Zone 5

Laburnum anagyroides (GOLDENCHAIN TREE)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 In late spring 4-8" pendulous, wisteria-like clusters of golden-yellow pea flowers hang like golden chains from all along the branches of this superb 15-20' tree. Its beautifully...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Amber Gem' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The incredible double golden-yellow flowers are brushed to the tips with red like a ripe apricot, giving the blossoms an exquisite amber coloration. The gorgeous blooms arise from...

Ilex opaca 'Arlene Leach' (FEMALE AMERICAN HOLLY)

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A rather quick growing female holly (30-50ft) with wavy, 2-4in dark green, leathery leaves and smaller spines. Berries are typically reddish-orange, but may be crimson or even yellowish. An...

Helleborus × hybridus 'Pink Spotted Lady' (PINK SPOTTED LENTEN ROSE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Flowers of soft pink spotted with deeper rose pink very early in spring top the elegant mound of 12-15" tall evergreen foliage. PSh-Sh/M 

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Slate Double' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 A beautifully nodding and floriferous hellebore with double, slate-gray, late-winter to spring flowers standing 18-22 inches tall and spreading about 2 feet. PSh-Sh/M 

Mini Skirt (MINI HOSTA)

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Thick, wavy leaves of green with margins of yellow form adorable mini mounds 5 inches tall and about a foot wide. Its summer racemes are pale lavender, and stand just a few inches above the colorful...

Cotoneaster microphyllus 'Cooperi' (LITTLELEAF COTONEASTER)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 A very small, dense mound with tiny leaves, untempermental and rewarding for bonsai or rock garden. Late summer, red berries contrast beautifully on the dense mounds. S/M-D 

Helleborus orientalis (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The ideal groundcover for deciduous shrubs and trees, this classic perennial provides the gardens with welcome winter flowers whose wide-open faces nod for many months above...

Deutzia (Yuki Kabuki)

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This compact mound is gorgeous in the spring with its many pink and white delicate-looking blooms and in the fall its glossy leaves turn shades of yellow, red and purple. This is a wonderfully...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Black Diamond' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This dramatically toned Hellebore blooms in late winter-early spring with large, single, cup-shaped flowers of saturated, deep eggplant purple to charcoal black petals. They stand...

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Masja' (MOPHEAD HYDRANGEA)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 For container, small yard, or front-of-the-border accent, this 2-3' semi-dwarf sport of Alpengluhen not only produces one crop of showy 4-6" red ball- shaped flowers” but often...

Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Gold Rider' (GOLD LEYLAND CYPRESS)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Among newer selections by far the best is Gold Rider (van Gelderen) a slow-growing Dutch introduction that retains the brilliant golden color of its feathered sprays well during...

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen' (OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Lovely all year, this compact (4-6') shrub selected by Princeton N. has large white (pink when dry) flower heads held upright for a spectacular summer show; its handsome leaves...

Hellebore Winter Jewels® 'Apricot Blush' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Softly colored single petals are peachy apricot and may be freckled, flushed, edged or streaked with gorgeous deep rosy red hues, providing some of the first color as winter ends...

Deutzia gracilis 'Chardonnay Pearls' (GOLD-LEAVED DEUTZIA)

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The showy bright-yellow to chartreuse foliage of this compact 2-3' shrub provides intense all-season color! Elegant, white, pearl-like buds explode into a shower of fragrant brilliant-white spring...

Geum triflorum (PRAIRIE SMOKE)

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The smoke of the common name refers to the seed head¬óa 2" tuft of rose-colored fluff; the flower, resembling a nodding rose-pink urn, rises from finely-dissected foliage in early spring. S/M-D/GDr...

Heptacodium miconioides 'Temple of Bloom' (SEVEN SON FLOWER)

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This tree may be small in size, but not in impact. Spring leaves emerge green and deeply veined, twisting at the tips as they mature. Profuse clusters of fragrant white flowers bloom for weeks in the...

Cornus kousa 'Scarlet Fire' (PINK-FLOWERING DOGWOOD)

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After a couple years of being established, the abundance of 4-5 inch lighter pink flowers will emerge as a dark-pink to fuchsia, unique from other dogwoods. Summer blooms can last for up to 8 weeks!...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Cherry Blossom' (LENTEN ROSE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This Lenten Rose features exquisite, hefty, semi-double blooms with incredibly rich cherry-red centers. The petals are creamy white with red margins and they contrast the dark...

Heptacodium miconioides (SEVEN-SONS PLANT)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Introduced to the U.S. by the Arnold Arboretum, this unusual 15-20'shrub/tree makes a welcome addition to the landscape palette with its white, fragrant, late-summer flowers which...

Geum 'Tempo Orange' (ORANGE GEUM)

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Charming and long blooming (from April-July) with profusions of cream to peachy-orange blooms which stand 6 inches above its strawberry-like foliage. A lovely deer resistant choice for pollinator...

Helleborus Winter Jewels® 'Jade Tiger' (HELLEBORE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 This gorgeous Lenten rose is one of the most dramatic perennial flowers for the shade garden. Its fully-double pale jade-green blossoms are irregularly edged, striped and spotted...

HOSTA "Hadspen Blue"

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Charming mounds of powdery soft-looking, steel blue-gray leaves are thick, remarkably textured and cupped. Its muted tones pair beautifully with variegated and boldly colored cultivars. Summertime...

Cornus kousa 'Greensleeves' (DOGWOOD)

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Four creamy-white perpendicular "petals" (really bracts) form a bright and prolific show of late spring flowers on this small (20x20') woodland beauty; dark-green leaves are unusually shiny and turn...