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Although this variety is considered dwarf, it will reach about 25 feet at maturity. Perfect for a smaller landscape, townhouse or condominium. Can tolerate wet areas. Also makes a great evergreen privacy screen.

• Early bloomer with large, fragrant, double white flowers appearing before the foliage emerges in spring.
• Open-branched, multi-trunked large shrub or small tree
• Excellent choice for moonlight and all-white gardens
• Perfect choice for courtyards, townhouse, and condominium gardens

• Fragrant white flowers
• Excellent specimen tree
• Can tolerate wet soil so good for a rain garden
• Native to Eastern United States. Deciduous

• Bamboo like foliage adds interest to any shade garden
• Bright yellow flowers in early winter
• This evergren is perfect for an Asian garden
• Also does well in a container

A striking winter flowering shrub with dark evergreen foliage. Bronze new growth contrasts nicely with the mature dark green foliage. Flowers are bright yellow and slightly fragrant. Eggshell blue fruits are quite attractive in early spring. Dramatic focal point in the winter garden. Makes a unique looking foundation plant.

• Profuse bronzy-pink plumes in late summer
• Excellent fall color
• Dwarf size is great for containers

• Narrow green leaves with plumes that are tassle-like
• Plumes coppery-red in the fall
• This clumping ornamental grass attracts birds and is deer resistant

• Slender green foliage on clumps with large white plumes in late summer
• Foliage turns orange-red in the fall
• Use as a vertical accent, in mass plantings, or as a hedge

• Upright, fast growing, deciduous tree 
• Ascending branches and a dense, broad-oval crown
• Beautiful fall color ... orange-red to scarlet-red
• Easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soils
• Prefers moist, acidic soils with good drainage
• Tolerates wet soil
• Low maintenance

• Excellent as a shade tree, specimen tree, or in a rain garden
• Red flowers in early spring before foliage
• Leaves retain green color longer into fall than other cultivars
• Best known for fall color of orange to red
• Root system is shallow and flattened, meaning it may damage sidewalks or driveways if planted too closely
• Easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil. Prefers moist, slightly acidic
• Very cold hardy
• Tolerates wet soil and air pollution
• Tolerant of wide range of soils, but prefers moist, slightly acidic

• • Excellent as a shade tree, specimen tree, or in a rain garden
  • Red flowers in early spring before foliage
  • Outstanding orange to red fall color
  • Root system is shallow and flattened, meaning it may damage sidewalks or driveways if planted too closely
  • Easily grown in average, medium to wet, well-drained soil. Prefers moist, slightly acidic
  • Very cold hardy
  • Tolerates wet soil and air pollution
  • Tolerant of wide range of soils, but prefers moist, slightly acidic

• a fast-growing, medium-sized, deciduous tree
• easily grown in average, medium to wet soil
• tolerates wide range of soils including poor dry soils
• could be used as a shade tree in a difficult part of the landscape
• foliage emerges pink and matures to green with white variegation
• prefers full sun location with some part afternoon shade in hot summer climates
• fall color is orange/yellow
• tolerates drought, clay soil, wet soil, air pollution
• not tolerant of full shade and/or windy locations

Nice evergreen shrub blooming white or vibrant pink in the summer. Heather thrives in poor soil if properly drained. Beautiful when mass planted. Works well as a small shrub border or massed on a slope.

• A North American Native selection
• Delicate leaves with airy flower heads that sway with the slighest breeze
• Will re-seed to naturalize 
• Good for erosion control

This fast growing deciduous tree has a wide canopy with beautifel bronze, fern-like leaves that deepen to a rich chocolate-burgundy color in the summer. Clusters of pink, powderpuff-like flowers appear in late summer, attracting butterflies.