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Choice Shrubs for Pot Culture
| Common Name | Botanical Name | USDA Hardiness Zone | Sunset Hardiness zone | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowering Maple | Abutilon x hybridum | 9-10 | 13, 15-24 | Variable with variety; 30"-6' |
| Agapetes | Agapetes serpens | 9-10 | 15-17, 23-24 | 6' |
| Japanese Barberry | Berberis thunbergii | 4 | 1-11, 14-17 | Dwarf types 2'; species 6'+ |
| Angel's Trumpet | Brugmansia versicolor | 10 | 16-24 | 6'-15' |
| Bottlebrush | Callistemon citrinus | 9 | 8-9, 12-24 | 6'-15' |
| Sasanqua Camellia | Camellia sasanqua | 8 | 4-9, 14-26 | Variable; 3'-10' |
| Red Cestrum | Cestrum elegans 'Smithii' | 10 | 13, 17, 19-24 | 6'-8' |
| Mexican-orange | Choisya ternata | 7 | 7-9, 12-24 | 4'-6' |
| Orchid Rockrose | Cistus x purpureus | 7 | 7-9, 12-24 | 4'-6' |
| Tartarian Dogwood | Cornus alba 'Sibirica' | 2 | 1-9, 14-24 | 5'-8' |
| Cotoneaster | Cotoneaster congestus 'Likiang' | 6 | 2-24 | Procumbent; 2' tall by 8' wide |
| Burkwood Daphne | Daphne x burkwoodii | 5 | 3-6, 14-17 | 2'-5' |
| Garland Daphne | Daphne cneorum | 4 | 2-9, 14-17 | 1'-2' |
| Enkianthus | Enkianthus campanulatus | 4 | 2-9, 14-21 | 6'-20' |
| Red Escallonia | Escallonia rubra | 8 | 4-9, 14-17, 20-24 | 5'-10' |
| Harry Lauder's Walking Stick | Corylus avellana 'Contorta' | 4-8 | 1-9, 14-20 | 8'-10' |
| Burning Bush | Euonymus alatus | 3 | 1-9, 14-16 | 4'-8' |
| Box-leaf Euonymus | Euonymus japonicus 'Microphyllus' | 7-9 | 5-20 | 2' |
| Variegated Euonymus | Euonymus japonicus 'Albo-marginatus' | 7-9 | 5-20 | 2' |
| Dwarf Fothergilla | Fothergilla gardenii | 5 | 3-9, 14-17 | 3' |
| Gardenia | Gardenia augusta | 8 | 7-9, 12-16, 18-23 | 2'-6' |
| Hawaiian Hibiscus | Hibiscus rosa sinensis | 10 | 9, 12-13, 15-16, 19-24 | 4'- 8' |
| Rose-of-Sharon | Hibiscus syriacus | 5 | 1-21 | 4'-8' |
| Bigleaf Hydrangea | Hydrangea macrophylla | 8 | 2-24 | 3'-6' |
| Oakleaf Hydrangea | Hydrangea quercifolia | 5 | 1-22 | 4'-6' |
| Chinese Holly | Ilex cornuta 'Dazzler' | 7 | 8-9, 14-16, 18-21 | 3'-8' |
| Mountain-laurel | Kalmia latifolia | 4 | 1-7, 16-17 | 8'-20' |
| New Zealand Tea | Leptospermum scoparium | 9-10 | 14-24 | 1'-15' |
| Loropetalum | Loropetalum chinense | 7 | 6-14, 14-24 | 3'-10' |
| Mahonia | Mahonia lomariifolia | 7 | 6-9, 14-24 | 4'-10' |
| Pink Melaleuca | Melaleuca nesophylla | 9-10 | 9-13, 16-24 | 6'-15' |
| Greek Myrtle | Myrtus communis | 8 | 8-24 | 5'-8' |
| Honeybush | Melianthus major | 9-10 | 8-9, 12-24 | 4'-10' |
| Heavenly-bamboo | Nandina domestica | 7 | 5-24 | 18"-8' |
| Oleander | Nerium oleander | 7-8 | 8-16, 18-23 | 3'-10' |
| Delavayi Osmanthus | Osmanthus delavayi | 7 | 4-9, 14-21 | 4'-8' |
| Variegated Holly-leaf Osmanthus | O. heterophyllus 'Variegatus' | 7 | 3-10, 14-24 | 3'-5' |
| Photinia | Photinia x fraseri | 7 | 4-24 | 4'-8' |
| Mountain Andromeda | Pieris japonica | 5 | 1-9, 14-17 | 5'-8' |
| Pittosporum | Pittosporum tobira | 8 | 8-24 | 4'-15' |
| Cherry-laurel | Prunus laurocerasus | 7 | 4-9, 14-24 | 4'-15' |
| Indian Hawthorn | Rhaphiolepis indica | 8 | 8-10, 12-24 | 3'-5' |
| Rosemary | Rosmarinus officinalis | 6 | 4-24 | 1'-6' |
| Variegated American Elderberry | Sambucus canadensis 'Variegata' | 3 | 1-7, 14-17 | 6'-10' |
| Japanese Skimmia | Skimmia japonica | 7 | 4-9, 14-22 | 2'-4' |
| Japanese Snowball | Viburnum plicatum tomentosum 'Mariesii' | 4 | 1-9, 14-24 | 4'-6' |
| Variegated Weigela | Weigela florida 'Variegata' | 5 | 1-11, 14-17 | 4'-6' |