# 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.

70 of 364 plants matching Rare. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/shrubs/?want=rare. 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Eastern Leatherwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/eastern-leatherwood/index.html.md) | *Dirca palustris* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 4–9 | Shade, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Camellia (Mountain Stewartia)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-camellia/index.html.md) | *Stewartia ovata* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–20 | 5–8 | Part, Shade | Average | 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 |
| [Silky Camellia](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/silky-camellia/index.html.md) | *Stewartia malacodendron* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–15 | 6–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Seaside Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/seaside-alder/index.html.md) | *Alnus maritima* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 12–30 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Witch Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-witch-alder/index.html.md) | *Fothergilla major* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Plumleaf Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/plumleaf-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron prunifolium* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 5–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Honeycup](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/honeycup/index.html.md) | *Zenobia pulverulenta* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 6–9 | Part, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pinkshell Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pinkshell-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron vaseyi* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–15 | 4–7 | Part, Full | 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 |
| [Corkwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/corkwood/index.html.md) | *Leitneria floridana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 5–20 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | 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 |
| [Softleaf Arrowwood](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/softleaf-arrowwood/index.html.md) | *Viburnum molle* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–12 | 5–7 | Part, Shade | Average | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Long-stalked Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/long-stalked-holly/index.html.md) | *Ilex collina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–13 | 5–7 | Part, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Red Hills Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hills-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron colemanii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–20 | 6–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Virginia Spiraea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/virginia-spiraea/index.html.md) | *Spiraea virginiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–13 | 6–7 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [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 |
| [Bog Spicebush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bog-spicebush/index.html.md) | *Lindera subcoriacea* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–13 | 8–9 | Part, Full | Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pondberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pondberry/index.html.md) | *Lindera melissifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–6 | 7–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Pondspice](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pondspice/index.html.md) | *Litsea aestivalis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–15 | 7–9 | Part, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Mountain Bush-honeysuckle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-bush-honeysuckle/index.html.md) | *Diervilla rivularis* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 5–8 | Part, Full, Shade | Average | 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 |
| [Yellow Anise](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/yellow-anise/index.html.md) | *Illicium parviflorum* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 10–20 | 6–10 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [May White Azalea](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/may-white-azalea/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron eastmanii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 15–16 | 8–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Georgia Indigobush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-indigobush/index.html.md) | *Amorpha georgiana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 8–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sarvis Holly](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sarvis-holly/index.html.md) | *Ilex amelanchier* | Native Shrubs | Small tree | 10–30 | 7–10 | Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Godfrey's Swamp Privet](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/godfrey-swamp-privet/index.html.md) | *Forestiera godfreyi* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–16 | 8–9 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Georgia Bully](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/georgia-bully/index.html.md) | *Sideroxylon thornei* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–20 | 8–9 | Part, Shade | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Dwarf Tupelo](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-tupelo/index.html.md) | *Nyssa ursina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–16 | 6–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Florida Willow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/florida-willow/index.html.md) | *Salix floridana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–20 | 8–10 | Part, Full | Wet | 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 |
| [Bladdernut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bladdernut/index.html.md) | *Staphylea trifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–15 | 4–8 | Part, Shade | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Mountain Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-fetterbush/index.html.md) | *Pieris floribunda* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–6 | 4–6 | Part, Full | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Dwarf Witch Alder](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/dwarf-witch-alder/index.html.md) | *Fothergilla gardenii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–3 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Bottlebrush Buckeye](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bottlebrush-buckeye/index.html.md) | *Aesculus parviflora* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 8–12 | 4–9 | Part, Shade, Full | Average, 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 |
| [Blue Ridge St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/blue-ridge-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum buckleyi* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–2 | 5–8 | Full | 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 |
| [White Wicky](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-wicky/index.html.md) | *Kalmia cuneata* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–5 | 8 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | 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 |
| [Carolina Bog Laurel](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/carolina-bog-laurel/index.html.md) | *Kalmia carolina* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–5 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Climbing Fetterbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/climbing-fetterbush/index.html.md) | *Pieris phillyreifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 8–9 | Part | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [Mountain Sweetbells](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mountain-sweetbells/index.html.md) | *Eubotrys recurva* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 3–12 | 5–9 | Part, Shade | Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Sand Myrtle](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-myrtle/index.html.md) | *Kalmia buxifolia* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 6–8 | Part, Full | Average | 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 |
| [Rhodora](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/rhodora/index.html.md) | *Rhododendron canadense* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 1–3 | 4–6 | Part, Full | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Staggerbush](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/staggerbush/index.html.md) | *Lyonia mariana* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 2–6 | 5–9 | Part, Full | Average, Wet | 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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [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 |
| [Smooth-bark St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/smooth-bark-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum lissophloeus* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 6–10 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Wet, Average | Saplings, Seed | ask |
| [Chapman's St. John's-wort](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chapman-st-johns-wort/index.html.md) | *Hypericum chapmanii* | Native Shrubs | Shrub | 7–13 | 8–9 | Full, Part | Wet, 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 |