Compacta Burning Bush

The Burning Bush Compacta, ‘Euonymus alatus Compacta,’ is a deciduous bush that withstands either acidic or alkaline soils and a wide range of temperatures. It is most commonly planted for its fall color, which is an outstanding red. Its deep, dark red leaves almost glow with color. It can grow in shade, but its fall color will be diminished and the foliage will be less dense. The fruits are orange and red in color and can be ornamental if produced in quantity. This plant will transplant easily and may be sheared. Once established, this Burning Bush will become somewhat tolerant of short periods of drought.

Bursting Heart Burning Bush

The Bursting Heart Burning Bush, ‘Euonymus americana,’ is a very unique shrub that grows to from four to six feet in height. During the spring and summer months, this bush will sit back and let other plants take the spotlight. In the early fall, however, its curious fruit will take center stage. The bumpy, raspberry-red pods will hang on the ends of stems and split open to reveal small and smooth red seeds. Its lower limbs may be removed to two feet or so off the ground to allow ground covers to grow beneath it.

White Butterfly Bush

The White Butterfly Bush, ‘Buddleia davidii,’ will grow easily in any average, medium wet, well draining soil in a full sun location. The plants should be cut back to the ground each year in late winter. This will encourage more vigorous growth, superior flowers and a better shape. Deadheading spent flowers during the growing season will also encourage additional blooms. Leaving final blooms will help to facilitate reseeding in the fall.

Claret Purple Butterfly Bush

The Purple Butterfly Bush, ‘Buddleia davidii ‘ile de France,’ will flower throughout summer and autumn and is very easy to grow. This is literally a magnet for butterflies, who flock to the flowers for its sweet nectar. The flowers are honey scented, and will attract butterflies as well as bees. The flowers have dilute nectar that will be the sweetest in midday sun. This butterfly bush should be planted near a path or patio, and it will provide a delightful fragrance for anybody nearby. The plants are also generally free of pests.

Buttonbush

The Buttonbush, ‘Cephalanthus occidentalis,’ has a very open, almost gangly habit. It is a rounded, six to eight foot shrub that will occasionally reach up to twelve feet in height. The flowers are very unusual. They are a creamy-white color on spherical heads, just over an inch long, and resemble a ball with hundreds of pins stuck in it. The plants prefer moist locations, and are best when used for naturalizing in wet areas. They are native to a majority of North America, excluding the Pacific Northwest.

Canadian Hemlock

The Canadian Hemlock Tree, ‘Tsuga canadensis,’ is a fast-growing, long-lived evergreen conifer. Unlike many other types of trees, this one will grow well in the shade. Often living to over eight hundred years, the Canadian Hemlock will not reach maturity until almost three hundred years. Young trees should be sheltered from heavy winds. These graceful, ornamental trees will tolerate shearing and pruning, and can make excellent hedges. This tree is also known as the Eastern Hemlock or the Hemlock Spruce.

Carefee Delight Rose

The Carefree Delight rose produces vivid pink blooms that often have yellow centers. This is a wonderful shrub rose with rugged Minnesota hardiness. An AARS winner in 1996, this free flowering variety has deep green, glossy leaves that turn to a rich maroon in the fall with lots of rose hips. This is one of the most popular and widely grown varieties of landscape shrub rose.

Carefree Beauty Rose

The Carefree Beauty rose features an open bloom with a light rose Bengal color. This flower will lighten as it ages. Its pleasantly fragrant flowers are followed by round to ovoid orange hips. The vigorous plant is bushy and well clothed with its large, leathery dark green foliage. Carefree beauty roses are ever-blooming shrubs that can be used in a variety of locations, including flowerbeds or in combination with other plants. This Dr. Buck rose is winter hardy.

Castleton Prune Tree

The Castleton Prune produces fruit of medium size that rarely split. This is one of the best eating prunes available on the market. This very productive tree grows to a relatively small size. The high quality blue plums are early, and will ripen a month before the Empress. This prune can serve a dual purpose – in addition to being delicious when eaten fresh, they also have an excellent processing ability. These fruits are freestones, and the pit will not split or shatter.

Cherry Bark Oak

The Cherrybark Oak tree, ‘Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia,’ is a highly valued red oak throughout the South. Larger and better formed than southern red oaks, this variety will even grow on wetter sites. The acorns produced are used as food by wild animals and birds. This fast growing Oak tree will make a fantastic shade tree. It is also commonly called the Bottomland red oak, Swamp red oak, Spanish oak and Elliot oak.

Chestnut Crabapple Tree

The Chestnut Crabapple tree is an excellent pollinator for other fruit apple trees. It blooms in early to mid-May, and produces a very large crabapple, up to two inches in diameter. The fruits ripen in early September, and have a pleasant, nut-like flavor. The outstanding flavor and good texture of the fruits make this tree just as good for eating as it is at pollinating other fruit trees. This tree is very hardy and the fruits have a medium storage life. The fruit quality holds very well on the tree.

Chestnut Oak

The Chestnut Oak Tree, ‘Quercus prinus,’ is a slow growing and long-lived tree. This native deciduous tree is medium sized. The dark and very rough bark is a characteristic of an Oak tree. When mature, this bark is commonly broken into long, V-shaped ridges that are separated by deep furrows. The Chestnut oak is free of any major pests and diseases, and is a testament to superior genetics in all aspects of its growth. The Chestnut Oak is also known as the Rock oak, Rock Chestnut oak and Mountain oak.

Knock Out Rose

The Knock Out rose produces deep, almost fluorescent cherry red blooms with five to seven petals each that give off a light tea rose fragrance. Its cycle of bloom and growth will provide for a continuous show of color from spring through late fall. This is a wonderful example of disease resistance at its best. The plants are maintenance free and will thrive in all climates. The flowers grow in clusters of three to fifteen alongside the glossy foliage that is tinged in eggplant purple with a swirl of burgundy. This variety was an AARS winner.

Kousa Dogwood

The Kousa Dogwood Tree, ‘Cornus kousa,’ will make for a handsome small specimen tree or shrub. It is not as susceptible to diseases as the White Dogwood is in the spring. Also known as Japanese Flowering Dogwood, it blooms later than the White Flowering Dogwood and has softer-petaled flowers. It has low water requirements and shows a decent tolerance to salt and alkaline soils. The Kousa Dogwood is commonly planted as a specimen, near a patio or in groups.

Kwanzan Flowering Cherry

The Kwanzan Flowering Cherry Tree, ‘Prunus serrulata Kwanzan,’ will rapidly grow to its mature height of twenty to thirty feet. This deciduous tree is one of the most popular flowering cherry trees available on the market. It has clear pink, double blooms, with multiple petals like a carnation. The flowering period is three weeks long. Once the blooms have been spent, they will give way to light green foliage that has a red tinge. This beautiful ornamental flowering tree is also known as the Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree.