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Shrubs Forsythia - Show Off
Forsythia Show Off This plant would form a very attractive short hedge with showy flowers in the spring and dark green foliage for a eye catching hedge for the summer and fall seasons. The Show Off is a dwarf plant with bright yellow flowers produced in the spring. This forsythia will be 2-3' tall with about a 6' spread. The Forsythia, Show Off, Forsythia 'mindia', is a new forsythia with large, bright yellow flowers that cover the plant from head to foot. The attractive dark green foliage, unlike any other forsythia, displays season long interest.

Juniper Arcadia Prefers a well-drained soil and a sunny location. It displays a spreading habit with a dense, dwarf, somewhat layered effect. Junipers are used as ground covers, in foundation plantings, or as hedges, screens or windbreaks. Arcadia Juniper, Juniperus sabina 'Arcadia', is a popular evergreen that exhibits rich green, lacy-textured foliage and a semi-spreading growth habit. Arcadia Juniper is excellent for foundation and mass border plantings.
Juniper Blue Forest Looks great when planted above a boulder retaining wall. Junipers are used as ground covers, in foundation plantings, or as hedges, screens or windbreaks. Junipers are important evergreens for landscape use due to their tolerance of unfavorable soil conditions, their hardiness and great variation in size, habit, color and growth rate. The upright growing branches present the "look" of a miniature "blue forest". It has a medium texture and a slow growth rate.
Juniper Buffalo May prune to shape desired. Buffalo Juniper, Juniperus sabina 'Buffalo', has soft, feathery, bright green foliage on low spreading branches that produces an interesting form, and it is an excellent groundcover plant for borders or mass plantings. These plants may also be utilized for background plantings in shrub beds or flower gardens, as specimen plants, in rock gardens or for topiary or espalier purposes. Junipers are important evergreens for landscape use due to their tolerance of unfavorable soil conditions, their hardiness and great variation in size, habit, color and growth rate. It has a height of 12-15 inches and a spread of 5 feet.
Juniper Maney This is one of the hardiest medium-sized evergreens and makes an excellent choice for any landscape planting. Maney Juniper has a handsome appearance and is medium sized for any planting. It is a fast grower and has excellent cold tolerance. Requires a well drained soil in a sunny location, adaptable to different soil pH; tolerates fairly alkaline soils and prefers full sun to part shade. Junipers are used as ground covers, in foundation plantings, or as hedges, screens or windbreaks. These plants may also be utilized for background plantings in shrub beds or flower gardens, as specimen plants, in rock gardens or for topiary or espalier purposes.
Yew Dark Green They are maintainable at various heights and spreads. It exhibits a small wide spreading form, with soft textures, and rich green short needles that are easily pruned into various shapes. It grows 3-5 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide. Yews are widely used landscape plants because of their rich, dark green evergreen foliage and versatility. This yew can be used as a low hedge or specimen plant and requires good drainage and prefers a shady location with loamy soil.
Yew Taunton Spreading Taunton Spreading Yew, taxus x media 'Tauntoni', is a spreading evergreen that has short dark green needles and is very hardy. They are maintainable at various heights and spreads.
Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick This unique deciduous shrub has interesting gnarled and twisted branches so it is often not grown primarily for its blooms but for this unusual branching pattern. Harry Lauder's Walkingstick has terrific yellow fall foliage color with showy greenish-yellow catkins (as on pussy willows) that brighten the winter scene. The branches are valued for their use in flower arrangements.
Buttonbush It is very open, almost gangly in habit. The late emerging foliage leaves the shrub almost dead looking until late spring. It prefers moist situations, not dry tolerant, and best used for naturalizing in wet areas.
Spiraea Pink Parasols Pink Parasols is perfect for mass plantings, mixed borders, or anywhere a low maintainance plant is needed. 'Pink Parasols', a Proven Winners selection, is immediately known as a Spiraea with pink blooms, a first! Spiraea has been long prized for its attractive fall color and Pink Parasols adds fluffy pink colorful flowers in the summer and brilliant orange foliage in the fall.
Russian Sage The stems and leaves give off a pungent odor when crushed or bruised.
Rose Of Sharon Satin Rose The Hibiscus Satin Rose, 'Hibiscus syriacus 'Satin Rose', a Proven Winners selection, also known as Rose of Sharon, is a tremendous improvement in the Hardy Hibiscus.
Ash Leaf Spirea Sem This shrub is easy to grow and quite adaptable, thriving in any well-drained soil.

 

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