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• Blue Girl Meserve Holly

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens, Holly
    Botanical Name: Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Girl'Common Name: Blue Girl Meserve Holly   Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to...

• Southern Catalpa

  Botanical Name: Catalpa bignonioidesCommon Name: Southern Catalpa Added 2/2012 Height: 30-50'  Spread: 30-50'  Habit/Form: Broad-spreading to irregular Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 5-8 Cultural Requirements:  Full sun to part...

• New England Aster

  Published in Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Aster novae-angliaeCommon Name: New England Aster Updated 2/2012   Click image to enlarge Habit Flower Leaf   Height: 3-7' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Upright to irregularly rounded  Zone:...

• Butterfly Weed

  Published in Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Asclepias tuberosa Common Name: Butterfly Weed Updated 2/2012   Click image to enlarge   Habit Flower Height: 1-2' Spread: 1-2'  Habit/Form:  Rounded to slightly...

• Butterfly bush

  Published in shrubs, Intermediate Sized, butterfly, Butterflies
  Botanical Name:  Buddleia davidiiCommon Name: Butterfly Bush Updated 2/2012 'White Profusion' form 'Royal Red' flower Click an image to enlarge Height: 6-8'  Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Upright spreading Growth...

• Palibin Lilac

  Published in Lilac, Intermediate Sized, Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name:  Syringa meyeri 'Palibin' Common Name:  Palibin Lilac Updated 1/2013 Form Flower Click image to enlarge Height:  4-5'  Spread:  5-7' Habit/Form:  Rounded  Growth Rate: ...

• Winter Red Winterberry

  Published in Deciduous Shrubs, Intermediate Sized
  Botanical Name:  Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'Common Name:  Winter Red Winterberry Updated 10/2012 Summer form Winter form Fruit Click an image to enlarge   Height:  6-8'  Spread: ...

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• Landscaping Your Home for Energy Efficiency

  How does landscaping help? Landscaping enhances your home, not only by improving its appearance and creating useful outdoor spaces, but also by helping to maintain comfortable indoor living spaces. Careful selection, placement, planting, and care...

• Coralberry

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, native, Low growing shrubs, deer, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus*Common Name:  Coralberry Updated 12/2012 Form Winter form Fruit Click an image to enlarge Height: 2-5'  Spread: 4-8'  Habit/Form: Upright arching  Growth...

• Bush Honeysuckle

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Diervilla lonicera  Common Name: Bush Honeysuckle Updated 3/2012 Form Flower Leaf Click an image to enlarge Height: 3-5'  Spread: 3-5'  Habit/Form: Mounded  Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Sweet-fern

  Published in native, Low growing shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name:Comptonia peregrinaCommon Name: Sweet-Fern Updated 3/2012 Form Leaf Height: 2-4'  Spread: 4-8'  Habit/Form: Erect spreading  Growth Rate: Slow/Medium Zone: 2-5 Cultural requirements: Sun to part...

• Leadplant

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, native, Low growing shrubs, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Amorpha canescensCommon Name: Leadplant Updated 2/2012 Form Leaf Flower Click an image to enlarge Height: 2-4'   Spread: 4-5'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 2-6...

• Ruby Spice Summersweet Clethra

  Botanical Name:  Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'Common Name:  Ruby Spice Summersweet Clethra Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   flowers fall color Height: 4-6'  Spread: 4-6'  Habit/Form:...

• Weeping Katsura Tree

  Botanical Name: Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Pendulum'Common Name: Weeping Katsura tree Updated 2/2012   Height: 15-25'  Spread:  20-25'  Habit/Form:  weeping  Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 4-8Cultural ...

• Upright European Hornbeam

  Published in Columnars, Fastigiates
  Botanical Name: Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'Common Name: Upright European Hornbeam Updated 2/2012   Height: 30-40' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: oval   Growth Rate:Slow   Zone: 5-7 Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part...

• Brilliant Red Chokeberry

  Published in shrubs, Intermediate Sized
  Botanical Name:  Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'Common Name:  Brilliant Red Chokeberry Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge flowers form fruit Height:  6-8'  Spread: ...

• Hardy Kiwi

  Published in Vines
  Botanical Name: Actinidia kolomiktaCommon Name: Hardy Kiwi Updated 1/2012   Height:  15-20'  Attachment: Twining stems  Habit/Form:  climbing vine  Zone:  4-8   Cultural Requirements:  Prefers part...

• Japanese Hydrangea-Vine

  Botanical Name: Schizophragma hydrangeoidesCommon Name: Japanese Hydrangea-Vine Updated 12/2012 Height: 20-30' Spread:  6-9' Habit/Form: Climbing vine Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 5-7Cultural Requirements: Part to full shade; moist, well...

• Variegated Big-leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Variegata'Common Name: Variegated Big-leaved Hydrangea Updated 5/2012Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4'  Habit/form: Round Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 6-9Cultural Requirements: Full sun to partial shade; flowers on...

• Pee Wee Panicled Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Pee Wee' Common Name: Pee Wee Panicled Hydrangea Updated 5/2012Height: 6-8' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Round Growth rate: medium Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun to partial shade; well-drained...

• Flowering Dogwood

  Common Name: Flowering DogwoodBotanical Name: Cornus floridaClick image to enlarge Summer form Spring form Flower Fruit Fall leaf Bark

• Chaste Tree

  Published in Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name:  Vitex agnus-castus Common Name:  Chaste Tree Updated 3/2013 Form Flower Leaf  Height: 5-6'  Spread: 3-5'  Habit/Form: Oval   Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 6-8 Cultural...

• Purple-flowering Raspberry

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name:  Rubus odoratusCommon Name: Purple-flowering Raspberry Updated 12/2012 Click on photo to enlarge Habit Flower Leaf   Height:  3-6'  Spread: 6-8'  Habit/Form: Broad...

• Japanese Doublefile Viburnum

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name;  Viburnum plicatumCommon Name:  Japanese Doublefile Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Form Flower Leaf Bark Height:  8-10'  Spread:  9-12' ...

• Minnesota Snowflake Virginal Mock-orange

  Published in Intermediate Sized
  Botanical Name:  Philadelphus x virginalis 'Minnesota Snowflake' Common Name:  Minnesota Snowflake Virginal Mock-orange Updated 11/2012 Form Flower Leaf Height:  5-8'  Spread: ...

• Cottonwood

  Botanical name: Populus deltoidesCommon name:  Eastern Cottonwood Updated 12/2012 Form Leaf Bark Click an image to enlarge. Height: 70-100'   Spread:  70-100'   Habit/Form: ...

• Northern Japanese Magnolia

  Published in Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape, Magnolia
  Botanical Name:  Magnolia kobus var. borealisCommon Name:  Northern Japanese Magnolia Spring form Winter form   Flower Bark Height:  30-40'Spread: ...

• White-barked Magnolia

  Published in Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape, Magnolia
  Common Name:  White-barked Magnolia Botanical Name: Magnolia hypoleuca Form Flower Bark Height:  25-35'Sread:  20-25'Form:  Broadly openFlowering Period:  May-JuneZone: ...

• Elizabeth Magnolia

  Published in Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape, Magnolia
  Botanical Name: Magnolia 'Elizabeth'Common Name: Elizabeth Magnolia Form Flower Bark Height:  30-50'Spread:  20-35'Form:  Upright, pyramidalFlowering Period:  Mid-MayZone: ...

• Yulan Magnolia

  Published in Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape, Magnolia
  Botanical Name:  Magnolia denudataCommon Name: Yulan Magnolia Form Flower Bark Height:  30-40'Spread:  25-30'Form:  Broad pyramidalFlowering Period:  Late AprilZone: ...

• Amur maple

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Acer ginnalaCommon Name:  Amur Maple Updated 1/2012   Summer form Fall form Fall leaf Leaf This tree is considered invasive in some areas.  One tree...

• Hedge Maple

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Maple
  Botanical Name: Acer campestreCommon Name:  Hedge Maple Updated 1/2012   Fall form Winter form Leaf Height:  20-35'  Spread: 20-35'  Habit/Form: Rounded to broad-rounded Growth rate:...

• American Bittersweet

  Published in Vines
  Botanical Name:   Celastrus scandensCommon Name:  American Bittersweet Reviewed 2/2012 Form Fall color Fruit Height : 30-40'   Attachment:  Twining stems  Habit/Form: ...

• American Elm

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Ulmus americanaCommon Name:  American Elm   Summer form Fall form Winter form Bark Plant tolerant of occasional or temporary flooding

• Pecan

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Carya illinoensisCommon Name: Pecan Updated 2/2012 Summer form Winter form Leaf   Fall leaf Catkins Fruit Height: 75-100'  Spread: ...

• Quaking Aspen

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanic Name: Populus tremuloidesCommon Name:  Quaking Aspen Updated 12/2012   Summer form Winter form Leaf Bark Height:  35-50'   Spread:  15-25' ...

• Sweet Birch

  Published in Butterflies, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Betula lentaCommon Name: Sweet Birch Updated 2/2012   Fall Form Fall leaf Catkin Height:  50-60'  Spread: 40-50'  Habit/Form:  Pyramidal to rounded Growth Rate: Medium   Zone:...

• Silver Maple

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical name: Acer saccharinumCommon Name: Silver Maple Updated 1/2012   Summer form Fall form Leaf Bark Plant tolerant of flooded areas for extended periods of time. Height:...

• Weeping Eastern White Pine

  Published in weeping plants
  Botanical Name: Pinus strobus 'Pendula'Common Name:  Weeping Eastern White Pine Updated 11/2012 Form Cone Height: Variable  Spread: 20-40' Habit/Form: Weeping Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 3-7 Cultural Requirements:...

• Weeping Alaska-Cedar

  Published in weeping plants
  Botanical Name:  Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'Common Name:  Weeping Alaska-Cedar Updated 3/2012 Form Needles Bark Height:   25-30'  Spread:   10-12'  Habit/Form: ...

• Weeping Higan Cherry

  Published in weeping plants
  Botanical Name:  Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula'Common Name:  Weeping Higan Cherry Updated 12/2012 Form Flower Bark Height:  20-30'  Spread: 15-20'   Habit/Form:  Weeping  Growth Rate:...

• Weeping European Beech

  Published in weeping plants
  Botanical Name: Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula'Common Name:  Weeping European Beech Updated 4/2012  Summer form Winter form   Leaf Bark Height: 30-60' Spread: 15-18' Habit/Form: Weeping. Growth...

• Covey Redbud - LAVENDER TWIST®

  Published in weeping plants
  Botanical Name:  Cercis canadensis 'Covey'Common Name: Redbud - LAVENDER TWIST® Updated 2/2012 Flower Winter form Spring form Height: 4-5'  Spread:  6-8'  Habit/Form:  weeping  Growth Rate:...

• Hahs American Cranberry-bush Viburnum

  Published in Viburnums, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Viburnum opulus var. americanum'Hahs'Common Name: Hahs American Cranberry-bush Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Height: 6-8' Spread: 6-8' Form: Upright to rounded Rate: Medium Zone: 2-7 Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; moist,...

• Common Lilac

  Published in Lilac, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Syringa vulgarisCommon Name: Common Lilac Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Syringa vulgaris 'Charlotte Morgan' flowers Height: 8-15' Spread: 6-12' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Chinese Lilac

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Syringa x chinensisCommon Name: Chinese Lilac Updated 12/2012   Height: 8-15' Spread: 8-15' Habit/Form: Upright, rounded to oval Growth Rate: Slow to Medium Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun; well-drained soil;...

• Praecox Panicled Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Praecox'Common Name: Praecox Panicled Hydrangea Update 5/2012Height: 10-15' Spread: 18-20'  Habit/form: Round Growth rate: Fast Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun to partial shade; susceptible to...

• Nanking Cherry

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Prunus tomentosaCommon Name: Nanking cherry Updated 12/2012 Height: 6-10' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Rounded to broad-spreading Growth Rate: Medium/Fast  Zone: 3-6Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun; moist well-drained...

• Beauty Bush

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Kolkwitzia amabilisCommon Name: Beauty Bush Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 6-10+' Spread: 5-10' Habit/Form: Upright arching to Vase-shaped Growth Rate: Fast Zone:...

• Redcap Spindle Tree

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Euonymus europaeus 'Redcap'Common Name: Redcap Spindle Tree Updated 4/2012 Height: 12-25' Spread: 10-20' Habit/Form: Upright to Rounded Rate: Medium Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; moist, well-drained soil;...

• Spindle Tree

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Euonymus europaeusCommon Name: Spindle Tree Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge flowers fruits Height: 12-25' Spread: 10-20' Habit/Form: Upright Rate: Medium/Fast  Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements:...

• Showy Cotoneaster

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cotoneaster multifloraCommon Name: Showy Cotoneaster Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves flowers fruit Height: 8-12'  Spread: 10-15'  Habit/Form: Upright, mounded...

• Daydream Eurasian Smoke Tree

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria 'Daydream'Common Name: Daydream Eurasian Smoke Tree Updated 3/2012 Height: 10-15' Spread: 10-15'  Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained soil in full...

• Bailey Red-Osier Dogwood, Red-twig Dogwood

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cornus sericea var. baileyiCommon Name: Bailey Red-Osier Dogwood, Red-twig DogwoodHeight: 6-9' Spread: 6-9' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Fast (More thant 12 inches per year) Zone: 2-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part...

• Midwinter Fire Blood-twigged Dogwood

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire' Common Name: Midwinter Fire Blood-twigged Dogwood Updated 3/2012 Click on the image to enlarge   Height: 8-10' Spread: 8- 10'  Habit/Form: Spreading, rounded Growth Rate:...

• Devil's Walking Stick

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Aralia spinosaCommon Name: Devil's Walking Stick Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form trunk flowers leaves Height: 10-20' Spread: 10-20'+  Habit/Form: Erect colony-forming...

• Variegated Angelica Tree

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Aralia elata 'Variegata'Common Name: Variegated Angelica Tree Reviewed 2/2012 Height: 10-15' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright, colony-forming Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Full sun to shade; moist soil;...

• Hetz Wintergreen Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Wintergreen'Common Name: Hetz Wintergreen Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Height: 20-30' Spread: 5-10'  Habit/Form: Narrow, columnar Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Japanese White Pine

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Pinus parvifloraCommon Name: Japanese White Pine Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form cone Height: 25-40' Spread: 25-40'  Habit/Form: Conical when young, spreading with age Growth Rate: Slow...

• Vanderwolf's Pyramid Limber Pine

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid'Common Name: Vanderwolf's Pyramid Limber Pine Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form needles Height: 30-40' Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: Upright pyramidal...

• Limber Pine

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Pinus flexilisCommon Name: Limber Pine Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form cone bark Height: 30-50' Spread: 15-35'  Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow    Zone:...

• Swiss Stone Pine

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Pinus cembraCommon Name: Swiss Stone Pine Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form bark needles Height: 30-40' Spread: 15-25'  Habit/Form: Pyramidal when young, open and flat-tapped with...

• Colorado Blue Spruce

  Botanical Name: Picea pungens f. glaucaCommon Name: Colorado Blue SpruceHeight: 40-60' Spread: 20-25'Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal Rate: S/M Zone: 3-7  Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun; moist, well-drained soil; salt tolerant, pH...

• Oriental Spruce

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Picea orientalisCommon Name: Oriental Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on the image to enlarge cone Needles   Height: 50-60' Spread: 40-50'  Habit/Form: Narrow to broadly pyramidal with age Growth...

• Black Spruce

  Published in large evergreen, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Picea marianaCommon Name: Black Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Needles cones Height: 30-40' Spread: 20-25'  Habit/Form: Conical Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-5Cultural...

• Blue Eastern Red Cedar

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Juniperus virginiana 'Glauca'Common Name: Blue Eastern Red Cedar Click on an image to enlarge form bark needles Height: 20-25' Spread: 8-10'Habit/Form: Narrow, upright columnar Rate: S/M Zone: 3-9Cultural...

• Canaert Eastern Red-Cedar

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Juniperus virginiana 'Canaertii'Common Name: Canaert Eastern Red-Cedar Click on an image to enlarge form bark cones Height: 20-35' Spread: 15-20'Habit/Form: Pyramidal Rate: M Zone: 3-9Cultural...

• Keteleer Chinese Juniper

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Keteleeri'Common Name: Keteleer Chinese Juniper Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge needles fruits Height: 15-20' Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal Rate: Slow...

• Chinese Juniper

  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensisCommon Name: Chinese JuniperClick on an image to enlarge form bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 15-20'Habit/Form: pyramidal to conical Rate: S/M Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Full sun; open,...

• Plume Sawara-Cypress

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa'Common Name: Plume Sawara-Cypress Updated 3/2012 Height: 30-50' Spread: 10-20'  Habit/Form: Pyramidal Rate: Medium Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun; moist, slightly acidic,...

• Virescens Giant Arborvitae

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Arborvitae
  Botanical Name: Thuja plicata 'Virescens'Common Name: Virescens Giant Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 20-30'+ Spread: 10-20'  Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: S Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun or part shade; well-drained, moist...

• Columnar Giant Arborvitae

  Published in Arborvitae
  Botanical Name: Thuja plicata 'Excelsa'Common Name: Columnar Giant Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 25-35' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to Fast Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; moist,...

• Giant Arborvitae - DEER PROOF™

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, deer, Arborvitae
  Botanical Name: Thuja plicata 'KLMfive' Common Name: Giant Arborvitae - DEER PROOF™ Updated 1/2013 Height: 40-50' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow, pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade;...

• Ware Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Arborvitae
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Wareana'Common Name: Ware Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 8-10' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; tolerates wet soil;...

• Dark Green Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Arborvitae
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra'Common Name: Dark Green Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 25-30' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; moist well-drained...

• Green-leaved Anglo-Japanese Yew

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Yew
  Botanical Name: Taxus x media 'Viridis'Common Name: Green-leaved Anglo-Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013 Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are poisonous.Height: 10-12' Spread: 1-2' Habit/Form: Narrow, columnar Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Browns Anglo-Japanese Yew

  Published in Yew, Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Taxus x media 'Brownii'Common Name: Browns Anglo-Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge upper surface of needles lower surface of needles Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are...

• Mugo Pine

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Pinus mugoCommon Name: Mugo Pine Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge bark female cones form needles Height: 15- 20'+  Spread: 20-25'+  Habit/Form: Mound to spreading Growth...

• Pfitzer Juniper

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana'Common Name: Pfitzer Juniper Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Height: 5-7'  Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: wide spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-8Cultural...

• Mountbatten Chinese Juniper

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Mountbatten'Common Name: Mountbatten Chinese Juniper Updated 3/2013 Height: 15-20' Spread: 10-15'  Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun; well-drained...

• Iowa Chinese Juniper

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Iowa'Common Name: Iowa Chinese Juniper Updated 3/2013 Click on the image to enlargeHeight: 10-15' Spread: 8-10'  Habit/Form: Upright pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full...

• Ames Chinese Juniper

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Ames'Common Name: Ames Chinese Juniper Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge needles cones Height: 8-10' Spread: 6-8'  Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Golden Thread-Leaved Sarawa-Cypress

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Fillifera Aurea'Common Name: Golden Thread-Leaved Sarawa-Cypress Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge branch close-up Height: 15-20' Spread: 8-12' Habit/Form: Mounded Growth...

• Hillier Giant Arborvitae

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Arborvitae
  Botanical Name: Thuja plicata 'Hillieri'Common Name: Hillier Giant Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 7-10' Spread: 7-10' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun or part shade; well-drained, moist to...

• Thread-leaved Sarawa-Cypress

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera'Common Name: Thread-leaved Sarawa-Cypress Upadted 3/2012Click on an image to enlarge branches needles Height: 8-15' Spread: 8-12' Habit/Form: Upright to mounded Growth Rate:...

• Boulevard Sarawa-Cypress

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'Common Name: Boulevard Sarawa-Cypress Updated 3/2012 Height: 12-15' Spread: 8-10' Habit/Form: Narrow, pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to light shade;...

• Plume Sawara-Cypress

  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa'Common Name: Plume Sawara-CypressHeight: 30-50' Spread: 10-20'Habit/Form: Pyramidal Rate: M Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun; moist, slightly acidic, well-drained soilOrnamental...

• Brevipetala Chinese Witch-hazel

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hamamelis 'Brevipetala'Common Name: Brevipetala Chinese Witch-hazel Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flower fruits Height: 8-10' Spread 8-10' Habit/Form: Upright in youth; rounded to...

• Diane Hybrid Witch-Hazel

  Botanical Name: Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane'Common Name: Diane Hybrid Witch-Hazel Updated 4/2012Height: 8-12' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; organic rich,...

• Arnold Promise Hybrid Witch-hazel

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise'Common Name: Arnold Promise Hybrid Witch-hazel Updated 4/2012 Height: 12-15' Spread: 12-15' Habit/Form: Vase-shaped Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part...

• Snowflake Oak-leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake'Common Name: Snowflake Oak-leaved Hydrangea Updated 7/2012Height: 7-8' Spread: 5-6'   Habit/Form: weeping  Growth Rate: medium Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Prefers part shade with...

• Moonlight Japanese Hydrangea Vine

  Botanical Name: Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'Common Name: Moonlight Japanese Hydrangea Vine Updated 12/2012Height: 20-30' Spread:  6-9'  Habit/Form: Climbing vine Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-7Cultural Requirements: Part to full...

• Miranda Climbing Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea petiolaris 'Miranda'Common Name: Miranda Climbing Hydrangea Updated 6/2012Height: 30-50' Habit: climbing vine Growth Rate:  Slow Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun to full shade; well-drained soil; bud...

• Climbing Hydrangea

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea petiolaris Common Name: Climbing Hydrangea Updated 6/2012 Click on an image to enlarge flowers Height:  30-80'  Attachment:  aerial rootlets  Habit/Form: climbing vine...

• Woodlander Mountain Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea serrata 'Woodlander'Common Name: Woodlander Mountain Hydrangea Updated 7/2012Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form:  Rounded  Growth Rate: Medium    Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Cool moist soil, high...

• Preziosa Mountain Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea 'Preziosa' Common Name: Preziosa Mountain Hydrangea Updated 7/2012Height: 3-4'  Spread: 3-4'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate:  medium  Zone 5-8Cultural Requirements: Best in part shade in moist...

• Blue Bird Mountain Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea serrata 'Blue Bird'Common Name: Blue Bird mountain hydrangea Updated 7/2012Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Growth Rate: M Habit/form: Rounded Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Cool moist soil, high in organic matter; best in part...

• Little Honey Oak-Leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey'Common Name: Little Honey Oak-Leaved Hydrangea Updated 7/2012Height: 2-3'  Spread: 2-3'   Habit/form: Rounded Growth Rate:  Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Light sun to...

• Alice Oak-Leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'Common Name: Alice Oak-Leaved Hydrangea Updated 7/2012Click on an image to enlarge leaves early fall color Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6'  Habit/Form: Broadly rounded Growth Rate:...

• Tardiva Panicled Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva'Common Name: Tardiva Panicled Hydrangea Updated 6/2012Height: 10-15' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Upright spreading Growth rate: FastZone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Best grown in organic rich,...

• Little Lamb Panicled Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Lamb'Common Name: Little Lamb Panicled Hydrangea Updated 5/2012Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/form:  Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Best in organic rich, moist,...

• White Diamonds™ Panicled Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'HYPMADI' Common Name: White Diamonds™ Panicled Hydrangea Updated 6/2012Height: 5-6' Spread: 5-6' Habit/form: Upright, vase-shaped  Growth Rate: Medium to Fast  Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Part...

• Panicled Hydrangea - PINKY WINKY™

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'DVP pinky'Common Name: Panicled Hydrangea - PINKY WINKY™ Updated 5/2012Height: 6-8' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Upright  Growth rate: Medium Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Prefers part shade to sun...

• Panicled Hydrangea - QUICK FIRE™

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Bulk'Common Name: Panicled Hydrangea - QUICK FIRE™ Updated 5/2012Height: 6-8' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth rate: Medium Zone: 3-8 Cultural Requirements: Prefers humus-rich, moist,...

• Big-leaved Hydrangea - TWIST-N-SHOUT™ ENDLESS SUMMER® series

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea macrophylla 'PIIHM-I' Common Name: Big-Leaved Hydrangea - TWIST-N-SHOUT™ ENDLESS SUMMER® series Updated 5/2012Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Best...

• Blushing Bride Big-leaved Hydrangea - ENDLESS SUMMER® series

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blushing Bride'Common Name: Blushing Bride Big-Leaved Hydrangea -ENDLESS SUMMER® series Updated 5/2012Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements:...

• Pia Big-leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Pia'Common Name: Pia Big-leaved Hydrangea Updated 5/2012Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/form: Rounded Growth Rate:  fast Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Best in afternoon shade with rich, organic soil;...

• Nikko Blue Big-leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nikko Blue'Common Name: Nikko Blue Big-leaved Hydrangea Updated 5/2012Click on an image to enlarge summer flower color in alkaline soil fall color Height: 3-5' Spread:...

• Big-Leaved Hydrangea - LIGHT-O-DAY™

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailday' Common Name: Big-Leaved Hydrangea - LIGHT-O-DAY™ Updated 4/2012Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/form: Rounded Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Prefers evenly moist, well-drained,...

• All Summer Beauty Big-Leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea macrophylla 'All Summer Beauty'Common Name: All Summer Beauty Big-leaved Hydrangea Updated 4/2012Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form:  Rounded Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Part shade to...

• Samantha Silver-leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea radiata 'Samantha'Common Name: Samantha silver-leaved Hydrangea Updated 7/2012Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-5'  Habit/Form: Loosely branched   Growth...

• NCHA1 Wild Hydrangea - INVINCIBELLE ™ Spirit

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA1'Common Name: NCHA1 Wild Hydrangea - INVINCIBELLE ™ Spirit Updated 4/2012Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Mound Growth Rate: Moderate/Fast  Zone: 3-9Cultural Requirements: Part shade to full...

• Dardom Wild Hydrangea - WHITE DOME ®

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescens 'Dardom'Common Name: Dardom Wild Hydrangea - WHITE DOME® Updated 4/2012Click on an image to enlarge flower growth winter Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Growth Rate: Vigorous. Habit/Form:...

• Abetwo Wild Hydrangea - INCREDIBALL®

  Published in hydrangeas
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescens 'Abetwo' Common Name: Abetwo Wild Hydrangea - INCREDIBALL® Updated 4/2012 Height: 4-5' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form:  Mound, colony forming Growth Rate: Fast   Zone 4-9Cultural Requirements: Part shade...

• Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn

  Botanical Name: Crataegus crus-galli var. inermisCommon Name: Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn Updated 3/2012Height: 20-30' Spread: 20-35'  Habit/Form: Rounded-spreading  Growth Rate:  S/M  Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun in...

• Kousa Dogwood

  Botanical Name: Cornus kousaCommon Name: Kousa Dogwood Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge bark flowers fall color   Height: 20-30' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Vase-shaped (youth) to...

• Prince Charles Serviceberry

  Botanical Name: Amelanchier laevis 'Prince Charles' Common Name: Prince Charles Alleghany Serviceberry Updated 2/2012Height: 20-25' Spread: 12-15' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Moist, well-drained soil in...

• Chancellor Little-Leaved Linden

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Tilia cordata 'Chancellor'  Common Name: Chancellor Little-Leaved Linden Updated 2/2013 Height: 35-40' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Upright narrow, pyramidal with age Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full...

• Greenspire Little-Leaf Linden

  Botanical Name: Tilia cordata 'Greenspire'Common Name: Greenspire Little-Leaf LindenHeight: 40-50' Spread: 30-35' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to oval with age Growth Rate: M Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun, pH adaptable; prefers moist...

• Redmond American Basswood

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Tillia americana 'Redmond' Common Name: Redmond American Basswood Updated 2/2013 Height: 35-50' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to rounded with age Growth Rate:Medium  Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist,...

• Amur Cherry

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Prunus maackiiCommon Name: Amur Cherry, Amur Chokecherry Updated 11/2012 Height: 20-30' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth to rounded with age Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 3-6Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun;...

• Ironwood

  Botanical Name: Ostrya virginianaCommon Name: Ironwood, Hop-HornbeamHeight: 25-40' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth change to rounded with age Growth Rate: S Zone: 3-9Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; adaptable to wide...

• Big-leaved hydrangea - Endless Summer®

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailmer'Common Name: Big-leaved hydrangea - Endless Summer® Updated 5/2012Click on an image to enlarge in summer flowers pink in alkaline soil Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form:...

• Verbanica Saucer Magnolia

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Magnolia x soulangiana 'Verbanica'Common Name: Verbanica Saucer Magnolia Updated 10/2012 Height: 20-25' Spread 20-25' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate:Medium  Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Full sun to light shade; moist well...

• Loebner's Magnolia

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Magnolia x loebneri  Common Name: Loebner's Magnolia Updated 10/2012   Height: 25-35' Spread 25-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to broadly-rounded Growth Rate: Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun; prefers an...

• Turkish Hazelnut

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Corylus colurnaCommon Name: Turkish Hazelnut Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge catkin form leaves   Height: 40-50' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Broad Pyramidal  Growth Rate:Medium ...

• Ruby Red Horse-Chestnut

  Published in Intermediate Sized
  Botanical Name: Aesculus x carnea 'Briotii'Common Name: Ruby Red Horse-Chestnut Updated 1/2012   Height: 25-35' Spread: 25-35' Habit/Form: Compact rounded habit Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 5Cultural Requirements: Full sun to light shade...

• Red Horse-Chestnut

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Aesculus x carneaCommon Name: Red Horse-Chestnut Updated 1/2012   Height: 30-40' Spread: 25-40' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: M  Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to light shade; best in slightly acidic,...

• Regal Elm

  Published in elm, Ulmus, Regal
  Botanical name: Ulmus 'Regal'Common name: Regal Elm Updated 2/2013 Height: 50-60' Spread: 30-35' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to oval Growth rate: FastZones: 4-5Cultural requirements: Good DED resistance; stress tolerant.Ornamental Characteristics: ...

• Tricolored European Beech

  Published in Large Deciduous Trees
  Botanical Name: Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Tricolor' (syn.' Roseomarginata')Common Name: Tricolored European Beech Updated 4/2012 Height: 30-40' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to oval or rounded Growth rate: Slow/Medium Zones: 4-7Cultural...

• Fern-leaved European Beech

  Published in Large Deciduous Trees, Beech, Cut-leaf, Fagus
  Botanical Name: Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia'Common Name: Fern-leaved European Beech Updated 4/2012 Height: 50-60' Spread: 40-50' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to oval or rounded Growth Rate: Slow/Medium Zones: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun...

• Cully River Birch - HERITAGE

  Published in river, Betula, birch, Cully, Heritage, Large Deciduous Trees
  Botanical Name: Betula nigra 'Cully'Common Name: Cully River Birch - HERITAGE™ Updated 2/2012   Click on an image to enlarge Height: 40-50' Spread: 30-40' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to rounded Growth Rate: Medium /Fast Zones: 3-9Cultural...

• October Glory Red Maple

  Published in October glory, Maple, Large Deciduous Trees, Acer
  Botanical Name: Acer rubrum 'October Glory'Common Name: October Glory Red Maple   Updated 1/2012 Height: 40-50' Spread: 40-50' Habit/Form: Oval-rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun; prefers moist, slightly...

• Bowhall Red Maple

  Published in Large Deciduous Trees
  Botanical Name:  Acer rubrum 'Bowhall'Common Name:  Bowhall Red Maple Updated 1/2012 Height: 40-50' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Upright narrow Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun or light shade; prefers moist to...

• American Cranberry-Bush Viburnum - REDWING®

  Published in Viburnum, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Chicagoland Grows
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum opulus var. americanum 'J.N. Select'Common Name:  American Cranberry-Bush Viburnum - REDWING® Updated 3/2013 Click on images to enlarge form fruits Height:  6-8'  Spread: ...

• Compact American Cranberry-bush

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum opulus var. americanum 'Compactum'Common Name:  Compact American Cranberry-Bush Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge leaves flowers Height: 5-6'  Spread: 5-6' ...

• Pee Wee Oak-Leaved Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee'Common Name: Pee Wee Oak-Leaved Hydrangea Updated 7/2012Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/form: Rounded  Growth Rate:  Slow Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Part shade to full sun in moist,...

• Alleghany Hybrid Leatherleaf Viburnum

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum x rhytidophylloides 'Alleghany'Common Name:  Alleghany Hybrid Leatherleaf Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge: flowers leaves Height: 8-10'  Spread: 10-12'...

• Downy Arrowwood

  Published in Viburnum, native
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum rafinesquianumCommon Name:  Downy Arrowwood Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 10-12'  Spread: 5-6' Habit/Form: Open and spreading  Growth Rate:...

• Nannyberry

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, native, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Butterflies, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Viburnum lentagoCommon Name:  Nannyberry Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form Height:  15-20'  Spread:  10-15'   Habit/Form:  Upright   Growth Rate: ...

• Judd's Viburnum

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum x juddiiCommon Name:  Judd's Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form flower fall color Height: 6-8'  Spread: 6-8'  Habit/Form: Rounded, open  Growth...

• Fragrant Viburnum

  Published in Viburnum, fragrant
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum farreriCommon Name:  Fragrant Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Click on a photo to enlarge form flower fall color Height: 8-10' Spread: 8-10'  Habit/Form: Upright  Growth Rate: Slow to...

• Cayuga Viburnum

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum 'Cayuga'Common Name:  Cayuga Viburnum Updated 2/2013 Click on a photo to enlarge form flower Height: 8-10' Spread: 6-8'  Habit/Form: Upright  Growth Rate: Slow Zone: ...

• Witherod

  Published in cassinoides, Witherod, Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum cassinoidesCommon Name:  Witherod Updated 2/2013Click on a photo to enlarge form flower Height: 6-8'  Spread: 4-6'  Habit/Form: Rounded, arching Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Leatherleaf Viburnum

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum rhytidophyllumCommon Name: Leatherleaf Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge flowers leaves Height: 10-15'  Spread: 10-15'  Habit/Form: Upright with long arching...

• Korean Spice Viburnum

  Botanical Name: Viburnum carlesiiCommon Name:  Korean Spice Viburnum Updated 2/2013 Click on a photo to enlarge form flowers fruit Height: 6-8' Spread:  4-6'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Slow...

• Maple-Leaved Viburnum

  Published in native
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum acerifoliumCommon Name:  Maple-leaved viburnum Updated 2/2013 Height: 4-6'  Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: spreading due to suckering  Growth Rate: MediumZone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Shade to part sun;...

• Pink Star Magnolia

  Published in Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape, Magnolia
  Botanical Name:  Magnolia stellata 'Rosea'Common Name:  Pink Star MagnoliaClick on an image to enlarge Spring form Winter from Flower   Fall...

• Anise Magnolia

  Published in Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape, Magnolia
  Botanical Name:  Magnolia salicifoliaCommon Name:  Anise MagnoliaClick on an image to enlarge: Spring form Winter form   Flower Bark Height:  30-40'Spread: ...

• Butterflies Magnolia

  Botanical Name: Magnolia 'Butterflies'Common Name: Butterflies MagnoliaClick on an image to enlarge FORM FLOWER

• Ann Magnolia

  Published in Magnolia
  Botanical Name:  Magnolia 'Ann'Common Name:  Ann Magnolia     Form Bud Flower Click on image to enlarge.Height:  8-10'Spread:  8-10'Form:  Upright, shrubbyFlowering...

• Snowberry

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, native, not favored by deer
  Botanical Name:  Symphoricarpos albus*Common Name: Snowberry Updated 12/2012   Leaf & flower Fruit Click on image to enlarge Height:  3-6'  Spread:  3-6'  Habit/Form:  Rounded...

• White-Forsythia

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name:  Abeliophyllum distichum Common Name:  White-Forsythia Updated 1/2012 Form Flower Click on an image to enlarge. Height: 3-5'  Spread: 3-4'  Habit/Form: Rounded to arching ...

• Black Jetbead

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Intermediate Sized, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name:  Rhodotypos scandens Common Name:  Black Jetbead Updated 12/2012   Form Winter form Flower Fruit Click on image to enlarge.Height: 3-5'  Spread:...

• Bayberry

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Intermediate Sized, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Myrica pensylvanica Common Name: Bayberry Updated 11/2012   Form Winter form Flower   Fruit Fruit in winter Bark Click an image to...

• Common Winterberry

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, native, Intermediate Sized, Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical name:  Ilex verticillata*Common name:  Common Winterberry Updated 10/2012   Form Leaf   Fruit Bark Click an image to enlarge.Height: 6-10'  Spread:...

• Leatherwood

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, not favored by deer, native, Intermediate Sized, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name:  Dirca palustris*Common Name:  Leatherwood Updated 3/2012   Form Flower   Leaf Leaf in fall Click on image to enlarge.Height:  5-8'  ...

• American Hazelnut

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, native, Intermediate Sized, Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical name:  Corylus americana*Common Name:  American Hazelnut Updated 3/2012   Form Leaf Leaf in fall   Fruit Catikin Bark Click on image to...

• Carolina-Allspice

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, not favored by deer, Intermediate Sized, Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name:  Calycanthus floridusCommon Name:  Common Sweetshrub, Carolina-Allspice Updated 2/2012 Form Flower Fall leaves   Leaf Fruit Click on an image to...

• American Cranberry-bush

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, birds, native, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Viburnum opulus var. americanumCommon Name: American Cranberry-Bush Viburnum Updated 3/2013   Form Leaves & flowers Fruit Click on an image to enlarge. Height:  8-12'  Spread: ...

• American Bladdernut

  Published in Midwest, Large Deciduous Shrubs, native, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name:  Staphylea trifolia*Common Name:  American Bladdernut Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Leaf Fruit Bark Height: 10-15' Spread: 6-12'...

• Spicebush

  Published in Four Season Landscape, butterfly, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Midwest, native, not favored by deer, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name:  Lindera benzoin *Common Name:  Spicebush Updated 10/2012   Click on image to enlarge Winter form Fall form Fall leaf   Fruit Bark Height:...

• Possum-haw

  Published in Four Season Landscape, birds, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Midwest, native, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Bonatical name:  Ilex deciduaCommon Name:  Possum-haw Updated 7/2012 Click on image to enlarge. Form Leaf Fruit Height: 10-15'+ Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Wahoo

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name:  Euonymus atropurpureusCommon Name:  Wahoo Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Leaf in fall Fruit Bark   Height: 12-20' Spread: 10-20'...

• Boston-Ivy

  Published in native, Plants for Shady Sites, Vines
  Botanical Name: Parthenocissus tricuspidataCommon Name:  Boston-Ivy Updated 11/2012Click on an image to enlarge. Form Leaf Fall leaf Attachment:  Clinging with holdfasts  Habit/Form: Climbing...

• Virginia Creeper

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, native, Vines
  Botanical Name:  Parthenocissus quinquefolia Common Name:  Virginia Creeper* Updated 11/2012 Form Leaf Fall leaf *Given the right conditions, these vines can be aggressive and control may be...

• Ironwood

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Intermediate Sized Trees, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants for Shady Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Ostrya virginiana*Common Name: Ironwood Updated 11/2012   Form Fall Leaves Fruit     Catkins Bark Click on an image to enlarge Height:...

• Ohio Buckeye

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Intermediate Sized Trees, Native Trees, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Aesculus glabraCommon Name: Ohio Buckeye Updated 1/2012   Form Leaf Flower Fruit Bark Click on an image to enlarge. Height: 20-40'   Spread:...

• Southern Black-Haw

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum rufidulumCommon Name:  Southern Black-Haw Updated 3/2013 Height: 10-20'  Spread:  10-15'  Habit/Form: Oval  Growth Rate:  Slow to medium Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Full sun; prefers...

• Southern Black-Haw - EMERALD CHARM™

  Published in Emerald charm, rufidulum, Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum rufidulum 'Morton'Common Name: Southern Black-Haw - EMERALD CHARM™ Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge flower fall color Height: 10-12'   Spread:  8-10'  Habit/Form:...

• Purple Coneflower

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical name: Echinacea purpurea* Common Name: Purple Coneflower Updated 3/2012 *Native to Midwest Habit Flower Leaf Click to enlarge image Height: 2-4 feet  Spread:  1-2 feet ...

• Bleeding Heart

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical name: Lamprocapnos spectabilis (Dicentra spectabilis) Common Name: Bleeding Heart Updated 3/2012 *Native to Midwest Flower Leaf Click to enlarge image Height : 1.5 feet  Spread: 2.5 feet ...

• Goldflame Honeysuckle

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Lonicera x heckrottii Common Name: Goldflame Honeysuckle Updated 10/2012 Form Flower Click to enlarge image   Height:  10-20'  Attachment: Twining stems  Habit/Form: climbing vine ...

• Trumpet Vine

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Campsis radicans Common Name: Trumpet Vine Updated 2/2012   Form Flower Leaf   Fruit Bark Click to enlarge image Height:  30-40'  Attachment: Aerial...

• Lady Fern

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Athyrium filix-femina* Common Name: Lady Fern Updated 2/2012 *Native to Midwest Form Leaf Click to enlarge image. Height: 1-3'  Spread: 1-2'  Habit/Form:  Upright  Zone: 4-8 Cultural...

• Maidenhair Fern

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Adiantum pedatum* Common Name: Maidenhair Fern Updated 1/2012 *Native to Midwest Form Leaf Close-up leaf Click to enlarge image Height: 1-2'  Spread:  1-1.5' Habit/Form:...

• Heart-leaved Foamflower

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Tiarella cordifoliaCommon Name: Heart-leaved Foamflower Updated 1/2013   Flower Leaf Click to enlarge image Height: 6-12"  Spread:  6-12"  Habit/Form:  rounded  Growth...

• Lily-of-the-Valley

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Convallaria majalis Common Name: Lily-of-the-Valley Updated 3/2012 Flower Leaf Fruit Click to enlarge image. Height: 6-12"  Spread: 12"+  Habit/Form:  ground cover ...

• Wafer-Ash

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, Native Trees
  Botanical Name: Ptelea trifoliata*Common Name: Wafer-Ash Updated 12/2012 Click on image to enlarge Form Fruit Leaf Height: 15-20'  Spread: 10-15'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Slow to...

• Bugleweed

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Ajuga reptans Common Name: Bugleweed Updated 2/2012 Note: Images are of blue bugleweed Flower Close-up flower Leaf Click on image to enlarge Height: 3-4"  Habit/Form: spreading ...

• Common Milkweed

  Published in Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Asclepias syriaca   Common Name: Common Milkweed Updated 2/2012   flower leaf fruit   Height: 3-5'  Spread: varies as plant suckers  Habit/Form:  upright, suckering ...

• Limelight Panicled Hydrangea

  Published in Hydrangea
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' Common Name: Limelight Panicled Hydrangea Updated 5/2012 form winter form leaf flower Height: 6-8' Spread: 6-8' Habit/form:  Mounded Growth Rate:...

• Swamp Milkweed

  Published in Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Asclepias incarnata Common Name: Swamp Milkweed Updated 2/2012 flower seeds   Height: 2-5'  Spread: 2-3'  Habit/Form:  Upright  Zone:  3-9 Cultural Requirements:  Full sun...

• Summersweet Clethra

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Butterflies, Intermediate Sized, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Clethra alnifolia Common Name: Summersweet Clethra Updated 3/2012 form flower Fall leaves Click on image to enlarge.Height:  6-8'  Spread:  4-6'  Habit/Form:  Oval to...

• Buttonbush

  Published in Butterflies, native, Plants for Shady Sites, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Cephalanthus occidentalis* Common Name: Buttonbush Updated 2/2012 Click image to enlarge form leaf   fruit trunk Height: 6-12'  Spread: 12-18'  Habit/Form: Upright...

• Tea Viburnum

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum setigerumCommon Name:  Tea Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge flower form leaf fruit Height: 10-12'  Spread: 8-10'  Habit/Form: leggy,...

• Elm Cultivars

  Published in elms
  ELM CULTIVARS (Ulmus spp.) The following elm cultivars show varying resistance to Dutch elm disease (DED). Some of them are difficult to find in the nursery trade. AMERICAN ELMS (Ulmus americana) ‘American Liberty'- (parent largely U....

• Cockspur Hawthorn

  Published in Native Trees, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Crataegus crus-galliCommon Name: Cockspur hawthorn Updated 3/2012 Click an image to enlarge form flowers bark leaves   Height: 20-30'  Spread: 20-35'  Habit/Form: Broadly...

• Pawpaw

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs, Native Trees, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Asimina trilobaCommon Name: Pawpaw Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves leaves in fall flowers fruits bark Height:  15-20' ...

• Siebold Viburnum

  Published in Viburnum
  Botanical Name:  Viburnum sieboldiiCommon Name: Siebold Viburnum Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge flowers leaves Height: 15-20'  Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Upright, open Growth Rate: Medium  Zone:...

• Sassafras

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, Trees & Shrubs with Fabulous Fall Color
  Botanical Name: Sassafras albidumCommon Name: Sassafras Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Fall form Leaves Fall color Winter form Bark Click on an image to...

• Sycamore

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Platanus occidentalisCommon Name: Sycamore Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaf in winter Height: 75-100'  Spread: 50-75'  Form: Irregular spreading  Growth Rate: Medium...

• Black Walnut

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Juglans nigraCommon Name: Black Walnut Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form form fruit leaves bark   Height: 50-70'  Spread: 30-50'  Habit/Form: Broadly...

• Persimmon

  Published in Native Trees, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Diospyros virginianaCommon Name: Persimmon Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge bark form fruit fall color   Height: 30-50'  Spread: 40-50'  Habit/Form: Broadly...

• Sweet-Gum

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Liquidambar styracifluaCommon Name: Sweet-Gum Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge leaves fall color fruits   Height: 60-70'  Spread: 30-45'  Habit/Form: Pyramidal to rounded ...

• Shagbark HIckory

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees
  Botanical name: Carya ovataCommon name: Shagbark hickory Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaf bark nut Height: 60-80'  Spread: 40-50'  Habit/Form: Irregular oval  Growth Rate:...

• Bitternut Hickory

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees
  Botanical Name: Carya cordiformisCommon Name: Bitternut Hickory Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaflets   Height: 50-75'  Spread: 30-40'  Habit/Form: Broadly Columnar  Growth Rate:...

• Black Maple

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees
  Botanical Name: Acer nigrumCommon Name: Black Maple Reviewed 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge: form leaves fall color Height: 60-70'  Spread: 50-75'  Form: Upright oval  Rate: Slow   Zone:...

• Wooster Zumi Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus x zumi 'Wooster'Common Name: Wooster Zumi Crabapple Height/Width:  25/25 Form:  Broadly Oval Bud/Flower:  Coral/White Fruit:  Orange-redDisease Resistance:  Scab-Excellent, Fire-Poor resistance,...

• Redbud Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus x zumi 'Calocarpa'Common Name: Redbud Crabapple

• Winter Gold Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Winter Gold'Common Name: Winter Gold Crabapple Height/ Width:  25/20 Form:  Broadly Oval Bud/Flower:  Red/White Fruit:  YellowDisease Resistance:  Scab-Fair/susceptible, Fire-Poor resistance,...

• Snowdrift Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Snowdrift'Common Name: Snowdrift Crabapple Height/Width:  20/20 Form:  Rounded Bud/Flower:  Pink/White Fruit:  Orange-red (Persistent Fruit)Disease Resistance:  Scab-Poor resistance,...

• Tina Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape, Deciduous Shrubs, Intermediate Sized
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Tina'Common Name: Tina Crabapple Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 5' Spread:  6'  Habit/Form:  Spreading  Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: ...

• Sargent's Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus sargentiiCommon Name: Sargent's Crabapple Height/Width:  8/15 Form:  Spreading/Shrub Bud/Flower:  Pale Pink/White Fruit:  Red (Persistent Fruit)Disease Resistance:  Scab-Excellent,...

• Red Splendor Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Red Splendor'Common Name: Red Splendor Crabapple Height/Width:  12/20 Form:  Up/Rounded Bud/Flower:  Rose/Pink Fruit:  Red (Persistent Fruit)Disease Resistance:  Scab-Poor resistance,...

• Red Jewel Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Red Jewel'Common Name: Red Jewel Crabapple Click on an image to enlarge form fruits

• Ralph Shay Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Ralph Shay'Common Name: Ralph Shay Crabapple Click on an image to enlarge fruits

• Purple Prince Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Purple Prince'Common Name: Purple Prince Crabapple Click on an image to enlarge fall color Height/Width:  18/18 Form:  Rounded Bud/Flower:  Red/Rose Red Fruit:  MaroonDisease...

• Profusion Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name:  Malus 'Profusion'Common Name:  Profusion Crabapple

• Ormiston Roy Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Ormiston Roy'Common Name: Ormiston Roy Crabapple   Click on an image to enlarge form flowers   Height/Width:  20/25 Form:  Up/Spreading Bud/Flower:  Red/White Fruit: ...

• Mary Potter Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Mary Potter'Common Name: Mary Potter Crabapple Height/Width:  8'/18' Form:  Shrub Bud/Flowers:  Pink/White Fruit:  RedDisease Resistance:  Scab-Fair/susceptible, Fire-Fair/susceptible,...

• Liset Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name:  Malus 'Liset'Common Name:  Liset Crabapple Height/Width:  15/15 Form:  Rounded Bud/Flower:  Crimson/Red Fruit:  Dark RedDisease Resistance:  Scab-Good/slight, Fire-Fair/susceptible,...

• Jewelberry Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name:  Malus 'Jewelberry'Common Name: Jewelberry Crabapple Height/Width:  8'/12' Form:  Shrub Bud/Flower:  Pink/White Fruit:  Red (Alternate bearing fruit)Disease Resistance:  Scab-Fair/susceptible,...

• Tea Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus hupehensisCommon Name: Tea Crabapple Click on an image to enlarge form fruits Height/Width: 25'/25'Form:  Upright/Spreading Bud/Flowers:  Pink/White Fruit: Yellow/RedDisease Resistance: ...

• Harvest Gold Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Hargozam'Common Name: Crabapple - HARVEST GOLD® Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 25-30' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright/columnar to vase-shaped Growth Rate:...

• Japanese Flowering Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus floribundaCommon Name: Japanese Flowering Crabapple Updated 10/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 15-20' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Medium ...

• Royal Star Magnolia

  Botanical Name:  Magnolia stellata 'Royal Star'Common Name: Royal Star Magnolia Updated 10/2012Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 15-20' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright in youth, rounded with age Growth...

• Princess Diana Apple Serviceberry

  Botanical Name: Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Princess Diana'Common Name: Princess Diana Apple Serviceberry Reviewed 2/2012Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright-spreading Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Moist,...

• Forest Prince Apple Serviceberry

  Botanical name: Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Forest Prince'Common name: Forest Prince Apple Serviceberry Reviewed 2/2012Height: 20-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Broadly rounded Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Moist,...

• Red Buckeye

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees
  Botanical Name:  Aesculus paviaCommon Name: Red Buckeye Updated 2/2012 Click on an image leaf spring form   winter form flower Height:  10-20'  Spread:  15-25'...

• Three-Flowered Maple

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name:  Acer triflorumCommon Name:  Three-Flowered Maple or Shaggy-barked Maple Updated 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form fall color bark Height:  20-25' Spread:  20-25'...

• Sargent's Cherry

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name:  Prunus sargentiiCommon Name:  Sargent's Cherry Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flower bark Height: 30-40' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Tupelo

  Published in Native Trees, Intermediate Sized Trees, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name:  Nyssa sylvaticaCommon Name:  Tupelo Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form in fall color leaves Height: 30-50' Spread 25-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone:...

• Saucer Magnolia

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name:  Magnolia x soulangianaCommon Name:  Saucer Magnolia Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Winter form Flower Height: 25-30' Spread 15-25' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate:...

• Yellowwood

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees, Native Trees
  Botanical Name:  Cladrastis kentukeaCommon Name:  Yellowwood Updated 3/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form fall color Height: 30-50' Spread: 40-55' Habit/Form: Round Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Korean Mountain-Ash

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name:  Sorbus alnifoliaCommon Name:  Korean Mountain-Ash Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form fall color and fruits flowers Height: 35-50' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to rounded...

• Katsura tree

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical name:  Cercidiphyllum japonicumCommon name:  Katsura tree Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form early spring growth fall color Height: 40-60' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth...

• Chinese Catalpa

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical name:  Catalpa ovataCommon name: Chinese Catalpa Updated 2/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form leaves and fruits Height: 30-40' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Round Growth Rate: Slow  Zone:...

• American Hornbeam (Musclewood)

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Intermediate Sized Trees, Native Trees, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical name: Carpinus carolinianaCommon name: American Hornbeam (Musclewood) Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge leaves and fruit fall color flowers bark Height: 25-35' (often smaller)...

• European Hornbeam

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Carpinus betulusCommon Name: European Hornbeam Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves fruit fall color   Height: 40-60' Spread: 30-40' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in...

• Cucumbertree

  Published in Magnolia, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Native Trees
  Botanical Name: Magnolia acuminata Common Name: Cucumbertree, Cucumber Magnolia Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form fruits fall color Height: 50-70' Spread: 50-60' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to rounded Growth...

• Tulip-tree

  Published in Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Butterflies, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical name: Liriodendron tulipiferaCommon Name: Tulip-tree Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 70-90'  Spread: 25-30'  Habit/Form: Rounded to oval  Growth rate:...

• Skyline Honey Locust

  Published in Skyline, Skycole, honey locust, Gleditsia
  Botanical Name: Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'Skyline'Common Name: Skyline Honey Locust Updated 4/2012Click on an image to enlarge form bark Height: 40-70' Spread: 40-70' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth rate: Fast ...

• European Beech

  Published in Fagus, European, Beech, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical name: Fagus sylvatica Common name: European beech Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves and fruit bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 35-45' Habit/Form: Densely pyramidal to oval or rounded,...

• Green Mountain Sugar Maple

  Published in Maple, Large Deciduous Trees, Green Mountain, Acer
  Botanical name: Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain'Common name: Green Mountain Sugar Maple Reviewed 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. form fall color Height: 50-60' Spread: 45-50' Habit/Form: Upright-oval Growth Rate:...

• Morton Plainsman Elm - VANGUARD™

  Botanical Name: Ulmus ‘Morton Plainsman' Common Name: Morton Plainsman Elm - VANGUARDTM Updated 2/2013 Height: 50' Spread: 45' Habit/Form: Rounded to vase-shaped Growth Rate: FastZone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun and adapts...

• New Horizon Elm

  Botanical Name: Ulmus ‘New Horizon'  Common Name: New Horizon Elm Updated 2/2013 Height: 40' Spread: 25' Habit/Form: Upright/Oval Growth Rate: Moderate Zone: 4Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun and adapts easily to extremes in soil...

• Homestead Elm

  Botanical Name: Ulmus ‘Homestead' Common Name: Homestead Elm Updated 2/2013 Height: 55' Spread: 35' Habit/Form: Oval/Arching Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 5Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun and adapts easily to extremes in soil pH, moisture, and...

• Pioneer Netherland Elm

  Botanical Name: Ulmus x hollandica ‘Pioneer'Common Name: Pioneer Netherland Elm Updated 2/2013 Height: 50-60' Spread: 50' Habit/Form: Round spreading Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-5Cultural Requirements: Prefers rich, moist, well-drained soil....

• Frontier Elm

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Ulmus ‘Frontier' (U. carpinifolia x U. parvifolia)Common Name: Frontier Elm Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form leaf Height: 25-40' Spread: 15' Habit/Form: Upright/Pyramidal Growth Rate: Fast...

• Morton Red Tip Elm - DANADA CHARM™

  Botanical Name: Ulmus ‘Morton Red Tip' Common Name: Morton Red Tip Elm -DANADA CHARM TM Updated 2/2013 Height: 60-70' Spread: 50-60' Habit/Form: Vase Shape Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Prefers rich, moist soil, tolerant of...

• Princeton American Elm

  Botanical Name: Ulmus americana ‘Princeton'Common Name: Princeton American Elm Updated 2/2013 Height: 75-90' Spread: 50-60' Habit/Form: Vase Shape/Upright Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 3-9Cultural Requirements: Well-drained soil in full sun to part...

• Morton Stalwart Elm - COMMENDATION™

  Botanical Name: Ulmus ‘Morton Stalwart' Common Name: Morton Stalwart Elm - COMMENDATION™ Updated 2/2013 Height: 60' Spread: 50' Habit/Form: Upright/Oval Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-9Culture:full sun; moist, well-drained soil; high drought...

• Greenspire Little-leaved Linden

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Tilia cordata ‘Greenspire' Common Name: Greenspire Little-leaved Linden Updated 2/2013 Height: 40-50' Spread: 35-40 Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to light shade. Prefers...

• Glenleven Yellowish Linden

  Botanical Name: Tilia cordata ‘Glenleven'Common Name: Glenleven Yellowish Linden Updated 2/2013 Height: 50' Spread: 35' Habit/Form: Upright/Oval Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun to light shade in deep, fertile,...

• Moraine Honey Locust

  Botanical Name: Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis ‘Moraine'Common Name: Moraine Honey Locust Updated 4/2012Height: 40-60' Spread: 50-70' Habit/Form: Broad/Vase Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Sun in well-drained soil. Tolerant...

• Kentucky Coffeetree - PRAIRIE TITAN

  Botanical Name: Gymnocladus dioicus ‘J.C. McDaniel'Common Name: Kentucky Coffeetree - PRAIRIE TITAN™ Updated 4/2012Height: 60-70' Spread: 30-40' Habit/Form: Upright/Spreading Growth Rate: Slow to Medium Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun,...

• Princeton Sentry Ginkgo

  Published in Fastigiates, Columnars
  Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba ‘Princeton Sentry' Common Name: Princeton Sentry Ginkgo Updated 4/2012   Height: 60' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Columnar Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun, prefers deep sandy soils...

• Magyar Ginkgo

  Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba ‘Magyar'Common Name: Magyar Ginkgo Updated 4/2012Height: 50' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun, prefers deep, sandy soils and moderate moisture, soil pH...

• Autumn Gold Ginkgo

  Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold'Common Name: Autumn Gold Ginkgo Updated 4/2012Height: 45' Spread: 30-35' Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow to Medium Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun, prefers deep, sandy soils and...

• River's Copper Beech

  Published in Large Deciduous Trees
  Botanical Name: Fagus sylvatica ‘Riversii'Common Name: River's Copper Beech Updated 4/2012 Height: 50-60' Spread: 45' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: A deep purple form that grows best in part shade to full...

• Whitespire Gray Birch

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire'Common Name: Whitespire Gray Birch Updated 2/2013   Click on an image to enlarge form bark fall color Height: 40' Spread: 25' Habit/Form: Pyramidal/oval Growth Rate:...

• Morton Sugar Maple - Crescendo

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees
  Botanical Name: Acer saccharum ‘Morton'Common Name: Morton Sugar Maple-CRESCENDOTM Updated 1/2012     Height: 30-40' Spread: 30' Habit/Form: Broadly oval Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 5Cultural Requirements: Grows best in full...

• Sugar Maple

  Published in Native Trees, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Large Deciduous Trees
  Botanical Name: Acer saccharumCommon Name: Sugar Maple  Updated 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge fall color form fruits fall color Height: 60-70' Spread: 40-50' Habit/Form: Upright oval to...

• Franksred Red Maple - RED SUNSET

  Published in Large Deciduous Trees
  Botanical Name: Acer rubrum 'Franksred' Common Name: Franksred Red Maple- RED SUNSET® Updated 1/2012   Height: 40-50' Spread: 35-40' Habit/Form: Pyramidal to rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Easily grown in...

• Wintergreen Korean Boxwood

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Buxus microphylla var. koreana 'Wintergreen'Common Name: Wintergreen Korean Boxwood Updated 2/2012   Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Compact, rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Best in...

• Wilson Boxwood - NORTHERN CHARM

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Buxus 'Wilson'Common Name: Wilson Boxwood - NORTHERN CHARM™ Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form detail Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Globe-shaped Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural...

• Green Velvet Boxwood

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Buxus 'Green Velvet'Common Name: Green Velvet Boxwood Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form close-up Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Globe-shaped Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural...

• Green Mountain Boxwood

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Buxus 'Green Mountain'Common Name: Green Mountain Boxwood Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form close-up Height: 4-5' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Upright, oval-pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Green Mound Boxwood

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Buxus 'Green Mound'Common Name: Green Mound Boxwood Reviewed 2/2012Click on an image to enlarge form close-up Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements:...

• Green Gem Boxwood

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Buxus 'Green Gem'Common Name: Green Gem Boxwood Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form close-up Height: 2' Spread: 2' Habit/Form: Compact, rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements:...

• Glencoe Boxwood - CHICAGOLAND GREEN

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Buxus 'Glencoe'Common Name: Glencoe Boxwood - CHICAGOLAND GREEN® Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form close-up Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Compact, rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Big-leaved Wintercreeper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Vegetus'Common Name: Big-leaved Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form close-up Height: 2-4' Spread: up to 6' Habit/Form: Creeping; stems will climb if supported...

• Sarcoxie Wintercreeper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Sarcoxie'Common Name: Sarcoxie Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form close up Height: 4-5' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: Upright or spreading; stems will climb if...

• Moonshadow Little-leaved Wintercreeper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Moonshadow'Common Name: Moonshadow Little-leaved Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form close up Height: 2-3' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Irregular or spreading;...

• Baby Wintercreeper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name:Euonymus fortunei 'Minimus'Common Name: Baby Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form close-up Height: 1-1 ½' Spread: up to 6' Habit/Form: Low, with spreading or trailing stems that...

• Gold Prince Wintercreeper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Gold Prince' Common Name: Gold Prince Witercreeper Updated 4/2012 Height: 3' Spread: 3' Habit/Form: Mounded; stems will climb if supported (attaches by means of holdfasts or aerial roots) Growth Rate: Medium...

• Emerald 'n' Gold Wintercreeper

  Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n' Gold'Common Name: Emerald 'n' Gold Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012Height: 3-4' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: Irregular or mounded; stems will climb if supported (attaches by means of holdfasts or aerial roots)...

• Emerald Gaiety Wintercreeper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'Common Name: Emerald Gaiety Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form detail Height: 3-4' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: Irregular or mounded; stems will...

• Purple Leaved Wintercreeper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Coloratus'Common Name: Purple Leaved Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form detail Height: 1-1 ½' Spread: up to 6' Habit/Form: Low, with spreading or trailing...

• Carrierei Wintercreeper

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Euonymus fortunei 'Carrierei'Common Name: Carrierei Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012 Height: 6-8'  Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Irregular, mounded, with spreading stems that will climb if supported (attaches by means of holdfasts or...

• Canadale Gold Wintercreeper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name:Euonymus fortunei 'Canadale Gold'Common Name: Canadale Gold Wintercreeper Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form detail Height: 3'   Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Compact, irregular, or mounded;...

• Golden Mop Sawara cypress

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Golden Mop'Common Name: Golden Mop Sawara-Cypress Updated 3/2012 Height: 2-3'   Spread: 2-3'  Habit/Form: Low, mounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist,...

• Cream Ball Sawara Falsecypress

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Cream Ball'Common Name: Cream Ball Sawara-cypress Updated 3/2012 Height: 2-3'  Spread: 2-3'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist,...

• Baby Blue Sawara Falsecypress

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue'Common Name: Baby Blue Sawara-cypress Updated 3/2012 Height: 5-6' Spread: up to 4' Habit/Form: Rounded to oval Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist, well-drained,...

• Dwarf Upright Hinoki Falsecypress

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'Common Name: Dwarf Upright Hinoki Falsecypress Updated 3/2012   Height: 4-5' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Irregular when young, becoming upright with age Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural...

• Compact Hinoki Falsecypress

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Compacta'Common Name: Compact Hinoki Falsecypress Reviewed 3/2012 Height: 6-8' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist, well-drained, neutral pH to...

• China Girl® Holly

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name:Ilex 'Mesog'Common Name: Holly - China Girl® Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   form detail Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Upright, broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• China Boy® Holly

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Ilex 'Mesdob'Common Name: Holly - China Boy® Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   form detail Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Upright, broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Blue Boy Meserve Holly

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Boy'Common Name: Blue Boy Meserve Holly Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. form detail Blue Boy Height: 5-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright, broad pyramidal...

• Blue Princess Holly

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Princess'Common Name: Blue Princess Meserve Holly Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   form close-up Height: 5-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright, broad pyramidal...

• Blue Prince Holly

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Prince'Common Name: Blue Prince Meserve Holly Updated 10/2012 Height: 5-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright, broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist, well-drained,...

• EMERALD MAGIC Holly

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Ilex x meserveae  'WillEmer'Common Name: EMERALD MAGIC® Holly Updated 10/2012 Height: 3-4'   Spread: 3-4'  Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist, well-drained,...

• Inkberry - NORDIC

  Botanical Name: Ilex glabra 'Chamzin'Common Name: Inkberry - NORDIC™ Updated 7/2012 Height: 3-4' Spread: 4' Habit/Form: Rounded; dense; more compact than Ilex glabra 'Compacta'  Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Prefers...

• Compact Inkberry

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
    Botanical Name: Ilex glabra 'Compacta'Common Name: Compact Inkberry Updated 7/2012   Height: 3-4' Spread: 4' Habit/Form: Rounded; dense; twiggy Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist, well-drained,...

• Blue Mountain Eastern Red Cedar

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus virginiana 'Blue Mountain'Common Name: Blue Mountain Eastern Red Cedar Height: 3-4' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Best in dry, well-drained soil in full sun....

• Blue Star Himalayan Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'Common Name: Blue Star Himalayan Juniper Height: 2-3 Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Very slow Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Best in dry, well-drained soil in full sun. Established...

• Skandia Savin Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus sabina 'Skandia'Common Name: Skandia Savin Juniper   Height: 1-1 ½' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-9Cultural Requirements: Best in dry, well-drained soil in full sun....

• Savin Juniper - CALGARY CARPET®

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus sabina 'Monna'Common Name: Savin Juniper - CALGARY CARPET® Updated 4/2013     Height: 6-9" Spread: up to 10' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-9Cultural Requirements: Best in dry,...

• Broadmoor Savin Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus sabina 'Broadmoor'Common Name: Broadmoor Savin Juniper Updated 4/2013 Click on an image to enlarge   form close-up Height: 2-3' Spread: up to 10' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Blue Rug Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii' Common Name: Blue Rug Juniper Updated 4/2013 Click on an image to enlarge   form close-up Height: up to ½' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Low, flat, spreading Growth Rate:...

• Feathery Compact Trailing Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus horizontalis 'Plumosa Compacta'Common Name: Feathery Compact Trailing Juniper Updated 4/2013 Click on an image to enlarge   form close-up Height: 1-1 ½' Spread: 3-6' Habit/Form: Low,...

• Trailing Juniper ICEE BLUE®

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus horizontalis 'Monber'Common Name: Trailing Juniper - ICEE BLUE® Updated 4/2013 Click on an image to enlarge   form close-up Height: up to ½' Spread: up to 8' Habit/Form: Low, spreading...

• Hughes Trailing Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus horizontalis 'Hughes' Common Name: Hughes Trailing Juniper Updated 4/2013 Click on an image to enlarge   form close-up Height: 1-1 ½' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate:...

• Blue Chip Trailing Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'Common Name: Blue Chip Trailing Juniper Updated 4/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form close up Height: up to 1' Spread: 8-10' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate:...

• Mint Julep Chinese Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Mint Julep' Common Name: Mint Julep Chinese Juniper Click on an image to enlarge form close-up Height: 1-3' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural...

• Kallay's Compact Pfitzer Juniper

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana Kallay Compact'Common Name: Kallay's Compact Pfitzer Juniper Updated 4/2013 Height: 2-3' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Best in dry,...

• Montgomery Blue Spruce

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name : Picea pungens 'Montgomery' Common Name: Montgomery Blue Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   form needles Height: 5-6' Spread: 5-6' Habit/Form: Rounded, when young; broad and conical,...

• Globe Blue Spruce

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Picea pungens 'Globosa'Common Name: Globe Blue Spruce Updated 11/2012 Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-6' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 2-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained soil in full sun. Prefers slightly-acidic pH...

• Dwarf Alberta Spruce

  Published in Spruce, dwarf, Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Picea glauca 'Conica' Common Name: Dwarf Alberta Spruce Updated 11/2012 Form Winter form Needles   Height: 6-8' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: Conical, dense Growth Rate: Extremely slow Zone:...

• Dwarf Norway Spruce

  Published in dwarf, Low Growing Evergreens, Spruce
  Botanical Name: Picea abies 'Pumila'Common Name: Dwarf Norway Spruce Updated 11/2012   Height: 3-4' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: Broad, dense; more rounded than Bird's Nest Spruce   Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 2-8Cultural Requirements:...

• Bird's Nest Norway Spruce

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Picea abies 'Nidiformis'Common Name: Bird's Nest Norway Spruce Updated 11/2012 Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-6' Habit/Form: Broad, dense Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 2-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained soil in full sun. Prefers...

• Dwarf European White Pine

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name : Pinus strobus 'Nana' Common Name: Dwarf European White Pine Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   form needles Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone:...

• Enci Mugo Pine

  Published in pine, dwarf, Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Pinus mugo 'Enci'Common Name: Enci Mugo Pine Updated 11/2012 Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 2-7Cultural Requirements: Best in moist, well-drained soil in full sun. Prefers slightly-acidic pH...

• Taunton's Anglo-Japanese Yew

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Taxus x media 'Tauntonii' Common Name: Taunton's Anglo-Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013   Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are poisonous. Height: 3-4' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Wide, spreading Growth Rate:...

• Everlow Anglo-Japanese Yew

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name : Taxus x media 'Everlow' Common Name: Everlow Anglo-Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013 Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are poisonous.Height: 1-2' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Densformis Anglo-Japanese Yew

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Taxus x media 'Densiformis' Common Name: Densiformis Anglo-Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013   Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are poisonous.Height: 3-4' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Wide, spreading Growth Rate:...

• Chadwick Anglo-Japanese Yew

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Taxus x media 'Chadwickii'Common Name: Chadwick Anglo-Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013 Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are poisonous.Height: 2-3' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Woodward Eastern Arborvitae

  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Woodwardii'Common Name: Woodward Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013   Height: 3-6' Spread: 3-6' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained soil in full...

• Hetz Midget Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Hetz Midget'Common Name: Hetz Midget Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013     Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained...

• Golden Globe Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe'Common Name: Golden Globe Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained soil in full sun. Can...

• Globe Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Arborvitae, Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name:Thuja occidentalis 'Globosa'Common Name: Globe Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Broadly-Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained soil in full sun. Can...

• Danica Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens, Arborvitae
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Danica' Common Name: Danica Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 2' Spread: 2' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained soil in full sun. Can tolerate...

• Eastern Arborvitae - MR. BOWLING BALL™

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens, Arborvitae
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Bobazam'Common Name: Eastern Arborvitae - ME. BOWLING BALL™ Updated 1/2013 Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in well-drained soil in full...

• Fairview Chinese Juniper

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis 'Fairview'Common Name: Fairview Chinese Juniper Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge needles cones Height: 15-20' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Ward Anglo-Japanese Yew

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Yew
  Botanical Name: Taxus x media 'Wardii'Common Name: Ward Anglo-Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013 Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are poisonous.Height: 6-8' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Wide spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-7Cultural...

• Anglo-Japanese Yew

  Published in Yew, Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Taxus x mediaCommon Name: Anglo-Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013 Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are poisonous.Height: 15-20' Spread: 5-15' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Best...

• Japanese Yew

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Taxus cuspidataCommon Name: Japanese Yew Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form needles arils Caution: The leaves, bark and seeds of all yews are poisonous.Height: 10-40' Spread: 10-25'...

• Robin Hill Apple Serviceberry

  Botanical Name: Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Robin Hill'Common Name: Robin Hill Apple Serviceberry Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   flowers bark fall color     Height: 20-25' Spread: 12-15' ...

• Apple Serviceberry

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Amelanchier x grandifloraCommon Name: Apple Serviceberry Reviewed 2/2012   fall color bark leaves in fall fruit   Height: 20-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Broad, and often...

• Golden Glory Cornelian-cherry Dogwood

  Botanical Name: Cornus mas 'Golden Glory'Common Name: Golden Glory Cornelian-cherry Dogwood Updated 3/2012  Click on an image to enlarge flowers     Height: 12-15' Spread: 8-10' Habit/Form: Narrow,...

• Cornelian-cherry Dogwood

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Cornus mas Common Name: Cornelian-cherry Dogwood Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fruits Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Oval, multi-trunked tree Growth Rate: Slow...

• Pagoda Dogwood

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants for Shady Sites, Native Trees, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Cornus alternifoliaCommon Name: Pagoda Dogwood Upated 3/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 15-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Oval, most commonly found as...

• Crabapple SUGAR TYME®

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
    Botanical Name: Malus 'Sutyzam'Common Name: Crabapple SUGAR TYME® Updated 10/2012 Height: 18-20' Spread: 15-18' Habit/Form: Upright -Oval Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4 to 7Cultural Requirements: Plant in full sun for best flowering and...

• Prairifire Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Prairifire'Common Name: Prairifire Crabapple Updated 10/2012 Height: 15-20' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright-spreading Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Plant in full sun for best flowering and...

• Cardinal Red-Osier Dogwood

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 'Cardinal' Common Name: Cardinal Red-Osier Dogwood Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   winter summer   Height: 6-9' Spread: 6-9' Habit/Form: Broad...

• Red-Osier Dogwood

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Shrubs, native, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Cornus sericea ssp. sericeaCommon Name: Red-Osier Dogwood Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge leaves winter form Height: 7-9' Spread: 8-10' Habit/Form: Broad spreading, rounded, multi-stemmed Growth...

• Gray Dogwood

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Large Deciduous Shrubs, native, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Cornus racemosa Common Name: Gray Dogwood Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 10-15' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Multi-stemmed, upright spreading Growth Rate: Slow...

• Ivory Silk Tree Lilac

  Published in Fastigiates, Columnars
  Botanical Name: Syringa reticulata ssp. reticulata 'Ivory Silk'Common Name: Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac Updated 1/2013 click image to enlarge Flower   Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Oval Growth Rate: Medium...

• Japanese Tree Lilac

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, not favored by deer
  Botanical Name: Syringa reticulata  Common Name: Japanese Tree Lilac Updated 1/2013   Height: 20-25' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Oval to Rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3 to 7Cultural Requirements: Best flowering occurs in full...

• China Snow Peking Lilac

  Botanical Name: Syringa pekinensis 'Morton' Common Name: Peking lilac - CHINA SNOW ® Updated 1/2013   form bark Height: 25-30' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Upright to Rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-7Cultural...

• Peking Lilac

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Syringa pekinensis Common Name: Peking Lilac Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form flower bark Height: 20-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Upright to Rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Silverbell

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Halesia tetrapteraCommon Name: Silverbell Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 25-30' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Oval Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4 - 8Cultural Requirements: An...

• Winter King Green Hawthorn

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Crataegus, Hawthorn
  Botanical Name: Crataegus viridis 'Winter King'Common Name: Winter King Green Hawthorn Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves Height: 20-25' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Rounded, almost vase-shaped Growth...

• Velvet Cloak Eurasian Smoke Tree

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria 'Velvet Cloak'Common Name: Velvet Cloak Eurasian Smoke Tree Updated 3/2012 Height: 8-10' Spread: 10-12' Habit/Form: Open, upright spreading Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8 Cultural Requirements: Best planted in...

• Royal Purple Eurasian Smoke Tree

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'Common Name: Royal Purple Eurasian Smoke Tree Updated 3/2012   Form Leaf Smoke Click image to enlarge   Height: 8-10' Spread: 10-12' Habit/Form: Open and...

• Nordine Eurasian Smoke Tree

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria ' Nordine' Common Name: Nordine Eurasian Smoke Tree Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge flowers leaves Height: 8-10' Spread: 10-12' Habit/Form: Upright-spreading. Growth Rate: Medium...

• Eurasian Smoke Tree

  Published in Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, not favored by deer, Large Deciduous Shrubs, f
  Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygriaCommon Name: Eurasian Smoke Tree Updated 3/2012 Height: 10-15' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Multi-stemmed shrub or single trunk tree, often upright in habit   Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8 Cultural...

• Red-Flowered Vernal Witch-Hazel

  Published in Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Hamamelis vernalis f. carneaCommon Name: Red-Flowered Vernal Witch-Hazel Updated 4/2012 Click to enlarge image Fall color Height: 6-10' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Irregular to rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Vernal Witch-Hazel

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Hamamelis vernalisCommon Name: Vernal Witch-Hazel Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge fall color flowers Height: 6-10' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Rounded to upright Growth Rate: Medium  Zone:...

• Common Witch-Hazel

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Midwest, native, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Hamamelis virginiana Common Name: Common Witch-hazel Updated 4/2012 Click on a photo to enlarge form fall color flowers Height: 15-25' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright to rounded Growth Rate:...

• Unique Panicled Hydrangea

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs, hydrangeas
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Unique'Common Name: Unique Panicled Hydrangea Updated 6/2012 Height: 6-10' Spread: 6-10' Habit/Form: Rounded to spreading Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun to part...

• Pink Diamond Panicled Hydrangea

  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Pink Diamond'Common Name: Pink Diamond Panicled Hydrangea Updated 5/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 8-10' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Upright to rounded Growth...

• Peegee Hydrangea

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs, hydrangeas
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora'Common Name: Peegee Hydrangea Updated 5/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 10-20' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Rounded to spreading Growth Rate: Fast ...

• Panicled Hydrangea

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculataCommon Name: Panicled Hydrangea Updated 5/2012 Height: 10-20' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Upright to spreading Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Full sun to part shade; prefers moist,...

• Cut-leaved Staghorn Sumac

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rhus typhina 'Laciniata'Common Name: Cut-leaved Staghorn Sumac Updated 12/2012 Height: 15-20' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Large, upright suckering, colonizing shrub Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun...

• Staghorn Sumac

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Large Deciduous Shrubs, native, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Rhus typhinaCommon Name: Staghorn Sumac Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form fruit fall color Height: 15-25' Spread: 15-30' Habit/Form: Large, suckering, colonizing shrub. Growth Rate: Fast ...

• Smooth Sumac

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, native, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Rhus glabraCommon Name: Smooth Sumac Updated 12/2012 Click on am image to enlarge form fruit fall color Height: 10-15' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Large, suckering, colonizing shrub. Growth Rate: Fast...

• Southern Arrowwood - CHICAGO LUSTRE®

  Published in Viburnum, birds, Chicagoland Grows, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Viburnum dentatum 'Synnestvedt'Common Name: Southern Arrowwood - CHICAGO LUSTRE® Updated 2/2013 Height: 8-10' Spread: 8-10' Habit/Form: Uniform upright rounded shrub Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Sun or...

• Southern Arrowwood - AUTUMN JAZZ®

  Published in Viburnum, Chicagoland Grows, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Viburnum dentatum 'Ralph Senior'Common Name: Southern Arrowwood - AUTUMN JAZZ® Updated 2/2013Height: 8-10' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Compact, vase-shaped Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Sun or shade; adaptable...

• Southern Arrowwood - NORTHERN BURGUNDY®

  Published in Chicagoland Grows, birds, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Viburnum dentatum 'Morton'Common Name: Southern Arrowwood - NORTHERN BURGUNDY® Updated 2/2013 Height: 10-12' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Upright to vase-shaped Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Sun or shade;...

• Southern Arrowwood

  Published in Viburnums, Butterflies, Large Deciduous Shrubs, native, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Viburnum dentatum Common Name: Southern Arrowwood Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves flowers fruits Height: 8-10 (15)' Spread: 6-15' Habit/Form: Rounded to vase shaped with...

• Black-haw

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Large Deciduous Shrubs, native
  Botanical Name: Viburnum prunifoliumCommon Name: Black-haw Updated 3/2013   Click on an image to enlarge form flower fruits fall color Height: 12-15' Spread: 8-12' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow to...

• Grow-low Fragrant Sumac

  Published in Low growing shrubs, Rhus
  Botanical Name: Rhus aromatica 'Gro-low'Common Name: Gro-low Fragrant Sumac Updated 12/2012 Height: 2-3' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Wide spreading, low and mounded Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: A very adaptable plant....

• Hills-of-Snow Hydrangea

  Published in Hydrangea, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescens 'Grandiflora'Common Name: Hills-of-Snow Hydrangea Updated 4/2012 Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Suckering Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Thrives in rich, moist, well-drained soil; pH...

• Wild Hydrangea

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, native
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescensCommon Name: Wild Hydrangea Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded mounds Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements:...

• Dwarf Cut-leaf Stephanandra

  Published in Low growing shrubs, Stephanandra
  Botanical Name: Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' Common Name: Dwarf Cut-leaf Stephanandra Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form fall color Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3'  Habit/Form: Low mounded, suckering shrub...

• Japanese Kerria

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, not favored by deer
  Botanical Name: Kerria japonica Common Name: Japanese Kerria Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora' Height: 3-6' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Upright and arching Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Variegated Japanese Kerria

  Published in variegated, Kerria, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Kerria japonica 'Picta'Common Name: Variegated Japanese Kerria Updated 10/2012 Height: 3-4' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright and arching Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-9Cultural Requirements: Does well in loamy, fertile, well-drained...

• Virginia Sweetspire

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Itea virginica Common Name: Sweetspire Updated 10/2012 Height: 3-5'  Spread: 4-6'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Medium  Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: In the wild, this shrub is often found in wet areas,...

• Mount Airy Fothergilla

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Fothergilla x intermedia 'Mount Airy' Common Name: Mount Airy Fothergilla Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural...

• Dwarf Fothergilla

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Fothergilla gardenii Common Name: Dwarf Fothergilla Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge   form flowers fall color Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Rounded mound Growth Rate:...

• Slender Deutzia

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Deutzia gracilisCommon Name: Slender Deutzia Updated 3/2012 Height: 2-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Low, mounded  Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun or light shade in well-drained soil;...

• Hesse Cotoneaster

  Published in Low growing shrubs, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Cotoneaster 'Hessei' Common Name: Hesse Cotoneaster Reviewed 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Hesse Cotoneaster Hesse Cotoneaster Height: 1-2' Spread: 5-6' Habit/Form: Low, spreading Growth Rate: Slow to...

• Cranberry Cotoneaster

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Cotoneaster apiculataCommon Name: Cranberry Cotoneaster Reviewed 3/2012 Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-6' Habit/Form: Low, wide spreading Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers moist, well-drained soil, in full sun to...

• New Jersey Tea

  Published in Butterflies, Low growing shrubs, native
  Botanical Name: Ceanothus americanusCommon Name: New Jersey Tea Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Ceanothus americanus Ceanothus americanus Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow to medium ...

• Bluebeard

  Published in Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, Low growing shrubs, Late Summer & Autumn Perennials, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Caryopteris x clandonensis Common Name: Bluebeard Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Caryopteris xclandonensis 'Blue Mist' Caryopteris xclandonensis 'Blue Mist' Height: 2-4' Spread: 3-4' ...

• Morton Black Chokeberry - IROQUOIS BEAUTY

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Aronia melanocarpa 'Morton' Common Name: Morton Black Chokeberry - IROQUOIS BEATUYTM Updated 2/2012Click on an image to enlarge Aronia melanocarpa 'Morton" flowers Aronia melanocarpa 'Morton"...

• Black Chokeberry

  Published in Low growing shrubs, native, Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Aronia melanocarpaCommon Name: Black Chokeberry Updated 2/2012   Height: 3-5' Spread: 6-8' Habit/Form: Upright and mounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun but tolerant of partial shade....

• Mission Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Arborvitae
    Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Techny'Common Name: Mission Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Height: 10-15' Spread: 12-18' Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to slow Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Prefers full...

• Emerald Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Arborvitae, Fastigiates, Columnars
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' Common Name: Emerald Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Form Click to enlarge photo Height: 10-15' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 3-7Cultural...

• Holmstrup Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Arborvitae, deer, Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalis 'Holmstrup'Common Name: Holmstrup Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge A hedge of Holmstrup Eastern Arborvitae A close-up of immature cones Height: 6-8' Spread:...

• Shrubby Cinquefoil

  Published in native, Low growing shrubs, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Potentilla fruticosa Common Name: Shrubby Cinquefoil Updated 11/2012   Height: 1-4' Spread: 2-4' Habit/Form: Mounded Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 2-6 Cultural Requirements: Grow in full sun for maximum flower production;...

• Pink Beauty Shrubby Potentilla

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Potentilla fruticosa 'Pink Beauty'Common Name: Pink Beauty Shrubby Potentilla Updated 11/2012    Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Mounded Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 2-6Cultural Requirements: Grow in full sun for...

• Donald Wyman Crabapple

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Malus 'Donald Wyman'Common Name: Donald Wyman Crabapple  Updated 10/2012   Click image to enlarge Form Flower   Fruit Bark Height: 20-25' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form:...

• Paperbark Maple

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, Four Season Landscape, Fastigiates, Columnars
  Botanical Name: Acer griseum Common Name: Paperbark Maple Updated 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Summer Form Winter Form Fruit   Summer leaves Fall Leaves Bark Height:...

• Chanticleer Callery Pear

  Published in Columnars, Fastigiates
  Botanical Name: Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Common Name: Chanticleer Callery Pear Updated 12/2012   Click on an image to enlarge Form Flower/Fruit Bark   Height:  30'  Spread:...

• Adirondack Crabapple

  Published in Columnars, Fastigiates, Crabapples for the Home Landscape, Crabapple
  Botanical Name: Malus ‘Adirondack’ Common Name: Adirondack Crabapple Updated 10/2012   Click image to enlarge Form Fruit Bark Height:12'  Spread: 6'  Habit/Form: Columnar  Growth Rate:...

• Upright Eastern White Pine

  Published in Columnars, Fastigiates
  Botanical Name: Pinus strobus ‘Fastigiata’ Common Name: Upright Eastern White Pine Updated 11/2012   Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles   Cones Bark   Height:...

• Giant Arborvitae

  Published in not favored by deer, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Thuja plicata Common Name: Giant Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Cones Needles Height: 50-70' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Slow to medium Zone:...

• Eastern Hemlock

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, native, large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Tsuga canadensis Common Name: Eastern Hemlock Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-70' Spread: 25-35' Habit/Form: Pyramidal...

• Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees, large evergreen, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Thuja occidentalisCommon Name: Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 15-25' Habit/Form: Narrow, conical becoming pyramidal with age...

• Eastern White Pine

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen, Native Trees
  Botanical Name: Pinus strobus Common Name: Eastern White Pine Updated 11/2012   Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 50-80' Spread: 20-40' Habit/Form: Spreading Growth Rate: Fast Zone:...

• Blue Spruce

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Picea pungens Common Name: Blue Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Needles Bark Height: 30-60' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal  Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• Hydrangeas

  Published in hydrangeas, Hydrangea
   Hydrangeas for the Home Landscape Hydrangeas are available in a range of sizes and forms Most selections produce showy, long-lasting flower clusters Flowers may exhibit attractive color changes through the season as they...

• Shining Sumac

  Published in Sumac, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Rhus
  Botanical Name: Rhus copallina Common Name: Shining Sumac Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form fall color Height: 10-20' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Upright to irregular; suckering Growth Rate: Medium Zone:...

• P.J.M. Rhododendron

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rhododendron 'P.J.M.' Common Name: P.J. M. Rhododendron Updated 12/2012 Height: 3-6' Spread: 3-6' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Their ability to tolerate near neutral soils makes this one of...

• Annabelle Wild Hydrangea

  Published in hydrangeas
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' Common Name: Annabelle Wild Hydrangea Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge summer winter Height: 3-5' Spread: 3-5' Habit/Form: Suckering Growth Rate: Fast Zone:...

• Serbian Spruce

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Picea omorika Common Name: Serbian Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles Bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 20-25' Habit/Form: Narrow conical Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Black Hills Spruce

  Published in large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Picea glauca var. densata Common Name: Black Hills Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 20-40' Spread: 10-20' Habit/Form: Densely...

• White Spruce

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Picea glauca Common Name: White Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broad pyramidal Growth...

• Norway Spruce

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Picea abies Common Name: Norway Spruce Updated 11/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles   Cones Bark Height: 40-60' Spread: 20-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal  Growth...

• Chinese Juniper

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Juniperus chinensis Common Name: Chinese Juniper Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles Bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: pyramidal to conical Rate: Slow to medium...

• White fir

  Published in large evergreens
  Botanical Name: Abies concolor Common Name: White Fir Reviewed 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Needles Bark Height: 30-50'  Spread: 20-30'  Habit/Form: Pyramidal  Growth Rate: Slow to...

• Allegheny Serviceberry

  Published in Native Trees, Butterflies, Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Amelanchier laevis Common Name:Allegheny Serviceberry* Reviewed 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Fall form Flower Fall leaf Height: 20-25  Spread: 15-18'  Habit/Form: Upright  Growth...

• Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry

  Botanical Name: Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance' Common Name: Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry Updated 2/2012Click on an image to enlarge spring flowers   Fall form Fall...

• Sweetbay Magnolia

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Magnolia virginiana Common Name: Sweetbay Magnolia Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Flower Leaf Height: 10-20'  Spread: 10-20'  Habit/Form: Upright, spreading  Growth Rate:...

• Star Magnolia

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Botanical Name: Magnolia stellata Common Name: Star Magnolia Updated 10/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Leaves Height: 8-10'  Spread: 10-12'  Habit/Form: Round to spreading  Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 4-8...

• Merrill Loebner Magnolia

  Published in Magnolia, Intermediate Sized Trees, Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Magnolia x loebneri 'Merrill' Common Name: Merrill Loebner Magnolia Updated 10/2012   Click on an image to enlarge Form Flower Bark Height: 20-15'  Spread: 15-20'  Habit/Form: Upright,...

• Leonard Messel Loebner's Magnolia

  Published in Magnolia, Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape
  Botanical Name: Magnolia x loebneri 'Leonard Messel' Common Name: Leonard Messel Loebner's Magnolia Updated 10/2012Click on an image to enlarge Form Flower Bark Height: 25-30' Spread: 30-35' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth...

• Autumn Flame Red Maple

  Botanical Name: Acer rubrum 'Autumn Flame' Common Name: Autumn Flame Red Maple Updated 1/2012Click on an image to enlarge Fall form Fall leaf Flower Height: 50-60' Spread: 40-50' Habit/Form: Rounded Growth Rate: Moderate...

• Red Maple

  Published in Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Acer rubrum Common Name: Red Maple Reviewed 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Fall form Leaf   Flower Fruit Height: 40-50' Spread: 35-45' Habit/Form: Variable in growing...

• Morton Miyabe Maple - STATE STREET®

  Published in Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Acer miyabei 'Morton'  Common Name: Miyabe Maple- STATE STREET® Updated 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form Leaf   Fruit Bark   buttress fall...

• Miyabe Maple

  Botanical Name: Acer miyabei Common Name: Miyabe Maple Updated 1/2012Click on an image to enlarge form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Flower Bark   Height: 40-50' Spread: 30-35' Habit/Form:...

• Marmo Freeman's Maple

  Published in Columnars, Fastigiates, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Acer x freemanii 'Marmo' Common Name: Marmo Freeman's Maple Reviewed 1/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form fall color Height: 45-70' Spread: 35-40' Habit/Form: Uniform, upright to columnar Growth...

• Jeffersred Freeman's Maple- AUTUMN BLAZE®

  Botanical Name: Acer x freemanii 'Jeffersred' Common Name: Jeffersred Freeman's Maple- AUTUMN BLAZE® Update 1/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form seeds Fall form Fall leaf Height: 50-60' Spread:...

• Armstrong Freeman's Maple

  Published in Columnars, Fastigiates
  Botanical Name: Acer x freemanii 'Armstrong'  Common Name: Armstrong Freeman's Maple Reviewed 1/2012   Click on an image to enlarge form Fall form Fall leaf Bark ...

• Freeman's Maple

  Botanical Name: Acer x freemanii Common Name: Freeman's Maple Reviewed 1/2012Click on an image to enlarge Fall form Fall leaf Flower Height: 40-70'   Spread: 45-50'  Habit/Form: Oval to irregular, rounded...

• Northern Red Oak

  Published in Oak, Quercus, red oak, native, Native Trees, tree selection
  Botanical Name: Quercus rubra Common Name: Northern Red Oak* Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Leaf Flowers   Fruit Bark Height: 60-80' Spread: 60-75' Habit/Form: Rounded...

• English Oak

  Published in Oak, Quercus, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Quercus robur Common Name: English Oak Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Winter form Leaf Fruit Height: 40-60' Spread: 50-60' Habit/Form: Rounded to spreading Growth rate: Slow/Medium ...

• Chinkapin Oak

  Published in Quercus, chinkapin, Native Trees, Oak
  Botanical Name: Quercus muhlenbergii Common Name: Chinkapin Oak* Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Winter form Leaf Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 40-50' Spread: 50-70' Habit/Form:...

• Bur Oak

  Published in Native Trees, Oak, Quercus, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Quercus macrocarpa Common Name: Bur Oak* Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Winter form Leaf Fruit Bark Height: 70-80' Spread: 80-90' Habit/Form: Broadly spreading...

• Swamp White Oak

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Quercus bicolor Common Name: Swamp White Oak Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Winter form Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 50-60' Habit/Form:...

• White Oak

  Published in Quercus, Native Trees, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Oak, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Quercus alba Common Name: White Oak* Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Leaf Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-80' Spread: 50-80' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth...

• Morton Glossy Elm - TRIUMPH™

  Published in elm, Ulmus, Triumph
  Botanical Name: Ulmus  'Morton Glossy' Common Name: Morton Glossy Elm - TRIUMPH™ Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Leaf Bark Height: 50-60' Spread: 40-50' Habit: Upright Oval Zone: 4-9Cultural...

• Morton Japanese Elm - ACCOLADE®

  Published in Accolade, Ulmus, elm
  Botanical Name: Ulmus davidiana var. japonica 'Morton' Common Name: Morton Japanese Elm - ACCOLADE® Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Bark Height:...

• Little-leaved Linden

  Published in Intermediate Sized Trees, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Tilia cordata Common Name: Little-leaved Linden Updated 2/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Leaf Bark Height: 45-60' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth, upright-oval with age Growth Rate:...

• American Basswood

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Native Trees
  Botanical Name: Tilia americana Common Name: American Basswood* Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Leaf   Flower Bark Height: 60-80' Spread: 30-40' Habit/Form: Oval to rounded...

• Shawnee Brave Bald Cypress

  Published in Columnars, Fastigiates
  Botanical Name: Taxodium distichum 'Mickelson' Common Name: Bald-Cypress - SHAWNEE BRAVE™ Updated 1/2013   Click on an image to enlarge. Fall form Fall leaf   Height: 50' Spread: 20' Habit/Form: Narrowly...

• Common Bald Cypress

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, large evergreen, Native Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Taxodium distichum Common Name: Bald-Cypress* Updated 1/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 50-70' Spread: 20-30'...

• European Larch

  Published in Four Season Landscape, large evergreen, not favored by deer, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Larix decidua Common Name: European Larch Updated 2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form Leaf   Flower Cone Bark Height: 70-75' Spread: 25-30' Habit/Form:...

• Kentucky Coffeetree

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Native Trees
  Botanical Name: Gymnocladus dioicus Common Name: Kentucky Coffeetree* Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Leaf Fall leaf   Fruit Bark Height: 50-60 Spread: 40-50' Habit/Form:...

• Thornless Honey Locust

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, not favored by deer, Native Trees, thornless
  Botanical Name: Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis Common Name: Thornless Honey Locust* Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Form Fall form Leaf   Fall leaf Fruit Bark Height: 40-70'...

• Ginkgo

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, not favored by deer
  Botanical Name: Ginkgo biloba Common Name: Ginkgo Updated 4/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form Branch   Leaf Bark Height: 50-80' Spread: 30-40' Habit/Form: Broadly pyramidal...

• Hackberry

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees, Butterflies, birds
  Botanical Name: Celtis occidentalis Common Name: Hackberry Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge Winter form Leaf bark form Height: 40-60' Spread: 40-60' Habit/Form: Pyramidal in youth changing...

• Northern Catalpa

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Large Deciduous Trees, not favored by deer, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  Botanical Name: Catalpa speciosaCommon Name: Northern Catalpa Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge.   Form Winter form Leaf     Flower Fruit Bark   Height: 40-60'...

• River Birch

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Native Trees, Large Deciduous Trees, Butterflies, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, birds, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Betula nigraCommon Name: River Birch* Updated  2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge. Form Winter form     Leaf Bark Height: 40-70' Spread: 40-60' Habit/Form:...

• Oak-leaf Hydrangea

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Hydrangea, Intermediate Sized, shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifoliaCommon Name: Oak-leaf Hydrangea Updated 6/2012 form fall color Click image to enlargeHeight: 4-6'(8') Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright mounded  Growth Rate: Slow to medium  Zone:...

• Snow Queen Oak-leaved Hydrangea

  Published in Intermediate Sized, Hydrangea, shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen'Common Name: Snow Queen Oak-leaved Hydrangea Updated 7/2012 form bark flower fall color Click image to enlarge Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Compact and...

• Sikes Dwarf Oak-leaved Hydrangea

  Published in Sikes Dwarf, Hydrangea, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sikes Dwarf'Common Name: Sikes Dwarf Oak-leaved HydrangeaUpdated 7/2012 Height: 2-4'  Spread: 2-4'  Habit/Form: Compact and mounded  Growth Rate: Slow to medium  Zone: 5-9Cultural...

• Fragrant Sumac

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, native, Low growing shrubs, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Rhus aromatica Common Name: Fragrant Sumac Updated 12/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form leaves fruit fall color Height: 2-6' Spread: 6-10' Habit/Form: Mounded  Growth Rate: Slow to...

• Shining Sumac PRAIRIE FLAME

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Chicagoland Grows, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rhus copallina var. latifolia 'Morton' Common Name: Shining Sumac - PRAIRIE FLAME™ Updated 12/2012 Height: 5-6' Spread: up to 10' Habit/Form: Compact, mounding Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-7Cultural Requirements: Full sun for best...

• Knock out Rose

  Published in Low growing shrubs, Rose
  Botanical Name: Rosa 'Radrazz'Common Name: Rose - KNOCK OUT® Updated 12/2012   Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Round compact bushy Growth Rate: Medium to slow Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Sun to light shade in moist,...

• Pink Knock Out Rose

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rosa `Radcon'Common Name: Rose - PINK KNOCK OUT® Updated 12/2012 Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Round compact bushy Growth Rate: Medium to slow Zone: 5-9Cultural Requirements: Sun to light shade in moist, well-drained soil....

• Red-leaved Rose

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Rosa, Rose
  Botanical Name: Rosa glauca Common Name: Red-leaved Rose Updated 12/2012  Height: 5-7' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright arching, spreading and eventually rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun with...

• Rugosa Rose

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Low growing shrubs, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rosa rugosaCommon Name: Rugosa Rose Updated 12/2012   Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright, rounded, suckering, colonizing shrub Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: One of the most...

• Blanc Double de Coubert Rose

  Published in Rose, Low growing shrubs, Rosa
  Botanical Name: Rosa rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert'Common Name: Blanc Double de Coubert Rugosa Rose Updated 12/2012 Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright, rounded, suckering, colonizing shrub Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Frau Dagmar Hastrup Rugosa Rose

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Low growing shrubs, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Rosa rugosa 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup' Common Name: Frau Dagmar Hastrup Rugosa Rose Updated 12/2012   Form Bud Flower Click image to enlarge. Height: 3-4' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Low dense...

• Goldflame Japanese Spirea

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Spiraea japonica 'Goldflame' Common Name: Goldflame Japanese Spirea Updated 12/2012   Height: 2-3' Spread: 3-4' Habit/Form: Low,dense mounded Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-7Cultural Requirements: Tolerant of many soils except...

• Little Princess Japanese Spirea

  Botanical Name: Spiraea japonica 'Little Princess' Common Name: Little Princess Japanese Spirea Updated 12/2012Height: 24-30" Spread: 24-30" Habit/Form: Dense, low growing, rounded Growth Rate: Fast Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun...

• Spirea - FIRST SNOW

  Published in Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Spiraea x cinerea 'Grefsheim'Common Name: Spirea - FIRST SNOW™ Updated 12/2012  Height: 4-5' Spread: 4-5' Habit/Form: Dense, rounded to vase-shaped with arching branches Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Old Fashioned Weigela - WINE & ROSES®

  Published in Four Season Landscape, birds, Butterflies
  Botanical Name: Weigela florida 'Alexandra' Common Name: Old Fashioned Weigela - WINE & ROSES® Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form flower Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Compact, rounded Growth Rate:...

• Old Fashioned Weigela - MIDNIGHT WINE®

  Botanical Name: Weigela florida 'Elvera' Common Name: Old Fashioned Weigela - MIDNIGHT WINE® Updated 3/2013Height: 18-24" Spread: 24-36" Habit/Form: Low mounded  Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8 Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun to...

• Minuet Old Fashioned Weigela

  Published in Weigela, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Weigela florida 'Minuet' Common Name: Minuet Old Fashioned Weigela Updated 3/2013 Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Compact rounded Growth Rate: Slow Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun to part shade, extremely...

• Tango Weigela

  Published in Weigela, Low growing shrubs
  Botanical Name: Weigela 'Tango'Common Name: Tango Weigela Updated 3/2013 Height: 2-3' Spread: 2-3' Habit/Form: Compact, rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 5-8Cultural Requirements: Best in full sun to part shade, extremely hardy and adaptable to...

• Sawara-Cypress

  SAWARA-CYPRESSBotanical Name: Chamaecyparis pisiferaCommon Name: Sawara-Cypress Height: 50-70' Spread: 10-20' Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 4-8Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun in moist, well-drained, slightly...

• Douglas-fir

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites, large evergreen
  Botanical Name: Pseudotsuga menziesiiCommon Name: Douglas-fir Updated 12/2012 needles cones form Height: 40-80' Spread: 15-20' Habit/Form: Broadly conical to pyramidal  Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-6Cultural...

• Pyramidal Eastern Arborvitae

  Published in large evergreen, Fastigiates, Columnars
  Botanical Name:  Thuja occidentalis 'Pyramidalis'Common Name: Pyramidal Eastern Arborvitae Updated 1/2013   Height: 20-30' Spread: 5-8' Habit/Form: Narrow pyramidal Growth Rate: Medium to fast Zone: 3-7Cultural Requirements: Prefers...

• Bottlebrush Buckeye

  Published in Trees & Shrubs with Fabulous Fall Color, Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, Plants for Shady Sites, Large Deciduous Shrubs, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Aesculus parviflora Common Name: Bottlebrush Buckeye Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers fall color Height: 8-12' Spread: 12-15' Habit/Form: Broad, spreading Growth Rate: Slow ...

• Prince William Canada Serviceberry

  Botanical Name: Amelanchier canadensis 'Prince William'Common Name: Prince William Canada Serviceberry Updated 2/2012 form flower Height: 8-10' Spread: 5-6' Habit/Form: Upright oval Growth Rate: Medium slow Zone: 3-4Cultural...

• Fringe Tree

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, Black walnut toxicity tolerant, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Chionanthus virginicusCommon Name: Fringe Tree Updated 3/2012 Click on an image to enlarge form flower fruit Height: 12-20' Spread: 10-20' Habit/Form: Oval to wide spreading shrub or small...

• Seven-Son Flower

  Published in Four Season Landscape, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Heptacodium miconioides Common Name: Seven-Son Flower Updated 4/2012 form bark flowers sepals Height: 15-20' Spread: 8-12' Habit/Form: Upright, irregular, loose  Growth Rate: Medium /Fast...

• Flowering Almond

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Prunus triloba Common Name: Flowering Almond Updated 12/2012 Form Branch Flower Height: 12-15' Spread: 12-15' Habit/Form: Rounded tree-like shrub Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 3-6Cultural Requirements: Best in...

• Wayfaring Tree

  Published in Viburnums, Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Viburnum lantanaCommon Name: Wayfaring Tree Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge. form flowers Height: 10-15' Spread: 10-15' Habit/Form: Upright-rounded Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Mohican Wayfaring Tree

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs
  Botanical Name: Viburnum lantana 'Mohican' Common Name: Mohican Wayfaring Tree Updated 3/2013 Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height: 8-10' Spread: 6-9' Habit/Form: Upright Growth Rate: Medium Zone: 4-7Cultural...

• Ornamental Grasses

  Published in grasses, Ornamental Grasses
  Ornamental Grasses for the Home Landscape Herbaceous perennials that produce foliage and flowers, then die to the ground and return the following season Provide a natural graceful beauty to the garden and complement shrubs and other...

• Intermediate-Sized Deciduous Trees

  Published in Deciduous Trees, Intermediate
  Prunus sargentii, Sargent's cherry. Rich pink flowers open early to create a frothy pink mass in the springtime landscape Intermediate-Sized Trees for the Home Landscape Generally grow 25-40 feel tall Drop their leaves in the fall...

• Plants that Attract Butterflies

  Published in Butterflies, butterfly
  Plants that Attract Butterflies A butterfly garden is simply a flower garden that is designed to include nectar-rich flowers that butterflies love to visit. The ideal garden is one that supports both the adults and larvae, by offering a wide...

• Plants Tolerant Of Black Walnut Toxicity

  Published in Black Walnut, Toxicity
  Black walnut (Juglans nigra) is considered one of our most valuable native hardwood lumber trees and is often used in large scale landscapes. However, in the smaller-scale home landscape, the leaves and fruits are considered by some to be a messy...

• Low-Growing Evergreen Shrubs

  Published in Evergreens, shrubs
  The fine-textured foliage and formal silhouette of Buxus 'Glencoe', Chicagoland Green™ boxwood, offers an important year-round structural element to any landscape Generally grow less than 4 feet tall Include cone-bearing plants with...

• Large Evergreen Trees

  Published in evergreen, large evergreens
  Pinus strobus, Eastern white pine at The Morton Arboretum Generally grow 20 feet or taller Cone-bearing with needle-like or scale-like leaves Although many people call conifers "evergreen," not all conifers retain their foliage year-round,...

• Large Deciduous Trees

  Published in Deciduous
    Generally grow taller than 40 feet Drop their leaves in the fall (deciduous) Recommended on the basis of ornamental value, hardiness, availability, and freedom from serious problems   Uses in the Landscape Shade is an obvious...

• Intermediate-Sized Evergreens

  Published in Arborvitae, Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landsca, Junipers, pine, Spruce, Yew
  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard', the silvery blue needles of Boulevard sawara-cypress makes it a valuable addition to the garden for accent or as a specimen plant Intermediate-Sized Evergreens for the Home Landscape Generally grow 6-20 feet...

• Trees & Shrubs For The Four Season Landscape

  Published in Four Season Landscape
  Most gardens offer a bounty of color and beauty for short, intense flowering periods in spring and early summer, and again during fall color. A garden that commands attention and excites interest throughout the year doesn't just happen--it's...

• Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds

  Published in Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, birds
  It takes more than a feeder and a birdbath to make your yard truly bird friendly. Birds need a complete habitat that provides food, shelter, nesting areas, and singing posts from which to defend their territories. Factors to Consider When...

• Invasive Trees, Shrubs, and Vines

  Published in shrubs, Invasive Trees
  Identifying Invasive Plants When settlers began gardening, they had a constant struggle to keep the natural ecosystem from invading and overwhelming their small cultivated patches. Today, humans have so altered the Midwest landscape that the...

• Recommended Magnolias

  Published in Recommended Magnolias for the Home Landscape
  Magnolias are among the most beautiful and popular landscape plants. While their principal attraction is spectacular large flowers, magnolias also offer homeowners a variety of sizes, forms, and textures from smaller shrub-like plants to large...

• Trees and Septics

  Published in Septics
  Tree root invasion of septic tank absorption fields, drop boxes, and tanks is a long-standing problem in the maintenance of on-site waste treatment systems. Many trees and shrubs readily invade these systems because they can provide air space,...

• Native Trees of the Midwest

  Published in Native Trees
  Native Trees of the Midwest for the Home Landscape A native plant is considered to be a species that existed in an area prior to the arrival of European settlers, as opposed to a naturalized plant, which has been introduced into a new habitat by...

• Crabapples for the Home Landscape

  Published in Crabapples for the Home Landscape
  Minor revisions 3/2013 Crabapples are versatile, small, ornamental trees used in the urban landscape. Crabapples bloom in spring, usually in May, bearing flowers that vary a great deal in color, size, fragrance, and visual appeal. It is common for...

• Columnar or Fastigiate Trees

  Published in Columnars, Fastigiates
  Trees that are naturally narrow, usually with a single trunk, and have a shorter, uniform branch spread are referred to as columnar trees. Trees that have many trunks or branches that grow erect and close together to form a uniform, narrow crown are...

• Plants not favored by deer

  Published in not favored by deer
  There are few things more frustrating to a gardener than having deer dine on much-cherished plants.  Even if you are prepared to tolerate deer damage because you think these animals are picturesque, take heed.  Deer are creatures of...

• Plants for Shady Sites

  Published in Plants for Shady Sites
  Don’t let anyone tell you that planting in shade is a problem. Don’t believe for an instant that shade gardens are boring or that your plant selections are limited. Nature is the best demonstrator for the possibilities of shade-loving plants....

• Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites
  As a general rule, most plants don't like to have their roots wet for extended periods of time. However, some species grow naturally along riverbanks and other soggy locations, where they readily adapt to fluctuations in soil moisture or tolerate...

• Viburnums for the Home Landscape

  Published in Viburnums, Viburnum, Home Landscape
  Viburnums for the Home Landscape Tough, adaptable shrubs available in many sizes and forms to fit small or large properties Several selections available with wonderfully fragrant flowers Heavy fruiting varieties attract wildlife to the...

• Vines

  Published in Vines
  Vines add versatility to the home landscape, being both functional and decorative. Vines can be grown for their beautiful prolific blooms, attractive summer foliage, fall color, and interesting ornamental fruits and seedpods. Evergreen ...

• Weeping Plants

  Published in weeping plants
  Weeping trees and shrubs provide a graceful focal point in a garden, especially if placed in an uncluttered and visible location. The special characteristics of a weeping plant are the pendulous, drooping branches. Some also develop irregular,...

• Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs

  Published in Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Across the Midwest, the use of deicing salts (primarily sodium chloride) in winter to maintain safe roadways, sidewalks, and driveways is a common practice. Despite the benefits, deicing salt deposited on trees and shrubs can cause extensive damage....

• Native Shrubs of the Midwest

  Published in Midwest, shrubs, native
  A native plant is considered to be a species that existed in the Midwest prior to the arrival of European settlers, as opposed to a naturalized plant, which has been introduced into a new habitat by human influence. Native shrubs are part of the...

• Common Weeds

  Published in Common Weeds
  1. Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)-A cool-season biennial reaching 1-3’ tall. First year plants consist of rosette clusters of round, scalloped-edged, dark-green leaves, second-year plants produce a flowering stem with numerous ...

• Trees & Shrubs with Fabulous Fall Color

  Published in Trees & Shrubs with Fabulous Fall Color
  1. State Street® Miyabe Maple (Acer miyabei ‘Morton’) –An upright, intermediate-sized tree with deeply lobed green leaves with a striking yellow fall color. A Chicagoland Grows® introduction. 2. Sugar Maple(Acer saccharum)*...

• Summer Prairie Plants

  Published in Summer Prairie Plants
  1. Nodding Wild Onion (Allium cernuum) - A perennial bulb for moist meadows and prairies. Soft, grass-like leaves, with 12to 24-inch flower stalks that bend so the large globes of pale pink to white flowers nod toward the...

• Summer Perennials

  Published in Summer Perennials
  1. Fernleaf Yarrow (Achillea filipendula) –Fragrant, gray-green, fern-like foliage grows 18 to 36 inches tall with long-blooming, dense, flat clusters of yellow flowers in June-August. Best in full sun in well-drained dry soil. Heat and...

• Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs

  Published in Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs
  1. Yellowwood (Cladrastis lutea) - Named for the bright yellow internal wood. A 30 to 40’ tall tree with attractive, smooth gray, beech-like bark and bright green leaves. Showy, white, pendulous, fragrant flowers occur in early June...

• Spring Wildflowers

  Published in Arboretum Woodlands, Spring Wildflowers
  1. Rue Anemone (Anemonella thalictroides) - March-June;   4-8”tall; white or pink flowers positioned on wiry stems above the foliage. 2. Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)-April-July; 12-24”tall; green and...

• Late Summer & Autumn Prairie Plants

  Published in Late Summer & Autumn Prairie Plants
  1. Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) - The classic grass of the tallgrass prairie. It grows 5 to 8 feet tall. In late August it produces its distinctive 3-parted flower inflorescence, which resemble a turkey’s foot. In autumn, the...

• Late Summer & Autumn Perennials

  Published in Late Summer & Autumn Perennials
  1. Monkshood (Aconitum carmichaelii) – A 2 to 3-foot tall, clump-forming perennial with terminal spikes of violet-blue hooded flowers on stiff stem. Best sited in rich, moist, organic soil in part shade or full sun with adequate...

• Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs

  Published in Interesting Fruits of Trees & Shrubs
  1. PawPaw (Asimina triloba) - A small, 15 to 20-foot tall, multi-stemmed tree known for its long, drooping leaves, small reddish-purple flowers and greenish-yellow, 3 to 5-inch long, banana-like edible fruit. Colony forming plants prefer...

• Ferns

  Published in Ferns
  Most ferns are easy to grow as long as their cultural requirements are met.  The majority of them grow in shade or dappled shade, though a few grow in sun.  Some ferns are evergreen, while others lose their leaves in fall.  The...

• Evergreen Ground Covers

  Published in Evergreen Ground Covers
  1. Bearberry, Kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)*- A creeping, sun-loving plant with tiny, dark green, leathery leaves. Small, urn-shaped, white flowers appear from April to June, followed by small, persistent red fruits in August. Grow in...

• Deciduous Ground Covers

  Published in Deciduous Ground Covers
  1. Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)- A mat-like ground cover, tolerant of occasional foot traffic. Three to four–inch, oval-shaped, glossy green leaves are arranged in tight rosettes, and by late spring, 3-6-inch long bluish-purple flower...

• Identifying Invasive Plants

  When settlers began gardening, they had a constant struggle to keep the natural ecosystem from invading and overwhelming their small cultivated patches. Today, humans have so altered the Midwest landscape that the reverse is true: Many of the...

• How Plants Are Named

  Published in scientific names
  Common or Trade Names Plants can have many different common names. Depending on where it grows, the same plant may have many different regional names. It may also have other common names in other countries in which it grows. For example the plant...

• Redbud

  Published in Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, ornamental, not favored by deer, Native Trees, native, small ornamental trees
  Botanical Name: Cercis canadensis Common Name: Redbud Updated 2/2012 Click on an image to enlarge flowers fall color fruits bark   Height: 15-20'  Spread: 20-25'  Habit/Form: Rounded to...

• Low Growing Deciduous Shrubs (under 5 feet)

  Published in shrubs, Deciduous, Low growing shrubs
  Generally grow up to 5 feet tall, easy to maintain in proper scale  Essentially, a low-growing woody plant that branches at its base Lose their leaves in fall (deciduous) Recommended for the Midwest on the basis of ornamental value,...

• Large Evergreen Trees (over 20 feet)

  Published in Evergreens
  These trees can reach heights of 80 feet, and most hold their needles year-round, providing seasonal color in winter. Many are dense, offering a screen or privacy, and windbreak. Besides green, evergreens can be silver-blue, blue-green, and...

• Large Deciduous Shrubs (over 8 feet)

  Published in Large Deciduous Shrubs, shrubs
  Large Deciduous Shrubs for the Home Landscape Generally grow 8 feet and taller Plants with multiple stems arising from a common crown at ground level, or single-stemmed plants that begin branching at a point near the ground Lose their leaves in...

• Intermediate Sized Deciduous Shrubs (5-8 feet)

  Published in Lilac, Intermediate Sized, Deciduous, shrubs, Viburnum, Weigela
  Intermediate-sized Deciduous Shrubs for the Home Landscape Generally grow 5-8 feet tall Plants with multiple stems arising from a common crown at ground level or single-stemmed plants that begin branching at a point near the ground Lose their...

• Small Ornamental Trees (15-25 feet)

  Published in small ornamental trees
  Small Ornamental Trees for the Home Landscape (15-25 feet) Updated 12/11 Generally grow l5-25 feet tall Drop their leaves in the fall (deciduous) Recommended for the Midwest on the basis of ornamental value, proven hardiness, availability, and...

• Intermediate Sized Deciduous Trees (25-40 feet)

  Published in tree selection, Intermediate Sized Trees, Hornbeam, Deciduous Trees, Buckeye
  Intermediate-sized trees generally grow 25-40 feet tall. Like large trees, intermediate-sized trees provide shade, warming, shelter, and privacy. They absorb noise, dirt, heat, and glare from the pavement and street. Be mindful of the growth needs...

• Low Growing Evergreens (generally less than 6 feet)

  Published in shrubs, Low Growing Evergreens, Evergreens, tree selection
  Generally growing less than 6 feet, these shrubs screen unwanted objects and views all year, can be used to stabilize slopes or embankments, and add color to winter landscapes. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from mounded to upright to...

• Intermediate Sized Evergreens (6-20 feet)

  Published in shrubs, Intermediate-Sized Evergreens, Evergreens, tree selection
  Growing 6-20 feet tall, they retain foliage year-round, and soften structural edges around foundations, under windows, at corners, or against walls. Like mid-sized shrubs, they create structure and depth in mixed plantings, and provide backdrop for...

• Jeddeloh Eastern Hemlock

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens, Hemlock
  Botanical Name: Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh' Common Name: Jeddeloh Eastern Hemlock Updated 2/2013 Height: 3-4'  Spread: 3-4'  Habit/Form: Rounded  Growth Rate: Very slow  Zone: 4-8 Cultural Requirements: Best in moist,...

• Siberian- Cypress

  Published in Low Growing Evergreens
  Botanical Name: Microbiota decussataCommon Name: Siberian-Cypress Updated 11/2012   Height: 1-1½'  Spread: 6-8'  Habit/Form: Low, spreading  Growth Rate: Slow  Zone: 2-7Cultural Requirements: Requires moist, loose,...

• Selection Factors to Consider

  Published in tree selection, tree survival
  Selecting a tree that will thrive in a given set of site conditions is the key to long-term tree survival. The following is a list of the site conditions to consider before selecting a tree for planting. Soil Conditions The condition...