All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Tree/Shrub | CATALPA x erubescens ‘Purpurea’ | A fast growing tree with white flowers in spring and large burgundy heart-shaped leaves. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CEANOTHUS americanus | New Jersey Tea | A great native shrub that will thrive in a sunny, well-drained location. Four inch long, deep green leaves with hairy, gray reverse tightly pack this branching plant to form a dense, compact, spreading plant that pushes flower stalks from leaf bases on the upper ends of branches in late May filling the garden with sweet […] |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | CELOSIA ‘Flamingo Feather’ | Wheat Celosia | Graceful, profuse waves of rose-pink flowers shading to silver at the base. Great fresh or dried cut flower. Midsummer to fall bloom. |
2-2.5 feet | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | CENTAUREA montana | Perennial Bachelor Button | Spring cornflower-like blooms of outstanding blue over gray-green foliage. Sparse rebloom in early fall. Drought tolerant. Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CEPHALANTHUS occidentalis ‘Crimson Comets’ | Buttonbush | Round heads of white flowers in August. Shiny green foliage changing to brilliant red in fall. Native to wet areas. Attracts birds, bees and butterflies. |
6-8 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CEPHALANTHUS occidentalis ‘Sputnik’ | Buttonbush | A larger-flowered, long-blooming selection. Round heads of pinkish white flowers in August. Shiny foliage. Native to wet areas. Attracts bees and butterflies. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | CEPHALARIA gigantea | Giant Scabiosa | Profuse pale yellow pincushion flowers all summer on tall plants. Best grown in moist, fertile, well-drained soils in full sun. Attracts butterflies. Deadhead to promote additional bloom. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | CERASTIUM tomentosum | Snow-in-Summer | A profusion of tiny white flowers explodes from the wooly white-gray foliage in late spring. Its spreading, mat-forming habit makes a great groundcover for sunny locations. |
12" | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | CERATOSTIGMA plumbaginoides | Plumbago | Low-growing groundcover with 1/2” gentian blue flowers from red buds in late summer. Shiny green foliage turns bronze-red in the autumn. |
6-10 inches | Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CERCIDIPHYLLUM japonicum ‘Morioka Weeping’ | Katsura | A large-growing weeper with stronger central leader. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CERCIDIPHYLLUM japonicum ‘Red Fox’ | Katsura | New growth purple in spring and some color retained through the summer. |
40 feet or more | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | Cercis canadensis ‘Alley Cat’ | Found in an alley! Green foliage splashed all over with white makes this tree a beautiful standout in your landscape. Pink blooms cover branches in spring before the heart shaped foliage emerges. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | Cercis canadensis ‘Black Pearl’ | Deep purple, heart-shaped foliage after the lavender blooms cover the tree in early spring. Will tolerate both sun and shade but achieves best color in full sun. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ | Redbud Tree | Brilliant scarlet-purple color on new foliage that matures to a rich maroon. Rosy-pink flowers are packed on bare branches. Attracts bees & butterflies Deer resistant Clay soil tolerant |
20-30' | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Northern Herald’ | Redbud | Bright pink flowers blooms in masses accentuate the rounded form. Excellent landscape performance and extremely hardy. Attracts bees Deer resistant |
15-20' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Northern Strain’ | Eastern Redbud | Showy pink flowers before the heart-shaped leaves in early spring. Selected in Minnesota. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CERCIS canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ | Eastern Redbud | Lavender-pink flowers before the large maroon purple foliage on a weeping plant! |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Annual | CESTRUM nocturnum | Night Blooming Jasmine | Arching branches covered in fragrant white flowers, most fragrant in the evening. |
30-36 inches | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CHAENOMELES Double Take Orange Storm® | Flowering Quince | Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Orange Storm’ PP20950 | Proven Winners® Color Choice® Double bright orange blooms with contrasting yellow stamens. Compact. Drought and heat tolerant once established. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CHAENOMELES ‘Double Take Peach’ | Flowering Quince | Soft peachy-pink flowers in late spring, appearing mostly on two-year old wood, on this drought/heat tolerant and thornless quince. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CHAENOMELES Double Take ‘Scarlet Storm’® | Flowering Quince | Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Scarlet Storm’ PP20951 | Proven Winners® Color Choice® Double bright scarlet blooms with contrasting yellow stamens in early spring. Compact. Drought tolerant once established. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS nootkatensis | Alaskan Yellow Cedar | Slow growing, weeping evergreen native to the Pacific Northwest, makes an impressive statement in a landscape. Shaggy brown bark, that when peeled smells like raw potatoes! |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS nootkatensis ‘Glauca’ | Nootka Cypress | Forms a dense conical tree with sprays of soft blue-green foliage. |
25-30 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS nootkatensis ‘Green Arrow’ | Weeping Alaskan Cedar | Very narrow form with graceful pendulous branches. |
Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS obtusa ‘Fernspray Gold’ | Hinoki Cypress | Bright gold fern-like foliage on a broadly conical compact form. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS obtusa ‘Gracilis’ | Dwarf Hinoki Cypress | Upright and dense with beautiful dark green twisted foliage. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS obtusa ‘Nana Lutea’ | Dwarf Hinoki Cypress | Compact and slow growing with irregular gold fans. Eventually growing to a pyramidal form. |
4-5 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS pisifera ‘Filifera’ | Threadbranch Cypress | Narrow thread-like foliage drapes like Cousin Itt! Over time it will become more pyramidal in shape. |
10-12 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS pisifera ‘Gold Mops’ | Dwarf Threadleaf False Cypress | Golden yellow mounding form with thread-like foliage. Good winter interest. Has proved to be one of the hardiest Chamaecyparis for us. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Conifer | CHAMAECYPARIS pisifera ‘Squarrosa Intermedia’ | Intermediate Sawara Cypress | Broadly upright, blue foliage grows in an irregular rounded form. Annual late winter pruning encourages fresh new blue growth each spring. Great for turning into topiaries. |
8-10 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Grass | CHASMANTHIUM latifolium | Northern Sea Oats | Tolerant of poor soils, but prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soils. One of the more shade tolerant of the ornamental grasses. Self-seeds and may spread aggressively. Seed heads emerge green but turn purplish bronze by late summer. Bright green leaves turn coppery after frost and eventually brown by winter. Nice for dried flower arrangements. Leave foliage in […] |
2-5 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Annual | CHASMATOPHYLLUM masculinum ‘Krugerskraal’ | Tiger's Jaws | Tight mat of succulent toothed foliage with fluffy bright yellow flowers. |
2-4 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Perennial | CHELONE glabra | Swamp Turtlehead | Spikes of elegant white flowers atop shiny green foliage in late summer to early fall. The flowers can possess a touch of pink and resemble snapdragon flowers. Spreading plant for moist to wet sites. Attracts butterflies |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | CHELONE lyonii ‘Hot Lips’ | Pink Turtlehead | Bronze-green spring foliage followed by rose flowers in late summer. Red stems. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | CHELONE obliqua ‘Tiny Tortuga’ | Pink Turtlehead | A compact variety with deep pink “turtleheads” over dark green, lustrous foliage. Blooms in late summer. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CHIONANTHUS virginicus | Fringe Tree | Fragrant, white flowers hang in lacy clusters in late spring before the leaves appear. Multi-branched and slow-growing to 25′. Very attractive. Native. |
20-25 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CHIONANTHUS virginicus ‘Emerald Knight’ | Fringe Tree | A heavy blooming male selection on a vigorous plant. Form is more tree-like than the species. |
20-25 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CHIONANTHUS virginicus ‘Little Leslie’ | Dwarf Fringe Tree | A dwarf form with small leaves and lots of bloom. |
4-5 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | CHIONODOXA luciliae | Glory of the snow | Small, bright blue, star-shaped flowers in spring, spreading by bulbs and seed will create a gorgeous display. Drought tolerant Attracts bees Deer and rabbit resistant |
4-6" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | CHRYSOGONUM virginianum ‘Allen Bush’ | Golden Star | A more compact cultivar that is longer blooming and more floriferous than the species. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | ACTAEA (Cimicifuga) japonica ‘Hillside Splashdance’’ | Japanese Bugbane | Clumps of maple-like leaves are patterned with chartreuse and dark green. Flowers spikes of creamy white appear in late summer. From Hillside Nursery. |
2-3 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ACTAEA (Cimicifuga) racemosa | Black Snakeroot | White bottle-brush-like flowers on slender but strong black stems in July. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ACTAEA (Cimicifuga) ‘Atropurpurea’ | Purple-leaved Snakeroot | Ferny, purplish-green foliage, with long lasting fragrant white flower spikes in Aug.-Sept. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ACTAEA (Cimicifuga) ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ | Purple-leaved Snakeroot | One of the darkest foliage forms. Typical tall spikes of fragrant creamy white flowers in late summer. |
4-5 feet | Part Sun/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ACTAEA (Cimicifuga) simplex ‘Pink Spike’ | Black Snakeroot | Long airy wand of soft pink fuzzy flowers. Very fragrant and a favorite of the pollinators. Dark bronze foliage. |
4-6 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Annual | CISSUS discolor | Rex Begonia vine | Burgundy leaves with a metallic silver sheen and markings. Us in a hanging basket or provide support. |
6-8 feet | Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | CITRUS medica car. sarcodactylis | Buddha's Hand | Strongly fragrant blooms produce strange fruits looking like fingered hands. |
6-8 feet | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CLADASTRIS kentukea | Kentucky Yellowwood | Broad rounded crown on this medium sized tree. In spring a profusion of cascading fragrant flowers are produced resembling Wisteria. |
30-50' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | CLADRASTIS kentukea | Yellowwood | Wonderful tree with gray smooth bark, ash-like foliage, and 12-15″ drooping panicles of intensely fragrant pinkish-white flowers in June. May only bloom profusely every 2-3 years (once mature). Yellow fall color. |
30-40 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | CLEMATIS ‘Amethyst Beauty’ | Hybrid Clematis | Prolific, large bright-purple to lavender-blue flowers from early to late summer. Group 3- blooms on new wood; cut back to 6″ in late-fall or early spring. Deer resistant. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 |