Adams Needle Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Yucca filamentosa The Adams Needle bush, Yucca filamentosa, has stiff evergreen rosettes and are part of the scene in hot dry Central and North American scrublands. Yuccas are hardier than they appear, and only fail in cold exposed inland positions, where they are better grown as container plants. Otherwise they are handsome architectural foliage plants for dry, sunny borders. This variety has a white edge. Yucca filamentosa makes dense clumps of stiff leaves 30 inches or so long and edged with fine curly hairs. The remarkable flower-spikes, 6' or more high, appear when plants are five or more years old. Price: $13.45 Click Here For Detail AKA: Yucca filamentosa Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Barberry-Red Leaf Japanese Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Berberis thunbergii The Barberry bush or RedLeaf Japanese bush, Berberis thunbergii, is a deciduous shrub reaching up to 24" tall and about 30" wide. The branches are slender, spiny, and small, and the leaves are roundly oval in a deep red to purple color. The small, yellow flowers borne beneath leaves, from April to May, are not showy. Bright red berries can be found along stems from late fall through winter. Ironically, this is never really considered a feature of this plant. Barberry bushes are best located in full sun. This plant is tolerant of many types of soil, but will not do well in wet to very moist soils. As name Barberry implies, this makes an excellent hedge or filler shrub. Price: $23.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Berberis thunbergii Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Boxwood - Wintergreen Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> microphylla koreana The Korean Wintergreen Boxwood shrub, Microphylla koreana, is also known as the liffleleaf boxwood. It is a broadleaf evergreen upright shrub with medium green to dark green foilage. It is a formal or tightly informal shrub, usually reserved for shady conditions and commonly used as a hedge, foundation planting, edger, or facer shrub. Price: $38.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: microphylla koreana Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Full Shade

Burning Bush - Compacta Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Euonymus alatus 'Compactus' The Burning Bush, Euonymus alatus 'Compacta' has an outstanding red fall color. The deep dark red leaves almost glow with color in the fall. The plant is shade tolerant but has inferior fall color and reduced density in shade. Burning Bush transplants easily and may be sheared. The corky wings on the twigs hold winter snow, outlining the branch structure. The orange and red fruit is ornamental if produced in quantity, but plants vary in the amount of fruit they produce. Burning Bush is a favorite winter food of rabbits and mice. This deciduous bush withstands acidic or alkaline soils and a wide range of temperatures. Established plants can take some drought too. Price: $13.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Euonymus alatus 'Compactus' Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Burning Bush-Bursting Heart Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Euonymus americana 'Bursting Heart' The Bursting Heart Burning bush, Euonymus americana 'Bursting Heart', is a unique shrub. In the spring and summer this shrub quietly takes the back seat to other seasonal color. However, in early fall, it draws curious looks with its unique display of fruit. Bumpy, raspberry-red pods hang on the ends of stems and split open to reveal small, smooth, red seeds. If you'll plant this shrub with some room to grow, it will delight you with its fullness and profusion of fall "hearts. " The lower limbs can be removed up to 2' or so and ground covers (foam flower, green and gold, ginger, etc. ) planted to carpet the ground beneath. Grows 4-6'. Native. Price: $7.96 Click Here For Detail AKA: Euonymus americana 'Bursting Heart' Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Butterfly Bush - White Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Buddleia davidii 'Alba' The White Butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii 'Alba', is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun. This deciduous bush becomes weedy and sparse with diminished flowering performance if not grown in full sun. Does poorly in wet conditions. In USDA Zones 5 and 6, this plant will often die to the ground in winter and therefore is often grown in the manner of an herbaceous perennial. Even if plants do not die to the ground in winter, they usually grow more vigorously, produce superior flowers and maintain a better shape if cut to the ground in late winter each year. Removal of spent flower spikes during the growing season will encourage additional bloom, but consider leaving final blooms in place to facilitate reseeding. Price: $9.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Buddleia davidii 'Alba' Sun Explosure: Full Sun

Butterfly Bush-Claret Purple Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Buddleia davidii 'lle de France' The Purple Butterfly Bush, Buddleia davidii 'ile de France', is a butterfly magnet. This bush flowers summer and fall and is easy to grow. With a name like Butterfly Bush you might expect a plant to be attractive to butterflies. In fact, it's more than attractive; it's a magnet for all the butterflies that pass through your garden seeking nectar. This deciduous bush blooms mid-summer to early fall. Butterflies and bees will flock to the honey-scented blossoms, whose dilute nectar is sweetest in midday sun. Plant it near a path or patio and the shrub will provide a delightful fragrance for you, too. It's generally pest-free. Price: $12.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Buddleia davidii 'lle de France' Sun Explosure: Full Sun

Buttonbush Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> 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. Price: $24.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Cephalanthus occidentalis Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Chokeberry - Black Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Aronia melanocarpa The Black Chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa 'black', is an open, upright, spreading, somewhat rounded but leggy, deciduous shrub which typically grows 3-6’ tall. It displays clusters of 5-petaled, white flowers in spring which are followed in early autumn by blackish purple, blueberry-sized fruits which usually do not persist into winter. Lustrous, dark green foliage turns an attractive purplish red in autumn. Although technically edible, the fruits are extremely tart and bitter, and are not recommended for eating off the bush. Attractive fall color and fruit give this shrub good ornamental value for a shrub border. Its ability to withstand wet conditions makes it suitable for growing along ponds, streams or water gardens. Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of wide range of soils. Best fruit production occurs in full sun. Spreads by root suckers to form colonies. Price: $23.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Aronia melanocarpa Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Full Shade

Chokeberry - Red Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Aronia arbutifolia The Red Chockecherry, Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima', cultivar is a deciduous shrub which typically grows slowly to 6-8' tall and is perhaps most noted for its attractive glossy red berries and red fall foliage color. Clusters of white to pinkish flowers appear in spring. Flowers are followed by abundant glossy red fruits (3/8" diameter) which appear in dense clusters along the branches. Fruits ripen in late summer and persist throughout fall and well into winter. The glossy, dark green turns bright red in autumn. 'Brilliantissima' primarily differs from the species by being more compact, producing more lustrous foliage with superior red fall color and producing larger, glossier and more abundant fruit. Common name is in reference to the tart and bitter berries. which are so astringent they cause choking in those who try to eat them. The ability to withstand wet conditions makes it suitable for growing on the margins of ponds or streams. Also effective in naturalized areas where its suckering, colonial growth habit does not need to be restrained. Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. It has a wide range of soil tolerance including boggy soils. Best fruit production usually occurs in full sun. Price: $12.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Aronia arbutifolia Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Dogwood - Coral Red Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Cornus Alba 'Siberica' The Coral Red Dogwood, Cornus alba 'Sibirica', has stunning bright red bark which adds color to the winter garden. It has been given an Award of Garden Merit (AM), which is for plants of outstanding excellence. Tolerant of a wide range of soils, it produces the brightest winter bark when planted in full sun. To keep the size of the plant in check and to encourage the most colorful bark, remove a third of the stems back to ground level each spring. Price: $7.96 Click Here For Detail AKA: Cornus Alba 'Siberica' Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Dogwood - Greytwig Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Cornus racemosa The Gray Dogwood 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 (hence the species name of racemosa) in late spring and grayish-green, elliptic to lance-shaped leaves (2-4" long). 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. Price: $7.96 Click Here For Detail AKA: Cornus racemosa Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Full Shade

Dogwood - Redosier Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Cornus sericea The Redosier Dogwood, Cornus sericea, is a freely spreading shrub with many stems, 3-18' tall; branching is opposite, young stems (and most old ones) 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. Price: $13.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Cornus sericea Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Dogwood - Silky Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> 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'. Price: $12.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Cornus amomum Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Full Shade

Elderberry - American Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Sambucus canadensis The American Elderberry, Sambucus canadensis, is a deciduous, upright shrub. It produces black or purple berries that are great for wildlife and jams and jellies. It has light gray or brown bark and is arching in form. Produces attractive flowers and berries all season long. Flattened panicles of small white flowers are produced in midsummer. This plant is a showy ornamental ideal for the garden. The American Elderberry has a fast growth rate. It grows up to 12 feet in height and 10 feet in spread. Prefers moist soil and full sun. Native to North America. Price: $13.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Sambucus canadensis Sun Explosure: Full Sun

Forsythia - Lynwood Gold Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood' The Lynwood Gold Forsythia, Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Gold', is an old time favorite with an upright spreading habit and big yellow flowers up the entire length of stem. It is one of the best and most reliable of forsythias. The flowering stems appear as deep golden wands in April. 'Lynwood Gold' is a dense growing plant with an upright habit. Forsythia is excellent for hedging, fast growing and tolerant of moist soils. 'Lynwood Gold' grows 6 to 8 feet tall and wide and does best in sun to light shade. Allow plants to develop for the first three years with minimal pruning. Once plants are established prune in midspring after flowering by thinning out crowded stems from the center of the shrub. Also remove one or two old stems from the base. A little pruning will go a long way to keep your forsythia attractive and free flowering! Price: $12.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood' Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Forsythia - Spectabilis Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis' The Spectabilis Forsythis, Forsythia x intermedia, is a showy border Forsythia that transplants readily. It grows at a rapid rate and is long-lived. Tolerates a wide range of soil and light conditions, but prefers full sun. Allow plenty of room for plant to spread. Withstands city conditions. Profuse, yellow, spring flowers are followed by medium green summer foliage. `Spectabilis' (Showy Border Forsythia) is the most common forsythia. The profuse, yellow flowers of forsythia are considered by many to be the first sure sign of spring. Flowers will last for two or three weeks unless killed by cold. Often used to control erosion on steep slopes because tips of branches root naturally and plants spread easily. Suggested uses for this plant include border, specimen plant, and screen. Prune in spring after flowering so that buds for the next year can develop in the fall. Price: $7.96 Click Here For Detail AKA: Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis' Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Heavenly Bamboo Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Nadina domestica The Heavenly Bamboo, Nadina domestica, is not a true bamboo but a upright 6-8’ high, semi-evergreen shrub that tends to slowly sucker at the base, forming colonies. New leaves are coppery to purplish-red, becoming blue green with age. When this plant is in full sun it usually assumes a reddish tint in winter (depending on environmental conditions). Perfect and pinkish in bud, finally white 8-15” long panicles appear in May-June, and will flower in heavy shade. Spectacular, round clusters of bright red berries ripen in the fall and persist into winter. Heavenly Bamboo is more showy that most hollies because fruit is not hidden by foliage. Careful pruning, as canes do not branch out and best to thin out old stems every year or head back old canes at varying lengths to produce a dense plant. Once established, they are very tough plants, thriving in sun, shade, moist or dry conditions. Price: $13.45 Click Here For Detail AKA: Nadina domestica Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Honeysuckle - Red Rum Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Lonicera maackii The Red Rum Honeysuckle, Lonicera maackii, is a deciduous shrub that grows to 8' to 12'. It produces masses of white flowers that mature to yellow followed by profusion of 1/4" bright red fruit persisting into winter. It has an upright vase shape. Leaves acquire a yellow fall color. Excellent as winter wildlife food source, windbreaks and landscaping. Adaptable to poor soils and is shade tolerant. Price: $9.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Lonicera maackii Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Full Shade

Honeysuckle - Winter Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Lonicera fragrantissima The Winter Honeysuckle, Lonicera fragrantissima, is sometimes called Sweet Breath of Spring. It is extremely fragrant (lemony), with creamy white flowers that appear in early spring before the leaves emerge. Flowers are followed by small, somewhat inconspicuous, red berries which mature in late spring to early summer. Oval, dark green foliage sometimes has bluish tinge. Flowers are a harbinger of spring. Budded branches may be cut for an early, fragrant, indoor arrangement. Easily grown in average, dry to medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Adapts to wide range of soils, including dry ones, but prefers moist, loamy soils. Prune to shape after flowering. Price: $13.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Lonicera fragrantissima Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Honeysuckle-Pink Tatarian Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Lonicera tatarica The Pink Tatarian Honeysuckle, Lonicera tatarica, originated in Southern Russia and Turkistan. Tatarian Honeysuckle is a tolerant, reliable shrub with good flowering and fruiting habits. It grows in sun or partial shade and any garden soil. The fragrant pink flowers are produced in mid-spring. The red, orange or yellow fruit is most ornamental during the summer. Fruit and flower colors vary with the cultivar. Tartarian Honeysuckle is widely distributed throughout the US. Neat appearing shrub for screens and windbreaks. Dependable and hardy. Pale pink buds open to masses of white blooms. Price: $13.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Lonicera tatarica Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Full Shade

Hydrangea - Grandiflora Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Hydrangea paniculata The Grandiflora Hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata, is a common American garden plant and highly valued for its vigor and bloom dependability. Sterile flowers appear in August and remain on the plant until the first hard frost. The large conical shaped white flower heads turn to pink in the fall with gray-green leaves. Sent to America from Japan in 1861, this continues to be one of the best loved varieties. The blooms can easily be used for drying. 6+ foot height at maturity. Price: $12.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Hydrangea paniculata Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Hydrangea - Nikko Blue Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Hydrangea macrophylla The Nikko Blue Hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla, has blue blossoms on a plant with a strong constitution which make Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue' one of the best. It will be a fantastic show of color in your garden. Early blooming starting with flowers that are cream with blue margins then turning a solid blue mass as the plant matures. The variegated foliage only adds to the picture. Price: $12.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Hydrangea macrophylla Sun Explosure: Full Shade - Partial Sun

Hydrangea - Oakleaf Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Hydrangea quercifolia The Oakleaf Hydrangea, Hydrangea quercifolia, is an upright, deciduous shrub with a broad, rounded habit that typically grows 4-6' tall. It features elongated white flowers which slowly turn pinkish purple with age. The most vigorous blooming of all the hydrangea's. The blooms often weigh down the branches. Long late spring to summer bloom period. Distinctive, deeply lobed, somewhat coarse, oak-like, deep green leaves (to 8" long) turn attractive shades of bronze, crimson or purple in autumn. Mature stems exfoliate to reveal a rich brown inner bark which is attractive in winter. Mass or group in a mixed shrub border or naturalize in a native plant or open woodland garden. It also may be used for backgrounds, accents or specimens, foundation plantings or hedges. Best grown in fertile, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Mulch root zone in summer and provide somewhat constant moisture. Little pruning is needed, but should be done any time after flowering. Price: $14.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Hydrangea quercifolia Sun Explosure: Full Sun - Partial Sun

Indigo Bush-False Indigo Category: Home/Family> Garden> Shrubs> Amorpha fruticosa The False Indigo Bush, Amorpha fruticosa, is a somewhat leggy shrub, whose height can range from 6 to 20 feet tall,and 5 to 15 feet wide. Fragrant foliage has the compound pinnate leaves typical of the Pea family, often most bushy on the upper third of the shrub. Flowers are 1/3-inch wide, purple-blue with orange anthers, on 3- to 6-inch upright spikes. Fruit is a warty, kidney shaped pod, persisting into winter. This deciduous shrub does well in full sun and poor, sandy soil. Needs pruning in late winter or early spring to keep shaped. Useful as a large shrub or small tree in areas where there is plenty of water available. Native from Connecticut to Minnesota, south to Louisiana and Florida. This bush attracts butterflies. Price: $9.95 Click Here For Detail AKA: Amorpha fruticosa Sun Explosure: Full Sun