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Every year, we browse through hundreds of shrubs, deciding what we want to stock here at the nursery.  We look for plants with qualities that include hardiness, good structure, long bloom times, and disease-resistance, just to name a few.  We are always seeking new cultivars that are a step ahead of the rest, so that we can offer you what we believe are the best plants possible.  With that said, we'd like to give you a run-down of some of the exciting new plants we will be carrying this year.

Abelia mosanensis Hardy Abelia

This abelia is a super hardy, somewhat larger version of the abelia we typically carry.  From late May to early June, it blooms hundreds of small white flowers that start out as pink buds.  The flowers are extremely fragrant, some say they even outdo lilacs!

Abeliophyllum distichum White Forsythia

This plant is native to Korea, and its leaves resemble those of an abelia.  An attractive early bloomer, its a change from the typical yellow springtime display.  This plant also has a nice red fall color, and benefits from being cut back after blooming.

Aronia melanocarpa Chokeberry

'Viking' is a popular new aronia cultivar that blooms slightly earlier than others, and holds its fruit for an exceptionally long time.  It has a good fall leaf color and its fruit is said to be high in vitamins.  This plant is useful as a hedging plant.

'Iroquois Beauty'  is a compact chokeberry, only reaching a height of 3 feet. It sports the same package as the other chokeberries but with less height.

Caryopteris incana 'Sunshine Blue' Bluebeard

This is a brighter, better Worcester Gold!  Larger and brighter leaves and flowers make this caryopteris stand out from the rest.  Look for ours on our bank in front of the barn! This plant is available now.

Caryopteris 'Pink Chablis'

A pink Bluebeard!  This is one of our favorite new shrubs.  It keeps a neat, compact habit and has cute, fuzzy looking pink flowers.  This plant is available now.

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sputnik' Buttonbush

Round whitish-pink "flowers" cover this plant in midsummer.  It has attractive, dark bark and a bright leaf color.  The flowers resemble tiny pom-poms.

Chaenomeles  Japanese Quince

'Toyo-Nishiki' is a tri-colored quince, boasting red, pink, and white flowers all on the same plant.

Cotinus Smokebush

'Young Lady' is a terrific long blooming green leafed smokebush with good fall color.  Blooms June - August.  'Grace' is an eye catching bright purple with excellent fall color.  Both these plants are available now.

Because of it's quick growth habit, this plant was available to our customers this year, 2007, as you may have seen it on a visit out to the nursery.  This particular type of forsythia is a far cry from the traditional forsythia you see as hedges or privacy borders.  This kind of forsythia actually prefers partial shade and has variegated foliage!  Just like other forsythia species,  it will brighten up your shade garden with yellow blooms in Spring, prefers moist soil, and has attractive rose and orange fall colors. 

Forsythia 'Show Off'

A very bright, large flowered forsythia, with a more compact growth habit, reaching about 5-6 feet.  Nice, deep green foliage.

Hydrangea paniculata 'Quick Fire'  Hardy Hydrangea

We have many paniculata species of hydrangea here at the nursery, but the fall season really makes this one stand out from the rest!  Its blooms about a month earlier than other paniculata species

Not to be confused with the beauty berry (callicarpa), this beauty bush has a unique golden color to its foliage, as compared to other beauty bushes.  It leafs out a bright copper-like color, then turns golden yellow. The fall color is also attractive, turning from a summertime lime-gold to a golden orange.  This is a nice, colorful addition to a partially shaded or shady area of your garden.  A late Spring blooming shrub that can grow 6-9 feet at a medium to fast pace.   Plant your 'Dreamcatcher' with Fothergilla, Kumson forsythia, and Oakleaf hydrangeas for early spring - mid summer blooms of pink, yellow, & white; a spectacular fall foliage shade garden!

Pink, trumpet-like blooms will cover this low mounding shrub from late spring - frost.  Very fragrant, would make a great addition along a walkway or even in a pot on a patio!

A cute compact shrub with clover-like leaves, though brighter green, and small violet purple flowers in late summer.  An easy to care for shrub that only reach 12-18" high, making it a great candidate for perennial beds and small, sunny spaces.  Looks great with dianthus and asters; this combination also makes a nice spring through fall blooming garden for full sun!

A very bullet-proof shrub that needs little care to show an impressively long bloom time.  Soft green foliage contrasts the dark chestnut bark of this little plant, and by mid summer you can enjoy bright yellow blooms until frost.  Responds well to pruning, but doesn't need it; shearing back lightly in spring and late summer will help keep a very tight growth habit.  Easy to care for, likes full sun - part sun, and is very drought tolerant.  We couldn't be more pleased with this plant here at the nursery; as its first year in the ground it thrived while other plants took a beating during the summer drought.  It grows quickly to its mature size of 3 x 3 feet, and has a winter appearance similar to that of spirea.

This is a very unique, somewhat underused plant!  Not to be confused with the native, invasive buckthorn, 'Fine Line' is an upright, narrow, non-invasive cultivar that has a variety of uses in the landscape.  Use it as a deciduous, narrow hedge for small areas; plant it around your patio, pond, or walkways; even container gardening can find use for a 'Fine Line' standing tall and full in a pot!  It's bark is a dark brown, almost black color, and the fine, wispy foliage could almost be compared to that of rosemary or lavendar - that is, if either herb produced longer, dark green leaves that were not as stiff.  It will grow 5-7 feet tall and about 2 feet wide.  Keep an eye out for this shrub next year, it may become more popular than you think!

A great, new sumac that is entirely non-invasive and of course, non-poisonous (It is in the same family as poison ivy!).  This is a tough, hardy shrub that spreads up to 8 feet wide, but doesn't grow higher than 2 feet, making it a great plant for erosion control and pesky hillsides.  It has a pleasant scent when the foliage or bark is disturbed, and an attractive orange-red fall color.  Spring and summertime leaf color is a glossy green.  Unless you're planting your sumac in a poorly drained area, this plant is not picky about where it lives, and is easily adaptable to poor soil and drought once established.

A different take on the classic willow look.  This quick growing shrub will reach 3-5 feet tall and wide with little care in sunny, moderate - moist soil.  Has blue-green foliage of fine texture, looking like many small, upright willow leaves.  A nice compact shrub that grows well with Agastache (hyssop) and

Purple-black fine, lacy foliage contrast against this plants large, pink flowers in late June.  In addition to attractive foliage and flowers, it also produces edible berries - either for the birds, or for your jams and jellies!  This plant can get 6-8 feet tall and wide, so give it some room, as well as full to part sun and a somewhat moist soil.

What a neat little plant this is!  This deer resistant shrub will grow 3-5 feet tall and wide and bears light magenta berries in late summer, which are pleasing to look at, and are held before small, rounded green leaves.  A great late summer -  fall interest plant, it will grow quickly in full - part sun and has a good branching habit.

A 8-10 foot lilac that sports light purple double blooms.  Very fragrant and quick growing, a very attractive, soft colored flower.

A dwarf arborvitae, this attractive evergreen has dark green foliage topped off with cream colored tips.  It only reaches about 5-8 feet tall and about 3 feet wide, and best of all the deer don't bother it!

We've seen this cultivar out for some time now and decided we had to get it.  Rough, somewhat leathery rounded leaves entertain in the spring and early summer; summertime will bring masses of creamy white flowers, which later give way to the clusters of bright red fruit that earns this plant its name.  It will grow 6-8 feet tall and wide, but simple pruning will keep this shrub on the smaller side if you prefer.  Extremely cold hardy, and easy to grow in full sun to part shade.  Great for birds, they enjoy the fruit!  This plant can be used as an optional pollinator for 'Micheal Dodge' - another Linden viburnum with yellow fruit - to produce optimum fruit display.  'Cardinal Candy' and 'Micheal Dodge' make quite an impressive color statement when planting near each other because of the contrasting yellow and red fruit display.

This is a plant we've been asked for time and time again.  Don't confuse it with its cousin, the Dwarf American Cranberry Bush.  It will grow 4-6 feet tall and wide, and produces shiny red fruit.  Flowers are white and lacy, and form in early-mid summer before fruit develops.  Great for low screening, grows in wet or dry soils and can take full sun - part shade.

One of our favorite new viburnums, 'Popcorn' grows fast, blooms heavy, and has an awesome fall leaf color.  We don't know which season we enjoy it more: summer or fall!  Grows 4-6 feet in part shade or full sun, and could be useful in areas where viburnums such as 'Shasta' get too big.  Has the same flowering habit as 'Shasta', blooming hundreds of flowers all along the branches, but Popcorn's blooms are smaller and rounder.  There isn't one bad thing we could think of to say about this viburnum; it's a welcome addition to the Behmerwald Nursery plant stock!

A white blooming weigelia with charming, soft pink buds.  It grows quickly in a sunny location and responds easily to pruning to keep the plant smaller and more compact; let it grow naturally and watch the little white trumpets protrude off slightly arched, upright branches.  It will grow 5-6 feet tall and wide and blooms all summer long! A very pretty plant that is drought tolerant and easy to care for.  Plant it out with fragrant viburnums like Viburnum carlesii 'Diana' for a white-pink color palate that smells great and is even nicer to look at - summer through fall!