Trees & Shrubs Directory
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ABELIA Zones 6-9 Sun to part shade

x grandiflora - Old favorite.  Hybridized before 1880 in Italy.  Semi-evergreen with white flowers all summer.  One of the longest blooming woody plants we know.  Good as a hedge or in the shrub border.  Grows 4-5’ in ten years.  Recommended by: GCA..   Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  

'Edward Goucher’ - Purplish-pink funnel shaped flowers bloom summer to fall on a compact plant.   Glossy green leaves are bronze when young.   Makes an excellent low hedge growing only 3-4’ in ten years.  Prime selection.   Recommended by: GCA, USNA.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS. 

zanderi

‘Sherwoodii’ - Compact dwarf that grows into a tight spreading mound of white flowers.  Only 2-3’ tall and wide after ten years.  Great as a tall shrubby groundcover.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Confetti’ – Probably the neatest and most useful variegated plant we have seen introduced in the last 10 years.  The leaves of Confetti are evenly margined in white, which turns pink to rose in cool weather.   Flowers are pure white.  Very dwarf, growing to only 18-24" tall and spreading across the ground.  Tough and reliable with no pests.  Originated as a branch sport of the popular Sherwoodii Abelia. 

ABELIOPHYLLUM Zones 4-8 Sun to part shade

distichum - White Forsythia - Abeliophyllum is often neglected because young plants may seem weak and uninteresting when seen in containers at a nursery, but older plants are superlative flowering shrubs.  Grows to 3-5’ in ten years.  Well noted for splendid early blooms! Scented white flowers are reminiscent of forsythia.  Plants benefit from a hard pruning after flowering.  Slow and small growing shrub from Korea.  Recommended by: GCA.   Awards: First Class Certificate & Award of Merit from the RHS. 

ACANTHOPANAX see ELEUTHEROCOCCUS

ADINA Zones 6-9 Partial shade to sun

rubella - A very rare little known shrub that deserves promotion and wider usage.  Luxuriant dark green glossy leaves are the main attraction on this small shrub that grows wider than tall.  Small round white flowers are reminiscent of the common buttonbush and are slightly fragrant.  Slowly grows to 4-5’ after ten years.  Can take dry shade once established.  Recommended by: GCA.

AESCULUS

x carnea - Red Horse Chesenut Zones 6-9 Sun to part shade

‘Briotii’ - This is a hybrid tree, named for the head gardener at Versailles in the early 1800’s.  It is one of the most popular trees grown in England and in late spring the long panicles of rose red flowers are spectacular.  Briotii has a distinct round growth habit, and large bright flowers.  Grows 10-12’ in ten years.  Awards: Award of Merit and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: USNA.

‘O’Neil’- Similar to ‘Brioti’ but with flowers that are even brighter red.  It also has lustrous leaves that do not develop unsightly brown color before leaf drop in the fall.

parvifolia Bottlebrush Buckeye - Zones 4-9 Sun to shade

A wide spreading, multi-stemmed shrub.  Pinkish-white flowers appear on long panicles in summer.  Can grow to 4-5’ in ten years, and 8-12’ at maturity and usually wider.  Dirr says "few summer flowering plants can rival this species." Awards: Award of Merit and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS, Gold Medal form PHS.  Recommended by: GCA, OPSC.

pavia Red Buckeye - Zones 4-8 Sun to shade

Easily grown native.  Not well known to many gardeners, but highly thought of by those in the know.  Shrub size usually, but can make a small tree with time.  Interesting leaf, growth habit, and flowers.  Known to attract the earliest returning hummingbirds.  Grows 3-5’ in ten years.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS, Gold Medal from the PHS.  Recommended by: OPSC.

AGARISTA Zones 6-9 Part shade to shade

populifolia (syn.   Leucothoe populifolia) Florida Leucothoe - This is a lax arching multi-stemmed evergreen with small ovate leaves covering all its branches.  Small fragrant white flowers appear in early summer.  Ideal for naturalistic gardens or for informal screening.  Becoming quite popular in the Southeast.  Despite it’s common name and botanical confusion the first name given (Agarista populifolia) is now considered correct.  Sturdier and not susceptible to fungus problems associated with true Leucothoes.  6-10’ in ten years.  Capable of 15 to 18 feet in height unchecked but surprisingly easy to maintain at any desired height.  Recommended by: GCA.

ARDISIA Zones 6-9 Part shade to shade

japonica -Marlberry - Ardisia makes an outstanding evergreen groundcover for shady spots in your garden.  Glossy whorled leaves that resemble small Helleborus rapidly spread to form a one foot high mat.  In the colder parts of its range it is usually frozen back to the ground in the winter, but regrows from the root system the next year.  In warm winter areas it stays evergreen.  Grows about 12" tall and slowly spreads.

‘White Cap’ - Nice even white edge on each leaf, and a light green color to the leaf itself make this a great color to add to the shady garden.

AUCUBA Zones 6-10 Shade to part shade

japonica

‘Mr.  Goldstrike’ - Very heavy, evenly spotted gold markings on a tropical looking broadleaf evergreen.  Brightens a shady corner.  4-5’ in ten years. 

‘Picturata’ - A large solid yellow blotch is at the center of the leaves with smaller yellow spots on the outside edges.  Very showy foliage.  4-5’ in ten years.  Recommended by: USNA.  

‘Rozannie’ - This is a compact spreading Aucuba only reaching about three foot tall.  It produces large red fruits in the fall even without a male plant in the area.  20-30" in ten years

‘Serratifolia’ - Very desirable broadleaf evergreen for shade.  A female clone with red berries and solid green leaves.   Excellent for tropical effect.  3-4’ in ten years

Azalea see RHODODENDRON

BERBERIS - Barberry

x gladwynensis Zones 6-10 Sun to part shade

‘William Penn’ Very beautiful dwarf evergreen.  Leathery green leaves and delicate yellow blooms in spring.  Nice as a low hedge or alone.  2’ tall and 2-3’ wide in ten years.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA.

julianne Zones 5-8 Sun to part shade

Upright evergreen with pale green, slightly pointed leaves.  For hedge or foliage contrast.  Leaves take on red tones in cool weather.  Grows 5-6’ tall in ten years. 

thunbergii Zones 4-9 Sun

‘Atropurpurea Nana’ (syn.  ‘Crimson Pigmy’) - Fine dwarf shrub that makes an excellent low hedge or tall groundcover.  Tops for red color throughout the growing season.  Grows 2-3’ tall and wide in ten years.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA. 

‘Aurea’ - Small slow growing shrub with bright yellow leaves.  Offers excellent contrast with other green plants.  Good for a hot sunny spot.  Grows to about 3’ tall in ten years.  Recommended by: USNA.

‘Rose Glow’ - New leaves are dark reddish-purple, mottled in silver-pink.   Originated in Holland.  Grows 4-5’ in ten years.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA.

BETULA - Birch Zones 3-9 Sun to shade

nigra - River Birch - Widely planted native.  Peeling bark, rapid growth, adapatability, and multiple trunks are among the chief attractions.  15-20’ in ten years.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.

BUDDLEIA - Butterfly Bush Zones 5-9 Sun to part shade

davidii - Buddleia is well known for continuous flowers in late summer.  Well named, all buddleia attract butterflies.  Can grow 6-8’ in ten years but is usually cut back.  Recommended by: USNA. 

‘Black Knight’ This one is dark purple.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Harlequin’ An excellent variegated plant -the leaves are all edged in white, the flowers are reddish-purple.  A sport of ‘Royal Red Butterfly Bush’.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Honeycomb’ A yellow flowered Butterfly Bush.  Outstanding flowers and avigorous habit make this cultivar head-and-shoulders over other yellow flowered cultivars.

‘Pink Delight’ This hybrid noted for its outstanding panicles of pink flowers throughout the summer.  Awards: Award of Merit & Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Royal Red’ Designer favorite.  Red-purple bloom.  Awards: Award of Merit and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA.

'‘White Profusion’ Fast grower that blooms and blooms.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA.

BUXUS - Boxwood Zones 5-9 Sun to shade

microphylla

var.  japonica ‘Green Beauty’ Compact growing with good year-round color even in cold weather.  Upright habit with glossy leaves.  Grows 3’ in ten years.  Recommended by: USNA.

sempervirens A staple of the traditional southern garden.  Slow dense growth, dark green leaves, and formal habit assure continued popularity.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.

‘Elegantissima’ The leaves on this boxwood have a creamy white variegation on their edges.  The plant is slow growing, reaching 3’-5’ after many years.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA. 

‘Graham Blandy’ Because this boxwood grows into a thin narrow column it is extremely useful in formal situations where it can compliment other boxwood.  It can be also be used for tall hedges and for topiary.  Named after the famous English plantsman.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Suffruiticosa’ The classic edging box, this is a slow growing dwarf.  Hard to find because slow growth discourages many nurseryman from growing it.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA. 

CALLICARPA - Beautyberry

americana Zones 6-11 Sun to part shade

This native is excellent for naturalizing or when used in mass.  Lavender-pink summer flowers give way to masses of violet berries in the fall.  4-5’ in ten years.  Recommended by: GCA.  

bodinieri var.  giraldii Zones 5-8 Sun to part shade

‘Profusion’ This is the Beautyberry to own.  Lilac flowers in the spring; steel blue berries and good yellow leaf color in the fall.  6-8’ in ten years.  Awards: First Class Certificate & Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA..

japonica Zones 5-8 Sun to part shade

Low arching branches are ideal for showing off the highly ornamental purple berries that appear in the fall.  4-5’ in ten years.  Recommended by: GCA, OPSC.

‘Leucocarpa’ –One of falls best shows.  Large white berries like pearls cover every stem.  A favorite food source for birds.  Recommended by: GCA.

CALLUNA - Scot’s Heather
Scot’s heathers are the traditional moorland plants of the British Isles.  They are evergreen, bloom in the summer, and offer a wide variety of foliage and flower colors.  Best in full sun with excellent drainage, but will tolerate some shade.  See the closely related Ericas.

vulgaris

‘Beoley Gold’ - Foliage is bright yellow; flowers white.  Tops for contrast.  Awards: Award of Merit and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.

‘County Wicklow’ - County Wicklow is a very dwarf, free flowering variety of heather.  Awards: First Class Certificate, Award of Merit, and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Else Frye’ -

‘Gold Haze’ - Outstanding gold colored foliage topped with clear white flowers.  Awards: First Class Certificate, Award of Merit, and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA. 

‘Kinlochruel’ - Double white flowers and good green foliage.  Awards: First Class Certificate, Award of Merit, and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.

‘Mrs.  Ronald Gray’ - This is an extremly prostrate growing heather with reddish-purple flowers.

‘Robert Chapman’ - This heather has ever changing foliage starting gold in spring, then orange and finally red.  The flowers are a light purple.  Awards: Award of Merit, and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.

‘Spring Cream’ -

‘Spring Torch’ - This is a strong upright growing heather.  New growth is reddish, with flowers of purple-pink.  A proven performer in our own trials.

CALYCANTHUS

floridus - Carolina Allspice - Zones 4-9 Part shade to sun

This medium sized native shrub reaching 4-5’ tall in ten years, it has has reddish-brown flowers.  It is mostly grown for fragrance, but is handsome in leaf and habit.  Recommended by: GCA., USNA.

CAMELLIA Zone 7-10 Part shade

Camellias like partial shade all year -including the winter months.  For long term success, plant in warm spots in your garden near brick walls, beneath evergreen trees, and in areas away from cold winds.

japonica

‘Chandleri Elegans Variegata’ This camellia has anemone type flowers that are colored rose pink and mottled with white variegation.

‘Debutante’ This early prolific bloomer has light pink peony type flowers.   Takes a little more cold than the average camellia.

‘Governor Mouton’ This camellia has proven fully hardy at -5 degrees below zero.  The flowers are medium sized, red and white variegated of the peony type.

‘Herme’ -(syn.  ‘Jordan’s Pride’ or ‘Hikaru-Genji’) - Light pink, double peony type bloom.  Withstands cold better than most camellias.

‘Kumasaka’ - (syn.  ‘Lady Marion’ & ‘Jeanne Kerr’) - Abundant rose pink flowers over handsome evergreen foliage on a tight compact plant.  An old and proven cultivar, introduced by Tokyo Nurseries in 1896.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Mrs.  Charles Cobb’ - Dark red, semi-double flowers on an extra hardy plant.

‘Pink Perfection’ (syn.  ‘Frau Minna Seidel’) Delicate pink double flowers bloom for an extra long period on this camellia.  Known to be one of the hardiest.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Professor Sargent’ Very dark red peony type flowers cover this camellia.   Growth habit is vigorous, compact, and upright.  Originated at Magnolia Gardens in John’s Island, SC.

‘Mrs.  Tingley – Excellent fully double flowers of a dusky rose color bloom prolifically on this dense compact growing camellia.

‘White by the Gate’ – Excellent

sinensis - Tea Plant - This is the plant cultivated for tea production, but it makes an interesting ornamental plant.  Nodding white flowers appear in the early spring on this slow growing compact shrub.  Recommended by: GCA.

CARPINUS - Hornbeam

betulus - European Hornbeam Zones 4-8 Sun to part shade

Uniform growth habit, clean neat foliage, and trouble free nature makes this a highly desirable if little known tree.  Takes pruning easily, and makes an excellent hedge or screen.  Also good for growing in shade.  10’ tall in ten years -tress mature slowly to about 50’ tall with a similar spread.  Awards: Award of Merit and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: USNA.

‘Fastigiata’ - One of the best columnar trees for general garden usage.   1^st rate street tree.  Grows more pyramidal with age.  Old trees may reach 30-40’ tall.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: USNA. 

‘Frans Fontaine’ - Frans Fontaine is an even narrower growing tree than the above cultivar.  Habit is so fastigiate that the new growth may actually curve in toward the trunk.  Mature trees in cultivation may reach 30’ tall by only 15’ wide.  Discovered growing as a street tree in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.  Grown in the U.S.  for less than 10 years.

caroliana - American Hornbeam/Blue Beech - Zones 3-9 Sun to shade

This native grows into a handsome tree but is seldom available.  Excellent for woodland and dark shade.  Grows 8-10’ in ten years: mature trees are usually 20-30’ tall and wide, but can grow larger.  Recommended by: USNA.

CARYOPTERIS - Bluebeard Zones 6-9 Sun to light shade

x clandonensis

‘Dark Knight’ - Rich dark blue flowers are displayed at their best against the pleasing gray foliage on this small shrub.  Top growth may be damaged in cold winters but plants spring back from a hard pruning.   Flowers in late summer when little else is in bloom.  2-3’ tall in ten years.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Longwood Blue’ - Recommended by: GCA.

CASTANEA - Chestnut

mollissima - Chinese Chestnut Zones 4-8 Sun to part shade

Unlike its American cousin, this tree is disease resistant, and still has the desirable edible nuts.  Makes an interesting medium to large shade tree in short time.  Nuts are usually produced after only 4 to 5 years.  Grows to 10-15’ in ten years.  Old trees may be 40-60’ tall and wide. 

CERCIDIPHYLLUM - Katsura Zones 4-9 Sun to part shade

japonica - Matchless specimen tree.  Delicate looking leaves are similar in shape to Redbud.  Needs lots of moisture in early years to get established.  Grows 12-18’ in ten years.  Mature trees are usually in the 50’ range, but Katsura is capable of greater heights.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: USNA.

‘Pendula’ - A distinguished weeping ornamental.  Seen on Victory Garden and in Fine Gardening magazine.  Prized and rare.  Dazzling used near water.  Depending on training this tree will usually grow wider than tall, reaching 8-10’ tall in ten years -eventually reaching 15-25’ tall and nearly twice as wide.  Can be staked early to gain more height.  Recommended by: OPSC, USNA. 

CERCIS - Redbud

canadensis - Zones 4-9 Sun to shade
Small round headed tree with heart shaped leaves.  Pink-purple flowers appear on leafless stems in early spring.  Easily grown native.  Natural companion to Dogwood.  Makes 8-12’ in growth in ten years.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA.

‘Alba’

‘Forest Pansy’- This is a purple leafed form of the Eastern Redbud.  Outstanding leaf color is brightest in the spring and more restrained in the summer.  Small pink flowers are less noticeable than average, and the tree is less hardy than the species, growing in Zones 6-9.  Grows 8’ in ten years.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.? Recommended by: USNA

var.  texensis Zones 6-9 Sun to shade

‘Texas White’- Texas Redbuds are noted for their glossy, nearly wet looking leaves which are frequently ruffled at the edges.  Grows small and shrubby, with large pure white flowers appearing on bare stems just before the leaves emerge.  8’ in ten years.   Recommended by: GCA.

chinensis - Zones 6-9 Sun to shade

‘Avondale’ - Recommended by: GCA.

CHAENOMELES - Quince Zones 4-9 Sun to part shade

speciosa

‘Toyo-Nishiki’ - Upright grower with red, white, and pink flowers blooming along the length of each branch.  6’ in ten years.  More cold hardy than average.  Recommended by: GCA.

x superba

‘Cameo’ - Elegant apricot colored flowers on a wide, dense plant.   Good as a medium height hedge or screen.   Can take difficult conditions.  Can reach 4-5’ tall left unchecked but adaptable to pruning.  Recommended by: GCA.

‘Jet Trail’ - Low spreader, perfect for growing beneath larger shrubs and trees.  White flowers produced in profusion on the first warm days of spring.  2’ tall and spreading 4’ in ten years.  Recommended by: GCA.

CHIONANTHUS - Fringe Tree

retusus - Chinese Fringe Tree - Zones 5-9 Sun to shade

A charming small tree that bears profuse white flowers in the early summer.  Bright green leaves and tiny blue fruits in the fall.  Shrubby in nature it grows 6-10’ in ten years, and may eventually mature at 25’ tall.   Awards: First Class Certificate from the RHS.   Recommended by: USNA

virginicus - American Fringe Tree - Zones 4-9 Sun to shade

An American native sometimes know as Grancy Gray-beard or Old-man’s-beard.  Grows as a large shrub or small tree and is well noted for abundunt fleecy white blooms and interesting growth habit.  Grows to 6-10’ in ten years.  Matures at around 25’ tall in the wild but is usually found at 12’ to 20’ in cultivation.   Awards: Award of Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: OPSC, USNA.

x CHITALPA Zones 6-9 Sun

tashkentensis

‘Pink Dawn’ -

CHOISYA Zones 7-9 Sun

ternata - Mexican Orange

‘Sundance’ - Awards: Award of Merit & Award of Garden Merit from the RHS. 

CLERODENDRUM - Glorybower Zones 6-9 Sun to part shade

trichotomum - Harlequin Glorybower - This very curious shrub has very large leaves (sometimes 8-9" long by 4-5" wide).  It most sensational feature are the large cymes of white flowers with a red calyx that appear in late summer.   This is followed by bright blue berries and often flowers and berries appear at the same time.  Can grow 4-8’ in ten years, but where we garden it is sometimes cut back to the ground in cold winters.  It returns each year and makes tremendous new growth in a single season.  Fully root hardy to below zero.  Awards: First Class Certificate from the RHS. 

CLETHERA - Summersweet

alnifolia - Zones 4-9 Sun to part shade
Spikes of white flowers in the summer cover this adaptable deciduous shrub in mid-summer.  Grows 4’ to 8’ tall.  Tough and easy to grow.  Recommended by: GCA, OPSC, USNA. 

‘Hummingbird’ - This is the newest thing in summersweets, a smaller heavy blooming shrub that fits nicely into smaller garden spaces.  Only 2-3’ in ten years.  Awards: Gold Medal from PHS.  Recommended by: GCA, OPSC.

‘Rosea’- The flower spikes on this full sized summersweet have a delicate pink color.  Leaves are glossier than the species.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA.

‘Ruby Spice’- Awards: Gold Medal from PHS.  Recommended by: OPSC. 

barbinervis- Japanese Summersweet Zones 5-8 Part shade to shade

Medium sized shrub or occasionally a small tree with long racemes of fragrant white flowers in late summer.  These flowers are more horizontal and nodding than the typical summersweet.  The leaves appear in clusters at the end of branches and give a ‘whorled’ effect, and turn red and yellow in the fall.  All of that would be enough reason to grow this unusual plant, but many experts say the the shredding, cinnamon brown bark is its very best feature.   Continues to be rare in the United States.   8-10’ in ten years -mature at 12-20’ tall.  Awards: Award of Merit & Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA.

Cleyera japonica see TERNSTROEMIA gymnanthera

CORNUS - Dogwood

alba - Red Twig Dogwood Zones 3-8 Sun to part shade

‘Elegantissima’ - Silver edged leaves in summer and blood red twigs in cold weather are incomparable.  One of the most beautiful of variegated plants.  5-6’ in ten years.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS. 

‘Gouchalti’ - The leaves of this shrub are edged yellow with red highlights.  Dark red twigs in the winter.  4-6’ tall in ten years.

‘Siberica’ - Very hardy shrub grown primarily for its red winter twigs and branches.  6-10’ in ten years.  Awards: Award of Merit and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: USNA

alternifolia - Pagoda Dogwood Zones 3-7 Sun to shade
Small growing native tree with distinctive horizontal branching habit.  An excellent ornamental, overshadowed in gardening by Cornus florida.   Pagoda dogwood is best grown in some shade in hot climates.  8-10’ tall in ten years.  Recommended by: OPSC.

florida - American Dogwood Zones 5-9 Sun to shade
Our native dogwood has wide spread popularity, and rightly so.  Excellent flowers, fruit, bark, and fall color: all wrapped in a single package.  Among the most valuable of flowering trees.  Grows 8-10’ in ten years.  Matures at around 25’ tall.  Awards: Award of Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: USNA.

‘Cherokee Princess’ -

‘Cloud Nine’- Extra large blooms appear at an early age.  This tree grows somewhat smaller than typical dogwoods and is very amenable to smaller gardens.

‘First Lady’ - The leaves of this dogwood are two-tone variegated: green with a creamy yellow edge in the spring and again in the fall as colors change to spectacular reds and purples.

‘Plena’ - This is the double flowering form of the American Dogwood, with double the number of bracts in the spring. 

var.  rubra - All the same habits that make the white flowered form so valuable with the addition of pink flowers.  Excellent used with the white flowered forms.  Grafted variety -to assure good color. 

kousa - Chinese Dogwood - Zones 5-8 Sun to shade

var.  chinensis - Blooms about one month later than our native Dogwood, with larger more ornamental fruit in the fall.  Should be much more widely used.  8-10’ tall in ten years.  Matures at about 25’ tall.  Awards: First Class Certificate, Award of Merit, and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: OPSC, USNA.

‘Lustgarten Weeping’ - This dogwood weeps so strongly it will nearly crawl across the ground if it is not staked early in life.  The weeping branches are an advantage when it comes flowering time and the blooms are easily visable.  Makes an excellent wide spreading speciman, or stake for a taller thinner habit.  Only 6-8’tall and wide in ten years.

‘Satomi’ - Star-shaped flowers emerge a deep pink in late spring on this hard-to-find dogwood.  Fall color is equally outstanding with intense red and purple colors.  First Class Certificate & Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.

‘Square Dance’ - The pure white bracts overlap each other to form a neat square pattern on this outstanding dogwood.  Vigorous, heavy flowering, and easy to grow, Square Dance would make and outstanding small specimen or compliment to the late spring garden.  A Polly Hill selection.

‘Weaver’s Weeping’ - An exceptional plant, the weeping branches display the abundant flowers better than typical upright Chinese dogwoods. 

mas - Cornelian Cherry Zones 4-8 Sun to part shade

‘Golden Glory’ - Golden flowers in late winter and edible red fruit in fall are special attractions to this small tree or large shrub.  Golden Glory is a tall and narrow growing plant, instead of the wide spreading habit normally associated with this species.  8-10’ in ten years Eventually reaches 25’ tall.  Recommended by: GCA, OPSC.

officinalis - Japanese Cornelian Cherry Zones 5-8 Sun to shade

Similar to Cornus mas, but with a more open growth habit and a superior flowering effect.  Rare and little known, but a superior ornamental.  Grows to 8’ in ten years, 20-25’ tall when mature.  Awards: Award of Merit from the RHS.

CORYLOPSIS - Winterhazel Zones 5-8 Sun to part shade

spicata - Spike Winterhazel - This medium sized wide spreading shrub covers itself with pale yellow flowers in the early spring just before the leaves emerge.  4-6’ tall in ten years.  Awards: Award of Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA.

veitchiana – Veitch Winterhazel- This is a large growing Winterhazel with distinct elongated leaves that emerge purplish when young and then turn to bright green.  The fragrant flowers appear in long dangling racemes, and are primrose yellow with distinct brick-red anthers.  Flowers develop very early in spring before the leaves emerge.  Introduced from China by Ernest Wilson at the turn of the century but still rare and hard to find.  6-8’ tall in ten years.  Awards: First Class Certificate, Award of Merit, and Award of Garden Merit form the RHS

CORYLUS - Hazel Zones 4-8 Sun to part shade

avellana

‘Contorta’ - Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick - Twisted & contorted branches give year around interest.  Catkins appear in winter for special interest.  Slow growing to 5-6’ in ten years.  Old plants may be 8-12’ tall, but larger plants are known.  Awards: Award of Merit and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.

COTINUS - Smoke Tree Zones 4-8 Sun to part shade

coggygria

‘Royal Purple’ - Leaves are dark red to nearly black at times.  Pink flower plumes.  The best purple smoke tree.  More shrub-like than tree-like despite the name.  Grows to 8-10’ in ten years.  10-15’ tall in old age, or smaller depending on training.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: USNA.

COTONEASTER

apiculatus - Cranberry Cotoneaster - Zones 4-7 Sun to part shade

Recommended by: GCA.

‘Tom Thumb’ -

divaricatus - Spreading Cotoneaster - Zones 4-7 Sun to part shade

A medium sized multistemmed shrub with a rounded outline and drooping branches.  One of the most reliable plants for fall berries which are dark red, along with outstanding fall leaf colors of red, purple, and yellow.  Grows 4-6’ in ten years, eventually reaching 5-6’ tall and wide.  Awards: First Class Certificate from the RHS. 

franchettii Zones 6-9 Sun to part shade

Large gracefully pendulous shrub with gray leaves and orange berries in the fall and winter.  Disease resistant.   4-6’ in ten years.  Eventually 6-8’ tall and wide.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS. 

horizontalis - Rock Cotoneaster - Zones 5-7 Sun to part shade

Spreading deciduous variety with interesting fishbone branching habit.   Spreads 2-4’ in ten years.  Eventually 2-3’ tall and can spread 6-8’ wide.  Good fall color and heavily berried.  Growth is erect against a wall.  Awards: First Class Certificate and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA.

‘Variegatus’- Each leaf is evenly edged in a white turning red in the fall.  Excellent small variegated shrub, it is very slow growing.  Awards: Award of Garden Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: USNA.

lacetus - Parney’s Clusterberry - Zones 6-8 Sun to part shade

Evergreen with widely arching, pendulous growth habit.  Creamy white flower clusters in spring - huge quantities of red berries in fall.  Excellent alone or as a hedge plant.  4-6’ in ten years, eventually 8’ tall and wide.  Awards: Award of Merit and Award of Garden Merit from the RHS. 

salicifolius - Willowleaf Cotoneaster Zones 6-8 Sun to part shade

‘Repans’ - Spreading evergreen to about 2’ tall with glossy narrow leaves.  A strong grower that makes good groundcover, capable of spreading 4-6’ in ten years.  In old age may spread 6-8’ or more in all directions.   Recommended by: GCA.  Recommended by: GCA, USNA

CYRILLA - Leatherwood, Titi Zones 6-10 Sun to part shade

racemiflora - Evergreen shrub (at least in the southern part of its range) that is beautiful in form, foliage, and flower.  The overall appearance is somewhat similar to the Summersweet (Clethera alnifolia), but the leaves are glossy, the flowers grow from horizontal whorls and droop, and the habit is more airy and open.  A superior native plant that grows 8’ in ten years and matures at 10-15’ tall in cultivation.  Awards: Award of Merit from the RHS.  Recommended by: GCA.

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