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Juniperus chinensis 'Angelica Blue' |
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Angelica Blue Chinese Juniper |
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Zone: 3 |
Size:
4' Tall x 10' Wide |
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Features: A wide-spreading "Pfitzer"
type plant with bright blue foliage. A plant that is ideal as a foundation,
mass planting or specimen plant. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus chinensis 'Gold Lace' PP#8202 |
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Gold
Lace Chinese Juniper |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
4' Tall x 6' Wide |
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Features: The most
golden-colored juniper we have found. This compact "Pfitzer" habit keeps
its space well. The golden tones become more muted toward the plant's
center. Ideal in foundation or mass plantings or as a specimen. Asexual
propagation is prohibited. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus chinensis 'Gold
Star' PP#3801 |
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Gold
Star Chinese Juniper |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
4' Tall x 6' Wide |
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Features: An evergreen shrub
with a light blue-green body accented with beautiful gold-tipped branches.
High resistance to root problems. One of the best gold junipers. Ideal in foundation or mass plantings or as a specimen. Asexual
propagation is prohibited. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus chinensis 'Sea Green' |
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Sea
Green Chinese Juniper |
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Zone:
4 |
Size:
4' Tall x 6' Wide |
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Features: A compact, spreading
plant with arching branches. The dark green foliage darkens in cold
weather. Makes an excellent foundation plant, screen or mass planting.
Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus chinensis
v. sargentii
'Viridis' |
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Green
Sargent's Chinese Juniper |
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Zone: 3 |
Size:
1 1/2' Tall x 6' Wide |
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Features: A good low-growing
plant with broad-spreading branches. Rich, light green foliage retains its
color year round. Makes an excellent groundcover or mass planting. Attractive
Foliage |
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Juniperus communis
'Gold Cone' |
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Gold
Cone Common Juniper |
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Zone: 2 |
Size:
6' Tall x 2' Wide |
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Features: An upright, compact
shrub with a columnar growth habit and bright yellow-tipped foliage.
Prefers some afternoon shade in Zone 7 and south. Makes a great accent
plant. A relatively new introduction. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus conferta
'Blue Pacific' |
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Blue
Pacific Shore Juniper |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
1' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Features: An attractive
blue-green evergreen plant with a low, graceful trailing habit. Makes a
great ground cover or mass planting. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus horizontalis
'Plumosa Compacta' |
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Andorra Compacta Creeping Juniper |
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Zone: 3 |
Size:
2' Tall x 6' Wide |
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Features: A compact grower
bearing rich green foliage that turns bronze to burgundy in fall. Makes an
ideal foundation or mass planting. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii' |
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Blue
Rug Creeping Juniper |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
1/2' Tall x 6' Wide |
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Features: A very flat-growing
ground cover with soft, bunchy bluish foliage. Often used in mass plantings
on slopes. A very popular variety. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus procumbens 'Nana' |
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Dwarf
Japanese Garden Juniper |
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Zone:
4 |
Size: 1/2'
Tall x 5' Wide |
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Features: A
compact, mat-forming evergreen ground cover with sprays of bluish-green
foliage that becomes slightly purplish in winter. Often used in rock
gardens. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue' |
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Wichita Blue Rocky Mountain Juniper |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
12' Tall x 5' Wide |
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Features: A broad, pyramidal
grower with distinctive bright blue foliage. Withstands adverse
conditions. Provides excellent texture and color year round.
Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' |
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Blue
Star Singleseed Juniper |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
2' Tall x 3 1/2' Wide |
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Features: A dwarf mounding,
dense plant with silver-blue foliage. Makes an excellent accent or rock
garden plant, and is quickly gaining popularity. Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus squamata 'Parsoni' |
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Parsoni Singleseed Juniper |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
1 1/2' Tall x 4' Wide |
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Features: A prostrate-growing
evergreen that forms a mat of gray-green foliage. Makes an excellent
groundcover or mass planting. Disease-resistant.
Attractive Foliage |
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Juniperus virginiana 'Grey Owl' |
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Grey
Owl Eastern Red Cedar |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
3' Tall x 6' Wide |
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Features: A wide-spreading plant
with a "Pfitzer" type growth habit but smaller with soft, silvery-gray
foliage. Sets abundant cones in winter. Ideal in mass plantings or as a
specimen. Attractive Foliage |
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Kalmia latifolia
'Carol' |
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Carol Mountain
Laurel |
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Zone:
6 |
Size:
3' Tall x 3' Wide |
 
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Bloom Time:
May |
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Features:
Bright red buds open to almost pure white in spring. The interesting form
of the lustrous deep green foliage is wavy and twisted.
Blooms in Shade |
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Kalmia latifolia 'Carousel' |
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Carousel Mountain
Laurel |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
8' Tall x 8' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
May |
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Features:
Soft pink buds open to a cinnamon-purple candy-striped pattern in May.
Upright shrub with a dense growing habit. Exquisite in mass plantings or for
naturalizing. Blooms in Shade |
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Kalmia latifolia 'Elf' |
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Elf Mountain
Laurel |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
4' Tall x 4' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
May |
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Features:
Light pink buds open to crisp white flowers in spring on this slow growing,
dwarf shrub. Makes an excellent foundation or specimen planting. Blooms
in Shade |
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Kalmia latifolia
'Little Linda' |
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Little Linda Mountain
Laurel |
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Zone:
4 |
Size:
3' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
May |
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Features:
Vigorous dwarf plant with petite glossy foliage. Deep red buds bloom near
white and mature to rich pink in May. Blooms in
Shade |
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Kalmia latifolia 'Minuet' |
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Minuet Mountain
Laurel |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
4' Tall x 4' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
May |
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Features:
Light pink buds open in spring to white flowers that have bright
cinnamon-maroon banding on the petals. Dark, narrow, glossy green foliage
covers this dwarf, wide, upright plant. Makes an ideal foundation or
specimen planting. Blooms in Shade |
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Kalmia latifolia 'Olympic Fire' |
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Olympic Fire
Mountain Laurel |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
8' Tall x 8' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
May |
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Features:
Large, bright red buds open to pink flowers in spring. A dense, upright
plant with glossy, twisting leaves. Exquisite in mass plantings or for
naturalizing. Blooms in Shade |
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Kalmia latifolia
'Olympic Wedding' |
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Olympic Wedding
Mountain Laurel |
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Zone:
4 |
Size:
6' Tall x 6' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
May |
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Features:
Pink buds open to light pink with a broken maroon band. The new growth is
red tipped, matures into broad flat, glossy, dark green foliage.
Blooms in Shade |
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Kalmia latifolia 'Paul Bosley' |
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Paul Bosley
Mountain Laurel |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
8' Tall x 8' Wide |
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Bloom Time: May |
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Features:
Red-budded flowers open to a soft pink in spring. This lovely shrub has a
compact habit. Makes an excellent foundation or specimen planting. Blooms
in Shade
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Kalmia latifolia
'Raspberry Glow' |
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Raspberry Glow
Mountain Laurel |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
3' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Spring |
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Features:
Deep burgundy-red buds open to eye-catching raspberry-pink flowers. The
foliage is dark green and leaf spot resistant. Stems of the new growth are
purplish-red.
Blooms in Shade |
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Kalmia latifolia
'Sarah' |
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Sarah Mountain
Laurel |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
4' Tall x 4' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Spring |
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Features:
Vivid red buds open to bright pink-red in May, flowers persist a long time.
Rich green, glossy foliage, plant has vigorous, compact and dense growth
habit. 'Sarah' is closest to pure red Mountain Laurel.
Blooms in Shade |
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Lagerstroemia
'Cherry Dazzle'™
PPAF |
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Cherry Dazzle
Crape Myrtle |
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Zone:
6 |
Size:
5' Tall x 5' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Summer - Fall |
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Features:
Dwarf compact deciduous slow-growing shrub. Have cherry red flowers from
summer to fall. Will have bronze new leaves that will mature to dark green.
Showy red-purple foliage in the fall. Grows 3-5' high and wide in 4-5 years.
Re-blooms if spent flowers are removed. Compact habit and disease resistant
foliage means easier care in shrub borders. Propagation prohibited. Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia
'Dazzle Me Pink'™
PPAF |
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Dazzle Me Pink
Crape Myrtle |
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Zone:
6 |
Size:
3' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Summer - Fall |
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Features:
Dwarf compact deciduous mounding shrub. Has stunning pink flowers from
summer to fall. Will get 3' high and wide in 5-7 years. Re-blooms if
spent flowers are removed. Compact habit and disease resistant foliage means
easier care in shrub borders. Propagation prohibited. Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia
'Raspberry Dazzle'™
PPAF |
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Raspberry
Dazzle Crape Myrtle |
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Zone:
6 |
Size:
5' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Summer - Fall |
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Features:
Dwarf deciduous shrub with raspberry red flowers from summer to fall. Will
get 4-5' high and 2-3' wide in 5-7 years. Re-blooms if spent flowers
are removed. Compact habit and disease resistant foliage means easier care
in shrub borders. Propagation prohibited. Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia
'Snow Dazzle'™
PPAF |
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Snow Dazzle
Crape Myrtle |
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Zone:
6 |
Size:
3' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Summer - Fall |
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Features:
Dwarf deciduous shrub with pure white flowers and showy yellow stamens
from summer to fall. Will get 2-3' high and wide in 4-5 years.
Re-blooms if spent flowers are removed. Compact habit and disease resistant
foliage means easier care in shrub borders. Propagation prohibited. Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia indica 'Catawba' |
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Catawba Crape
Myrtle |
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Zone: 7 |
Size:
15' Tall x 14' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
July-September |
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Features:
A deciduous large shrub or small tree with a globose, medium habit.
Panicles of dark purple flowers bloom throughout summer. The glossy, dark
green foliage turns reddish color in fall. Mildew-resistant.
Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia indica 'Dynamite' PP#10296 |
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Dynamite Crape
Myrtle |
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Zone: 7 |
Size:
20' Tall x 15' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
July-September |
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Features:
Ornamental shrub or small tree with smooth, peeling bark. Ruffled, cherry
red flowers with panicles 6" to 14" long. New leaves are
crimson and mature to a dark green. Mildew resistant. Asexual propagation
prohibited. Deciduous. Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia indica 'Hopi' |
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Hopi Crape Myrtle |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
8' Tall x 10' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
July-September |
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Features:
A spreading, semi-dwarf deciduous plant. Clear light pink 5" flower
panicles bloom throughout summer. The dark green foliage turns orange-red
in fall. Mildew-resistant. A U.S. National Arboretum introduction.
Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia indica 'Natchez' |
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Natchez Crape
Myrtle |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
21' Tall x 21' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
July-September |
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Features:
A deciduous large shrub to small tree with attractive cinnamon-brown bark.
White 8" flower panicles bloom throughout summer. Foliage turns orange to
red in fall when not killed by early freeze. A U.S. National Arboretum
introduction. Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia indica 'Pink Velour'
PP#10319 |
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Pink Velour Crape
Myrtle |
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Zone: 7 |
Size:
8' Tall x 10' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
July-September |
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Features:
Unique, deep burgundy foliage provides a striking contrast to the bright
pink flowers. The thick leathery foliage becomes a dark purple-green as they
age. Highly resistant to powdery mildew. Deciduous. Asexual propagation
prohibited. Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia indica
'Pocomoke' |
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Pocomoke Crape
Myrtle |
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Zone:
6 |
Size:
4' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Summer |
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Features:
A dwarf deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub. Pale rose-lavender 3" flower
panicles bloom throughout summer. The dark green foliage turns maroon color
in fall. Long Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia indica 'Tonto' |
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Tonto Crape
Myrtle |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
8' Tall x 8' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
July-September |
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Features:
A deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub. Fuchsia-red 6" flower panicles bloom
throughout summer. The dark green foliage turns maroon color in fall.
Mildew-resistant. A U.S. National Arboretum introduction. Long
Blooming |
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Lagerstroemia indica 'Tuscarora' |
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Tuscarora Crape
Myrtle |
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Zone: 7 |
Size:
15' Tall x 15' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
July-September |
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Features:
A deciduous large shrub to small tree. Dark coral-pink 8" flower panicles
bloom throughout summer. The dark green foliage turns red-orange in fall.
Mildew-resistant. A U.S. National Arboretum introduction. Long
Blooming |
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Loropetalum
chinense var. rubrum 'Zhuzhou' |
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Zhuzhou Chinese Fringe Flower |
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Zone: 7 |
Size:
10' Tall x 10' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Early Spring |
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Features:
Semi-evergreen shrub with an upright, stiffly growth habit. Bright, fragrant
rosy-pink flower clusters appear at branch ends in early spring amid very
black-purple leaves. Ideal in borders or foundation planting. Fragrant
Flowers |
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Magnolia
liliiflora x 'Betty' |
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Betty Lily
Magnolia |
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Zone:
5 |
Size:
15' Tall x 15' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Early Spring |
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Features:
Abundant, deep purple-red buds open to white in early spring before the
foliage appears, and again lightly thru out the growing season. Blooms well
as a young plant. Compact, globe growth habit, multi-stem. Deciduous. |
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Magnolia
stellata 'Centennial' |
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Centennial Star
Magnolia |
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Zone:
5 |
Size:
20' Tall x 15' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Early Spring |
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Features:
Vigorous, upright conical-pyramidal grower. Easily maintained central
leader. Fragrant, 5 1/2" white blooms are blushed with pink, open in early
to mid-spring. Best planted in protected area from late winter freezes,
avoiding southern exposures. Fall foliage is yellow-bronze, deciduous.
Withstands zone 8-9 heat. Commemorates the 100th anniversary of Arnold
Arboretum. |
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Magnolia
x 'Jon Jon' |
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Jon Jon Gresham
Hybrid Magnolia |
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Zone:
7 |
Size:
20' Tall x 15' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Mid Spring |
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Features:
Rapid grower and later flowering deciduous tree. Medium green foliage is 6"
to 8" long. Large 10" to 12" fragrant blooms are white with a strong
rose-pink base. Flowers open 1 to 3 weeks after most Saucer Magnolias, but
before leaves appear. Drought tolerant once established. |
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Microbiota decussata |
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Russian
Arborvitae |
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Zone:
3 |
Size:
12" Tall x 15'+ Wide |
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Features: Excellent ground cover
needle evergreen. Likes moist, well drained soil in sun, will tolerate some
shade. Bright green summer color and purple-bronze in winter. Foliage grows
in flattened sprays. |
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Nandina domestica |
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Heavenly Bamboo |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
6' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Features: A medium-sized
evergreen shrub bearing new leaves that are coppery to purplish-red,
becoming blue-green with age. Clusters of red berries appear in fall and
hold their color through winter. Makes an excellent accent plant.
Colorful Berries/Fruit |
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Nandina domestica 'Firepower' |
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Firepower Heavenly Bamboo |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
2' Tall x 2' Wide |
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Features: A dwarf, compact plant
with a dense habit. The light green summer foliage turns to brilliant red
in fall and winter. Nice in groups or drifts to soften the effect or
coarser-textured shrub. Fall Foliage |
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Nandina domestica 'Gulfstream'™ |
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Gulfstream™ Heavenly Bamboo |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
3' Tall x 2' Wide |
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Features: A dense, compact plant
bearing copper foliage that turns to orange-red in fall and winter.
Slightly more vigorous and showing more intense red fall color than 'Moon
Bay'. Asexual propagation is prohibited. Fall Foliage |
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Nandina domestica 'Harbour Belle'
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Heavenly Bamboo |
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Zone:
6 |
Size:
2' Tall x 2' Wide |
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Features: Dense
compact evergreen shrub that displays brilliant burgundy foliage in fall and
winter. Fall clusters of bright red berries. Attractive as a ground cover,
specimen plant or border. Soft foliage has pink tint in spring. Attractive Foliage |
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Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf'
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Harbour Dwarf Nandina |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
2' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Features: Dwarf form of 'Domestica.' Soft foliage that turns pink to
bronze in spring. Fall and winter color is bronze red. Attractive Foliage |
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Nandina domestica 'Moon
Bay' |
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Moon
Bay Heavenly Bamboo |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
2 1/2' Tall x 2 1/2' Wide |
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Features: A small, compact shrub
bearing lime-green foliage in summer that turns brilliant red in fall and
winter. A very promising plant. Asexual propagation is prohibited.
Fall Foliage |
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Picea abies 'Little Gem' |
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Little Gem Spruce |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
2' Tall x 2' Wide |
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Features: A small, very dense
evergreen plant with tiny needles and a slow growth habit. Makes a very
nice rock garden plant. A miniature version of 'Nidiformis'. Low
Maintenance |
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Picea abies 'Nidiformis' |
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Bird's Nest Spruce |
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Zone: 2 |
Size:
3' Tall x 5' Wide |
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Features: A flat-topped, densely
branched spruce with medium green needles. Slow-growing. Good for
foundations, rock gardens or specimens. Low Maintenance |
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Picea abies 'Pumila' |
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Pumila Spruce |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
3' Tall x 4' Wide |
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Features: Short dark green foliage on a nest-type spruce.
The shoots are uniformly
pointed out and up, and its habit is more rounded than 'Nidiformis.' New growth
appears later than most nest types. An excellent dwarf conifer. Low
Maintenance |
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Picea glauca 'Conica' |
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Dwarf
Alberta Spruce |
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Zone: 2 |
Size:
12' Tall x 4' Wide |
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Features: A very popular dwarf,
upright spruce and a very formal, pyramidal plant with light green,
densely-set needles. Slow-growing. Excellent for foundations, rock gardens
and specimens. Low Maintenance |
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Picea glauca 'Jean's Dilly' |
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Jean's Dilly Spruce |
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Zone: 4 |
Size:
5' Tall x 2' Wide |
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Features: Similar to Picea
glauca 'Conica', but is a good deal shorter. Has thinner, shorter
needles, and a much smaller, denser growth habit. Pronounced "John's
Dilly". Low Maintenance |
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Pieris japonica
'Cavatine' |
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Cavatine
Japanese Pieris |
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Zone:
5 |
Size:
2' Tall x 2' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Spring |
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Features:
Glossy, dark green foliage, no foliar desiccation. Grows rapidly as a young
plant, but very compact. Stays under 2' in 10 years. Sets buds young.
Upright, green flower buds open white in spring, covering the entire plant. |
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Pieris japonica
'Mountain Fire' |
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Mountain Fire
Japanese Pieris |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
5' Tall x 5' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Late March-April |
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Features:
A very popular evergreen shrub bearing pendulous panicles of white flowers
in spring. New growth is fiery red. A very popular variety.
Blooms in Shade |
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Pieris japonica 'Sarabonde' |
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Sarabonde
Japanese Pieris |
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Zone: 5 |
Size:
2' Tall x 3' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Late March-April |
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Features:
A compact, dense evergreen shrub. Pendulous panicles of red buds open to
pure white flowers in spring. Ideal in the shrub border or in mass
plantings. Blooms
in Shade |
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Pieris japonica 'Valley Rose' |
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Valley Rose
Japanese Pieris |
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Zone: 6 |
Size:
4' Tall x 4' Wide |
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Bloom Time:
Late March-April |
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Features:
A tall, open shrub with deep green foliage. Pendulous panicles of pink
flowers bloom in spring. Makes an excellent specimen or mass planting.
Blooms in Shade |
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