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Common Name: Grass -- Feather Reed
Strict upright habit. Fluffy flowers June–September. A clump forming plant. Prefers full sun. Tolerates dry soils once established and is adaptable to coastal conditions. Spacing: 18–24".
Ornamental grasses are fine additions to many gardens. They...
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Common Name: Beautyberry
Upright growing with stiff branches. Small lilac colored flowers on new growth in early summer. Clusters of small, vivid deep violet berries in October. Bronzy new foliage, green in summer, turns pink-lavender in fall. Cutting back each year helps ma...
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Common Name: Beautyberry
Bronze-purple new growth matures dark green. Pink flowers mid summer followed by bright purple berries....
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Common Name: Heather
Mauve, August–November. Foliage yellow in spring, green in summer, bright red in autumn. Very appealing in the winter garden. Grows best in full sun and well drained acid soils of low fertility. Richer soils tend to produce weaker growth and more leg...
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Common Name: Heather
Double, light pink, August–November. Very appealing in the winter garden. Grows best in full sun and well drained acid soils of low fertility. Richer soils tend to produce weaker growth and more leggy plants. A sunny, well drained location and winter...
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Common Name: Heather
Compact growing. Lavender flowers, August–September. Gray foliage
Heathers are attractive groundcovers native to Europe and Asia, now naturalized in parts of the northeastern USA. Very appealing in the winter garden. They grow best in full sun and...
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Common Name: Heather
Upright growing. Double deep pink flowers, July–October. Dark green foliage.
Heathers are attractive groundcovers native to Europe and Asia, now naturalized in parts of the northeastern USA. Very appealing in the winter garden. They grow best in f...
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Common Name: Marsh Marigold
Kidney-shaped bright green leaves with bright yellow buttercup-like flowers in April. A native
wetland plant that likes boggy conditions or shallow seasonal water. Spacing: 12"....
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Common Name: Sweetshrub, Common
Dense growing and rounded. Large dark red-brown fruity scented flowers in May. Large urn-shaped fruit capsules in fall. Large dark green leaves turn yellow in fall. Native to the southeastern USA....
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Common Name: Bellflower, Carpathian
Many individual 1-1/2" bell-shaped violet-blue flowers borne freely on top of small dark green foliage, June–August. Forms a neat round clump. Suitable for garden railways, rock gardens or at the front of the border. Likes good drainage. Spacing: 6–8...
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Common Name: Bellfower, Carpathian
Many individual 1-1/2" bell-shaped white flowers borne freely on top of small dark green foliage, June–August. Forms a neat round clump. Suitable for garden railways, rock gardens or at the
front of the border. Likes good drainage. Spacing: 6–8"....
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Common Name: Bellflower, Clustered
Deep purple flowers blooming May--June. A charming, very floriferous plant. Drought tolerant once established. Full sun. Native. Spacing: 12--15"....
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Common Name: Bellflower, Peach-leaved
Violet-blue 1-1/2" outward facing cup-shaped flowers on slender stalks, June–July. Leafy clumps of dark green foliage. Good cut flower. Will self-sow. Divide every 2–3 years. Spacing: 15–18"....
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Common Name: Trumpet Vine
Fast growing, clinging vine. Dark red, trumpet-shaped flowers, July-frost. Tolerates poor soil. Suitable for the seashore. Native. Attracts hummingbirds....
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Common Name: Trumpet Vine
A robust climber with attractive trumpet-shaped, brilliant red flowers in July-September. Excellent when trained over an arbor or a pergola. Tolerates poor soil. Suitable for the seashore. Native. Attracts hummingbirds. Deciduous....
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Common Name: Trumpet Vine
Heavy, clinging, fast growing vine. Orange-yellow flowers appear, July-September. Tolerates poor soils. Suitable for the seashore. Native. Attracts hummingbirds....
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Common Name: Trumpet Vine
Heavy, clinging, fast growing vine. Large orange trumpet-shaped flowers all summer. Tolerates poor soils. Suitable for the seashore. Native. Attracts hummingbirds....
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Common Name: Grass -- Sedge, Variegated Japanese
Tufting evergreen sedge with pendulous bright green leaves accented by bright yellow and white stripes. Prefers acidic, moist soil. Spacing: 12–15".
Ornamental grasses are fine additions to many gardens. They are useful in naturalized areas, as ed...
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Common Name: Grass -- Sedge
Running, but not invasive. Creamy white marginal variegation on shiny curved leaves. Semievergreen. Suitable for accent or groundcover. Spacing: 12–15".
Ornamental grasses are fine additions to many gardens. They are useful in naturalized areas, a...
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Common Name: Hornbeam, Pyramidal European
Dense, compact and narrow when young, developing an upright oval crown with maturity. Long, thick, corrugated dark green foliage is resistant to insects and diseases and turns a pleasing yellow in fall. Handsome gray fluted bark. An excellent choice ...
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Common Name: Hornbeam, European
Very narrow and upright, half as wide as tall at maturity. Yellow autumn foliage. Foliage is insect resistant. Handsome gray fluted bark. Tolerates hot and dry conditions once established in the landscape....
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Common Name: Hornbeam, American or Blue Beech
Slow growing native understory tree. Low branched with upright stems that develop into a rounded crown. Smooth bluish gray bark appears "muscular" with long sinewy ridges on older stems and trunks, particularly striking in winter. Dark green leaves t...
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Common Name: Bluebeard
Somewhat lower growing than other cultivars. Powdery blue fringed flowers. Slow and mounded, sprouting from the ground. Performs best when treated like an herbaceous perennial and cut back nearly to the ground in early spring. Delicate, fragrant sil...
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Common Name: Bluebeard
Similar to 'Blue Mist', but somewhat darker flower and more compact. Slow and mounded, sprouting from the ground. Performs best when treated like an herbaceous perennial and cut back nearly to the ground in early spring. Delicate, fragrant silvery f...
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Common Name: Bluebeard
Synonym: 'Inoveris' Compact with short, glossy dark green foliage. Extended bloom season of dense, deep blue flowers. Slow and mounded, sprouting from the ground. Performs best when treated like an herbaceous perennial and cut back to the ground in early spring. Delica...
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Common Name: Bluebeard
Synonym: 'Minibleu' Compact growing. Dark green, glossy foliage. Flowers are richer blue than other varieties. Performs best when treated like an herbaceous perennial and cut back to the ground in early spring. Delicate, fragrant silvery foliage on thin branches. Valuab...
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Common Name: Senna, Wild
Large yellow lupine-like flowers, July–September. Bold, deep green leaves. Forms a long taproot. A native that is drought tolerant when established in average soil. Spacing: 24–36"....
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Common Name: Cedar, Blue Atlas
Narrow and upright, broadening with maturity. Distinctive silvery blue needles. Stiff horizontal branches. Performs best in this region when sheltered from winter winds....
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Common Name: Cedar, Weeping Blue Atlas
A small tree with graceful, pendulous branches. Silvery gray-green needles. Can be trained to a variety of forms to create a distinctive effect in the landscape....
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Common Name: Valerian, Red
Fragrant, showy, tiny carmine-rose flowers in clusters on upright stems, late spring to midsummer. Gray-green, upright, bushy masses of foliage. Fine in the border and an excellent choice for rock walls and poor soils. Good cut flower. Self-sows free...
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Common Name: Yew, Japanese Plum
Low spreading when young, maturing mound-shaped with arching branches. Deer resistant. Long dark green Taxus-like foliage. New growth is lime-green...
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Common Name: Yew, Japanese Plum
Slow growing evergreen shrub, more dense and compact than the species, with dark green 2" needles, slightly aromatic. Good for small gardens and low hedges and borders. Drought tolerant once established. Not wind tolerant. The original plant is in t...
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Common Name: Yew, Prostrate Japanese Plum
Low spreading when young, becoming mound-shaped with arching branches as it matures. Long, glossy dark green yew-like needles on pendulous branches that arch up and outward. New growth is lime green. Deer resistant....
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Common Name: Yew, Japanese Plum
Slow growing, often twice as wide as high. Drooping branches, 3/4 to 2" long needles in a strong v-shape arrangement. Deer resistant alternative to Taxus. ...[ More Information ]
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Common Name: Snow-in-Summer
Groundcover or edging plant. Mass of dainty white flowers on spreading silvery evergreen foliage, May–June. Tolerates poor soils but needs excellent drainage. Suitable for sunny slopes, walls, and garden railways. Spacing: 12–18"....
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Common Name: Plumbago, Leadwort
Groundcover. Dwarf, spreading plant with vibrant blue flowers, August until frost. Bronze fall foliage. Mulch in winter. Late to emerge in spring. Spacing: 18–24"....
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Common Name: Katsura Tree
Narrow, columnar when young, becoming broad with maturity. Small rounded foliage, bronze in early spring, dark green in summer and yellow to peach-colored and fragrant in fall. Disease and insect resistant, but relatively intolerant of injury to the ...
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Common Name: Katsura Tree, Weeping
Synonym: 'Pendula' Wide growing with downturned branches. Matures wider than high if untrained. Small rounded foliage, bronze in early spring, dark green in summer and yellow to peach-colored and fragrant in fall. Disease and insect resistant, but relatively intolerant...
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Common Name: Katsura Tree
A charming dwarf suitable for the small garden. Neat, upright, teardrop shape, half as wide as tall. Leaves less than half the size of the species. Deer resistant. Foliage is fragrant in autumn, reminiscent of maple sugar. Branching pattern lends win...
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Common Name: Redbud, Eastern
Wide and upright growing, developing into a flat topped globe shape. Rose-pink flowers along the branches in early spring. Lustrous dark green foliage emerges red-purple in spring and turns yellow in autumn. Native to the southeastern USA. Performs w...
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Common Name: Redbud, White Eastern
Similar in all aspects to the species except for its pure white flowers....
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Common Name: Redbud, Eastern
Brilliant red-purple new foliage softens to burgundy-red during the summer and finally dark green just before leaf drop. Deep rose-purple flowers along the branches in May. Needs full sun for best foliage color. Protect from winter winds....
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Common Name: Redbud, Eastern
Synonym: 'Covey' An unusual, vigorous, weeping plant with gracefully twisted and arched branches. Introduced by Tim Brotzman. Lavender-pink flowers. Large dark green leaves. Densely branched, maturing wider than high. Grows naturally in a spreading form, and can be t...
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Common Name: Quince, Flowering
Outstanding low growing variety. Double apricot-pink flowers. Nearly thornless. Bright green foliage. This species is indigenous to China and has become a popular garden plant in the USA since the late 19th century. Speciosa's cultivars are most val...
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Common Name: Quince, Flowering
Low and spreading. A white flowering sport of C.s. 'Texas Scarlet'. Nearly thornless. This species is indigenous to China and has become a popular garden plant in the USA since the late 19th century. Speciosa's cultivars are most valued for their ear...
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Common Name: Quince, Flowering
Low growing. Watermelon-red. Few thorns. This species is indigenous to China and has become a popular garden plant in the USA since the late 19th century. Its cultivars are most valued for their early spring flowers, often blooming in April in this ...
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Common Name: Cypress, Golden Hinoki
Distinctive bright golden yellow fern-like foliage all year. Wide growing when young, becoming conical when older. Best in combination with darker foliaged evergreens. Requires full sun for brightest color. 2008 Cary Award Winner. Starting in 1997 th...
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Common Name: Cypress, Fernspray
A striking plant with arching horizontal branches and golden green fern-like foliage, rich golden yellow at the tips. Narrow, upright growing, broadening with age. Very unusual. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular pl...
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Common Name: Cypress, Fernspray
Pyramidal and open-branched. Twisted orange-stemmed frond-like branches with fern-like foliage, moss-green in summer, somewhat bronzed in winter. Grows rapidly. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular plants for landscap...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Miniature, mounding, best color in full sun where the golden yellow evergreen foliage will not burn like that of many Golden Hinokis. Grows less than 3" per year. Hinoki Cypresses are native to Japan where they are among the most popular plants for l...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
This miniature golden yellow hinoki is very compact with a round and tufted or squatly conical shape. The annual growth is approximately 1 1/2". Very nice selection for the minature garden. Protect from winter ice and harsh winds. Hinoki Cypresses ar...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Slow growing, wide and conical when young, becoming picturesque with age, developing thick trunks and branches. Rich green sculptured foliage. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular plants for landscaping and bonsai. Th...
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Common Name: Cypress, Compact Hinoki
Grows 1/2 to 2/3 as fast and large as regular Hinoki Cypress, and wider when young. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular plants for landscaping and bonsai. They are well adapted to the New England climate and make fin...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Dense, tapering habit. Ruffled fan-shaped dark green foliage. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular plants for landscaping and bonsai. They are well adapted to the New England climate and make fine cut greens for the ...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Dwarf, circular mound. Tightly pressed fans of rich green foliage....
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Globe-shaped, relatively fast growing. Dark green fine textured foliage. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular plants for landscaping and bonsai. They are well adapted to the New England climate and make fine cut green...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Upright and conical with mossy sprays of olive-green, cupped foliage that turns bronze in winter. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular plants for landscaping and bonsai. They are well adapted to the New England climat...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Dwarf, as wide as tall. Short, twisted thread-like yellow foliage contrasts against red stems. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular plants for landscaping and bonsai. They are well adapted to the New England climate a...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Dwarf, similar to 'Nana Gracilis' but with more upward lifting branches. Green foliage. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular plants for landscaping and bonsai. They are well adapted to the New England climate and make...
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Common Name: Cypress, Clubmoss
Contorted, thick blue-green cord-like foliage. Wide, random, upright growing, very loose when young. Unusual....
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Common Name: Lynn's Golden Ceramic Christmas Tree
Dwarf pyramid, narrower than tall. Golden yellow foliage, purplish in winter. Protect from wind....
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Broad upright. Variegated white sprays and tips appear lace-like against dark green foliage....
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Common Name: Cypress, Dwarf Gold Hinoki
Grows as broad as tall. Bright gold new growth. Shaded interior foliage is green....
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Common Name: Cypress, Dwarf Hinoki
Dense, wide growing becoming conical. Very dwarf, typically growing about 3" a year. Deep rich green heavy-textured foliage. Excellent for patios, small gardens and containers. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are some of the most popular pl...
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Common Name: Cypress, Dwarf Golden Hinoki
One of the best representatives of the Dwarf Golden Hinoki Cypresses . This very slow growing miniature mound, which occurred as a sport on C. obtusa 'Nana Gracilis', has a vivid lemon-gold foliage color in full sun to green-gold in part shade. It ma...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Dwarf, mounding, somewhat flat-topped globe form of hinoki cypress. Bright green fan-shaped foliaged curves slightly downward, darkens slightly in winter. C. obtusa are native to Japan where they are among the most popular plants for landscaping and ...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
Similar to C. obt. 'Filicoides' but the foliage is slightly brighter green and the internodes are closer together making it a more dense plant and therefore needing less initial shaping and pruning. Dark green evergreen foliage on an upright plant. C...
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Common Name: Cypress, Hinoki
A strong growing narrow, upright form of Hinoki Cypress. Medium green foliage is similar to C. obtusa 'Gracilis', but less "layered" appearing and more dense and twisted. Red stems. A fine conifer for this region that imparts an attractive textured e...
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Common Name: Cypress, Moss
Broad, dwarf form of 'Boulevard'. Slow growing. Soft heavy textured silvery green summer foliage becomes steel blue in winter. Prefers moist, loamy, well-drained, lime-free soils and sunny, open conditions. This Japanese native species is popular in ...
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Common Name: Cypress, Moss
Syn: 'Squarrosa Cyano-Viridis' Broad upright, slow growing. Soft heavy-textured, scale-like, silvery green summer foliage becomes steel-blue in winter. Best grown in full sun. This Japanese native species is popular in New England for its range of foliage colors and textures. All ...
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Common Name: Cypress, Threadleaf
Miniature, slow growing, dense globe-shaped. Creamy yellow foliage. Excellent for small landscapes or rock gardens. This Japanese native species is popular in New England for its range of foliage colors and textures. All C. pisifera tolerate coastal ...
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Common Name: Cypress, Threadleaf
Mound-shaped. Wide, upright with long, lacy thread-like green foliage weeping at tips. Becomes a magnificent massive tree when mature. A large specimen is growing in front of the Garden Center. This Japanese native species is popular in New England f...
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Common Name: Cypress, Golden Threadleaf
Slow growing. Golden yellow thread-like exterior foliage; interior foliage light green. Grows wide and upright as it matures. Brightest yellow in full sun. This Japanese native species is popular in New England for its range of foliage colors and tex...
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Common Name: Cypress, Sawara
Bright golden yellow all year. Foliage and growth is intermediate between Threadleaf and Sawara Cypress. Low growing when young, becoming pyramidal with age. This Japanese native species is popular in New England for its range of foliage colors and t...
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Common Name: Cypress, Sawara
Densely pyramidal and compact growing; slower than Sawara and faster than Threadleaf Cypress. Medium green foliage with silvery undersides and a slight sheen on curved branchlets. We began propagating this plant around 1985. It appeared as a branch s...
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Common Name: Falsecypress, Threadleaf
Compact evergreen, slowly growing to a mound shape. Bright yellow needles on stringy, cord-like branches. This Japanese species is popular in New England for its range of foliage colors and textures. All C. pisifera tolerate coastal conditions and a...
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Common Name: Cedar, Atlantic White
This species is native to wetlands along the coast in the eastern USA. Grows best in moist, sandy soils and full sun. The root system of this species is slow to adapt to new locations when transplanted. Several growing seasons after transplanting may...
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Common Name: Cedar, Atlantic White
Slow growing, broadly pyramidal, nearly as wide as high when young. Foliage is fine textured, scale-like, and bright green in summer, transforming to an attractive purplish green in winter. Tends to produce profuse cones every year. Creates an unusua...
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Common Name: Cedar, Atlantic White
Compact, mounding globe. Soft, blue-green foliage turns plum in winter. Slower growing than C. t. 'Andelyensis'. This species is native to wetlands along the coast in the eastern USA. Grows best in moist, sandy soils and full sun. The root system of ...
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Common Name: Cedar, White
A distinctive, faster growing form of the Atlantic White Cedar native to the swamps of this area. Blue-gray aromatic scale-like foliage and narrow, fast growing, open-branched habit. Often produces numerous, attractive silvery gray cones that persist...
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Common Name: Cedar, Atlantic White
Cone-shaped and compact. Dark gray-green summer foliage changes to an attractive plum color each winter. Similar to, but slower growing than C. t. 'Andelyensis'. This species is native to wetlands along the coast in the eastern USA. Grows best in moi...
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Common Name: Cedar, Blue Alaska
Fast growing, wide upright with layers of soft, blue coarse-textured, scale-like foliage. Best with consistent soil moisture and protected from drying winter winds....
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Common Name: Cedar, Alaska
Drooping branches form a dense skirt at the base. Narrowest Alaska Cedar, growing only 2 feet wide. Best with consistent soil moisture and protected from drying winds....
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Common Name: Cedar, Weeping Alaska
Tall growing with graceful spreading and hanging branches and branchlets and rich green foliage. An unusual and distinctive sculptural garden feature. Best with consistent moisture and protected from drying winds. Selected in 1997 as the first conife...
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Common Name: Grass -- Oats, Wild
Clumping. Upright foliage in sun, attractively drooping in shade. Dangling oat-like spikelets held on nodding stems above green foliage, light green in mid summer, turning red-bronze in fall and buff in winter. Adaptable to the seashore. Can be invas...
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Common Name: Turtlehead
Compact terminal stalks of rose-pink flowers resembling turtles' heads in late summer. Deep green foliage with red stems. Prefers a moist humusy soil but tolerates clay and boggy soils. Prefers partial shade. Spacing: 15–18"....
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Common Name: Fringetree
Upright, multistem, coarsely branched and slow growing. Large panicles of strap-like creamy white sweetly scented flowers in June. Blue-black fruit on female plants may not be produced every year. Large green leaves emerge in late spring, turn yellow...
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Common Name: Golden Star
Strong growing ground cover for rocky areas. Profuse star-shaped yellow flowers bloom in spring, rebloom in fall. Dark green foliage. Miniature, 1/3 the size of the species. Needs well-drained soil. Full sun to part shade. Spacing: 12--15"....
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Common Name: Snakeroot or Cohosh
Slender white flower spikes on branched stalks, July–September. Finely divided, long, maple-like foliage. Prefers moist, acidic soil. Adaptable to the seashore. A native usually found in moist woodland or scrub. Spacing: 2–3 ft....
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Common Name: Bugbane, Kamchatka or Autumn Bugbane
Fragrant pure white flowers, October to November, on spikes more arching then C. racemosa. Pale green, finely divided foliage. Pale green foliage. More tolerant of alkaline soils and later blooming than other bugbanes. Part shade to full shade. Divid...
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Common Name: Bugbane, Purple-leaf
Fragrant white flowers tinged with pink, September–October. Finely divided, long, maple-like foliage that turns greenish in full sun. Very showy. Prefers moist, acidic soil. Rarely severely damaged by deer. Spacing: 2-3 ft....
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Common Name: Bugbane
Deep bronze foliage. Tall, wand-like, fragrant white flowers flushed with pink, August to September. Finely divided, long, maple-like foliage. Prefers moist, acidic soils. Full sun to shade. Adaptable to the seashore. Divide in spring. Full sun to pa...
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Common Name: Bugbane, Purple-leaf
Fragrant bottlebrush flowers open white with a pink tinge in autumn. Striking finely divided, dark purplish black foliage. Mary Ann McGourty introduction. Collector's item. Prefers moist, acidic soil. Adaptable to the seashore. Spacing: 2-3 ft....
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Common Name: Bugbane, Purple-leaf
Very fragrant white flowers appear mid summer to early autumn. Finely divided, long, maple-like foliage appears green when plants are young or transplanted. Dark black foliage when mature. Prefers moist, acidic soil. Adaptable to the seashore. Spacin...
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Common Name: Bugbane, Purple-leaf
Upright candles of fragrant light pink flowers in early autumn. Finely divided, dark bronze-purple foliage. Prefers moist, acidic soil. Adaptable to the seashore. Spacing: 2-3 ft....
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Common Name: Yellowwood
A Yellowwood cultivar discovered at Perkins Institute for the Blind in Watertown, MA, featuring fragrant light pink flowersin June. Green foliage turns yellow in fall. Silver-gray winter bark....
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Common Name: Yellowwood
Wide and upright growing, forming a rounded mature tree with attractive smooth gray bark. Long panicles of fragrant creamy white pea-like flowers in June. Long tassels of tan colored seedpods in fall. Bright green compound leaves change to yellow in ...
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Common Name: Twining Vine
Many possible flower colors -- blues, white, purples, pinks, reds, and yellows -- variously rayed or plain, single or double blossoms. Bloom time varies during the summer, on old or new wood or on both. Examples of varieties we carry: 'Henryi', z j...
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Common Name: Clematis, Sweet Autumn
Masses of very fragrant white 1/2–1" flowers on new wood in September. Fluffy decorative seedheads. Vigorous plant. Adaptable to coastal gardens. Deer resistant....
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Common Name: Summersweet
A stoloniferous native wetland shrub that suckers readily and tolerates many types of soil. Sweetly fragrant white flowers on new growth in mid summer perfume the air for nearly a month. Tends to leaf-out late in spring, develops lustrous deep green ...
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Common Name: Summersweet
Similar in all aspects to the species, except slower growing and more compact. A stoloniferous native wetland shrub that suckers readily and tolerates many types of soil. Sweetly fragrant white flowers on new growth in mid summer perfume the air for...
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Common Name: Summersweet
Selected by Fred Galle of Callaway Gardens for compact growth, heavy flowering and shiny foliage. Wider than tall at maturity. A stoloniferous native wetland shrub that suckers readily and tolerates many types of soil. Sweetly fragrant white flowers...
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Common Name: Summersweet
Upright spikes of fragrant dark pink flowers for several weeks in July–August. Lustrous dark green foliage changes to yellow in fall. This is the darkest pink flowering Clethra we know. Discovered by Andy Brand at Broken Arrow Nursery, CT, in 1992 as...
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Common Name: Summersweet
Bright pink-red stems throughout the growing season. Fragrant flowers tinged pink midsummer. A stoloniferous native wetland shrub that suckers readily and tolerates many types of soil. Sweetly fragrant flowers on new growth in mid summer perfume the ...
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Common Name: Summersweet
A seedling of 'Hummingbird' with a dense mounded habit. Large white fragrant flowers. Foliage is dark green in summer, yellow in fall. A stoloniferous native wetland shrub that suckers readily and tolerates many types of soil. Flowers on new growth i...
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Common Name: Summersweet
Synonym: 'Caleb' Extra large white flowers in extra long 10" panicles, very fragrant. A stoloniferous wetland shrub that suckers readily and tolerates many types of soil but particulalry enjoys moist locations. Native from Maine to Florida. Flowers... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Sweetfern
Fast spreading native groundcover with aromatic fern-like green foliage. Prefers well drained, infertile soil. The roots have nodules that fix nitrogen and enable the plant to thrive in poor soils where few other plants grow well. Adaptable to seasho...
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Common Name: Lily-of-the-Valley
Very fragrant, white bell-shaped flowers, May-June. Hardy, vigorous ground cover that thrives in moist shade. A delightful, if small, cut flower. Native to Europe and Asia. Hardy and carefree. Will naturalize. Happy in coastal gardens. Deer resistant...
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Common Name: Lily-of-the-Valley
Very fragrant, white, bell-shaped flowers larger than the species in May. More flowers per stem with taller stems to show off the blooms. A hardy, vigorous groundcover that thrives in moist shade. A delightful, if small, cut flower. Native to Europe ...
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Common Name: Tickseed
Showy, semidouble, bright yellow blooms on long smooth stems all summer above clumps of narrow green leaves. Drought tolerant once established. Does well at the seashore. Deer resistant. Deadhead or shear to prolong flowering. Divide in spring. Spaci...
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Common Name: Tickseed or Lanceleaf Coreopsis
6--12" h. x 3--14" w. Single, 1.5" diameter, golden yellow flowers with a deep orange to maroon eye from early through late summer. Compact, upright, uniform habit. An excellent choice for the front of the border or edging a walk. Attracts butterflie...
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Common Name: Tickseed
Golden flowers with orange centers, June–September. Compact and bushy with somewhat hairy foliage. Drought tolerant once established. Does well at the seashore. Deer resistant. Deadhead or shear to prolong flowering. Divide in spring. Spacing: 12"....
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Common Name: Coreopsis, Pink
Native species. Low spreading mound of thread-like foliage covered with small lavender-pink flowers with yellow centers, June–September. Prefers good drainage. Drought tolerant once established. Does well at the seashore. Deer resistant. Deadhead or ...
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Common Name: Coreopsis, Thread-leaf
Soft yellow flowers form along the stems, July-August. Flowering is more profuse along the stems than that of other C. verticillata. Foliage is more yellow-green than that of other C. verticillata, very finely divided for an airy effect. An excellen...
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Common Name: Coreopsis, Threadleaf
Pale yellow flowers with dark centers, July–August. An excellent companion to plants of any color. Lovely little single flowers on top of very fine foliage, July–August. Drought resistant. Native to the southeastern USA. Does well at the seashore. De...
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Common Name: Coreopsis, Threadleaf
Intense yellow flowers July–August. Stiff upright growth. Lovely little single flowers on top of very fine foliage, July–August. Native to the southeastern USA. Drought tolerant once established. Does well at the seashore. Deer resistant. Deadhead o...
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Common Name: Tickseed
24--30" h x 12-18" w. One of the Big Bang™ Series. Showy, luminous, canary-yellow, 3" flowers, midsummer to early fall. Green, medium-textured foliage. An excellent choice for the front of the border, combining well with other colors. Attracts ...
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Common Name: Tickseed
2” creamy yellow flowers with a rich red ring around a gold button-like center, all summer. Flowers that open in autumn range from solid red to pale yellow with red streaking through the petals. Drought tolerant once establis... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Dogwood, Variegated
Syn: 'Elegantissima' Red stems with green leaves edged in white. Vigorous and easy to grow, preferring moist, well drained soils. An annual pruning will help prevent crowding out neighboring plants and also helps maintain the vigor that produces the most brilliant stem ...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Tatarian
A Canadian selection with yellow stems and branches, particularly attractive in winter. Green foliage changes to yellow in fall. Disease resistant. Vigorous and easy to grow, preferring moist, well drained soils. An annual pruning will prevent crowdi...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Tatarian
Synonym: 'Bailhalo' A compact growing form of the variegated dogwood. Green leaves with white edges. Red stems all winter. Vigorous and easy to grow, preferring moist, well drained soils. An annual pruning will prevent crowding out neighboring plants and also helps main...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Pagoda
Multistem with horizontal branches; can be grown low or high branched. Small white flat-topped fragrant flowers in late May–June. Fruit on reddish stems is green in early August and changes to red and blue-black before dropping by mid to late August....
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Common Name: Dogwood, Red-twigged
Upright growing with slender red-brown stems, not stoloniferous. Dark green foliage. Small white flowers in late May. Porcelain-blue fruit in August. Tolerates partial shade and adverse soils....
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Common Name: Bunchberry
A choice native carpet-like, evergreen groundcover preferring moist, acid, humusy soils and shady woodland conditions. Ideal for underplanting in woodsy areas. Showy dogwood-like, greenish white flowers, May–June and sometimes later. Clusters of brig...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Flowering
Slow growing native understory tree with stiff trunk and wide horizontal branching. Renown for its showy white flower bracts that begin to open with the first warm days of spring. Red fruit in fall. Foliage turns luminous pink-scarlet-red in fall. Yo...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Flowering
Deep pink flowers with white centers May before leafing. Red fruit. Slow growing native understory tree with stiff trunk and wide horizontal branching. Renown for its showy flower bracts that begin to open with the first warm days of spring. Red frui...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Flowering
Heavy flowering with exceptionally large white flower bracts every year. Red fruit. Reported to be more disease resistant than other cultivars. One of the most highly rated cultivars of this native plant. Slow growing native understory tree with stif...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Pink Flowering
Dark pink new flower bracts mature to silvery pink during its bloom period in May. Red fruit. Green leaves turn brilliant scarlet in autumn. Slow growing native understory tree with stiff trunk and wide horizontal branching. Renown for its showy flow...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Chinese
Compact, slow and wide growing when young. Large, very dark pink to red flower bracts, the intensity influenced by the season. Green foliage turns brilliant red in fall. Distinctive flower bracts in June, later by two or more weeks than our native C....
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Common Name: Dogwood, Chinese
Wide growing with arching branches. Flower bracts vary from pink to nearly red in some years, depending on the weather. Reddish stems and new growth show best color in full sun. Distinctive flower bracts in June, later by two or more weeks than our n...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Chinese
Syn: 'New Red', 'Rosabella' Vigorous and upright growing. Flower bracts vary from pink to nearly red in some years and add a new dimension of color to the June landscape. Other characteristics are similar to the species. Distinctive flower bracts in June, later by two or more w...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Chinese
Narrow upright tree when young, broadening gracefully with age. Distinctive creamy white flower bracts in June, later by two or more weeks than our native C. florida. Large, edible, strawberry-shaped red and orange fruit in fall. Scarlet-red foliage ...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Kousa or Chinese
Upright. Distinctive creamy white flower bracts in June, later by two or more weeks than our native C. florida. Large, edible, strawberry-shaped red and orange fruit in fall. Scarlet-red foliage in fall. Gray bark on mature trunks and branches exfoli...
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Common Name: Cherry, Cornelian
A large scale plant with stiff branches becoming a dense, rounded upright globe if left to grow naturally. Mature stems develop attractive exfoliating bark. Notable for its multitudes of tiny yellow flowers in early April. Edible scarlet fruit in ear...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Rutgers Hybrid
Syn: x 'Rutban' Vigorous, upright growing. Overlapping white flower bracts, very dense on mature trees. Blooms in May.
Rutgers hybrids are vigorous, upright growing hybrids of the native C. florida and the oriental C. kousa, developed by Dr. Elwin Orton, and are ...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Rutgers Hybrid
Syn: 'Rutgan' Vigorous, wide and upright. Rounded, slightly overlapping bracts are soft pink, varying in intensity of color depending on conditions and age, about five days after C. florida finishes.
Rutgers hybrids are vigorous, upright growing hybrids of the ...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Rutgers
Synonym: 'KN 30-8' Huge 6" white flowers in June. Densely branched. Foliage turns a beautiful orange-red in autumn. Rutgers hybrids are vigorous, upright growing hybrids of the native Cornus florida and the oriental Cornus kousa, developed at Rutgers... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Dogwood, Bloodtwig
Syn: 'Winter Flame / Beauty' Dense growing and twiggy, suckering from the roots to form colonies. Brilliant yellow-orange stems, yellow at base, shading to fiery red at tips. Green leaves all summer turn red late in the autumn. Very effective in winter, especially in mass planti...
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Common Name: Dogwood, Red-osier
Synonym: 'Farrow' Dwarf red-twigged dogwood with bright red winter stems. Tiny white flowers late spring. Reddish purple foliage in autumn....
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Common Name: Dogwood, Red-osier
Bright red stems and green foliage. White flowers early summer, white berries autumn. Species is native to the eastern USA....
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Common Name: Dogwood, Yellowtwig
Variegated form of the yellow-twig dogwood. Green leaves irregularly edged with creamy white. Deciduous. Vigorous and wide growing, stoloniferous with yellow twigs in winter. Best twig color is maintained by selective removal of older wood. Roots to...
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Common Name: Winterhazel, Buttercup
4-6'. Fragrant primrose yellow flowers mid to late April. Small deciduous shrub with spreading habit best suited to a woodland setting. Dark green leaves turn yellow-green to gold in the fall. Needs full sun and high pH soils, protection from incessa...
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Common Name: Winterhazel, Spike
Leaves emerge purple and change to bluish green. Yellow fragrant flowers in April....
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Common Name: Harry Lauder's Walking Stick
Wide, upright growing with extremely twisted and contorted branches, stems and leaves. Prominent catkins in winter. No fruit. Most plants are propagated by grafting, and the straight upright shoots of the understock must be removed if they appear. Ma...
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Common Name: Filbert, Turkish
A stately pyramidal tree with a formal symmetry. Dark green summer foliage turns yellowish in fall. Exfoliating pale brown bark when mature. Pest resistant. Thrives despite cold winters and hot summers and is tolerant of adverse conditions. Becomes v...
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Common Name: Smoke Bush, Smoke Tree
Vigorous growing with stiff stout stems, rather irregular when young. The feathery buff colored flower panicles in June–July give the plant a "smoky" effect. The seedpods that follow, although less colorful, continue the smoky effect into the fall. S...
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Common Name: Smoketree, Smokebush
Syn: 'Ancot' Leaves are shades of bright clean lime green to golden yellow from spring through summer. Autumn foliage turns electrifying shades of coral, orange and red, more varied and tonal than purple-leaf Cotinus. Drought tolerant once established. Full sun....
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Common Name: Smokebush
Rich maroon-red new foliage darkens to purple-red or black in summer and becomes rich red-purple in fall. Purple-red flowers. Drought tolerant once established. Somewhat less winter tolerant than the species....
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Common Name: Cotoneaster
A miniature deciduous groundcover with low, spreading, arching branches and tiny leaves. Grows more slowly than others, more compact and better suited for smaller gardens. White flowers in summer, red fruit in fall. Adaptable to seashore conditions....
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Common Name: Cotoneaster, Cranberry
Stiff spreading branches with herringbone-patterned shoots that layer upon each other, forming a dense mound wider than high. Small glossy foliage turns red-purple in fall and holds into November. Large red fruit. Adaptable to seashore conditions....
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Common Name: Cotoneaster
Synonym: 'Royal Beauty' Synonyms: 'Royal Beauty', 'Pink Beauty'. Deciduous. Fast growing, prostrate shrub, can form upright shoots in center but otherwise stiff horizontal branches follow the contours of the landscape and hug the ground, well suited to growing over walls an...
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Common Name: Cotoneaster
Miniature. Fast growing groundcover, stiff horizontal branches. Dark green leaves turn reddish in autumn. Glossy red fruit. Adaptable to seashore conditions....
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Common Name: Cotoneaster, Rockspray
Low, herringbone-like branches form layers. Pink flowers in summer. Small glossy dark green leaves turn red in autumn. Red fruit in autumn. A distinctive groundcover. Adaptable to seashore conditions....
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Common Name: Cotoneaster, Rockspray
Irregularly branched with lustrous, dark green foliage. Pinkish red flowers, May–June. Red fruit in autumn. A distinctive groundcover, adaptable to the seashore....
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Common Name: Cotoneaster, Rockspray
Prostrate, spreading semievergreen groundcover with stiff, intertwining branches. Red fall foliage and berries. Adaptable to seashore conditions....
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Common Name: Cotoneaster, Willowleaf
2' high. Spreads up to 6' wide. Deciduous. Fast growing, low, spreading groundcover with dense arching branches. Long semievergreen foliage takes on a purplish color in fall. Small white flowers in spring. Bright red berries in fall. Adaptable to the...
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Common Name: Cotoneaster, Willowleaf
Fast growing groundcover, dense arching branches. Long semievergreen foliage becomes bronzed in fall. Small red fruit. Adaptable to the seashore....
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Common Name: Hawthorn
Rounded and upright growing with vase-shaped branching. Silvery gray-green branches and stems exfoliate with age and have very few thorns. Clusters of white flowers in May, followed by medium size coral-red fruit that often persists until spring. Glo...
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Common Name: Cedar, Japanese
Dense, compact, and slow growing upright with light green foliage in spring that turns a very deep, dark green in summer. Foliage is made up of soft, overlapping awl-like scales. Cryptomeria japonica is an adaptable plant species suited to single and...
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Common Name: Cedar, Japanese
This miniature cultivar was introduced by J. Blaauw & Co., Boskoop, Netherlands in 1949. It has a compact and tidy globose form. Awl-like, overlapping needles form tight dense foliage in a nice blue-green in summer turning to a bright pink-red-bronze...
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Common Name: Cedar, Japanese
Evergreen foliage is soft with overlapping awl-like scales. Cold weather changes the green needles to yellow rather than bronze like other Cryptomerias. When the weather warms in spring, the color returns to green. Great for a specimen tree or a priv...
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Common Name: Cedar, Japanese
Flat-topped globe as wide as high. Foliage is soft and grows overlapping awl-like scales. New foliage bluish green. Particularly attractive for its rich green summer color and contrasting bronzy winter appearance. Great for a specimen tree. Cryptomer...
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Common Name: Cedar, Japanese
Dwarf. Tiny, dense needles on lacy branches. Foliage is soft and grows overlapping awl-like scales. Particularly attractive for its rich green summer color and contrasting bronzy winter appearance. Makes a lovelly specimen plant. Cryptomeria is an ad...
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Common Name: Cedar, Japanese
Compact growing, broad, upright, dense and irregular pyramid. Light green awl-like needles are longer in the middle of the stem. Bronzed in winter if exposed to cold winds. Cryptomeria is an adaptable plant species suited to single and group planting...
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Common Name: Cedar, Japanese
Dwarf. Very dense, round. Foliage forms clusters, new growth blushed yellow. Foliage is composed of soft, overlapping awl-like scales. Particularly attractive for its rich green summer color and contrasting bronzy winter appearance. Cryptomeria is an...
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Common Name: Cedar, Japanese
Upright columnar and fast growing, often 3 feet or more a year. Soft, bright green, awl-like foliage turns slightly bronze-green in winter. This is one of the best cultivars for New England for single and group plantings. Cryptomeria, in general, is ...
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Common Name: Cyclamen, Hardy
C. coum is more dwarf than other Cyclamen. Striking violet-like flowers with magenta to white reflexed petals from late winter to early spring. Heart-shaped, glossy, mottled leaves. A woodland plant, C. coum prefers part... [ More Information ]
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Common Name: Broom, Scotch
Garnet-red sweetpea-shaped flowers. Fine-textured green stems and miniature leaves on flexible erect branches. Becomes broad with age. Flowers May–June. Tolerates poor and sandy soils where it tends to seed-in readily. Needs protection from drying w...
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Common Name: Broom, Scotch
Cheerful orange to yellow pea-like flowers with bright-red margins in May-June. Dark-green, fine-textured, small leaves on flexible erect branches. Becomes broad with age. Tolerates poor and sandy soils where it tends to seed in readily. Adaptable to...
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Common Name: Broom, Scotch
Large apricot-colored sweetpea-shaped flowers. Unique. Fine-textured green stems and miniature leaves on flexible erect branches. Becomes broad with age. Flowers in May–June. Tolerates poor and sandy soils where it tends to seed-in readily. Needs pr...
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Common Name: Broom, Scotch
Pale yellow sweetpea-shaped flowers. Fine-textured green stems and miniature leaves on flexible erect branches. Becomes broad with age. Flowers May–June. Tolerates poor and sandy soils where it tends to seed-in readily. Needs protection from drying ...
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Common Name: Broom, Scotch
A profusion of orange and apricot sweetpea-shaped flowers, May-June, on wandlike green stems. Dark green leaves divided into three leaflets. A vigorous, bushy shrub becomes broad with age. Tolerates poor and sandy soils where it tends to seed-in read...
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Common Name: Broom, Warminster
5' high and wide. Large shrub with dense, heavy massed branches and silky foliage. Deep yellow sweetpea-shaped flowers are produced in abundance, May-June. Becomes broad with age. Prefers moderately fertile, well-drained soil. Tolerates poor and sand...
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