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

Dark green leaves with pink and cream variegation. Also listed as F. ‘Purpurea Tricolor’. Outstanding when back-lit by the sun.

A dense dwarf pyramid from Handy Nursury with pointed, notched leaves.

Yellow blooms in early spring on a compact plant.  Foliage purple-tinged in autumn.  

Dark green leaves netted with silver veins. Typical yellow flowers if the winter is not severe. Worth growing for the attractive foliage and arching habit. 

Gold foliage form with an arching habit.  Excellent for partial shade. 

A hardy cultivar developed in the Dakotas. Vigorous shrub covered with yellow blooms in early spring.

Foliage is variegated green and gold and is attractive all season. Golden yellow blooms in early spring.  After colder winters may not bloom, but worth growing for the foliage.

Largest species with wonderful fall color. Round white flower clusters in the spring.

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

A vigorous Michael Dirr selection with upright habit and large flowers. Consistent fall color.

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

Unique foliage on a slow-growing plant.  Large leaves are lobed and distinctly veined.

Popular male clone with upright, oval habit and magnificent gold fall color.

Leaves emerge golden-yellow, gradually darkening later in the year to a variegated gold and green. In autumn the leaves turn butter-yellow.

Dwarf cultivar with large, prominent buds.

A dwarf rounded multi-stemmed cultivar that develops protuberances on the trunk as it matures. An interesting silhouette.

A dense-growing dwarf selection with ruffled, light green leaves.

A dwarf, densely branched globose selection.

A very narrow columnar form found at at a roadside rest stop.

Dainty jade-green leaves are lobed in such a way that they resemble butterflies. Vase-shaped semi-dwarf.

Yet another dwarf selection with dense habit and yellow fall color.

A wide-spreading cultivar that grows laterally.

A low spreading cultivar, 3′-6′ in 10 years.

A dwarf irregular deciduous tree with leaves one fourth the normal size. rich golden autumn color.

This cultivar has more deeply divided leaves and a more compact habit.

Listed often as a miniature, but possibly larger.  Slow-grower with dark green foliage and dense habit.

Striking variegated leaves emerge cream then gradually take on more yellow tones before maturing to green.  Best color with a bit of shade.

A dwarf form with deeply divided and cupped leaves. Estimated mature size is 10′.

A dwarf tree with small rounded, deep green leaves.

New growth gold fading to light green.  Quite showy in the spring.  Compound foliage is lacy and creates light shade, better for lawns and perennial beds!  Attractive open form.

Profuse, fragrant yellow flowers in early spring. Nice foliage all season.

A cultivar with coppery orange flowers.

Cultivar with coppery red, kinked and twisted petals in early spring.  

Bicolor spidery blooms have red petals tipped in yellow.

Rich dark red-purple flowers in early spring on a vase-shaped bush.  Blue-green spring foliage matures to dark green.

Multi-stemmed native shrub of rounded habit. Ribbon-like red-purple flowers in very early spring. Attractive purple-tinted foliage darkens to deep red-purple in autumn.

Small tree or large shrub native to our woods, blooming in late fall with small yellow fragrant flowers.

More compact and densely branched than the species, this selection is covered with fragrant  yellow flowers in late autumn.  The foliage also turns butter yellow.

Chinese native with long, fragrant white flower clusters in autumn.  The flower calyx turns reddish pink later in the fall. Attractive peeling bark and rose-purple fruits provide further interest.

A selection from Summer Hill Nursery whose flower calyx turn a brighter red than the species after the petals drop.

A Proven Winner’s selection with more compact habit and earlier bloom.  The showy red bracts also appear earlier (better for northern gardens!) and the attractive foliage is larger and thicker.

Single blue flowers with a dark red center in late summer.

Striking semi-double blush pink flowers centered in red.  A First Editions introduction.

Striking large blue flowers with red-violet throats.  A First Editions introduction.

Large single white flowers with a red eyes in midsummer.

Masses of ruffled double lavender blooms in summer.

Pure white double blooms in summer.

Vigorous vine with bright golden foliage.  Grown for ornament, not brewing!

Enormous flower heads tightly packed with white flowers. They begin flowering in June and continue till frost. The flowers last for months when cut.