Acer palmatum Aceraceae JAPANESE MAPLE
Leaf arrangement is opposite, simple, Leaf margin is palmately lobed, Stems are slender green to red depending on cultivar, Habit is rounded to layered, Rich fall colors (yellows and reds), Fruit is a samara, 15-25ft. In height, Cultivars are numerous and variations in leaf color, leaf shape, plant texture and plant size occur.
Buddleia davidii Loganiaceae BUTTERFLY BUSH
Leaf arrangement is opposite, simple, Leaf margin finely toothed, Leaf is tomentose, Flower, 4 petalled, borne in Panicles. Flower center is orange. Many colors, white, pink, magenta, purple, lavender, yellow. Flowers mid summer to frost, Fruit is a two valved capsule, Cutting off spent blooms promotes further blooming, Prune back heavily to within 6" of the ground in late winter to keep size manageable
Buxus microphylla Buxaceae KOREAN BOXWOOD
Leaf arrangement opposite, simple, Leaf margin is entire, evergreen, turning yellowish brown in winter, Stem is slender, glaborous, green, flat sided, with grooved internodes, Used as a hedge plant, easily trimmed
Caryopteris X cladonensis Verbenaceae BLUEBEARD
Leaves opposite, simple, Gray green foliage color, Margin entire or with full teeth, Fruit a capsule, Bark exfoliates, 2-3' in height, mounded habit, Flowers born bright blue in cymes from the axils of the uppermost leaves in late summer to early fall, Do not fertilized heavily, will produce rampant, leggy growth, Treat as an herbaceous perennial, cut back in late winter
Cercis canadensis Leguminosae EASTERN REDBUD
Leaf arrangement is alternate, simple, with an entire leaf margin, Leaf shape is cordate, Petiole with conspicuous swelling just below the leaf blade, Flowers, clusters of magenta buds open to a rosy pink, stems zig zag and slender, Habit is small tree spreading, flat topped to rounded crown, Fruit is legume, a true pod, brown and flat
Euonymus alatus Celastraceae BURNING BUSH
Leaf arrangement opposite to subopposite, finely serrate with entire to dentate leaf margin, Stem winged, corky to 1/2" in width, deciduous, Fruit dehiscent capsule, red in color, Excellent fall color, red to pink, Premature fall coloration developes under drought conditions, Can get 15-20' in height with similar spread, Easily pruned, used for hedging
Fraxinus americana Oleaceae WHITE ASH
Leaf arrangement opposite, odd pinnately compound, usually 7 leaflets,
Dark green leaves, glaborous, Pyramidal rounded outline, Reddish purple
fall color, A male tree, dioecious, Fruit is a samara
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Ilex meserveae `Blue Princess' Aquifoliaceae BLUE PRINCESS HOLLY
Leaf arrangement is alternate, leaf, dark green to bluish with spines,
Evergreen, Stem is purplish,
Dioecious, Fruit abundant, red if male is close, Broad and shrubby,
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Juniperus chinensis `Pfitzeriana' Cupressaceae PFTIZER CHINESE JUNIPER
Foliage scale like and awl-shaped, Bright, sage green, Main branches at a 45 degree angle and the young shoots show a slight pendulous tendency, :Large, up to 10' high
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus' Poaceae ZEBRA SILVER GRASS
Leaves arising basally from a large clump. Leaves are 6-7' long, tapered
to a slender tip, Parallel venation, Flowers are pale pink to reddish and
are borne in a loose, terminal panicle 8-10" long, Loose growth habit with
horizontal yellow bands on the leaves, Useful as an accent or screen
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Perovskia atriplicifolia Lamiaceae RUSSIAN SAGE
Leaves gray white, oppositly arranged, strongly dissected, Stems gray white, Flowers, are 2 lipped lavender-blue arranged in a spire, Woody stems should be cut back in early spring to promote good growth
Pinus mugo Pinaceae MUGHO PINE
Leaves are needles arranged 2 per bundle persisting 5 years, Stem internodes of variable length and variable between plants, Can get15-20' in height, Need to prune to keep compact shape, Prune when the new candles are ½ their mature size
Potentilla fruticosa Rosaceae BUSH CINQUEFOIL
Alternate, pinnately compound, silky foliage, Flowers, 1inch yellow, numerous cultivars available for wide range of color choices, Stems wispy and slender, Habit bushy, rounded outline
Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Willowwood' Caprifoliaceae WILLOWWOOD VIBURNUM
Leaf arrangement is opposite, margin nearly
entire, Buds are floral, Flower is a yellowish white cyme, Fruit is a black
drupe, 10-15' in height and spread, Semi to fully deciduous
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