Words similar to shrub

Example sentences for: shrub

How can you use “shrub” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He reproached the much beloved garden at Dumbarton Oaks for its limited plant palate, especially what he referred to as the "forsythia mess"--a hillside covered in the yellow, early spring flowering shrub that others consider a bold sweep of color.
To eliminate comparing habitat extremes, all 25 field sites share a widely distributed species of shrub, sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata (Asteraceae).
But hardy performer also suggests hardy annual and, as any gardener knows, the laurel is a shrub that survives out of doors throughout the winter, just as a maid-of-all-work minicar has to fetch and carry in all weathers.
Far more interesting, though, was the idea of conservative activist government that the shrub articulated.
Or, to use another simile, they are like shrubs transplanted to an alien climate: sometimes the shrub loses its spreading habit or becomes dwarfed; sometimes it expands luxuriantly, taking up more space than when on native ground; occasionally, it keeps its original shape and size.