Shrubs - C -  Plant Nursery

Juniper - Calgary Carpet
Calgary Carpet Juniper

Juniper - Calgary Carpet, Juniperus sabina 'Monna', is a great plant to use when you need a lower growing evergreen, but don't like the "prickers" that one tends to associate with Junipers. Bright green in color and soft textured, the foliage of the Calgary Carpet has a scale-like appearance and is soft to the touch. The layered branching habit of this plant gives the subtle appearance of soft undulations in the ground beneath it. Calgary Carpet would serve nicely in a small Zen garden, with it's ability to suggest a forest of undulating green. This juniper does well in dry soils that are well drained, and needs to have partial to full sun exposure. It's mature height rarely exceeds 9" but can spread to 10' wide or more.

California Lilac - Dark Star
California Lilac Dark Star

The California Lilac Dark Star, Ceanothus i. 'Dark Star', is a silver-colored evergreen with small curled leaves. It displays electric cobalt blue flowers that begin to bloom in late spring. These flowers are long lasting and showy. This compact, low-growing, broad, evergreen shrub has leaves that are glossy, dark green, rough textured, oblong and finely toothed up to 2 inches long. Dark Star is excellent for a shrub border or against a sunny wall. Thrives in coastal gardens but is not recommended for inland valleys. Plant Dark Sart in full sun, allow good drainage; drought tolerant. This shrubby ceanothus provides seeds as well as shelter for many animals: bushtits, mockingbirds, quail and finches.

Issai Beautyberry
Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai'

Issai Beautyberry, Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai', is a beautyberry bush that displays outstanding rounded, compact growth habit and early fruiting age. Delicate pink flowers in spring give way to beautiful lavender-purple berries in late summer, so it is one of the best ornamental fruiting shrubs. Issai is a small, rounded, deciduous shrub which typically grows 2 to 4 feet tall and is primarily included in the landscape for its showy fall display of lilac-violet fruit. This beautyberry bush is to be grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It is crown hardy in zone 4 and prune in early spring if needed. Flowers bloom on new wood and there it shows no serious disease or insect problems

Sweetshrub
Calycanthus floridus

The Sweetshrub, Calycanthus floridus, or Carolina allspice is a dense, rounded deciduous shrub with a suckering habit which grows 6-9' tall with an equal or slightly greater spread. It features very fragrant, brown to reddish-brown flowers which bloom at the ends of short branchlets in May. Flowers give way to brownish, urn-shaped fruits which mature in fall and persist throughout the winter. Lustrous, dark green ovate to elliptic leaves to 6" long turn golden yellow in fall. Leaves are aromatic when bruised. Also commonly called sweetshrub and strawberry bush because of the reference to the fragrant blooms which have been described as combining hints of pineapple, strawberry and banana. Another common name is hairy allspice which is in reference to the hairy twigs and leaf undersides of this plant. It is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It grows somewhat taller in shade than in sun, and it is tolerant of a wide range of soils, but prefers rich loam. Prune immediately after flowering to shape or maintain compactness. Remove root suckers promptly if naturalization is not desired. Use as a specimen near front door, patio or other living areas where the fragrant flower aroma may be enjoyed. It is utilized for shrub borders, foundations, and native plant areas.

Camellia
Camellia

The Camellia, Camellia sasanqua, is a landscape shrub, bush, or tree that can grow 20 feet tall. Very few perennial evergreen shrubs display the beautiful form in the landscape and the massing flowering habit of the Camellia. The Camellia has the flower colors of pink, red, white, purple, and peppermint. The Camellia can begin blooming as early as December and continues into March and April on some varieties, depending on weather warm-ups during the winter. Camellia shrubs and trees prefer light or heavy shade for growing, and pine trees or flowering magnolia trees are the perfect companion plants for the Camellia shrub. Full sun will burn the leaves of a Camellia shrub except for its interior leaves.

Cape Fuschia - Yellow Sovereign
Cape Fuschia Yellow Sovereign

Yellow Sovereign Cape Fuschia, ygelius 'Yellow Sovereign', is a semievergreen, vigorous, long blooming, deep green shrub. It has tubular, soft creamy yellow flowers on loosely clustered long stems. Yellow Sovereign likes fertile, moist, well-drained soil. The principal improvements of this plant are: its habit with a compact and bushy growth, a resistance to overhead watering damage, and a far greater bloom density and length of bloom. The 'Yellow Sovereign' flowers and foliage stay attractive all season from May to October. Plant in full sun, mulch in winter where marginally hardy, and then cut back in spring for bushy growth.

Peashrub - Siberian
Caragana arborescens

The Siberian Peashrub, Caragana arborescens, is large rounded shrub that is well adapted to exposed, cold, dry and other difficult sites. It has showy yellow pea like flowers that appear in late May.The bark of the trunk and stems retain a greenish color for several years. The small leaflets are medium green in color. Often used as a windbreak or tall informal hedge.The Peashrubs are cold and drought tolerant. When planting for hedge, place plants about 4-5feet apart. Siberian Peasshrubs are deciduous and have low water requirements, and a moderate salt & alkali tolerance.

Siberian Peashrub
Caragana arborescens

The Siberian Peashrub, 'Caragana arborescens', is large rounded shrub that is well adapted to exposed, cold, dry and other difficult sites. It has showy yellow pea like flowers that appear in late May.The bark of the trunk and stems retain a greenish color for several years. The small leaflets are medium green in color. Often used as a windbreak or tall informal hedge.The Peashrubs are cold and drought tolerant. When planting for hedge, place plants about 4-5feet apart. Siberian Peasshrubs are deciduous and have low water requirements, and a moderate salt & alkali tolerance.

Peashrub - Globe
Caragana frutex 'Globosa'

Globe Peashrub, Caragana frutex 'Globosa', is a small slow growing compact shrub that is excellent as either a formal hedge or a specimen shrub. Small, dark green foliage with yellow flowers appear in the spring. Globe Peashrub is a quite valuable plant for the upper Midwest since it is very hardy and drought resistant. It is excellent as a formal hedge or small specimen and needs to be planted in full sun. Since this Globe Peashrub is water-efficient, hardy, low-maintenance and beautiful, its will make a great addition to any landscape!

Peashrub - Pygmy
Caragana pygmaea

Pygmy Peashrub, Caragana pygmaea, is a slow growing plant used as a formal hedge. Small bright yellow flowers emerge from year old wood in late spring. It grows to 3 feet, has a 3 to 4 foot spread and is very hardy and drought tolerant. Great small hedge or screen for difficult growing conditions since it tolerates poor soils, drought and wind. It needs to be planted in full sun, and follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Since this Globe Peashrub is water-efficient, hardy, low-maintenance and beautiful, its will make a great addition to any landscape!

Dogwood - Cardinal Red Osier
Cardinal Red Osier Dogwood

The Cardinal Red Osier Dogwood, Cornus sericea 'Cardinal', is a MNRC introduction. The Cardinal Red Osier Dogwood was selected for its bright red winter twig color. Cardinal Red is best grown in organically rich, medium wet to wet soils in full sun to part shade but tolerates a wide range of soils, including swampy or boggy conditions. Cardinal Red Osier is a hybrid Dogwood that was developed by the University of Minnesota in 1986. NC-7 Trials top-performing plant. 2004 Plant of Merit. Tiny white flowers appear in flat-topped clusters in late spring. Flowers give way to clusters of creamy white fruit in late summer. Fruit is very attractive to birds and is generally considered to have as much if not more ornamental interest than the flowers. Dark green leaves turn an attractive red-purple in autumn.

Bluebeard - Petit Bleu
Caryopteris x clandonensis

The Bluebeard Petit Blue, 'Caryopteris 'minibleu' petit bleu, a Proven Winners selection, is a compact Bluebeard that has a very tight growth habit. Petit Blue blooms from July through September. The short internodes result in an intense floral display.The flowers contast nicely with the dark green, glossy foliage.This plant is very attractive to butterflies.Plant this flower for a mixed border or in perennial beds. They may also be planted as part of a wildlife garden. Place in loose, well drained soil.

Bluebeard - Sunshine Blue
Caryopteris x clandonensis

The Bluebeard Sunshine Blue, 'Caryopteris x clandonensis', a Proven Winners selection, is a compact Bluebeard that is a stonger plant than Worcester Gold. Sunshine Blue blooms from July through September. Sunshine Blue has rich blue flowers that overwhelm the pale blue blooms of other cultivars. Caryopteris is a valuable plant for the garden because it provides late season blooms when many other plants have passed their prime. Use this plant in a mixed border or as a mass planting in dry, sunny areas and for cut flowers. This plant is very attractive to butterflies.

Bluebeard - Blue Mist
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Blue Mist

The Bluebeard 'Blue Mist', Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Blue Mist', also known as Bluebeard and Blue-Mist Spirea,is an attractive compact, mounding shrub with fragrant powder blue blooms. It has a long blooming season.This plant creates a wonderful border for perennial beds, or use along walks and entryways. Place in full sun. Moderate grower to 2½ feet tall, 2 feet wide on average

Bluebeard - Dark Knight
Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight'

The Bluebeard 'Dark Knight', Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight', is a mounding deciduous broadleaf shrub. It is drought tolerant. It displays compact, green leaves. Spectacular deep blue flowers appear in mid-summer. Cut back after bloom for repeat bloom. This is a relatively small shrub that will die back to the ground during the winter and regrow in the spring

Viburnum - Cassinoides
Cassinoides Viburnum

Viburnum - Cassinoides, Viburnum cassinoides, is a dense, multistemmed shrub that grows 5' to 6' tall and has an equal spread. Cassinoides is a moderate grower with a dense, rounded crown with stiff, spreading, slightly arching branches. This Viburnum produces creamy white flowers with yellow stamens in early summer on 2" to 5" flat-topped cyme. The fruits are at first green, then pink, then blue and finally black. The fall foliage color is an excellent red. The plant is valued more for its fruits and fall color than for its flowers. It prefers sun to partial shade; moist soil; tolerates wet sites. It is a good choice for naturalizing, massing and or a border.

Chinese Chestnut
Castanea mollissima

The Chinese Chestnut, Castanea mollissima, can be used as a nut tree and a shade tree, or planted in rows as a windbreak. The nuts are sweet-flavored and produce edible nuts in winter. This deciduous tree has moderate water requirements and it has a moderate tolerance to salt and alkali soils. Landscapers plant the Chinese Chestnut as an ornamental. Chinese Chestnut trees do well in hot dry climates and are blight resistant. The foliage is dark green in summer. This hardy tree will bear fruit in 7-8 years when placed on a good site. The dark green leaves are 5”-8” in length with a simple shape that turn yellow and gold in the fall. It produces edible chestnuts after establishment. The outer shell of the nut is prickly and must be removed. This variety of chestnut is resistant to chestnut blight . This tree tolerates heat, drought, transplanting, and dry and acidic soils.

Vinca - Little Bright Eyes
Catharanthus roseus

The Vinca Little Bright Eyes, 'Catharanthus roseus', flowers continuously for months no matter how hot its location. Little Bright Eyes are especially useful for the southern or desert climates or hard to maintain hot spots near a concrete or reflecting wall. It blooms best when other plants are hurting from the heat. The flowers are 1 to 1/2 inch phlox like blooms with a pink center. It begins to bloom when the plant is quite small and blooms until first fall frost.The Little Bright Eyes Vinca prefers full sun but will withstand light shade. Plant this Vinca in well drained soil and water regularly in sunny, hot locations. Plant in the spring after the last average frost date. The Vinca Little Bright Eyes is used in containers, ground cover, and borders. This plant is also known as devil's eye or sorcerer's violet.

Vinca - Little Pinkie
Catharanthus roseus

The Vinca Little Pinkie, 'Catharanthus roseus', is the perfect plant for that really hot and dry location. Little Pinkie Vincas are especially useful for the southern or desert climates or hard to maintain hot spots near a concrete or reflecting wall. It blooms best when other plants are hurting from the heat. Little Pinkies can be grown as a perennial in frost free winter areas. It readily reseeds itself and is very drought tolerant. The flowers are 1 to 1/2 inch phlox- like pink blooms with a dark center.Little Pinkie Vinca should be planted in well drained soils and in full sun or very light shade. This low maintenance plant prefers regular waterings in sunny hot locations. Plant this Vinca in the spring after the last average frost date. The Vinca Little Pinkie is used in containers, ground cover, and borders. This plant is also known as devil's eye or sorcerer's violet.

Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis

The Buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis, is a rounded, 6 to 8 feet tall and occasionally reaqching 10 to 12 feet tall shrub. It is very open, almost gangly in habit. The late emerging foliage leaves the shrub almost dead looking until late spring. Flowers are creamy-white, on spherical heads, 1 to 1 1/4 inches long, blooming in late summer. The fruit is a nutlet that persists through winter. It prefers moist situations, not dry tolerant, and best used for naturalizing in wet areas. Native from New Brunswick to Florida, west to Minnesota, Oklahoma and southern New Mexico, Arizona, California, into Mexico and Cuba.

Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud
Cercis canadensis 'Covey'

The Lavender Twist Weeping Redbud, 'Cercis canadensis "Covey", also known as Twisted Lavender Redbud, is a new variety of Redbud that is sure to attract the eye. The reddish-purple bud opens to a rosy lavender-pink flower in early spring. The umbrella shaped tree accentuates the weeping, twisted branches tipping towards the ground. They flower in early spring and bloom for 2 to 3 weeks. The shape of the fruit looks like a pea pod. The pods are 2-3” and are brown. The seed pods develop in October and usually stay on throughout the winter and adding winter interest. Leaves are heart shaped, when emerging in the spring are reddish-purple changing to a dark lustrous green in the summer and then to a yellow fall color. This tree is a great specimen plant and perfect for a small protected area in the landscape.

Boxwood - Chicagoland Green
Chicagoland Green Boxwood

Boxwood - Chicagoland Green, Buxus 'Glencoe', is a fine textured evergreen shrub that tolerates pruning and shearing well. Chicagoland Green is one of our favorites to be used as a border or hedge. Boxwood requires well-drained soil and prefers shading and wind protection in winter, if grown on an exposed site. This Boxwood tolerates some drought and will grow in dry soil but prefers well-drained, loamy, sandy or clay soils with a pH of acidic to slightly alkaline. Chicagoland Green is a medium sized shrub and known for its cold hardiness and good winter color. It grows with a uniform, oval, rounded growth habit and will reach 3' tall by 5' wide in approximately 15 years.

Potentilla - Fire Flames
Cinquefoil 'Fire Flames'

The Potentilla Fire Flames, 'Cinquefoil', is a red vigorous and long-blooming perennial that thrives in full sun or partial shade. Brilliant red variety with a darker center. Fire Flames needs little care and grows in just about any soil. Very hardy with a creeping habit that forms an evergreen ground cover and also makes an ideal addition to the perennial border or rock garden. Fire Flames Potentilla is an extremely versatile perennial that features outstanding blooming power. Being a low grower, it gets up to 24" tall and works well as a border plant or as a ground cover. The Fire Flames Potentilla produces red blooms all summer long.

Hydrangea - Cityline™ Berlin
Cityline Berlin Hydrangea

Hydrangea - Cityline™ Berlin, Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Berlin Rabe’ is the largest and fastest growing plant in the Cityline series. This beauty boasts large rich pink flowers that are accented with a fresh green color as they emerge. It displays attractive glossy dark green foliage. Its place is front and center in the shrub border, patio garden, or your best container. Cityline™ Berlin only grows 12 to 32 inches high and 3 to 4 feet wide. Like all the Citylines™, it was bred for stronger stems to hold its large, heavy flowerhead. It has a neat, tight habit so pruning is never required. Large beautiful blooms are great for dried or cut flowers. It requires full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Moisture is a necessity for this plant.

Hydrangea - Cityline™ Paris
Cityline Paris Hydrangea

Hydrangea - Cityline™ Paris, Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Paris Rapa’ has glossy dark green foliage and large flowers that emerge green and red, and then they mature to an intense dark pink red. This plant is a knockout! Its place is front and center in the shrub border, patio garden, or your best container. Cityline™ Paris only grows 3 to 5 feet tall. Like all the Citylines™, it was bred for stronger stems to hold its large, heavy flowerhead. It has a neat, tight habit so pruning is never required. Large beautiful blooms are great for dried or cut flowers. It requires full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Moisture is a necessity for this plant.

Hydrangea - Cityline™ Venice
Cityline Venice Hydrangea

Hydrangea - Cityline™ Venice, Hydrangea macrophylla 'Venice Raven' has a natural dwarf habit and this lovely Bigleaf Hydrangea from Germany is compact and dense, with far more flowering stems than most others. It is small enough for containers or any tight spot. Cityline™ Venice is an attention-getter with giant fuchsia blooms and fresh, attractive green foliage. Its place is front and center in the shrub border, patio garden, or your best container. Cityline™ Venice only reaches 1 to 3 feet in height and has a neat, tight habit so pruning is never required. Like all the Citylines™, it was bred for stronger stems to hold its large, heavy flowerhead. Large beautiful blooms are great for dried or cut flowers. It requires full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Moisture is a necessity for this plant.

Hydrangea - Cityline™ Vienna
Cityline Vienna Hydrangea

Hydrangea - Cityline™ Vienna, Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Vienna Rawi’ has a natural dwarf habit. This lovely Bigleaf Hydrangea from Germany is well-branched and dense, with far more flowering stems than most others. Small enough for containers or any tight spot, Cityline™ Vienna grabs the eye with its giant pink or blue blooms, each starred with a cream-colored center that gradually matures to solid pink or blue. A totally unique look for Hydrangea, and this makes it showy and unusual! Its place is front and center in the shrub border, patio garden, or your best container. Cityline™ Vienna only grows 2 to 3 feet in height and width. Like all the Citylines™, it was bred for stronger stems to hold its large, heavy flowerhead. It has a neat, tight habit so pruning is never required. Large beautiful blooms are great for dried or cut flowers. It requires full sun to partial shade and well-drained soil. Moisture is a necessity for this plant.

Cloud 9 Dogwood
Cloud 9 Dogwood

The Dogwood, Cloud 9, Cornus florida 'Cloud 9', is a strong grower with light green foliage and produces distinctive, large overlapping petal-like blooms in April and May. It has dark green foliage in the summer, and scarlet red leaves in the fall with glossy red berries that persist into winter. These fruits are also a favorite of many birds as well as squirrels, rabbits and raccoons. Dogwood, Cloud 9 prefers a rich, deep, well-drained soil and is not recommended for heavy, wet soils. Dogwoods are somewhat susceptible to drought, so be sure that sufficient water is provided during dry periods. Grow in full sun to part shade, and Cloud 9 is perfect along the wood's edge, in combination with azaleas and rhododendrons, or as a small, specimen lawn tree.

Boxwood - Commones
Commones Boxwood

The Boxwood, Common, Buxus sempervirens, forms a large shrub or small tree and most people know it as a small, densely-leaved, evergreen hedge. It is a densely branched, slow-growing shrub with numerous small, smooth-edged leaves. They are usually dark green and shiny, remaining on the shrub all winter It prefers full sun to partial shade; mulch to keep root system cool and moist; does well in alkaline soils; the evergreen foliage needs to be protected from drying winds in winter. Boxwoods can be sheared into just about any shape and respond well to harsh pruning. This shrub is ideal for formal hedges and topiary. It is a good border plant and an excellent choice for foundation plantings.

Ninebark - Coppertina™
Coppertina Ninebark

Ninebark - Coppertina™, Physocarpus opufolius 'Minda' PPAF, is a spectacular new addition to the ninebark family of native shrubs. Coppertina is a new cross between the golden ninebark 'Darks Gold' and the purple leafed ninebark 'Diabolo'. It is a lovely plant with orange-copper foliage in the spring, and as the foliage matures in summer, it turns a rich red. As with other ninebark, it blooms in summer, sporting white button-like blooms which contrast wonderfully with the foliage. This ninebark is also noted for its attractive pealing bark and bright red seed capsules in autumn. Coppertina has superior branching and an attractive, bushy habit. It is a useful landscape plant that grows 7 to 8 feet in height. Fast growing and adaptable, it provides season-long color to either the home garden or commercial landscape. Coppertina needs moderate moisture, but can tolerant dry conditions once established; prefers full sun.

Dogwood - Arctic Fire
Cornus ‘Arctic Fire’

The Dogwood Arctic Fire, Cornus stolonifera 'Farrow', PPAF, is a new species in the Cornus family. The red stems make a wonderful show in the winter time. 'Arctic Fire' is dwarf in form and has a plant height and spread of 36-48'. Use this plant as a back of the border plant in any perennial garden. Plant in full sun to part shade for best color. The intense red stems can be used as stems for holiday wreaths and other arrangements and is stunning in beds and landscapes. Arctic Fire™ a great breakthrough for smaller gardens or residential landscapes. It’s a spectacular show in the winter sunlight. Protected by Plant Breeder's Rights - propagation prohibited.

Dogwood - European Variegated
Cornus alba 'Argenteo-marginata'

European Variegated Dogwood, Cornus alba 'Argenteo-marginata', is one of the larger ornamental shrubs with attractive cream and green variegated foliage. This plant has year-round appeal in the landscape, displaying variegated leaves in summer and vibrant red branches in winter. It needs sun to partial shade; prefers moist, well-drained soil but tolerates a range of soil conditions. It is rapid growing and has showy, green and white variegated leaves that last till fall. Dramatic in mass plantings and works well in the small home garden. Prune hard in late winter because the new growth is the most brilliantly colored. The tree form elevates the bright red wood in winter.

Dogwood - Ivory Halo
Cornus alba 'Bailhalo'

The Dogwood 'Ivory Halo', Cornus alba 'Bailhalo',also known as tatarian dogwood, is a cultivar that is noted for its compact size, variegated leaves and bright red twigs in winter. It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 4-6' tall on erect, usually unbranched stems. The outstanding ornamental features of this cultivar are: bright red winter stems which are particularly showy against a snowy backdrop and medium/dark green leaves which are edged with white. Tiny, yellowish-white flowers appear in flat-topped clusters in late spring, with sparse, intermittent, additional flowering sometimes continuing into summer. Flowers give way to clusters of blue-white drupes in summer. Fruit is quite attractive to birds and is generally considered to have as much if not more ornamental interest than the flowers. Fall color is variable, but foliage may turn attractive shades of purple-red.

Dogwood - Bud’s Yellow
Cornus alba 'Bud's Yellow'

Bud’s Yellow Dogwood, Cornus alba 'Bud's Yellow', is an upright to rounded shrub that displays small white flowers. It blooms in the spring and has attractive medium green foliage during the summer. The bright yellow stems will add a striking color to the winter landscape. Bud's Yellow Dogwood is best grown in organically rich, medium to wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. This shrub prefers consistently moist, well-drained soils. Trim the roots and promptly remove root suckers if colonial spread is not wanted. It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 5 to 8' tall on erect, usually unbranched stems. Plant them as property line screens, hedges or shrub borders. For an interesting bicolor winter stem display, combine with redtwig cultivars.

Dogwood - Pagoda
Cornus alternifolia

Pagoda Dogwood, 'Cornus alternifolia', is a large ornamental shrub, or small tree, with irregular tiers of branches forming a somewhat horizontal plant. It reaches a maximum height of around 25 feet. The pale yellow flowers in May are followed by blue-black fruits. The fragrant flowering that occurs in late May and early June and can be described as moderately showy. Pagoda Dogwood prefers cool, moist, acidic soils and partial shade is ideal, but full sun is acceptable if the site is not hot and dry. It does perform best in colder climates. The older bark is gray brown and lightly ridged and furrowed with the younger bark being smooth and reddish brown. The fruit stalks remain and turn a pleasing coral red color in late winter. This shrub is disease resistant and has a fibrous, spreading root system.

Dogwood - Silky
Cornus amomum

The Silky Dogwood, Cornus amomum, has attractive white, greenish-white or yellow flower clusters in the spring and blue and white fruit in the fall. This plant tolerates poorly drained soils. It is used for hedgerows, windbreaks and for stream bank erosion control. The fruits are bluish in color. The fruit is eaten by game birds, especially important as a source of food for migrating songbirds. The twigs are an important source of winter browse for deer and rabbits. Mature height: a small to medium sized shrub to 12'.

Dogwood - Arctic Sun
Cornus 'Arctic Sun'

The Dogwood Arctic Sun 'Cato', Cornus sanguinea 'Cato' is a new dwarf, yellow twig Dogwood. It is extremely compact. With a plant height of 3-4’, the yellow foliage color adds instant impact to any garden. ‘Cato’ should be planted in full sun and will adapt to extremely wet conditions. Great for erosion control, it is highly recommended for rehabilitating moist sites and is well adapted to disturbed sites, is easy to grow and establish. In the garden, it will add more color because of its multiple stems.

Dogwood - Red Twigged
Cornus 'Baileyi'

The Dogwood 'Red Twigged', Cornus 'Baileyi', is a shade tolerant shrub with red bark in winter. This beautiful red stemmed dogwood has medium green foliage. The creamy white flowers are followed by blue-black fruits. Burgundy colored bark in the winter. It is good for hedge use and winter interest. Needs a sufficient watering routine. Full sun to part shade.

White Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida

The White Flowering Dogwood, Cornus Florida, is the ”aristocrat” of flowering trees because it is breathtakingly beautiful with its white blossoms. The White Flowering Dogwood has an excellent show of white blossoms in spring, and bright red berries in fall and winter. It is planted as a specimen, near a patio, or in groupings. It is a low branching tree that spreads horizontally and has a semi-rounded top. Does best in sun to part shade. This deciduous tree does best in well-drained acid soil with sufficient organic matter. Mulch to maintain a cool, moist soil. Needs summer water. The White Flowering Dogwood is one of the showiest native trees. The flowers unfold from the round, conspicuous, gray winter flower buds before the leaves come out. The white or pink flower bracts are showy and often thought to be the petals of the flower. They open in May. The fruit is a bright scarlet, relished by birds, squirrels, and other animals, which often eat the fruit before it colors and matures, usually between September and November. The wood is hard, heavy, strong, very close-grained, and brown to red in color.

Red Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'

The Red Flowering Dogwood tree, Cornus florida, 'Cherokee Chief', exhibits a moderate growth rate. The new growth is red. Red Flowering Dogwood trees have moderate resistance to mildew. The blooms are a beautiful deep lasting ruby red. Fall color is a bright scarlet. Dogwoods have a variety of landscape uses. With the year-round interest, dogwoods are excellent for specimen or accent plantings around the terrace or patio. This deciduous trees is often used with a combination of rhododendrons, azaleas and dogwoods planted in a raised bed which creates an interesting natural landscape feature. Dogwoods make excellent understory trees in a semi-shaded area and are also now being used in conjunction with typical foundation plantings and groundcovers in large beds around a building.

Snow White Flwrng. Dogwood
Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'

The Snow White Flowering Dogwood tree, Cornus florida, 'Cherokee Princess', exhibits a early and heavy white flowering habit. It is an erect growing white flowering dogwood with a straight central leader that displays four inch flowers. Large snow white blooms appear in abundance on this vigorous growing upright tree. The fall color of the upper leaf surface of the Cherokee Princess Flowering Dogwood is dependably red or red-purple, but the lower leaf surface still retains a silvery hue for a bicolor effect. This deciduous flowering dogwood tree is an excellent ornamental tree.

Pink Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida florida ruba

The Pink Flowering Dogwood tree, Cornus florida rubra, has very large pink flowers that appear in the early spring before the foliage comes out. The foliage turns a brilliant red in the fall, followed by bright berries which last into the winter. The trees grow to a height of 15 feet. This deciduous tree is the Classic Single Pink flowering beauty. Very popular and widely planted. Pink Flowering Dogwood trees have bright red fruits, which are loved by birds, and mature in early fall and usually persist until the middle of December. The reddish brown wood is extremely hard and has been used to make tool handles. It is a great landscape and ornamental tree.

Kousa Dogwood
Cornus kousa chinensis

The Kousa Dogwood tree, Cornus kousa, or Japanese Flowering Dogwood, is a handsome small specimen tree or shrub. The Kousa is not as susceptible to disease as the White Dogwood in spring. It is planted as a specimen, near a patio, or in groupings. Kousa Dogwood trees blooms later than the White Dogwood and with a softer petal flower than the White Flowering Dogwood. This deciduous tree has red fruits that look like a big round raspberry. The fall color is red to maroon. Because of its disease resistance, it is becoming the best replacement for the White Dogwood. The flowering tree, Kousa Dogwood, has low water requirements and displays a moderate tolerance for salt and alkali soils.

Satomi Dogwood
Cornus kousa 'Satomi'

The Satomi Dogwood, Cornus kousa 'Satomi', produces deep pink flowers that covers the horizontal spreading branches in April to May. This Japanese selection will make an elegant specimen tree. It is very hardy and flowers later than other dogwoods. You will most assuredly note its spectacular not-at-all-white color, which is more like popsicle pink. This kousa blooms not only in a different color, but at a different time; about a month after every other dogwood is through. Being very hardy and disease resistant, Satomi Dogwood prefers full sun to light shade with a well-drained, somewhat acidic soil. Satomi will produce pink-red fruits that appear in autumn.

Dogwood - Golden Glory Corneliancherry
Cornus mas 'Golden Glory'

Golden Glory Corneliancherry, Cornus mas 'Golden Glory', is a rounded, multi-stemmed shrub or small tree. Small yellow flowers are produced freely in spring and are followed by 5/8" bright cherry-red fruit in summer. The glossy, deep green foliage turns yellow in the fall. Golden Glory is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil with full sun to part shade. It prefers moist, organically rich soils. To control spread, promptly remove root suckers. This low-branching, round to oval, deciduous shrub which typically grows 15 to 20 feet and can be trained to be a small tree. The tiny red drupes mature in the summer, but are often hidden by the foliage. Drupes are technically edible, but not particularly tasty and are infrequently harvested unless for use in syrups or jams. Golden Glory can be used as a hedge, screen or foundation plant, or as a specimen or grouping in the shrub border. There is no serious insect or disease problems with this shrub.

Redstone Dogwood
Cornus Mas 'Redstone'

The Redstone Dogwood, 'Corunus Mas "Redstone", also know as Redstone Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, can be used either as a small tree with a rounded form or as a large, multi-stemmed shrub. This tree is one of the first bloomers of the year. The lovely profuse yellow flowers appear in early spring and the oval, cherry red fruit develops in the summer. The Redstone Dogwood has nice winter interest with its display of mottled bark. The fruit is highly treasured by wildlife. Great for small yard or as an accent plant.

Dogwood - Grey Twig
Cornus racemosa

The Gray Dogwood, 'Cornus racemosa', is a deciduous shrub which typically occurs in moist or rocky ground along streams, ponds, wet meadows, glade and prairie margins, thickets and rocky bluffs. It grows 10-15' tall and features white flowers borne in terminal racemes in late spring and grayish-green, elliptic to lance-shaped leaves . Foliage turns an interesting dusky purplish red in fall. Terminal stems holding the flowers are distinctively red and provide interesting contrast to the clusters of small white berries which form after the flowers have dropped. Red stem color is more easily seen after the fruits are gone, and red color often persists into early winter. Excellent when planted in groups and left alone to spread in naturalized areas or native plant gardens. Also effective in shrub borders, along streams or ponds or near buildings or when planted as a screen. Can be particularly useful because of its ability to grow in poor soils. Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of city air pollution.

Dogwood - Snow Lace® Gray
Cornus racemosa 'Emerald'

Snow Lace® Gray Dogwood, Cornus racemosa 'Emerald', displays white flowers in spring, with rosy-pink berries in fall which creates a nice contrast to the silvery-gray bark. Its superior emerald-green semi-glossy foliage develops purple fall color. Snow Lace® Gray Dogwood's ability to spread makes it ideal for banks and slopes since it has a very dense form. It grows somewhat slower than is typical of the species, averaging six inches a year. Its habit is distinctly mound-like to rounded growth and gradually reaches a height of seven to nine feet. The colorful rosy-pink pedicels contrasting with its silvery-gray stems, combine to produce an attractive landscape shrub.

Dogwood - Redosier
Cornus sericea

The Redosier Dogwood, Cornus sericea, is a freely spreading shrub with many stems, 3-18' tall; branching is opposite, young stems often bright, smooth, shiny red. Leaves are opposite, deciduous, oval 5-10 cm long. White threads run through the veins toewards the leaf tip. Flowers are white to greenish, small 2-4 mm across with 4 petals.; flowers are numerous in dense flat-topped clusters. Fruits are white, berry-like drupes, 7-9 mm long. This plant brightens up a winter landscape. Shade tolerant; provides cover and food for wildlife and birds. It is adapted to both wet and dry sites and a variety of soil types.

Dogwood - Allemans Compact
Cornus sericea 'Alleman's Compact'

Alleman's Compact Dogwood, Cornus sericea 'Alleman's Compact', is a four season beauty with white blossoms in May, pleasant green foliage in summer, giving way to bright red berries in fall, and finally an outstanding red twig color for winter. This dogwood is a suckering, colonizing deciduous shrub that grows 4' to 8' tall, and just about as wide. The branching is upright and spreading with most stems branching a little, except near the tip where the shape is rounded. Alleman's Compact Dogwood's leaves emerge yellow-green and mature to medium or dark green. This shrub is tolerant of poorly-drained soils, easily transplanted and established, and enjoys full sun or partial shade. It is suggested that you remove oldest stems each year to promote suckering, since new stems have the best stem color. It is good for borders, mass plantings, wet soil sites, naturalistic areas and for winter ornamental appeal. You do not get the greatest effect if used individually. This is a hardy, disease-free shrub that will attract wildlife.

Dogwood - Yellow Twig
Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea'

The Dogwood 'Yellow Twig', Cornus sericea 'Flaviramea', is a medium sized shrub with bright yellow twigs. These yellow twigs provide a good contrast against any Red-twig with its yellow fall color. The foliage is medium to dark green in summer, followed by purplish fall color. The twigs are green in summer, but turn bright clear yellow in fall and are quite conspicuous in winter, especially if planted in groups with one of the red twigged dogwoods. Pruned twigs invariably die back to the next bud and turn black from there to the pruned end of the twig, leaving ugly black ends on bright yellow twigs. Prune with care; remove branches or twigs only at the ground line. Plant in full sun and provide a well watered location.

Dogwood - Isanti
Cornus sericea 'Isanti'

The Dogwood 'Isanti', Cornus sericea 'Isanti', is a fine-twigged Dogwood with red bark. White flowers in late spring are followed by abundant white fruit. Mounding plants grow 4 to 5 feet tall and spreading 4 to 8 feet. Very adaptable and will thrive in sun or partial shade. Requires a soil with adequate moisture, otherwise adaptable as it tolerates wet sites. Isanti Dogwoods are slower growing and more compact than the species, making it more usable in the landscape than the species.

Dogwood - Kelsey Dwarf
Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi'

Kelsey Dwarf Dogwood, Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi', is a compact rounded shrub with white flowers in the spring that produce small, white berries in the summer. Makes a nice small plant for the shrub border or as a coarse groundcover. Kelsey is a dwarf dogwood that has a compact, rounded shape, making it easy to use in limited spaces. The foliage is green in the summer and displays brilliant red stems that are especially showy in the winter. Small clusters of white flowers are followed by clusters of small white fruit that birds relish. Prefers moist to wet soil, is easy to grow, and rarely needs pruning.

Dogwood - Colorado Red Oiser
Cornus sericea var. coloradensis

Colorado Red Osier Dogwood, Cornus sericea 'coloradensis', is a fast growing large shrub with white flowers in spring and then produces clusters of blue-white fruit in fall. Its green summer foliage turns red-purple in fall so you will enjoy its red twigs all winter. Colorado Red Osier Dogwood grows to about eight feet tall and spreads into a thicket by sending out root shoots. This plant is rugged, tolerating most soil conditions except for very dry soils. With additional water, growth rates of 3 to 4 feet per year are possible. It will even grow in wet, swampy conditions and may thrive in sun or shade. The Dogwood is good cover for birds and wildlife. For a screen or windbreak, plant 2 to 3 feet apart.

Corydalis - Berry Exciting
Corydalis Berry Exciting

Corydalis Berry Exciting, Corydalis 'Berry Exciting', is an exciting new sport of 'Blackberry Wine', has lovely fern-like leaves that are brilliant yellow and streaked with green. The extremely fragrant purple flowers provide a wonderful contrast to the bright foliage. Does not go summer dormant like other corydalis. In late spring, clusters of fragrant purple flowers appear and bloom for weeks. This is an excellent ground cover and perfect for hanging baskets. Plant in well drained and moisture retentive rich soil. This corydalis seems to tolerate heat and humidity.

Corydalis - Blackberry Wine
Corydalis Blackberry Wine

Corydalis Blackberry Wine, Corydalis 'Blackberry Wine', displays very fragrant plum-violet flowers that arch elegantly above the lacy blue-green foliage. Corydalis 'Blackberry Wine' is a very long bloomer, beginning with a spectacular display of flowers in late spring followed by continuous bloom until frost. Does not go through summer dormancy like other varieties of corydalis. Also resistant to rabbits! This is an excellent ground cover and perfect for hanging baskets. Plant in well drained and moisture retentive rich soil. This corydalis seems to tolerate heat and humidity.

Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick
Corylus avellana 'Contorta'

Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick, Corylus avellana 'Contorta', is noted for its contorted, twisted growth, making it a real conversation piece when grown as a specimen plant. This unique deciduous shrub has interesting gnarled and twisted branches so it is often not grown primarily for its blooms but for this unusual branching pattern. Harry Lauder's Walkingstick has terrific yellow fall foliage color with showy greenish-yellow catkins that brighten the winter scene. It does well in large containers and likes full sun. It is a slow grower to 8 to 10 feet tall and wide and prefers well drained soil in sun to part shade. The branches are valued for their use in flower arrangements.

Green Smoketree
Cotinus coggygria

The Green Smoketree, Cotinus coggygria, is a deciduous shrub/tree. The branches are spreading, loose, and as wide as high. Green Smoketrees have bluish green, sometimes yellow like leaves. Their fall color is red-purple. This deciduous tree has showy pubescent pedicels and peduncles of flowers that provide the "smoke" appearance. Smoketrees like sun. It is a tough tree that is adaptable to widely divergent soils and pH ranges, and it is very drought resistant. It is a great accent tree.

Smokebush - Young Lady
Cotinus coggygria ‘Young Lady’

The Smokebush 'Young Lady', Cotinus coggygria 'Young Lady', is a new and exciting variety from the Netherlands. 'Young Lady' is unlike any other in that it blooms pink as a young shrub; covering every inch of the plant, from June till August. With a plant height and width of 8-10', the foliage starts out blue-green. In the autumn, the leaf color turns yellow, orange and red. In a container it looks like a poodle in a pot with its frothy blooms covering every inch of the plant. Developed by Hendrik Kolster of Boskoop, Netherlands. A great plant for eye catching appeal in any yard.

Smokebush - Golden Spirit
Cotinus coggygria 'Golden Spirit'

The Smokebush Golden Spirit, 'Cotinus coggygria 'Golden Spirit', is a recent introduction from Europe. With a plant width of 6-8' and a plant height of 8-10', the leaf color lasts all season, turning brilliant shades or coral and orange into the fall. White blossoms appear in June to July when this deciduous shrub blooms with long, plume-like panicles of smoky-white flowers. 'Golden Spirit' will tolerate dry soil and does require full sun. It can be late to leaf out in spring and may suffer dieback at -25F.

Smokebush - Red Leaf Common
Cotinus coggygria 'Red Leaf'

Red Leaf Common Smokebush, cotinus coggygria 'Red Leaf', is an upright and spreading form of Smokebush, which maintains it's red-purple color extremely well throughout summer, with panicles of smoky-purple to beige flowers blooming in mid-summer. This gives the effect of a cloud of smoke. It is a tough and tolerant shrub, requiring well-drained soil; and the Red Leaf Common Smokebush thrives in part to full sun. It tolerates considerable drought once it is established. With minimal pruning it will naturally form a large shrub or small tree over time. If pruned to 6 to 8 inches tall in winter, it will produce long stems with striking, oversized foliage. It makes a wonderful accent as a shrub border, can be planted as a specimen, or as a patio tree. May be pruned back hard in spring. Many people grow this shrub just for its vivid fall color.

Smokebush - Royal Purple
Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'

Royal Purple Smokebush, cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple', exhibits beautiful, velvety, dark purple foliage throughout the growing season, with panicles of smoky-purple to beige flowers blooming in mid-summer. This gives the effect of a cloud of smoke. This xeriscape plant forms an upright, low branched, spreading shrub. It is a tough and tolerant shrub, requiring well-drained soil; and Royal Purple Smokebush thrives in part to full sun; the leaves are greener in shade, burgundy in full sun. It tolerates considerable drought once it is established. With minimal pruning it will naturally form a large shrub or small tree over time. If pruned to 6 to 8 inches tall in winter, it will produce long stems with striking, oversized foliage. It makes a wonderful accent as a shrub border, can be planted as a specimen, or as a patio tree.

Smokebush - Velvet Cloak
Cotinus coggygria 'Velvet Cloak'

Velvet Cloak Smokebush, cotinus coggygria 'Velvet Cloak', is an upright and spreading form of Smokebush, which maintains it's dark purple color extremely well throughout summer, with panicles of smoky-purple to beige flowers blooming in mid-summer. This gives the effect of a cloud of smoke. It is a tough and tolerant shrub, requiring well-drained soil; and Velvet Cloak Smokebush thrives in part to full sun; the leaves are greener in shade, burgundy in full sun. It tolerates considerable drought once it is established. With minimal pruning it will naturally form a large shrub or small tree over time. If pruned to 6 to 8 inches tall in winter, it will produce long stems with striking, oversized foliage. It makes a wonderful accent as a shrub border, can be planted as a specimen, or as a patio tree. May be pruned back hard in spring. Many people grow this shrub just for its vivid fall color.

Cotoneaster - Peking
Cotoneaster acutifolia

The Cotoneaster Peking, Cotoneaster 'acutifolia', is an erect shrub with slender spreading branches. The Peking Cotoneaster is best used as a hedge, or in groupings. This shrub displays yellow to red fall foliage and performs best in moist, well-drained soils. This shrub does well in partial shade to full sun light. Cotoneaster may be appreciated more for its dark green foliage than its blossoms. The small flowers are white to pinkish. Three-eighths inch black berries ripen in September and persist through mid-winter and are appreciated by some song birds such as the Robin and Catbird. Use this plant in the landscape for hedges, screens, and groupings.

Cotoneaster - Cranberry
Cotoneaster Apiculatus

The Cotoneaster Cranberry, 'Cotoneaster apiculatus', is a deciduous shrub that is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soils in full sun. It has a wide tolerance of soil types.The branches may root where they touch the ground. This dense shrub displays stiffly arching branches. The small pink flowers appear in late spring and they will produce red cranberry-like berries in late summer. The autumn leaf color is very attractive with shades of purple, red and bronze. Use this plant to cover large areas, as a foundation plant, a low informal hedge or for erosion control on steep banks.

Cotoneaster - Bearberry
Cotoneaster dammeri

The Cotoneaster Bearberry, 'Cotoneaster dammeri', is a dark green, evergreen shrub with glossy leaves. This rapid growing shrub prefers moist, well drained soil, but it is quite tolerant of a range of soil conditions. Small white flowers appear in the spring and some small red fruit will be produced in the fall. Bearberry is great as a ground cover and is a very easy plant to grow. The foliage will turn a dull dark green to reddish purple in winter.

Cotoneaster - Spreading
Cotoneaster divaricatus

Spreading Cotoneaster, 'Cotoneaster divaricatus', is a beautiful rounded ornamental shrub with pink flowers in the spring. It produces bright red berries in the summer and is one of the best fruiting varieties. The glossy, dark green foliage turns red in the fall. It is marginally hardy in zone 4. This medium-sized ornamental shrub matures at about 7' tall by 8' wide and has an upright columnar growth habit in youth, but quickly becoming horizontal and spreading with age. Spreading Cotoneaster prefers full sun to partial shade and well-drained soils, but is very adaptable and urban tolerant. It has few disease and pest problems. Its fall color is a nice mixture of green, yellow, orange, red, and burgundy, slowly becoming deciduous.

Cotoneaster - Rockspray
Cotoneaster horizontalis

The Cotoneaster Rockspray, 'Cotoneaster horizontalis', is a deciduous shrub that is best grown in moist, loamy, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Good drainage is essential. The Rockspray is a tough and adaptable plant that can withstand considerable drought once established. The Rockspray is a prostrate horizontally spreading plant. The tiers of horizontal branches arrange themselves in a fishbone pattern. This plant produces small pink flowers in early summer and bright red berries in late summer and fall. Rockspray cotoneaster is a valuable landscape plant which offers good foliage, flowers and fruit, and provides shelter for small birds. They may be massed as a woody ground cover for sunny areas and used for soil erosion control on banks or steep slopes.

Cotoneaster - Hedge
Cotoneaster lucidus

Hedge Cotoneaster, 'Cotoneaster lucidus', is an upright shrub that withstands pruning well, and it makes an excellent hedge because of its height and clean, glossy foliage. The small pink flowers in spring are followed by small black fruit in late summer. The dark green foliage turns yellow to red in the fall. It likes full sun; prefers a moist, well-drained soil, but can tolerate dryness; is wind tolerant; tolerates alkaline soil, and somewhat tolerant of salt. Hedge Contoneaster's excellent dense screen is good for hedges, bank covers, groupings, and wildlife habitat or shelterbelt filler. The birds appreciate the bright red fruits, turning deep red/black in autumn.

Cotoneaster - Many-Flowered
Cotoneaster Many Flowered

The Many-Flowered Cotoneaster, Contoneaster multiflorus, produces small white flowers in spring bright red fruit in autumn, and leaves turn a yellow fall color. The flowers have five petals and sepals and are usually borne in clusters. Many-flowered Cotoneaster is one of the few cotoneasters useful for its flowers. Many-Flowered Cotoneaster flowers bloom in early spring, and the fruit ripens in September through October. This upright shrub has a fountain-like weeping branch habit and prefers a moist, well-drained soil; tolerates alkaline soil. Cotoneasters are widely cultivated for their attractive growth habit, small white to pink flowers, and small but showy red to black fruit. The shrub can be used as a hedge, bank cover, in groupings, or planted in a mass.

Cotoneaster - Tom Thumb Creeping
Cotoneaster Tom Thumb Creeping

The Tom Thumb Creeping Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster adpressus 'Tom Thumb', is an interesting, very dwarf, very dense and compact ground cover-type shrub. It has a unique appeal because of its very shiny, small leaves that turn a brilliant red-crimson in the autumn. 'Tom Thumb' rarely produces flowers and fruit, but when it occurs the blooms are small, pinkish-white. Then the very small, ¼", red fruits follow. This cotoneaster spreads by rooting in where the branches touch the soil. Its branches are opposite along the stem so creates a herringbone effect or pattern. 'Tom Thumb' is a true dwarf, not only in that it remains very close to the ground, but even the leaves are tinier than the species. This low-maintenance miniature woody shrub prefers dry soil and full sun, though it will do well enough in partial shade. It is a very charming plant!

Dogwood - Cream Cracker
Cream Cracker Dogwood

Dogwood - Cream Cracker, Cornus alba 'Cream Cracker' is a beautiful variegated dogwood shrub with excellent leaf spot resistance. The green leaves have a cream colored variegation on the older leaves, while the young leaves have a golden yellow margin. It displays a flat-topped cluster of small white flowers that bloom from spring until summer. Purplish-red stems are revealed in winter, which is a nice addition of color in the winter garden. Cream Cracker does well in moderate shade and is a slow grower. It prefers moist, well drained soil and tolerates moist to wet soil. Use in naturalizing moist areas or mass plantings. Attracts birds.

Curly Willow Stems
Curly Willow Stems

The Curly Willow Stems has curves that add texture to any décor inside or out. When indoors, arrange the stems in a vase and use as a dramatic centerpiece. Outside, place the stems in planters with evergreen branches to add drama to any entrance. Each bundle contains 5-10 stems, each stem measuring approximately 3-4' long.