| Common Shrub Name |
Botanical, Latin, Scientific Shrub Name |
Coldest Zone |
Warmest Zone |
| American beautyberry |
Callicarpa americana |
6 |
10 |
| Amur chokecherry |
Prunus maackii |
2 |
8 |
| Azalea, Rhododendron - all |
Rhododendron - all |
1 |
11 |
| Barberry - all |
Berberis - all |
3 |
10 |
| Barberry - all |
Mahonia - all |
4b |
10 |
| Beauty Bush |
Kolkwitzia amabilis |
5 |
9 |
| Black Chokeberry |
Aronia melanocarpa |
3 |
9 |
| Black chokecherry |
Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa |
3 |
8 |
| Blackberry, Raspberry, Thimbleberry - all |
Rubus - all |
2 |
11 |
| Blue Nest Spruce |
Picea mariana 'Ericoides' |
3 |
5 |
| Bluebeard Dark Knight |
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight' |
5 |
9 |
| Bluebeard Sunshine Blue Spiraea |
Caryopteris incana 'Sunshine Blue' |
6 |
9 |
| Bog Birch |
Betula pumila var. glandulifera |
2 |
9 |
| Burning Bush - Compacta |
Euonymus alatus |
5 |
9 |
| Bursting Heart Burning Bush |
Euonymus americana |
4 |
9 |
| Bush Honeysuckle - all |
Diervilla - all |
3 |
8 |
| Butterfly bush - all |
Buddleja - all |
5 |
9 |
| Buttonbush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
5 |
10 |
| Canada Red chokecherry |
Prunus virginiana 'Canada Red' |
2 |
8 |
| Cape Honeysuckle |
Tecoma capensis |
? |
? |
| Chokeberry - all |
Photinia - all - syn. Aronia |
4 |
8 |
| Cinquefoil, Potentilla - all |
Potentilla - all |
1 |
8 |
| Common chokecherry |
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana |
3 |
8 |
| Cotoneaster - all |
Cotoneaster - all |
3 |
10 |
| Creeping Snowberry |
Gaultheria hispidula |
6 |
9 |
| Crowberry, Black Crowberry, Curlewberry |
Empetrum nigrum |
1 |
7 |
| Dogwood - all |
Cornus - all |
2 |
8 |
| Dutchman's Pipe |
Aristolochia |
8 |
11 |
| Dwarf Birch |
Betula nana ssp. Exilis |
1 |
7 |
| Eastern Sandcherry |
Prunus pumila var. depressa |
3b |
7 |
| Elderberry - all |
Sambucus - all |
3 |
11 |
| False Indigo Bush |
Amorpha fruticosa |
2 |
8 |
| False Serviceberry |
Malacomeles |
? |
? |
| Forsythia - all |
Forsythia - all |
4 |
9 |
| Gas Plant, Burning Bush |
Dictamnus albus |
3 |
9 |
| Glossy Buckthorn |
Frangula alnus 'Fine Line' |
2 |
8 |
| Gooseberry, Currant - all |
Ribes - all |
2 |
10 |
| Hawthorn - all |
Crataegus - all |
4 |
9 |
| Heavenly Bamboo |
Nadina domestica |
6 |
9 |
| Holly - all |
Ilex - all |
3 |
11 |
| Honeysuckle -all |
Lonicera - all |
3 |
8 |
| Hydrangea - all |
Hydrangea - all |
3 |
9 |
| Japanese Boxwood |
Buxus microphylla 'Winter Beauty' |
6 |
8 |
| Juniper - all |
Juniperus - all |
2 |
11 |
| Kinnikinnick, Massachusetts Bearberry, Manzanita |
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
3 |
7 |
| Lilac - all |
Syringa - all |
3 |
9 |
| Lilacbush, Rock Cress |
Aubrieta deltoidea |
4 |
9 |
| Littleleaf Boxwood |
Buxus microphyllus 'Winter Gem' |
5 |
9 |
| Maple - all (shrub habbit) |
Acer - all |
2 |
10 |
| Mock Orange - all |
Philadelphus - all |
3 |
8 |
| Mountain Laurel |
Kalmia latifolia |
5 |
8 |
| Mugo Pine |
Pinus mugo |
3 |
10 |
| Nest Spruce |
Picea abies 'Nidiformis' |
3 |
8 |
| Ninebark - all |
Physocarpus - all |
2b |
10 |
| Pamirian Winterfat |
Krascheninnikovia ceratoides |
? |
? |
| Pearlbrush - all |
Exochorda - all |
4 |
8 |
| Peashrub, Pea Shrub - all |
Caragana - all |
2b |
10 |
| Pink Cloud Beauty Bush |
Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' |
5 |
9 |
| Pink Flowering Almond, Dwarf Flowering Almond |
Prunus glandulosa 'Rosea Plena' |
3 |
8 |
| Poison Sumac |
Toxicodendron vernix |
3 |
8 |
| Poinsettia |
Euphorbia pulcherrima |
9 |
11 |
| Potentilla -all |
Fruticosa - all |
2 |
7 |
| Privet - all |
Ligustrum - all |
4 |
10 |
| Purple beautyberry |
Callicarpa dichotoma |
5 |
8 |
| Purple Chokeberry |
Aronia prunifolia |
4 |
8 |
| Purpleleaf Sandcherry |
Prunus cistena |
4 |
8 |
| Rabbitbush |
Ericameria bloomeri |
? |
? |
| Red Chokeberry |
Aronia arbutifolia |
5 |
9 |
| Red Flowering Quince |
Chaenomeles speciosa |
5 |
8 |
| Resin Birch |
Betula glandulosa |
1 |
9 |
| Rose - all |
Rosa - all |
2 |
11 |
| Rose of Sharon - all |
Hibiscus syriacus - all |
5 |
9 |
| Rubber Rabbit-brush |
Ericameria nauseosa |
2 |
7 |
| Russet Buffaloberry, Canadian Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia canadensis |
2b |
6 |
| Sagebrush, Sage (Sage Brush) - all |
Artemisia - all |
3 |
10 |
| Saltbush - all |
Atriplex - all |
6 |
10 |
| Sandcherry |
Prunus pumila |
2 |
8 |
| Serviceberry - all |
Amelanchier - all |
2 |
9 |
| Sesquehana Sandcherry |
Prunus susquehanae |
? |
? |
| Shrubby Cinquefoil |
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. Floribunda |
2 |
8 |
| Silver Buffaloberry |
Shepherdia argentea |
3 |
9 |
| Smokebush - all |
Conospermum - all |
? |
? |
| Snowberry |
Gaultheria |
? |
? |
| Snowberry - all |
Symphoricarpos - all |
3 |
7 |
| Southern False Serviceberry |
Malacomeles denticulate |
? |
? |
| Spice Bush |
lindera bezoin |
5 |
9 |
| Spirea, Meadowsweet - all |
Spiraea - all |
3 |
10 |
| St. John's Wort |
Hypericum |
5 |
9 |
| Sumac - all |
Rhus - all |
3 |
11 |
| Sweetshrub |
Calycanthus floridus |
5 |
7 |
| Turkestan Burning Bush |
Euonymus nana 'Turkestanica' |
6 |
9 |
| Vernal Witch Hazel |
Hamamelis vernalis |
5 |
9 |
| Viburnum - all |
Viburnum - all |
2 |
11 |
| Weigela - all |
Weigela - all |
4 |
9 |
| Western Burning Bush, Western Wahoo |
Euonymus occidentalis |
3 |
9 |
| Western chokecherry |
Prunus virginiana var. demissa |
3 |
8 |
| Western Sandcherry 'Pawnee Buttes' |
Prunus pumila 'besseyi' |
4 |
8 |
| White Cedar, Eastern Arborvitae, American Arborvitae |
Thuja occidentalis |
2 |
9 |
| Willow - all (Shrubs) |
Salix - all (shrub growth habit) |
1 |
10 |
| Winterfat |
Krascheninnikovia arborescens |
? |
? |
| Winterfat |
Krascheninnikovia Guldenstaedt |
? |
? |
| Winterfat |
Krascheninnikovia lanata |
? |
? |
| Wintergreen Boxwood |
Microphylla koreana |
5 |
8 |
| Witch Hazel |
Hamamelis virginiana |
5 |
9 |
| Woadwaxen, Broom - all |
Genista - all |
4 |
9 |
| Yucca - all |
Yucca - all |
4 |
11 |