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Common Name: Beech, European
Syn: 'Fastigiata' Upright columnar with rigid upright branching when young, broadening with age. Green foliage. A good choice for creating a narrow windbreak or hedge. Smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape.
Native to Europe F sylvatica is ext...
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Common Name: Beech, Weeping European
Upright growing with sharply pendulous long stiff branches. Green leaves. Weeping form and smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape. Native to Europe F sylvatica is extensively used for landscaping and has long been considered the ...
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Common Name: Beech, European
Upright growing form of the Weeping Purple Beech with central stem and cascading branches. Foliage purple-green in summer. Form and smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape. Native to Europe F sylvatica is extensively used for land...
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Common Name: Beech, European
Narrow and upright growing, slower than 'Dawyck Purple'. Red purple leaves all summer. Smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape. Native to Europe F sylvatica is extensively used for landscaping and has long been considered the fine...
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Common Name: Beech, Purple European
Magnificent, wide, upright massive tree with gray bark and glossy dark purple foliage. Retains foliage intensity all summer in sunny locations. Our most popular variety. Smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape. Native to Europe F ...
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Common Name: Beech, European
Vigorous growing. Dark purple leaves with wavy serrated margins. Smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape. Native to Europe F sylvatica is extensively used for landscaping and has long been considered the finest species for a speci...
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Common Name: Beech, European
Slow growing, broad upright. Distinctive purple leaves with a delicate pinkish white margin that varies in width. Hot sun can scorch the leaf edges in certain situations. Smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape. Native to Europe F...
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Common Name: Beech, European
Vigorous, wide, upright growing. Shiny dark purple leaves, larger than 'Riversii'. Smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape. Native to Europe F sylvatica is extensively used for landscaping and has long been considered the finest s...
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Common Name: Beech, European
Slow growing, wide, upright. Yellow leaves become light green in summer. Smooth gray bark a beautiful accent in the winter landscape. Native to Europe F sylvatica is extensively used for landscaping and has long been considered the finest species for...
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Common Name: Bamboo -- Umbrella Bamboo
Clumping, aggressive but not invasive. Soft pendulous dark green foliage densely packed on slender cascading culms. Culms are bright green during the first season, maturing to powder blue-green in the following years. Effective near water, as a hedge...
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Common Name: Bamboo -- Fargesia
Clumping. Aggressive, but not invasive. Tolerates full hot sun. Grows best in well drained soil with lots of organic matter. Spacing: 10–12 ft....
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Common Name: Bamboo -- Mountain Bamboo
Clumping, aggressive but not invasive. Early shoots have orange-red sheaths, tend to fountain as they rise. Mature culms are slender, ½" diameter, and upright with dark green foliage. Elegant and easy to grow. Effective near water, as a hedge, or as ...
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Common Name: Bamboo -- Fargesia
Clumping. Very vigorous grower. New bright green shoots appear early in the spring and quickly develop into a large clump. Spacing: 10–12 ft....
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Common Name: Bamboo-- Fountain Bamboo
Clumping, aggressive but not invasive. Delicate, 3/4" culms are an intense red when young, fade mature to mellow yellow, are more upright than other F. nitida. New culms appear mid summer, secondary branching occurs the next year. New culms should be...
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Common Name: Grass -- Fescue, Blue
Clumping evergreen cool season grass with intense blue blades. Forms showy, upright clumps. Golden inflorescence in summer, heavy bloomer. Tolerates heat and humidity and poor soils. Performs well at the seashore. Deer resistant. Full sun. Spacing: 8...
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Common Name: Grass -- Fescue, Blue
Clumping evergreen cool season grass with coarse, powdery blue foliage that holds up in heat and cold. Useful for bedding, edging or as a silvery accent in the garden. Performs well at the seashore. Tolerates poor soils. Spacing: 8–18".
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Common Name: Queen of the Prairie
Syn: "Venusta Magnifica' Large, imposing plant with tall strong stems that bear fragrant, feathery pink plumes, July–August. Will thrive in normal or boggy conditions. Suitable for the moist garden or naturalizing in a damp meadow or at water's edge. Divide in spring. Native...
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Common Name: Dropwort
Very attractive long lasting pink flowers, June–early September. Attractive fern-like foliage. Unlike other Filipendulas, vulgaris prefers drier, more alkaline soil. Spacing: 18"....
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Common Name: Forsythia
Wide, arching branches root where they contact the ground. Pale yellow flowers in early April. An excellent groundcover for banks and slopes. The species and its cultivars are typically fast growing multistemmed shrubs chiefly valued in the New Engla...
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Common Name: Forsythia
Synonym: 'Goldilocks' A true dwarf forsythia, 2-3' high by 2-4' wide. Abundant golden yellow flowers cluster around the stems, March-April. Great border, mass planting, groundcover or container plant. Dark green foliage begins to emerge during flowering. Upright habit, go...
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Common Name: Forsythia
Showy yellow flowers, early April, very hardy. The species and its cultivars are typically fast growing multistemmed shrubs chiefly valued in the New England landscape for their welcome display of blooms just as spring begins. F. ovata x europaea cul...
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Common Name: Forsythia, Weeping
Slender, arching and trailing, almost vine-like branches on upright stems. Golden yellow flowers in early May. Effective when planted above a wall, allowing very long, graceful branches to trail down. The species and its cultivars are typically fast ...
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Common Name: Forsythia
Synonym: 'Courdijau' Golden yellow flowers bloom in profusion, singly rather than in clusters, in late winter to early spring. Deciduous, slow growing, dwarf shrub with a prostrate habit. Foliage turns yellow, sometimes to purple in autumn. 'Golden Peep' is the product o...
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Common Name: Forsythia
In April, golden yellow flowers, slightly larger and better distributed along the branches than those of other Forsythia. Upright habit. Introduced from Ireland in 1935. The species and its cultivars are typically fast growing multistemmed shrubs chi...
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Common Name: Forsythia
Arching branches covered with citron-yellow flowers in April. Grows in a mound as wide as high. Yellow-purple fall foliage. Easily grown in average soils, medium moisture. Best flower production in full sun. The species and its cultivars are typicall...
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Common Name: Forsythia
Vigorous and fast growing with long upright and arching branches. Produces a profusion of large pale sulfur-yellow flowers in April. Discovered in 1930, one of the oldest and most popular cultivars for landscaping in this region. The species and its ...
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Common Name: Fothergilla, Dwarf
Compact and slow growing with slender branches, forming a dense, mound-shaped shrub, wider than high at maturity. Small bottlebrush-like, honey-scented white flowers in early May. Dark bluish green foliage turns multicolored in autumn. Well suited fo...
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Common Name: Fothergilla, Dwarf
Similar to the species, but lower growing, more spreading and smaller in most features. Compact and slow growing with slender branches, forming a dense, mound-shaped shrub, wider than high at maturity. Small bottlebrush-like, honey-scented white flo...
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Common Name: Fothergilla, Dwarf
Similar to the species in most aspects. Foliage is distinctly blue-toned all summer, but often does not color as intensely in the fall.
Compact and slow growing with slender branches, forming a dense, mound-shaped shrub, wider than high at maturit...
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Common Name: Fothergilla, Large
Handsome, icy bluish green, corrugated leaves. In fall, the foliage turns a vivid mix of reds, yellows, and oranges. Bottlebrush-like clusters of honey-scented creamy-white flowers in spring. Native. Cary Award winner. Started in 1997 the Cary Award ...
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Common Name: Fothergilla, Large
Vigorous and somewhat more compact than the species. Dark blue-green, corrugated foliage becomes brilliant scarlet, yellow and orange in fall. White, bottle-brush-like, upright flowers in May. Recently selected from the Mt. Airy Arboretum by Michael ...
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Common Name: Ash, Green
Synonym: 'Cimmzam' Seedless cultivar with good lateral branching characteristics, and a rounded upright form. Waxy dark green foliage turns burgundy, brick red, and finally orange-red in fall. The species is native to this region and tolerates a wide range of condition...
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Common Name: Ash, Green
Vigorous, upright branched, forming a uniform pyramid. Dark green glossy foliage turns yellow in autumn. Reportedly seedless. The species is native to this region and tolerates a wide range of conditions including both high moisture and drought, infe...
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