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Spiraea japonica 'Double Play Red' (RED SPIREA)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 Unique late spring flowers with long anthers covered in purple pollen are the closest to red of any Spirea. And the color doesn't stop there! The foliage emerges brilliant red in...

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...

Prunus avium 'Bing' (SWEET CHERRY)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 One of the very best cherries with consistently large deep-red, sweet and juicy mid-season fruit that is excellent for eating fresh, freezing or canning; very vigorous trees that...

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...

Pinus brutia 'eldarica' (AFGHAN PINE)

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Hardiness zones 6-9 A rare desert species, this 90' tree has long slender needles in bundles of two and extremely resinous wood which is aromatic when brushed or cut. It is very easily mistaken for...

Rhus typhina (STAGHORN SUMAC)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 A wide-spreading, open, irregularly branched, large 15-25' shrub whose stems are covered with a dense reddish-brown down much like the velvet on a stag's horns; large, compound...

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...

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...

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...

Pinus strobus (EASTERN WHITE PINE)

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Hardiness zones 3-8 This beautiful conifer from the northeast United States is the state tree of both Maine and Michigan. Its straight, fine-grained growth makes it a cabinet maker's delight! This...

Pinus densiflora (JAPANESE RED PINE)

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Hardiness zones 3, 4-8 A picturesque tree with twisted,flat-topped habit with attractive orange-red bark (peeling above a certain height) and 3-5" bright-green needles; much loved in Japan as tree,...

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...

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...

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;...

Polystichum munitum (WESTERN SWORD FERN)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 Receiving high marks as a garden plant, the western sword fern produces large clumps of primordial, leathery, deep-green fronds growing 2-5' tall with symmetrical, simple, toothed...

Prunus subhirtella 'Accolade' (FLOWERING CHERRY)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 Dark pink buds open as nodding profusions of large, soft pink, double blooms, which cover bare branches on a spreading, airy crown, early-mid spring. Once the flowers have fallen,...

Rhus glabra (SMOOTH SUMAC)

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Hardiness zones 3-9 A first class plant, this interesting 10-15' U.S. native shrub has large, compound pinnate, tropical-looking leaves which turn a glowing bright-red in fall, ornate, yellow-green...

Pinus strobiformis 'reflexa' (SOUTHWESTERN WHITE PINE)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 Also known as the Chihuahua white pine, a little known species from northern Mexico and the southwestern United States; a fast-growing, upright species to 90' with blue-green...

Parrotia persica 'Persian Spire' (COLUMNAR IRONWOOD)

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Hardiness zones 5-8 Wonderful four-season interest on this columnar 25 x 10 Ironwood, spring growth emerges bright-green with dark-purple edging, in summer it is a lovely green column before turning...

Morus alba 'Kokuso' (SWEET MULBERRY)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 The large 2 ¬Ω" seedless black fruits of this Korean selection taste like no other berry that you have ever eaten, they are wonderfully sweet; a precocious fruiter, this...

Prunus persica 'Veteran' (PEACH)

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Hardiness zones 4-8 This 1928 Canadian cross with 'Early Alberta' is vigorous and self-fertile with a reliable abundance of medium-large yellow fleshed and lightly blushed freestone peaches. They are...

Pinus coulteri (COULTER PINE)

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Hardiness zones 7-9 Known for its amazing spiny cones coming in at 5-8 pounds, they are the heaviest of any pine (also giving them the nickname of 'widowmaker'!); found growing in California from the...

Liriodendron tulipifera (TULIP TREE)

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Hardiness zones 4-9 This tree of tall, stately beauty reaching 60-90' (and even up to 150'!) is the king of the Magnolia family. It is the tallest hardwood native to Eastern North America. This is a...

Penstemon strictus (ROCKY MTN. PENSTEMON)

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Hardiness zones 5-9 A tall, showy native Penstemon with fully 1/3 of its 2-3' stalk covered with 1" deep-blue flowers. S/D/GDr