Shrubs

A great new introduction in the Abelia world. Very fragrant and hardy to zone 4! The smell is magical!

This native shrub forms a colony and provides wonderful summer cone shaped white flowers.

This multi-stemmed native is excellent for wet sites and stream bank restorations. It suckers and will form a thicket. This plant produces attractive catkins, which in turn turn into cones and are enjoyed by birds. Grows 10-20' tall and 8-15' wide in full

Native shrub that really delivers- White flowers, red berries and brilliant, hence the name, red aornage fall color. Birds like the berries as much as we do too!

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The easiest way to a lush carpet of green.

Ground Hug™ aronia is a super tough native shrub that naturally grows as a dense groundcover. This unique habit makes it the ideal plant for transforming difficult areas into beautiful

Produces black berries that are edible but exceptionally tart, hence the common name of chokecherry. Nice fall colors- from purple to red. Grows to 5-6'

Selection of a tough Native shrub with white flowers and black berries in the fall. Great for naturalizing or bank stabilization. This selection has a nice tight upright growth habit. Great plant for a natural hedge or screen.

Selection of a tough Native shrub with white flowers and black berries in the fall. Great for naturalizing or bank stabilization. This selection has a compact growth habit. Great plant for tough spots, will grow almost anywhere.

Native shrub with white flowers and black berries in the fall. Great for naturalizing or bank stabilization. Reported as not favored by all deer but the Behmerwald deer population does like them.

We generally dont recommend butterfly bush due to their invasive nature but the pugster series is not completely sterile but also not invasive. Enjoy the large abundent flowers on this compact plant. Truely only grows to 24".
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This boxwood has a great, upright pyramidal habit and bright green glossy foliage, making it a nice choice in the landscape. Slow growing habit often makes it a nice choice. Expect 3-5' tall after 10 years but can get larger over time if not pruned

Another nice boxwood cross. Light green foliage in spring maturing to a lush dark green.

Great compact variegated leaf plant.

Improved Winter gem- compact and well behaved with good winter color

A nice Korean boxwood which keeps a nice green leaf color in winter.

Very dense compact dark foliage shrub. Excellent winter color. North Star® boxwood was specially selected for its hardiness and dense globe-like habit. It makes a thick, low hedge with little to no pruning, and maintains outstanding color even through win

PHS gold medal winner- Low mound forming deer resistant garden plant

An introduction from Chicago so it must be good in the winter. Grows 2-3' by 2-3'

This non native shrub is hardier than the American Beautyberry. Produces masses of violet purple fruit in the fall.

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Glamour for the landscape!

Don't settle for a beautyberry that only struts its stuff in autumn - demand one that does more. Pearl Glam® callicarpa is showy starting in spring, with dark purple foliage from the get-go. Late summe

This native shrub cultivar has all the fragrance of the native but with a more attractive red/burgundy flower.

This is a cross of our native Calycanthus with the Chinese version. The result is a shrub with purple magenta flowers for a long time over the summer.

Cool hybrid developed from our native sweetshrub to produce white flowers with "fruity aroma of strawberries and melons"

A great butterfly magnet! Nice showy fragrant blooms followed by fruits. It is also favored by deer and other mammals so give it some protection until established. Definitely worth planting for the pollinators. Grows to 3' by 3'