Native Shrubs

A large shrub or small tree that takes about 10 years to mature. It usually has multiple stems from its base and prefers moist soil near streams, pond margins, and riversides

A deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub that is native to both wet and dry thickets in Eastern North America. Flowers are followed by abundant glossy red fruits which appear in dense clusters along the branches

An open, upright, spreading, somewhat rounded but leggy, suckering, deciduous shrub whose fruit is loved by songbirds. Native to low woods, swamps, bogs and moist thickets but occasionally to dry upland areas

Eastern Sweetshrub has many common names, including Carolina Allspice, Strawberry-Bush, Sweet Bubby, Sweet Betsy and Spicebush. As these names indicate, it is valued for the sweet, often fruity fragrance of its flowers

A deciduous tree or large shrub, grows as wide as high, with fragrant lacy white "fringe" flowers on drooping clusters in late spring as the leaves are emerging

'Hummingbird', 'Ruby Spice', and 'Sixteen Candles' are currently available in 3 gallon containers

Grown mainly for its wonderful bright red stems that are really shown off in winter. 'Arctic Fire ', a non-suckering dwarf (3-5 feet), is highly regarded in gardens and doesn't need pruning as much, if at all.

American Filbert or Hazelnut, is a deciduous, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub which typically grows 8-16' tall and occurs in dry or moist thickets, woodlands and wood margins, valleys, uplands and prairies.

A very attractive plant for autumn display. Hearts-a-Bustin', is a multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 4-6’ tall. It is native to wooded slopes, moist understory forest areas, low sandy woods, ravines and streambanks from New York south to Florida

Eastern Wahoo, is a deciduous, native shrub or small tree which is most often grown for its attractive red berries and fall color. Occurs in the wild in open woods and thickets, near streams and on wooded slopes throughout the eastern United States.

Dwarf Fothergilla, is a slow-growing, deciduous, dwarf ornamental shrub that is native to moist lowland coastal plain bogs and savannahs in the southeastern U.S. from North Carolina to the Florida panhandle and Alabama. It typically grows 2-3’ tall with an equal spread and takes on a compact, mounded habit.

Franklin Tree, typically grows as a single-trunk tree with a rounded crown or as a multi-stemmed shrub. As a single trunk tree, it can grow to 20’ tall or more, but is more often seen growing much shorter. This tree has been extinct in the wild since 1803. It has been perpetuated in cultivation

Stem-hugging clusters of fragrant bright yellow flowers, each with four crinkly, ribbon-shaped petals, appear along the branches from October to December, usually after leaf drop but sometimes at the time of fall color

Wild Hydrangea, is a loosely and widely branched deciduous shrub that typically grows to 3-6’ (less frequently to 10’) tall. It is native to moist or rocky wooded slopes, ravines, streambanks and bluff bases from New York west to Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Tiny white fertile flowers bloom in May-July (and longer)

The species is effective as a specimen or accent for foundations or other locations near homes or patios.

A Lovely evergreen shrub that is a reasonable native substitute for boxwood (especially the variety, 'compacta'). It is native to the coastal plain from Nova Scotia to Florida to Louisiana where it is most commonly found in sandy woods and peripheries of swamps and bogs.

Winterberry Holly grows as a moderately upright, large, rounded shrub. Grown mainly for its winter color and value. The females are laden with bright red berries and the songbirds feed on them in late winter