birch
- Japanese Whitespire Birch
- Japanese Maple cult
- Laburnum vossii
- Liriodendron tulipifera
- Magnolia
- Albizia julibrissin
- Norway maple
- Nyssa sinensis
- Nyssa sylvatica
- Oxydendrum arboreum
- Pistacia chinensis
- Parrotia persica
- Pyrus calleryana
- Red Maple
- Stewartia monadelpha
- Southern Sugar Maple
- Trident Maple
- Tatarian Maple
- Three flower Maple
- ‘Winter King’ Hawthorne
- Purpleleaf European Beech
- Yellow wood
Although this article has covered the major species of deciduous shrubs found in the world, it might have missed out on some names. So if you happen to come across some which should have been included in this list, then let us know about it. The comment box always awaits your precious feedback. Cheers!
