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Aronia arbutifolia
RED CHOKEBERRY
‘Brilliantissima’
Deciduous shrub noted for its attractive glossy
red berries and red fall foliage color.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, adaptable
Zone(s): 4-9 |
Aronia melanocarpa
BLACK CHOKEBERRY
‘Autumn Magic’
A more compact shrub that is very adaptable.
Ideal plant for wetlands. Displays brilliant red
and purple foliage in the fall along with its
purple-black fruit.
Height: 3’-5’ Spread: 3’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:Adaptable
Zone(s): 4-9 |
Azalea arborescens
Azalea Bloom-a-thon Hybrids
‘Bloom-a-thon White’
White flowers with several smaller ruffled
petals in the center.
Height: 3’-5’ Spread: 3’-4’
SWEET AZALEA
A deciduous upright shrub with fragrant
white to light pink flowers in late spring
early summer. Red fall color.
Azalea Bloom-a-thon Hybrids
BLOOM-A-THON AZALEAS
The ‘Bloom-a-thon’ series of Azaleas are
known for their reblooming flowers and
rounded habit. They have two sets of
blooms in one growing season, first
bloom in spring then again in mid
summer and through frost.
Height: 8’-20’ Spread: 8’-20’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 | N |
‘Bloom-a-thon Lavender’
Azalea calendulaceum
FLAME AZALEA
A deciduous upright shrub with orange/
salmon, red, and yellow flowers, blooms in
late spring. late spring. Yellow and red fall
color.
Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic
Zone(s): 6 |
‘Bloom-a-thon Lavender’
Single vivid lavender flowers.
Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 3’-4’
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6‘-10’
Growth:Slow
Well-drained, moist
Soil:
Zone(s): 4 | N |
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‘Autumn Twist
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth: Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic
Zone(s): 6 |
Azalea Girard Hybrids
GIRARD AZALEAS
Slightly shiny dark green evergreen
foliage that is probably the most
attractive of all the evergreen Azaleas.
‘Girard Fuchsia’
‘Girard Fuchsia’
Wavy, ruffled, reddish purple flowers.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Autumn Twist’
White flowers with splashy hot pink stripes.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
‘Sunset Encore’
Bright orange-red flowers.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Azalea Gable Hybrids
GABLE AZALEAS
‘Blaauw’s Pink’
Evergreen shrub with small deep green
leaves and a broad rounded habit.
Shrimp-pink, double flowers bloom
in mid spring.
Height: 2’-4’
Spread: 2’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Karen’
Habit is rounded with evergreen leaves.
Mid spring flowers are lavender.
Spread: 3’-4’
Height: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Blaauw’s Pink’
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Girard Crimson’
Large crimson flowers.
Height: 2’-4’
Spread: 2’-4’
‘Autumn Amethyst’
Vivid light purple flowers.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
‘Sangria Encore’
Dark pink flowers.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
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Azalea Encore Hybrids
ENCORE AZALEAS
The ‘Encore’ hybrids are a reblooming
series of evergreen Azaleas that bloom in
spring, grow new shoots and set buds that
bloom again in summer and last through the
fall. They are evergreen with leaves turning
reddish-purple in winter.
‘Girard Hot Shot’
‘Girard Hot Shot’
Fiery scarlet or deep orange-red flower with
leaves turning a bright orangey red fall color.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-4’
‘Girard Pleasant White’
Large white flowers with a cream center.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
‘Girard Renee Michelle’
A low growing spreading habit with
hot pink-purple flowers.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-5’
‘Girard Rose’
Deep rose colored flowers with green
leaves taking on reddish hues in winter.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
Azalea Glenn Dale Hybrids
GLENN DALE AZALEAS
This series of evergreen Azaleas were bred
for cold hardiness and large flower size.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained, moist, acidic
Soil: Zone(s): 6 |
‘Delaware Valley White’
Moderate green leaves and white flowers.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
‘Rosebud’
Compact rounded habit with evergreen leaves.
Silvery-pink flowers bloom in mid spring.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Stewartstonian’
Single flowers are bright brick-red with
green foliage turning red in fall.
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Azalea Knap Hill Hybrids
KNAP HILL AZALEAS
‘Gibraltar’
Deciduous upright grower. In May
flowers bloom a deep vivid orange
color with a ruffled texture.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
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Azalea Kurume Hybrids
Azalea Robin Hill Hybrids
KURUME AZALEAS
The ‘Kurume’ Azaleas are a hybrid of A. obtusum
and A. kiusianum. These are naturally occurring
crosses native to the island of Kyushu, a southern
island of Japan.
ROBIN HILL AZALEAS
Robert Gartrell hybridized these Azaleas
working with the flowering characteristics
of the Japanese Satsuki developing them
to be hardier and more dependable. They
have low growing habits and large flowers.
Height: 4’-6’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic
Zone(s): 6 |
Height: 4’-6’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 6 |
‘Hino-Crimson’
Bright crimson flowers cover the
entire plant in spring.
Spread: 3’-4’
Height: 3’
‘Conversation Piece’
Pink flowers with splotches of white, red,
and pink. Form is compact and low-growing.
Spread: 3’
Height: 2’
‘Mother’s Day’
A wide growing habit with large red flowers.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 3’-4’
‘Hino-Crimson’
‘Tradition’
Light pink flowers.
Height: 2’-4’ Spread: 3’-5’
‘Nancy of Robin Hill’
Azalea Northern Lights Hybrids
Azalea Satsuki Hybrids
NORTHERN LIGHTS AZALEA
The ‘Northern Lights’ are a series of deciduous
azaleas that are the result of a cross between
R. x kosteranum and R. prinophyllum. The flowers
appear in May before the leaves emerge and they
have a compact growth habit.
SATSUKI AZALEAS
The Satsuki Azaleas are native to Japan
and have been bred for their dwarf,
spreading habit, and larger flowers
that bloom later in the season.
Height: 1’-3’ Spread: 1’-3’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 6 |
Height: 2’-4’ Spread: 2’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Gumpo Pink’
Compact habit with ruffled pink flowers.
Height: 1’-2’ Spread: 1’-2’
‘Golden Lights’
Golden yellow flowers.
Height: 3’-6’ Spread: 3’-6’
‘Gumpo White’
Compact habit with white ruffled flowers.
Height: 1’-2’ Spread: 1’-2’
‘Lemon Lights’
Lemon yellow flowers.
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 4’-5’
‘Golden Lights’
‘Nancy of Robin Hill’
Low growing habit with beautiful
light pink double or semi double flowers.
Height: 1’-2’ Spread: 2’-3’
‘Rosy Lights’
Dark pink, rose red flowers.
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 5’-6’
‘Gumpo White’
‘Kaempo’
Dwarf form with hot pink flowers blooms
in late spring.
Height: 1’-2’ Spread: 2’-3’
‘White Lights’
White flowers with a yellow center.
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 4’-5’
Azalea Rebloom Hybrids
‘Red Magnificence’
Azalea yedoense var. poukhanense
REBLOOM AZALEAS
The ‘Rebloom’ series of evergreen Azaleas
were bred for their large double, sometimes triple,
flowers. They first bloom in spring and a second
set of flowers bloom in mid summer and last until
frost. Compact growth habit.
KOREAN AZALEA
‘Compacta’
Single blooms in early spring vary in
color from rosy purple to light lavender.
Evergreen leaves are moderate green in
summer and turn orange to purple in fall.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic
Zone(s): 6 |
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 3’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Red Magnificence’
Double red flowers.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 3’-4’
‘White Nobility’
Large, single white flowers.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 3’-4’
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ROSES
Buddleia davidii
Azalea viscosum
BUTTERFLY BUSH
‘Black Knight’
Upright or slightly nodding fragrant panicles
of very dark purple flowers bloom from June
through September. Multiple canes have
an upright arching habit.
SWAMP AZALEA
Small clusters of pink to white summer
blooms have honeysuckle-like fragrance.
This deciduous shrub has a vase-like habit
and small green leaves.
Height: 4’-10’ Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil: Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 | N |
‘Black Knight’
‘Blue Chip’
A dwarf cultivar with bluish-purple flowers
forming four to ten inch long panicles that
bloom from June through September.
Azalea viscosum hybrids
WESTON’S AZALEA
Summer flowering deciduous shrub
with highly fragrant flowers.
Height:
Growth: Soil: Zone(s): Lemon Drop
6’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
Slow to moderate
Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic
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Height: 1’-2’ Spread: 1’-2’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, adaptable
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Blue Chip’
Weston’s Innocence
Heavy flowering, strongly scented
shrub with small white flowers.
Height: 3’-6’ Spread: 3’-6’
Parade
‘Nanho Blue’
Lavender-blue flowers form pointed pyramidal
panicles atop silvery blue foliage.
Height: 3’-5’ Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, adaptable
Zone(s): 5 |
Weston’s Lemon Drop
Peach buds open to pale yellow flowers.
Height: 6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Weston’s Parade
Dark pink flowers with orange flare.
Height: 6’
Spread: 3’-5’
Height: 6’-8’ Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, adaptable
Zone(s):5 |
‘Nanho Blue’
‘Pink Delight ’
Long silvery green leaves provide a nice
backdrop for the pointed panicles of
fragrant true pink flowers.
Height: 5’-7’ Spread: 5’-7’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, adaptable
Zone(s): 5 |
Weston’s Pink and Sweet
Pink flowers with a yellow eye.
Height: 6’
Spread: 3’-5’
‘Royal Red’
Panicles of six to twelve inch long purple-red
flowers bloom from June through September.
Leaves are grayish-green.
Weston’s Sparkler
Ruffled dark pink flowers.
Height: 6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Pink Delight ’
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, adaptable
Zone(s): 5 |
Buddleia x weyeriana ‘Honeycomb’
Creamy yellow flowers form slightly rounded
panicles blooming from mid summer to fall.
Foliage is a silvery green on upright arching
canes.
Height: 5’-12’ Spread: 4’-8’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, adaptable
Zone(s):5 |
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Buxus sempervirens
Buxus microphylla var. koreana
COMMON BOXWOOD
Flat, green color with bluish undertones on
the leaves forms a broad rounded outline.
LITTLELEAF BOXWOOD
‘Tide Hill’
This cultivar is a dwarf form spreading wider
than tall with very small rounded green leaves.
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 15’-20’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 6 |
Height: 12”-15” Spread: 4‘-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 6 |
Buxus sempervirens
‘Winter Gem’
Slightly cupped waxy green leaves form
a slightly loose rounded habit.
Height: 10’
Spread: 2’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: 3’-4’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Fastigiata’
Upright form that matures to
a loosely branched conical shape.
Buxus microphylla var. koreana
x B. sempervirens
‘Dee Runk’
LITTLELEAF BOXWOOD
‘Green Gem’
Maintains a tight, dense globe shape without
pruning. Small leaves are a flat dark green.
‘Green Gem’
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 6 |
‘Graham Blandy’
Neat tightly upright form with flat
dark green leaves.
Height: 2’
Spread: 2’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: 7’-9’ Spread: 15”-18”
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Green Mountain’
The leaves are small dark green on this upright
grower. Matures to a rounded pyramid.
’Vardar Valley’
Spread: 3’
Height: 5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Green Velvet’
‘Dee Runk’
Upright, wider at base than on top.
Deep blue-green leaves.
‘Green Mound’
Distinctly rounded mounding form.
Small leaves are dark green.
Height: 3’
Spread: 3’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Buxus sempervirens
‘Green Velvet’
Has small dark green leaves and a full
rounded habit.
‘Suffruticosa’
Slow grower with an extremely dense
habit and rounded dark green leaves.
Height: 3’-4’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Well-drained, moist
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Newport Blue’
Densely round habit with bluish-green leaves.
‘Baby Gem’
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BOXWOOD
‘Baby Gem’
Compact mounding habit.
Height: 3’-4’ Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: Growth: Soil: Zone(s): ’Vardar Valley’
Deep blue-green foliage forms
a flat-topped mound.
4’ Spread: 4’-5’
Slow
Well-drained, moist
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Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Franklin Gem’
Bright green leaves. Broad rounded habit.
Height: 2’ Spread: 3’
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SIBERIAN PEASHRUB
‘Pendula’
An interesting large shrub or small tree with
a vigorously upright, weeping habit. Attractive
yellow flowers in spring. Round, pinnately
compound foliage.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: 12’-15’ Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Adaptable, drought tolerant
Zone(s): 2-7 |
‘Wintergreen’
A broad, mounded shrub grows wider than
tall. Foliage is less likely to turn bronze in
the winter.
‘Walker’
This open deciduous dwarf tree with a rounded
form and gracefully weeping branches also
bears attractive yellow flowers in spring and
fern-like foliage.
Height: 2’-4’ Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Walker’
Callicarpa dichotoma
PURPLE BEAUTYBERRY
‘Early Amethyst’
Lavender flowers bloom in early summer on
its thin arching stems. In late summer clusters
of brilliant tiny purple berries develop. Small
pointed leaves are a deep blue-green.
Caryopteris x clandonensis
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Fast
Soil: Well-drained
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Issai’
Light pinks blossoms in the spring
followed by green berries turning
bright purple in late summer.
3’-5’ Spread: 3’- 5’
Moderate
Well-drained
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Calluna vulgaris
SCOTCH HEATHER
Low growing, mounding, perennial shrub with
small scale-like foliage. In winter foliage will
often develop a bronze, yellow, reddish, or
silvery tone depending on the cultivar. Flowers
bloom from late summer to early autumn in
colors ranging from rosy pink, purple, red,
and white.
Height:
Growth: Soil: Zone(s): 12”-24” Spread: 12”-24”
Slow
Well-drained, moist, sandy, acidic
4-6 |
Height: 5’-8’ Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 2-7 |
BLUEBEARD
‘Blue Mist’
Powder-blue flowers bloom in late summer
on soft green foliage. Habit is mounding.
Height: 3’-4’ Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
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Caragana
Buxus sinica var. insularis
KOREAN BOXWOOD
‘Justin Brouwers’
A very slow-growing dwarf form that grows
wider than tall with tiny vivid green leaves.
‘Dark Knight’
Green leaves with silvery undersides
contrast well with deep violet flowers
from late summer to early fall.
‘Blue Mist’
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 5 |
Ceanothus americanus
NEW JERSEY TEA
Clusters of white flowers bloom in midsummer
on the fine branches of this deciduous
multi-stemmed shrub. Leaves are deep
green with a somewhat rough texture.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Slow
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 4 |
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Calycanthus floridus
COMMON SWEETSHRUB
In May and sporadically throughout June
and July, fruity scented flowers bloom
a deep maroon. Habit of this deciduous
shrub is dense and bushy.
Height:
Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s): 6’-9’ Spread: 6’-12’
Slow to moderate
Well-drained, moist
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BUTTONBUSH
This is a thick twiggy multi-stemmed deciduous
shrub with perfect one inch white globe-shaped
flowers that bloom in summer for about
four weeks.
Height: 3’-8’ Spread: 3’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Very wet to moist
Zone(s): 4 |
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Cephalotaxus harringtonia
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
JAPANESE PLUM YEW
‘Duke Gardens’
Thick dark green needles spiral outward from
the stems. Outline is a rounded vase shape.
‘Fastigiata’
LAWSON FALSECYPRESS
‘Yvonne’
Ascending branches with flattened
feather-shaped sprays of yellow-tipped
green foliage form a columnar outline.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 6’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 6 |
‘Fastigiata’
Forms a rounded columnar shape. Thick deep
green needles look like a bottlebrush and create
an interesting evergreen texture for shady spots.
Height: 9’-10’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Prostrata’
‘Prostrata’
This low growing evergreen shrub has thick green
needles that grow in a line from only one side of
each stem creating a feathery appearance.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Chaenomeles speciosa
COMMON FLOWERING QUINCE
‘Cameo’
Fully double, peach-apricot flowers bloom in May.
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Height: 5’-8’
Spread: 5’-10’
Growth:Slow
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Crippsii’
Rich golden yellow fronds of foliage are a
deep emerald green within. Broad pyramidal
outline has an overall feathery appearance.
‘Jet Trails’
White flowers in early spring
followed by yellow fruit.
Height: 12’-15’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Spread: 5’-10’
Height: 5’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained
Soil: Zone(s): 4 |
Chamaecyparis obtusa
HINOKI FALSECYPRESS
‘Aurea’
The tips of these green flat fans of foliage
are bright yellow. The habit is conical with
loose branches arching at the very narrow
top of the plant.
‘Scarlet Storm’
Double scarlet red flowers bloom in early spring.
Fruitless. Thornless.
‘Jet Trails’
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: 25’-30’ Spread: 15’-20’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Texas Scarlet’
Profuse red flowers resembling apple blossoms
bloom in April on a compact spreading habit.
‘Compacta’
Dense green foliage forms a broad
pyramid of beautiful sculptural texture.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 20’
Spread: 15’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Toyo Nishiki’
White pink and red flowers bloom in early spring.
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Growth:Slow
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Compacta’
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A densely branched, upright shrub with
fragrant vertical panicles of white flowers.
Yellow fall color.
HINOKI FALSECYPRESS
‘Elmwood Gold’
A flat-topped rounded shrub. Feathery
golden-yellow foliage is green in the
shaded interior branches.
‘Elmwood Gold’
Height: 6’-8’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Clethra alnifolia
‘Ruby Spice’
Rich rosy pink flowers.
Height: 4’-8’ Spread: 4’-6’
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 10’-15’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, loamy
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Golden Mop’
Compact, semi-weeping form with
stringy yellow foliage.
‘Ruby Spice’
‘Graciosa’
Small upright tree with moderate
green lacy foliage.
Comptonia peregrina
Height: 6’-8’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
SWEET FERN
A colonizing deciduous shrub with fern-like leaves
that are fragrant when crushed. Insignificant
yellow-green flowers turn into brownish nutlets.
‘Kosteri’
Semi-dwarf, irregular wide pyramid shape
with twisting olive green cupped foliage.
Height: 2’-4’ Spread: 4’-8’
Growth:Slow
Moderately dry, sandy, acidic
Soil:
Zone(s): 2 | NE |
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
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Zone(s): 5 |
Cornus alba
TARTARIAN DOGWOOD
‘Elegantissima’
Deciduous shrub with green and white
variegated leaves, white berries, gold and
rosy red fall color, with red winter stems.
‘Nana Gracilis’
Extremely slow growing broad conical
dwarf shrub with dense dark green fine
textured fronds of foliage.
Height:
Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s): 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Very slow
Well-drained, moist
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‘Elegantissima’
‘Wells Special’
Narrow upright form with layered
moderate green twisted fans of foliage.
‘Kosteri’
‘September Beauty’
White flowers appear in early fall. Branching
habit and flowers are more upright than the
species and other cultivars.
Height: 4’-6’ Spread: 3’-4’
‘Sixteen Candles’
White flowers are upright, erect,
and ‘candle-like’.
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 2’-3’
Height: 4’-6’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, loamy
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Golden Mop’
Height: 4’-8’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Wet to well-drained, acidic
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
‘Hummingbird’
A compact spreading habit.
Height: 2’-4’ Spread: 3’-5’
‘Filifera Aurea’
Forms a broad conical mounding shape
with bright yellow stringy foliage.
‘Filifera Aurea’
SHRUBS
Clethra alnifolia
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
Soil:Moist
Growth:Moderate
Zone(s): 2 |
‘Ivory Halo’
Deciduous shrub with green and white
variegated leaves. Compact rounded form.
Red winter stems.
Height: 20’-30’ Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Soil:Moist
Growth:Moderate
Zone(s): 3 |
‘Siberica’
Multi stemmed deciduous shrub with
redish-purple fall color and red stems.
‘Nana Gracilis’
‘Ivory Halo’
Height: 4’-7’
Spread: 3’-5’
Soil:Moist
Growth:Moderate
Zone(s): 3 |
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Cornus amomum
SILKY DOGWOOD
Young greenish to reddish-purple branches
form a multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded
top. Bright blue berries form in late summer.
‘Cardinal’
Stems are a bit brighter red-orange than other
cultivars. White berries provide an important
source of food for many species of birds.
Creamy-white flowers appear in late spring.
Height: 3’-10’ Spread: 3’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
Height: 6’-9’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 2 | NE |
‘Kelseyi’
A neat mounding compact form with
yellow-red stems. Flowers bloom in
showy creamy-white clusters in late
May and early June.
Cornus racemosa
GRAY DOGWOOD
A heavily suckering shrub produce creamy
white flowers in spring after the gray-green
leaves emerge. In late summer white berries
develop and contrast nicely with the red
pedicels which remain.
‘Kelseyi’
Height: 3’-8’
Spread: 3’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Moist to moderately dry
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 | NE |
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 3 | NE |
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Buds Yellow’
REDOSIER DOGWOOD
‘Arctic Fire’
A compact form with dark red stems. In late
spring flowers emerge a creamy white and
produce whitish-blue berries in late summer.
Fall color is a reddish purple.
Spread: 3’-4’
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Multi stemmed deciduous shrub with
a rounded form. Dark green summer foliage
turning to red in the fall. Blood red stems in
the winter.
Height: 4’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 2 |
‘Baileyi’
Red stems in wintertime offer off-season color
on this multi-stemmed shrub. Creamy white
flowers in spring change to white berries as
the green leaves are changing.
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‘Flaviramea’
Medium sized deciduous shrub forming
thickets of greenish-yellow stems brightest
in winter. Red-orange fall color.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 7’-9’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 2 |
Cornus sericea
‘Baileyi’
Spread: 2’-3’
YELLOW TWIG DOGWOOD
‘Bud’s Yellow’
Multi stemmed deciduous shrub with
rounded form. Creamy white flowers
in spring, white berries in summer
and yellow stems in winter.
RED TWIG DOGWOOD
‘Winter Flame’
Multi stemmed deciduous shrub with stems
that are yellow at the base to orange and
red at the tips. Yellow and orange fall color.
Height: 6’-9’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 2 | NE |
Height: 2’-3’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 2 | NE |
Cornus sericea
Cornus sanguinea
Height: 3’-4’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 3 | NE |
Spread: 10’-12’
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Shade
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‘Contorta’
SHRUBS
Corylus avellana
Cotoneaster adpressus
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 4-9 |
Height: 1’-2’
Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
HARRY LAUDERS WALKING STICK
‘Contorta’
Multi-stemmed shrub with twisted and spiraling
branches that provide winter interest. Monoecious
plant with male flowers appear in spring in showy,
long, yellowish brown catkins.
CREEPING COTONEASTER
‘Tom Thumb’
This deciduous shrub forms a dense, closely
branched mound of glossy-green leaves.
Tiny light pink flowers turn to small bright
red berries.
‘Red Majestic’
Has brilliant burgundy catkins and dark green
with burgundy tinge foliage.
Height: 7’-10’ Spread: 7’-10’
Cotoneaster apiculatus
CRANBERRY COTONEASTER
A low growing mounding shrub. Small, glossy
green leaves turn burgundy in fall. Tiny pink
flowers become bright red shiny berries.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Red Majestic’
Corylopsis spicata
SPIKE WINTERHAZEL
In late winter this shrub blooms with one
to two inch long, pale yellow flowers that
hang down well before the blue-green
leaves emerge. Fall color is rich yellow.
Height:
Growth:
Soil: Zone(s):
Cotoneaster dammeri
BEARBERRY COTONEASTER
‘Coral Beauty’
Coral berries contrast nicely with lustrous
green leaves on this deciduous low
growing shrub.
4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Slow to moderate
Well-drained, moist, acidic
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Height: 1’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Cotinus coggygria
SMOKE BUSH
‘Grace’
Iridescent spring foliage is green overlaid
with red. Large, pink, clouds of blooms, flowers
in the summer. Brilliant red-orange fall foliage.
‘Grace’
’Golden Spirit’
An upright deciduous open spreading shrub
with bright golden foliage that turns shades
of amber, scarlet, and green in the fall.
Height: 8’-15’ Spread: 8’-15’
‘Royal Purple’
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 10’-15’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 5 |
ROCKSPRAY COTONEASTER
Low flat dense shrub with horizontally
spreading layered branches. Shiny leaves
change to a reddish purple in fall. Tiny pink
flowers become bright red shiny berries
Cotoneaster horizontalis
‘Old Fashioned’
Foliage starting out as grey-purple
turning to blue-grey at maturity.
Bright yellow-green flowers in spring.
Spread: 5’
Height: 6’
‘Royal Purple’
Leaves emerge a rich maroon red and mature
to dark reddish purple. Billowy hairs on the
tiny flowers turn a smoky pink or purple in
late spring. Compact habit.
Height: 8’-15’ Spread: 8’-15’
Spread: 5’-8’
Height: 2’-3’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Perpusillus’
Very low growing deciduous shrub with
glossy-green leaves that turn reddish purple
in fall. Mid spring flowers are light pink, which
become shiny red berries.
Height: 1’-3’
Spread: 5’-8’
‘Perpusillus’
‘Old Fashioned’
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Cotoneaster salicifolius
Enkianthus campanulatus
WILLOWLEAF COTONEASTER
‘Scarlet Leader’
This cultivar has a ground hugging habit
with shiny dark green leaves offset by small
white flowers in spring followed by bright
red berries that often persist into winter.
REDVEIN ENKIANTHUS
Clusters of dainty bell-shaped flowers are
creamy yellow with red veins. Has a narrow
upright branching habit. Dull green-blue
leaves in summer turn to vivid shades of
red, yellow, orange in fall.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Moist, acidic
Soil:
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Moist, well-drained
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Showy Lantern’
This cultivar has pink flowers that are larger
than the species and dark green leaves that
turn to brilliant red in fall.
Height: 6’-12’ Spread: 3’-6’
Cytisus scoparius
SCOTCH BROOM
‘Burkwoodii’
Thick green stems form a bushy
habit with garnet red flowers in
spring. Tends to self sow.
Erica carnea
SPRING HEATH
‘Mediterranean Pink’
Low and spreading mound of fine upright
stems bear tiny pointed leaves and rows
of delicate pink bud-shaped flowers.
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-10’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Adaptable, dry, sandy
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Moonlight ’
Creamy white flowers.
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Adaptable, dry, sandy
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: 6”-10” Spread: 16”-20”
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Moist, acidic, high organic matter
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Mediterranean White’
White flowering.
Height: 6”-10” Spread: 16”-20”
Daphne x burkwoodii
BURKWOOD DAPHNE
‘Carol Mackie’
Narrow light green and cream colored
variegated leaves on fleshy stems form
a clean mounding habit. Pink tinged flowers
have a very strong sweet fragrance.
Euonymus fortunei
WINTERCREEPER EUONYMUS
‘Emerald Gaiety’
Variegated, shrubby form with a spreading
habit, featuring rounded glossy green leaves
with irregular creamy white margins. Pink
tones close to winter.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Slow
Well-drained, moist
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Emerald N Gold’
Deutzia gracilis
‘Emerald N Gold’
Dense, shrubby form with a spreading habit
featuring rounded glossy green leaves with
yellow margins. Pink tones close to winter.
Spread: 4’-5’
Height: 2’-3’
Height:
Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s): ‘Ivory Jade’
Low-spreading habit with large rich green
foliage featuring ivory margins that will
develop pink colors in the winter.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 4’-6’
SLENDER DEUTZIA
Slender ascending stems form a low
mound. Lightly fragrant upright panicles
of pure white flowers bloom in May.
‘Nikko’
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Fast
Soil: Well-drained
Zone(s): 5-8 |
2’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Slow to moderate
Well-drained, rich, moist
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‘Nikko’
Dwarf dense shrub that forms a graceful
mound featuring tiny white flowers in early
spring and deep red foliage in the fall.
Height: 1’-2’
Spread: 2’-5’
‘Moonshadow’
‘Yuki Snowflake’
White spring flowers.
Extra heavy blooming variety.
Height: 1’-2’
Spread: 1’-3’
‘Moonshadow’
Evergreen shrub with low-spreading, dense
habit, featuring foliage that has a yellow
center framed by glossy green.
Spread: 3’-5’
Height: 1’-2’
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SHRUBS
Forsythia x intermedia
FORSYTHIA
‘Arnold Dwarf’
A compact form with a mixture of upright
arching and prostrate branches. Brilliant yellow
flowers in spring. Leaves are
green in summer, yellow-green in fall.
‘Lynwood Gold’
‘Gold Tide’
A graceful, arching , compact form.
Spread: 4’-5’
Height: 1’-2’
Euonymus japonicus
‘Aureomarginatus’
Dense, bushy, evergreen shrub with glossy green
foliage and bold yellow margins. Maintains a more
upright habit making it ideal for hedges.
‘Lynwood Gold’
Upright arching habit.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 10’-12’
Height:
6’-8’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Fast
Soil: Well-drained
Zone(s): 6-9 |
‘New Hampshire Gold’
Nice purple fall color with a mounding habit
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
Euonymus japonicus
Fothergilla gardenii
JAPANESE EUONYMUS
‘Chollipo’
Bushy, upright, evergreen shrub with
rounded rich green leaves broadly
margined with cream.
DWARF FOTHERGILLA
Flowers resemble small delicate white
bottlebrushes in early spring. Blue-green
leaves develop exceptional orange, red,
and yellow fall color.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil: Well-drained
Zone(s): 6-9 |
‘Greenspire’
Dense evergreen shrub with a fastigiate
growth habit and intense dark green
foliage. Tolerant of salt and heavy shade.
‘Chollipo’
Height: 6’-12’ Spread: 3’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained
Zone(s): 6-9 |
‘Silver King’
Evergreen shrub with an upright habit and
an umbrella shaped top, green foliage with
silvery white margins.
‘Silver King’
Spread: 6’-7’
Height: 2’-3’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Adaptable
Zone(s):4 |
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, acidic
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Blue Shadow’
‘Blue Shadow’
Leaves are shades of
blue-green to powdery blue.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Suzanne’
An evenly branched compact grower.
Height: 30”
Spread: 2’-3’
Fothergilla major
Spread: 3’-4’
Height: 4’-6’
Growth:Fast
Well-drained
Soil: Zone(s): 6-9 |
LARGE FOTHERGILLA
‘Mount Airy’
Larger and more upright habit than Dwarf
Fothergilla. Flowers resemble small delicate
white bottlebrushes in early spring. Blue-green
leaves develop exceptional orange, red,
and yellow fall color.
Euonymus kiautschovicus
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Well-drained, acidic
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 |
SPREADING EUONYMUS
‘Manhattan’
Evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub
featuring large glossy green leaves and
greenish white flowers. Tolerates shearing,
so it is commonly planted as a hedge,
screen, or topiary.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 10’-12’
Growth:Fast
Soil: Well-drained, adaptable
Zone(s): 5-9 |
Gaultheria procumbens
CREEPING WINTERGREEN
A creeping evergreen shrub with light pink
flowers that turn into red edible berries which
persist through winter. Foliage turns purple
in winter.
Height: 6”-12” Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Consistently moist
Zone(s): 3 |
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Hibiscus syriacus
Hamamelis intermedia
ROSE OF SHARON
Erect upright branches on a multi-stemmed or
single trunk shrub. Large three inch diameter
flowers have ruffled petals and a showy
yellow column of stamens in the center.
WITCHHAZEL
‘Arnold Promise’
Ribbon-like yellow flowers bloom in early
spring. Leaves are green in summer and
often have a fiery rainbow of red, orange,
yellow on each leaf in fall.
‘Arnold Promise’
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 15’-20’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Aphrodite’
‘Aphrodite’
Single clear pink flower with maroon
eye. Sterile.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 4’-8’
‘Diane’
Has copper red flowers.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 10’-15’
‘Ardens’
Double rose-purple flower.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 4’-8’
‘Jelena’
Rich coppery orange flowers add blazing
color to the winter landscape.
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 6’-10’
‘Jelena’
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained, moist, adaptable
Soil:
Zone(s): 3 |
‘Westerstede’
A winter blooming deciduous shrub
with mildly fragrant yellow flowers.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 8’-12’
‘Diana’
‘Ardens Blue’
Double blue-purple flower.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 4’-8’
‘Blue Satin’
Large single purple-blue flower.
Height: 5’-8’
Spread: 5’-6’
‘Blushing Bride’
Double dark pink in center fading to white.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
Hamamelis mollis
WITCHHAZEL
‘Pallida’
A winter blooming deciduous shrub with
mildly fragrant sulfur yellow flowers.
‘Collie Mullens’
Double purple-lavender flower.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 4’-8’
‘Jeanne D’Arc’
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 10’-15’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained, moist
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Diana’
Large pure white flower.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
‘Jeanne D’Arc’
Double white flower.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 6’-10’
‘Lady Stanley’
Double pink flower.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 4’-8’
Hamamelis vernalis
‘Lady Stanley’
VERNAL WITCHHAZEL
In late winter spidery flowers bloom with
red centers and thin yellow to orange
petals. Leaves are yellow in the fall.
Habit is multi-stemmed, dense.
‘Lil Kim’
A compact form with white flowers
and a red eye.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 8’-12’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
‘Lucy’
Double red flower.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Minerva’
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‘Minerva’
Lavender pink flower with a dark red eye.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 5’-8’
COMMON WITCHHAZEL
Vase shaped multi-stemmed shrub that
flowers in the fall just as the leaves
begin to turn a rich yellow. Fragrant
flowers bloom golden-yellow with
long thin petals.
‘Pulcherimus’
Double pink flower.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 6’-10’
Height: 20’-30’ Spread: 15’-20’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Moist to moderately dry
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
‘White Chiffon’
Single white flower with a ruffled center.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
‘Red Heart’
Single white flower with a maroon center.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
‘WR Smith’
Single white flower.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 6’-10’
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Single lavender flower with ruffled
center and a red eye.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 4’-6’
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’Annabelle’
Height: 2’-4’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Spread: 3’-10’
‘Cityline Paris’
‘Incrediball’
Blooms measure one foot across.
New flowers open lime-green and change
to white June through September.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Invincibelle Spirit’
Large pink mophead flowers bloom
hot pink then fade to rich rose pink.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-5’
‘Nantucket Blue’
‘Endless Summer’
Mophead, blue or pink flowers, repeat
bloomer that blooms on old and new wood.
Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 3’-5’
‘Nikko Blue’
Hydrangea macrophylla
‘Big Daddy’
BIGLEAF HYDRANGEA
Globose flower clusters forming a ‘mophead’.
A circle of flat petals surround the smaller circle
of fertile flowers form a ‘lacecap’. They can vary
in color between pink, in more alkaline soil, or
blue, in more acidic soil. Flowers bloom July
though August. Erect, usually unbranched stems
form a rounded mounding shape. Green leaves
are succulent and waxy.
‘Bloomstruck’
‘Ayesha’
Mophead, pink or blue flowers, blooms
on old wood.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Big Daddy’
Mophead, pink or blue flowers, blooms
on old wood.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Blue Wave’
‘Glowing Embers’
Mophead, rich deep pink flowers,
blooms on old wood.
Height: 4’
Spread: 4’
‘Lanarth White’
Lacecap, white petals surround light pink
center, blooms on old wood.
Height: 3’
Spread: 3’
‘Pia’
‘Light O’Day’
‘Nikko Blue’
Lacecap, blue or pink flowers, green
and white variegated leaves.
Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 3’-5’
‘Nantucket Blue’
Mophead, blue or pink flowers, repeat
bloomer that blooms on old and new wood.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Height: 3’-6’
Spread: 3’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5-6 |
‘All Summer Beauty’
Mophead, pink or blue flowers, blooms
on old wood.
Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 3’-5’
‘Cityline Venice’
Mophead, compact form, flowers change from
light green with hot pink edges to a solid hot
pink or blue, blooms on old wood.
Height: 1’-3’
Spread: 1’-3’
‘Cityline Vienna’
Mophead, compact form, flowers change from
light green with clear pink edges to a solid
clear pink or blue, blooms on old wood.
Height: 1’-3’
Spread: 1’-3’
‘White Dome’
A dome-shaped mound of fertile beige flowers
surrounded by white sterile flower petals.
Blooms July through September.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Invincibelle Spirit’
‘Cityline Berlin’
Mophead, compact form, flowers change
from light green with vivid pink edges to
solid pink or blue, blooms on old and
new wood.
Height: 1’-3’
Spread: 1’-3’
‘Cityline Paris’
Mophead, compact form, flowers change
from light green with dark pink edges to
a solid dark pink or blue, blooms on old wood.
Height: 1’-3’
Spread: 1’-3’
‘Bella Anna’
Very similar to ‘Annabelle’ but with
pink flowers
Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 3’-5’.
‘Incrediball’
SHRUBS
‘Blushing Bride’
Mophead, white blushed with pink, blooms
on old wood.
Height: 3’-6’
Spread: 3’-6’
Hydrangea arborescens
SMOOTH HYDRANGEA
’Annabelle’
New flowers emerge an apple green, turn
creamy-white and finish a dusky pink in early
to mid summer. Green leaves turn yellow in fall.
‘Nikko Blue’
Mophead, blue or pink flowers,
blooms on old wood.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Twist ‘n Shout’
‘Pia’
Mophead, deep pink or blue flowers,
blooms on old wood.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
‘Twist ‘n Shout’
Lacecap, blue or pink flowers, repeat bloomer
that blooms on old and new wood.
Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 3’-5’
‘Bloomstruck’
A rebloomer from the Endless Summer
series with dark pink to violet-purple flowers.
Height: 2’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
‘Blue Wave’
Lacecap, blue or pink flowers, blooms
on old wood.
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
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Hydrangea paniculata
Hydrangea quercifolia
PANICLE HYDRANGEA
White flowers on new wood bloom from
mid July through September and change
to a dusty pinkish brown.
‘Grandiflora’
OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA
Deeply lobed leaves, resembling oversized
oak leaves, emerge a bronze-green and turn
maroon in autumn. Long cone shaped panicles
of tightly clustered bracts bloom in summer
and change from white to deep rose.
Height: 10’-20’ Spread: 10’-20’
Growth:Fast
Well-drained, moist
Soil:
Zone(s): 3 |
Hydrangea quercifolia
‘Grandiflora’ / Pee Gee
Large white flowers form globose cclusters
and turn pink in fall
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 15’-20’
‘Little Lamb’
White flowers form long rounded panicles.
Compact habit.
Spread: 4’-6’
Height: 4’-6’
‘Snow Queen’
‘Ruby Slippers’
A tighter form than ‘Pee Wee’, the creamy
white flowers flush to a deep shade
of rosy-pink.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
‘Phantom’
Huge creamy white flowers shaped
like rounded cones bloom atop sturdy
branches July through September.
Height: 8’
Spread: 8’
‘Munchkin’
‘Pink Diamond’
Flowers form white pointed panicles
that turn pink in fall.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
‘Pinky Winky’
Flowers form white pointed panicles
that turn pink in fall. Upright grower
with sturdy stems.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
‘Phantom’
ST. JOHNSWORT
‘Hidcote’
Waxy buttercup-colored flowers bloom
in mid to late summer. Pointy blue-green
leaves have no appreciable fall color.
Stout stemmed rounded form.
‘Quick Fire’
Flowers form white pointed panicles
that turn pink in fall. New stems are
reddish. Upright habit.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth: Slow to moderate
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Unique’
Flowers form white pointed panicles
and turn light pink in fall.
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 10’-15’
Hypericum inodorum
‘Vanilla Strawberry’
Flowers form white rounded panicles
that turn rosy-pink in fall.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
‘Red Star’
Compact, deciduous shrub that features
beautiful yellow flowers from late spring
to midsummer and will develop brilliant
red berries from late summer to mid fall.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5-8 |
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‘Snow Queen’
Sturdy stems uphold the creamy white
flowers without drooping like the species
or other cultivars.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 6’-8’
Hypericum
‘Tardiva’
Flowers form white pointed panicles.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
‘Pinky Winky’
‘Munchkin’
A dense mounding dwarf plant
with white blooms changing to
pink. Fall color is bright maroon.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-5’
‘Pee Wee’
A compact overall form and leaf size.
Height: 2’-4’
Spread: 3’-6’
‘Little Lime’
Light lime green flowers, form globose
clusters turn white then pink in fall.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Little Lime’
4’-6’
Spread: 4’-8’
Slow to moderate
Moist to moderately dry
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‘Alice’
Flowers can grow up to fourteen inches
long, consistent maroon fall color.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
‘Limelight ’
Light lime green flowers in a ball shaped
cluster turn white then pink in fall.
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 10’-15’
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‘Chesapeake’
Height: 6’-8’ Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, acidic
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Ilex glabra
INKBERRY
‘Compacta’
Small shiny evergreen almond-shaped leaves
form a rounded loose mound. Jet black berries
in fall may persist throughout the winter.
‘Densa’
‘Compact Bennett’s
Dense, compact form.
Height: 3’-4’ Spread: 4’-5’
‘Shamrock’
The leaves of this cultivar are slightly
smaller than ‘Compacta’ and the
overall form is a bit tighter.
Height: 3’-5’ Spread: 3’-5’
‘Excelsa Schwoebel’
Upright habit, somewhat loosely branched.
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 4’-6’
‘Golden Helleri’
Very low growing mounding habit
with gold foliage.
Height: 1’
Spread: 2’-3’
‘Shamrock’
‘Green Lustre’
Stiff irregular branching habit forming
a flat-topped mound.
Height: 4’
Spread: 5’-8’
‘Green Lustre’
Ilex x aquipernyi
DRAGON LADY HOLLY
‘Dragon Lady’
The leaves of this cultivar are very spiny
and lustrous dark green. Has showy red
berries and an upright pyramidal form.
‘Helleri’
Tightly monunded low-growing habit.
Height: 2’
Spread: 4’
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Hetzi’
Very dense foliage.
Height: 6’-8’ Spread: 4’-5’
‘Hoogendorn’
Very low dense compact form.
Height: 1’-2’ Spread: 3’-4’
Zone(s):6
‘Soft Touch’
‘Sky Pencil’
Distinctly upright tight dense form.
Height: 6’-8’ Spread: 6’-8’
Ilex x meserveae
MESERVE HYBRID HOLLIES
‘Blue Maid’
Spiny glossy dark blue-green leaves and
red berries form a broad pyramidal shape
‘Soft Touch’
Tiny leaves form a very dense low
growing form.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Height: 12’-15’ Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Steeds’
Broad upright pyramidal form.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 6’-8’
‘Steeds’
Height: 4’-6’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Well-drained, moist, acidic
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 | NE |
‘Densa’
Forms an oval rounded outline.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 6’-8’
‘Compacta’
Compact rounded outline.
Height: 4’-6’ Spread: 4’-6’
‘Compacta’
SHRUBS
Ilex crenata
JAPANESE HOLLY
‘Chesapeake’
A dense upright grower with lustrous
dark green leaves.
‘Blue Prince’
A male form with a dense habit. Good
pollinator for any of the Meserve hybrids
‘Blue Maid’
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 8’-12’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Blue Princess’
A great berry producer with dark
blue-green foliage.
‘Blue Princess’
Height: 15’
Spread: 10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
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Ilex opaca
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MESERVE HYBRID HOLLIES
AMERICAN HOLLY
Birds love the bright red berries that abound
amongst the dull green sharp-spined
evergreen leaves.
‘Blue Stallion’
A male form with softer leaf edges. Good
pollinator for any of the Meserve hybrids.
‘Castlespire’
Height: 16’
Spread: 12’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Ilex opaca
Height: 15’-40’ Spread: 8’-15’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 | NE |
‘Castle Wall’
A male cultivar that forms an upright
broad column of deep green leaves.
Height: 5’-8’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘China Boy’
‘Castlespire’
A female cultivar that forms an upright
pyramid of deep green leaves. Red berries
persist through winter.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Centennial Girl’
A slow grower that forms a columnar
pyramid. Has deep blue-green foliage
and bright red berries.
‘China Girl’
Height: 12’-15’ Spread: 5’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘China Boy’
A male form with glossy green leaves
and softer edges. Good pollinator
for any of the Meserve hybrids.
‘Miss Helen’
A female with pale green leaves
and very large fruits that persist
into early spring.
Height: 20’-30’ Spread: 15’-20’
Spread: 8’
Height: 10’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained, moist
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 |
‘China Girl’
Has red berries and glossy moderate-green
foliage and rounded habit.
‘Jersey Knight’
A male with glossy dark green leaves.
Height: 20’-30’ Spread: 15’-20’
Height: 10’
Spread: 10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Jersey Princess’
A female with glossy dark green foliage
and brilliant red berries, considered one
of the finest fruiting cultivars.
Height: 20’-30’ Spread: 15’-20’
‘Golden Girl’
Very dark blue-green foliage contrasts
nicely with bright yellow berries. Has
a rounded pyramidal growth habit.
‘Satyr Hill’
A female with red berries, dense habit, and
unusually broad rounded olive green leaves.
Height: 30’
Spread: 15’-20’
Height: 12’
Spread: 6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Xanthocarpa’
A naturally occurring selection with
yellow berries and olive green leaves.
Height: 30’
Spread: 15’-20’
‘Red Beauty’
A female cultivar with a conical form and
dense deep green foliage with red berries.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 6 |
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Itea virginica
LONGSTALK HOLLY
Has evergreen leaves that are very shiny
with smooth edges and small bright red
drupes. Habit is irregular and dense.
Height:
Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s): VIRGINIA SWEETSPIRE
‘Henry’s Garnet’
In spring tiny white flowers bloom on two to
six inch long racemes that droop gracefully.
Multi-stemmed, arching habit. The green
leaves turn to vivid shades of purple and red.
20’-30’ Spread: 10’-15’
Slow to moderate
Well-drained, moist
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WINTERBERRY
Deciduous multi-stemmed shrub that
suckers and spreads as it matures.
Deep green leaves drop quickly in the
fall revealing showy red or orange fruit
that persist through winter. Fall leaf color
is variable, sometimes purple-red.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6‘-10’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, adaptable
Zone(s): 5 | NE |
Juniper chinensis
Height:
Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s):
‘Jim Dandy’
Male form that pollinates ‘Red Sprite’
and other cultivars.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 6’-7’
‘Southern Gentleman’
A male form that pollinates ‘Sparkleberry’,
‘Winter Gold’ and ‘Winter Red’.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
‘Sparkleberry’
Has very large brilliant red fruit.
Height: 12’-15’ Spread: 10’-12’
‘Red Sprite’
‘Winter Gold’
Has beautiful bright orange berries.
Height: 5’-7’
Spread: 5’-7’
‘Winter Red’
Recognized for its good berry production
and persistence.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
10’-12’ Spread: 6’-8’
Slow to moderate
Well-drained, moist
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‘Hetzii Columnaris’
Dark green foliage forms a pyramidal
columnar shape.
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 6’-8’
‘Maryland Beauty’
A compact grower developed for
commercial cutting.
Height: 6’
Spread: 5’-7’
‘Jim Dandy’
3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Moderate to fast
Moist, fertile
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CHINESE JUNIPER
‘Blue Point’
Tight, dense light bluish-green
foliage forms a tear drop shape.
‘Apollo’
Male form that pollinates ‘Sparkleberry’
and other cultivars.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
‘Red Sprite’
A dwarf rounded form.
Spread: 3’-5’
Height: 3’-5’
3’-4’
Spread: 6’-8’
Moderate to fast
Moist, fertile
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‘Little Henry’
A rounded compact form.
Ilex verticillata
‘Winter Red’
SHRUBS
Ilex pedunculosa
‘Keteleeri’
Light to moderate grayish green foliage
forms a loose pyramid.
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 8’-10’
‘Blue Point’
‘Mountbatten’
Grayish green upright columnar conical form.
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 6’-8’
‘Old Gold’
A compact spreading form with
bronze gold foliage.
Spread: 3’-4’
Height: 3’-4’
‘Sea Green’
A low growing spreader with dark minty
green foliage and upright arching branches.
Spread: 6’-8’
Height: 4’-6’
Juniperus conferta
SHORE JUNIPER
‘Blue Pacific’
A low growing trailing habit with
light blue-green foliage.
Height: 10”-12” Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, sandy
Zone(s): 6 |
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Juniperus horizontalis
Juniperus scopulorum
Height: 10”-12” Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, adaptable, moist
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 8’-10‘
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Adaptable, withstands
drier conditions
Zone(s): 3 |
‘Blue Chip’
Blue foliage arches slightly as it hugs
the ground giving it a beautiful texture.
‘Moonglow’
Bluish gray-green foliage
forms a clean dense conical form.
Height: 6”-8” Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Slow
Soil:Adaptable
Zone(s): 3 |
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Adaptable, withstands
drier conditions
Zone(s): 3 |
CREEPING JUNIPER
‘Bar Harbor’
Blue-green foliage sprawls and
spreads forming a dense mat.
Tips turn smoky-purple in winter.
‘Bar Harbor’
‘Blue Chip’
ROCKY MOUNTAIN JUNIPER
‘Blue Haven’
Steel blue foliage in a dense
upright pyramidal form.
‘Icee Blue’
Very light silver-blue foliage forms
a dense groundcover.
‘Moonglow’
Height: 2’-4’
Spread: 8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:Adaptable
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 2’-4’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Adaptable, withstands
drier conditions
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Wiltonii’
Deep silvery blue branches trail very low
to the ground, turn slightly purplish in winter.
‘Wiltonii’
‘Wichita’
Vivid blue foliage forms an upright pyramid.
Height: 4”-6” Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:Adaptable
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 5’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Adaptable, withstands
drier conditions
Zone(s): 3 |
Juniperus procumbens
Juniperus virginiana
JAPANESE GARDEN JUNIPER
‘Nana’
A beautiful dwarf spreading form. Some
branches arch upward before trailing down
in a mounding form while some curl upwards
slightly making a beautiful sculptural texture.
EASTERN REDCEDAR
The mature form of this evergreen tree
is wide-ranging from a narrow column to
a wide pyramid. Dark green dense needles
bear small silvery-blue cones.
Height: 15’-35’ Spread: 3’-12’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
Height: 1’-2’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Adaptable, withstands
drier conditions
Zone(s): 4 |
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Silvery-blue berry-like cones are plentiful
on this cultivar that forms a loose pyramid.
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 6’-8’
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Bluish green decidedly upright column.
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Kerria japonica
Height: 4’-15’ Spread: 4’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
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Growth:
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MOUNTAIN LAUREL
Gnarled trunks of this evergreen shrub may
form a dense thicket in the wild.Leaves are
a rich shiny green. Cup-like flowers bloom in
late spring in shades of white, pink, and rose.
JAPANESE KERRIA
‘Golden Guinea’
Loosely upright arching stems bear bright
yellow flowers that bloom in spring then
sporadically throughout the season.
‘Pleniflora’
‘Bullseye’
Flowers display a dark cinnamon colored circle
on the outer edge, with tiny markings like
spokes of a wheel pointing toward a spot in
the center.
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 4’-5’
‘Carousel’
‘Carousel’
Soft pink buds open to reveal a purplecinnamon colored starburst pattern.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Leucothoe axillaris
COAST LEUCOTHOE
Glossy dark green leaves. An upright
spreading, almost weeping habit. Flowers
bloom in rows of small bell-like flowers.
Height: 2’-4’
Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 | N |
‘Elf’
Pink buds open to white flowers with tiny
pink dots forming a circle around the center.
Height: 2’-4’
Spread: 2’-4’
‘Keepsake’
Raspberry-red buds open to deep
burgundy-purple flowers with a thin
pure white margin on the outer edge.
Spread: 4’-6’
Height: 4’-5’
Leucothoe fontanesiana
DROOPING LEUCOTHOE
‘Girard’s Rainbow’
New growth is white, light yellow, pink and
green, which fades to a lustrous deep green
as it ages. Flowers bloom in rows of small
bell-like flowers.
‘Little Linda’
Deep red buds open to near white flowers
that fade to a rich pink. Dwarf, compact habit.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
‘Olympic Wedding’
‘Minuet’
Light pink buds open to white flowers
with broad maroon circle in the center.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
‘Girard’s Rainbow’
Height:
Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s): 3’-6’
Spread: 3’-6’
Slow to moderate
Well-drained, moist, acidic
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‘Olympic Fire’
Deep red buds open to pink flowers.
Glossy green leaves have a slight wave.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Nana’
A compact form with deep green
lustrous leaves.
Height: 1’-2’
Spread: 5’-6’
‘Olympic Wedding’
A broken cinnamon colored ring encircles
the outer margins of its pink flowers. Buds
are pink.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Rollissonii’
Leaves are slightly smaller than the
species, fall color is reddish.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 5’-6’
‘Peppermint’
Flowers resemble peppermint candy with red
stripes radiating out from the center of the
bloom to the outer edges.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Pristine’
White buds open to beautiful
pure white flowers.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Sarah’
4’-5’
Spread: 4’-5’
Slow to establish, fast over time
Well-drained, moist
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‘Pleniflora’
Has globose double golden yellow flowers
and a more erect habit than the species.
Height: 5’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
‘Carol’
Rich pink buds open to a lighter pink on the
inner side of the petals, holding its darker pink
color on the outside.
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Minuet’
SHRUBS
Kalmia latifolia
‘Sarah’
Intense red buds open to long-lasting
rich pink flowers.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Snowdrift’
Habit of this cultivar is dense and
mounding with snow white flowers.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Ligustrum amurense
PRIVET
An upright vigorous growing deciduous
shrub with small green leaves nd white
flowers that bloom May through June.
Tolerates urban conditions and all soil
types except wet.
Height: 12’-15’ Spread: 8’-15’
Growth: Fast
Soil: Adaptable to all except wet
Zone(s): 4 |
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Ligustrum ovalifolium
HOLLY TEA OLIVE, FALSE HOLLY
‘Goshiki’
Mounding evergreen shrub resembling
holly, with spiny variegated leaves
a mixture of cream, gold and green.
CALIFORNIA PRIVET
A vigorous semi-evergreen shrub with small,
glossy, deep green leaves and upright
branching habit.
Height:10’-15’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, adaptable
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Well-drained, moist, acidic
Soil:
Zone(s): 6 |
Lindera benzoin
Philadelphus virginalis
SPICEBUSH
Light yellow flowers emerge close to the branches
before leaves develop. Birds relish the red berries.
Leaves turn a rich deep golden yellow in fall.
MOCKORANGE
‘Minnesota Snowflake’
A large rounded shrub with stiff upright
branches that arch with age. Double
white fragrant flowers. Blooms from
late May to June.
Height: 8’-15’ Spread: 6’-15’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 4 |
Microbiota decussata
RUSSIAN CYPRESS
A soft textured, broad spreading evergreen
ground cover with flat, bright green, needle-like
foliage spring through summer. Deer resistant.
Physocarpus opulifolius
COMMON NINEBARK
A native upright rounded broad spreading
shrub with exfoliating bark and arching
stems covered with white to pinkish
flower clusters from late May to June.
Height: 12”
Spread: 8’-12’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic
Zone(s): 3 |
‘Center Glow’
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
Growth: Moderate to fast
Soil:Adaptable
Zone(s): 2 | NE |
‘Center Glow’
Same growth characteristics as the species,
except the new foliage is red tinged with
a golden yellow center, which matures to
deep burgundy.
Spread: 6’-8’
Height: 6’-8’
Myrica pennsylvanica
BAYBERRY
A native, deciduous shrub, with dark green
aromatic foliage and grayish-white berries
in the fall.
‘Diablo’
Deep purple-red foliage on an upright
rounded shrub with arching branches.
Height: 4’-8’
Spread: 4’-8’
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
Growth: Moderate to fast
Soil:Adaptable
Zone(s): 2 | NE |
‘Little Devil’
Much more compact than the species, with
miniature deep purple red foliage and white
to pinkish flowers on slightly arching reddish
stems.
Spread: 3’-4’
Height: 3’-4’
‘Little Devil’
‘Nugget’
Newly emerging deep golden-yellow foliage
maturing to lime green. Compact habit.
Spread: 5’-6’
Height: 5’-6’
‘Summer Wine’
Attractive deep burgundy wine colored foliage
on a dense compact shrub with white-pinkish
flowers in late spring.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
‘Summer Wine’
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Part Sun/Part Shade
Shade
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NE
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Picea omorika
Height: 10’-20’ Spread: 12’-15’
Growth:Slow
Soil: Well-drained, moist, sandy, acidic
Zone(s): 3 |
Height:
Growth:
Soil: Zone(s): SERBIAN SPRUCE
‘Nana’
A slow growing, very dense, dwarf
selection, with dark blue green needles
and silver undersides, developing an
irregular conical to globe form.
NORWAY SPRUCE
‘Frohburg’
Compact slow growing selection of weeping
spruce. Great for small spaces. Strong
pendulous branching habit, should be
staked to control height and width.
‘Frohburg’
SHRUBS
Picea abies
8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
Slow to moderate
Well-drained, moist, acidic
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‘Little Gem’
An extremely slow growing, dense
globe form with tiny green needles.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
Pieris floribunda x japonica
‘Maxwellii’
A slow, low, compact growing spruce,
with short bright green needles.
Height: 1’-2’
Spread: 1’-2’
‘Nidiformis’
‘Nidiformis’
A dwarf, very dense selection with short stiff
green needles and a nest-like appearance.
Spread: 5’-7’
Height: 3’-6’
‘Pumila’
A dwarf, compact broad selection, with
a flat topped globe appearance and short,
stiff, bright green needles.
Spread: 6’-8’
Height: 3’-4’
‘Pumila’
ANDROMEDA
‘Brouwers Beauty’
A cross between pieris japonica and our
native Pieris floribunda. This is a slow
growing, broad, leaf evergreen shrub,
with yellow green new spring growth
and fragrant white flowers in spring.
‘Brouwers Beauty’
‘Remontii’
A wide, slow growing dwarf, with
a conical form at maturity.
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 10’-15’
‘Karenoma’
A compact growing deer resistant
evergreen shrub with panicles of
fragrant white flowers in spring.
Zone(s): 4’-5’
Spread: 4’-5’
Pieris japonica
Picea alcoquiana
JAPANESE ANDROMEDA
‘Cavatine’
A very slow growing dwarf cultivar with
upright trusses of fragrant white flowers.
ALCOCK’S SPRUCE
‘Howell’s Dwarf Tigertail’
A dwarf growing, broad, flat, topped, globe
more pyramidal at maturity. Needles are
blue-green with a yellow underside.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 2’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil: Well-drained, moist, sandy, acidic
Zone(s): 3 |
Height: 5’
Spread: 5’
Growth:Slow
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Cavatine’
Spread: 2’-3’
Height: 2’-3’
Growth: Slow
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 5 |
’Compacta’
A very heavy flowering, dense compact
selection with deep green foliage and
fragrant white flowers in early spring.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Picea glauca
‘Dorothy Wycoff’
Compact form, with glossy dark green foliage
that turns maroon red in in winter. In early
spring dark red flower buds open to a fragrant
pink blushed white.
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 4’-5’
WHITE SPRUCE
‘Conica’ / DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE
Slow growing dwarf selection with dense
soft green needles. Grows two to four
inches per year making it a good choice
for foundation plantings, rock gardens,
and containers.
‘Flaming Silver’
A variegated selection, with red spring
new growth turning green with a silver
margin by summer.
Spread: 4’-5’
Height: 4’-5’
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil: Adaptable
Zone(s): 2 | NE |
‘Dorothy Wycoff’
‘Historyland Supreme’
Dense, rounded habit, with glossy evergreen
foliage that turns burgundy in fall. Fragrant
panicles of white flowers in early spring.
Spread: 3’-5’
Height: 3’-5’
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Chionoides’
Broad dense growth habit with slightly
narrow dark green leaves. White flowers with
a yellow splotch bloom May through June.
JAPANESE ANDROMEDA
‘Katsura’
Slow growing with a rounded upright form,
the new spring growth is dark maroon red and
holds well through the season until turning
green. Clusters of rose-pink flowers cover
the shrub in early spring.
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
‘Mountain Fire’
‘Red Mill’
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 5 | N |
‘Chionoides’
‘Little Heath’
Compact rounded form with new variegated
foliage in, pink, orange and red, turning green
with white margins and clusters of white
flowers in spring.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 5 | N |
‘Mountain Fire’
A large selection with fire engine red new
growth in spring, turning glossy green with
panicles of white flowers in March and April.
Height: 6’-9’
Spread: 6’-8’
’Cunningham’s White’
‘Red Head’
Slow growing, mounding, densely, branched
evergreen shrub, with bright red new growth
turning glossy green with pendulous fragrant
white flowers in spring.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
‘Scarlet O’Hara’
’English Roseum’
Vigorous growing variety with pink
flowers in late May. Rounded foliage.
Withstands temperature extremes.
‘Red Mill’
Has long lasting flowers in April and bright red
new growth, changing to mahogany before
turning green. Keeps a dense bushy habit.
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
Height: 6’-7’
Spread: 7’-8’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 |
’Grandiflorum’
Hardy wide upright growing variety.
Lilac colored flowers with a yellow
blotch. Glossy green foliage.
‘Scarlet O’Hara’
Has a slender upright form with red new
growth and attractive fragrant white
flowers in spring.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 5’-6’
’English Roseum’
‘Valley Rose’
A tall upright shrub with an open habit,
having bright orange-red new spring growth
that turns a rich glossy green with fragrant
pink-white flowers in spring.
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 2’-3’
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 7’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Rich organic matter
Zone(s): 5 |
Rhododendron catawbiense
CATAWBA RHODODENDRONS
‘Album’
A mid spring bloomer with pale pink buds
opening to white flowers with a yellow
splotch. Dark evergreen foliage.
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Growth: Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 5 | N |
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’Nova Zembla’
Cherry red flowers and dark green
slightly wavy foliage.
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Rich organic matter
Zone(s): 4 |
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Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich in organics
Zone(s): 4 |
’Lee’s Dark Purple’
Hardy compact variety with
dark purple flowers in May.
’Lee's Dark Purple’
‘Album’
’Dora Amateis’
A low compact growing variety with
small white flowers and a yellow
throat. Blooms mid May.
Height: 3’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Sarabande’
Compact evergreen shrub, with pink buds
opening to fragrant bell shaped flowers
in early spring.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
‘Valley Rose’
‘Cunningham’s White’
A dense rounded compact grower with
dark green leaves. Flower buds are
light pink opening to white.
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PJM RHODODENDRON
PJM Group
Lavender flowers in late April.
Beautiful burgundy fall color. Hardy.
CATAWBA RHODODENDRON
’Purpureum Elegans’
Glossy green foliage with purple flowers.
Height: 6’
Spread: 6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Rich organic matter
Zone(s): 4 |
’Purpureum Elegans’
’Roseum Elegans’
Upright and wide growth habit. Pink
flowers in May and June. Tolerates
extremes in temperatures.
SHRUBS
Rhododendron PJM and Weston Hybrids
Rhododendron catawbiense
PJM ‘Elite’
Height: Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s):
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Spread: 5’-6’
Moderate to fast
Well-drained, rich in organics
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Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Rich organic matter
Zone(s): 4 |
’Roseum Pink’
Rosy pink flowers in May. Tolerates
extremes in temperatures.
Height: 5’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Rich organic matter
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Trilby’
Deep crimson flowers with a small black
splotch bloom in mid to late spring.
New stems are red.
’Roseum Elegans’
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 5’-8’
Growth:Slow
Soil: Well-drained, moist, acidic
Zone(s): 5 | N |
‘Olga Mezitt’
Wide upright growing with clear pink
flowers blooming after PJM in May.
Nice copper-bronze fall color.
Spread: 5’-6’
Height: 5’-6’
Growth:Fast
Well-drained, rich
Soil:
Zone(s): 4 |
PJM ‘Elite’
Pink to lavender flowers.
Latest blooming PJM Cultivar.
Rhododendron Dexter Hybrids
DEXTER RHODODENDRONS
‘Scintillation’
Large clear pink flowers are showcased
against glossy green foliage. Performs
best in partial shade.
Spread: 4’-5’
Height: 5’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Rich organic matter
Zone(s):3-9 |
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, rich in organics
Zone(s): 4 |
PJM ‘Pink Delight’
Compact growth habit. Pink flowers in early Spring.
Height: 4’
Spread: 4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Rich in organic matter
Zone(s): 4 |
PJM ‘Regal’
Purple-pink flowers in Spring.
Upright spreading habit. Very hardy.
Spread: 7’
Height: 6’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, rich in organics
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Molly Fordham’
This selection grows almost as wide as it is tall.
Small white flowers in May blooming shortly
after Rhodo. PJM.
Height: 5‘
Spread: 5’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich in organics
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Landmark’
Thick leathery leaves and very dark pink flowers.
Height: 5’
Spread: 4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich in organics
Zone(s): 4 |
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Rhododendron maximun
ROSEBAY RHODODENDRON/MAXI
RHODODENDRON
Large growing variety with light pink to
white flowers. Lustrous dark green foliage.
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
’Roseum’
Similar to the species but smaller
growing. Pink flowers, blooms early June.
Rhododendron maximun
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
Rhododendron laetivirens
WILSON RHODODENDRON
Mounded low growing form of
rhododendron that has a laurel apperance.
Light pink flowers.
Rhododendron Interspecific Hybrids
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Ramapo’
Compact low mounding habit. Purple flowers in May.
Light green new growth contrasts nicely against old growth.
Spread: 4’
Height: 3’
Growth:Slow
Rich in organic matter
Soil:
Zone(s): 4 |
Rhododendron yakushimanum
Rhododendron Interspecific Hybrids
YAKU RHODODENDRONS
’Crete’
Dense compact growth habit. Magenta
buds open up to light pink blooms that will
eventually fade to white.
INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID RHODODENDRONS
‘Edith Bosley’
Showy large purple flowers. Excellent
cold hardiness, clean green foliage.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 5 |
’Ken Janek’
‘Minnetonka’
Hardy compact purple flowering variety.
Very heat tolerant.
’Ken Janek’
Compact slow growing. Pink flowers
fading to white.
Height: 3’
Spread: 4’
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 |
’Mist Maiden’
Pink buds open to white flowers.
Height: 3’
Spread: 4’
‘Purple Gem’
Small compact grower with purple-blue
flowers in May. Blue-green foliage to
bronze in the Fall.
’Yaku Princess’
Height: 2’
Spread: 4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
’Percy Wiseman’
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Small compact growing with pink
buds opening to white.
Height: 3’
Spread: 4’
’Yaku Prince’
Small compact growing with
light pink flowers.
Height: 3’
Spread: 4’
‘Purple Passion’
Deep purple flowers that hold color well.
Dark green foliage.
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Height: 3’
Spread: 4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Rich organic matter
Zone(s):6 |
Full Sun
Part Sun/Part Shade
Shade
x hybrid ’Percy Wiseman’
A unique flowering variety with peach to
ivory to yellow tones. Dense growth on a
compact mounding plant.
Spread: 5’
Height: 3’
Zone(s):4
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NE
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Sambucus nigra
‘Gro-Low’
Low wide-spreading habit features glossy
foliage that turns orange-red in the fall. Ideal
plant for stabilizing banks or sloping areas.
BLACK ELDERBERRY
‘Black Lace’
Large multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with
finely divided foliage that is dark green to deep
black-burgundy. Wide flat white to pink flower
clusters emerge in late spring and ripen into
deep blackish-purple berries in summer.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, acidic
Zone(s): 3-9 |
Height: 8’-20’ Spread: 8’-20’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 -7 |
Spirea alpina
Rhus typhina
‘Tiger Eyes’
Dwarf staghorn sumac cultivar that features
deeply dissected pinnately compound leaves
that emerge chartreuse in spring, but quickly
mature to bright yellow and develop orange
and scarlet tones in fall.
DAPHNE SPIREA
Fine foliage with light pink flowers in June
and July. Low growing ground cover type habit.
Height: 12”
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, adaptable
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 3’-6’
Spread: 3’-6’
Growth: Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 -8 |
Spirea bumalda
Salix discolor
BUMALDA SPIREA
’Goldmound’
Low growing habit. Yellow foliage all summer.
Orange-red in fall. Pink flowers May-June.
PUSSY WILLOW
Deciduous shrub or small tree with multiple
trunks and dark gray, scaly bark. Silvery-gray
furry catkins appear before leaf emergence and
the leaves are broad bright-green and shiny.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, adaptable
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 6’-20’ Spread: 4’-16’
Growth: Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, tolerates wet
Zone(s): 4 -8 |
’Goldflame’
New growth emerges red-orange-rust.
Fall color is similar. Compact, pink flowers.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3‘-4’
Salix purpurea
DWARF BLUE LEAF ARCTIC WILLOW
‘Nana’
Compact deciduous shrub that has
fine-textured blue-green upper side
and silvery-blue underside foliage
Height: 3’-6’
Spread: 3’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Average, moist, tolerates wet
Zone(s): 4-8 |
Salix integra
DAPPLED WILLOW
‘Hakuro Nishiki’
Arching branches have pink stems and buds,
surrounded by variegated, pink, white and
green foliage, creating a loose airy open habit.
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 15’
Growth:Fast
Well-drained, moist
Soil:
Zone(s): 4 |
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Rhus aromatica
’Anthony Waterer’
’Anthony Waterer’
Foliage is slightly variegated cream to pink.
Red flowers in summer. Compact growth.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 4’-5’
Spirea prunifolia
BRIDALWREATH SPIREA
Upright habit with double white
flowers. Orange-reddish fall color.
Height: 5’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, adaptable
Zone(s): 4 |
Spirea nipponica
SNOWMOUND SPIREA
’Snowmound’
Blue-green foliage with bright white flowers.
Upright, mounded to slightly arching.
Height:
Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s):
4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Moderate to fast
Well-drained, adaptable
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Spirea nipponica
‘Magic Carpet’
Compact clean mounding habit with gold
foliage new growth emerging red.
SNOWMOUND SPIREA
’Snowmound’
Blue-green foliage with bright white flowers.
Upright, mounded to slightly arching.
Height:
Growth:
Soil:
Zone(s):
Height: 18”-24” Spread: 2’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Tolerant of most
Zone(s): 4 |
4’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Moderate to fast
Well-drained, adaptable
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Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Tolerant of most
Zone(s): 4 |
Spirea japonica
JAPANESE SPIREA
‘Double Play Artist’
Pink flowers in summer.
Compact mounded habit.
‘Double Play Gold’
‘Shirobana’
Small dense mounding shrub with white
pink and red blooms that form in clusters.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, tolerant
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Shirobana’
‘Double Play Big Bang’
This variety of Spirea offers season long
interest. Orange spring foliage changes to
deep yellow in summer andand gold-orange
in fall. Large pink flower clusters.
THUNBERG SPIREA/BABY’S BREATH SPIREA
‘Mellow Yellow’/ ‘Ogon’
Bright yellow willow leaf-like foliage
with a mounding habit. White flowers.
Height: 3’-5’
Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Wide range, drought tolerant
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Double Play Gold’
Bright gold foliage and pink flowers in spring
adorn this compact mounding shrub.
Height: 18”-24” Spread: 18”-24”
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Tolerant of most
Zone(s): 4 |
Spirea vanhouttei
VANHOUTTEI SPIREA
Vase shaped with arching branches.
Profuse white flowers in May.
‘Golden Elf’
Small growing variety with bright yellow
foliage. Fine texture and pink flowers.
Spread: 8’-10’
Height: 5’-7’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Tolerant of most
Zone(s): 3 |
Height: 8”-10” Spread: 18”-24”
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Tolerant of most
Zone(s) 4 |
‘Golden Princess’
Similar to ‘Goldmound’ but more compact.
Red new growth changes to yellow.
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Height: 18”-24” Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Fast
Tolerant of most
Soil:
Zone(s): 4 |
Stephanandra incisa
CUTLEAF STEPHANANDRA
‘Crispa’
Nice low growing groundcover type
plant with delicate foliage on arching
branches. Nice yellow fall color.
‘Little Princess’
Small mounding habit that is wider than
tall on delicate branches. Pink flowers
mid-summer to fall. Red fall foliage.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Tolerant, prefers rich soil
Zone(s): 3 |
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Fast
Tolerant of most
Soil:
Zone(s): 4 |
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Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Tolerant of most
Zone(s) 4 |
Spirea thunbergii
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Growth: Moderate
Soil: Tolerant of most
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Little Princess’
‘Neon Flash’
Low mounding shrub with hot pink flowers.
New growth emerges red.
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SHRUBS
Syringa bailbelle
Syringa vulgaris
BAIBELLE LILAC
‘Tinkerbelle’
Similar to the Korean Lilac,
but with pink blooms. Fragrant.
COMMON LILAC
Large multi-stem shrub with fragrant
spike-like blooms in May. Considered
a New England favorite. Adaptable
along the coast.
Height: 5’-6’ Spread: 4’-5’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s) 3 |
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 8’-12’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich, peaty
Zone(s): 3 |
‘Alba’
Single white flower.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 6’-8’
Syringa Bloomerang
‘Charles Joly’
Reddish-purple blooms.
Height: 8’-15’ Spread: 6’-12’
BLOOMERANG LILAC
Very fragrant purple flowers.
Repeat bloomer. Compact habit.
‘Krasavitsa Moskvy’
Pink buds opening to white. Fragrant.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 6’-8’
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s) 3 |
Syringa vulgaris
‘Ludwig Spaeth’
Dark purple, fragrant.
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 10’-12’
‘Madame Lemoine’
Double white, fragrant.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 8’-12’
Syringa meyeri
‘Monge’
Single dark purple flower.
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 8‘-10’
DWARF KOREAN LILAC
‘Palibin’
Compact with abundant flowers
in May. Copper fall color.
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained, rich, peaty
Soil:
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’Alba’
‘Montaigne’
Fragrant double hot pink.
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 8’-10’
‘President Grevy’
Double large blue flowers, very fragrant.
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 10’-12’
‘Sensation’
Unique purple flower with white margins.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 6’-8’
Syringa patula
MANCHURIAN
‘Miss Kim’
Compact, small leaved, fragrant lilac
with attractive burgundy foliage.
Blooms later than most lilacs.
Height: 6’-8’ Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained, rich, peaty
Soil:
Zone(s) 3 |
Syringa prestoniae
PRESTON LILAC
’James McFarlane’
Upright in form with lightly fragrant
pink blooms. Slightly loose open habit.
’Yankee Doodle’
Deep dark purple blooms, very fragrant.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 6’-8’
‘Yankee Doodle’
Taxodium distichum
BALDCYPRESS
‘Secrest’
Grafted mounding rounded form of
this feathery decidous conifer is
a nice accent to the landscape.
Height: 4’-6’
Spread: 3’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Rich, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s) 3 |
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Taxus baccata
‘Green Wave’
A low, graceful, arching habit. Great
individually or planted in a group.
ENGLISH YEW/COMMON YEW
‘Adpressa Fowle’
A very unusual dwarf compact variety.
Needles are shorter and more rounded
than most Taxus.
Spread: 5’-6’
Height: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 10’-12’
Growth: Slow
Soil: Well-drained, adaptable
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Repandens’
‘Green Wave’
‘Repandens’
Considered a groundcover by
some. Dark bluish-green foliage
on pendulous branches.
Spread: 10’-12’
Height: 2’-3’
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Stricta’
Upright columnar grower.
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 6’-8’
‘Hicksii’
Columnar fast growing, dark green needles
with red fruit. One of the best for hedging.
‘Hatfieldii’
Taxus cuspidata
JAPANESE YEW
’Capitata’/ CAP YEW
An upright pyramidal form. Great for
hedging or as an accent. Considered
a small tree if let go to maturity.
’Hicksii’
Taxus x media
Height: 18’
Spread: 2’-3’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Spread: 5’-6’
Height: 4’-5’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Robusta’
‘Densiformis’
Fast growing mounding evergreen.
Good for hedging.
‘Tauntonii’
A dense growing selection with
a mounding globe habit.
Spread: 4’-5’
Height: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, sandy loam
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Everlow’
A very low growing variety that has dark
green foliage. Contrasts nicely against
other plants.
‘Vermeulen’
A broad upright habit. Red fruit contrasts
nicely against the green foliage.
Height: 1’-2’
Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 10’ Spread: 8’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, sandy loam
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Flushing’
Fastigiate narrow growth habit. Offers
nice contrast in the garden with its dark
green foliage.
‘Viridis’
A narrow upright growing selection
of yew with light green foliage.
Height: 10’-15’ Spread: 3’-4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
’Sentinalis’
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A narrow upright columnar evergreen.
Growth emerges light green and turns dark.
Height: 12’
Spread: 4’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
Spread: 8’-10’
Height: 3’-5’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
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Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 10’-12’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Robusta’
An unusual upright form with groupings
of branches throughout.
ANGLOJAP YEW
‘Black Knight’
Similar to ‘Densiformis’, but darker in
color, has a thicker growth habit, and
a finer texture.
‘Densiformis’
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Moon’
Upright to round habit with dark
green foliage.
Height: 15’-20’ Spread: 12’-15’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, adaptable
Zone(s): 4 |
Taxus x media - Foliage
‘Hatfieldii’
Broad growing variety. Nice choice for
hedging or screening. A staple in the
New England landscape.
Full Sun
Part Sun/Part Shade
Shade
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 1’-2’
Growth:Slow
Soil:
Well-drained, moist, sandy loam
Zone(s): 4 |
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Viburnum burkwoodii
LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY
Native low growing groundcover with nice
scarlet to red fall color and small edible fruit.
BURKWOOD VIBURNUM
Open rounded habit. Light pink buds
open to creamy white flowers that
turn to clusters of red fruit in the fall.
Height: 8”-24” Spread: 3’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich, organic
Zone(s): 3-7 | NE |
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 6 |
‘Putte’
Large berries, excellent branching habit.
Height: 12”-24” Spread: 12”-24”
Vacinnium angustifolium
‘Mohawk’
Glossy green foliage with clusters of
fragrant white flowers. Red to yellow
fall color.
‘Michigan’
Flavorful durable selection, compact habit.
Height: 12”-18” Spread: 18”-24”
‘Mohawk’
FRAGRANT SNOWBALL VIBURNUM
Large showy fragrant flowers. Blooms later
than other viburnums. Red fruit in fall.
HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY
An excellent plant for naturalizing and
fruit production. Vibrant fall colors of
yellow, red, and orange. Plant two varieties
to ensure pollination.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 4’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Rich, organic
Zone(s): 3-7 | NE |
‘Bluejay’
Cold hardy, great for the Northeast.
Early season.
Height: 5’-7’
Spread: 5’-7’
Viburnum carlesii
MAYFLOWER VIBURNUM/
KOREANSPICE VIBURNUM
This selection is fragrant and great to use in
masses to accentuate that aroma. Pink buds
open to large white flowers. Glossy green
foliage with red to black berries.
‘Blueray’
Abundant yields, great pollinator for
other varieties. Midseason.
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 3’-4’
‘Chippewa’
‘Chippewa’
Hardy hybrid with a compact habit.
Midseason.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 3’-4’
Spread: 6’-8’
Height: 6’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Duke’
Large abundant quarter size fruit in summer.
Early season.
Spread: 5’-7’
Height: 5’-7’
Viburnum dentatum
‘Elliott’
Flavorful fruit ripens in August. Late season.
Height: 5’-8’
Spread: 5’-8’
‘Duke’
ARROWWOOD VIBURNUM
‘Autumn Jazz’
Graceful upright vase shaped habit. Showy
flat topped clusters of creamy-white flowers
in late spring. Followed by dark blue berries
and yellow foliage in fall.
‘Jersey’
Large fruit in August. Late season.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
‘North Blue’
Cold hardy to -30°, ripens in July.
Early -midseason.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-4’
‘Northcountry’
‘Northcountry’
Moderate size berry, cold hardy.
Early -midseason.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 3’-4’
Height: 6’-7’
Spread: 6’-7’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich, organic
Zone(s): 5-4 |
Viburnum carlcephalum
Vaccinium corymbosum
‘Blueray’
SHRUBS
Vacinnium angustifolium
‘Autumn Jazz’
‘Northcountry’
‘Northland’
Half-high with moderate sized full flavor berries.
Early -midseason.
Height: 3’-4’
Spread: 4’-5’
‘Patriot’
Large fruit early. Early -midseason.
Height: 5’-8’
Spread: 5’-8’
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 8’-12’
Growth:Fast
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
’Blue Muffin’
Compact rounded habit with creamy white
flat-topped flowers in early spring developes
blue berreis in late summer. Orange to
maroon fall color.
Height: 8’
Spread: 8’
’Blue Muffin’
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Viburnum dentatum (continued)
‘Chicago Lustre’
Dense upright habit with white flowers
in June. Bluish-black berries and glossy
green to red-purple foliage in fall.
Height: 8’
Spread: 8’
‘Chicago Lustre’
SMOOTH WITHEROD VIBURNUM
Native, medium to large shrub, with glossy
dark green leaves, clusters of creamy white
flowers, followed by white berries turning pink
to blue-black and purple-burgundy fall foliage.
Needs a cross pollinator for fruit production.
‘Northern Burgundy’
Upright spreading habit. Profusion of
creamy- white flowers followed by
clusters of blue-black fruit amid
burgundy fall foliage.
Height: 10’-12’ Spread: 10’-12’
‘Brandywine’
‘Brandywine’
More compact than the species.
Pollinates ‘Winterthur’.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
Viburnum dilatatum
‘Asian Beauty’
Upright deciduous shrub. Flat topped
white blooms in late May early June.
Red fruit amid burgundy fall color.
‘Cardinal Candy’
‘Michael Dodge’
Height: 12’-15’ Spread: 8’-12’
Growth: Moderate to fast
Soil: Moist to wet, acidic
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
‘Winterthur’
More compact than the species.
Pollinates ‘Brandywine’.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 6’-10’
‘Winterthur’
Spread: 5’-10’
Height: 5’
Growth: Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Cardinal Candy’
Domes of creamy-white flowers appear in
late spring. Bright red fruits. Bronze- burgundy
red fall color.
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 4’-5’
Viburnum opulus
‘Erie’
Blanket of creamy-white flat-topped cymes nearly
hide the leaves in early May. Red- orange fruit in
late summer turns coral pink after first frost.
Height: 6’-10’ Spread: 5’-7’
Height: 10’- 12’ Spread: 10’- 15’
Growth: Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist, average soil
Zone(s): 3 |
EUROPEAN CRANBERRYBUSH VIBURNUM
Medium to large shrub with green maple
shaped leaves and flat clusters of small
white flowers followed by bright red fruit.
‘Roseum’
‘Roseum’
Large sterile selection with clusters of
flowers opening apple green then turning
white in spring
Height: 12’ Spread: 12’
‘Michael Dodge’
Rounded habit. Abundant bright yellow fruit
against a background of orange-bronze fall
foliage. Berries attractive to birds.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 8’-10’
‘Nanum’
Dwarf, compact selection. Rarely flowers
or fruits.
Height: 2’ Spread: 2-3’
Viburnum x juddi
JUDD VIBURNUM
Similar to Viburnum carlesii. Has fragrant
snowball sized flowers in early spring followed
by blue-black berries and red foliage in autumn.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
Growth: Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
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Part Sun/Part Shade
Shade
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Viburnum sargentii
DOUBLEFILE VIBURNUM
‘Mariesii’
Distinctively layered horizontal branching
with abundance of white flower clusters.
‘Roseum’
‘Mariesii’
SHRUBS
Viburnum plicatum tomentosum
SARGENT VIBURNUM
‘Onandaga’
A compact growing cultivar with an upright
habit. Purple foliage when young turns green
with age. Red buds open to white flowers.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 5 |
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 6’-8’
Growth:Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 |
‘Popcorn’
Showy clusters of white flowers.
Red fruit in fall.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 5’-6’
Growth:Moderate
Soil:
Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 5 |
Viburnum trilobum
‘Shasta’
An abundant bloomer with white flowers in
May. Nice burgundy fall foliage with red fruit.
AMERICAN CRANBERRYBUSH VIBURNUM
Large shrub with a rounded form. Foliage is deeply
lobed dark green in spring turning red-purple in
fall. Bears flat clusters of white flowers in spring
followed by bright red edible fruit in fall.
Height: 6’-8’
Spread: 10’-12’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained, rich
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Shasta’
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 8’-12’
Growth: Moderate
Soil: Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 2 | NE |
‘Shoshoni’
Similar to the ‘Shasta’ viburnum, but smaller
in size. Flat white flowers with red to black
fruit in the fall.
‘Alfredo’
Dense, compact form with excellent
red fall foliage.
Height: 6’ Spread: 6’‘
Height: 5’
Spread: 8’
Growth:Moderate
Well-drained, rich
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Summer Snowflake’
A continuous bloomer from May to frost with
abundant small white flowers followed by
red fruit in the fall.
’Summer Snowflake’
Height: 6’-7’
Spread: 8’
Growth:Fast
Well-drained, rich
Soil:
Zone(s): 5 |
‘Wentworth’
‘Wentworth’
A cultivar of the native species known for
its abundant red fruit. Dark green foliage
turns brilliant yellow to reddish-purple in
the fall. Upright, dense, and spreading habit.
White clustered flowers in late May.
Height: 8’-12’ Spread: 8’-12’
Vitex castus
Viburnum prunifolium
BLACKHAW VIBURNUM
A fast growing variety of viburnum with
white flowers and edible pink fruit.
Height: 12’-15’ Spread: 8’-10’
Growth:Fast
Soil: Well-drained, rich
Zone(s): 4 | NE |
CHASTE TREE
Vase shaped deciduous shrub with fragrant
lavender flowers July though September.
Height: 8’-10’ Spread: 5’-8’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 6 |
Viburnum rhytidophylloides
LEATHERLEAF VIBURNUM
’Alleghany’
A dense selection of viburnum with coarse
leaves and branches. Fragrant white flowers
turn to red fruit in the fall.
Height: 10’
Spread: 10’
Growth:Fast
Soil:Well-drained
Zone(s): 5 |
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Weigela florida
‘Dark Horse’
Dark purple foliage with pink flowers
on this more compact selection.
Height:
Growth:
Soil: Zone(s):
3’
Spread: 3’
Moderate to fast
Well-drained, moist
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‘Midnight Wine’
Dark purple foliage through the
growing season. Pink flowers.
Height: 3’
Spread: 3’
‘My Monet’
Green, cream and pink foliage with
pink flowers. Low mounding habit.
Height: 18”-24” Spread: 18”-24”
‘Midnight Wine’
‘Red Prince’
A selection know for its dark red
flowers in May and June on graceful
arching branches.
Height: 5’-6’
Spread: 5’-6’
‘Wine and Roses’
‘Color Guard’
A variety with green edged leaves
and a creamy-yellow center.
Height: 2’-3’ Spread: 2’-3’
Yucca filamentosa
ADAM’S NEEDLE
‘Golden Sword’
Yellow leaves with dark green edges.
Six inch tall spikes of ivory-white
bell shaped flowers.
‘Wine and Roses’
A small shrub with dark red to almost black
foliage in summer. Pink flowers in June.
Height: 4’-5’
Spread: 2’-3’
‘Variegata’
Growth: Fast
Pink flowers contrast against variegated
Well-drained, moist
Soil: green and white foliage.
Zone(s): 4 |
Height: 4’-5’ Spread: 4’-5’
Growth: Moderate to fast
Soil: Well-drained, moist
Zone(s): 4 |
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Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
Growth: Fast
Soil: Dry, infertile
Zone(s): 5 |
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Part Sun/Part Shade
Shade
‘Bright Edge’
Dark green leaves with gold edges.
Height: 2’-3’
Spread: 2’-3’
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Native
NE
Native New England