SHRUBS

COMMON NAME

BOTANICAL NAME                     

ATTRIBUTES

Amur Maple

Acer ginnala

Height: 15-20'  Width:  20-25'
Zone: 3
Graceful shrub w/ spreading, slender branches, fragrant flowers, and outstanding orange to scarlet fall color.  Adaptable to many soil types.  Extremely hardy.  Sun or part shade.

Bailey Compact Amur Maple

Acer ginnala 'Bailey Compact'

Height:  7-9'  Width:  7-8'
Zone:  3
Finer branched, more compact form of Amur Maple w/ fragrant flowers.  Great as a specimen, screen or hedge plant. Orange to scarlet fall color.  Sun or part shade.

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Aesculus parviflora

Height:  8-12'  Width:  8-15'
Zone:   4
A stately specimen that forms a spreading mounded shrub w/ tall, pyramidal spikes of white flowers in July.   Yellow-green fall color.  Sun to shade.

Variegated Devils Walkingstick

Aralia elata 'Variegata'

Height:  12'  Width:  8-10'
Zone 3
Rare form w/ irregular creamy white border along the margin of the leaflets.  The coarse, irregular habit makes this unusual plant an interesting specimen.  Looks tropical.  Will sucker. 

Pink flowers in fall w/ purple-black fruit.  Sun or part shade.

Burgundy Carousel Barberry

Berberis thunbergii 'Bailtwo'

Height:  3'  Width:  4-5'
Zone:  4
Slightly larger, burgundy/purple foliage that arches slightly.  Excellent accent, hedge or thorny barrier plant. 

Burgundy-purple fall color.  Prefers moist, well-drained soils.

Golden Carousel Barberry

Berberis 'Bailsel'

Height:  4-5'  Width:  3-4'
Zone:  4
Hybrid of Korean and Golden Japanese Barberry.  Golden yellow leaves on this upright grower.  Red and orange fall color.  Plant in light shade.

Santana Butterfly Bush

Buddleia davidii 'Santana'

Height: 4-6'  Width:  4-6'
Zone:  5
Red purple flowers, golden yellow variegated foliage.  Golden yellow fall color.  Full sun.

Guinevere Butterfly Bush

Buddleia d. 'Guinevere'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  8-10'
Zone:  5
Beautiful large, black-purple, fragrant flowers w/ lustrous, glossy almost blue-green foliage.   Full sun.

Height:  24-36"  Width:  24-36"
Zone:  5
Dwarf butterfly bush.  Very attractive blue flowers.

Callicarpa b. 'Profusion'

Height:  6-8'  Width:  6'
Zone: 5
Outstanding display of violet-purple fruits in fall.  Forms a vigorous bushy shrub with small lavender flowers in July and August.  Sun or light shade.  Do not cut back.

Callicarpa d. 'Issai'

Height:  4'  Width:  4'
Zone:  5 (crown hardy zone 4)
Beautiful violet-purple fruit in the fall.  Best treated as a herbaceous perennial in sun or light shade. 

Sweetshrub

Calycanthus floridus

Height:  6-9'  Width:  6-9'
Zone:  4
A dense, rounded shrub w/ dark reddish-brown fragrant flowers in may.  Aromatic stems and leaves when bruised.  Sun or shade.

Athens Sweetshrub

Calycanthus f. 'Athens'

Height:  6-9'  Width:  6-12'
Zone:  5
A unique yellow flowerd form of native sweetshrub with tremendous fragrance.  Foliage is dark green with a dense mounded habit.  Sun or shade.

Sunshine Blue Bluebeard

Caryopteris incana 'Jason'

Height:  3'  Width:  3'
Zone:  5
Amethyst-blue blossoms backed by sunny, yellow foliage add interest to the border all season.  Late flowering.  Yellow fall color.

Cameo Quince

Chaenomeles s. 'Cameo'

Height:  2-3'  Width:  4'
Zone:  4
Double apricot-pink flowers are borne in profusion in early May before leaves appear.  Outstanding low growing variety which is nearly thornless.  Sun to part shade.

Ruby Spice Summersweet

Clethra alnifola 'Ruby Spice'

Height:  3-6'  Width:  3-4'
Zone:  4
Bright pink flowers that do not fade to white.  Blooms in midsummer.   Yellow fall color.  Sun or shade 

Ivory Halo Dogwood

Cornus alba 'Bailhalo'

Height:  5-6'  Width:  5-6'
Zone:  3
Compact selection of Variegated Dogwood that provides beautiful variegated foliage in simmer and attractive red twigs in winter.  Sun

Red Twigged Dogwood

Cornus  baileyi

Height:  8-10'  Width:  8-10'
Zone:  2
An excellent red stem dogwood that provides beautiful color in winter.  Porcelain-blue fruits.  Shade tolerant.

Cardinal Red Osier Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Cardinal'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  8-10'
Zone:  2
Bright red winter twig color.  2004 Plant of Merit.  Red-purple fall color.

Silver and Gold Dogwood

Cornus sericea 'Silver and Gold'

Height:  6-8'  Width:  8-10'
Zone:  3
Variegated form of Yellow Twig Dogwood has leaves edged w/ a creamy white, uneven margin.

Harry Lauder's Walkingstick

Corylus avellana 'Contorta'

Height:  8'  Width:  8'
Zone:  4
Twisting and curling brances that are very effective in the winter landscape.  Sun to part shade

Red Majestic Contorted Filbert

Corylus avellana 'Red Majestic'

Height:  8'  Width:  8'
Zone:  4
Twisted stems with foliage that emerges a maroon-red in spring fading to a maroon-green in mid summer.  Sun to part shade.

Nordine Smokebush

Cotinus coggygria 'Nordine'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  10'
Zone:  5 (trial in zone 4)Flowers are showy in large, ruby-red, plumose clusters in midsummer.  Hardiest of the purple-leaf smokebushes but dies back to the crown after a severe winter.  Xeriscape plant. 
Brilliant yellow to orange fall color.

Nikko Slender Deutzia

Deutzia gracilis 'Nikko'

Height:  2'  Width:  5'
Zone:  5
Compact, spreading, almost groundcover type shrub that produces an abundance of snowy white flowers in mid to late May.  Deep burgundy fall color.

Dwarf Burning Bush

Euonymus alatus 'Compacta'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  8-10'
Zone:  3
Compact habit of growth ideal for hedge or specimen.  Brilliant red fall foliage.  Full sun for best color.

Emeral & Gold Euonymus

Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n Gold

Height:  1.5-2'  Width:  5'
Zone:  5
Makes a fine groundcover with a broad upright spreading habit.  Foliage is dark glossy green with distinctive yellow margins.  Full sun to part shade.

Gold Tide Forsythia

Forsythia 'Courtasol'

Height:  24-30"  Width:  up to 4'
Zone:  4
Ground-cover type Forsythia has a compact, ground-hugging habit, excellent for mass plantings.  Not tolerant of dry soils.

Blue Mist Fothergilla

Fothergilla gardenii 'Blue Mist'

Height:  2-3'  Width:  3-4'
Zone:  5
Handsome blue foliage.  Forms a mounded plant of 2 to 3 feet in height.   Best with some shade. 

Royal Gold Woadwaxen

Genista tinctoria 'Royal Gold'

Height:  1.5-2'  Width:  2'
Zone:  4
Low growing selection w/ nearly glabrous simple leaves.  Flowers are golden yellow, very numerous in July.  Xeriscape plant.  Sun

Witch Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Height:  15'  Width:  12-15'
Zone:  4
Rounded, vase-shaped shrub.  Does well in woods, shade and naturalized situations.  In full sun and good soil will develop into a well-rounded vase-shaped plant.  Golden yellow fall color.

Seven-son Flower

Heptacodium miconoides

Height:  10-20'  Width:  8-15'
Zone:  4
Used as a large arching shrub or small multi-stemmed tree.  Fragrant white flowers appear in August and September.  Then the sepals turn a pinkish red through autumn.   The bark is beautiful as it exfoliates to expose a light brown underbark.  Moist or dry soil.  Sun to light shade

Endless Summer Blushing Bride Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blushing Bride'

Height:  3-6'  Width:  3-6'
Zone:  5
Same hardiness and disease resistance as The Original with an even faster rebloom.  The flower mops are at least 6" across w/ pure white blooms and semi-double florets.  The blooms mature w/ a light pink blush.  Part shade.

Endless Summer The Original Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer'

Height:  3-5'  Width:  3-5'
Zone:  4
Mop-head type hydrangea, blooms on both old and new wood.  Very hardy.  Flowers grow up to 8" in diameter.  Removal of spent flowers will encourage rebloom.  Part shade.

Twist-n-Shout Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Twist-n-Shout'

Height:  3-5'  Width:  3-4
Zone:  4
A cross between H. 'Penny Mac' and H. 'Lady in Red'.  Lacy deep-pink centers are surrounded by pink or periwinkle blue blossoms on both old and new wood all summer long.

Limelight Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'

Height:  6-8'  Width:  5-7'
Zone:  3
Exquisite, bright, lime-green flowers.  In autumn the blooms display shades of pink, burgundy and green.  Flowers on new wood so it can be pruned in winter or early spring.   Sun or part shade.

Little Lamb Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Lamb'

Height:  6-8'  Width:  6-8'
Zone:  3
More compact than other paniculata hydrangeas with tiny, delicate blooms.  Moist but well drained soil in sun or part shade.  May be pruned in winter or early spring as it flowers on new wood.

Pinky Winky Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Pinky Winky'

Height:  6-8'  Width:  6-8'
Zone:  4
Resembles 'Pink Diamond' in size and hardiness.  The difference is in the size of foliage and flowers.  Fourteen-inch blooms are the norm and each floret contains 7 petals instead of 4.

Quick Fire Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Quick Fire'

Height:  6-8'  Width:  6-8'
Zone:  4
Quick to bloom, a month earlier than other varieties.  Will bloom late May or early June.  Rarely to never fed on by Japanese Beetles.

Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata 'Vanilla Strawberry'

Height:  6-7'  Width:  4-5'
Zone:  4
The enormous flower panicles are a blend of vanilla and strawberry, held upright on red stems. They emerge creamy white in mid summer, change to pink and finally to strawberry red. New blooms gives the plant a multicolored effect in late summer and early fall. The red coloration persists for at least 3-4 weeks. The habit is upright becoming cascading later in the season.

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Height:  4-6'  Width:  3-5'
Zone:  5
Blooms in mid-July.  White flowers turn pink in August.  Grows in sunny and dry conditions, but will also do well in shade.

Center Glow Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Center Glow'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  8-10'
Zone:  3
Much like 'Diabolo' except the red color is far brighter and new foliage emerges a glowing yellow-green.  Blooms in spring w/ creamy white flowers.

Summer Wine Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Seward'

Height:  5-6'  Width:  5-6'
Zone:  3
Improved variety of Ninebark w/ neat, compact branching and fine, deeply cut, dark crimson-red leaves.  Requires little pruning.  Full sun.

Mountain Fire Andromeda

Pieris j. 'Mountain Fire'

Height:  5-6'  Width:  5-6'
Zone:  5
The new foliage is fiery red against dark green mature leaves.  Drooping clusters of white flowers in spring.  Best in partial shade.

Fragrant Sumac

Rhus aromatica

Height:  8'  Width:  6-8'
Zone:  3
Finely divided leaves turn a bright red, orange and purple in autumn.  Does well in poor soil.  Full sun.

Prairie Flame Shining Sumac

Rhus copallina var. latifolia 'Morton'

Height:  5-7'  Width:  5-7'
Zone:  5
Compact habit and clean glossy foliage.  August brings yellow-white flowers and with autmn comes brilliant red-orange fall color.  Will eventually form dense colonies.

Cutleaf Smooth Sumac

Rhus glabra 'Laciniata'

Height:  8'  Width:  6-8'
Zone:  3
Finely divided leaves turn a bright red, orange and purple in autumn.  Does well in poor soil.  Full sun.

Tiger Eyes Cutleaf Sumac

Rhus typhina 'Bailtiger'

Height:  6'  Width:  6'
Zone:  4
Beautiful golden-leafed form of Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac.  New growth is chartreuse green, quickly changing to yellow.  Rosy-pink leaf stems.  Oriental look - used in place of Japanese Maple.  Yellow, orange, scarlet fall color.  Full sun.

Flamingo Willow

Salix integra Flamingo

Height:  5-8'  Width:  5-8'
Zone:  5
Improved version of S. 'Hakuro Nishiki'.  As the shrub leafs out in spring the base leaves remain green and white, and the outermost leaves emerge a brilliant pink and remain well into summer.  Winter stems bright red.   Full sun.

Black Lace Elderberry

Sambucus nigra 'Eva'

Height:  8-12'  Width:  8-10'
Zone:  4
Dark black foliage gets darker in the summer.  Clusters of pink flowers develop in late June on old wood.  Full sun.

Sutherland Golden Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa 'Sutherland'

Height:  8-12'  Width:  6-8'
Zone:  3
The golden-yellow finely cut leaflets are resistant to sunburn, and can be used in both sunny and partially shaded areas.  Holds its color well.  Cutting back to the ground in late winter encourages strong highly colored shoots and foliage.

Sem Ash Leaf Spirea

Sorbaria sorbifolia 'Sem' 

Height:  3-4'  Width:  3.5-4'
Zone:  3
Pinkish-red, fern-like spring foliage unfurls along deep pink stems.  In full sun the foliage takes on a chartreuse tint and in autumn bronze hues appear.

Tor Birchleaf Spirea

Spiraea betulifolia 'Tor'

Height:  2-3'  Width:  2-3'
Zone:  3
Compact mound of dark gray-green birch-like leaves.  Tiny white flowers cover the plant in late spring.  Autumn brings shades of orange, red and purple.

Magic Carpet Spiraea

Spiraea japonica 'Magic Carpet'

Height:  18"  Width:  2'
Zone:  3
Vibrant red shoots emerge in spring and mature into rich bronze, red-tipped foliage.  Deep pink flowers in early summer.  Russet red fall color.  Full sun.

Firegold Spirea

Spiraea x. vanhouttei 'Firegold'

Height:  4-6'  Width:  5-7'
Zone:  3
More disease resistant foliage than Vanhoutte, but similar in all other respects.  Full sun.

Dwarf Korean Lilac

Syringa meyeri 'Palibin'

Height:  4-5'  Width:  5-7'
Zone:  3
Excellent uniform habit and red-purple buds that open to fragrant, single, pale lilac flowers.  Blooms at an early age.  Full sun to light shade.

Superba Littleleaf Lilac

Syringa microphylla 'Superba'

Height:  6'  Width:  9-12'
Zone:  5
Dense shrub has single, deep pink flowers.  Leaves are about half the size of Syringa vulgaris.  Mildew resistant, heat tolerant.  Full sun to light shade.

Miss Kim Lilac

Syringa patula 'Miss Kim'

Height:  6-7'  Width:  5-6'
Zone:  3
Purple buds that open to single, fragrant, pale lilac flowers when other lilacs have finished.  Beautiful burgundy-red fall color.  Full sun.

Beauty of Moscow Lilac

Syringa v. 'Beauty of Moscow'

Height:  10-12'  Width:  8'
Zone:  3
This beautiful lilac produces abundant panicles of double, delicate pale pink flowers on an upright plant. 

Sensation Lilac

Syringa v. 'Sensation'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  8-12'
Zone:  3
Single purple florets with a distinctive pure white border.  An outstanding and unique lilac.  Full sun.

Summer Glow Tamarisk

Tamarix ramosissima 'Summer Glow'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  6-8'
Zone:  2
Rosy flower spikes all summer.  Feathery, silver-blue foliage.   Tolerant of most soils.  Full sun.

Blue Muffin Arrowwood Viburnum

Viburnum dentatum 'Christom'    

Height:  5-7'  Width:  4-6'
Zone: 3
A compact selection of Arrowwood Viburnum.  In spring the plant is covered with beautiful white flowers, then later in summer clusters of rich blue berries form.  Full sun to shade and most soil types.

Maries Doublefile Viburnum

Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  8-10'
Zone 5
Horizontal branching habit.  Creamy white flowers in spring.  Sun or shade.

Redwing American Cranberrybush

Viburnum trilobum 'J.N. Select'

Height:  8-10'  Width:  6-8'
Zone:  2
Excellent form and a good growth rate.  New spring foliage is tinted a nice red color.  White flowers appear in mid to late May, followed by ornamental clusters of persistent bright red fruit.  Brilliant red fall color.  Full sun.

Judd Viburnum

Viburnum x juddii

Height:  6-8'  Width:  4-6'
Zone:  4b
Lovely blooms in spring are highly fragrant; the buds are a dark pink and open to white.  Forms a large rounded shrub w/ dark green foliage.

Fine Wine Weigela

Weigela florida 'Fine Wine'

Height:  2-3'  Width:  2-3'
Zone:  4
Dark burgundy-purple leaves, hot rose-pink flowers create a spectacular contrast against the dark glossy foliage.

My Monet Weigela

Weigela florida 'My Monet'

Height:  12-18"  Width:  12-15"
Zone:  4
Compact habit and colorful foliage with purplish-pink blossoms.

Red Prince Weigela

Weigela florida 'Red Prince'

Height:  5-6'  Width:  5-6'
Zone:  4
Ability to hold its flower color (red) as they age rather than taking on a purplish tint.

Wine & Roses Weigela

Weigela florida 'Alexandra'

Height:  4-5'  Width:  3-5'
Zone:  4
Dark burgundy-purple leaves, hot rose-pink flowers create a spectacular contrast against the dark glossy foliage.