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