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Prunus persica 'Frost' (FROST PEACH)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Luscious peaches can be grown in colder winter areas with this fabulous cold hardy peach. Delicious, freestone fruit is yellow-green with a soft red blush. Excellent quality fruit is borne abundantly and is good for eating fresh or...

Punica granatum 'Double Orange' (DOUBLE ORANGE POMEGRANATE)

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Incredible showy double orange flowers decorate this dense, spreading 8-12' shrub/tree in summer; a fruitless selection that is highly ornamental; a wonderful selection for hot dry gardens and deer don't touch it! S/M ...

Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Star of Toscane' (STAR JASMINE)

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A stunning vine from Tuscany! Deep-green, glossy evergreen foliage provides an elegant foil to the lusciously fragrant deep-yellow summer flowers. This pretty vine climbs to 10-12' or it can be grown as an unusually beautiful one foot tall groundcover;...

Punica granatum 'Nana' (DWARF POMEGRANATE)

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A charming dwarf to only 3-6', even the flowers and fruits are dwarf, the form features little, narrow leaves and abundant small, funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers in late-summer which become very cute small rounded red fruits. S/M-D ...

Syringa vulgars 'Madame Lemoinecold' (WHITE FLOWERED FRENCH LILAC)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 This glorious shrub features dense panicles of extraordinarily fragrant, double white flowers in spring contrasting beautifully with the heart-shaped, lush green foliage. This elegant 8-10' white lilac is perfect as a specimen or for...

Syringa hyacinthiflora 'Declaration' (REDDISH-PURPLE LILAC)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Selected at the U.S. National Arb. for its large, fragrant, strikingly dark reddish-purple flowers and its open, upright growth (to 8' x 6') habit. S/M 

Rosa sericea subsp. omeiensis f. pteracantha (WINGED ROSE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 This amazing 8' rose shrub from China must be seen to be believed! Not actually grown for its abundant and lovely cream-colored, four-petaled roses, it is the striking, enormous, red-winged thorns that make this plant so interesting;...

Syringa vulgaris 'Charles Joly' (HYBRID LILAC)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Deep wine-colored buds open to become pinkish-violet, deliciously fragrant, double flowers! These lovely blooms provide a fabulous color variation for lilac lovers. This is a strong growing upright 8-10' cultivar with deep...

Prunus cerasifera 'Mt St Helens' (HARDY FLOWERING PLUM)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 A sport of 'Newport', this flowering plum boasts a dense, rounded habit with early purple foliage which holds its deep purple color all summer long. Fall foliage is a stunning golden-orange. Small pink flowers are showy and fragrant...

Ribes nigrum 'Ben Nevis' (BLACK CURRANT)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Heavy clusters of tart, juicy, black berries adorn this vigorous, upright and self-fertile shrub in mid-late summer. They are a favorite fruit for preserves, wines, baking, sauces, and eating fresh. Or leave them for the birds! This...

Tilia cordata 'Greenspire' (LITTLE-LEAF LINDEN)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 An amazing tree for urban or other tough spots, tolerant of wind, smog, salt and wet or dry feet; this Linden makes a magnificent street tree with its strong central leader and symmetrical pyramidal growth to 40' tall and 30' wide;...

Rosa eglanteria (SWEET BRIAR ROSE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 A lovely species famed for the fragrance of both its pink flowers and its deliciously aromatic leaves which are reminiscent of the scent of apples! The flowers are followed by abundant, long-lasting orange-red fruits. Briar Rose makes...

Syringa vulgaris 'Albert F. Holden' (LILAC)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Unique and beautiful, the flowers of this compact 7 foot shrub have petals that are deep violet-blue on the top and silvery underneath, making it appear bi-colored; named for the founder of Holden Arboretum. 

Salvia 'Bumbleberry' (GARDEN SAGE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Salvia 'Bumbleberry' is a petite yet prolific, late spring bloomer, loved by pollinators and gardeners alike. Its many flower spikes wear intensely colored fuchsia-pink blooms and merlot calyxes, over deep green foliage. It is an...

Quercus agrifolia (CALIFORNIA LIVE OAK)

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This wonderful oak, also known as the coastal live oak, has dark green, spiny, holly-like leaves and is native to the coast ranges of California. One of the fastest growing of the native oaks, this picturesque 30-80' evergreen becomes a handsome...

Prunus amanogawa 'Amanogowa' (JAPANESE FLOWERING CHERRY)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 This columnar form of the always-lovely Japanese Cherry grows to 20' tall by only 4-5' wide, featuring erect branches decorated with upright clusters of fragrant, semi-double shell-pink flowers in mid-to-late spring, deep-green leaves...

Rosa canina (DOG ROSE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 An interesting and historic rose from the hedgebanks and downs of Europe; known as the dog rose as it was once thought that its root could cure dog bites, this easy-going variable-sized shrub (3-15') produces a plentiful supply of 1-2...

Salix integra 'Hakuro nishiki' (DAPPLED WILLOW)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 The rare and graceful has a superbly elegant habit and eye-catching foliage that is brilliantly variegated with large patches of white and pink most of the season. This attractive cultivar features fast-growth to 4-6', this shrub in...

Pinus parviflora 'Cleary' (BLUE JAPANESE WHITE PINE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 'Cleary' is an extremely ornamental, compact and slow-growing Japanese White Pine. Its form is distinctively pyramidal with a strong central leader. Its dense needles are silvery blue, especially when in full sun and they retain their...

Senecio greyi (GROUNDSEL)

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Something for each season, this 4-6 has scalloped foliage which opens white felted before turning green, the better to complement large clusters of small yellow daisies” summer into fall. S/M-D/GDr ...

Rosa banksiae 'Alba Plena' (WHITE LADY BANKS ROSE)

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Hardiness zones 6-11 In spring this charming climbing vine is covered with small white double rosettes which resemble double cherry blossoms more than roses! These lovely blooms have a delicate fragrance reminiscent of violets. The vine is evergreen in...

Mahonia repens (DWARF OREGON GRAPE)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This low growing one foot tall and very-slowly creeping shrub spreads by underground stems. Holly-like evergreen foliage is blue-green and turns a showy bronzy-purple in winter. In spring small clusters of fragrant bright-yellow...

Morus illinois 'Illinois Everbearing' (EVERBEARING MULBERRY)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This handsome 20-35' tree produces large and delightfully flavorful deep-purple fruits in early summer and a smaller crop again in late summer. Considered a precocious fruiter, it begins to bear at only 2-3 years of age. The large...

Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' (BLACK MONDO GRASS)

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Hardiness zones 6-10 A really striking accent or groundcover, the 10" leaves of this grass-like perennial are green when new but turn purplish-black when mature and spread to form attractive clumps; pinkish-white flower spikes in summer are a bonus...