Zone 5

OREGON GRAPE Mahonia aquifolium

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Bright-yellow fragrant flowers in early spring bring rich dusty-blue fruit clusters that make a wonderful jelly. Thick glossy dark-green compound leaves which turn red to bronze in winter give this medium 3-6' western native true four-season appeal...

RED MULBERRY Morus rubra

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This lovely rounded tree to 30-50' is valuable in the landscape not only for its drought and pollution tolerance, but also for its fruit which is loved by birds and jelly makers! The tasty red fruits (on fertilized female trees) look somewhat like 1"...

Variegated Hosta "Pocket of Sunshine"

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Hardiness zones 3-9 The distinctly cupped and corrugated leaves of this cute little Hosta start out with chartreuse centers in the spring, which become brighter yellow as summer approaches, with contrasting, broad, deep green margins. Their lavender...

EUROPEAN BEECH Fagus sylvatica

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The European Beech and its varieties should be at the top of everyone's list of desirable large shade trees. This dense, upright oval or wide spreading tree typically reaches 50-60' (uncommonly up to 100'). Glossy dark-green leaves up to 4" long have...

CLUMPING BAMBOO Fargesia rufa (Green Panda)

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Very cold hardy (to 15 below 0° F) and vigorous, this beautifully fountain shaped and entirely non-invasive clumper (to 8' x 8') features non-curling leaves and reddish culms making it a handsome container plant, specimen or an excellent hedge when...

FEMALE AMERICAN HOLLY Ilex opaca (Arlene Leach)

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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 especially stately tree standing naturally conical and somewhat...

MINI HOSTA (Mini Skirt)

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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 foliage. A lovely little plant for full to partial...

WHITE BLEEDING HEART Dicentra amore (Titanium)

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Tons of gorgeous, pure white bleeding heart flowers, with prominent wings stand above delicate, blue-green, ferny foliage, spring through summer. Such an elegant plant in shade gardens and woodland settings. PSh-Sh/M Zone 5

VARIEGATED JAPANESE FOREST GRASS Hakonechloa macra (Lemon Zest)

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This light and bright Japanese forest grass is a fantastic choice for adding color and texture to low-light areas and shade gardens. Its tri-colored variegation of chartreuse, lemon yellow and creamy white is especially bold when planted em masse in beds...

MALE BLUE HOLLY Ilex meserveae (Blue Stallion)

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This hardy male has small-spined, dark olive green leaves on purple stems on a vigorous upright plant. S/M ...

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 easy-going shrub for mixed borders, small hedges and...

OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA Hydrangea quercifolia (Snow Queen)

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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 turn burgundy in fall, and it has attractive bark. PSh/M PPatent4458 ...

CONEFLOWER Echinacea (Sombrero Hot Cora)

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BRIGHT 3"! coral-pink flowers on well-branched, heavily-budded compact 2' plants make this a knockout in border, container and vase. S/M PP23097 ...

GOLD-LEAVED DEUTZIA Deutzia gracilis (Chardonnay Pearls)

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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 flowers. This is a great way to add a brilliant splash of...

PRAIRIE SMOKE Geum triflorum

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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 ...

SEVEN SON FLOWER Heptacodium miconioides (Temple of Bloom)

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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 summer, attracting pollinators of all kinds. Once the...

PINK-FLOWERING DOGWOOD Cornus kousa (Scarlet Fire)

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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! Very showy, low maintenance, drought tolerant, and...

MOPHEAD HYDRANGEA Hydrangea macrophylla (Freedom)

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Layers of petals (each edged with cream) make up the double blooms of this compact (2-3't x 3-5'w) re-blooming Double Delights mophead: pink/blue (depending on pH) flowers spring to frost on extra sturdy stems. S-PSh/M PP22210 ...

GEUM tempo "Coral"

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This compact perennial is adorable with its leaves alone, but it wears bright coral-red blooms on sturdy stems, by the ton, all spring. Then it reblooms in the summer. A stunning choice for mixed beds, borders, containers and edges that the pollinators...

SEVEN-SONS PLANT Heptacodium miconioides

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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 are produced at a young age and are stunning contrasting the bright-green...

ORANGE GEUM Geum (Tempo Orange)

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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 gardens, borders and mixed beds. Zone 5

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 brings flower spikes of pale lavender trumpets which...

DOGWOOD Cornus kousa (Greensleeves)

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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 a showy bright red in the fall color, produces...

FRUITING QUINCE Cydonia oblonga (Richs)

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This small 15-20' tree has white to pink spring flowers but was selected for its extra large, fragrant golden-yellow fruit used in jelly. S/M ...