Trees & Shrubs
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON yakushimanum ‘Ken Janeck’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Considered one of the best ‘Yak’ hybrids. Heavily indumented large leaves. Pink flowers in mid-spring fade to white. Habit compact and mounding. |
2-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON yakushimanum ‘Yaku Prince’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | This Yak hybrid has pink blooms with dark spotting in mid-to-late spring. Slender olive green leaves. |
3-4 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON yakusimanum ‘Yaku Princess’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Apple-blossom pink buds open to blush white flowers in clusters. Buff colored indumentum under olive leaves. Habit is low and dense. |
3-4 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Tri-Lights’ | Deciduous Azalea | Deep rose-colored buds open to soft pink with a yellow throat blotch. |
4-5 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHUS aromatica ‘Gro-Low’ | Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac | Excellent for bank control. Fast-growing groundcover. Glossy green foliage turns scarlet to orange in the fall. |
18-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHUS copallina ‘Lanham Purple’ | Shining Sumac | Purple-red leaves and stems with fabulous bright red fall color. Good for naturalizing large areas. Spreads. Drought/salt tolerant. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHUS typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ | Cutleaf Sumac | Bright yellow cutleaf foliage contrasts with fuzzy purple-pink stems. Slow-spreading and great fall color. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROBINIA pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’ | Golden Black Locust | Leaves golden yellow all season. Very showy accent in the garden. |
30-40 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROBINIA pseudoacacia ‘Twisty Baby’ | Black Locust | Unique shrub or small tree has eye-catching twisted branches and leaves. In spring, branches are draped with lovely white flowers that are edible! |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Above and Beyond’ | Hardy Climbing Rose | A Bailey Nurseries First Editions introduction, this is a super hardy climber with profuse semi-double apricot blooms in spring. Some repeat bloom in summer. Disease-resistant. |
10-12 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Blanc de Coubert’ | Rugosa Shrub Rose | Fragrant double white flowers over typical rugose foliage. Repeat bloomer. |
4-5 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Charles Darwin’ | English Shrub Rose | Blooms are yellow-gold in color, with a strong, delicious fragrance; a sturdy shrub with broad, spreading growth. Repeat bloomer. |
4-5 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Charlotte’ | English Shrub Rose | Exquisite soft yellow, lightly fragrant flowers that start off beautifully cupped, then open to rosettes. Repeat blooms from late spring to frost. |
4 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Ice Cap’ | Shrub rose | Pure white ruffled blooms that are cupped and rounded on a compact shrub in summer. Very disease resistant. |
24-30 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA rugosa ‘Lotty’s Love’ | Rugosa Shrub Rose | A hardy First Edition rose with very large, cinnamon-scented semi-double mauve blooms. Everblooming. Typical disease-resistant Rosa rugosa foiage. |
3-4 feet | 3 | |||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Moonlight Romantica’ | Shrub Rose | Strong fragrance from large peachy-yellow fully double flowers. Reblooms from spring to fall. Very disease resistant Attracts butterflies |
5-6 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘New Dawn’ | Climbing Rose | Fragrant, double blush-pink blooms through the summer over glossy, disease-resistant foliage. |
10-12 feet | 5 | |||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA rugosa | Rugosa Shrub Rose | Flowers are single pink and fragrant followed by orange-red hips. Has great hardiness and durablility. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 2 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA rugosa ‘Alba’ | Rugosa Shrub Rose | The white form of the hardy rugosa rose. Same great fragrance and large hips. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 2 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Sunrise Sunset’ | Shrub rose | A low, spreading shrub rose bear in abundance bright fuchsia flowers with a contrasting orange center. Very disease resistant |
24-36 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Zepherine Drouhin’ | Bourbon Rose | This climbing rose tolerates semi-shade and is completely thornless. It bears continuously from spring to frost double fuchsia-pink flowers that have a very nice fragrance. |
4-10 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | RUBUS idaeus ‘Boyne’ | Red Raspberry | An extremely hardy early-season red raspberry from Canada that is vigorous, disease resistant and productive. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RUBUS cockburnianus | White-stemmed Bramble | Self-fertile; flowers from June to July, and the inedible seeds ripen from August to September. Arching branches provide winter interest. |
9 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RUBUS cockburnianus ‘Golden Vale’ | Ghost Bramble | Grown for foliage rather than fruit, this cultivar has bright gold leaves through the summer on arching canes. Stems are a great silvery pink in winter. Cut to the ground in the spring to maintain size. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RUBUS thibetanus ‘Silver Fern’ | Ghost Bramble | White stems and silver tomentose foliage. Clusters of red/purple flowers are followed by black, blackberry-like inedible fruits. The stems also provide winter interest. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5b | ||
Tree/Shrub | SALIX alba ‘Flame’ | Flame Willow | Grown for its brilliant red winter stems. Cut back annually. To 35’ if unpruned. |
30-40 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SALIX candida ‘Iceberg Alley’ | Sageleaf Willow | Powdery, silver foliage adds texture and contrast when combined with other shrubs. Rounded form; blooms in spring with silver catkins, red stamens and nectar for pollinators. Tolerant of moist soils and a good choice for rain gardens. Deer resistant. Attract bees/hummingbirds. |
3-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SALIX chaenomeloides ‘Black Cat’ | Pussywillow | Extra large, deep black catkins on a large shrub works well as a screen or barrier. In spring the catkins start out pink and turn to deep black. Wonderful cut flower Deer resistant Tolerates wet soil |
10-12 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SALIX integra ‘Hakuro Nishiki’ | Japanese Dappled Willow | A striking, very hardy willow with pink, cream and white variegation most pronounced on new growth. |
8-10 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SALIX rosmarinifolia | Rosemary Willow | Needle-like gray-green foliage reminiscent of rosemary on a large shrub. Makes a nice standard. |
12-15 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SALIX boydii | Boyd's Willow | A mini tree or shrub with soft, round fuzzy gray-green foliage that develops a gnarly character with age. Great specimen for rock gardens. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SAMBUCUS canadensis ‘Adams’ | Elderberry | Large umbels of white flowers turn to deep purple-black fruit hanging from bright red stems. Attracts all the pollinators Provides nutritious food for migrating birds in fall |
8-10 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SAMBUCUS canadensis ‘York’ | Elderberry | This native shrub produces loads of fruit from large white flower clusters at the end of the summer. Attracts birds, bees & butterflies Deer & rabbit resistant |
8-10 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Edibles | SAMBUCUS nigra ‘Black Lace’ | Black Elderberry | A form with delicate, lacy black foliage, similar in feel to Japanese maples. Large umbels of light pink flowers in June, followed in fall by edible blackish-red berries if a suitable pollinator is planted nearby. Does well in moist sites. Prune hard for best foliage effect. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | SAMBUCUS nigra ‘Instant Karma’ | Variegated Elderberry | Crisp green and white variegated foliage with large, lacy white flowers in early summer. Berries will follow if a pollinator like S. ‘Black Lace’ is present. A Proven Winners intro. Deer/rabbit resistant. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Edibles | SAMBUCUS racemosa ‘Lemony Lace’ | Golden Elderberry | A Proven Winners intro with very dissected gold foliage tinted red in the spring. Mounded habit. White spring flowers produce red fruit in fall, if the same species of plant is nearby for pollination. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SCHIZOPHRAGMA hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’ | Japanese Hydrangea Vine | Similar to the climbing hydrangea, this cultivar has attractive silver-patterned foliage and large, flat white flower clusters through the summer. |
15-20 feet | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SORBUS aria ‘Lutescens’ | Whitebeam Mountain Ash | Lovely pyramidal form with silver foliage and red fruit. A most beautiful tree. |
20-25 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SORBUS thuringiaca ‘Fastigiata’ (syn. ‘Quercifolia’) | Hybrid Whitebeam, Oakleaf Mountain Ash | Columnar when young but becomes broadly upright; has an oval crown of deep green leaves with silvery-grey undersides, with clusters of flat-topped white flowers in mid-spring followed by drooping red berries. Not a host to emerald ash borer, as these aren’t true ashes. |
40 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA betulifolia ‘Glow Girl’ | Birchleaf Spirea | A gold-foliaged form of S. ‘Tor’ with the same white blooms and great habit. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA japonica ‘Double Play Big Bang’ | Japanese Spirea | The biggest, pinkest flowers of any Japanese spirea. New growth especially orange when it emerges in early spring, and again for fall. Drought/deer tolerant. Maintains a nice, neat shape without pruning. Deadhead after flowering to encourage repeat blooming. |
2-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA japonica ‘Double Play Blue Kazoo’ | Japanese Spirea | Blue green foliage is tinted burgundy and becomes rich red in the fall. Umbels of white flowers in the spring. From Proven Winners. Deer tolerant. Unfussy and needs minimal care. |
2-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA japonica ‘Double Play Candy Corn’ | Japanese Spirea | Red new growth matures to bright gold and contrasts through the season. Topped with purple-red blooms in early summer. Vivid gold-to-orange in fall. From Proven Winners. |
18-24 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA japonica ‘Double Play Doozie’ | Japanese Spirea | Foliage emerges blazing deep red. Bright, glowing purple-red flowers begin in late spring, and it just keeps on flowering from there- no deadheading needed! Sets no seed, non-invasive. Deer resistant. |
2-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA japonica ‘Double Play Painted Lady’ | Japanese Spirea | Very flashy cream, yellow and green variegated foliage covered with bright pink blooms in summer. From Proven Winners. Deer resistant. |
2-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA japonica ‘Magic Carpet’ | Japanese Spirea | This selection is more compact than S.‘Goldflame’ with better tip color, superior, bright pink flowers and less reversion. Attracts butterflies. Foliage turns rich russet red in fall. |
18-20 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA nipponica ‘Snowmound’ | Spirea | Dense, upright, compact, mounded cultivar; profuse white flowers in late spring. Narrow, dark blue-green foliage. Flowers and leaves all appear on the same side of the arching branches. Attractive to butterflies. Deer/clay/drought tolerant. |
2-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA vanhouttei ‘Renaissance’ | Bridalwreath Spirea | Masses of tiny white flowers in spring on arching branches. Improved disease resistance. Orange-red fall color. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | STEPHANANDRA incisa ‘Crispa’ | Cutleaf Stephanandra, Lace Shrub | Gracefully arching branches with cream flowers in June. Small maple-like foliage turns red in the fall. Excellent groundcover or bank planting. |
1-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | STEWARTIA koreana | Korean Stewartia | Possibly a variety of S. pseudocamellia with larger, flatter blooms and a slightly smaller habit. |
15-20 feet | Sun | 4 |