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Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Exposure |
Bloom Time |
Size for Description |
Flower Color |
Comment |
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Abies koreana ‘Silberlocke’ |
Silver Show Korean Fir |
Sun to Part Shade |
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20 Ft. (grows 4 to 6 in./yr.) |
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small statured compact tree ~ dark green needles curl up and twist
around the stem to reveal bright silver lower surface |
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Abies koreana 'Silver Show' |
Silver Show Korean Fir |
Sun to Part Shade |
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20 Ft. (grows 4 to 6 in./yr.) |
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small statured compact tree ~ dark green needles curl up and twist
around the stem to reveal bright silver lower surface |
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Acanthus spinosus |
Spiny Bear’s Breeches |
Sun to Part Shade |
Late Spring |
3 to 4 Ft. |
Mauve |
dark green leaves with spiny points and whitish veins ~ a beautiful
architectural plant |
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Acer griseum
Available June 2008 |
Paperbark maple |
Sun to Part Shade |
Spring |
25 Ft. |
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very dramatic exfoliating bark |
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Acer henryi |
Henry’s maple |
Sun to Part Shade |
Spring |
25 Ft. x 30 Ft. |
Green |
a tri-foliate maple ~ new growth is reddish-bronze ~ young bark is
green and old bark is white ~ pendant flower clusters |
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Acer palmatum |
Japanese Maple |
Part Shade to Shade |
Spring |
20 Ft. |
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beautiful small tree grown for foliage |
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Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’
Available June 2008 |
Japanese Maple |
Part Shade to Shade |
Spring |
20 Ft. by 20 Ft. |
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a round vase-shaped tree - deep red foliage in spring fades to green |
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Actaea pachypoda |
Doll's Eye or White Baneberry |
Part Shade to Shade |
Late Spring |
2 to 4 Ft. |
White |
beautiful, dissected, astilbe-like leaves |
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Actaea simplex ‘Brunette’
Available May 2008 |
Black Snakeroot , Black Cohosh or Bugbane |
Sun to Part Shade |
Fall |
5 - 6 Ft. |
Pink |
the stems and leaves have a purplish-black color |
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Actaea simplex Atropurpurea Group
Available May 2008 |
Black Snakeroot Black Cohosh or Bugbane |
Part Shade |
Late Summer |
5 - 7 Ft. |
White |
the stems, leaves and flowers may have a purple cast |
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Adiantum pedatum
Available May 2008 |
American Maidenhair Fern |
Part Shade to Shade |
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1 to 2.5 Ft. x 1 to 1.5 Ft. |
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will naturalize ~ reddish-brown to black stems |
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Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip' |
Bugleweed |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
Spring |
3 to 5 In. |
Blue |
a dwarf ajuga ~ excellent for along paths and stepping stones ~
rich, chocolate brown leaves |
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Alchemilla alpina
New |
Alpine Lady's Mantle |
Sun to Part Shade |
Spring |
8 In. |
Yellow |
grayish leaves have a white margin |
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Amelanchier laevis |
Allegheny Serviceberry |
Sun to Part Shade |
Spring |
15 to 25 Ft. x 15 to 25 Ft. |
White |
new growth is purple-bronze - smooth gray bark - often multi-trunked |
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Amsonia 'Blue Ice' |
Blue Star Willow |
Sun to Part Shade |
Late Spring |
12 to 15 In. |
Blue |
willow-like blue-green foliage ~ a shorter Amsonia |
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Amsonia tabernaemontana |
Blue Star Willow |
Sun to Part Shade |
Late Spring |
2.5 Feet
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Blue |
Willow-like blue-green foliage forms a neat, bushy plant |
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Anemone japonica |
Japanese Anemone |
Sun to Part Shade |
Summer to Fall |
2.5 Ft. |
Pink |
late season bloomer |
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Anemone x hybrida 'Pamina'
Available May 2008 |
Japanese Anemone |
Sun to Part Shade |
Summer to Fall |
2 Ft. |
Mauve |
a vigorous, mounding, compact Japanese Anemone with semi-double
mauve flowers |
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Anemone x hybrida 'Whirlwind' |
Japanese Anemone |
Sun to Part Shade |
Summer to Fall |
4 to 5 Ft. |
White |
semi-double white flowers with narrow, quill-like petals |
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Aquilegia canadensis 'Little Lanterns' |
Dwarf Canadian Columbine
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Part Shade to Shade |
Late Spring |
10 In. |
Red |
a very compact plant ~ leaf miner resistant |
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Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliant' |
Red Chokeberry |
Sun to Part Shade |
Late Spring |
6 to 8 Ft. |
White |
waxy, dark green leaves ~ nice in mass planting |
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Aruncus aethusifolius |
Dwarf Goatsbeard |
Sun to Part Shade |
Summer |
8 - 12" |
White |
astilbe-like, feathery flower spikes ~ a delicate mound of deeply
cut, bright green ferny foliage ~ foliage is tinged bronze when
young |
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Asclepias tuberosa ‘Hello Yellow’
New |
Butterfly Weed |
Sun |
Summer to Fall |
2 Ft. |
Yellow |
stout, upright stems ~ has beautiful seed pods |
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Asimina triloba |
Pawpaw |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
Spring |
15 to 20 Ft. x 15 to 20 Ft. |
Purple |
has a semi-tropical appearance |
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Aster ericoides f. prostratum ‘Snow Flurry’ (now called Eurybia)
New |
Heath Aster |
Sun |
Fall |
4 to 6 In. x 4 to 12 In. |
White |
white flowers with yellow centers ~ resembles heath |
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Aster novi-belgii 'Wood's Light Blue' - see Symphyotrichum |
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Aster novi-belgii 'Wood's Pink' - see
Symphyotrichum |
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Aster novi-belgii 'Wood's Purple' - see
Symphyotrichum |
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Astilbe 'Red Sentinel' (Japonica hybrid) |
False Spirea |
Sun to Part Shade |
Early Summer |
2 to 3 Ft. |
Red |
lush, deeply cut foliage ~ airy flower plumes |
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Astilbe ‘Aphrodite’
New Available May 2008 |
False Spirea |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
Late Summer |
15 In. by 12 In. |
Rose |
red and white flower parts join to form a rose-colored flower ~
bronze foliage and upright red stems |
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Astilbe 'Fanal’ |
False Spirea |
Part Shade to Shade |
Summer |
18 to 24 In. x 18 to 24 In. |
Red |
compact and mounded ~ beautiful bronze foliage and very dark red
flowers |
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Astilbe chinensis ‘Milk and Honey’
New Available May 2008 |
False Spirea |
Part Shade to Shade |
Summer |
2 to 3 Ft. |
Pink flushed white |
creamy, white plumes turn light pink |
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Astilbe chinensis var. pumila |
Chinese Astilbe |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
Summer to Fall |
1 Ft. |
Mauve |
a later blooming, compact Astilbe with stiff, upright plumes |
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Astilbe japonica ‘Peach Blossom’
New Available May 2008 |
False Spirea |
Part Shade to Shade |
Summer |
18 In. |
Salmon |
glossy green foliage |
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Astilbe species |
False Spirea |
Part Shade to Shade |
Early Summer |
1 to 2 Ft. |
Mixed |
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Athyrium nipponicum ‘Pictum’
Available May 2008 |
Japanese Painted Fern |
Part Shade to Shade |
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18 In. x 12 In. |
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silver-green foliage with red stems ~ low maintenance |