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Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
Tree/Shrub FAGUS sylvatica ‘Lathie’s Dwarf’

Densely growing with shiny green leaves and rounded form. Very rare.

Full Sun/Part Shade 4
Tree/Shrub FAGUS sylvatica ‘Marmor Star’ European Beech

Striking white variegated foliage on an upright tree.  Best color on the new growth.

12-15 feet Sun/Part Shade 4
Tree/Shrub FAGUS sylvatica ‘Pendula’ Weeping European Beech

This is the green leaf form with twisted and weeping branches much admired at the nursery.

40 feet or more Sun 4
Tree/Shrub FAGUS sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’ Purple Weeping Beech

A seedling of F. ‘Purpurea Pendula’, but more narrow in growth with the top branches erect and secondary branches weeping.

20-25 feet Sun 4
Tree/Shrub FAGUS sylvatica ‘Purpurea Nana’ Dwarf European Beech

This dwarf version of the purple beech is an excellent choice for the smaller garden.

8-10 feet Sun/Part Shade 4
Tree/Shrub FAGUS sylvatica ‘Tortuosa Purpurea’ Purple Tabletop Beech

Dwarf, flat-topped plant with purple leaves. Spreads horizontally.

6-8 feet Sun 4
Tree/Shrub Fanciful Gardens

A colorful and interesting mix of conifers and other ornamental plants available in 4″ pots! A great way to get started with Bonsai, rock gardens and mini gardens.

Varied Sun/Part Shade 4
Annual FARFUGIUM japonicum ‘Aureomaculata’ Leopard plant

A Ligularia relative, this zone 7 perennial will need to be brought inside here in VT. Large, glossy, dark green leaves with yellow ‘leopard’ spots. Clusters of yellow daisy-like flowers in late summer and fall. Water loving.

2 feet Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Grass FESTUCA cinerea ‘Elijah Blue’ Blue Fescue

Lovely tufts of blue foliage. Holds color all summer. Considered one of the best blue fescues. Deer and drought tolerant

6-8 inches Sun 4
Grass FESTUCA glauca ‘Beyond Blue’ Blue Fescue

Tufts of intense blue foliage that keeps their color through the season.

10-12 inches 4
Grass FESTUCA glauca ‘Blue Whiskers’ Blue Fescue

More vigorous than Festuca ‘Elijah Blue’ this cultivar has longer, brighter blue leaf blades. Deer and drought tolerant

10-12 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Grass FESTUCA ‘Glow Sticks’

Upright and showy yellow flower spikes form early in the season over deep green grassy clumps.

Full sun 3
Annual FICUS carica ‘Vern’s Brown Turkey’ Edible Fig

Tropical-looking lobed foliage is ornamental, but this variety will also produce figs at cooler temperatures. Some reports of hardiness to zone 5 in a very sheltered spot, or keep as a potted plant and bring inside to overwinter.

4-6 feet in a pot Sun 6
Perennial FILIPENDULA palmata ‘Nana’ Meadowsweet

Airy pink flower heads in early summer on a compact plant. Attractive lacy dissected foliage.

14-16 inches Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial FILIPENDULA palmata ‘Elegans’ Meadowsweet

Feathery plumes of white to pink from June into July.  Great for moist sites.  Forms a wide mound.

24-30 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial FILIPENDULA rubra ‘Venusta ‘ Queen of the Prairie

Deep pink fluffy plumes on tall stems in summer. Slowly spread by rhizomes to form nice clumps. Seed heads turn attractive fall color. Attracts bees and butterflies Clay and wet soil tolerant Deer and rabbit resistant

6-7 feet Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial FILIPENDULA ulmaria ‘Plena’ Meadow Sweet

Finely cut foliage that is almost fern-like holds upright stems of creamy-white double puffs that are sweetly fragrant. Deer and rabbit resistant

18-24" Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial FILIPENDULA ulmaria ‘Variegata’ Variegated Meadowsweet

Dark green palmate leaves with gold centers and creamy white summer flowers. Try with red Astrantias. Both prefer moist sites.

24-26 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Tree/Shrub FORSYTHIA x intermedia ‘Lynnwood Gold’ Forsythia

Larger than normal brilliant yellow flowers cover this shrub that was discovered in Ireland.

4-6 feet Sun/Part Shade 5
Tree/Shrub FORSYTHIA ’New Hampshire Gold’ Forsythia

A nice oval form with brilliant yellow flowers lining the stems in spring. Nice purple tinted foliage in fall.

4-6 feet Sun 4
Tree/Shrub FORSYTHIA ‘Vermont Sun’ Forsythia

Upright branches covered with golden-yellow flowers in April. UVM introduction.

6-8 feet Sun 4
Tree/Shrub FOTHERGILLA gardenii ‘Blue Elf’ Dwarf Fothergilla

Not much information to be found on this unusual selection, but it is a cross between ‘Blue Mist’ and ‘Harold Epstein’, both dwarf varieties. Fragrant, white, bottle-brush-like flowers in early spring; orange fall foliage color.

2 feet Sun/Part Shade 5
Tree/Shrub FOTHERGILLA gardenii ‘Blue Mist’ Fothergilla

A compact and bushy shrub with crinkled blue-green leaves that turn bright red, orange and yellow in autumn. Wonderfully fragrant flower spikes smelling of honey are a creamy white. Attracts bees  

24-36" Full Sun/Part Shade 5
Tree/Shrub FOTHERGILLA major ‘Blue Shadow’ Large Fothergilla

A sport of F. ‘Mt. Airy’ with beautiful powder blue foliage. Excellent vigor and typical round flower cluster in spring.

4-6 feet Sun/Part Shade/Shade 4
Tree/Shrub FRAXINUS excelsior ‘Crispa’ Dwarf European Ash

A very slow-growing cultivar with short branches and shiny green twisted foliage.

4-6 feet Sun/Part Shade 5
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Autumnale’ Fuchsia

Long blooming tropicals for sun or part shade with dangling tubular flowers beloved by hummingbirds.  This variety has red flowers over coppery foliage and a mounding habit.

18-20 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Ballerina Blau’

Compact, upright grower with loads of small purple and red flowers.

12-14 inches Part Shade
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Curtain Call’

Upright to sprawling habit with loads of large dangling bells of purple and pink.

20-24" Part Shade
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Firecracker’ Fuchsia

Bright red tubular flowers over foliage variegated with pink and white.  Habit is upright.

24-30 inches Part Shade Tropical
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ Fuchsia

One of our favorites.  An upright grower with bright coral-red flowers over dark foliage.

22-24 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Swanley Yellow’ Fuchsia

extremely long narrow 5 – 6 inch single flowers of salmon and light pink. Attracts hummingbirds

24-30" Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual FUCHSIA ‘Windchimes White’

Upright grower covered in single white bells with the faintest blush of pink.

Part Shade
Annual FURCRAEA foetida ‘Variegata’ Variegated False Agave

Upright, long sword-shaped leaves that are a medium green with a creamy-yellow stripe. Spineless.

3-5 feet Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Perennial GALIUM odoratum Sweet Woodruff

Excellent groundcover with delicate scented foliage and tiny white flowers in May.

8-10 inches Part Shade 4
Annual GASTERIA bicolor Lawyer’s Tongue

This succulent produces masses of fleshy mottled leaves. Flowers are bell-shaped pink to orange and green on long slender stems.

16-20" Full sun Overwinter Indoors
Annual GASTERIA minima Gastric

An adorable mini succulent with flat, stemless, tongue-like fleshy foliage dotted in white.

2-4 inches Sun Succulent
Perennial GAULTHERIA procumbens Wintergreen

Native woodland groundcover. Red berries and dark green aromatic foliage which turns purplish red in fall/winter. Charming.

6-8 inches Part Shade 2
Perennial GAULTHERIA procumbens ‘Winter Splash’ Wintergreen

Showy white and green leaves that turn pink in the winter. Small white flowers in summer are followed by bright red edible berries. Makes a nice colorful groundcover. Deer resistant Drought tolerant

4-6" Part Shade/Shade 3
Perennial GAURA ‘Bantam Pink’

Spikes of hot pink flowers are formed on dark burgundy stems over deep green foliage flowering all summer and into fall. It loves a hot sunny spot with well drained soil.

Full sun 5
Perennial GENTIANA ‘True Blue’ Gentian

We saw this new floriferous gentian from Darrell Probst a few years ago and couldn’t wait till it was available! Large, upward-facing true blue bells from midsummer until fall.

24-26 inches Part Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM ‘Blue Sunrise’ Cranesbill

Foliage in spring emerges orange to gold and changes to lime-green. Violet-blue flowers from summer to fall.

12-14 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM ‘Dragon Heart’ Cranesbill

Large magenta flowers with a black center and black veins. blooming abundantly from early to late summer.

22-24 inches Sun/Part Shade 5
Perennial GERANIUM macrorrhizum ‘Bevan’s Variety’ Bigfoot Geranium

A cultivar with bright magenta red blooms in the spring over fragrant spreading foliage.

10-12 inches Sun/Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’ Bigroot Geranium

Fragrant semi-evergreen foliage is tidy and neat all season and will spread to make a lovely ground cover in sun or shade. White flowers appear in spring and will rebloom sporadically through the summer. In fall the foliage turns bright orange-red. Drought tolerant  

10-12 inches Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial GERANIUM maculatum Wild Geranium

Clump forming with mounds of attractive foliage and sweet lavender flowers with darker veins.

12-24 inches Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM maculatum ‘Huggy Bear’

Light lavender-pink blooms contrast beautifully with the deep chocolate-bronze foliage. Even when not in bloom it’s a standout!

Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial GERANIUM ‘Mary Anne’

Saturated purple flowers have darker veining on each petal and a white eye making this a very striking addition to your garden.

Full Sun/Part Shade 5
Perennial GERANIUM pratense ‘Boom Chocolatta’ Meadow Cranesbill

Blue-violet blooms in summer over dark bronze foliage. Upright habit and excellent vigor compared to earlier varieties of this type.

24-26 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM ‘Rozanne’ Cranesbill

Deep blue flowers June through September. Bronze fall foliage. A wonderful geranium for long bloom.

22-24 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM sanguineum ‘Frivolius Purple’

A compact growth habit with early blooming that lasts into summer makes this a perfect plant for the front of the border or in mixed containers. Bright purple flowers and finely cut deep green foliage.

Full Sun/Part Shade 3