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Burning Bush - Winged
The inconspicuous flowers give way to paired or single reddish capsules that split to reveal orange fleshy seeds. Shrubs can be repeatedly cut to the ground to control re-sprouts. It prefers sun to light shade. This shrub is widely planted by landscape professionals and homeowners for its fall color, dark green leaves and winged stems. ) Corky wings on the branches provide additional winter interest. It expands locally through vegetative reproduction and to new areas through bird dispersal of seeds. Winged Burning Bush, 'Euonymus alatus', is a beautiful rounded shrub with tiny yellow flowers in May-June and known best for its long lasting fiery red fall color. Winged Burning Bush is good for borders, accents and screens. (Four corky ridges appear along the length of young stems. ... details
Dogwood - Coral Red The Coral Red Dogwood, Cornus alba 'Sibirica', has stunning bright red bark which adds color to the winter garden. To keep the size of the plant in check and to encourage the most colorful bark, remove a third of the stems back to ground level each spring. Tolerant of a wide range of soils, it produces the brightest winter bark when planted in full sun. It has been given an Award of Garden Merit (AM), which is for plants of outstanding excellence. |
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