Trees & Shrubs
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA alnifolia ‘Einstein’ | Summersweet | A floriferous compact form with flower racemes twice as long as the species. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer resistant. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | |||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA alnifolia ‘Hummingbird’ | Summersweet | Compact shrub bearing very fragrant flower spikes in summer. Slowly spreading in consistently moist soils to form a grove in partly sunny areas. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds. |
24-48" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ | Summersweet | The deepest pink cultivar now available. Shiny deep green foliage on a suckering plant. Makes a fragrant hedge. Prefers consistently moist soil. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA barbinervis | Japanese Clethra | Horizontally drooping, fragrant white flower spikes in July on a large upright shrub. Added interest comes from exfoliating bark and glossy foliage which turns yellow in the fall. |
10-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CLETHRA barbinervis ‘Takeda Nishiki’ | Japanese Clethra | Beautiful variegated foliage is pink, green and white in the spring maturing to green and white. Form and flowers typical of the species. |
10-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | COMPTONIA peregrina | Sweetfern | Aromatic fern-like foliage on flat-topped mound. Good naturalizing shade plant for acid or infertile soils. Suckers. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 2 | ||
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 ‘Golden Prairie Fire’ | 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. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS alba ‘Little Rebel’ | Dwarf Redtwig Dogwood | A dwarf, dense-growing form with clean green foliage through the summer and bright red twigs in the winter. |
3-4 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 ‘Lemon Edge’ | Pagoda Dogwood | A vigorous new variegated cultivar from Handy Nursery with light green leaves edged in light yellow. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ | Wedding Cake Tree | Leaves have creamy margins on this smaller tree with red stems and creamy-white flowers in flattened clusters turning into black berries loved by the birds. |
35-40 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
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 ‘Little Princess’ | Flowering Dogwood | A dwarf cultivar with typical large white bracts in spring on a more compact, denser-growing plant. Foliage purple in the autumn. |
7-8 feet | 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 ‘Milky Way’ | Kousa Flowering Dogwood | Profuse white flowers bracts in spring followed by red fruit. A vigorous cultivar that is eventually wider than tall. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Greensleeves’ | Kousa Flowering Dogwood | A fast-growing, vigorous selection with dark green wavy foliage and creamy bracts. Habit is vase-shaped. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa ‘Radiant Rose’ | Kousa Flowering Dogwood | Like C. kousa ‘Satomi’ this cultivar has striking pink flower bracts and attractive foliage, but it is perhaps more heat and cold tolerant. Flowers hold their color through July. Bright red leaves in autumn. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
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 var. chinensis | Chinese Dogwood | Similar to the species but has slightly larger flower bracts, larger fruit, and larger, smoother leaves. Abundant white flowers in May; edible red berries which mature in summer; and orange-red fall foliage color. |
15-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS kousa x nuttallii ‘Venus’ | Flowering Dogwood | A new hardy hybrid covered with large white flowers in the spring. Anthracnose resistant and drought tolerant. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS mas ‘Golden Glory’ | Corneliancherry Dogwood | Early small yellow flowers before leaves followed by bright cherry-red fruit in the summer. Rich brown exfoliating bark. Clump form. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS mas ‘Variegata’ | Corneliancherry Dogwood | Cultivar with white and green variegated leaves. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS nuttallii x florida ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’ | Hybrid Flowering Dogwood | A floriferous hybrid between the eastern and western flowering dogwood with large, showy white bracts in spring. Forms a narrow pyramid with attractive layered branching. |
20-25 feet | Sun/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 stolonifera ‘Arctic Fire’ | Redtwig Dogwood | A compact selection with bright red stems and bright yellow fall color. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS sanguinea ‘Compressa’ | Dwarf Redtwig Dogwood | Slow-growing fastigiate specimen with unusual contorted foliage. Great purple fall color. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS sericea ‘Cardinal’ | Redtwig Dogwood | Selected by the University of Minnesota for its bright cherry red winter stems. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS sericea ‘Firedance’ | Redtwig Dogwood | A more compact cultivar with typical bright red twigs, white flowers and brick red fall color. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | Cornus rutgersensis ‘Celestial’ | Hybrid Dogwood | Large and abundant creamy-white flowers. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORNUS rutgersensis ‘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 | 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 avellana ‘Burgundy Lace’ | Filbert | A cultivar with dissected burgundy leaves on an upright spreading plant. Red catkins provide interest in early spring. Disease-resistant selection from Oregon State University. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | CORYLUS avellana ‘Red Dragon’ | Harry Lauder's Walking Stick | A cultivar with not only the twisted and contorted branches of C. ‘Contorta, but also deep red foliage! |
8-10 feet | 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 | COTINUS coggygria ‘Velveteeny’ | Dwarf Purple Smokebush | This cultivar has the same burgundy foliage and smoky blooms of C. coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ but in a much more compact form. |
3-4 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 ‘Grace’ | Smokebush | A cross between the American Smoketree – C. obovatus, and C. Velvet Cloak. Plum foliage and large pink smoke panicles. |
12-15 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | COTONEASTER apiculatus | Cranberry Cotoneaster | Low, wide-spreading shrub with dense mounding habit and recurved branches. Excellent red fruit in fall and glossy foliage. |
2-4 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | COTONEASTER apiculatus ‘Tom Thumb’ | Dwarf Cotoneaster | After about 10 yrs. in our garden the plants are about 10″ high and 18″ across. Leaves are smaller than on other C. apiculata types. Typical red fruit and glossy foliage. |
8-10 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | DAPHNE x burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’ | Burkwood Daphne | Green leaves with cream edges. Pink buds open to intensely fragrant white flowers in spring. |
3-5 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | DEUTZIA gracilis ‘Nikko’ | Slender Deutzia | Dwarf shrub covered with white flowers in June. Forms a graceful spreading mound. Foliage turns burgundy in the fall |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | DEUTZIA ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ | Deutzia | A Proven Winner selection similar to D. ‘Nikko’ with very profuse pink bell-shaped spring blooms. Tidy mounding habit. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | DIERVILLA lonicera ‘Copper’ | Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle | Both the emerging leaves and fall color are coppery-reddish. Yellow flowers in late spring. Suckering growth and adaptability make it excellent for naturalizing and bank covers. Deer/drought/clay tolerant. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | DIERVILLA rivularis ‘Kodiak Orange’ | Bush Honeysuckle | Adaptable native cultivar that is deer resistant and drought tolerant. Typical small yellow blooms in summer followed by striking orange fall color. Emerging spring foliage is also russet orange. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | DIERVILLA rivularis ‘Ru-Bee Wren’ | Low Bush Honeysuckle | New leaves emerge brilliant crimson in spring filling this dense spreading shrub with color. Leaves age to deep green followed by bright yellow, nectar laden bloom in late June, and native songbird sustaining fruit in fall. Attracts birds, bees & hummingbirds. Deer resistant. |
24-36 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | DIERVILLA splendens ‘Firefly Nightglow’ | Bush Honeysuckle | This cultivar has dark burgundy foliage and vibrant yellow flowers throughout the whole season! |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | DIOSPYROS virginiana ‘Golden Delight’ | Persimmon | Prefers moist, sandy soils. Drought tolerant. Promptly remove root suckers unless naturalized effect is desired. Fragrant, white to greenish-yellow flowers in late spring, with the male flowers appearing in clusters and the female flowers appearing solitary. This should be a self-fertile cultivar. Edible persimmon 1-2″ fruits mature in fall to an orange to reddish-purple color. |
35-60 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | DISANTHUS cercidifolius | Redbud Hazel | Beautiful blue-green foliage similar to Cercis with fantastic fall color. Small dark purple flowers in the fall. A Witchhazel relative. In Vermont, best in moist, sheltered sites. |
6-8 feet | Part Shade | 5 |