Abelia 'Edward Goucher'
This glossy abelia hybrid is a compact, bushy, somewhat spreading, multi-stemmed shrub in the honeysuckle family. Typically grows on gracefully arching branches to 2-3' tall in the St. Louis area, but usually somewhat taller (to 5' tall ) in the ... [... more]
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Abeliophyllum distichum
This round, deciduous shrub with a multi-stemmed habit is commonly called white forsythia. It is a rapid grower which will produce arching branches up to 5' tall and 4' wide. It is grown primarily for its very early, often profuse, spring bloom ... [... more]
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Acer japonicum 'Aconitifolium'
This fullmoon maple cultivar is a dwarf, mounded, deciduous multi-stemmed shrub or small tree which typically grows slowly to 8-10' tall. Features palmate, almost fern-like medium green leaves which are deeply divided into 9-11 toothed and cut ... [... more]
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Acer palmatum 'Shaina'
This dwarf Japanese maple, with a bushy, tufted habit, will grow 4-5' tall in 8 years. Discovered as a witches' broom mutation on another Japanese maple cultivar ('Bloodgood'). Non-dissected leaves are clumped into masses giving a tufted ... [... more]
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Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Crimson Queen'
This Japanese maple cultivar (dissected type) is a dwarf, mounded, deciduous tree or multi-stemmed shrub with cascading branching and a weeping habit. Typically grows slowly to 6-10' tall. Features finely cut palmate (7-9 lobes), deeply cut and ... [... more]
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Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Filigree'
Compact Japanese maple with a rounded, mounding habit. Typically matures to 6' tall by 9' wide. Features cascading, drooping branches and seven-lobed, finely dissected, deeply serrate, yellowish green leaves which are speckled with flecks of ... [... more]
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Amelanchier stolonifera
Running serviceberry is a deciduous, early-flowering, stoloniferous shrub which typically suckers and spreads to form thickets. It usually grows to only 3-5' tall and features 5-petaled, showy, white flowers in drooping clusters which appear ... [... more]
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Amorpha canescens
Lead plant is a Missouri native that typically occurs in open woodlands, glades and prairies. This pea/bean family member is a somewhat ungainly, deciduous shrub growing 1-3' tall and featuring slender, dense, 4-8" spike-like clusters of tiny, ... [... more]
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Amorpha ouachitensis
Ouachita mountain leadplant is a deciduous shrub that is becoming increasingly rare because of logging operations in its natural habitat of open woodlands in the Ouachita Mountains of West Central Arkansas. This pea/bean family member is a ... [... more]
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Aronia melanocarpa
Black chokeberry is an open, upright, spreading, somewhat rounded but leggy, deciduous shrub which typically grows 3-6' (infrequently to 9') tall. Features clusters of 5-petaled, white flowers in spring which are followed in early autumn by ... [... more]
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Berberis 'Tara' EMERALD CAROUSEL
This barberry hybrid is a cross between B. thunbergii and B. koreana, exhibiting the broad, rounded habit of the former and excellent winter hardiness of the latter. A fast-growing, deciduous, multi-stemmed, rounded shrub which typically grows ... [... more]
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Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea
This Japanese barberry is a dense, deciduous shrub which grows 3'-6' tall. Reddish to purplish leaves are of variable sizes (.50" to 1.25" long). Many branched, reddish-brown stems have sharp thorns. Tiny, yellowish flowers appear in late April [... more]
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