Shrubs for zone 4
These 2,903 shrubs grow in USDA zone 4. Zone 4 winters reach -30 to -20°F (-34 to -29°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- The Velvet Fog smoketreeCotinus coggygria 'The Velvet Fog'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun
- Winecraft Gold smoketreeCotinus coggygria 'Winecraft Gold'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun
- Bollywood rhododendronRhododendron 'Bollywood'Zones 4 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Anny common dogwoodCornus sanguinea 'Anny'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Sunny Boulevard kalm's st. john's wortHypericum kalmianum 'Sunny Boulevard'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Bangle broomGenista lydia 'Bangle'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Black Beauty black elderberrySambucus nigra 'Black Beauty'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 15 ft
- Black Lace blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Black Lace'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Happy Face Hearts shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Happy Face Hearts'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Happy Face White shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Happy Face White'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Happy Face Yellow shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Happy Face Yellow'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Instant Karma blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Instant Karma'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Lemony Lace red elderberrySambucus racemosa 'Lemony Lace'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- Nanum American cranberrybushViburnum opulus 'Nanum'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Ron Williams alder buckthornFrangula alnus 'Ron Williams'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Tor white meadowsweetSpiraea betulifolia 'Tor'Zones 4 to 8 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- Soft Serve Gold sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Soft Serve Gold'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Soft Serve sawara cypressChamaecyparis pisifera 'Soft Serve'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Ben Sarek black currantRibes nigrum 'Ben Sarek'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 4 ft
- Golden Lights rhododendronRhododendron 'Golden Lights'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to shade · 3 to 6 ft
- Mount Saint Helens rhododendronRhododendron 'Mount Saint Helens'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Hinnonmäki Röd canyon gooseberryRibes uva-crispa 'Hinnonmäki Röd'Zones 4 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 5 ft
- Andrewsii scotch roseRosa spinosissima 'Andrewsii'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Pragensis judd viburnumViburnum 'Pragensis'Zones 4 to 10 · Sun to part shade
- lilacSyringa pubescens subsp. patulaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Flore Pleno dyer's broomGenista tinctoria 'Flore Pleno'Zones 4 to 7 · Full sun
- Paisley Pup drooping laurelLeucothoe fontanesiana 'Paisley Pup'Zones 4 to 6 · Part to full shade
- Red Zeppelin eastern sweetshrubCalycanthus floridus 'Red Zeppelin'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade
- Royal Gold dyer's broomGenista tinctoria 'Royal Gold'Zones 4 to 7 · Full sun
- Alba tatarian honeysuckleLonicera tatarica 'Alba'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 8 to 12 ft
- Asplenifolia alder buckthornFrangula alnus 'Asplenifolia'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 ft
- Black Tower blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Black Tower'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Blue Stripe common juniperJuniperus communis 'Blue Stripe'Zones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 2 ft
- Columnaris alder buckthornFrangula alnus 'Columnaris'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 15 ft
- Coronation Triumph shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Coronation Triumph'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Daydawn shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Daydawn'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Gold Tide border forsythiaForsythia 'Gold Tide'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Hahs American cranberrybushViburnum opulus 'Hahs'Zones 2 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Hallman Dwarf shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Hallman Dwarf'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Helix hybrid willowSalix purpurea 'Helix'Zones 4 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- Iona hybrid willowSalix repens 'Iona'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Kumson border forsythiaForsythia koreana 'Kumson'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 6 ft
- Lemony Lace blue elderberrySambucus nigra 'Lemony Lace'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Low Japanese quinceChaenomeles superba 'Low'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 4 ft
- Lynwood Gold border forsythiaForsythia 'Lynwood Gold'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 10 ft
- Maradco beauty bushKolkwitzia amabilis 'Maradco'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 9 ft
- Mont d'Or cinquefoilPotentilla 'Mont dOr'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Morton northern bayberryMyrica pensylvanica 'Morton'Zones 3 to 6 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Multiplex flowering almondPrunus triloba 'Multiplex'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 15 ft
- Northern Gold border forsythiaForsythia 'Northern Gold'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 8 ft
- Red Ace shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'Red Ace'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Red Dragon rock roseHelianthemum 'Red Dragon'Zones 4 to 9 · Full sun · 12"
- Roseum Japanese snowballViburnum plicatum 'Roseum'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 10 to 12 ft
- Roseum Superbum catawba rhododendronRhododendron catawbiense 'Roseum Superbum'Zones 4 to 9 · Sun to shade · 7 to 10 ft
- Simplex kerriaKerria japonica 'Simplex'Zones 4 to 9 · Part to full shade · 6 ft
- Sinensis Chinese plumPrunus glandulosa 'Sinensis'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 5 ft
- Smnsrd4 red elderberrySambucus racemosa 'Smnsrd4'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- SMPFMY shrubby cinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa 'SMPFMY'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Thunderlake cranberryVaccinium macrocarpon 'Thunderlake'Zones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 9 to 12"
- Toyo Nishiki Japanese quinceChaenomeles 'Toyo Nishiki'Zones 4 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 7 to 8 ft