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Ornamental shrub Plant Profiles

Browse 57 ornamental shrub profiles with Plant by ZIP hardiness, light, soil, water, spacing, timing, and source notes. Open a profile for photos, quantitative ranges, and pairing notes.

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Ornamental shrub

Low Scape Mound chokeberry

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 2-3 yrs / 3-15 lb/plant/year

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifedwarf native aroniagroundcover scale
Ornamental shrub

American beautyberry

Zones 6a-10a / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifenative shrubwildlife fruit
Ornamental shrub

Arrowwood viburnum

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifenative shrubreliable wildlife value
Ornamental shrub

Blackhaw viburnum

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifenative viburnumedible drupes
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Blue Muffin arrowwood viburnum

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorcompact native viburnumbird-friendly berries
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Brandywine viburnum

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colornative viburnum selectionexcellent fall color
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Diabolo ninebark

Zones 3a-8a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorlarge purple-leaf shrubnative cultivar
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Dwarf yaupon holly

Zones 7a-10a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifenative evergreentolerates pruning
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Hansa rugosa rose

Zones 2a-8a / Low water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifetough rugosa roseedible hips
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Northern bayberry

Zones 3a-7a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningPollinators & wildlifenative nitrogen-fixing shrubcoastal tough
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Oakleaf hydrangea

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Partial/Shade sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifenative shrubtextured leaves
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Red twig dogwood

Zones 3a-8a / High water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifehandles wet soilnative shrub
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Shamrock inkberry

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifecompact native holly substitutedeer-resistant
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Spicebush

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative understory shrubswallowtail host plant
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Tiny Wine ninebark

Zones 3a-8a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorcompact purple-leaf ninebarknative shrub cultivar
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Wax myrtle

Zones 7a-11a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningPollinators & wildlifenative nitrogen-fixing shrubsongbird food
Ornamental shrub

Arnold Promise witch hazel

Zones 5a-8b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifeyellow winter flowersearly pollinator value
Ornamental shrub

Blue Princess holly

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorfemale blue hollywinter berry display
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Blue Satin rose of Sharon

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorlate-flowering hibiscus shrubvertical screen plant
Ornamental shrub

Gem Box inkberry

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colornative boxwood substituterounded habit
Ornamental shrub

Groundsel bush

Zones 5a-10a / Medium water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative salt-tolerant shrublate pollinator food
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Henry's Garnet sweetspire

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative shrubwet-tolerant and showy
Ornamental shrub

Limelight panicle hydrangea

Zones 3a-8b / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifecold-hardy hydrangeablooms on new wood
Ornamental shrub

Mount Airy fothergilla

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative shrubreliable autumn color
Ornamental shrub

Native witch hazel

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative shrublatest-blooming native woody plant
Ornamental shrub

Red Sprite winterberry

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifecompact native winterberrybird-friendly fruit
Ornamental shrub

Ruby Spice summersweet

Zones 4a-9a / High water / Partial/Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative summersweet selectiondeer-resistant
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Sonic Bloom Red weigela

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifereblooming weigelahummingbird flowers
Ornamental shrub

Staghorn sumac

Zones 3a-8a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative colonizing shrubsongbird food
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Summer Snowflake viburnum

Zones 5a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colortiered branchingrepeat-blooming viburnum
Ornamental shrub

Tiger Eyes sumac

Zones 4a-8a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative sumac cultivarnon-suckering improvement
Ornamental shrub

Virginia sweetspire

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative species shrubsuckering clump-former
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Bloomerang reblooming lilac

Zones 3a-7a / Medium water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifereblooming lilaccompact habit
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Buttonbush

Zones 4a-9a / High water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Native plantsPollinators & wildlifenative wet-soil shrubhigh pollinator value
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Cheyenne privet

Zones 4a-8a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorcold-hardy privetvigorous hedger
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Dream Catcher beautybush

Zones 4a-8a / Low water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifegold-leaf beautybushlong-flowering
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Emerald Green arborvitae

Zones 3a-7a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colornarrow upright arborvitaecold-hardy
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Fortune tea olive

Zones 7a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 3-5 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorfragrant evergreen hedge plant
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Green Mountain boxwood

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorcold-hardy upright boxwoodpyramidal habit
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Green Velvet boxwood

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPrivacy & screeningclassic hedging boxwoodcold-hardy hybrid
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Hicks yew

Zones 4a-7a / Medium water / Full/Partial/Shade sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colornarrow upright yewshade-tolerant
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Incrediball smooth hydrangea

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorNative plantsstrong-stem smooth hydrangeablooms on new wood
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Julia Child floribunda rose

Zones 5a-10a / Medium water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifefragrant floribunda rosedisease-tolerant
Ornamental shrub

Little Lime panicle hydrangea

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPrivacy & screeningcompact panicle hydrangeablooms on new wood
Ornamental shrub

Miss Kim Manchurian lilac

Zones 3a-8a / Medium water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifemildew-resistant lilaccompact habit
Ornamental shrub

Ruby Slippers oakleaf hydrangea

Zones 5a-9a / Medium water / Partial/Shade sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorNative plantscompact native hydrangeafall foliage color
Ornamental shrub

Sky Pencil holly

Zones 6a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorcolumnar hollysmall-space vertical accent
Ornamental shrub

Spilled Wine weigela

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifelow spreading habitpurple foliage
Ornamental shrub

Sprinter boxwood

Zones 5a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial/Shade sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorfast-growing boxwoodformal low hedge
Ornamental shrub

Summer Wine ninebark

Zones 3a-8a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifecompact native ninebark cultivardrought-tolerant
Ornamental shrub

Wine and Roses weigela

Zones 4a-8a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorPollinators & wildlifecolored-leaf weigelahummingbird favorite
Ornamental shrub

Annabelle hydrangea

Zones 3a-9a / Medium water / Partial/Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorsmooth hydrangeacold-hardy native species
Ornamental shrub

Double Knock Out rose

Zones 5a-9a / Low water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colordisease-resistant landscape roseself-cleaning
Ornamental shrub

Endless Summer hydrangea

Zones 4a-9a / Medium water / Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorreblooming bigleaf hydrangeacolor shifts with soil pH
Ornamental shrub

Otto Luyken cherry laurel

Zones 6a-9a / Medium water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Privacy & screeningCurb appeal & colorcompact evergreen hedge plant
Ornamental shrub

Royal Purple smokebush

Zones 4a-8a / Low water / Full sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorcolored-leaf shrubdrought-tolerant
Ornamental shrub

Show Off forsythia

Zones 5a-8a / Low water / Full/Partial sun / 1-2 yrs

Curb appeal & colorcompact heavy-flowering forsythiatidy habit