Trees & Shrubs
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Maxecat’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Dense, vigorous, mound-forming, evergreen shrub. Large, narrow, shiny, dark green foliage. Pink flowers open in late spring. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Northern Hi-Lights’ | Deciduous Azalea | Very showy flowers are a bi-color of white and yellow. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Olga Mezitt’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Large trusses of clear pink flowers in late spring with small shiny evergreen leaves. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘PJM Compact’ | Small-leaved Rhododendron | Very hardy small-leaved, compact, evergreen Rhododendron with rich purple-pink clusters of flowers in spring. the foliage turns a beautiful shade of red in fall. |
4-4.5' | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Scintillation’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Dense-growing evergreen that’s covered with lightly-fragrant pink flowers with golden freckles in mid-to-late spring. |
4-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON canadense ‘Alba’ | White Rhodora | Star-like white flowers and gray-green foliage. Native to the swamps and bogs of the Northeast. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON cumberlandense | Cumberland Azalea | These are plants from seed collected by one of our customers from the mountains of Virginia. They’ve been growing in South Starksboro! Bright red-orange flowers in late June/early July. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON mucronulatum | Korean Rhododendron | Rosy purple flowers in early spring before the leaves emerge. Try with forsythia! |
4-8 feet | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON mucronulatum ‘Cornell Pink’ | Korean Rhododendron | Blooms in late April with clear pink flowers before the leaves emerge. A bright pop of color in early spring. Lovely with white narcissus. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON prinophyllum ‘Marie Hoffman’ | Roseshell Azalea | A triploid form of the Vermont native species with larger, clear pink fragrant flowers in May. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON schlippenbachii | Royal Azalea | Upright growing with the leaves in whorls around stems. Beautiful, fragrant soft pink flowers in spring just before the leaves. Doesn’t always bloom for us, but the foliage is worth it. |
6-8 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON viscosum | Swamp Azalea | A native azalea with delicate, fragrant lavender-pink blooms that open in June. Habit is loose and open. Great for wet locations. |
3-8 feet | Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON viscosum ‘Pink Mist’ | Swamp Azalea | A form of a native azalea with delicate pink blooms. Fragrant flowers in June. Upright habit. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
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 ‘Smirnowii’ | Evergreen Rhododedron | Beautiful foliage with silvery indumentum on the new growth. Lovely pink flowers in mid/late spring. |
4-6 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
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 viscosum ‘Lemon Drop’ | Swamp Azalea, Deciduous Azalea | Peach-hued buds open to small butter-yellow tubular flowers with a subtle lemon fragrance, in July. Attracts many pollinators. Red-orange fall color, and red stems for winter interest. Salt tolerant. |
5-7 feet | Part 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 | 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 ‘Carding Mill’ | English Shrub Rose | Blooms blend pink, apricot and yellow, giving the overall impression of orange. Lovely myrrh fragrance. Bushy, rounded shrub with quite straight stems. |
4 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
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 ‘Cherry Frost’ | Climbing Rose | Beautiful clusters of slighty-fragrant, small red blooms. Repeat blooms throughout the season in abundance. Dark green, glossy foliage. Superior disease resistance. |
6-7 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Hansa’ | Rugosa Shrub Rose | Fragrant double red-violet blooms on a vigorous plant. Recurrent. Large meaty rose hips. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Lady of Shallot’ | English Shrub Rose | Reblooms from late-spring to first frost! Orange-red buds filled with loosely arranged, orange petals; surrounding outer petals are salmon-pink with contrasting golden-yellow undersides. Warm, tea fragrance, with hints of spiced apple and cloves. Quickly forms a bushy shrub. |
5 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
Edibles | RUBUS idaeus ‘Fallgold’ | Everbearing Raspberry | A deliciously sweet, rare self-fertile gold raspberry with the ability to produce two crops each season- late summer to fall harvest, and a second crop arrives the following late-spring/early summer on the same canes. |
4 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
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 gracilistyla ‘Melanostachys’ | Black Pussy Willow | Nearly black male catkins in spring highlighted by showy red anthers that gradually turn yellow with pollen. Winter stems are an attractive purplish black. Prefers moist areas. Deer resistant. |
6-10 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
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 gracilistyla melanostachys | Black Pussywillow | Grown for its black catkins in early spring. Great cut with forsythia or witch hazel blooms. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
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 | ||
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 betulifolia ‘Pink Sparkler’ | Birchleaf Spirea | A cultivar with beautiful pink blooms and the same attractive foliage and burgundy fall color as S. ‘Tor’. Some rebloom in the fall. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | SPIRAEA betulifolia ‘Tor’ | Birchleaf Spirea | Small gray-green birch-like foliage on a compact, rounded shrub. White flowers in June. Colors up nicely in the fall. One of our favorite spireas. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 |