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Albizia julibrissin (Mimosa, Silk tree)
Discovered in the wild along Georgia's Altamaha River in 1765 by botanists John and William Bartram, this beautiful landscape tree is considered extinct in the wild. The Bartrams named the plant in honor of their friend Benjamin Franklin. All ... [... more]
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Prunus virginiana
This dense, evergreen holly reaches 6 to 10 feet tall and at least as wide. The species is rarely used in landscapes, but there are many cultivars available with more interesting shape and color. This plant grows slowly, but can be invasive. Its ... [... more]
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V. agnus-castus
This golden-leaved version of the southern paper mulberry can be treated as a cutback shrub to control size and for best production of brilliant golden yellow, large, lobed leaves. Or it can be allowed to grow into a small- to medium-sized tree. ... [... more]
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Acer rubrum (Red maple, Scarlet maple, Swamp maple)
This cultivar creates a fragrant cloud of rich bubblegum-pink blossoms on bare branches in spring. It grows to 40 feet tall and wide. Taxodium distichum and cvs. Magnolia ashei This upright, tree-like shrub has heart-shaped, toothed, mid-green ... [... more]
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Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' (Red maple, Scarlet maple)
Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset' This cultivar creates a fragrant cloud of rich bubblegum-pink blossoms on bare branches in spring. It grows to 40 feet tall and wide. Acer platanoides This upright, tree-like shrub has heart-shaped, toothed, mid-green ... [... more]
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Acer truncatum
Compact and rounded, the Shantung maple reaches a mature height and spread of 25 feet by 30 feet. The leaves grow to 5 inches long and have five to seven lobes, resembling the leaves of the Sweetgum ( Acer saccharum 'Caddo' The 'Caddo' maple ... [... more]
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Acer triflorum (Three-flower maple)
Small white flowers appear in profusion on leafless branches in early spring. Heart-shaped leaves emerge bronze, turning green, then yellow in autumn. Another white-flowered selection, 'Royal', has slightly larger blooms and more compact ... [... more]
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Acer truncatum (Shantung maple, Purpleblow maple)
Two experts pick their favorites based on color, shape by Francie Schroeder Enchanting Japanese Maples The 'Caddo' maple typically reaches a mature height of 30 feet and spread of 25 feet, but may be taller. Its star-shaped leaves turn under ... [... more]
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Acer griseum (Paperbark maple)
This deciduous small tree initially has a pyramidal form, and later rounded. Hinoki cypress is a conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with leaves that are actually minute scales on tiny branches in the form of fans. The outer foliage of 'Aurea' is ... [... more]
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Aesculus pavia (Red buckeye)
In early spring, 'Forest Pansy' awakens with a long-lasting profusion of bright purplish-pink blooms borne in clusters, before the leaves, along smooth gray branches. Its heart-shaped, blood-red leaves are finely veined and glossy when young, ... [... more]
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Prunus virginiana
'Procumbens' is similar to 'Pendula' in color but prostrate in habit, with cascading branches sometimes staying stiffly horizontal. Makes a spreading, undulating, mounding ground cover of silvery white needles. Magnolia macrophylla Lemon-lime ... [... more]
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