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Glossy Abelia is lightly fragrant and attracts many bees and butterflies when in flower; however, it is best reserved for planting with zone 6a as its most winter-hardy limit, as it thrives in climates with hot summers and mild winters. Abelia x ... [... more]
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Among dwarf shrubs with blue-tinted foliage, Horstmann's Silberlocke Korean Fir is a little-known and hard to obtain alternative to Globe Blue Spruce. Abies koreana 'Horstmann's Silberlocke' Horstmann's Silberlocke Korean Fir [... more]
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The five leaflets of Bottlebrush Buckeye have petiolules, referring to the stalks that connect the leaflet bases to the top of the long petiole. Aesculus parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye [... more]
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Most Serviceberry species, hybrids, and cultivars are sold in multitrunked form (as shown here), but a few are also sold in tree form (i.e. single leader or single-trunked). A four-season shrub, Serviceberry often has outstanding fall color in ... [... more]
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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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The Autumn foliage of Black Chokeberry often has glossy red as its terminal color. Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry [... more]
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Japanese Aucuba, a slow-growing evergreen shrub that is often found in variegated form in shady spots, does well under the canopy of large trees or at north or east foundations of buildings. It is usually found in zones 7 through 10, or as an ... [... more]
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Beautyberries tend to be sprawling shrubs with a vigorous amount of growth each season, blooming and fruiting on the new wood of the current season's growth (like Butterfly Bush in all of these traits), As such, they can be cut back liberally in ... [... 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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Common Sweetshrub is readily adaptable to sun or shade, as well as alkaline or acid soils, but prefers soils that are moist and rich. It is frequently sited in semi-shady spots at water's edge or under the canopy of high-branched ... [... more]
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Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Blue Mist' Blue Mist Spirea Verbenaceae [... more]
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The various cultivars of Hybrid Ceanothus, while stunning in flower, are zone 6 or 7 in Winter hardiness and strongly prefer dry soils and low humidity for optimum growing conditions. Ceanothus x pallidus 'Marie Simon' Marie Simon Hybrid ... [... more]
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