Dwarf/Small Growing Plants

Buy Blue Mouse Ears Hosta online. Blue Mouse Ears Hosta is a very short, compact, and miniature growing perennial. It features bluish-grey-green leaves that make the cutest little mound. Lavender flowers rise slightly over the petite plant, and it works great tucked into those tight, shady spaces!

Buy Lakeside Paisley Print Hosta online. This extremely thick-leafed hosta is sure to keep the slugs and snails at bay! The leaves start with a slight creamy patterns in the center of each leaf that extend towards the edges of the leaves. The creamy white color can appear as creamy yellows, and the variegation between this and the green is truly a showstopper. Lavender flowers crest the top of the plant adding even more beauty to this already amazing shade plant.

Buy Sun Mouse Hosta online. This miniature hosta hybridized by Tony Avent has a similar leaf shape and performance to 'Blue Mouse Ears', but with brilliant yellow leaves that holds its yellow color well into summer. The color is perfect for brightening up hosta troughs and shade gardens. Compared to 'Blue Mouse Ears', 'Sun Mouse' is a little bit shorter and wider. Plant it in an area with morning sun or filtered shade for best yellow color. Lavender flowers appear in midsummer.

Buy Endless Summer® Summer Crush® Hydrangea online. The intense, deep coloration found in Endless Summer® Summer Crush® Hydrangea is a true differentiator in the hydrangea marketplace. With a profusion of big raspberry red or neon purple blooms, it is a color breakthrough in reblooming garden hydrangeas and a welcome addition to the Endless Summer® brand.

Buy Cherry-Go-Round™ Hydrangea online. An awesome red flowering H. macrophylla cultivar, Cherry-Go-Round™ Hydrangea is sure to take your breath away! It's a small and compact growing shrub. In spring, green leaves are produced followed by intense red-colored mophead flowers that repeat flower from spring, through summer, and into fall.

Buy Little Lime Punch™ Hydrangea online. A unique and beautiful plant. Similar to Little Lime® Hydrangea with its useful, compact stature and emerging lime green blooms, but it differs as the flowers age to pink. New blooms emerge to give you a festive mix of white, green, pink, and Hawaiian Punch-red all on the same plant. It's hard to describe, but the plants just make you feel happy.

Buy Tiny Quick Fire® Hydrangea online. Tiny Quick Fire® Hydrangea is a great dwarf, compact growing H. paniculata that features green to white flowers that turn pink as the blooms mature and as the night time temperatures get colder in fall. Green serrated leaves provide a great contrasting backdrop to the flowers, and you'll be sure to warm up your shady landscape with this amazing shrub!

Buy Pee Wee Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea online. A wonderful dwarf oakleaf hydrangea. Abundant white flower heads appear in early to mid-summer followed by excellent wine-red fall leaf color. A great selection for smaller gardens.

Meet your new favorite boxwood alternative: LUXUS® Globe Japanese Holly. This compact evergreen shrub brings the polished, formal look gardeners love, but with added durability and fewer maintenance demands. Its dense, glossy foliage stays richly green throughout the seasons, giving your landscape a tidy and luxurious presence every single day of the year.

Unlike traditional boxwoods, this Japanese holly is refreshingly easygoing. Naturally rounded and slow-growing, it requires minimal pruning to maintain its globe-like silhouette. Because it's a male selection, LUXUS® Globe Japanese Holly never produces berries—which means no toxic fruit, no mess, and all attention focused on its elegant foliage. Its disease tolerance and consistent color make it especially valuable in climates where boxwoods struggle.

Whether you're lining a walkway, creating a petite hedge, shaping a formal garden space, or adding structure to a terrace container, this little evergreen delivers big style. It's small size allows it to slip seamlessly into both modern and traditional landscapes. Strong, versatile, and endlessly attractive, LUXUS® Globe Japanese Holly proves that small shrubs can make a major design statement.

Buy Lucky Marble™ Dwarf Japanese Holly online. Lucky Marble™ Dwarf Japanese Holly is an awesome and amazing introduction into the Garden Debut® plant brand. It features an extremely compact, dwarf growth habit. The leaves are much smaller than other cultivars of Japanese hollies, creating a very unique look for this evergreen shrub. Excellent used for borders, foundation plants, or tucking in for small groups in your favorite specimen garden.

Buy Micron® Dwarf Yaupon Holly online. A choice dwarf selection of the native yaupon holly, Micron® Dwarf Yaupon Holly is extremely adaptable to any type of growing conditions from sun to shade and from wet to dry soils! Much more compact than the typical evergreen Dwarf Yaupon Holly, Micron® Dwarf Yaupon Holly has a characteristic mounding or pillowing habit that makes this shrub distinctive in the landscape. Slow growing so it never needs pruning.

Buy Horstmann's Mini Blue Holly online. Horstmann's Mini Blue Holly is a distinctive evergreen that combines slow growth with striking visual appeal. Its glossy emerald-green leaves, edged with fine spines, twist into unusual contorted forms, creating a fascinating texture that stands out in any planting.

Compact and easy to manage, this holly thrives in a variety of settings, from containers and foundation plantings to rock gardens where space is limited. Its resilience and adaptability make it a low-maintenance choice for gardeners seeking year-round interest without constant upkeep.

Perfect for collectors or those looking to elevate their landscape with something uncommon, Horstmann's Mini Blue Holly adds a touch of evergreen brilliance. Whether used as a single specimen or paired with complementary plants, it delivers both texture and sparkle to any garden design.

Buy Short 'n Sweet™ Sweetspire online. Fragrant white flowers appear in late spring and early summer. It also sports the same fall color on its foliage as other varieties of I. virginica. Use as a hedge, mass planting, or in a mixed border.

Buy Glomerata Juniper online. Glomerata Juniper is a versatile evergreen groundcover prized for its dense, spreading habit and year-round beauty. During the growing season, its soft blue-green foliage creates a cool, calming presence in the landscape, bringing texture and color to borders, slopes, and open spaces.

As temperatures drop, this hardy juniper undergoes a striking transformation, shifting to rich purple tones that provide vibrant winter interest. Its seasonal color change adds depth and contrast, ensuring the plant remains a focal point even when much of the garden is dormant.

Highly adaptable and easy to grow, Glomerata Juniper is an ideal solution for low-maintenance landscapes. Naturally drought tolerant and resilient, it thrives in sunny, well-drained locations, making it a smart choice for gardeners who want reliable coverage with minimal upkeep.

Meet Poco™ Butter Brickle Red Hot Poker, the perennial equivalent of a dessert you can't resist. This compact torch lily lights up the landscape with creamy caramel-gold blooms that appear in early summer and just keep coming until frost. Its flower spikes rise like candles over stiff, architectural foliage that stays neat and upright even when not in bloom — a rarity among red hot pokers.

A proud member of Terra Nova's Poco™ series, Poco™ Butter Brickle Red Hot Poker delivers all the bold color and tropical flair of traditional Kniphofia in a compact, garden-friendly form. Its blooms fall cleanly without fuss, ensuring a polished, fresh look all season long. And because it's heat and humidity-tolerant, this plant thrives where others wilt, bringing effortless golden glow to borders, pollinator gardens, or mass plantings.

Beyond its sunny looks, this kniphofia offers practical perks, too: it's deer-resistant, drought-hardy once established, and a magnet for hummingbirds and butterflies. Whether you're designing a warm-hued pollinator garden or seeking vertical color in small spaces, Poco™ Butter Brickle Red Hot Poker brings sweet satisfaction.

Buy Sacramento Weeping Crapemyrtle online. Has rose pink clusters of blooms that smother this super compact selection from late spring through summer. Excellent as a ground cover and in borders.

Buy GreatMyrtle™ Cotton Candy Crapemyrtle online. Not only are they amazingly cold hardy, but they also bloom very early in the season, with some reports citing blooms before Mother's Day! GreatMyrtle™ Cotton Candy Crapemyrtle is characterized by green leaves and crystal clear pink flowers!

Brew up a garden that's always in season with Barista® Like a Latte Crapemyrtle—a compact crapemyrtle that's as deliciously beautiful as it sounds. This petite shrub is a living work of art, featuring dark mocha-green foliage with glossy burgundy veining and a dense, tidy form. New growth emerges a rich coppery red, and by late summer, dazzling white flower clusters froth to life like a perfectly poured latte, offering a foamy floral finish to the season.

Not just a southern darling, Barista® Like a Latte Crapemyrtle was bred with northern gardeners in mind. Rated to be cold hardy down to USDA Zone 6, this reblooming crapemyrtle thrives on new wood—so even if winter causes dieback, it comes back with vigor and bloom power. Its slow-growing, shrub-like form makes it perfect for borders or curb appeal plantings where a shot of color and elegance is needed. And yes, pollinators like bees and butterflies will line up for it like it's the only coffee shop in town.

Low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, and disease-resistant, this crapemyrtle delivers more than just pretty blooms—it offers reliability, performance, and serious style. Barista® Like a Latte Crapemyrtle brings a touch of southern charm with northern grit, making it a must-have for modern pollinator-friendly gardens, around sun-soaked patios, or small-space landscapes craving a fresh pop of color.

Buy Romberg Park Dahurian Larch online. Romberg Park Dahurian Larch is a dwarf, deciduous conifer that offers captivating beauty throughout every season. This superb plant is known for its tufts of short branches, providing a charming texture and structure to your garden.

In early spring, Romberg Park Dahurian Larch is among the first larches to produce new growth, taking full advantage of warming temperatures thanks to its cold native habitat and short growing season. The softly textured, light green needles create a refreshing look in your garden, transitioning to vibrant yellow in the fall. As the needles drop, they reveal the plant's many short stems, adding winter interest and visual appeal.

This larch thrives in light, well-drained soil and sunny locations, making it a versatile addition to various garden styles. Its ability to adapt and maintain its beauty through different seasons ensures it remains a standout feature in your landscape.

Enhance your garden with Romberg Park Dahurian Larch - a plant that combines seasonal beauty, resilience, and low maintenance. Perfect for gardeners seeking a year-round visual appeal, this conifer will transform your outdoor space into a captivating haven.

Don't miss out on the opportunity to add Romberg Park Dahurian Larch to your garden. Embrace its seasonal charm and enjoy a stunning, low-maintenance addition to your landscape.

Buy Twisted Sister Contorted Dwarf Japanese Larch online. Twisted Sister Contorted Dwarf Japanese Larch is a unique, rare, hard-to-find garden gem. The exceptional Twisted Sister Contorted Dwarf Japanese Larch, a rare dwarf selection of Japanese larch known for its compact and twisting habit. The intriguing branching of this deciduous conifer sets it apart, creating a remarkable visual appeal.

Originally found as a witches' broom on Larix 'Diana' and introduced by Buchholz Nursery from a planting at the University of Idaho Arboretum, Twisted Sister Contorted Dwarf Japanese Larch produces green needles that turn a brilliant yellow before dropping in the fall, adding a stunning seasonal color change to your garden.

Ensure not to overwater this rare find! With its moderate size and unique, twisting branches, Twisted Sister Contorted Dwarf Japanese Larch is a perfect fit for any landscape, offering an element of surprise and beauty. Experience the unparalleled beauty and charm of Twisted Sister Contorted Dwarf Japanese Larch and elevate your outdoor space with this extraordinary plant.

Buy Snowcap Dwarf Shasta Daisy online. Snowcap Dwarf Shasta Daisy is a beautiful dwarf shasta daisy. It is very compact and tight growing and the green foliage is topped with white flowers with golden-yellow eyes. Pollinators will love this plant, and it's great when used as a border in any sunny landscape.

Buy Good Vibrations® Privet online. This variegated privet will be one of the brightest plants in your landscape! Instead of the conventional mix of green and cream, this beauty boasts bright gold and green foliage that lights up the landscape. Compact, well-branched, and about half the size of a normal privet, it's perfectly scaled to fit modern landscapes.

Buy Jazz Hands Mini® Loropetalum online. Jazz Hands Mini® Loropetalum is a groundcovering dwarf Loropetalum with black-purple foliage that holds its color all season long. Showy pink flowers contrast with the dark foliage, making it a high-impact plant for the front of the border.

Buy Little Gem Magnolia online. A unique evergreen tree with leaves that are glossy, dark green leathery and rusty brownish orange back. Strong fragrant white flowers are produced in summer. A magnolia that is distinguished by its natural compact pyramidal habit, a fantastic landscape tree.

Buy Teddy Bear® Magnolia online. A very compact native magnolia with an upright self-branching habit. Teddy Bear® Magnolia produces lovely and large, fragrant flowers May thru November.