Mid-Atlantic Plants
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Plant GuideJapanese barberry
Berberis thunbergiiGrown for its neat habit, yellow flowers, and red fruit, this shrub spreads prolifically by seed and is considered invasive in some areas, including the Northeast.
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Plant Guide‘Hadspen Abundance’ Japanese anemone
Anemone hupehensis 'Hadspen Abundance'This plant has dark pink, two-toned flowers that occur in abundance and rise above the foliage on branched stems from August to Octover.
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Plant Guide‘Bressingham Glow’ Japanese anemone
Anemone hupehensis var. japonica 'Bressingham Glow'Japanese anemones are slightly taller than the species, sometimes growing to 4 feet.
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Plant GuideHeath aster
Aster ericoidesThis clumping, bushy perennial has slender stems and small, lance-shaped, medium green leaves.
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Plant GuideThree-flower maple
Acer triflorumThis broadly columnar to spreading tree has peeling brown bark, three-palmate mid-green leaves, and brilliant orange-red fall foliage.
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Plant Guide
Golden chain tree
Laburnum × watereriDense clusters of pendulous yellow flowers dangle from spreading branches in late spring.
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Plant GuideJapanese holly
Ilex crenataThis dense, evergreen holly reaches 6 to 10 feet tall and at least as wide.
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Plant GuideBlack alder
Ilex verticillata
This plant is a suckering shrub or small tree with toothed, pointy, bright green leaves.
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Plant GuideCarolina silverbell
Halesia carolina
Carolina silverbell is a handsome tree with clean green foliage and an upright spreading habit.
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Plant Guide
Salal
Gaultheria shallonThis compact, bushy shrub has red shoots and ovate, pointed, glossy dark green leaves.
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