Deciduous Shrubs
Ames Kalm St. Johnswort
Hypericum kalmianum 'Ames'
Ames Kalm St. Johnswort
Being a hardy form of Hypericum, selected at Iowa State University. 'Ames' is a perfectly rounded shrub with masses of beautiful 1" golden yellow flowers that bloom in mid summer.
Azalea Electric Lights
Azalea 'Electric Lights'
Azalea Electric Lights
'Electric Lights' is a true fire engine red flower on a hardy azalea for northern gardens. Electric Lights Red is a fiery red in early spring, blooming just after the fresh new foliage emerges. It forms an upright mound in the landscape and will tolerate both full sun and part shade. Electric Lights Red also has flower buds are hardy to -30*F.
Azalea Lemon Lights
Rhododendron x 'Lemon Lights'
Azalea Lemon Lights
The flower is a beautiful yellow, almost bi-color, with both a lighter shade of yellow on the outer edges of the petals, and a more gold toned throat of the flower - quite striking.
Azalea Mandarin Lights
Rhododendron 'Mandarin Lights'
Azalea Mandarin Lights
Heavily flowering, bright mandarin orange lightly scented flowers. Blooms in early spring oms before it leafs out for summer. Ruffled blossoms extra showy.
Azalea Orchid Lights
Azalea 'Orchid Lights'
Azalea Orchid Lights
Azalea 'Orchid Lights' is smothered in showy lavender-pink flowers in spring before the leaves, dwarf compact mounded habit; absolutely must have well-drained, highly acidic and organic soil. Orchid Lights Azalea is bathed in stunning clusters of lilac purple trumpet-shaped flowers with fuchsia spots at the ends of the branches in mid spring before the leaves. It has green foliage throughout the season. The narrow leaves turn yellow in fall. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Azalea Rosy Lights
Rhododendron x 'Rosy Lights'
Azalea Rosy Lights
Rosy Lights is a dark rose-pink. A spectacular display of fragrant flowers are produced in late May or early June.
Azalea Weston’s Innocence
Rhododendron
Azalea Weston’s Innocence
A vigorous-growing wide plant with upright branches, it is rather compact and becomes mound-shaped with age. Heavy flowering with strongly scented small white blossoms in late June. Foliage is twisted, slightly glossy, and has a bronze cast in summer. It shows very little mildew susceptibility. Burgundy-red fall foliage, often with yellow ribs. This cultivar or species has been selected as a "Proven Performer" by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society.
Azalea Weston’s Popsicle
Rhododendron
Azalea Weston’s Popsicle
Wide growing and slow with upright branches. Very late blooming. Delicate pink flowers the third week of July. Each flower has an orange eye and a touch of sweet fruity fragrance into early August. When it finishes blooming, each flower retains its color and hangs from the pistil for several more days.
Barberry
Berberis thunbergii atropurpurea
Barberry
Barberry is an extremely dense, compact form of B. 'Crimson Pygmy' which requires essentially no pruning. Bright crimson new growth is followed by rich burgundy to purple foliage.
Barberry Cabernet
Berberis thunbergii atropurpurea 'Moretti Select'
Barberry Cabernet
An extremely dense, compact form of B. Crimson Pygmy which requires essentially no pruning. Bright crimson new growth is followed by rich burgundy to purple foliage.
Barberry Concorde
Barberry Thunbergii 'Concorde'
Barberry Concorde
'Concorde' is a petite barberry with deep maroon-purple foliage that becomes even more intense in the fall. Small yellow flowers may be followed by a few bright red berries. This variety produces little to no viable seed, making it a great alternative over others. Perfect size for edging as a small hedge.
Barberry Crimson Pygmy
Berberis thunbergii
Barberry Crimson Pygmy
This is a dwarf selection of the Japanese red barberry that is ideal as a low growing hedge plant. For best color, Crimson Pygmy Barberry needs full sun.
Barberry Golden Carousel
Berberis
Barberry Golden Carousel
A hybrid of Korean and Golden Japanese Barberry, and combines many of the best features of its two parents. The golden yellow leaves on this upright grower take on nice fall color with some red and orange tones. Golden Carousel does best when planted in areas of light shade where the leaves are protected from fading or burning in late summer.
Barberry Golden Torch
Barberry 'Golden Torch'
Barberry Golden Torch
From early spring, when its bright yellow red tinged leaves begin to emerge, until the last days of autumn, when its golden leaves fall, Barberry 'Golden Torch' will be a pillar of light in the garden. This bright barberry will add to the drama in your garden. Its narrow, upright form makes it useful in spaces requiring a small footprint or in containers on the patio or deck. 'Golden Torch' may enjoy some shade from intense summer sun and it prefers moist, well-drained soil.
Barberry Helmond Pillar
Barberry 'Helmond Pillar'
Barberry Helmond Pillar
This upright, deep purplish red columnar shrub makes quite a statement in the landscape. The unique form is ideal as an architectural feature or for framing a doorway. Excellent rich color pairs beautifully with shrubs and perennials with light green or golden foliage.
Barberry Limoncello
Berb thun barberry 'Limoncello'
Barberry Limoncello
Forming a tidy, round mound, this barberry has striking chartreuse foliage with an unusual red, almost dotted, pattern around the margin. The fall foliage is orange, yellow and red.
Barberry Moscato
Berb thun barberry 'Moscato'
Barberry Moscato
Foliage emerges lime green with a contrasting orange/peach margin, which fades to green in summer. Forms a densely branched, spreading mound, which fits easily in smaller spaces.
Barberry Orange Rocket
Barberry 'Orange Rocket'
Barberry Orange Rocket
Vibrant coral-orange new foliage ages to a medium green, then turns ruby red in autumn. This award-winning, compact shrub has a vigorous upright growth habit and improved resistance to rust. Use to brighten the landscape in mass plantings or as a specimen plant.
Barberry Rose Glow Japanese
Berb thun barberry 'Rose Glow Japanese'
Barberry Rose Glow Japanese
Rose Glow has attractive variegated foliage, yellow flowers and red fruit. Place in full sun for best color. An attractive specimen plant and can be used to create an interesting colored hedge.
Barberry Toscana
Berb thunbergii 'Bailjulia'
Barberry Toscana
Toscana has showy foliage that emerges red in spring with bright yellow margin. The margin eventually fades through summer but the foliage remains red. The red color darkens in autumn, taking on burgundy tones. Forms an upright shrub, with arching branches.
Black Beauty Elderberry
Sambucus Nigra 'Gerda'
Black Beauty Elderberry
A wonderful color contrast shrub, with compound dark purple foliage that borders on true black, against which the soft pink flowers definitely stand out, a true garden accent; grows into a relatively large shrub and spreads, so needs regular attention.
Black Lace Elderberry
Sambucus nigra 'Eva'
Black Lace Elderberry
Dark purple, finely cut foliage has an exotic appeal. Pink buds open to lacy white blossoms in May to June.
Blue Princess and Blue Prince Holly
Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Duet'
Blue Princess and Blue Prince Holly
Height: 12-15' Spread: 8-10' Shape: Upright oval Foliage: Blue-green
Fall Foliage: Evergreen Exposure: Full Sun Zone: 5-9
Blue Princess and Blue Prince holly brilliantly combined in one container eliminates the need for two separate plants for pollination. Fruit color is darker red than many other varieties accentuated by dark shiny foliage.
Boxwood Mont Bruno
Buxus sempervirens 'Mont Bruno'
Boxwood Mont Bruno
Buxus sempervirens ‘Mont Burno’ is an extra-hardy, globe-shaped form that was found by Andre Poliquin in Quebec, Canada. Its tiny, dark green leaves provide a smaller texture and scale than other selections of boxwood and its hardy nature makes it useful in colder regions.
Garden Size: 3’H x 3’W. Grows 2-4″/year. Globe Shaped. Zone 4. Green. A great companion plant. Plant in sun to partial shade.
Burning Bush Dwarf
Euonymus alatus 'Compactus'
Burning Bush Dwarf
Dwarf form of E. alatus. Bushy and compact, corky barked plant. The brilliant fire-red fall color is brighter when grown in full sun.
Butterfly Bush Royal Red
Buddleia 'Royal Red'
Butterfly Bush Royal Red
One of the most commonly requested butterfly bushes is the royal red. The royal red butterfly bush, instead of red as one would expect, has brilliant violet flowers that bloom from mid-summer. The royal red butterfly bush is hardy in zones five through nine, and is widely adaptable as far as soil goes.
Chokeberry Glossy Black
Aronia mel elata chokeberry 'Glossy Black'
Chokeberry Glossy Black
A splendid ornamental shrub. White flowers in May followed by 1/4" black fruits that hang on well into winter. Aronia berries can be eaten fresh, used for baking, jams, juice and wine.
Chokeberry Viking
Aronia mel chokeberry 'Viking'
Chokeberry Viking
Viking chokeberry offers large clusters of black fruit. Attractive white flowers in late spring along with glossy dark green leaves that turn to red and orange in the fall. Multi season interest.
Common Snowball Bush
Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'
Common Snowball Bush
Very showy, long-lasting snowball-like clusters of white flowers cover this upright, rounded plant in late April and May.
Coralberry Candy
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosil 'Kolmcan'
Coralberry Candy
Plump, candy-pink berries ripen in early fall, as the last of summer's small pink flowers swell into pearls. As the leaves fall, each arching stem is adorned with berries which remain on through the winter. Compact form for the border or in masse. Do not ingest berries. Bred by Peter Kolster.
Height: 2-2.5'. Spread: 2.5-3'. Shape: Compact arching. Exposure: Full Sun. Foliage: Dark green. Fall Foliage: Insignificant. Zone: 4-9.
Coralberry Candy First Editions
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Kolmcan'
Coralberry Candy First Editions
Cranberrybush American
Viburnum trilobum 'American Cranberry'
Cranberrybush American
Handsome, hardy shrub with lobed leaves. White flowers in late May. Scarlet berries last well into winter.
Cranberrybush Bailey Compact American
Viburnum trilobum 'Bailey Compact'
Cranberrybush Bailey Compact American
Formerly called Compact American Cranberry, this hardy shrub has beautiful foliage that offers a slight red edge when new, then turns a deep red in fall.
Cranberrybush Compact European
Viburnum opulus 'Compactum'
Cranberrybush Compact European
A selected compact strain of V. opulus. Single white flowers in April and May followed by showy, scarlet fruit which hangs on until spring. Excellent in mass plantings. More spreading than V. trilobum compactum.
Cranberrybush Compact European
Viburnum opulus 'Compactum'
Cranberrybush Compact European
Dwarf deciduous shrub grown for its dense mounding habit, smaller size and brilliant scarlet fruit display. The many branches are covered with small glossy tri-lobed leaves.
Cranberrybush Dwarf European
Viburnum opulus 'Nanum'
Cranberrybush Dwarf European
Dwarf European Cranberrybush is a small, mounded, dense shrub that has compact branching and small green foliage that develops a burgundy fall color.
Daphne Carol Mackie
Daphne x burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie'
Daphne Carol Mackie
A prolific bloomer, covered with clusters of fragrant pink flowers in April and May. Red berries 1/3 inch wide. Striking variegated foliage forms a dense mounded shape.
Dogwood Arctic Fire
Dogwood 'Arctic Fire'
Dogwood Arctic Fire
Arctic Fire Dogwood has beautiful red stems and a compact habit and is at its best in the winter sunlight. This dwarf variety reaches just 3-5'. It's smaller size makes this variety a great breakthrough for smaller gardens or residential landscapes. Tolerates a wide range of soil and light conditions. Arctic Fire red-twig dogwood is one of the most shade-tolerant ornamental shrubs and is tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions, also bright red stems in winter add color to the landscape.
Dogwood Arctic Sun
Dogwood 'Arctic Sun'
Dogwood Arctic Sun
Highly ornamental stems, fruit and leaves; characterized by bright yellow stems tipped with red twigs; fall leaf color is gold tinged with red; a great shrub for winter landscapes. Arctic Sun Dogwood has clusters of creamy white flowers at the ends of the branches in late spring. It has dark green foliage throughout the season. The glossy oval leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall. It produces white berries in late summer. The red bark and harvest gold branches are extremely showy and add significant winter interest.