Here are the native shrubs you may choose from. Scroll down to see all the choices, make your donation, and then come back to fill out the form at the bottom with your shrub choices. One native shrub for every $20 donation.

Serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea) - 1 Gallon

Height: 15 ft. 0 in. - 25 ft. 0 in.

Width: 10 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.

Light: Full sun, partial shade

Soil Drainage: Well-drained, moist, occasionally wet, occasionally dry.

Flowers, fruit: Fragrant, showy flowers March-May. Edible fruit.

Fall leaf color: Gold/yellow, red/burgundy.

Wildlife Value: This plant supports Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis Astyanax). Pollinators and insects nectar at the blooms and gather pollen in early spring. Fruits are eaten by songbirds, small and large mammals.

Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) - 1 Gallon

Height: 6 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.

Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 5 ft. 0 in.

Light: Full sun, partial shade

Soil Drainage: Frequent standing water, well-drained, moist, occasionally wet.

Challenge: Suckering habit may produce thicket if not trimmed.

Flowers/fruit: Showy flowers May-June. Edible, but tart/astringent red berries.

Fall leaf color: Orange, pink, red/burgundy. Replaces burning bush (Euonymus alatus), and Nandina domestica.

Wildlife Value: The shrub’s winter berries are eaten by mammals and birds. Butterflies and pollinators enjoy the flower nectar in the spring.

(Callicarpa americana) - 1 Gallon

Height: 3 ft. 0 in. - 8 ft. 0 in.

Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.

Light: Full sun, partial shade

Soil Drainage: Well-drained, moist, occasionally dry.

Flowers/fruit: Small blue, pink, purple flowers May-June. Showy blue, purple/lavender fall berries.

Replaces Nandina domestica.

Note: Leaves, when crushed, produce a chemical that can repel mosquitos, ticks, and fire ants!

Challenges: May quickly become a thicket if not cut back hard every year.

Wildlife Value: The shrub’s clusters of berries are a food source for many songbirds, including the American Robin, Brown Thrasher, American Goldfinch, White-throated Sparrow, Purple Finch, and Eastern Towhee (USDA says more than 40 bird species). The berries are also consumed by armadillos, foxes, opossum, raccoons, and squirrels. White-tailed deer are known to browse on the leaves in the summer and enjoy the fruits after leaf drops in the fall.

Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) - 1 Gallon

Height: 5 ft. 0 in. - 8 ft. 0 in.

Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.

Light: Full sun, partial shade

Soil Drainage: Moist, wet

Flowers: Small, fragrant, white, tubular flowers in round clusters June-Sept. Nutlets in fall.

Wildlife Value: Flowers are attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies including eastern tiger swallowtails, and bees. Songbirds and waterfowl eat seeds. This plant provides nectar for pollinators.

Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica)

Height: 4 ft. 0 in. - 8 ft. 0 in.

Width: 3 ft. 0 in. - 6 ft. 0 in.

Light: Dappled sunlight (shade through upper canopy all day), partial shade

Soil Drainage: Well-drained, moist, occasionally wet. Tolerates wet soil.

Flowers: Fragrant, showy flowers May-June. Seeds in fall.

Fall leaf color: Red/burgundy. Replaces burning bush (Euonymus alatus).

Wildlife Value: Flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators. Seeds are eaten by songbirds.

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) - 1 Gallon

Height: 8 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.

Width: 6 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.

Light: partial shade

Soil Drainage: Moist, Occasional Flooding, Occasionally Dry, Occasionally Wet

Flowers/fruit: Tiny fragrant flowers before foliage in March-April. Scarlet red spicy scented fruit in late summer/early fall.

Fall leaf color: Gold/yellow.

Wildlife Value: This plant supports Palamedes Swallowtail (Papilio palamedes) larvae which has two flights from March-December with a partial 3rd flight in the South. The adult butterflies feed on nectar from flowers like sweet pepperbush, thistles, blue flag, and azalea. This plant also supports Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) larvae which have 2 generations per year from April-October. Adult Spicebush Swallowtail butterflies feed on nectar from honeysuckle, jewelweed, thistles, milkweed, azalea, dogbane, and sweet pepperbush. Fruits are eaten by songbirds, especially during fall migration. White-tailed deer will browse twigs and leaves.

Possumhaw Viburnum (Viburnum nudum) - 1 Gallon

Height: 5 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.

Width: 5 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.

Light: Full sun, partial shade

Soil Drainage: Well-drained, moist, occasionally wet.

Challenge: Requires acid soil, soil pH <6.0

Flowers/fruit: clusters of creamy white flowers April-May. Pink to blue to purplish-black fruits in fall.

Fall leaf color: Orange to red.

Wildlife Value: It is a potential host plant for the Spring Azure butterfly and hummingbird clearwing moths. Its fruits are eaten by songbirds, grouse, wild turkeys and squirrel. Its twigs and leaves are browsed by white-tailed deer.

Blackhaw Viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium) - 1 Gallon

Height: 12 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.

Width: 6 ft. 0 in. - 15 ft. 0 in.

Light: Full sun, partial shade

Soil Drainage: Well-drained, moist, occasionally dry.

Flowers/fruit: Clusters of strongly fragrant, white flowers May-June. Blue-black fruit in fall.

Fall leaf color: Red to purple. Replaces burning bush (Euonymus alatus).

Wildlife Value: It is a host plant for Spring/Summer Azure butterflies. Its fruits are eaten by songbirds, squirrels and chipmunks. Its twig form provides shelter to wildlife.

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