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Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
PINUS mugo ‘Milky Way’ Dwarf Mugo Pine

A low, mounding form with white variegation on the needle tips.  Best coloration is on the new growth and does best in some shade.

Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. Part Shade 2
Conifer PINUS mugo ‘Sherwood Compact’ Dwarf Mugo Pine

Dark green needles form a compact globe. 

Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 2
Conifer PINUS mugo ‘Valley Cushion’ Dwarf Mugo Pine

A very compact form that grows wider than tall.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 2
Conifer PINUS mugo ‘Wintersonne’

A compact and dense mugo pine with bright golden color as the temps drop in fall persisting until spring. Best color when planted in full sun.

Full Sun/Part Shade 2
Conifer PINUS nigra ‘Black Prince’ Dwarf Austrian Black Pine

A low, mounded form with stiff, dark green needles and white buds, which are excellent winter interest. Becomes somewhat more pyramidal with age.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun 4
Conifer PINUS nigra ‘Helga’ Dwarf Austrian Pine

A slow-growing rounded form with rich green needles and prominent buds.  Has the appearance of a Japanese Black Pine.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PINUS nigra ‘Pierrick Bregeon’ Dwarf Austrian Pine

A cross between Pinus densiflora and nigra, very small and flattened globose form with dense branching.

Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. Sun 5
Conifer PINUS parviflora ‘Adcock’s Dwarf’

A dwarf Japanese White Pine that is often used in bonsai and rock gardens. It has a beautiful tiered branching habit.

Full Sun/Part Shade 5
Conifer PINUS parviflora ‘Blue Angel’ (Blauer Engel) Japanese White Pine

An upright form with very light blue, silvery needles.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun 4
Conifer PINUS parviflora ‘Blue Lou’ Dwarf Japanese White Pine

A dense-growing upright mound with blue-gray needles.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 5
PINUS parviflora ‘Fukai’ Dwarf Japanese White Pine

A semi-dwarf broadly pyramidal form with creamy yellow banding on the new growth.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years.
Conifer PINUS parviflora ‘Fukuzumi’ Dwarf Japanese White Pine

A good natural Bonsai form with silvery blue-green twisted needles and irregular wide-spreading habit.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun 4
Conifer PINUS parviflora ‘Glauca Brevifolia’ Japanese White Pine

A tall, moderately narrow tree with an open habit and blue-green needles in tight bundles; many persistent cones at a young age.

Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. Sun 5
Conifer PINUS parviflora ‘Goldilocks’ Japanese White Pine

A form with long blue-green needles overlaid with gold.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun 4
Conifer PINUS parviflora ‘Hillary’ Japanese White Pine

Dwarf, narrow, upright pine with irregular branching. Produces beautiful cones, like all Japanese white pines.

3-4 feet Full sun 5
Conifer PINUS parviflora ‘Koru’

Curved silvery-blue needles cause this small pine to glow in the landscape. It displays irregular branching and a semi-conical habit making it a very interesting addition to the garden.

Full Sun/Part Shade 5
Conifer PINUS pumila ‘Blue Dwarf’ Dwarf Siberian Pine

Dwarf plant, wider than high, with short incurved blue needles.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PINUS strobus ‘Blue Shag’ Dwarf White Pine

A Sid Waxman introduction with compact habit and good blue color.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun 3
PINUS strobus ‘Cortland Rose’ Dwarf White Pine

A slow-growing, upright selection with short, slightly twisted needles.

Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. 3
Conifer PINUS strobus ‘Louie’ White Pine

Golden foliage all year. Found and introduced by Vermonter Greg Williams. Habit is upright and pyramidal.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PINUS strobus ‘Macopin’ White Pine

Noted for its excellent cone production this cultivar has an open irregular habit and blue-green foliage.

Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PINUS strobus ‘Mini Twists’ Dwarf White Pine

A slow-growing form with soft blue-green twisted needles.  Mounding than grows into an upright pyramid.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PINUS strobus ‘Tiny Kurls’

A dwarf form of our eastern white pine that will for a dense pyramidal shape with twisting blue-green needles. Perfect for smaller gardens.

Full Sun/Part Shade 4
Conifer Pinus strobus ‘Torulosa’ White Pine

Soft blue-green needles twist and corkscrew giving a fuller more fluffy look.

Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PINUS sylvestris ‘Albyn Prostrata’ Dwarf Scotch Pine

One of the best prostrate Scotch pines with needles that remain blue in winter.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Sun 3
Conifer PINUS sylvestris ‘Inverleith’

Blue-green needles have a creamy-white streaking causing this conifer to glow. An upright and pyramidal growth habit.

Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Conifer PINUS sylvestris ‘Mitsch’s Weeping’

A weeping and spreading for of Scotch Pine with interesting contorted branches and needles. Older plants will display peeling orange bark.

Full Sun/Part Shade 4
Conifer PINUS x schwernii ‘Wiethorst’ Schwerin Hybrid Pine

A dwarf selection from a cross between P. strobus and P. wallachiana.  Soft green needles with a silver reverse.  Forms a broad upright pyramid.

Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. Full Sun/Part Shade 4
Tree/Shrub PLATANUS occidentalis Sycamore

Beautiful native tree with alternating patches of white and light brownbark. Habitat is along stream banks or near water. 

40 feet or more Sun/Part Shade 5
Perennial PLATYCODON grandiflorus ‘Fairy Snow’ Balloon Flower

Dwarf form with white flowers veined in blue. Late to emerge in the spring.

12-14 inches Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial PLATYCODON ‘Pop Star Blue’ Balloon Flower

Huge balloon flowers on dwarf plants are a sweet pink blooming all summer. Attracts butterflies Deer & rabbit resistant  

6-8" Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial PLATYCODON ‘Popstar Pink’ Balloon Flower

Balloon-shaped clear pink buds open to huge blooms on compact plants bloom all summer.  

6-8" Full sun 3
Annual PLECTRANTHUS collides ‘Mini Variegata’ Cuban Oregano

Felted, semi-succulent gray-green foliage is edged in cream and is highly aromatic.  Trailing stems to 2 feet long.  Great in containers.

10-12 inches Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual PLECTRANTHUS fosteri ‘Green on Green’ Swedish Ivy

Thick, soft, velvety leaves are green and edged in lime.

22-24 inches Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual PLECTRANTHUS fosteri ‘Marginatus’ Swedish Ivy

Very large leaves of dark velvety green with white edges and heavy scalloping on an upright bushy mound.

28-30 inches Full Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Annual PLECTRANTHUS ‘Troy’s Gold’ Swedish Ivy

Compact grower with gold leaves randomly in green.

Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Annual PLECTRANTHUS ‘Velvet Elvis’ Swedish Ivy

Fuzzy deep green leaves with a deep purple underside sport many sprays of lavender flowers in late summer.

12-24" Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Indoors
Perennial PODOPHYLLUM hexandrum ‘Majus’ Himalayan Mayapple

A clump-forming mayapple with pink upward-facing cup-shaped flowers in early spring, before the brown, marbled leaves are fully developed. Followed by four-inch egg-shaped seed pods.

18-20 inches Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial PODOPHYLLUM peltatum Mayapple

Native wildflower with unique lobed leaves and red fruit in August.

18 inches Part Shade/Shade 4
PODOPHYLLUM ‘Spotty Dotty’ Asian Mayapple

Large, lobed umbrella-shaped leaves are chartreuse with bizarre chocolate spotting.  Large garnet flowers are clustered under the foliage.  Worth a try in sheltered Zone 5 gardens.  

16-18 inches Part Shade 6
Perennial POLEMONIUM boreale ‘Heavenly Habit’ Jacob's Ladder

Large blue, lightly fragrant flowers with white centers appear on upright stalks in spring. Glossy fern-like foliage forms a compact mound.

10-12 inches Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial POLEMONIUM caeruleum ‘Brise d’Anjou’ Jacob's Ladder

‘Brise d’Anjou’ boasts beautiful cream-and-green variegated foliage all season. Violet-blue flowers appear from late spring to early summer. This variety of Jacob’s ladder prefers rich, consistently moist, well-drained soil and cooler climates.

12" Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial POLEMONIUM reptans Jacob's Ladder

This woodland native bears delicate light blue flowers over a tidy mound of ladder-like foliage in late spring.

12-18 inches Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial POLEMONIUM reptans ‘Touch of Class’ Jacob's Ladder

A selection from our native Jacob’s Ladder with purported better variegation, hardiness and vigor than P. ‘Stairway to Heaven’. Silvery blue spring blooms.

14-16 inches Sun/Part Shade/Shade 3
Perennial POLYGONATUM cryptanthum Hidden Solomon's Seal

Interesting species with a pair of small cream bells hidden under a pair of yellow-green bracts.

14-16 inches Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial POLYGONATUM odoratum ‘Variegatum’ Variegated Solomon’s Seal

Green, edged in white, variegated foliage with reddish stems. Attractive arching habit and small dangling bells in spring.

8-10 inches Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial POLYGONATUM humile Dwarf Solomon’s Seal

Very dwarf form spreading slowly with white flowers in late spring. Nice small scale groundcover.

6-8 inches Part Shade/Shade 4
POLYGONATUM odoratum ‘Byakko’ Variegated Solomon’s Seal

Red stems with leaves that emerge solid green, then the half closer to the stem turns creamy white. Reasonably vigorous for a variegated plant.

14-16 inches Part Shade/Shade
Perennial POLYGONATUM odoratum ‘Carlisle’

A much more distinct variegation than on the one known as ‘Variegatum’. Wide margins of creamy-white on slowly spreading stems. Dangling bells of white in spring.

Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial POLYGONATUM ‘Prince Charming’ Hybrid Solomon's Seal

This hybrid between P. biflorum and P. humile is covered with small white bells on arching stems in the spring.  Forms a dense mat of blue-green foliage.

12-14 inches Part Shade 4