Juniperus communis 'Depressa'
A decumbent evergreen groundcover with soft juvenile foliage that turns brown in winter. Dwarf, spreading decumbent groundcover with ascending main branches Green to blue-green, turning brown in winter Zone 2a USDA to 7a, more difficult in the ... [... more]
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Juniperus squamata 'Meyeri'
A fairly attractive plant in youth with a light blue color and a vase shaped habit formed by the ascending branches. This cultivar however, matures to an irregular broad-rounded large shrub with persistent brown foliage. Vase-shaped in youth with ... [... more]
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Acer saccharum 'Goldspire'
Narrow columnar with one main leader and several smaller leaders in the upper crown 'Goldspire' is a narrow columnar sugar maple with dark green scorch-resistant foliage and yellow-orange fall color. This selection is thought to be a hybrid ... [... more]
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Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Pfitzeriana Aurea'
Tinged with yellow in summer, turning yellowish-green in winter Flat-topped and broad-rounded, horizontally tiered [... more]
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Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii'
This selection is a very showy double-flowering form with flowers that are dense with petals and which provide a popcorn-like effect. Like most double-flowering selections, this white-blooming horsechestnut is fruitless. Its large flowers also ... [... more]
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Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana'
A common very dwarf pyramidal form of the species with compact foliage in shell-like sprays and a mature size that is usually about 2-3' tall. A dwarf pyramidal form with horizontal branches and bunchy fan-like foliage; this selection is ... [... more]
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Betula pendula 'Purpurea'
A purple leafed selection that fades in itensity during the summer. Similar to the species [... more]
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Cornus florida 'Fastigiata'
A fastigate form that widens to an oval habit or wider with age. Its flowers are white like the species. Upright or fastigiate in youth, becoming oval and ultimately spreading with old age [... more]
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Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'
A popular cultivar with a rich ruby red bract color and new foliage that is reddish. [... more]
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Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Wilhelm Pfitzer'
The grand-daddy of a whole host of spin-off cultivars, this popular male juniper is known for its broad-rounded habit with horizontally tiered bright green foliage. Broad-rounded with wide-spreading horizontally tiered branches with drooping ... [... more]
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Forsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis'
This low-growing forsythia is used as a groundcover in mass plantings and on banks. The flower display is less effective than other Forsythia species, but better than many other groundcovers. The species is from China, while the cultivar ... [... more]
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Comptonia peregrina
Broad-rounded and flat-topped, slightly bunchy with slender erect stems Nova Scotia - Georgia - Minnesota, including the S. and S.W. side of Lake Michigan Myricaceae 2 to 4' high [... more]
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