Shrubs - M -  Plant Nursery

Dogwood - Mahoning™
Mahoning Dogwood

Dogwood - Mahoning™, Cornus racemosa 'Mahzam', is a suckering shrub with a distinctly multi-stemmed habit with branching that is upright and erect. Its shape is an irregular, broad-spreading clump that grows 10' to 15' tall with an equal spread. It has small, creamy white flowers, held in 2" diameter clusters, that bloom early spring to mid-June. The flowers are not extremely showy, but numerous. This deciduous Mahoning Dogwood plant can become a bit leggy with age. In the summer the leaf color is a dull gray-green, but in the fall it develops a rich, reddish purple with full sun exposure. It is tolerant of sun or shade and can withstand dry or wet soils, therefore, Mahoning is very adaptable. Use as a border, hedge, difficult growing site, naturalistic area, soil stabilization, or for wildlife food and shelter.

Virginian Stock
Malcolmia maritima

The Virginia Stock, 'Malcolmia maritima', has dainty, sweetly fragrant flowers. Virginia Stocks produce a profusion of simple, 4-petaled flowers in a harmonized blend of pink, white, reddish, and lavender shades. It is perfect for scattering into paving crevices, nooks and crannies, in rock walls, for the front of the flower border, or to provide cover for the bulb foliage once bulb blooms are gone. It will bloom 4 to 6 weeks after sowing. The 3/4 inch wide flowers are produced in loose clusters. The Virginia Stock will perform in any soil, but does best in rich fertile soil. Plant it in full sun or light shade for best results. Virginia Stock is short-lived and will generally die out in the heat of the summer. Sow seed every 4 to 6 weeks for continual bloom, except for the very hot parts of summer. Especially enjoy the Virginia Stock when planted in large masses!

Hydrangea - Masja
Masja Hydgrangea

Hydrangea - Masja, Hydrangea macrophylla 'Masja', is a bigleaf mophead hydrangea that produces vivid red flowers and has glossy dark green leaves. Masja makes a big impression while staying compact for the smallest of garden spaces. Masja is a tidy plant, only 36 inches tall and wide, and produces armfuls of ball-shaped, pink-toned blooms. This hydrangea is hardy, reliable and easy to grow. It prefers rich, loamy soil that is moist, but well-drained amd does well in full sun or part shade. This undemanding beauty adapts beautifully to small gardens and containers! No matter how full you may think your garden is, you can squeeze this hydrangea into a tight space!

Russian Cypress
Microbiota decussata

Russian Cypress, Microbiota decussata, is an extremely hardy, low growing evergreen that resembles the horizontal type junipers, but has the bright green soft foliage like an arborvitae. The foliage develops a showy bronze color in the winter. It matures at about 1foot tall by 6 feet wide, although it can get taller and much wider. It has a radiating mat growth habit and a rather slow growth rate. Russian Cypress likes full sun to partial shade, and its best performance occurs in partial sun in moist, well-drained soils. It is very adaptable to poor, dry, thin soils in sun and wind exposed sites. It can be used as a woody groundcover for foundations, wall plantings where it can cascade, group or mass plantings, raised planters, and embankments.

Rhododendron - Mikkeli
Mikkeli Rhododendron

Rhododendron - Mikkeli, Rhododendron 'Mikkeli', has lush foliage that provides an excellent backdrop for its clusters of beautiful pure white flowers, which have pink and green markings; blooms from late May to early June. Mikkeli is a dense, compact and well-branched variety. It prefers cooler regions and is hardy to at least -29 degrees F. Mikkeli is a late bloomer and grows 6 feet tall and wide. Rhododendrons are ornamental, acidic-soil loving broad-leaf evergreens. They grow best in partial shade. Plant in a location protected from strong winter winds. Mikkeli loves to be planted with pre-moistened peat moss, and well drained soil is a must! Use in mass, group or specimen for shrub borders, mixed borders, woodland gardens and shade gardens.

Juniper - Mint Julep
Mint Julep Juniper

Juniper - Mint Julep, Juniper - Mint Julep, is an outstanding, evergreen shrub with dense, upright branches clothed in sharply pointed, bright green needles. It is grown mostly for its brilliant mint-green foliage. Mint Julep is a constant performer in all climates and works well as a ground cover, hedge, screen or windbreak and requires little maintenance. It also makes a great facer plant for taller flowering shrubs. It has arching branches; fountain-like form; grows 4 to 6 feet high, and has a greater spread. Mint Julep prefers full sun, moist, well-drained soil and is drought tolerant. This appealing juniper is a very tough plant!

Mock Orange - Bouquet Blanc
Mock Orange Bouquet Blanc

The Bouquet Blanc Mock Orange, Philadelphus x cymosus 'Bouquet Blanc', is a small, very fragrant compact shrub with double, orange-scented, snow white flowers in large crowded clusters. This fountain-like, deciduous shrub with its late spring or early summer flowers, is an old fashioned favorite. At home in a shrub border, 'Bouquet Blanc' needs ample room for its arching branches. Remove oldest branches right after plant has finished flowering. It is a reliable and absolutely maintenance-free shrub. It is soil adaptable, hardy, and does best in full sun.

Mock Orange - Snowgoose
Mock Orange Snowgoose

The Snowgoose Mock Orange, Philadelphus x 'Snowgoose', is a smaller, upright growing selection from Canada. Snowgoose Mock Orange is a fountain-like, deciduous shrub with fragrant, white, late spring or early summer flowers that cover the plant by June. The foliage is dark green. An old fashioned favorite, 'Snowgoose' is at home in the shrub border. Give it ample room for its arching branches. Remove oldest branches right after plant has finished flowering. It is a reliable and absolutely maintenance-free shrub. It is soil adaptable, hardy, and does best in full sun.

White Mulberry
Morus alba

The White Mulberry tree, Morus Alba Tatarica, has many common names, such as, White mulberry, Russian mulberry, Silkworm mulberry, and Moral blanco. The White Mulberry is an excellent and handsome shade tree and is often planted on field edges in irrigated, semi-arid lands where it is also valued for fruit, poles and timber. This deciduous trees has a deep-rooting habit which makes it a suitable tree for linear plantings. It is a widely grown fruit which can be eaten fresh, preserved, vinified or, in some semi-arid areas, dried for winter use. Mulberries thrive in full sun and dislike crowded conditions; they prefer deep soils and need good drainage; they are frost resistant. Mulberries thrive over a very wide range of warm temperate, sub-tropical and tropical conditions.

Red Mulberry
Morus rubra

The Red Mulberry tree, Morus Rubra, is a medium-sized tree, reaching approximately 50, and occasionally, 70 feet in height. The trunk can reach a diameter of up to two feet. The broad, rounded crown consists of many shorter branches, making red mulberry a desirable shade tree. It is a rapid-growing tree. The tree's value is derived from its abundant fruits, which are eaten by people, birds, and small mammals. Red mulberry is found on a variety of sites in the East and Central U.S. and is tolerant of shade. The fruit is an edible red-purple drupe that resembles blackberry. It has dark green leaves, and the fall color of the leaves is yellow.

Lilac - Mount Baker
Mount Baker Lilac

Mount Baker Lilac, Syringa x hyacinthiflora 'Mount Baker', is a cross done by F. L. Skinnner, Dropmore, Manitoba. The cultivar is very hardy and blooms before French Hybrid Lilacs. It produces single white blossoms and looks great as a large shrub for background use. A profuse bloomer, it forms a shrub 8 feet high by 10 feet wide, and exhibits autumn coloring. This hybrid and its offspring show some disease resistance. Promptly deadhead spent blossoms to produce more robust blooms for the following year. This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds and requires average water needs; water regularly; do not overwater. Mount Baker Lilac prefers full sun, good drainage and air circulation. It tolerates light shade, but best bloom is in full sun. It can be used in many situations, including shrub borders, informal hedges and perennial borders. Being very showy and fragrant, it makes a wonderful screen or border specimen.

Mountain
Mountain Rose

Mountain Rose, Rosa woodsii, has buds that open to lovely pink blooms that carry a sweet scent. As autumn approaches, it provides persistent glossy red hips that serve as food for wildlife, as well as providing lovely ornamentation to a planting. It is a very graceful, small, and tidy shrub, producing a tight thicket over time. Tolerant of light shade and challenging conditions, this is an adaptable and beautiful rose. Own root. Growth is generally best on moderately fertile, well-drained clay loam, sandy loam, or sandy soils. The fall foliage is often very colorful, in amber and ruddy hues.

Dogwood - Muskingum™
Muskingum Dogwood

Dogwood - Muskingum™, Cornus racemosa 'Muszam', is a slow growing, mounded plant that has distinctive gray-brown stems that offers an excellent winter effect. The attractive gray-green foliage changes to a distinctive brick-red in the fall, showcasing its bountiful crop of luminous white berries. Creamy-white spring flowers have a lilac-like scent. Muskingum is a low-growing form of Gray Dogwood, 2 feet high with a 4 foot spread. It is a strong grower, very adaptable, and thrives in areas with harsh growing conditions. It shows great adaptability to many soil types from wet to dry, acid to alkaline, sandy to clay. Salt tolerant, insect and disease resistant.