Native Shrubs

If you're looking for a lovely flowering Maryland native shrub for part-shady conditions, smooth hydrangea, also called wild hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) might be for you.

Common witchhazel is a deciduous shrub native throughout Maryland.

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.

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

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

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

A native shrub adapted to the Maryland Coastal Plain

Mapleleaf viburnum (Viburnum acerifolium) is a deciduous flowering shrub native throughout Maryland.

Inkberry holly (Ilex glabra) is an evergreen shrub, native to the Coastal Plain region of Maryland.