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Among shrubs, the glossy red fruits of Red Chokeberry are among the best in the early Winter landscape, along with those of the female hollies and some viburnums. Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' Brilliant Red Chokeberry [... more]
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Harlequin Butterfly Bush, with its purple-violet inflorescences, has the added feature of variegated foliage. Buddleia davidii 'Harlequin' Harlequin Butterfly Bush [... more]
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The Spring foliage of Northern Sea Oats is attractive in its own right, but will be superseded by the ornamental fruits that give this plant its common name. This species was formerly known as Uniola latifolia. Chasmanthium latifolium Northern ... [... more]
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Like most of the shrub hydrangeas, 'Annabelle' has huge inflorescences that are dominated by an outer sphere of sterile florets, which in some cases emerge lime green before they transition to their mature color. Hydrangea arborescens ... [... more]
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Arising as a sport of 'Flaviramea', 'Silver and Gold' provides an alternative to Cornus alba 'Ivory Halo' (or the larger 'Elegantissima') as a variegated shrub Dogwood that has yellow (rather than red) winter stems. Cornus sericea 'Silver and ... [... more]
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Boulevard False Cypress can serve as a less formal substitute for Dwarf Alberta Spruce, as long as it is given sufficient room to grow. It does not have the mite problems of the spruces, but it does develop interior dead needles that are ... [... more]
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The foliage of Norway Spruce (and its cultivars) is not as prickly to grasp as Colorado Spruce, as its needles are thinner, shorter, and point forward. Picea abies 'Pumila' Improved Bird's Nest Spruce [... more]
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Feather Reed Grass is the first of the taller ornamental grasses to flower, in early June. Calamagrostis acutiflora Feather Reed Grass [... more]
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Purple Beautyberry, the most cold-hardy (through zone 5) of the various species of Callicarpa, has ornamentally insignficant inflorescences in July and August, with the first purple fruits appearing in September. Callicarpa dichotoma Purple ... [... more]
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Green Velvet Boxwood, with its dark green and pointed foliage, is cold hardy to -20 degrees Fahrenheit without significant injury. Like most modern cultivars, it is a hybrid of Korean Boxwood (for hardiness and compactness) and Common Boxwood ... [... more]
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Multistem junipers are sometimes grafted and sheared into a so-called Pom-Pom cut (also known as a Poodle cut), and can even be grown and sheared as topiaries (or figurines), resembling animals, hardscape features, or humans. Pom-Pom Juniper [... more]
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