Search Shrub Names

Buy shrubs, bushes for hardiness zone 4.

Below is a list of shrub names that normally succeed within zone 4. Listed as Scientific name first and common name second.

Botanical, Latin, Scientific Shrub Name Common Shrub Name Coldest Zone Warmest Zone
Acer campestre Hedge Maple, Field Maple 4 8
Acer circinatum Vine Maple, Mountain Maple 4b 9
Acer ginnala Amur Maple, Siberian Maple 2 8
Acer ginnala 'Compacta' Amur Maple Dwarf, Siberian Maple 2 8
Acer glabrum var. douglasii Douglas Maple, Rocky Mountain Maple, Wasatch Maple 3b 7
Acer grandidentatum Big Tooth Maple, Canyon Maple 3 8
Acer pennsylvanicum Striped Maple, Goosefoot Maple, Snakebark Maple, Moosewood 3 9a
Acer saccharum Sugar Maple 3 8
Acer spicatum Mountain Maple, White Maple, Moose Maple 2b 7
Acer tataricum Tatarian Maple 3 7
Amelanchier alnifolia Saskatoon Serviceberry 2 7
Amelanchier bartramiana Oblongfruit Serviceberry, Mountain Juneberry, Bartram's Chuckley-pear 3 8
Amelanchier canadensis Canadian Serviceberry 3 7
Amelanchier laevis Wiegand Allegheny Serviceberry 3 8
Amelanchier sanguinea Roundleaf Serviceberry 4 9
Amelanchier x grandiflora Apple Serviceberry 4 8
Amorpha fruticosa False Indigo Bush 2 8
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Kinnikinnick, Massachusetts Bearberry, Manzanita 3 7
Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry 3 9
Artemisia absinthium Absinthe, Absinth, Wormwood, Mugwort 4 7
Artemisia cana Silver Sagebrush 4 10
Artemisia frigida Fringed Sagebrush, Pasture Sage, Prairie Sage 3 10
Artemisia ludoviciana White Sagebrush 3 10a
Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata Basin Big Sagebrush 4 10
Aubrieta deltoidea Lilacbush 4 9
Berberis fendleri Colorado Barberry, Fendler's Barberry 4 9
Berberis julianae Wintergreen Barberry 3 9
Berberis koreana Korean Barberry 3 7
Berberis linearifolia Barberry 'Orange King' 4 7
Berberis ottawiensis Variegated Japanese Barberry 3 10
Berberis thunbergii Japanese Barberry - all 3 10
Berberis thunbergii `Kobold` Kobold Japanese Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii `Monlers` Golden Nugget™ Dwarf Japanese Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii `Monomb` Cherry Bomb Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii `Monry` Sunsation® Japanese Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Atropurpurea' Red Leaf Japanese Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea' Aurea Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Aurea Nana' Aurea Nana Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Bagatelle' Bagatelle Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Bailone' Ruby Carousel Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Bailtwo' Burgundy Carousel Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Concorde' Concorde Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy' Crimson Pygmy Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Criruzam' Crimson Ruby® Japanese Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Gentry' Royal Burgundy® Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar' Helmond Pillar Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Lime Glow' Lime Glow Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow' Rose Glow Barberry 4 8
Berberis thunbergii 'Royal Cloak' Royal Cloak Barberry 4 8
Berberis wilsoniae Barberry 3 10
Betula glandulosa Resin Birch 1 9
Betula nana ssp. Exilis Dwarf Birch 1 7
Betula pumila var. glandulifera Bog Birch 2 9
Caragana arborescens Siberian Peashrub 2b 7
Caragana pygmaea Pygmy Peashrub 3 7
Caragana turkestanica Turkish Peashrub 3 8
Cornus alba 'Aurea' Red Barked Dogwood, Tatarian Dogwood 3 8
Cornus alba 'Ivory Halo' Ivory Halo Dogwood 3b 7
Cornus alba siberica Coral Red Dogwood 3 8
Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood 2 8
Cornus racemosa Greytwig Dogwood 2 8
Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea' Yellowstem Dogwood, Yellowtwig D. Golden Twig D. 2 8
Cornus sericea 'Hedgerows Gold' Red Twigged Dogwood, Redosier Dogwood 4 8
Cornus sericea 'Isanti' Isanti Dogwood 4 8
Cotoneaster acutifolius Peking cotoneaster 4 7
Cotoneaster adpressus Creeping Cotoneaster 4 8
Cotoneaster apiculatus Cranberry cotoneaster 4 8
Cotoneaster divaricatus Spreading Cotoneaster 4 7
Cotoneaster lucidus Shiny Cotoneaster, Hedge Cotoneaster 3 7
Cotoneaster multiflorus Many-flowered Cotoneaster 3 7
Cotoneaster simonsii Simons' Cotoneaster, Himalayan Cotoneaster 3 7
Crataegus laevigata Smooth Hawthorn, English Hawthorn, Midland Hawthorn 4 8
Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. Floribunda Shrubby Cinquefoil 2 8
Dictamnus albus Gas Plant, Burning Bush 3 9
Diervilla lonicera Northern Bush Honeysuckle, Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle 3 8
Diervilla rivularis Mountain Bush Honeysuckle 3 8
Diervilla sessilifolia Southern Bush Honeysuckle 4 8
Empetrum nigrum Crowberry, Black Crowberry, Curlewberry 1 7
Ericameria nauseosa Rubber Rabbit-brush 2 7
Euonymus americana Bursting Heart Burning Bush 4 9
Euonymus occidentalis Western Burning Bush, Western Wahoo 3 9
Exochorda racemosa Common Pearlbush 4b 8
Exochorda serratifolia 'Northern Pearls' Northern Pearls Pearlbush 4 7
Exochorda serratifolia 'Snow White' Snow White Pearlbush, Pearl Tree 4 7
Forsythia ovata Early Forsythia, Yellowbells 4 7
Forsythia suspensa Weeping Forsythia 4 9
Frangula alnus 'Fine Line' Glossy Buckthorn 2 8
Genista tinctoria Dyer's Greenweed, Woadwaxen, Dyer's Greenwood 4 9
Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea, Smooth Hydrangea 3 9a
Hydrangea paniculata Panicled Hydrangea 3 8a
Hydrangea radiata Silverleaf Hydrangea 4 9
Ilex aquifolium English Holly 3 7
Ilex glabra Inkberry, Gallberry 4 9
Ilex verticillata Winterberry Holly, Black Alder 3 9a
Juniperus chinensis Chinese Juniper 4 7
Juniperus communis Common Juniper 2 8
Juniperus communis 'Compressa' Common Juniper, Noah's Ark Juniper 3 6
Juniperus communis var. montana Common Juniper, Mountain Juniper, Trailing Juniper, Dwarf Juniper 4 10a
Juniperus davurica 'Parsonsii' Parson's Juniper, Dahurian Juniper 4 9
Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii' Blue Rug Juniper, Creeping Juniper 3 10
Juniperus monosperma Oneseed Juniper, Cherrystone Juniper, Redberry Juniper 3 7
Juniperus osteosperma Utah Juniper, Bigberry Juniper, Desert Juniper 3 7
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper 4 9
Juniperus sabina Savin Juniper 3 8
Juniperus scopulorum Rocky Mountain Juniper 3 8
Juniperus squamata Flaky Juniper, Single-seed Juniper 4 8
Juniperus virginiana Red Cedar Juniper, Eastern Red Cedar 3 9
Ligustrum amurense Amur Privet 4 7
Ligustrum vulgare European Privet 4 8
Lonicera fragrantissima Winter Honeysuckle 4 8
Lonicera maackii Red Rum Honeysuckle 3 8
Lonicera tatarica Tatarian Honeysuckle 3 8
Mahonia nervosa Mahonia Cascades, Cascade Barberry, Creeping Oregon Grape 4b 9
Mahonia pinnata Wavyleaf Barberry, California Barberry, Shinyleaf Mahonia 4b 9
Mahonia pinnata ssp. insularis Island Barberry 4b 9
Philadelphus coronarius Sweet Mock Orange 3 8
Philadelphus lewisii Lewis Mockorange 4 8
Philadelphus x virginalis Minnesota Snowflake Mock Orange 3 8
Photinia - all - syn. Aronia Chokeberry - all 4 8
Photinia floribunda Purple chokeberry 4 8
Photinia melanocarpa Black chokeberry 4 8
Photinia pyrifolia Red chokeberry 4 8
Physocarpus alternans Dwarf Ninebark 3 9
Physocarpus capitatus Pacific Ninebark, Western Ninebark 4b 10
Physocarpus monogynus Mountain Ninebark, Colorado Ninebark 3 8
Physocarpus opulifolius Common Ninebark 2b 8
Physocarpus opulifolius intermedius Atlantic Ninebark 2b 8
Picea abies 'Nidiformis' Nest Spruce 3 8
Picea mariana 'Ericoides' Blue Nest Spruce 3 5
Pinus mugo Mugo Pine 3 10
Potentilla cinerea Abbotswood Potentilla 2 7
Potentilla fruticosa 'Tangerine' Shrubby Cinquefoil 'Tangerine' 3 8
Potentilla pensylvanica Pennsylvania Cinquefoil, Prairie Cinquefoil 1 7
Prunus cistena Purpleleaf Sandcherry 4 8
Prunus glandulosa 'Rosea Plena' Pink Flowering Almond, Dwarf Flowering Almond 3 8
Prunus maackii Amur chokecherry 2 8
Prunus pumila 'besseyi' Western Sandcherry 'Pawnee Buttes' 4 8
Prunus pumila var. depressa Eastern Sandcherry 3b 7
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 camtschaticum Kamchatka Rhododendron 2 4
Rhododendron catawbiense Catawba Rosebay, Catawba Rhododendron, Iron Clad Rhododendron 4b 8
Rhododendron dauricum 'Madison Snow' Madison Snow Rhododendron 4b 9
Rhododendron 'Golden Lights' Golden Lights Azalea 4 9
Rhododendron lapponicum Lapland Rosebay, Lapland Rhododendron 1 8
Rhododendron maximum Great Laurel, Rosebay Rhododendron 3b 8
Rhododendron mucronulatum Korean Rhododendron 4 8
Rhododendron periclymenoides Pink Azalea, Pinxterbloom Azalea 4 9
Rhododendron 'Rosy Lights' Rosy Lights Azalea 4 8
Rhododendron viscosum Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea 4 8
Rhododendron yunnanense Yunnan Rhododendron 4 9
Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac 3 8
Rhus copallina Flameleaf Sumac 4 9
Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac 3 8
Rhus trilobata Skunkbush Sumac 3 9
Rhus trilobata var. pilosissima Pubescent Skunkbush Sumac 3 9
Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac 3 8
Ribes alpinum Alpine currant 2 7
Ribes americanum American black currant 3 7
Ribes cereum Squaw Currant, Western Red Currant, Wax Currant 3 10a
Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Whisky Currant, Whiskey Currant 4 8
Ribes cynosbati Eastern Prickly Gooseberry, Pasture Gooseberry 4 8
Ribes 'Hinnonmaki Yellow' Hinnonmaki Gooseberry 4 8
Ribes lacustre Bristly Black Currant, Black Gooseberry, Prickly Currant 3b 7
Ribes rubrum Red Currant 4 8
Ribes speciosum Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry 4 8
Ribes triste American Red Currant, Northern, Swamp, Wild Red C. 2 8
Ribes uva-crispa European Gooseberry 3 8
Rosa acicularis Prickly Rose 2 6
Rosa alba White Rose Of York 3 9
Rosa arkansana Prairie Rose 4 7
Rosa arvensis Field Rose, Wild Rose 4 7
Rosa blanda Smooth Rose, Hudson Bay Rose, Labrador Rose, Meadow Rose 3 7
Rosa canina Dog Rose, Briar Rose, Dog Briar, Hondsroos, Redoute Rose 3 8
Rosa carolina Carolina Rose, Sand Rose, Pasture Rose 3 9
Rosa centifolia Cabbage Rose, Old Garden Rose, Redoute Rose 4 9
Rosa cinnamomea Cinnamon Rose 4 10
Rosa damascena Damask Rose 4 9
Rosa foetida var. bicolor Wild Rose, Species Rose 4 10
Rosa foliolosa White Prairie Rose, Leafy Rose 4 7
Rosa gallica French Rose 4 8
Rosa gymnocarpa Dwarf Rose, Little Woods Rose, Bald-Hip Rose, Little Wild Rose 4 7
Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose, Buschel Rose, Wreath Rose 3b 8
Rosa nitida Shining Rose, Glanz-Rose 4 7
Rosa nutkana Nootka Rose, Nutka Rose 3 8
Rosa rubrifolia Large-flowered Climber, Redoute Rose, Red-leaved Rose, Hecht-Rose 2 9
Rosa rugosa Rugosa Rose, Japanese Rose, Saltspray Rose, Ramanas Rose 2 9
Rosa setigera Climbing Rose 4 9
Rosa tomentosa Whitewoolly Rose, Harsh Downy Rose 4 10
Rosa villosa Apple Rose, Rosier Velu, Pomifère, Shaggy Rose 4 8
Rosa virginiana Virginia Rose 3 8
Rosa willmottiae Willmott's Rose 4 10
Rosa woodsii Woods' Rose, Mountain Rose, Fragrant Rose, Wild Rose 4 8
Rubus arcticus Arctic Bramble 2 7
Rubus chamaemorus Cloudberry, Baked Apple Berry 3 9
Rubus deliciosus Delicious Raspberry 3 8
Rubus fruticosus Bramble, Wild Blackberry 3 8
Rubus idaeus American Red Raspberry 3 8
Rubus laciniatus Cutleaf Blackberry, Oregon Cut-leaf Blackberry, Evergreen Blackberry 3 8
Rubus occidentalis Black Raspberry 3 8
Rubus pedatus Strawberryleaf Raspberry, Trailing Raspberry, Five-leaved Bramble 3 5
Rubus spectabilis Salmonberry 3 9
Salix arctica Arctic Willow 1 6
Salix bebbiana Bebb's Willow, Beaked Willow, Diamond Willow 2 7
Salix brachycarpa Shortfruit Willow, Barrenground Willow, Small-fruit Willow, Blue Fox 4 9
Salix chaenomeloides Silver Pussy Willow 4 9
Salix discolor Pussy Willow 2 9
Salix discolor rosea Pink Pussy Willow 4 9
Salix herbacea Snowbed Willow 1 6
Salix purpurea Purpleosier Willow, Blue Arctic Willow, Basket Willow, Purple Willow 3 7
Salix reticulata Netleaf Willow, Net-veined Willow 1 7
Sambucus - all Elderberry - all 3 11
Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty' Black Beauty elderberry, European elderberry, Bourtree 3 10
Sambucus nigra canadensis American Elderberry 4 9
Sambucus nigra f. laciniata Lace Leaf Elderberry 4 8
Sambucus racemosa Red Elderberry 4a 9
Shepherdia argentea Silver Buffaloberry 3 9
Shepherdia canadensis Russet Buffaloberry, Canadian Buffaloberry 2b 6
Spiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa Birch-leaved Spirea 4 9
Spiraea fritschiana Fritsch Spirea 3 8
Spiraea fritschiana 'Pink Parasols' Pink Parasols Spirea 4 10
Spiraea japonica Japanese Spirea, Japanese Meadowsweet 4 9
Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound' Snowmound Spirea 3b 8b
Spiraea vanhouttei Van Houttei Spirea, Vanhouffe Spirea 4 9
Spiraea x bumalda Frobeli Spiraea 4 9
Symphoricarpos - all Snowberry - all 3 7
Symphoricarpos occidentalis Western Snowberry, Wolfberry 3 7
Syringa laciniata Cut-leaf Lilac 4b 8a
Syringa meyeri Dwarf Korean Lilac, Meyer Lilac 3 7
Syringa meyeri palibin Korean Lilac 3 7
Syringa microphylla Little Leaf Lilac 4 8
Syringa oblata Early Lilac 3 7
Syringa patula 'Miss Kim' Miss Kim Lilac, Manchurian Lilac 3 7
Syringa pekinensis Peking Tree Lilac 3 7
Syringa pubescens Weeping Lilac 3 7
Syringa reticulata Japanese Tree Lilac 3b 7a
Syringa reticulata 'amurensis' Amur Lilac 3b 7a
Syringa villosa Villous Lilac 4 9
Syringa vulgaris Purple common Lilac 3 9
Syringa vulgaris alba White common Lilac 3 9
Syringa x chinensis Chinese Lilac 3 7
Syringa x hyacinthiflora Canadian Lilac, Hybrid Lilac 3 9
Syringa x persica Persian Lilac 3 7
Syringa x prestoniae Preston Lilac 2 7
Syringa x prestoniae Miss Canada Lilac 2 8
Thuja occidentalis White Cedar, Eastern Arborvitae, American Arborvitae 2 9
Toxicodendron vernix Poison Sumac 3 8
Viburnum acerifolium Mapleleaf Viburnum 4 8
Viburnum carlesii 'Compactum' Compact Viburnum, Compact Koreanspice 4 7
Viburnum dentatum Arrowwood Viburnum 3 8
Viburnum dentatum var. deamii Deam's Viburnum 3 7
Viburnum edule Squashberry, Lowbush Cranberry, Mooseberry, Highbush Cranberry 3 5
Viburnum lantana Wayfaringtree 3 7
Viburnum lantanoides Hobblebush, Witch-Hobble 3 6
Viburnum lentago Nannyberry, Sheepberry 2 8
Viburnum mongolicum Mongolian Viburnum 3b 7
Viburnum opulus European Cranberry-bush 4 9
Viburnum opulus ssp. trilobum American Cranberry 3 7
Viburnum opulus var. americanum American Cranberry Bush (Tree) 2 7
Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw Viburnum 4 8
Viburnum prunifolium 'Forest Rouge' Blackhaw Viburnum 4 8
Viburnum rafinesquianum Downy Arrowwood 3 8
Viburnum sieboldii Siebold's Viburnum, Siebold's Arrowwood 4 8a
Viburnum tomentosum Doublefile Viburnum 4 9
Weigela subsessilis Canary Weigela 4 8
Yucca baccata Banana Yucca, Broad-leaf Yucca 4 9a
Yucca filamentosa Adams Needle 4 9
Yucca glauca (Yucca angustifolia) Soapweed Yucca, Soapwell, Bear Grass, Great Plains Yucca 4 10


Site owned and operated by Sheridan Lawn and Landscaping, LLC