Converse of object

• overgrow: We pass a washing line of black tee shirts strung across overgrown shrubbery.

• have: Had the shrubbery evaded the chop for yet another year?

• trim: Estimate to trim shrubbery behind 16 Egremont Road boundary fence and trees in Worcester Avenue amounted to £ 150.00 plus VAT.

• surround: The Hood takes cover in the surrounding shrubbery as the explosives go off.

• plant: Unfortunately, some joker has decided that it would be a good idea to plant a shrubbery at the base of the pylon.

• reach: We had reached the shrubbery which surrounded the house when Holmes pulled up.

Adjective modifier

• dense: For example there is a potential conflict between habitat protection and safety considerations, as dense shrubbery can result in loss of natural surveillance.

• low: Wherever possible new footpaths should be separated from roads by verges and low shrubbery.

• ornamental: I mean to look around for a building lot; a lot with fine ornamental shrubbery and all that sort of thing.

• mature: Back toward the property is a formal area of garden with attractive planting with a variety of rhododendrons and mature shrubbery.

• long: Presently there came walks in the long shrubbery, talks in the Belvedere, and I know not what tender familiarity.

• thick: Path alongside tram tracks Heathfield Park Heathfield Park entrance Immediately inside the park gates go half left onto a gravel track among thick shrubbery.

Preposition: on

• side: A large shrubbery on the south side will be planted with a mixture of flowering shrubs and trees for interest throughout the seasons.

Modifies a noun

• area: The walk takes you from the shrubbery area into the deeper woods.

• bed: The banks here are mostly overrun with ornamental ivies planted in the car park shrubbery beds.

• border: But winter itself has to be dedicated to the bare stems and twisted twigs of the shrubbery border.

Preposition: in

• garden: They were feeding in the shade of the shrubbery in the garden.

Preposition: of

• garden: The car was found in November 2001, lovingly cared for among the garden shrubbery of a rural garden in Hertfordshire.