NATIVE SHRUBS FOR BACKYARD BIODIVERSITY Favorite Shrubs for Home Landscapes Available from Michigan nurseries—including retail nurseries and native plant nurseries List originally prepared by SOCRRA Healthy Lawn & Garden Program in cooperation with Ecological Gardening Volunteers. BLACK CHOKEBERRY Aronia prunifolia ELDERBERRY-COMMON Sambucus Canadensis Soil preference: sand; loam; clay; needs acid soil Soil preference: sand; loam; clay Shade tolerance: broad range Shade tolerance: partial shade; full shade Bloom: white; purple pink; May–June Bloom: white; June–July Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Height: 3–8 feet Height: 5–12 feet Fruit: September–October (pome) Fruit: September–October (berry) BUTTONBUSH Cephalanthus occidentalis HAWTHORN Crataegus spp. Soil preference: sand; loam; clay Soil preference: well-drained, humus-rich Shade tolerance: full sun; partial shade Shade tolerance: full sun; partial shade Bloom: white; July–August Bloom: white; April–June Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Moisture tolerance: moist Height: 3–10 feet Height: 18–30 feet Fruit: September–October (seeds) Fruit: Winter (bright orange berries) CINQUEFOIL-SHRUBBY Potentilla fruticosa MEADOWSWEET Spiraea alba Soil preference: sand; loam Soil preference: sand; loam; clay Shade tolerance: full sun; partial shade Shade tolerance: full sun Bloom: yellow; June–September Bloom: white; July–August Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Height: 8–12 feet Height: 3–6 feet Fruit: June–September (achenes) Fruit: September (follicles) DOGWOOD - RED OSIER Cornus stolonifera NANNYBERRY Viburnum lentago Soil preference: sand; loam; clay Soil preference: loam; clay Shade tolerance: broad range Shade tolerance: broad range Bloom: white; June–July Bloom: white; June–July Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Moisture tolerance: moist; dry Height: 3–10 feet Height: 6–20 feet Fruit: August–October (berry) Fruit: September (drupe) DOGWOOD-PAGODA Cornus alternifolia NEW JERSEY TEA Ceanothus americanus Soil preference: loam; clay Soil preference: sand; loam Shade tolerance: broad range Shade tolerance: full sun; partial shade Bloom: white; May–July Bloom: white flowers in July Moisture tolerance: moist; moist-wet Moisture tolerance: moist; dry Height: 6–20 feet Height: 1–3 feet Fruit: September (berry-drupe) Fruit: September & October (capsule) NINEBARK Physocarpus opulifolius VIBURNUM-AMERICAN CRANBERRYBUSH Soil preference: loam Viburnum trilobum Shade tolerance: broad range Also called HIGH-BUSH CRANBERRY Bloom: white flowers; June Soil preference: sand; loam Moisture tolerance: wide range Shade tolerance: full sun; partial shade Height: 3–10 feet Bloom: white; May–June Fruit: August–September (pod) Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Height: 8–12 feet PASTURE ROSE Rosa carolina Fruit: September (drupe) Soil preference: sand; loam; clay Shade tolerance: full sun VIBURNUM-MAPLELEAF Viburnum acerifolium Bloom: pink; May–June Soil preference: loam; clay Moisture tolerance: wet; moist; dry-moist Shade tolerance: full sun; partial shade Height: 3 feet Bloom: white flowers; May–June Fruit: Fall (bright red rose hips) Moisture tolerance: moist; dry Height: 3–5 feet SERVICEBERRY Amelanchier spp. Fruit: September (drupe) Soil preference: loam; tolerates sand and clay Shade tolerance: full sun to full shade WINTERBERRY-COMMON Bloom: white; April–May (MICHIGAN HOLLY) Ilex verticillata Moisture tolerance: slightly moist to moist; Soil preference: loam; likes acid pH well-drained soils Shade tolerance: full sun; partial shade Height: 15–25 feet Bloom: yellow or white; May–June Fruit: Fall (edible berries) Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Height: 3–16 feet SPICEBUSH Lindera benzoin Fruit: September–October (drupe) Soil preference: sand; loam Shade tolerance: broad range WITCH-HAZEL Hamamelis virginiana Bloom: yellow; March–April Soil preference: loam Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Shade tolerance: partial shade Height: 3–10 feet Bloom: yellow (in fall or late winter) Fruit: August–September (drupe) Moisture tolerance: moist Height: 15–25 feet ST. JOHN’S-WORT-SHRUBBY Fruit: Summer (capsule) Hypericum prolificum Soil preference: sand; loam Shade tolerance: full sun Bloom: yellow; July–September Moisture tolerance: wet; moist Height: 5 feet Fruit: Fall (capsule) SUMAC-FRAGRANT Rhus aromatica Soil preference: sand; loam Shade tolerance: full sun; partial shade Bloom: yellow flowers; March–April Moisture tolerance: moist; dry Height: 3–10 feet Fruit: August (drupe) 4/2018.