Showy Fruit - Page 5 of 17 - Fine Gardening

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    Giant dogwood

    Cornus controversa 'Variegata'

    This rounded, deciduous tree with spreading, tiered branches is especially dramatic in the landscape.

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    Pagoda dogwood

    Cornus alternifolia

    This plant owes its name to its distinctive layered branches, which resemble the tiered, spreading roofline of an elaborate pagoda.

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    White fringetree

    Chionanthus virginicus

    This North American native is unrivaled in beauty for its pendulous and diaphanous clusters of fragrant white blossoms, which appear in May or June.

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    Compact coral barberry

    Berberis × stenophylla 'Corallina Compacta'

    "Thorny but irresistible" best describes this low-maintenance, elfin barberry.

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    Black chokeberry

    Aronia melanocarpa

    Black chokeberry is a medium-size shrub with multiple seasons of interest.

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    Spikenard

    Aralia racemosa

    This is a vigorous grower.

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    Jack-in-the-pulpit

    Arisaema triphyllum

    A favorite of children, Jack-in-the-pulpit is a tuberous perennial producing one or two leaves, each divided into three narrow leaflets.

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    Blue rug juniper

    Juniperus horizontalis ‘Wiltonii’

    This creeping shrub has a prostrate form and dense, steely blue foliage.

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    English holly

    Ilex aquifolium

    This tall, pyramidal, evergreen tree may be grown as a large shrub.

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    Possumhaw holly

    Ilex decidua

    While the fresh green leaves and smooth, light gray stems are enough to make possumhaw holly an attractive shrub, the appeal of this plant is more evident in late fall.