Native Trees and Shrubs

Need a shrub to replace Japanese holly or boxwood? Yaupon holly is native to the southeastern USA and may be more adapted for our warming climate.

Winterberry holly is a native shrub that provides berries for wildlife and winter interest in the garden.

White oak (Quercus alba), Maryland's state tree, is highly valuable to a variety of native wildlife.

This native shrub with fragrant flowers is adapted to the Maryland Coastal Plain.

Looking for a Maryland native shrub that produces fragrant flowers? Sweet pepperbush, also called summersweet (Clethra alnifolia) is a great flowering plant for a pollinator garden or rain garden.

Spicebush is a deciduous flowering shrub native to Maryland.

Serviceberry (Amelanchier sp.) is a small Maryland native tree or large shrub that is suitable for home gardens. It flowers in early spring, bears edible fruits, and provides great fall color.

This native shrub offers multiple seasons of interest and is ideal for forest edges, bird gardens, or rain gardens.

Oakleaf hydrangea is a deciduous flowering shrub native to the southeastern U.S.

A native shrub adapted to the Maryland Coastal Plain