All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perennial | COREOPSIS verticillata ‘Zagreb’ | Blooming throughout the summer with sunny yellow flowers over very finely cut foliage. |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS alba ‘Bud’s Yellow’ | Yellowtwig Dogwood | A selection of yellowtwig dogwood with better disease resistance than older varieties. Great for naturalizing in moist areas. Cut back regularly for more yellow stems. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS alba ‘Aurea’ | Redtwig Dogwood | Large bright yellow leaves in spring and bright orange-red stems in winter. Its foliage turns fiery red in the fall. Excellent for color contrast in mixed borders. It produces flat topped creamy-white flower clusters in spring that turn to small berries bringing in the birds to devour them! |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS alternifolia | Pagoda Dogwood | Native tree with horizontal branching and interesting black fruit. |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS alternifolia ‘Argentea’ | Pagoda Dogwood | The variegated form of our native species with the same layered growth habit. Slow-growing, but worth the wait. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS amomum | Silky Dogwood | Fast growing native shrub with cream white flowers and blue fruit in late summer. Good plant for wet sites and naturalizing. Attracts bees & birds |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS sericea ‘Baileyi’ | Redtwig Dogwood | Upright-growing, non-stoloniferous species with slender red-brown stems. Small white flowers followed by porcelain-blue fruit in August. Tolerates part shade and adverse soil conditions. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS florida ‘Cherokee Brave’ | Flowering Dogwood | Striking bright red flower bracts in spring. New foliage is also tinted red and fall color is maroon red. Red berries in the fall. Gray bark is also attractive. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS florida x kousa ‘Celestial Shadow’ | Dogwood | Large white flowers with bright golden variegated foliage that keeps turning color throughout the season until turning bright red in fall. |
15-20 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Akatsuki’ | Kousa Flowering Dogwood | A striking sport of C. Satomi with green foliage edged in white and white bracts in spring fading to pink. Foliage also takes on a pink tinge as the season progresses turning to purple in the fall. Habit is tidy and compact. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Beni Fuji’ | Dogwood | A small tree bearing pale pink flowers that persist for weeks in late spring turning to bright red fruits the birds adore. The fall foliage is bright reds to deep burgundy. |
8-10 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Fireworks’ | Soft pink flowers in spring with a darker pink edging. Typical green leaves through the season turning brilliant colors in fall. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Heart Throb’ | Tiered branches show off the rosy-pink flowers on this small tree. After flowering red fruits are produced that the wild birds love. Green foliage turns deep red in fall. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Kristin Lipka’s Varigated Weeper’ | Kousa Flowering Dogwood | A small weeping tree. Dark green leaves with cream margins. Typical white dogwood flowers in June, outstanding purple fall color. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Morning Sunshine’ | Kousa Dogwood | A selection from Summer Hill Nursery in Connecticut wit gold-edged foliage. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Pam’s Mountain Bouquet’ | Very floriferous with unusual green flushed white flowers where the petals are fused together rather than flour distinct separate petals. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Radiant Rose’ | One of the best pink dogwoods with large blooms and very floriferous. The green foliage turns deep red in fall. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Rosy Teacups’ | One of the best pink dogwoods with large pink flowers and lots of them! Foliage turns a nice red in fall. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Samaritan’ | Large white flowers with pointed petals in spring produce bright red fruits that birds will love to devour. The creamy white and green variegated leaves turn brilliant shades of pink in fall. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Satomi’ | Kousa Flowering Dogwood | Striking pink flower bracts in spring and rich maroon fall color. Form is upright and spreading. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Scarlet Fire’ | Kousa Flowering Dogwood | An intro from Rutgers University with glowing deep pink star-like bracts for a long period in the spring. New growth tinged purple and fall color is red. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Summer Fun’ | Kousa Flowering Dogwood | Striking cultivar with elongated, white-edged foliage and white flowers. Foliage flushed pink in the autumn. An improved C. kousa ‘Wolfeye’. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | Cornus kousa ‘Little Poncho’ | This very compact dogwood will fit into the tiniest garden. Growing to only 8 feet tall and 6 feet wide. with typical white bracts covering the branches in late spring. Bright fall foliage is a wonderful bonus! |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ | The foliage on this dogwood is strongly white variegated. The flowers are a creamy white/green. It will be fine in the sun, but should be used in a partly shaded spot in the landscape. ‘Wolf Eyes’ is a more compact plant and shows beautiful pink and red fall color. |
Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS mas ‘Spring Glow’ | From late winter to early spring this small tree bursts forth with froths of golden yellow blooms before the leaves emerge. Tolerant of difficult areas and is an early food source for pollinators. Also producing edible red fruits for foraging birds. |
Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS pumila | Dwarf Redtip Dogwood | Dwarf shrub with irregular spreading habit and clean foliage. New growth is tipped in red. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS racemosa | Gray Dogwood | Forming a thicket with blue-green foliage, clusters of white flowers in spring turning into white berries loved by birds. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS x ‘Celestial Shadow’ | Rutgers Hybrid Flowering Dogwood | A disease resistant upright tree with yellow and green variegated foliage. It has large white bracts in May or June. The foliage turns orange and red in the fall. It prefers full sun to partial shade, in a rich, well-drained soil. It is a sport of Cornus X ‘Celestial’ (a hybrid between our native C. […] |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORNUS x ‘Stellar Pink’ | Rutgers Hybrid Flowering Dogwood | A vigorous C. florida x C. kousa hybrid with excellent anthracnose resistance. Large blush pink flower bracts in spring. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | CORYDALIS elata ‘Blue Line’ | Finely cut blue-green foliage stays fresh all season with stems of intense blue tubular flowers swaying above from early to mid-summer. spreads gently to form a tightly ground cover. Easy to dig and divide. |
Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | CORYDALIS solida ‘George Baker’ | Fumewort | Small, spreading tuberous perennial with ferny foliage and pink tobrick-red tubular flower in early spring. Once it has set seed it will go dormant for the rest of the season. A valuable early season food source for returning pollinators. |
6-8" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORYLOPSIS spicata ‘Golden Spring’ syn. ‘Odon’ | Aurea Winter Hazel | Racemes of pale yellow flowers hang from zig-zagging bare stems in late winter, then new leaves emerge bright, acid yellow with a red tint, then quickly turn golden yellow with partial sun or light green in full shade. Listed usually as a zone 6, but we have them successfully thriving here at zone 5 Rocky Dale! |
4-8 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CORYLUS americana | American Filbert | A rounded, multi-stemmed shrub. In spring the male flowers appear in showy, 2-3″ long, yellowish brown catkins. Female flowers give way to small, egg-shaped, 1/2″ long, edible nuts which are encased in leafy, husk-like, ragged-edged bracts. Attracts birds Edible fruit Good fall color |
10-16' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | COSMOS bipinnatus ‘Cupcakes White’ | Cosmos | This fun flower looks just like a pleated cupcake liner! Attracts bees & butterflies |
22-24" | Full sun | |||
| Annual | COSMOS bipinnatus ‘Double Click Bicolor Violet’ | Cosmos | A new Cosmos with striped and ruffled petals of purple & white on strong stems making it a great cut flower. It branches well and when regularly deadheaded will send out a nonstop display all summer. Drought tolerant Attracts bees, butterflies and lady bugs |
36-48 inches | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Tree/Shrub | COTINUS coggygria ‘Golden Spirit’ | Smoke Bush | Almost circular leaves emerge a bright chartreuse in spring maturing to a golden-yellow then turning to brilliant orange, red and coral in fall. Pinkish ‘smoke’ plumes appear in mid-summer. |
6-8 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | COTINUS coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ | Purple Smokebush | Grows to 8’, but for best purple foliage, cut to the ground in spring. It will then reach 4’-5’. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CONTINUS coggygria ‘Winecraft Gold’ | Smokebush | Round, waxy leaves emerge a sunny orange, soon take on a golden hue, then mature to a cheerful chartreuse for the season. In early summer, cloud-like green flower clusters cover the plant, and these turn into the pink “smoke” plumes. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | COTINUS coggygria ‘Winecraft Gold’ | Smoke Bush | Bright golden foliage emerges with shades of orange turning to all gold before changing over to bright orange & red in fall. Pinkish flower smokes appear in mid-summer. |
4-5 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Annual | COTYLEDON orbicular ‘Elk Horns’ | Elk Horns | An interesting succulent with powdery-silver gray-green leaves, round initially then becoming flat and multi-pronged. |
12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | CRASSULA ‘Ivory Pagoda’ | Ivory Pagoda Jade Plant | Overlapping, upright, succulent gray leaves form small “towers”. |
4-5 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | CRASSULA ‘Morgan’s Pink’ | Jade Plant | Thick silver-blue foliage that is stacked along the stem. Clusters of pink flowers at the ends of stems appear from winter to spring. |
4-6 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | CRASSULA ovata ‘Gollum’ | Jade Plant | Tubular succulent foliage is tipped in red and grows on upright trunks. Looks like some bizarre underwater creature. |
2-3 feet | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | CRASSULA arborescens ssp. undulatifolia | Wavy Jade | Wavy succulent foliage forms a compact mound. Leaves are bluish-grey with dark green dots and purple edges. |
6-8 inches | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | CRASSULA perforata var. falcata | Sickle Plant | What a cool plant! Gray-green, succulent, sickle-shaped leaves alternate in a tight clump. |
12-18 inches | Succulent | |||
| Annual | CRASSULA perforata ‘Variegata’ | String of Buttons | Succulent triangular leaves are edged in cream to pink and form small upright stacks. |
9-12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | CRASSULA picturata | Tiger Jade | Their leaves are usually bright green with small, dark speckles across the surface. The thick, fleshy leaves feature intricate dark green or blackish-green patterns of vibrant bright lime green or yellow bands. |
4-6" | Full sun | Succulent | ||
| Perennial | CROCOSMIA ‘Lucifer’ | Crocosmia | Brilliant flame-red flowers in summer on arched stems. Broad, sword-like foliage for interesting accent. This is one of the hardiest cultivars. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Annual | CUPHEA ignea ‘David Verity’ | Firecracker Plant | Bright orange, 1”-2″ tubular flowers that hummingbirds love. Blooms through the heat of the summer. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | CUPHEA varia ‘Caribbean Sunset’ | Firecracker Plant | Covered all season with delicate orange flowers that have yellow faces and purple ears. Attracts hummingbirds |
12-15" | Full sun |