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• Intermediate Sized Deciduous Shrubs (5-8 feet)

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Weigela, Viburnum, shrubs, Deciduous, Intermediate Sized, Lilac
  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...

• Winter Red Winterberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Intermediate Sized, Deciduous Shrubs
  Common Name: Winter Red WinterberryBotanical Name:  Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red' Summer form Winter form Fruit Click an image to enlarge   Height:  6-8' Spread:  6-8' Form:  Rounded Rate: ...

• Bayberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, Intermediate Sized, Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds
  Botanical Name: Myrica pensylvanica Common Name: Bayberry   Form Winter form Flower   Fruit Fruit in winter Bark Click an image to enlarge.Height: ...

• Snow Queen Oak-leaf Hydrangea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Intermediate Sized, Hydrangea, shrubs
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen' Common Name: Snow Queen Oak-leaf Hydrangea form bark flower fall color Click image to enlarge Height: 4-6' Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Compact and mounded Growth...

• Oak-leaf Hydrangea

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: shrubs, Intermediate Sized, Hydrangea, Four Season Landscape
  Botanical Name: Hydrangea quercifolia Common Name: Oak-leaf Hydrangea form fall color Click image to enlargeHeight: 4-6'(8') Spread: 4-6' Habit/Form: Upright mounded Growth Rate: Slow (Less than 6 inches per year) to medium...

• Tina Crabapple

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Intermediate Sized, Deciduous Shrubs, Crabapples for the Home Landscape
   Botanic Name: Malus 'Tina'Common Name: Tina Crabapple Click on an image to enlarge form flowers Height/Width:  5'/6'Form:  Spreading/Shrub Bud/Flower:  Red/White Fruit:  RedRate:  Slow (Less...

• Summersweet Clethra

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Trees and Shrubs That Attract Birds, Summer-Flowering Trees & Shrubs, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs, Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Plants for Shady Sites, Intermediate Sized, Butterflies, Four Season Landscape
   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'  Form:  Oval to...

• Carolina-Allspice

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: 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 Hazelnut

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

• Leatherwood

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants Tolerant of Wet Sites, Intermediate Sized, native, not favored by deer, Plants for Shady 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'  ...

• Common Winterberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: 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   Form Leaf   Fruit Bark Click an image to enlarge.Height:  6-10' Spread:  6-10' Form: ...

• Black Jetbead

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Plants for Shady Sites, Intermediate Sized, Salt-Tolerant Trees and Shrubs
  Botanical Name:  Rhodotypos scandens Common Name:  Black Jetbead   Form Winter form Flower Fruit Click on image to enlarge.Height:  3-5' Spread:  4-8' Form: ...

• Ruby Red Horse-Chestnut

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: 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...

• Minnesota Snowflake Mockorange

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Intermediate Sized
  Minnesota Snowflake Mockorange Philadelphus x virginalis 'Minnesota Snowflake' Form Flower Leaf Height:  5-8' Spread:  5-6' Form:  Rounded Growth Rate:  Fast (more than 12 inches per...

• Brilliant Red Chokeberry

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Intermediate Sized, shrubs
  Botanic 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:  3-5' ...

• Tina Crabapple

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Crabapple, Deciduous Shrubs, Intermediate Sized
  Common Name:Tina CrabappleBotanical Name:  Malus 'Tina'  Form Flower Click image to enlarge Height:  5-6' Spread:  8-10' Spreading Rate:  Slow (Less than 6 inches per year)Zone:  4-7...

• Dwarf Meyer Lilac

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Deciduous Shrubs, Intermediate Sized, Lilac
  Botanical Name:  Syringa meyeri 'Palibin' Common Name:  Dwarf Meyer Lilac Form Flower Click image to enlarge Height:  4-5' Spread:  5-7' Form:  Rounded Rate:  Slow (Less than 6 inches per...

• Butterfly bush

  | Category: Tree & Plant Selection | Tags: Butterflies, butterfly, Intermediate Sized, shrubs
  Common Name:  Butterfly bushBontanic Name:  Buddleia davidii Updated 2/2012 'White Profusion' form 'Royal Red' flower Click an image to enlarge Height: 6-8'  Spread: 5-8' Form: Upright Spreading Rate: Fast...