Shrubs for Full to Part Sun
 

Indigo Bush - Amorpha fruiticosa (NA in 2008)
6-8'h 6'w, Full Sun
Unusual purple flowers, prefers wet areas

Red Chokeberry - Aronia arbutifolia
5-7'h 3'w, Full-1/2 Sun
White flowers, red fruit, beautiful fall color

Black Chokeberry - Aronia melanocarpa
6'h 4'w, Full-1/2 Sun
White flowers, fruit turns black, brilliant fall color
 

Carolina Alspice - Calycanthus floridus

6'-8'h 6'w, Full-1/2 Sun

Maroon flowers have strawberry fragrance in May

Silky Dogwood - Cornus obliqua (NA in 2008)
8-12'h 8-12'w, Full Sun
Likes moist sites, blue fruit, purple fall color

American Filbert - Corylus americana (JUNE delivery)
8-10'h 8-10'w, Full-1/2 Sun
Edible nut, red-orange-yellow fall color

Kalm's St John's Wort - Hypericum kalmianum (JUNE delivery)
30"h 30"w, Full Sun
Yellow flowers in late June, adaptable soils

Shrubby St John's Wort - Hypericum prolificum (JUNE delivery)
3-4'h 3-4'w, Full Sun
Yellow flowers in July-Aug, adaptable soils

Yellow Honeysuckle - Lonicera prolifera (NA in 2008)
4-5'h 8-10'w, Full-1/2 Sun
As much shrub as a vine, yellow blooms, red fruit
 

Northern Bayberry - Myrica pensylvanica
5'h 4-6'w, Full Sun
Slow growing, seeds are used for candles

Ninebark - Physocarpus opulifolius
8-10'h 8-10'w, Full-1/2 Sun
Pink/white blooms in June, exfoliating bark

Shrubs for Shade
 

Bottlebrush Buckeye - Aesculus parviflora

8'-12'h 8'-15'w, Shade  ($40.00)

Slow growing shrub with show stopping blooms on the 4th of July

Smooth Hydrangea - Hydrangea arborescens
3-5'h 3-5'w, Shade
White corymbs in June-July; prefers moist soils

Oak Leaf Hydrangea - Hydrangea quercifolia
6'h 4'w, Shade
Prefers morning sun; needs protection; has nice foliage

Spicebush - Lindera benzoin (NA in 2008)

6-12'h 6-12'w, Shade
Yellow flowers in April, fragrant leaves and stem

Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus
3'h 6'w, Full Sun to Shade
White berries hold on for winter show; forms a low growing thicket
 

Coralberry - Symphoricarpos orbiculatis
3'h 4'w, Full Sun to Shade
Dark red berries hold on for winter, forms thicket

Maple Leaf Viburnum - Viburnum acerifolium (JUNE delivery)

4'-6'h 4'-6'h, Shade

White flowers, dark fruit, bright red fall color

(Hard-to-find elsewhere)

Blackhaw Viburnum - Viburnum prunifolium
15'h 8-12'w, Full Sun to Shade
White flowers, dark fruit, branches make nice hedge or screen.  Available in larger sizes

Chokecherry - Prunus virginiana (JUNE delivery)

8-15'h 8-10'w, Full-1/2 Sun

White flowers, fall color, adaptable

Staghorn Sumac - Rhus typhina

20'f 6-12'w, Full Sun

Largest of sumac, felt leaves and stems, fall color

Early Wild Rose - Rosa blanda
4'h 4-6'w, Full-1/2 Sun
Few thorns (or so they say), forms a thicket

Illinois Rose - Rosa setigera

5'-6'h 6'-8'w, Full-1/2 Sun

Can be trained to climb, very hardy

Purple Flowering Raspberry - Rubus odoratus
3-6'h 2-3'w, Full-1/2 Sun
Purple flowers in June, fruit in August, makes nice border thicket

Prairie Willow - Salix humilis
4'6'h 4-6'w, Full-1/2 Sun
Dwarf willow, fire adapted savanna shrub

Elderberry - Sambucus canadensis
8-10'h 6-8'w, Full-1/2 Sun
Small flowers mass together, birds enjoy fruit

Bladdernut - Staphlea trifolia
8-12'h 6-10'w, Full-1/2 Sun
White bell-shaped flowers, seeds in capsules

Snowberry - Symphoricarpos albus
3'h 6'w, Full Sun to Shade
White berries hold on for winter, forms thicket

Coralberry - Symphoricarpos orbiculatis
3'h 4'w, Full Sun to Shade
Dark red berries hold on for winter, forms thicket

Arrow Wood Viburnum - Viburnum dentatum
8-10'h 4-8'w, Full-1/2 Sun
White flowers in May, blue fruit, red fall color

Nannyberry - Viburnum lentago
15'h 8-12'w, Full-1/2 Sun
Large, vase-shaped, white flowers, red fall color

Blackhaw Viburnum - Viburnum prunifolium
15'h 8-12'w, Full-1/2 Sun
White flowers, dark fruit, branches make nice hedge or screen; available in larger sizes

American Cranberry - Viburnum trilobum
8-10'h 6-8'w, Full-1/2 Sun
White flowers, red fruit in winter, needs moisture

Shrubs for Moist Soils
 

Indigo Bush - Amorpha fruiticosa (NA in 2008)
6-8'h 6'w, Full Sun
Unusual purple flowers, prefers wet areas

Red Chokeberry - Aronia arbutifolia
5-7'h 3'w, Full-1/2 Sun
White flowers, red fruit, beautiful fall color

Black Chokeberry - Aronia melanocarpa
6'h 4'w, Full-1/2 Sun
White flowers, fruit turns black, brilliant fall color

Buttonbush - Cephalanthus occidentalis
8-12'h 8-12'w, Full Sun
Adaptable, white flowers form puffy spheres

Silky Dogwood - Cornus obliqua (NA in 2008)
8-12'h 8-12'w, Full Sun
Adaptable, white flowers, birds enjoy blue fruit

Red Osier Dogwood - Cornus stolonifera (NA in 2008)
8-12'h 8-12'w, Full Sun
Red stems add beautiful winter interest, white flowers, fall color, white fruit

Winterberry - Ilex verticellata
8-12'h 8-12'w, Full Sun
Holly (not evergreen), abundant red berries

Swamp Rose - Rosa palustris
6'h 5'w, Full Sun
Pink blooms in summer, purple rose hips in winter

Prairie Willow - Salix humilis
4-6'h 4'6'w, Full-1/2 Sun
Dwarf willow, fire adapted savanna shrub

Meadowsweet - Spirea alba

2'-4'h 2'-4'w, Full Sun

Cone shaped white clusters in June, on wet sites

Hardhack - Spirea tomentosa
2-3'h 2'w, Full Sun
Pink flowers, should be massed on moist sites