Alpine Currant

The Alpine Currant, Ribes alpinum, is a very hardy hedge plant that can be kept trimmed to any desired height from 18 inches to 4 feet. The abundant green, glossy foliage forms a dense hedge. Grows well in sun or shade and is rarely bothered by insects or plant diseases. The Alpine Currant can survive the coldest of winter climates with annual temperatures as low as -50ª Fahrenheit. It does well in dry soils. Alpine currant is drought tolerant.

Blue Mist Bluebeard

The Bluebeard 'Blue Mist', Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Blue Mist', also known as Bluebeard and Blue-Mist Spirea,is an attractive compact, mounding shrub with fragrant powder blue blooms. It has a long blooming season.This plant creates a wonderful border for perennial beds, or use along walks and entryways. Place in full sun. Moderate grower to 2+ feet tall, 2 feet wide on average.

Dark Knight Bluebeard

The Bluebeard 'Dark Knight', Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight', is a mounding deciduous broadleaf shrub. It is drought tolerant. It displays compact, green leaves. Spectacular deep blue flowers appear in mid-summer. Cut back after bloom for repeat bloom. This is a relatively small shrub that will die back to the ground during the winter and regrow in the spring.

Black Knight Butterfly Bush

The Butterfly Bush 'Black Knight', Buddleia 'Black Knight', is a vigorous growing shrub that boasts dark purple flower from mid-summer and is a butterfly magnet. This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring.

Honeycomb Butterfly Bush

The Butterfly Bush 'Honeycomb', Buddleia 'Honeycomb', is a beautiful yellowing flowering variety of butterfly bush. This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. In fact, it's more than attractive; it's a magnet for all the butterflies that pass through your garden seeking nectar. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring.

Pink Delight Butterfly Bush

The Butterfly Bush 'Pink Delight', Buddleia 'Pink Delight', has fragrant, deep pink flowers on a compact growing butterfly bush. The leaves are grayish green to add interest. It is a vigorous growing shrub that boasts deep pink flowers from mid-summer and is a butterfly magnet. This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring.

Royal Red Butterfly Bush

The Butterfly Bush 'Royal Red', Buddleia 'Royal Red', is not quite a true red color, but purple-red flowers are borne on this beautiful upright growing shrub. It is a vigorous growing shrub that boasts purple -red flowers from mid-summer and is a butterfly magnet. This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring.

White Bouquet Butterfly Bush

The Butterfly Bush 'White Bouquet', Buddleia 'White Bouquet', has fragrant, white flower panicles 8-12" long form on this somewhat compact growing butterfly bush. It is a vigorous growing shrub that boasts white flowers from mid-summer and is a butterfly magnet. This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. This plant blooms on new growth and should be pruned back to the ground in spring.

Compact American Cranberrybush

The Compact American Cranberrybush, Viburnum. trilobum 'Alfredo', is native, hardy plant and has edible red fruits in fall, which are great for making jellies (and of course, for birds, too). It has superb red orange fall color.This compact American Cranberrybush grows rounded and upright, to about 5 to 6 feet high.

Isanti Dogwood

The Dogwood 'Isanti', Cornus sericea 'Isanti', is a fine-twigged Dogwood with red bark. White flowers in late spring are followed by abundant white fruit. Mounding plants grow 4 to 5 feet tall and spreading 4 to 8 feet. Very adaptable and will thrive in sun or partial shade. Requires a soil with adequate moisture, otherwise adaptable as it tolerates wet sites. Isanti Dogwoods are slower growing and more compact than the species, making it more usable in the landscape than the species.

Ivory Halo Dogwood

The Dogwood 'Ivory Halo', Cornus alba 'Bailhalo',also known as tatarian dogwood, is a cultivar that is noted for its compact size, variegated (white-edged) leaves and bright red twigs in winter. It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 4-6' tall on erect, usually unbranched stems. Fruit is quite attractive to birds and is generally considered to have as much if not more ornamental interest than the flowers. Fall color is variable, but foliage may turn attractive shades of purple-red.

Red Twigged Dogwood

The Dogwood 'Red Twigged', Cornus 'Baileyi', is a shade tolerant shrub with red bark in winter. This beautiful red stemmed dogwood has medium green foliage. The creamy white flowers are followed by blue-black fruits. Burgundy colored bark in the winter. It is good for hedge use and winter interest. Needs a sufficient watering routine. Full sun to part shade.

Yellow Twig Dogwood

The Dogwood 'Yellow Twig', Cornus sericea 'Yellow Twig', is a medium sized shrub with bright yellow twigs. These yellow twigs provide a good contrast against any Red-twig with its yellow fall color. The foliage is medium to dark green in summer, followed by purplish fall color. The twigs are green in summer, but turn bright clear yellow in fall and are quite conspicuous in winter, especially if planted in groups with one of the red twigged dogwoods. Plant in full sun and provide a well watered location.

Dwarf Blue Leaf Arctic Willow

The Dwarf Blue Leaf Arctic Willow, Salix purpurea 'Nana', is a fast grower and it will tolerate wet soil conditions.This shrub provides quantities of slender, upright stems which makes for a soft looking shrub which waves beautifully in the wind. To keep it looking it's best, provide regular pruning. The blue-green leaves are very attractive on the mounded shape. A fine textured shrub.

Emerald Gaiety Burning Bush

The Euonymus 'Emerald Gaiety', Euonymus f. 'Emerald Gaiety', has deep green leaves edged in sparkling white. The leaves are tinged with pink in winter. This evergreen shrub has a dense erect habit and is excellent for small hedges and foundation plantings. Plant in full sun. Emerald Gaietys can become a climber if supported. It does not like high winds but is otherwise very hardy. It does well under most light conditions from full sun to fairly deep shade. The flowers are easy to miss, but it can produce quite showy red inedible berries.

Emerald n Gold Burning Bush

The Euonymus 'Emerald 'n Gold', Euonymus f.'Emerald n Gold', is an excellent dwarf evergreen plant. It displays bright variegated green and gold foliage. It is also tolerant of dense shade. Emerald 'n Gold Euonymus is a low-growing, tight branching, mounding, woody, evergreen shrub. The leaves will turn a pink-red color in cold weather. It is tolerant of most soils except swampy, extremely wet conditions. If used as a hedge, trim in May and August. For hedges plant 1ft apart.

Meadowlark Forsythia

The Forsythia 'Meadowlark'. Forsythia x 'Meadowlark' is noted for the cold-hardiness of its buds and its blooming ability in exposure to temperatures that are below-zero. Heavier flowering is encouraged if planted in full sun. This fast growing deciduous shrub produces bright yellow flowers. These soft yellow flowers line arching branches in April which creates a 10-foot waterfall of glowing color. A true harbinger of spring!

Sunrise Forsythia

The Forsythia 'Sunrise', Forsythia x 'Sunrise', also known as Border Forsythia and Golden Bell, is a deciduous shrub noted for its colorful yellow spring flowers appearing before the foliage. All it requires is a sunny area and well-drained soil. It's also a very easy plant to grow and transplants well.This plant is good in container plantings, the border plantings, and as a specimen or ground cover. Prune after flowering to keep the plant compact and to thin it out. 'Sunrises' display a purple fall leaf color.

Hancock Coralberry

The Hancock Coralberry, Symphoricarpos x chenaultii 'Hancock', is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It will tolerates wide range of soils. This dwarf hybrid coralberry cultivar is a low-growing, spreading, deciduous shrub which typically grows 1-1.5' tall. Its arching stems do not root where they touch the ground. This plant displays dark green leaves (to 3/4" long). The berry-laden winter stems may be cut for indoor floral arrangements.

Late Panicle Hydrangea

The Hydrangea 'Late Panicle', Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva', This shrub has white airy flowers that can reach 10-12" in length in late August. The flowers are a mixture of sterile and fertile flowers which gives the flowers less density and less likelihood to tip or droop. Flowers will turn bronze in fall. Prune every year in the fall after blooming, no more than 1/3 of the plant. These plants look best when they are kept pruned to keep them thick at the base. They are hardy and will not need to be covered to flower.

Chinese Lilac

The Chinese Lilac, Syringa Chinensis, is a large round-headed shrub that can be used as a single specimen or as a background border or screening planting. It produces an excellent floral display in early May. The flower color is lilac purple. Flowers are produced in 4-5" long panicles after the foliage emerges. It is a profuse bloomer with fragrant flowers covering much of the plant. Renewal pruning to remove a few older canes each year will help keep the plant full to the base. Prune after flowering for best landscape effect.

James Macfarlane Lilac

The Lilac 'James Macfarlane', Syringa presoniae 'James Macfarlane', blooms two weeks later than Syringa vulgaris types. The true single pink flowers bloom freely. It is extremely hardy and adaptable, withstanding moisture conditions fatal to vulgaris hybrids. This lilac has an upright shape. The large clusters of deliciously scented flowers bloom in May and June and are attractive to butterflies. Lilacs should be grown in fertile, humus-rich, well drained soil.

Miss Kim Lilac

The Lilac' Miss Kim', Syringa patula 'Miss Kim', is a very popular shrub. It is thought by many to be the number one Lilac in the Midwestern United States. It has an abundance of fragrant blossoms in spring that are dark lavender-pink in bud and fade to a very soft lavender-pink when fully opened. This shrub is resistant to powdery mildew, but suffers under prolonged drought conditions, when it may drop many of its leaves. The Miss Kim Lilac makes a wonderful shrub for foundation plantings.

Darts Gold Ninebark

The Ninebark 'Dart's Gold', Physocarpus opulifolius 'Dart's Gold', is named for its broad three-lobed golden spring foliage, which turns lime green in the summer. This fine shrub is also notable for its wide arching branches tipped with pink-dusted white flowers. Dart's Gold is a very adaptable deciduous shrub. It will tolerate dry conditions. Place in full sun to light shade.This Ninebark has golden leaves, white flowers, red fruit, papery bark, and is attractive in winter. Rejuvenate by pruning to base in the spring.

Dwarf Ninebark

The Dwarf Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nana', is a small shrub that can be used as a small hedge plant, foundation plant or in rock gardens. It has white flowers in the spring and has peeling bark that creates winter interest.This dense bushy shrub produces its flowers in late spring. After flowering, seedpods develop that are red and quite ornamental. Plant in full sun to part shade.

Nugget Ninebark

The Nugget Ninebark, Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nugget', is a dense compact shrub of low to medium size and texture. Its foliage is a deep golden yellow with a hint of bronze on new growth. Nugget is quick to establish. New growth is a deep golden yellow, turning lime green at maturity. Mature branches are dark brown with shedding bark. Flowers are white and not especially showy; fruit is reddish brown and persistent. Fall foliage color, lasting several weeks, is a deep bronze.

Gold Drop Potentilla

The Potentilla' Gold Drop', Potentilla fruticosa 'Gold Drop', also known as Buttercup Shrub or Shrubby Cinquefoil, displays attractive, yellow buttercup flowers all summer. Gold Drop Potentilla is a deciduous shrub that does best in full sun and will flower all summer if trimmed in late June or July along with fertilizer and water. It is best to thin this plant in late winter by cutting back about one third of the stems near the ground (older stems only). Potentilla also serves as a butterfly nectar source and a host for butterfly larvae.

Goldfinger Potentilla

The Potentilla 'Goldfinger', Potentilla Fruticosa 'Goldfinger', is a very popular cultivar. Its globe shaped flower is nearly 2" across with deep golden yellow flowers. It blooms all summer. It has a compact habit and the showy display of flowers makes this an outstanding Potentilla. Besides blooming into late fall, it is also deer resistant. It is widely regarded as one the best yellow-flowering potentilla cultivars. Shear each Spring to control size and shape.

Jackman Potentilla

The Potentilla 'Jackman', Potentilla fruticosa 'jackmanii', is a compact upright shrub with brilliant yellow flowers. This deciduous shrub has deep green leaves that make a beatiful backgound for the deep yellow flowers. Jackman Potentillaf fowers from midsummer on to fall.Potentillas may be the longest blooming shrub with loads of yellow flowers all summer. The bushy plants like sun and are not fussy about soil. They are very hardy and popular.

Katherine Dykes Potentilla

The Potentilla 'Katherine Dykes', Potentilla fruiticosa 'Katherine Dykes', has medium green, glaucous foliage.The graceful arching branches bear lemon yellow 1" blooms. The ease of care, the long flowering period, and versatility combine to make the Potentilla fruiticosa varieties nice shrubs to include in the summer garden. Use Potentillas for seasonal color. They provide garden color for the better part of five months.

McKays White Potentilla

The Potentilla 'McKay's White', Potentilla fruiticosa 'McKay's White', is a gracefully mounded plant with flowers that are initially creamy-white, later becoming pure white. 'McKay's White' is a shrub with medium to dark green leaves. Flowers are single and individual, with a long bloom time.The ease of care, the long flowering period, and versatility combine to make the Potentilla fruiticosa varieties nice shrubs to include in the summer garden. Use Potentillas for seasonal color. They provide garden color for the better part of five months.

Primrose Beauty Potentilla

The Potentilla 'Primrose Beauty', Potentilla fruiticosa 'Primrose Beauty', is a deciduous arching shrub with grey-green leaves and lovely pale primrose yellow flowers. The prolific pale yellow flowers continue until hard frost.The ease of care, the long flowering period, and versatility combine to make the Potentilla fruiticosa varieties nice shrubs to include in the summer garden. Use Potentillas for seasonal color. They provide garden color for the better part of five months.

Cheyenne Privet

The Privet 'Cheyenne', Ligustrum vulgare 'Cheyenne', is the hardiest of this species even withstanding the rugged winters of Zone 4 locations. It grows into a heavily branched dense plant. Cheyennes are well-suited for hedges or foundation plantings as it can be kept trimmed to any desired height from 18 inches to 4 feet. The glossy, deep green foliage remains until late fall. Plant in full to part sun.

Texas Scarlet Flowering Quince

The Quince 'Texas Scarlet Flowering', Chaenomeles x 'Texas Scarlet', is one of the first shrubs to bloom in the spring. It displays glossy, green foliage which appears soon after profuse red flowers cover the plant in spring. The suggested uses for this plant include specimen plant, border, barrier, hedge, and attracting wildlife. The yellow- green fruits are apple-like, and attract wildlife. Also useful as good cut flowers.

Siberian Peashrub

The Siberian Peashrub, 'Caragana arborescens', is large rounded shrub that is well adapted to exposed, cold, dry and other difficult sites. It has showy yellow pea like flowers that appear in late May.The bark of the trunk and stems retain a greenish color for several years. The small leaflets are medium green in color. Often used as a windbreak or tall informal hedge. Siberian Peasshrubs are deciduous and have low water requirements, and a moderate salt & alkali tolerance.

Anthony Waterer Spiraea

The Spirea 'Anthony Waterer', Spiraea x bumalda 'Anthony Waterer', has flat-topped heads of rosy-pink flowers that cover the top of this dwarf shrub, backed by bright green foliage. Attractive new growth is reddish purple.The foliage is deciduous and the leaves are a wine-red to maroon and the in the fall maturing into a dark green.This small plant can be used in the foreground of shrub borders.

Crisp Leaf Spiraea

The Spirea 'Crisp Leaf', Spiraea x bumalda 'Crispa', have pink flowers in large clusters. One of its distinquishing characteristics is the new growth, which is burgundy-red.Distinguished by their size, bloom color and season of bloom, spireas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant.

Daphne Spiraea

The Spirea 'Daphne', Spiraea japonica 'Alpina', exhibits small leaves on short, wiry branches, each tipped with a cluster of light pink flowers. It is a refined, tidy groundcover plant.It performs best in full sun. The foliage is dense and mat-like with a blue-green color.Distinguished by their size, bloom color and season of bloom, spireas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant.

Darts Red Spiraea

The Spirea 'Dart's Red', Spiraea x bumalda 'Dart's Red', is a deciduous semi-evergreen shrub. It is a low growing shrub with rounded shape. The thin branches give Dart's Red a very dense appearance. The young leaves have a pinkish red color and become dark green at maturity.Distinguished by their size, bloom color and season of bloom, spireas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant.

Goldmound Spiraea

The Spirea 'Goldmound', Spiraea x 'Goldmound', this colorful plant provides an exceptional accent or contrast in your foundation planting or shrub border. Brilliant foliage holds its light chartreuse-green color all season long. Flushes of pink flowers appear in June and July. Dense bushy 18 to 24 inch plants maintain their nicely rounded, neat appearance with little or no pruning. Distinguished by their size, bloom color and season of bloom, spireas all have small leaves and fine, twiggy branches. Once established, they are drought tolerant.

Japanese White Spiraea

The Spirea 'Japanese White', Spiraea albiflora, has bright green foliage, topped by heavy clusters of white blooms. This deciduous shrub is low growing and exhibits a rounded form. Japanese Whites are effective in mixed shrub plantings, low borders and clumped together. Spireas are covered with flat clusters of flowers in June and again off and on all summer, especially if the old flowers are pruned. Spireas are great in shrub groupings, near buildings, mass plantings, and low hedges.

Magic Carpet Spiraea

The Spirea 'Magic Carpet', Spirea japonica 'Magic Carpet', is a colorful shrub that fits almost anywhere in the landscape. In spring the leaf shoots emerge vibrant red, maturing into rich bronze to light green red-tipped foliage. Clusters of deep pink flowers cover the plant in early summer. In fall the foliage takes on russet tones that remain colorful well into November. The 18 to 24 inch rounded plants are full and bushy. Full sun brings out the brightest colors. This plant is very drought tolerantand beautiful in the fall.

Renaissance Spiraea

The Spirea 'Renaissance', Spirea vanhouttei 'Renaissance', has improved disease resistance. This bridal wreath like plant shares the same arching displays of snow white flowers as its old time parent. Arching boughs blossom in mid to late spring that are stunning on cloudy days or in moonlight. Popular cut flower for wreath making. Fountain shape makes ideal specimen or dark green background shrub which turns orange-red in the fall. A deciduous shrub that should be placed in full sun.

Tor Spiraea

The Spirea 'Tor', Spiraea betuliflia 'Tor', is a compact spirea reaching a height and width of 2-3 ft. Its tiny white flower clusters are set against a backdrop of deep green leaves that are almost iridescent in the summer. Foliage turns a deep, purplish-red in the fall. The flowers are attractive to butterflies. Light shearing will encourage repeat bloom. Tor blooms on new wood, so pruning in late winter or early spring is recommended. Because of its small size and excellent attributes, Tor spirea makes a great foundation shrub.

Mohican Viburnum

The Viburnum 'Mohican', Viburnum lantana 'Mohican', is an incredibly tough shrub that is essentially evergreen in warmer climates. The dark, hairy leaves create a dark background to showcase other plants.It displays a very compact growth habit. The creamy white, flat topped flowers entirely envelop the plant in late April or May, followed by orange-red fruit in early July lasting a month before turning black in fall.The Mohican makes a nice hedge with the compact shape and heavy, dark green foliage. The fall color is attractive.

Minuet Weigela

The Weigela 'Minuet', Weigela florida 'Minuet', is a hardy dwf variety that was developed in Canada and has green-tinged-purple leaves and produces a profusion of slightly fragrant flowers, a"minuet"in color. The corolla is ruby red, the petal lobes are lilac-purple, and the throat is yellow. The Minuet is hardier than other dwarf cultivars. It's compact, rounded shape is very attractive. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and birds.

Java Red Weigela

The Wiegela 'Java Red', Weigela florida 'Java Red', is one of the oldest Wiegelas. It is a dwarf, only rarely exceeding four feet of height, making it at its biggest half the size of the majority of Weigelas. Due to its compact habit it is one of the least prone to ranginess when left unpruned, though some degree of ranginess seems inescapable even with a compact dwarf. This plant is useful as a background planting, summer screen or in shrub borders. This shrub is deciduous.

Russian Sage

The Russian Sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia, is a deciduous semi-woody subshrub with upright, grayish white stems and lobed, silvery gray leaves. The older stems are woody at the base, and younger stems are herbaceous and square in cross section. The stems and leaves give off a pungent odor when crushed or bruised. In late summer and autumn Russian sage produces 12 in. spires of small, tubular lavender flowers. Flowering persists for two or three months. Russian sage grows in a clump. Place in full sun.

White Butterfly Bush

The White Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii 'Alba', is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun. Even if plants do not die to the ground in winter, they usually grow more vigorously, produce superior flowers and maintain a better shape if cut to the ground in late winter each year. Removal of spent flower spikes during the growing season will encourage additional bloom, but consider leaving final blooms in place to facilitate reseeding.

Petit Bleu Bluebeard

The Bluebeard Petit Blue, 'Caryopteris x clandonensis', a Proven Winners selection, is a compact Bluebeard that has a very tight growth habit. Petit Blue blooms from July through September. The short internodes result in an intense floral display.The flowers contast nicely with the dark green, glossy foliage.This plant is very attractive to butterflies.Plant this flower for a mixed border or in perennial beds. They may also be planted as part of a wildlife garden. Place in loose, well drained soil.

Sunshine Blue Bluebeard

The Bluebeard Sunshine Blue, 'Caryopteris x clandonensis', a Proven Winners slection, is a compact Bluebeard that is a stonger plant than Worcester Gold. Sunshine Blue blooms from July through September. Sunshine Blue has rich blue flowers that overwelm the pale blue blooms of other cultivars. Caropteris is a valueable plant for the garden because it provides late season blooms when many other plants have passed their prime. Use this plant in a mixed border or as a mass planting in dry, sunny areas and for cut flowers. This plant is very attractive to butterflies.

Fireball Burning Bush

The Burning Bush Fire Ball, 'Euonymus a. 'Fire Ball', a Proven Winners selection, is an improved selection of compact burning bush with tighter branching and stem hardiness. Fire Ball resists stem die back even in the harshest winters. Plant this Burning Bush for its brilliant red fall color. The Fire Ball will give a jolt of fall color in hedges or landscapes. The bright green leaves are also attractive in the growing season.

Adonis Blue Butterfly Bush

The Butterfly Bush Adonis Blue, 'Buddleia 'Adonis Blue', a Proven Winners selection, is a new cultivar that will not crowd its neighbors in your garden. They are about one thrid the size of most Butterfly Bush varieties and the butterflies and hummingbirds still love them. The plants are extra bushy and are loaded with colorful flowers. The deep blue flowers are good sized and have that delightful fragrance. This plant is perfect for smaller gardens and the mixed border. They can also be used as container plants in milder climates.

Peacock Butterfly Bush

The Butterfly Bush Peacock, 'Buddleia 'Peacock', a Proven Winners selection, is a new cultivar that will not crowd its neighbors in your garden. They are about one third the size of most Butterfly Bush varieties and the butterflies and hummingbirds still love them. The plants are extra bushy and are loaded with colorful flowers. The pink flowers are good sized and have that delightful fragrance. This plant is perfect for smaller gardens and the mixed border. They can also be used as container plants in milder climates.

Purple Emperor Butterfly Bush

The Butterfly Bush Purple Emperor, 'Buddleia 'Peacock', a Proven Winners selection, is a new cultivar that will not crowd its neighbors in your garden. They are about one third the size of most Butterfly Bush varieties and the butterflies and hummingbirds still love them. The plants are extra bushy and are loaded with colorful flowers. The purple flowers are good sized and have that delightful fragrance. This plant is perfect for smaller gardens and the mixed border. They can also be used as container plants in milder climates.

Amethyst Coral Berry

The Coral Berry Amethyst, 'Symphoricarpos d. 'Amethyst', a Proven Winners selection, produces deep purple-pink fruit that is much brighter and showier in the landscape than other Coral Berry cultivars. Amethyst displays a neat branching habit unlike some other rangy Coral Berries. This plant is great for the home garden by providing vivid color in mid-summer. Place in well drained soil.

Chardonnay Pearls Deutzia

The Deutzia Chardonnay Pearls, 'Deutzia', a Proven Winners selection, provides a totally new look for an old garden favorite. The attractive, crisp, lime-yellow foliage provides season long color long after the spring blloms have gone. The pearl-like buds open to fragrant white blooms wihich contast nicely with the chartreuse foliage. This compact shrub fits nicely in the perennial garden or at the front of a shrub border.

Black Beauty Elderberry

The Elderberry Black Beauty, 'Sambucus nigra', a Proven Winners selection, displays intense purple-black foliage for season long interest and color. The fragrant pink flowers are grouped in masses over 10 inches across and virtually cove the plan in early summer. Black Beauty produces dark purple berries in late summer that attract songbirds. Use this plant as a shrub or train it into a small tree. This will catch your eye!

Blondy Euonymus

The Euonymus Blondy, 'Euonymus f. 'Blondy', a Proven Winners selection, is a colorful new variety of evergeen euonymus. Blondy has dramatic, crisp variegation. The green and yellow foliage will be more pronounced in full sun but this adaptable plant can be planted in most locations. Blondy can be used at the front of the border or along walkways for four season interest. Place in well drained soil.

Gold Splash Euonymus

The Euonymus Gold Splash, 'Euonymus f. 'Gold Splash', a Proven Winners selection, produces big, round leaves that have a bright, bold variegation. It will make a dramatic impact on the landscape and will provide four season color in your landscape. The variegation is very stable and the plant has good disease resistance. The variegated foliage maintains its color all yar long and it is accented by showy, persistant fruit in the fall. Place this plant in well drained soil.

Berry Heavy Holly

The Holly Berry Heavy, 'Ilex v. 'Berry Heavy', a Proven Winners selection, is a new selection with superior fruit set and berry retention. Berry Heavy produces copious amounts of bright red berries to be enjoyed in both the fall and winter. Use theses berries in in floral arrangements and other winter decorations. Brighten up the winter landscape by planting or massing these colorful plants.

Berry Nice Holly

The Holly Berry Nice, 'Ilex v. 'Berry Nice', a Proven Winners selection, is a new selection with superior fruit set and berry retention. Berry Nice produces copious amounts of bright red berries to be enjoyed in both the fall and winter. Use theses berries in in floral arrangements and other winter decorations. Brighten up the winter landscape by planting or massing these colorful plants. This plant also has improved mildew resistance.

Castle Spire Holly

The Holly Castle Spire, 'llex x 'Castle Spire', a Proven Winners selection, is one of the new blue hollies that are great for foundation plants. Castle Wall is compact and pyramidal in form This plant will attain heights of 8 to 10 feet and never be more tha 3 feet wide. The narrow form makes them great for hedges, foundation plantings, or as a specimen. The lustrous green foliage provides season long interest. Castle Wall will produce bright red berries in the fall and they will add color to the winter landscape.

Castle Wall Holly

The Holly Castle Wall, 'llex x 'Castle Wall', a Proven Winners selection, is one of the new blue hollies that are great for foundation plants. Castle Wall is compact and pyramidal in form The narrow form makes them great for hedges, foundation plantings, or as a specimen. The lustrous green foliage provides season long interest. Castle Wall will produce bright red berries in the fall and they will add colr to the winter landscape.

Lime Light Hydrangea

The Hydrangea Lime Light, 'Hydrangea p. 'Limelight', a Proven Winners selection, is an extraordinary new Hydrangia with exceptonal bright lime green flowers. This plant will really add cplr to a late summer lanscape. Lime Light has excellent vigor and is a floriferous bloomer. This plant can also be utilized in a container.

Little Lamb Hydrangea

The Hydrangia Little Lamb, 'Hydrangea p. 'Little Lamb', a Proven Winners selection, produces some of the most delicate flowers ever seen on a Hycrangea paniculata. Little Lamb's flowers are like those of the Pee Gee but much smaller. The white flowers look like little lambs dancing above the green foliage. Little Lamb prefers moist, well drained soil and the flower color is not affected by soil PH. This plant blooms in mid to late summer.

Shamrock Hydrangea

The Hydrangia Shamrock, 'Hydrangea macrophylla 'Shamrock', a Proven Winners selection, is a nice new variety of hydrangea that is delicate and more refined than other mophead hydrangias. Shamrock will begin to bloom in July with pink or blue flowers, depending on soil PH, and as the season goes along the flowers will deepen into a rich red or violet. Shamrock blooms for a long time and the plant is more compact than other varieties. Place this plant in moist, well drained soils.

White Dome Hydrangea

The Hydrangea White Dome, 'Hydrangea arborescens 'White Dome', a Proven Winners selection, is a hardy strong growing hydrangea that produce clouds of big, lacey, white blooms. The dome shaped flowers are held on long stems that are strong enough not to droop, even after a heavy rain. White Dome is useful as a mass planting or placed in a woodland setting. This plant produces flowers on new wood, so even if frost kills back the plant, it will still produce summer flowers. They are great for cut flowers.

Andorra Compacta Juniper

The Juniper Andorra Compacta, 'Juniperus 'Andora Compacta', is an excellent groundcover with its compact dense foliage. The Andorra Compacta displays four season interest with the bright green new growth in spring, the deep green color in the summer, the bronze-green color in the fall, and the unique bronze-purple winter color. The Andorra Compacta Juniper is used as a foundation plant, in rock gardens, and as a ground cover. Prune in the early summer if shaping is needed.

Blue Rug Juniper

The Juniper Blue Rug, 'Juniperus horizontalis Wiltonii', is an excellent ground cover or bank planting with it low growing thick foliage. The Blue Rug is so named because of its silver-blue color and low growing habit. Blue Rug will do well in almost any well drained soil and needs moderate moisture. This is the lowest growing of all Juniper plants and they will even cascade over walls. Prune young shoots to encourage branching, but older branches may not produce new growth.

Prince of Wales Juniper

The Juniper Prince of Wales, 'Juniperus horizontalis 'Prince of Wales', is an excellent groundcover which is relatively low-maintenance once established. Prince of Wales is also a good rock garden plant and it is good in mass plantings around homes and foundations. Prince of Wales is a good ground cover and it is useful for erosion control on slopes and banks. Prince of Wales exhibits medium green foliage with blue overtones which becomes tinged with purple in winter. The low spreading branches branches form a starburst pattern.

Sea Green Juniper

The Juniper Sea Green, 'Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Sea Green', also known as Chinese Juniper, is an evergreen Juniper that makes a great hedge that provides winter interest. This Juniper is a compact shrub with a fountain-like, arching habit. The bright green, fine textured foliage forms a vase shaped six foot plant. The Sea Green is tolerant of many soils and weather conditions. Place this plant in well drained soil. Sea Green Junipers are used for accent plants, borders, windbreaks and screens.

Golden Lanterns Pheasant Berry

The Pheasant Berry, 'Leycesteria 'Golden Lanterns', a Proven Winners selection, is a great additin to the perennial border. Leycesteria is an easy to grow plant that provides lots of color. Golden Lanterns' sunny yellow foliage has reddish new growth and the dark purple brachts make it even more colorful. Pheasant Berry gets its common name from the fruit it bears. Pheasants and wildlife love the berries it produces. In the north this shrub will die back each winter. Use a lot of mulch in colder climates.

Summer Wine Nine Bark

The Physocarpus Summer Wine, 'Physocarpus opulifolious 'Summer Wine, is a new Ninebark that is very neat with compact branching and deeply cut, dark crimson leaves. This plant requires little pruning and looks great in a pot. The pinkish white flowers appear in mid summer. Summer Wine is showy and extremely hardy and is prized as a landscape shrub and as a cut flower.

Chiffon White Rose of Sharon

The Hibiscus Chiffon White, 'Hibiscus Chiffon White', also known as Rose of Sharon, a Proven Winners selection, produce large single white flowers adorned with a lacy center. This plant will add a lot of charm to a late summer landscape. Hibiscus are reliable summer bloomers. Place in moist well drained soil.

Satin Rose Rose of Sharon

The Hibiscus Satin Rose, 'Hibiscus syriacus 'Satin Rose', a Proven Winners selection, also known as Rose of Sharon, is a tremendous improvement in the Hardy Hibiscus. Satin Rose produces strong growing plants with lots of large bright blooms. These plants are clearly superior to older and weaker varieties. Blue Satin has one of the best pink colors on the market today. Enjoy these beautiful mid summer blooms.

Satin Violet Rose of Sharon

The Hibiscus Satin Violet, 'Hibiscus syriacus 'Satin Violet', a Proven Winners selection, also known as Rose of Sharon, is a tremendous improvement in the Hardy Hibiscus. Satin Violet produces strong growing plants with lots of large bright blooms. These plants are clearly superior to older and weaker varieties. Violet Satin has one of the best violet colors on the market today. Enjoy these beautiful mid summer blooms.

Snow Storm Spiraea

The Spiraea Snow Storm, 'Spiraea m. 'Snow Storm', a Proven Winners selection, will provide your garden or border with a 'snow storm' in April. White flowers will cover this plant in April and May. The summer foliage is cool, bluish green and the fall color is a blazing orange-red. This shrub is easy to grow and is low maintenance.

Pink Parasols Spiraea

The Spiraea Pink Parasols, 'Spiraea f. 'Pink Parasols', a Proven Winners selection, is immediately known as a Spiraea with pink blooms, a first! Spiraea has been long prized for its attractive fall color and Pink Parasols adds fluffy pink colorful flowers in the summer and brilliant orange foliage in the fall. This plant is very durable and adaptable to many sitres. Pink Parasols is perfect for mass plantings, mixed borders, or anywhere a low maintainance plant is needed.

Blue Muffin Viburnum

The Viburnum Blue Muffin, 'Viburnum dentatum 'Blue Muffin', a Proven Winners selection, is a new viburnum variety. Ble Muffin is more compact than other Arrowwood viburnum. This viburnum would be great in the residential landscape as a low hedge or a foundation plant. The white flowers make a great contast with the glossy green leaves in early to mid-summer. The intense blue fruit that inspired the name Blue Muffin appears in lates summer and fall. The blue fruit adds interest to the landscape and is very attrractive to song birds.

Cardinal Candy Viburnum

The Viburnum Cardinal Candy,'Viburnum dentatum 'Cardinal Candy', a Proven Winners selection, is a very hardy viburnum for northern gardeners. The bright red, persistant berries make for a stunning display in the fall. Loads of cramy white flowers adorn this plant in the spring. Cardinal Candy has a nice, well branched habit and fits nicely into the landscape. Place this plant in well drained soil.

Midnight Wine Weigela

The Weigela Midnight Wine, 'Weigela 'Midnight Wine', a Proven Winners selection, produces intense purple-black foliage for season long interest and color. This small dwarfing plant is perfect for use in the front of a border or for edging. Midnight Wine can be used a an accent plant or for a dramatic mass planting. The small pink blooms appear in the spring. Place this plant in well drained soil.

Ruby Queen Weigela

The Weigela Ruby Queen, 'Weigela 'Ruby Queen', a Proven Winners selection, is a sister plant to Midnight Wine and Wine and Roses and is taller than Midnight wine and shorter that wine and Roses. The foliage has the same dark purple color as its sisters. Use Ruby Queen in mixed borders or as an accent plant near doors and walkways. Place them in borders for the dark purple accent color. The pink flowers are a nice contrast to the purple foliage. Place this plant in well drained soil.

Wine & Roses Weigela

The Weigela Wine and Roses, 'Weigela 'Wine and Roses', a Proven Winners selection, is a beautiful tall Weigelia with rich dark burgundy foliage. The dark burgundy foliage contrasts nicely with the pink flowers in the spring. This plant will produce a lot of flowers in the spring and will rebloom throughout the summer. Wine and Roses is very dramatic when planted in mass. This fast growing plant will add season long color to your garden.

Margarita Yew

The Yew Margarita, 'Taxus m. 'Margarita', a Proven Winners selection, is a cool lime green evergreen with a healthy color. Margarita will not burn or turn ugly like some other forms of Yews. Magarita always looks fresh and bright. This Yew will add some cool green color to the landscape. Margarita prefers well drained soil that is moist and a acid to neutral PH.

Common Purple Lilac

The Common Purple Lilac, Syringa Vulgaris, is well-known and loved by gardeners all over the world for its beauty and fragrance; one of the most powerful fragrances emitted by a plant. This deciduous shrub is used as a hedge or as an individual accent plant. It has light purple flowers occurring in clusters amid the dark-green heart-shaped leaves. Lilacs can withstand severely cold winters (even -35 degrees C) and in fact the species does not grow well in areas without significant frost in wintertime. Captivating fragrance, gorgeous flowers.

Barberry - Rosy Glow

The Barberry 'Rosy Glow', 'Berberis thunbergii', is an easy to grow shrub that is great for beginner gardeners. This barberry is a vigorous cultivar and is a showy garden plant with its variegated leaves of purple with light pink splotches. With a plant height of 3' and a spread of 2-3', it should be planted in full sun to part shade. Full sun will produce the best foliage color. 'Rosy Glow' needs a well drained area and can tolerate some drought. Yellow flowers will appear in April and they may last until May. Use 'Rosy Glow' as a back of the border plant with Daylily 'Stella De Oro' or Rudbeckia 'Goldstrum'.

Beauty Bush - Dream Catcher

The Beauty Bush Dream Catcher, 'Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Maracdo', is a wonderful shrub that is 6-9' tall. It should be planted in full sun to part shade and will adapt to many soils. Filtered shade will provide the best environment for the Dream Catcher. The unique color of golden orange flowers bloom early and hide for the rest of the year. This plant is a definite add to a perennial garden. 'Maradco' looks great even when not in bloom with golden yellow foliage that turns golden orange in fall. Use in containers, mixed beds and landscapes. 'Maradco' is also deer resistant.

Boxwood - Green Velvet

The Boxwood 'Green Velvet, Buxus 'Green Velvet', also known as Boxwood, is a slow growing broadleaf evergreen that requires little care. With a plant height of 2-3' and a spread of 3', it does add color and texture to the landscape. Plant 'Green Velvet' in full shade to part sun, in a well-drained area. Boxwoods are tolerant of pruning and shearing, but avoid cultivating around this plant because they have very shallow roots. Remove dead and damaged branches annually to improve the air circulation. Plant in a sheltered location to protect it from cold winters and strong winds. The Green Velvet is a 1997 Styer Award Winner & 1998 Michigan Growers' Choice Award Winner.

Coral Berry - Marleen

The Snow Berry, 'Symphoricarpos × doorenbosii Marleen', also known as New Eden 'Marleen' or Pink Snow Berry, is winter hardy plant that thrives in sunny or partially shaded areas. This shrub has slightly bent branches with blue-green leaves. Small, whitish pink flowers appear from June into September. This Snow Berry is a compact shrub that produces bright purple to pink berries in great abundance in the fall. This new snowberry is very suitable as cut flowers and for displaying the decorative branches with berries. It is a great container plant. For best results Marleen can be cut back to a height of 10 inches in February or March.

Cotoneaster - Bearberry

The Cotoneaster Bearberry, 'Cotoneaster dammeri', is a dark green, evergreen shrub with glossy leaves. This rapid growing shrub prefers moist, well drained soil, but it is quite tolerant of a range of soil conditions. Small white flowers appear in the spring and some small red fruit will be produced in the fall. Bearberry is great as a ground cover and is a very easy plant to grow. The foliage will turn a dull dark green to reddish purple in winter.

Cotoneaster - Cranberry

The Cotoneaster Cranberry, 'Cotoneaster apiculatus', is a deciduous shrub that is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soils in full sun. It has a wide tolerance of soil types.The branches may root where they touch the ground. This dense shrub displays stiffly arching branches. The small pink flowers appear in late spring and they will produce red cranberry-like berries in late summer. The autumn leaf color is very attractive with shades of purple, red and bronze. Use this plant to cover large areas, as a foundation plant, a low informal hedge or for erosion control on steep banks.

Cotoneaster - Peking

The Cotoneaster Peking, 'Cotoneaster acutifolia', is an erect shrub with slender spreading branches. The Peking Cotoneaster is best used as a hedge, or in groupings. This shrub displays yellow to red fall foliage and performs best in moist, well-drained soils. This shrub does well in partial shade to full sun light. Cotoneaster may be appreciated more for its dark green foliage than its blossoms. The small flowers are white to pinkish. Three-eighths inch black berries ripen in September and persist through mid-winter and are appreciated by some song birds such as the Robin and Catbird. Use this plant in the landscape for hedges, screens, and groupings.

Cotoneaster - Rockspray

The Cotoneaster Rockspray, 'Cotoneaster horizontalis', is a deciduous shrub that is best grown in moist, loamy, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Good drainage is essential. The Rockspray is a tough and adaptable plant that can withstand considerable drought once established. The Rockspray is a prostrate horizontally spreading plant. The tiers of horizontal branches arrange themselves in a fishbone pattern. This plant produces small pink flowers in early summer and bright red berries in late summer and fall. Rockspray cotoneaster is a valuable landscape plant which offers good foliage, flowers and fruit, and provides shelter for small birds. They may be massed as a woody ground cover for sunny areas and used for soil erosion control on banks or steep slopes.

Dogwood - Artic Fire

The Dogwood Artic Fire, Cornus stolonifera 'Farrow', PPAF, is a new species in the Cornus family. The red stems make a wonderful show in the winter time. 'Artic Fire' is dwarf in form and has a plant height and spread of 36-48'. Use this plant as a back of the border plant in any perennial garden. Plant in full sun to part shade for best color. The intense red stems can be used as stems for holiday wreaths and other arrangements and is stunning in beds and landscapes. Arctic Fire™ a great breakthrough for smaller gardens or residential landscapes. It’s a spectacular show in the winter sunlight. Protected by Plant Breeder's Rights - propagation prohibited.

Dogwood - Artic Sun

The Dogwood Artic Sun 'Cato', Cornus sanguinea 'Cato' , is a new dwarf, yellow twig Dogwood. It is extremely compact. With a plant height of 3-4’, the yellow foliage color adds instant impact to any garden. ‘Cato’ should be planted in full sun and will adapt to extremely wet conditions. Great for erosion control, it is highly recommended for rehabilitating moist sites and is well adapted to disturbed sites, is easy to grow and establish. In the garden, it will add more color because of its multiple stems.

Elderberry - Black Lace

The Elderberry Black Lace, 'Sambucus nigra ‘'Eva' PPAF 15,575, is an award winning shrub, resembling the Japanese Maple. Adaptable to most soils, lime being one, it has a plant height of 3-6'. The dark purple, finely cut foliage looks great all year long. Flowering appears in June, and the attractive pink blooms contrasts well against its foliage. The Black Lace is extremely easy to grow and a very popular plant for the landscape. The uses for this plant are endless. Grow it as a shrub, as a bold perennial or train it into a small tree. It's colorful, versatile and easy to grow. Prune if desired. So beautiful and so unique, Black Lace was named the "Best New Plant" of 2006 at the NMPro ANLA New Plant Pavilion. Protected by Plant Breeder's Rights - propagation prohibited.

False Spirea

The False Spirea, 'Sorbaria sorbifolia', also known as Ural False Spirea, produces sprays of beautiful white flowers in late spring and early summer. Ural false spirea is a coarse, suckering, deciduous shrub. The leaves are deep green and quite attractive. Remove root suckers promptly to avoid unwanted spread. Prune in late winter to early spring. The False Spirea may be cut close to the ground to rejuvenate new growth. Use this plant for naturalizing in areas where it can be allowed to spread. Mass for erosion control on banks and slopes. Also useful in screens or shrub borders.

Forsythia - Show Off

The Forsythia, Show Off, Forsythia 'mindia', is a new forsythia with large, bright yellow flowers that cover the plant from head to foot. The attractive dark green foliage, unlike any other forsythia, displays season long interest. The Show Off is a dwarf plant with bright yellow flowers produced in the spring. This forsythia will be 2-3' tall with about a 6' spread. This plant would form a very attractive short hedge with showy flowers in the spring and dark green foliage for a eye catching hedge for the summer and fall seasons.

Holly - Jim Dandy

The Holly Jim Dandy, 'Ilex verticillata 'Jim Daddy', and formerly called Early Male, is best known for its shiny evergreen foliage with red berries. It is a much hardier Holly than others in its family. Although it has separate male and female parts, only the female plants can produce berries. (Use Ilex 'Red Sprite' as a pollinator to produce berries). In the wild, 'Jim Daddy' is found in wet soils, but it will grow well in average soil conditions and will tolerate drought once established. With a plant height of 3-6' and a width of 4-5', it is a showy plant in any garden, and it makes a great border planting.