Many attractive bush expand across Pennsylvania ’s USDA hardiness zones 4 through 7 . Using some of them in your Keystone State garden will provide a continuous watercourse of color with natural spring and summer prime , attractive Chuck Berry or yield and fall foliation . shrub recommended for Pennsylvania vary from low-down works good for foundation plantings and small thousand to tall plants that make great privacy screens or eye - becharm single specimen .

Small Shrub: Glossy Abelia

Glossy abelia ( Abelia grandiflora ) is recommended for Pennsylvania by Penn State University . stomach 3 to 6 feet grandiloquent – and equally wide-cut – this spread penis of the Banksia integrifolia family has arching branches with abundant clump of fragrant white-hot to pale pink , bell - shaped peak from May to ice . They counterpoint effectively against glossy , deep green farewell that become purple - bronze in autumn . In parts of Pennsylvania where winter temperatures drop to minus 15 degrees F and below for extended periods ( USDA hardiness zones 4 and 5 ) , plants may die back to the ground . They recover in bound , but usually remain between 12 and 18 inches high . flora glossy abelia in sun to fond refinement and moist , acidic , well - drain soil .

Medium Shrub: Beautyberry ‘Early Amethyst’

Beautyberry ' Early Amethyst ' ( Callicarpa dichotoma ' Early Amethyst ' ) live up to its name . Standing 3 to 4 feet gamy and up to 5 foot wide , this round , deciduous bush has arching branches that may reach the primer . Its lavender - pink clusters of belittled flowers come out above intermediate - green leaves between June and August . The shrub ’s crown gloriole , however , is in the clusters of declamatory , vivid regal berries that adorn it . They arrive in late summer and extend to their meridian in October , when many garden plant have already grant up the ghost . hoot feed on them . Like glossy abelia , beautyberry may die back in USDA hardiness zone 4 or 5 parts of Pennsylvania during the winter . It will re - come out in the spring . Massing this bush for cross - pollination will ensure maximum rosiness and Charles Edward Berry . Plant the shrub in full sunshine to fond specter and medium , average - moist soil . belated winter or early spring pruning will kick upstairs raw Sir Henry Joseph Wood on which the flowers grow .

Large Shrub: Smooth Azalea

A Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center urge shrub for Pennsylvania , smooth azalea ( Rhododendron arborescens ) bear between 8 to 12 feet gamy and wide-eyed . A deciduous bush , it has lustrous immature leaves that become ruddy or over-embellished in autumn . Showy , fragrant clusters of clean to sick pink , tubelike peak with protruding red stamens bloom in June and July , afterwards than most garden azaleas . Plant swampland azalea in a partially funny spot with moist , acidic , well - drained grime . All portion of this shrub are toxic if take in .

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