Shrubs
Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur'
Common Name: Smooth Witherod
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 5-12'
Spread: 5-12'
Leaf: Deciduous; glossy and leathery leaves become maroon and red in fall
Form/Shape: Aromatic white flowers in spring. In fall,the fruit qu changes from pink to a deep blueberry blue..
Attributes: Full sun to part shade; Soil: prefers moist loams, but tolerates a wide range of soils
Growth Rate: Moderate
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests or diseases
Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis
Common Name: Sweetbox
Hardiness Zone: 6 to 8
Height: 1-2'
Spread: 2-4'
Leaf: Broadleaf Evergreen; dark green leaves to 3.5"
Form/Shape: Groundcover
Attributes: Part shade to full shade; Soil: organically rich, acidic, moist, well-drained soils
Growth Rate: Slow
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests or diseases
Pyracantha coccinea 'Mohave'
Common Name: Scarlet Firethorn
Hardiness Zone: 6 to 9
Height: 6-18'
Spread: 6-18'
Leaf: Simple, evergreen, narrow-elliptical leaves,0.6" to 1.5" long and 0.25" to 0.75" wide
Form/Shape: Prune for hedge or use for espalieron or trellises
Attributes: Full sun to part shade; Soil: tolerates clay soil; flowers in spring; orange-red berry-like fruit ripening in Fall
Growth Rate: Moderate
Pest Tolerance: Spider mites, lacebug, caterpillars, scale insects, aphids,
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'
Common Name: Winterberry
Hardiness Zone: 3-9
Height: 6-10'
Spread: 5-10'
Leaf: Green, serrate, double serrate, elliptic (oval), obovate, pinnate, less than 2 inches, 2 to 4 inches
Form/Shape: Symmetrical and round, vase
Attributes: Full sun to part shade. Soil: sand; loam; clay; acidic; occasionally wet; well-drained
Growth Rate: Slow
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests or diseases
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
Common Name: Virginia Sweetspire
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 3-4'
Spread: 4-6'
Leaf: Leaves are 1.5 " to 4" long and 0.75" to 1.25" wide and finely serrated. leaf color is medium to dark green and the leaf surface is glabrous
Form/Shape: Multistemmed, suckering and colonizing plantstems. Arching shrub
Attributes: Full sun to part shade; tolerates heavy shade. Soil: clay & wet soil
Growth Rate: Fast spreading
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests or diseases
Clematis virginiana
Common Name: Woodbine
Hardiness Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 12-20'
Spread: 3-6'
Leaf: Deciduous, twining vine with compound green leaves, each with 3-5 oval sharply-toothed leaflets.
Form/Shape: Vine;fragrant, fall-blooming clematis
Attributes: Full sun to part shade
Growth Rate: Fast
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests or diseases
Caryopteris × clandonensis
Common Name: Blue Mist Spiraea, Bluebeard
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 9
Height: 2-4'
Spread: 2-4'
Leaf: Deciduous, deep green, linear
Form/Shape: Low-mounded, deciduous shrub
Attributes: Full sun. Soil: prefers loose loams.
Growth Rate: Fast
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests or diseases but capsid bugs may affect leaves
Camellia sasanqua
Common Name: Camellia
Hardiness Zone: 7 to 9
Height: 7-12'
Spread: 5-10'
Leaf: Evergreen, broad, dark green, shiny and leathery
Form/Shape: White, red, pink or variegated flowers
Attributes: Part shade; Soil: acidic soils
Growth Rate: Moderate
Pest Tolerance: aphids, mealybugs, mites when planted indoors
Callicarpa dichotoma
Common Name: Beautyberry
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8
Height: 2-4'
Spread: 3-5'
Leaf: Simple,serrate, obovate, pinnate, deciduous length: 2 to 4 inches
Form/Shape: Round and weeping
Attributes: Full sun to part shade. Soil: acidic; slightly alkaline; sand; loam; clay
Growth Rate: Moderate
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests;some susceptibility to leaf spot, stem diseases and black mold
Buxus sempervirens
Common Name: Common Boxwood
Hardiness Zone: 5 to 8
Height: 5-15'
Spread: 5-15'
Leaf: Evergreen; oblong; ovate
Form/Shape: Round, dense
Attributes: Full sun to part shade; slightly alkaline; clay; sand; acidic; loam
Growth Rate: Slow
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests or diseases except scale.
Berberis thunbergii 'Crimson Pygmy'
Common Name: Japanese Barberry
Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 2-8'
Spread: 4-6'
Leaf: Deciduous; oblong; pinnate;less than 2 inches
Form/Shape: Round, dense
Attributes: Full sun; Soil: tolerates sand, clay, acidic,loam, & alkaline
Growth Rate: Moderate
Pest Tolerance: Free of any serious pests or diseases
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