# Native Shrubs

> Understory and hedgerow shrubs for birds, pollinators and privacy.

151 native shrubs and ten small trees for hedgerows, the understory and wet corners: [spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/spicebush/index.html.md), [winterberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/winterberry/index.html.md), [black elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-elderberry/index.html.md), [ninebark](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ninebark/index.html.md), 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](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/native-trees-for-birds/index.html.md) or pollinators, many take wet ground, and several are rarely sold anywhere. All are offered as saplings and 157 of them as seed.

72 of 364 plants matching dry soil. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/shrubs/?moisture=dry. Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide.

Columns: Zones are the USDA hardiness zones the plant takes, from the coldest to the warmest it is rated for (zone 2 is the coldest, 10 the warmest); Height is mature height in feet; Sun and Soil list every condition the plant takes; Grown from is what the nursery offers it as (saplings, or acorns, nuts or seed to sow); Price is the lowest current price, or "ask" when the plant is not yet priced online (email captain@bluewhaletrees.com or join the waitlist on the web page).

This table accepts the shop's filters as query parameters on this address: size (shrub, small-tree, medium-tree, large-tree), sun (full, part, shade), moisture (dry, average, wet), zone (2 to 10), native (a state's two-letter code in capitals, such as PA: the plants native to that state by the USDA PLANTS records), want (a trait: flowers, fall-color, wildlife, honey, edible, evergreen, rare, drought, wet-tolerant, shade, early-bearing, screening, nitrogen-fixing, salt, winter-interest, street-tree, erosion-control; rare means uncommon in the wild or in nurseries, honey a nectar source for bees), as (acorns, seed, nuts, saplings) and q (a search word). Several values may be joined with commas.

| Plant | Botanical name | Group | Type | Height (ft) | Zones | Sun | Soil | Grown from | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Nannyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nannyberry/index.html.md) | *Viburnum lentago* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 12–18 | 2–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Blackhaw Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blackhaw/index.html.md) | *Viburnum prunifolium* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 12–15 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Black Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-huckleberry/index.html.md) | *Gaylussacia baccata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 3–7 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Ninebark](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ninebark/index.html.md) | *Physocarpus opulifolius* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 2–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Staghorn Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staghorn-sumac/index.html.md) | *Rhus typhina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 15–25 | 3–8 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Indigobush (False Indigo)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha fruticosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Leadplant](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/leadplant/index.html.md) | *Amorpha canescens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 2–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Black Chokeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-chokeberry/index.html.md) | *Aronia melanocarpa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Carolina Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-buckthorn/index.html.md) | *Frangula caroliniana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 5–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bristly Locust (Rose Locust)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rose-locust/index.html.md) | *Robinia hispida* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–8 | 5–8 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings | ask |
| [American Beautyberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-beautyberry/index.html.md) | *Callicarpa americana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [New Jersey Tea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/new-jersey-tea/index.html.md) | *Ceanothus americanus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–3 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Northern Bayberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-bayberry/index.html.md) | *Morella pensylvanica* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 3–7 | Full, Part | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pinxterbloom Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pinxterbloom-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron periclymenoides* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 4–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Gray Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/gray-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus racemosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–10 | 4–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Arrowwood Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/arrowwood-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum dentatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 2–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Dry, Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Deerberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/deerberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium stamineum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–15 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Common Prickly Ash (Toothache Tree)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/common-prickly-ash/index.html.md) | *Zanthoxylum americanum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Maleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/maleberry/index.html.md) | *Lyonia ligustrina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Nantucket Serviceberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nantucket-serviceberry/index.html.md) | *Amelanchier nantucketensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–6 | 3–8 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings | ask |
| [Rusty Blackhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rusty-blackhaw/index.html.md) | *Viburnum rufidulum* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–20 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Flame Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/flame-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron calendulaceum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–12 | 5–7 | Part, Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Farkleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/farkleberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium arboreum* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–25 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Flame Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-flame-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron austrinum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 6–9 | Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Alabama Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron alabamense* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–6 | 6–9 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Coastal Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/coastal-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron atlanticum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–6 | 5–8 | Part, Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Cinnamon Clethra](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cinnamon-clethra/index.html.md) | *Clethra acuminata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–20 | 6–7 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mapleleaf Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mapleleaf-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum acerifolium* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–8 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Walter's Viburnum](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/walter-viburnum/index.html.md) | *Viburnum obovatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Roughleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roughleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus drummondii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–15 | 5–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Alabama Croton](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-croton/index.html.md) | *Croton alabamensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–10 | 6–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Fragrant Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/fragrant-sumac/index.html.md) | *Rhus aromatica* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–6 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Possumhaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/possumhaw/index.html.md) | *Ilex decidua* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 7–15 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Yaupon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yaupon/index.html.md) | *Ilex vomitoria* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–25 | 7–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bigleaf Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bigleaf-witch-hazel/index.html.md) | *Hamamelis ovalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–16 | 5–8 | Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Oconee Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/oconee-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron flammeum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–8 | 6–9 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Ouachita Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/ouachita-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha ouachitensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Clusterspike Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/clusterspike-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha herbacea* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–4 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha glabra* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 7–8 | Part, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Shining Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shining-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha nitens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 7–9 | Part, Full | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Golden St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/golden-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum frondosum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–10 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Lloyd's St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/lloyd-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum lloydii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 6–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Box Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/box-huckleberry/index.html.md) | *Gaylussacia brachycera* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bear Huckleberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bear-huckleberry/index.html.md) | *Gaylussacia ursina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–5 | 7–8 | Part, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Broom Crowberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/broom-crowberry/index.html.md) | *Corema conradii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–7 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Creeping Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium crassifolium* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Hairy Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium hirsutum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 7–8 | Part, Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Minnie-bush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/minnie-bush/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron pilosum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 5–7 | Part, Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Hairy Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hairy-laurel/index.html.md) | *Kalmia hirsuta* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 8–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Golden Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/golden-heather/index.html.md) | *Hudsonia ericoides* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Woolly Beach Heather](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/woolly-beach-heather/index.html.md) | *Hudsonia tomentosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 2–8 | Full | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Alabama Snow-wreath](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alabama-snow-wreath/index.html.md) | *Neviusia alabamensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 4–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings | ask |
| [Climbing Prairie Rose](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-prairie-rose/index.html.md) | *Rosa setigera* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–15 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Michaux's Sumac](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/michaux-sumac/index.html.md) | *Rhus michauxii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 7–8 | Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pygmy Fringetree](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pygmy-fringetree/index.html.md) | *Chionanthus pygmaeus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–12 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | *Forestiera segregata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–15 | 8–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Upland Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/upland-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | *Forestiera ligustrina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 6–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Littleleaf Buckbrush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/littleleaf-buckbrush/index.html.md) | *Ceanothus microphyllus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 8–10 | Full, Part | Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Prairie Redroot](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/prairie-redroot/index.html.md) | *Ceanothus herbaceus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–3 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Southern Bush-honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Diervilla sessilifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–5 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bracted Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bracted-arrowwood/index.html.md) | *Viburnum bracteatum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 6–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Downy Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/downy-arrowwood/index.html.md) | *Viburnum rafinesqueanum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 3–8 | Part, Shade, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Cumberland Rosemary](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/cumberland-rosemary/index.html.md) | *Conradina verticillata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Piratebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/piratebush/index.html.md) | *Buckleya distichophylla* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 6–7 | Part, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Scentless Mock Orange](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scentless-mock-orange/index.html.md) | *Philadelphus inodorus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 5–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Streambank Mock Orange](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/streambank-mock-orange/index.html.md) | *Philadelphus hirsutus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 4–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Roundleaf Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roundleaf-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus rugosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 2–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Canada Buffaloberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-buffaloberry/index.html.md) | *Shepherdia canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–8 | 2–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Creeping Juniper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/creeping-juniper/index.html.md) | *Juniperus horizontalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 2–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Schwerin's Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/schwerin-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha schwerinii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 7–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Lanceleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/lanceleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md) | *Rhamnus lanceolata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–15 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Conjurer's-nut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/conjurers-nut/index.html.md) | *Nestronia umbellula* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–4 | 7–8 | Part, Full | Dry, Average | Saplings | ask |