Native Shrubs
Understory and hedgerow shrubs for birds, pollinators and privacy.
205 native shrubs and ten small trees for hedgerows, the understory and wet corners: spicebush, winterberry, black elderberry, ninebark, twelve viburnums, northern bayberry, mountain laurel, pinxterbloom azalea and more. They run from knee-high leadplant to small trees of 20 feet and over, hardy from USDA zone 2 to zone 10 depending on the species. Most feed birds or pollinators, many take wet ground, and several are rarely sold anywhere. All are offered as saplings and 207 of them as seed.
Skip to the plants All 144 Rare & Uncommon Oaks 2Classic Oaks 5Superior Specimen Lines 0Uncommon Yard Trees 39Native Shrubs 74Nut & Fruit Trees 24Chestnuts & Chinquapins 0Acorns, Nuts & Seed 137
Best fits first: those with your zone in the middle of their range, then those at its edge.