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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: Garden Clubs of America.
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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: Garden Clubs of America..
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: Garden Clubs of America, Ohio Plant
Selection Comittee.
‘Leucocarpa’
–One of falls best shows. Large white
berries like pearls cover every stem. A
favorite food source for birds. Recommended
by: Garden Clubs of America.
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 Royal Horticultural Society.
‘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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America.
‘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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America, United
States National Arboretum.
‘Kinlochruel’
-
Double white flowers and good green foliage. Awards:
First Class Certificate, Award of Merit, and Award of Garden Merit from the Royal
Horticultural Society.
‘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 Royal Horticultural Society.
‘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: Garden
Clubs of America., United States National Arboretum.
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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: United States National Arboretum.
‘Fastigiata’
- One of the best columnar trees for general garden usage.
1st rate street tree. Grows
more pyramidal with age. Old trees may reach
30-40’ tall. Awards: Award of Garden
Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: United States National Arboretum.
‘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: United States National Arboretum.
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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: United States National Arboretum.
‘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:
Ohio Plant Selection Comittee, United States National Arboretum.
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: Garden Clubs of America, United
States National Arboretum.
‘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 Royal
Horticultural Society.? Recommended by: United States National Arboretum
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: Garden Clubs of America.
chinensis -
Zones 6-9 Sun to shade
‘Avondale’
- Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America.
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: Garden Clubs of America.
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: Garden Clubs of America.
‘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: Garden Clubs of America.
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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: United States National Arboretum
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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: Ohio Plant Selection Comittee,
United States National Arboretum.
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 Royal Horticultural Society.
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 Royal Horticultural Society.
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: Garden Clubs of America, Ohio Plant
Selection Comittee, United States National Arboretum.
‘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 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: Garden Clubs of America, Ohio Plant Selection Comittee.
‘Rosea’-
The flower spikes on this full sized summersweet have a delicate pink color. Leaves are glossier than the species. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America, United
States National Arboretum.
‘Ruby
Spice’-
Awards: Gold Medal from Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
Recommended by: Ohio Plant Selection Comittee.
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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: Garden Clubs of America, United States National Arboretum.
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 Royal
Horticultural Society.
‘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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: United States National Arboretum
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: Ohio Plant Selection Comittee.
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 Royal Horticultural
Society. Recommended by: United States
National Arboretum.
‘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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: Ohio Plant Selection Comittee,
United States National Arboretum.
‘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 Royal Horticultural Society.
‘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: Garden Clubs of America,
Ohio Plant Selection Comittee.
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 Royal Horticultural Society.
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
Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by:
Garden Clubs of America.
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 Royal Horticultural Society
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 Royal Horticultural Society.
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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: United States National Arboretum.
COTONEASTER
apiculatus - Cranberry Cotoneaster - Zones 4-7
Sun to part shade
Recommended by:
Garden Clubs of America.
‘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 Royal Horticultural Society.
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 Royal Horticultural Society.
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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America, United
States National Arboretum.
‘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 Royal Horticultural Society. Recommended
by: United States National Arboretum.
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 Royal Horticultural Society.
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: Garden Clubs of America.
Recommended by: Garden Clubs of America, United States National Arboretum
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 Royal Horticultural
Society. Recommended by: Garden Clubs of
America.
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