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!