A wonderful vertical accent in the landscape, Blue Spire Noble Fir is a dense, columnar conifer. Makes a nice border or privacy screen and is a beautiful specimen.
A small deciduous tree or shrub. Unlike other vine maples, this cultivar has purple-red leaves which hold their color well throughout summer, especially in full sun. Fall color is orange to red.
The State Street Maple is a small to medium sized shade tree with a dense, oval canopy that adds a wonderful accent to any landscape. Tolerant of urban and inner city environments as well as good heat and cold tolerance. Beautiful pale golden-yellows in the fall.
The Crimson Sunset is a upright, oval tree with deep purple foliage. Great performer for areas with summer heat where purple leafed trees tend to scorch.
A nice perennial choice that is heat and drought tolerant once established, great for cut flower arrangements. Cut back spent flowers to encourage re-bloom.
You'll love this cheerful, little dwarf Yarrow, a mini version of the popular 'Moonshine'. Compact size is great for mixed borders, containers and sunny beds. Large clusters of sunshine yellow flowers bloom from June to September. Drought tolerant once established. Dead-head to revitalize and encourage more blooms.
Exposure
full sun
Growth Rate
fast
Height
8-10'
Spread
12-18"
Zone
4
Water Use
regular
Foliage
green
Flower
white
This Hardy (F) Kiwi produces reddish-purple, smooth skinned, large grape sized fruit with an amazing sweet flavor. Beautiful reddish-purple fruit ripens in September and October. Needs a hardy male pollinator, such as Actinidia arguta for fruit production. Expect 3-4 years after planting before fruit production. No significant pest or diease issues.
Exposure
full sun - part shade
Growth Rate
slow to medium
Height
12-18"
Spread
4-6'
Zone
4
Water Use
light, once established
Foliage
glossy green
Flower
white-pink
This hardy, evergreen groundcover has glossy, green foliage and cute, pinkish-white, bell shaped flowers in the early spring. Mock Manzanita has a low, dense, bushy form and cascades nicely over retaining walls and bolders. Bright, red berries in the fall attract birds. This water-wise spreader is very drought tolerant after it's establishment period of 2-3 seasons and does best in well drained soils.
Exposure
full sun - part shade
Growth Rate
slow
Height
12-24"
Spread
18-24"
Zone
3-9
Water Use
regular
Foliage
glossy green
Flower
light pink/white
Low Scape Mound is the perfect little shrub for borders, groundcover, mass plantings and containers. Spring brings profuse clusters of soft pink to white flowers over glossy green foliage that turns brilliant red in the fall. Deep purple-black fruit in the fall persists throughout the winter. This tidy, low maintenance shrub is cold, heat and humidity tolerant, and does well in dry soils as well as wet and boggy locations. Great plant for erosion control. Flowers on old wood, so if you choose to shape, prune immediately after bloom season. Deciduous.
This chokeberry blooms in spring with showy white flowers turning into black fruit in the fall. It is self-pollinating and has glossy green foliage and good fall color.
This beautiful deciduous Azalea blooms in the late spring with light, rose-pink flowers that have dark pink accents and yellow throats. Irene Koster has a wonderful fragrance and is a profuse bloomer. Great for back or mid-level borders, mass plantings or as a single focal point. Tolerant of urban and coastal conditions and attracts butterflies and pollinators.
Exposure
full sun - part shade
Growth Rate
slow, 3-6" annually
Height
5'
Spread
3-4'
Zone
4
Water Use
moderate
Foliage
burgundy-purple
Flower
red berries in winter
Beautiful variety of Barberry sporting very dark purple, velvety leaves. Nice upright, arching habit. Will provide amazing fall color - as you would expect from a Barberry - in addition to red berries in winter.
Miss Violet is a non-invasive Butterfly Bush with an abundance of bright, violet-purple flower spikes from summer into fall. With it's smaller size, it will fit into many landscape situations; background borders, containers, single specimen, airy informal hedge or a beautiful addition to your cutting garden. Good heat tolerance and attracts Butterflies and Hummingbirds. Blooms on new wood and needs well drained soil.
Tiny purple flowers with orange throats clustered at the tops of arching branches. Vigorous grower to seven feet but is easily controlled by pruning to keep a dense shape. Flowers are sterile.
This dwarf Boxwood has small, dark green, glossy foliage that stays green throughout the winter, without the bronzing typical to other Boxwood varieties. Compact, rounded habit is beautiful left natural, or prunes/shears nicely for a formal look. Perfect for a low hedge, container plant, specimen, or in groupings.
This wonderful, mounding perennial blooms with masses of tiny, white to pale lavender flowers from June untill frost. Flowers and foliage have a calming, minty fragrance and can be dried for sachets and potpourris. Very tolerant of drought, heat and humidity once established. Useful as a ground cover, erosion control, in a container, edging or rock garden. Calamint attracts pollinators and is deer resistant.
