 | Abelia: Fragrant Abelia |
A hardy, fragrant Abelia. Wonderfully fragrant, rich pink flowers cover this shrub and the fragrance is better than a lilac! The blooms adorn this plant from late May through June. The glossy summer foliage turns an attractive orange-red in autumn. We have never seen any tip die-back on this plant even in years when other Abelia cultivars are killed to the ground.
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 | Buddleia: Butterfly Bush |
An old fashioned butterfly bush in full bloom covered in butterflies is something every garden desires but must have the space for. The English Butterfly Series we offer was developed in England where the use of growth inhibitors is prohibited. Elizabeth Keep met her breeding goal by providing us with a refined habit of well behaved bushy plants roughly one third the size of typical davidii cultivars.
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 | Callicarpa: Beautyberry |
the beautyberry is an old fashioned shrub that if you have the room, you must have it in your landscape. The foliage is very clean and appealing all season and come fall, the stems are covered with the most intense purple berries that persist all winter. An incredible shrub for the back of a border.
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 | Caryopteris: Bluebeard |
This shrub belongs in every sunny garden. The compact habit and fragrant foliage alone make it an easy choice. When covered in bright blue flowers in late summer through fall, every butterfly for miles will find it. Treat as a woody perennial and prune back each spring. Leave intact for winter interest.
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 | Clethra: Summersweet |
Summersweet is an excellent, trouble-free shrub which masses well in conspicuous areas in lawns or shrub borders where its attractive foliage, fragrant summer bloom, good fall color and tidy winter appearance can be showcased. Slender, upright habit makes it ideal for planting in narrow spaces in the perennial border or around foundations. Also a good shrub for wet areas, such as low spots, stream banks or pond/water garden edges.
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 | Cornus: Dogwood |
A compact red-twigged dogwood with a compact non-suckering habit. The distinguished dogwoods with colored stems make interesting additions to almost any garden scheme. This compact shrub is excellent for hedgerows with startling red polished stems throughout the winter.
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 | Diervilla: Bush Honeysuckle |
Diervilla is an interesting genus that was once grouped in as Weigela. It has similar leaves but in many respects the foliage is nicer, and Diervilla has smaller, yellow flowers. Gardeners really should get to know this workhorse. It's a tough plant that is adaptable to difficult locations. It can be used much as Rhus a. 'Low-Gro'. Prune by one third in the spring to maintain shape. The fall color is outstanding.
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 | Heptacodium: Seven-Son Flower |
Recently introduced from China, Heptacodium has become the rage. A large arching shrub or small tree, with glossy dark green leaves, exfoliating bark, and fragrant creamy-white late summer flowers. Its best attribute is its persistent, showy, reddish-pink sepals that are quite the show from October through November.
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 | Hydrangea |
The big leaf hydrangea commands attention in the late summer with showy pink to blue snowballs. The flowers of the big leaf are of two forms: the hortensis, with showy flowers that are broadly rounded like snowballs; and the lacecaps with rows of small flowers surrounding a more flat faced bloom resembling a lacey edge.
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 | Hypericum: St. John's Wort |
A really impressive new shrub from Denmark. This tightly branched shrub is noted for its long bloom time, beginning in July and continuing until September. The flowers are a rich yellow, small but numerous, and the leaves are willow like, unlike other cultivars.
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 | Itea: Sweetspire |
Itea, or Sweetspire, is a great plant for massing, along waterways, on banks, or in the border. The habit is strongly suckering and multi-stemmed, forming very attractive 4 to 5 foot mounds. Iteas provide fragrant white flowers mid season with excellent red to purple fall color
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 | Philadelphus: MockOrange |
Mock-oranges are popular shrubs in parks and gardens, grown for their reliable display of late spring flowers; the scented species are particularly valued.
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 | Physocarpus: Ninebark |
The ninebark is rewarding no matter what the season. Ninebark is a tough durable shrub that becomes desnse and rounded with age. The leaves emerge in wonderful sunset colors followed by white to pink flowers in mid season. The seed heads from these blooms resemble a coral colored broach. The pealing shaggy brown bark provides winter interest.
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 | Rhamnus: Buckthorn |
The feathery foliage of this frangula buckthorn has always provided quite a statement in the garden and is very underused. They can be used as a very large shrub or I have pruned many into very cool specimen tree forms. Now with 'Fine Line' available the possibilities for this shrub are endless with its tight columnar habit.
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 | Rhus: Fragrant Sumac |
Thicket-forming shrub; excellent plant for controlling erosion on road cuts and other sloping areas with poor dry soils; yellow flowers; red fruits that persist into winter; red fall foliage; bark is an emergency winter food for eastern cottontail.
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 | Salix: Willow |
The willows are deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus Salix, part of the willow family Salicaceae. The leaves are deciduous, often elongate but round to oval in a few species, and with a serrated margin.
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 | Sambucus: Elderberry |
Sambucus is a fabulous ornamental flowering shrub that makes a very bold statement in the garden. All the varieties I have been introduced to, I love. Remember to give them plenty of room in the landscape as they look best given a wide space. Grow it as a shrub, or cut it back each year and use it as a bold perennial. Its growth rate, once the buds pop, is very fast. Flowers in June.
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 | Spirea |
Flowers in mid-summer and again if pruned to shape, are big fluffy umbrella-like blooms. Bluish-green leaves are more rounded in shape and turn an incredible mix of yellow, orange, and red in the fall. Great for massing. Maintenance free and very unknown. Highly touted by the 'plant people'.
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 | Symphoricarpos: Coralberry |
The coralberry is a long forgotten old fashioned shrub not marketed enough. It may be the older varieties have an untamed habit; but the profusion of late season fruit decorating the stem on the newer varieties is phenomenal. 'Amethyst' is an impressive new coralberry from Germany with a graceful form.
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 | Viburnum |
The Arrowwood Viburnum is a durable flowering shrub with glossy dark green leaves that fits into any landscape. Flat topped white flowers are showy during May and June followed by bluish to blue-black fruit for the birds in the fall. Valued for its durability and utility, it makes a good hedge or screen and is used in groupings, masses, and barriers.
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 | Weigela |
The old fashioned weigela has come a long way with the new varieties offered. Many can be used to provide colorful foliage and marvelous low mounding dwarf shrubs within the landscape or perennial border. Flowers are very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Leaves emerge late in the spring, so be patient.
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