29 garden shrubs that branch from the base
These are the catalogue’s rounded shrub shape with a coldest night of 5 °C or below: plants that branch from the base instead of climbing or running up a single trunk. The temperature column is the lowest night recorded for each one, so it is the number that decides what stays out through winter.
In the table, watering runs from 3 to 14 days at medium light; 1 of the 29 want humid air.
| Plant | Water | Light | Humidity | Temperature or hardiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common lilacSyringa vulgaris | every 7–12 days | Direct sun | Low | down to -30°C outdoors |
| Panicle hydrangeaHydrangea paniculata | every 3–7 days | Bright | High | down to -30°C outdoors |
| Forsythia | every 7–14 days | Direct sun | Low | down to -25°C outdoors |
| Butterfly bushBuddleja davidii | every 7–12 days | Direct sun | Low | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Common boxBuxus sempervirens | every 7–12 days | Medium | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| common heatherCalluna vulgaris | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Common PrivetLigustrum vulgare | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| CotoneastersCotoneaster | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| DeutziasDeutzia | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| European hollyIlex aquifolium | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| firethornsPyracantha | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Guelder-rose complexViburnum opulus | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| honeysucklesLonicera | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Japanese andromedaPieris japonica | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Japanese barberryBerberis thunbergii | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| meadowsweetsSpiraea | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| mock orangesPhiladelphus | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| oakleaf hydrangeaHydrangea quercifolia | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Oregon grapeBerberis aquifolium | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| rhododendrons and azaleasRhododendron | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Sambucus nigra | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| serviceberriesAmelanchier | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| SpindleEuonymus europaeus | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Spring HeathErica carnea | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Weigela bushesWeigela | every 7–14 days | Bright | Medium | down to -20°C outdoors |
| Heavenly bambooNandina domestica | every 7–12 days | Bright | Medium | down to -15°C outdoors |
| Japanese laurelAucuba japonica | every 7–12 days | Low | Medium | down to -10°C outdoors |
| PomegranatePunica granatum | every 7–12 days | Direct sun | Low | down to 0°C outdoors |
| Common myrtleMyrtus communis | every 6–11 days | Bright | Medium | down to 3°C outdoors |