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Articles tagged Intermediate Sized

• Intermediate Sized Deciduous Shrubs (5-8 feet)

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

• Winter Red Winterberry

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

• Bayberry

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

• Snow Queen Oak-leaved Hydrangea

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

• Oak-leaf Hydrangea

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

• Tina Crabapple

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

• Summersweet Clethra

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

• 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: 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...

• Leatherwood

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

• 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 Updated 10/2012   Form Leaf   Fruit Bark Click an image to enlarge.Height: 6-10'  Spread:...

• Black Jetbead

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

• 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 Virginal Mock-orange

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

• Brilliant Red Chokeberry

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

• 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...

• Palibin Lilac

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

• Butterfly bush

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