|
Botanical Name |
Common Name |
Exposure |
Size for Description |
Bloom Time |
Flower Color |
Comment |
|
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Early Amethyst' |
Purple Beautyberry |
Sun to Part Shade |
3 - 4 Ft. x 3 - 4 Ft. |
Summer |
Pink |
gorgeous lilac colored fall berries |
|
Calycanthus x ‘Hartlage Wine’ |
Sweet Shrub |
Sun to Part Shade |
7 Ft. x 7 Ft. |
Spring to Summer |
Burgundy |
bushy, rounded shrub with beautiful yellow
foliage in fall |
|
Campanula lactiflora ‘Pritchard’s Variety’ |
Milky Bellflower |
Sun to Part Shade |
3 to 4 Ft. |
Summer |
Violet-Blue |
a robust, bushy plant with bell-shaped flowers |
|
Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘First Choice’ |
Blue Mist Spirea |
Sun |
30 to 36 In. by 36 In. |
Summer to Fall |
Violet-Blue |
compact mound of dark green foliage and
fragrant, dark purple-blue flowers |
|
Ceanothus x pallidus ‘Marie Simon’ |
California Lilac |
Sun to Part Shade |
6 to 8 Ft. by 6 to 8 Ft. |
Summer to Fall |
Pink |
showy red stems |
|
Cephalotaxus harringtonia ‘Dukes
Garden’ |
Japanese Plum Yew |
Sun to Part Shade |
4 to 5 Ft by 4 to 5 Ft. |
|
|
oval to rounded shape with rounded, upswept
arching branches |
|
Cephalotaxus harringtonii ‘Fastigiata’ |
Upright Japanese Plum Yew |
Part Shade to Shade |
8 Ft. by 3 to 5 Ft. |
|
|
a columnar or vase-shaped shrub with
black-green leaves |
Cercis canadensis
|
Eastern Redbud
|
Sun to Part Shade |
25 Ft. |
Spring |
Pink |
flowers are very showy before the leaves are
out |
|
Chaenomeles x superba ‘Cameo’ |
Dwarf Flowering Quince |
Sun to Part Shade |
4 Ft. by 4 Ft. |
Spring |
Peach |
full, double flowers bloom before leaves
emerge ~ a compact shape with glossy dark green foliage |
|
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Columnaris’ |
Columnar Lawson’s Cypress |
Sun to Part Shade |
3 Ft. x 1 Ft. in 10 yrs |
|
|
erect symmetrical plant with rich, steel blue
foliage |
|
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Aurea’ |
Golden Hinoki False Cypress |
Sun to Part Shade |
12 to 15 Ft by 10 Ft. |
|
|
conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with
leaves that are actually minute scales on tiny branches in the form
of fans. The outer foliage of 'Aurea' is golden and the inner is
green. |
|
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii' |
Golden Hinoki False Cypress |
Sun to Part Shade |
15 Ft. |
|
|
a small, loosely conical tree with golden
fern-like foliage |
|
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis’ |
Slender False Cypress |
Sun to Part Shade |
15 Ft. by 6 Ft in 10 yrs. |
|
|
graceful, curly sprays of dark green foliage
and pendulous tips on new growth |
|
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Mop' |
Dwarf Yellowthread or Sawara False-cypress |
Sun |
3 Ft. |
|
|
A beautiful, graceful shrub |
|
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Plumosa Compressa’ |
Blue Moss Cypress |
Sun to Part Shade |
1 Ft. |
|
|
A dwarf yellowish-green globe |
|
Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Snow’ |
Blue Moss Cypress |
Sun to Part Shade |
1 Ft. |
|
|
A dwarf yellowish-green globe |
|
Chamaecyparis Soft ServeTM
(C. pisifera Dow
Whiting’) |
Sawara Falsecypress |
Sun to Part Shade |
6 to 10 Ft. |
|
|
forms a compact cone with graceful, fern-like
branching |
|
Chionanthus virginicus |
Fringetree |
Sun |
10 Ft. x 10 Ft. |
Spring |
White |
a spreading , open form with multiple trunks |
|
Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird’ |
Dwarf Summer-sweet |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
3 Ft. |
Summer |
White |
dense mounded habit ~ late to leaf out in
spring |
|
Convallaria majalis ‘Bordeaux’ |
Giant Lily of the Valley |
Part Shade to Shade |
6 to 9 In by 6 to 12 In |
Spring |
White |
Very fragrant, white, bell-shaped flowers
larger than the species in May. More flowers per stem with taller
stems to show off the blooms. |
|
Cornus Arctic Fire TM (C. sericea ‘Farrow’) |
Dwarf Red Twig Dogwood |
Sun to Part Shade |
3 to 4 Ft. |
Spring |
White |
a dwarf, compact red stem dogwood ~ dark red
winter twigs - non-suckering |
|
Cornus sericea ‘Cardinal’ |
Red Twig Dogwood |
Sun to Part Shade |
8 to 10 Ft. |
Spring |
White |
a dwarf, compact red stem dogwood ~ stems
change from coral to a deep red in winter |
|
Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ |
Japanese or Kousa Dogwood |
Sun to Part Shade |
15 to 20 Ft. to 15 to 20 Ft. |
Spring |
White |
a rounded, symmetrical tree |
|
Cornus kousa
|
Chinese Dogwood
|
Sun to Part Shade |
30 Ft. |
Spring to Summer |
White |
more cold hardy and more disease resistant
than C. florida |
Cotinus coggygria ‘Ancot’ GOLDEN SPIRIT
|
Smokebush |
Sun to Part Shade |
8 TO 15 Ft. (unless used as a cutback shrub) |
Spring to Summer |
Non-flowering usually, but may produce small
yellow smoky flowers |
golden foliage best in full sun - new leaves
are gold turning to lime green in summer |
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’
|
Purple Smokebush |
Sun |
12 to 15 Ft. (unless used as a cutback shrub) |
Spring to Summer |
Reddish-Purple |
cloud-like flowers with burgundy foliage |
Cotinus coggygria ‘Velvet Cloak’
|
Purple Smokebush |
Sun to Part Shade |
10 TO 15 Ft. (unless used as a cutback shrub) |
Spring to Summer |
Reddish-Purple |
a purple-leaved version of the European
species |
Cotinus coggygria Purpureus Group
|
Purple Smokebush |
Sun |
15 Ft. (unless used as a cutback shrub) |
Summer |
Pink |
cloud-like pink flowers with burgundy foliage |
Cryptomeria japonica 'Aurea’
|
Golden Japanese Cedar |
Sun |
30 Ft |
|
|
neat, dense, domed-shape form ~ an excellent
accent plant |
Cryptomeria japonica 'Globosa Nana’
|
Dwarf Japanese Cedar |
Sun |
3 Ft. x 3 Ft in 10-15 yrs. |
|
|
neat, dense, domed-shape form ~ an excellent
accent plant |
Cryptomeria japonica 'Pygmaea’ (formerly
‘Elegans Nana’)
|
Dwarf Japanese Cedar |
Full Sun to Full Shade |
3 Ft. |
|
|
bluish-green needles become purplish in winter
~ a very compact plant |
|
Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino' |
Japanese Cedar |
Sun |
35 Ft. |
|
|
rich, bright blue-green foliage ~ bronze-green
in cold weather |
|
Cryptomeria japonica 'Radicans' |
Japanese Cedar |
Sun to Part Shade |
Up to 50 Ft by 8 to 12 Ft |
|
|
a blue-green form that does not bronze as much
in the winter - very fast growing |
