Caring for shrubs is easy unless you decide to put a shrub in a place where it will outgrow its space. Then you have to prune it back every year to keep it from taking over the space.

Caring for shrubs is easy unless you put it in the wrong place in terms of light. A shrub wanting full sun will not thrive in part shade or worse in full shade. It will always be the plant with the most problems with pest insects and diseases.

Caring for shrubs is easy if you mulch around them with 3 to 4 inches of organic material. Those plants will need little water, no fertilizer after a few years, and will have few or no insect or disease problems.

Do it right and caring for shrubs is easy.