| Medium Shrubs (5 to 8 feet) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botanical Name and Common Name | Water Use Zone | NC Hardiness Zone | Texture | Form | Normal Height | Growth Rate | Group | Exposure |
| Abelia x grandiflora Abelia | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Fine | Irregular | 3-4 ft | Slow to Medium | Evergreen | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Aucubajaponica Japanese Aucuba | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Upright | 6-8 ft | Medium | Evergreen | Semi-Shade/Shade |
| Berberis julianae Wintergreen Barberry | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Oval | 5-6 ft | Slow to Medium | Evergreen | Sun |
| Buxus sempervirens Common Boxwood | 1,2,3 | 6b to 7a | Fine to Medium | Rounded | 5-8 ft | Slow to Medium | Evergreen | Semi-Shade |
| Cytissus scoparius Scotch Broom | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8a | Fine | Upright Open | 5-6 ft | Medium | Evergreen | Sun |
| Forsythia intermedia, hybrids Border Forsythia | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Irregular | 5-7 ft | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Hydrangea macrophylla Bigleaf Hydrangea | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Course | Rounded | 5-8 ft | Fast | Evergreen | Semi-Sun |
| Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf Hydrangea | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Upright | 6-8 ft | Medium | Deciduous | Sun |
| Ilex cornuta, 'Burfodii Nana' Dwarf Buford Holly | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium to Coarse | Rounded | 5-6 ft | Slow | Evergreen | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Ilex glabra Inkerry Holly | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Rounded | 6-8 ft | Medium | Evergreen | Sun |
| Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel | 1,2 | 6b to 7 | Medium | Upright | 5-8 ft | Slow to Medium | Evergreen | Semi-Shade |
| Lespedeza thunbergii Thunberg Lespedeza | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8a | Medium | Upright Arching | 5-6 ft | Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Mahonia bealei Leatherleaf Mohonia | 1,2,3 | 6b to 7b | Coarse | Upright | 6-7 ft | Medium | Evergreen | Semi-Shade/Shade |
| Nandina domestica Nandina or Heavenly Bamboo | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Medium | Upright | 5-6 ft | Medium | Evergreen | Sun/Semi-Shade |
| Southern Indian Azalea | 1,2 | 7a to 8 | Medium | Rounded | 5-8 ft | Medium | Evergreen | Semi-Shade |
| Spiraea prunifolia, 'Plena' Bridalwreath Spirea | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Fine to Medium | Rounded | 5-7 ft | Medium to Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Spiraea vanhouttei Vanhoutte Spirea | 1,2,3 | 6b to 7b | Medium | Rounded | 5-7 ft | Medium to Fast | Deciduous | Sun |
| Yucca filamentosa Adam's Needle Yucca | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Coarse | Upright | 5-6 ft | Medium | Evergreen | Sun |