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Plant GuideFlowering dogwood
Cornus florida
This native flowering tree is best known for its early spring blossoms, which are actually yellowish green flowers clustered in the center of four showy, white to pink bracts 1-1/2…
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Plant GuideDiabolo® ninebark
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Monlo’With its upright, arching branches and dark chocolate to purple foliage, Diabolo® ninebark offers a color contrast with silver-leaved plants and makes a fine backdrop hedge.
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Plant GuideSnow Lace® gray dogwood
Cornus racemosa 'Emerald'This native shrub dogwood is more compact than the species with semiglossy, emerald green foliage and showy, white fruit.
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Plant GuideHighbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
Highbush blueberry provides four seasons of fanfare, starting with twisted, peeling stems in winter; profuse white or pink blossoms in spring; savory blue fruit in summer; and long-lasting foliage the…
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Plant GuideNinebark
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Center Glow'
This ninebark's new leaves unfurl a golden yellow and then mature to a rosy red-burgundy.
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Plant Guide‘Aurea’ hinoki cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa ‘Aurea’Hinoki cypress is a conical, evergreen, coniferous tree with leaves that are actually minute scales on tiny branches in the form of fans.
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Plant GuideGolden larch
Pseudolarix kaempferiThe golden larch is a lovely deciduous conifer whose lacy foliage turns golden in autumn.
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Plant Guide
Montgomery palm
Veitchia montgomeryanaThis tropical palm grows to 35 feet tall and has stiff, feathery-textured fronds.
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Plant Guide
‘Dorothy Wyckoff’ andromeda
Pieris japonica ‘Dorothy Wyckoff’This compact, rounded shrub produces reddish-purple buds that first open as soft pink then mature to white.
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Plant GuideLily-of-the-valley bush
Pieris japonica
This neat, rounded shrub has given rise to many noteworthy cultivars.
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