# Native Shrubs

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

Blue Whale Trees, a native tree nursery in the United States. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/shrubs/?sun=shade&zone=3

205 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 207 of them as seed.

32 of 444 plants matching shade sun, zone 3. 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 price for sale, a plant size's first and a packet's apart, or Sold out for a priced plant with nothing for sale, 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 | 2–9 | 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 |
| [Canada Yew](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/canada-yew/index.html.md) | *Taxus canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 2–7 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Squashberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/squashberry/index.html.md) | *Viburnum edule* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–7 | 2–8 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [Red Osier Dogwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-osier-dogwood/index.html.md) | *Cornus sericea* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 2–7 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Velvetleaf Blueberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/velvetleaf-blueberry/index.html.md) | *Vaccinium myrtilloides* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–4 | 2–7 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Trailing Arbutus](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/trailing-arbutus/index.html.md) | *Epigaea repens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–1 | 2–8 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bunchberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bunchberry/index.html.md) | *Cornus canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–1 | 2–6 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sweet Pepperbush (Summersweet)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sweet-pepperbush/index.html.md) | *Clethra alnifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 4–8 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | 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 |
| [Witch Hazel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/witch-hazel/index.html.md) | *Hamamelis virginiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 12–20 | 3–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bladdernut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bladdernut/index.html.md) | *Staphylea trifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–15 | 3–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Elderberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-elderberry/index.html.md) | *Sambucus racemosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 3–7 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Leatherwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-leatherwood/index.html.md) | *Dirca palustris* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–9 | Shade, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Rosebay Rhododendron](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rosebay-rhododendron/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron maximum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–15 | 3–7 | Shade, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Silverleaf Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silverleaf-hydrangea/index.html.md) | *Hydrangea radiata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Hobblebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/hobblebush/index.html.md) | *Viburnum lantanoides* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–12 | 3–6 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [Alderleaf Buckthorn](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/alderleaf-buckthorn/index.html.md) | *Rhamnus alnifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–5 | 3–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [American Fly Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-fly-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Lonicera canadensis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–7 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [Eastern Wahoo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-wahoo/index.html.md) | *Euonymus atropurpureus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–20 | 3–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Wild Hydrangea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/wild-hydrangea/index.html.md) | *Hydrangea arborescens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–9 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Limber Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/limber-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Lonicera dioica* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 3–9 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Fly Honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-fly-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Lonicera villosa* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–5 | 3–6 | Part, Full, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Roseshell Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/roseshell-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron prinophyllum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–10 | 3–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Virginia Creeper](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-creeper/index.html.md) | *Parthenocissus quinquefolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 30–50 | 3–10 | Full, Part, Shade | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Purple-flowering Raspberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/purple-flowering-raspberry/index.html.md) | *Rubus odoratus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 3–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Eastern Teaberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-teaberry/index.html.md) | *Gaultheria procumbens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–1 | 3–8 | Part, Shade | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Partridgeberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/partridgeberry/index.html.md) | *Mitchella repens* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–1 | 3–8 | Shade, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Yellowroot](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellowroot/index.html.md) | *Xanthorhiza simplicissima* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 3–9 | Part, Shade | Average, Wet, Dry | Saplings, Seed | ask |