noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
evergreen
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These evergreen shrubs may be trained as hedges or wall shrubs.
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Dwarf wax myrtle is an evergreen shrub in the 2-to-4-foot range.
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Come spring this will produce a flurry of white tulips, against the evergreen climbers and shrubs in the end border.
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A: The New Zealand tea tree is a large evergreen shrub that matures to 8 or 10 feet in height.
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The kitchen, quarry-tiled, looked out on to a courtyard paved in red brick with various evergreen shrubs in tubs.
flowering
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In the back garden, the oval lawn was surrounded by beautifully tended flowering shrubs and bushes, giving complete privacy.
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Q I think I should have pruned some of my flowering shrubs this spring, is it too late now?
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Later on, you can introduce pot-grown lilies and flowering shrubs like fuchsias.
large
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In the southern zone, where the growing season is longer, thickets of larger , denser shrubs become possible.
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Confederate rose will mature into a large shrub or small tree.
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A: The New Zealand tea tree is a large evergreen shrub that matures to 8 or 10 feet in height.
other
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We've provided this pond and other trees and shrubs .
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The way to help dormice is to encourage hazel and a wide variety of other trees and shrubs the animals feed on.
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Take cuttings of this and other shrub roses in September.
small
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Practical Project Planting by numbers Plant in style with our beautiful collection of small shrubs and herbaceous plants.
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Occasionally the skeleton of a leafless flame tree towered above smaller shrubs .
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It then feeds quite heavily on the bark of selected small trees and shrubs .
■ NOUN
rose
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Ground cover shrub roses which flower continuously from June to October, are popular at present.
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The term shrub rose is often used confusingly with bush rose.
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Layer flexible stems of ramblers and shrub roses .
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Prune bush roses and any shrub roses needing attention.
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Take cuttings of this and other shrub roses in September.
■ VERB
plant
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It is a good time to plant hardy shrubs too.
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The whole frontage was planted with short flowing shrubs and cacti, but gave the impression of opulence.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Inside, the complex is immaculate, with neatly trimmed shrubs and rose bushes lining each building.
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It also is useful to wrap this synthetic material around shrubs that are prone to freeze damage.
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Little young shrubs lined the drive growing in finely sifted black earth behind a neat strip of cropped grass.
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Plant in the same way as for trees and shrubs, mulching the prepared ground with black plastic or strips of old carpet.
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She ran round the outside of the house, barging past bushes and shrubs.
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The Stewarts live in a two-story house with shrubs out front.
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This created a natural nursery for every kind of indigenous wildflower, shrub , and tree.
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Vern made for a bench in a concrete space with trees and shrubs scattered around in pots, and sat down.