george`s survivor plants for central pa.
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GEORGE’S SURVIVOR PLANTS FOR CENTRAL PA. Trees Exposure Size American fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) Sun/part shade 18’ x 18’ American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana) Sun/part shade 25’ x 20’ American smoketree (Cotinus obovatus) Sun/part shade 25’ x 25’ Autumn cherry ‘Autumnalis’ (Prunus subhirtella) Sun 20’ x 30’ Blackgum ‘Wildfire’ (Nyssa sylvatica) Sun/part shade 40’ x 25’ Carolina silverbell (Halesia tetraptera) Sun/part shade 35’ x 25’ Coralbark maple ‘Sango Kaku’ (Acer palmatum) p.m. shade 25’ x 20’ Cornelian cherry dogwood (Cornus mas) Sun/part shade 20’ x 15’ Cutleaf Japanese maple ‘Tamukeyama’ or ‘Crimson Queen’ Part shade 7’ x 8’ Cutleaf Japanese maple ‘Garnet’(Acer palmatum) Part shade 7’ x 8’ Cutleaf Japanese maple ‘Hanami Nishiki’ (A. palmatum) Part shade 3’ x 6’ Cutleaf Japanese maple ‘Red Feather’ (Acer palmatum) Part shade 6’ x 6’ Cutleaf Japanese maple ‘Waterfall,’ ‘Viridis’ (A.palmatum) Part shade 8’x 10’ Cutleaf Japanese maple ‘Viridis’ (Acer palmatum) Part shade 8’ x 8’ Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) Sun/part shade 20’ x 15’ Crabapple ‘Adirondack’ (Malus ‘Adirondack’) Sun 18’ x 10’ Crabapple Centurion® (Malus ‘Centzan’) Sun 20’ x 15’ Crabapple ‘Prairifire’ (Malus ‘Prairifire’) Sun 18’ x 16’ Crabapple ‘Professor Sprenger’ (Malus ‘Prof. Sprenger’) Sun 20’ x 20’ Crabapple Sugar Tyme® (Malus ‘Sutyzan’) Sun 18’ x 16’ Crapemyrtle Dynamite® or Red Rocket® (Lagerstroemia indica) Sun 8’ x 7’ Crapemyrtle ‘Hopi’ (Lagerstroemia indica) Sun 7’ x 6’ Crapemyrtle ‘Natchez’ (Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei) Sun 25’ x 20’ Crapemyrtle Pink Velour® (Lagerstroemia indica) Sun 15’ x 8’ Crapemyrtle ‘Tonto’ (Lagerstroemia indica) Sun 8’ x 7’ Crapemyrtle Rhapsody in Pink® (Lagerstroemia indica) Sun 10’ x 6’ Crapemyrtle ‘Tuscarora’ (Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei) Sun 20’ x 20’ Dogwood ‘Appalachian Spring’ (Cornus florida) Shade/part shade 20’ x 20’ Dogwood Aurora® (Cornus x ‘Rutban’) Shade/part shade 18’ x 18’ Dogwood ‘Cherokee Chief’ (Cornus florida) Shade/part shade 20’ x 20’ Dogwood Stellar Pink® (Cornus x ‘Rutgan’) Shade/part shade 20’ x 19’ Flowering cherry ‘Kwanzan’ (Prunus serrulata) Sun 30’ x 30’ Flowering cherry ‘Okame’ (Prunus x incam ‘Okame’) Sun 25’ x 20’ Flowering cherry ‘Yoshino’ (Prunus x yedoensis) Sun 35’ x 30’ Flowering cherry ‘Akebono’ (Prunus x yedoensis) Sun 40’ x 30’ Full-moon maple ‘Aconitifolium’ (Acer japonicum) Part shade 25’ x 30’ Ginkgo ‘Autumn Gold’ (Ginkgo biloba) Sun 50’ x 30’ Ginkgo ‘Princeton Sentry’ or Golden Colonnade™ (G. biloba) Sun 50’ x 20’ Bloom Attributes white (May) Unusual shaggy flowers; yellow fall foliage; Pa. native yellow (March) Orange-red fall foliage; tolerates damp soil; Pa. native whitish (May) Glorious yellow/orange fall color; U.S. native; scaly bark pink (fall) A cherry that flowers light pink in fall instead of spring not showy Red new growth; excellent red fall color; Pa. native white (May) Bell-shaped flowers, likes damp acid soil; U.S. native none Coral stems in winter; gold fall foliage yellow (March) Use as specimen or hedge; red fall fruits none Lacy red foliage; cascading specimen none Lacy burgundy-green foliage; cascading specimen none Miniature; leaves gold with red edges; low/slow-grower none Lacy dusky-red foliage; cascading specimen none Bright green turning gold/orange; cascading habit none Bright green foliage; cascading specimen white (April/May) Pa. native; birds like fruit; can sucker and seed around white (April) Very disease-resistant, drought-hardy, slender rosy-red (April) Disease-resistant; narrow upright; red fruits rose (April) Burgundy-tinted foliage; disease-resistant white (April) Disease-resistant; orange-red fruits white (April) Compact; heavy bloomer; red fruits red (July-Sept.) Nice specimen; may die back to roots in winter pink (July-Sept.) Compact type, may die to roots in winter white (July) Fast-grower; nice peeling bark; red/orange in fall magenta (July-Sept.) Glossy burgundy foliage; resists mildew rose (July-Sept.) Maroon fall foliage; may die back to roots in winter pink (July-Sept.) Purplish young foliage; resists mildew; may die back in winter rose (July) Fast-grower; red/orange fall foliage white (April) Best American type for anthracnose resistance white (April) Bug/disease-resistant hybrid; no fruits pink (April) Mildew-resistant American type; nice flower color pink (April) Bug/disease-resistant hybrid; no fruits pink (April) Double flowers, gorgeous in bloom pink (April) Very early bloomer; coral fall foliage white (April) Arching branches; planted at D.C.’s Tidal Basin pink (April) Pinker than ‘Yoshino;’ longer-lived than most cherries burgundy (April) Cut leaves turn crimson in fall none Fan-shaped foliage; bright-gold fall color none Fan-shaped foliage; durable; narrower than species Trees Goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) Hawthorn ‘Winter King’ (Crataegus viridis) Hornbeam ‘Fastigiata’ (Carpinus betulus) Exposure Size Sun 30’ x 25’ Sun 20’ x 25’ Sun/part shade 35’ x 20’ Japanese maple ‘Red Emperor,’ ‘Bloodgood’ (Acer palmatum) Sun/part shade 18’ x 16’ Japanese maple ‘Atrolinear,’ ‘Shojo Nomura’ (Acer palmatum) Sun/part shade 12’ x 10’ Japanese maple ‘Beni Otaki’ (Acer palmatum) Sun/part shade 10’ x 8’ Japanese snowbell (Styrax japonicus) Sun/part shade 20’ x 20’ Japanese or Korean stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia) Sun/part shade 20’ x 15’ Japanese tree lilac ‘Ivory Silk’ (Syringa reticulata) Sun 25’ x 18’ Japanese tree lilac ‘Summer Snow’ (Syringa reticulata) Sun 20’ x 15’ Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) Sun/part shade 50’ x 25’ Kousa dogwood ‘Greensleeves’ or ‘Moonbeam’ (Cornus kousa) Sun/part shade 25’ x 18’ Kousa dogwood ‘Satomi’ (Cornus kousa) Sun/part shade 25’ x 18’ Little-leaf linden (Tilia cordata) Sun/part shade 50’ x 35’ Magnolia ‘Ann,’ ‘Betty’ or ‘Jane’ (Magnolia hybrid) Sun/light shade 12’ x 10’ Magnolia ‘Bracken’s Brown Beauty’ (Magnolia grandiflora) Part shade 35’ x 25’ Magnolia ‘Edith Bogue’ (Magnolia hybrid) Part shade 30’ x 15’ Magnolia ‘Leonard Messel’ (Magnolia loebneri) Part shade 15’ x 15’ Maple Autumn Blaze® (Acer x freemanii) Sun 50’ x 40’ Maple Fall Fiesta® (Acer saccharum‘Baistra’) Sun 60’ x 40’ Maple Red Sunset® or October Glory® (Acer rubrum) Sun 50’ x 35’ Maple Redpointe® (Acer rubrum ‘Frank Jr.’) Sun 45’ x 30’ Pagoda dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) p.m. shade 20’ x 20’ Paperbark maple (Acer griseum) Sun 25’ x 20’ Parrotia (Persian ironwood) (Parrotia persica) Sun/part shade 30’ x 20’ Purple beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Riversii’) Sun 50’ x 40’ Purple smoketree ‘Royal Purple’ or ‘Velvet Cloak’ Sun 10’ x 8’ Purple weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’) Sun 20’ x 8’ Redbud ‘Forest Pansy’ (Cercis canadensis) Shade/part shade 20’ x 25’ Redbud The Rising Sun® (Cercis canadensis ‘JNJ’) Sun/shade 15’ x 20’ Red oak (Quercus rubra) Sun 60’ x 50’ River birch Dura Heat® (Betula nigra ‘BNMTF’) Sun/part shade 40’ x 25’ River birch ‘Little King’ (Betula nigra) (Fox Valley®) Sun/part shade 12’ x 15’ Serviceberry ‘Autumn Brilliance’ or ‘Princess Diana’ Sun/part shade 20’ x 15’ Saucer magnolia (Magnolia x soulangeana) Sun/part shade 25’ x 25’ Seven-son flower (Heptacodium miconioides) Sun/part shade 18’ x 12’ Silver linden (Tilia tomentosa) Sun 50’ x 30’ Star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) Sun/part shade 10’ x 10’ Sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana) Part shade 16’ x 14’ Sweetgum ‘Slender Silhouette’ (Liquidambar styraciflua) Sun 40’ x 6 ’ Sweetgum ‘Rotundiloba’ (Liquidambar styraciflua) Sun 60’ x 40’ Bloom Attributes yellow (July) Heat and drought tolerant; may seed around white (May) Showy winter red fruits; has some thorns; plant in spring none Fast-growing upright habit; durable anywhere red (May) Red foliage; best in wind-protected area red (May) Deep red leaves turn scarlet in fall; compact red (May) Red leaves turn scarlet in fall; narrow leaves white (May) Bell-shaped flowers; ‘Pink Chimes’ blooms pink white (July) Nice in flower, flaking bark, red/gold fall leaves white (June) Most disease-resistant lilac; durable street tree white (June) More compact than ‘Ivory Silk’; durable street tree none Heart-shaped leaves; also smaller weeping form white (May) Heavy flowering; nice fall foliage pink (May) Bug/disease-resistant; red fruits; nice bark yellow (June) Bee-attracting flowers; fall nutlets; durable pink (April) Slow-growing dwarfs; ideal for house corners white (May) Great specimen; glossy leaves with tan undersides; U.S. native white (May) Very cold tolerant; fragrant blooms pink (April) Compact grower, very cold-hardy none Drought-tolerant; fast-grower; no seeds; hybrid of 2 natives none Sugar maple with brilliant red/orange fall foliage; U.S. native none Nice shade tree; bright red fall foliage; Pa. native none Bright red fall foliage; heat-tolerant; Pa. native white (May) Blue-black fall fruits; horizontal habit; Pa. native none Compact maple with peeling bark none noticeable Great specimen; red/orange fall foliage none Large specimen; dark foliage; smooth bark dusky (June) Puffy flower heads, nice burgundy foliage none Narrow specimen weeper with purple/burgundy foliage pink (April) Burgundy foliage; nice by woods; Pa. native rosy (April) Heart-shaped leaves change tangerine to green/apricot; Pa. native none Fast-grower; red fall leaves; superior to pin oak; Pa. native catkins (spring) Peeling light tan bark; multiple trunks; Pa. native catkins (spring) Compact river birch; dense habit; nice bark; Pa. native white (April) Edible fruits; great fall color; Pa. native pink/white (April) Large flowers; showy in bloom; drops big petals after bloom white (August) white (July) white (April) white (May) white (April) white (April) Late bloomer; red/purple fall fruits; peeling bark Tough, pyramidal shade tree; takes heat & drought Compact but last frost often nips flower buds Prefers damp, woodsy, acidy soil; fragrant; Pa. native Columnar; few spiky balls; brilliant fall color; Pa. native No gum balls; rounded leaves; yellow in fall; Pa. native Trees Size Bloom Attributes Tricolor beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Roseo-Marginata’) p.m. shade Three-flower maple (Acer triflorum) Sun/part shade Trident maple (Acer buergerianum) Sun Weeping crabapple ‘Red Jade’ (Malus x scheideckeri) Sun Weeping cherry Snow Fountains® (Prunus subhirtella pendula)Sun Weeping katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendula’) Sun/part shade Weeping snowbell ‘Carillon’ (Styrax japonicus) Shade/part shade Weeping snowbell ‘Fragrant Fountain’ (Styrax japonicus) Shade/part shade White oak (Quercus alba) Sun White swamp oak Beacon® (Quercus bicolor) Sun/part shade Yellowwood (Cladrastis kentukea) Sun/part shade Zelkova ‘Village Green’ (Zelkova serrata) Sun Exposure 30’ x 20’ 25’ x 25’ 25’ x 20’ 12’ x 18’ 15’ x 18’ 20’ x 25’ 10’ x 8’ 8’ x 6’ 60’ x 50’ 40’ x 15’ 50’ x 40’ 60’ x 60’ none Cream, green and pink variegated foliage white (April) white (April) none white (May) white (May) none none white (May) none Weeping habit, red fruits, nice for house corner Prolific bloomer; weeping habit; nice specimen Graceful weeping habit; great specimen Great small weeping specimen Great small weeping specimen Pa. native shade tree; acorns; dark-red fall color Narrow upright; tolerates wet soil; yellow fall foliage Native, vase-shaped, keep moist in drought Elm-like shade tree; nice fall color Evergreens/Conifers Exposure Size Use/Bloom Attributes American holly (Ilex opaca) Arborvitae ‘Emerald Green’ (Thuja occidentalis) Arborvitae ‘Green Giant’ or ‘Steeplechase’ (Thuja plicata) Arborvitae ‘Hetz Midget’ or ‘Linesville’ (T. occidentalis) Arborvitae Mr. Bowling Ball® (Thuja occidentalis) Arborvitae ‘Holmstrupp’ (Thuja occidentalis) Arborvitae ‘Zebrina’ (Thuja plicata) Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) Birds nest spruce (dwarf) (Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’) Blue atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica) Blue holly ‘Blue Angel’ (Ilex x meserveae) Blue holly ‘Blue Princess’ (Ilex x meserveae) Blue holly ‘Blue Prince’ (Ilex x meserveae) Blue spruce ‘Bakeri’ (Picea pungens ‘Bakeri’) Blue spruce ‘Fat Albert’ (Picea pungens) Blue spruce ‘Montgomery’ (Picea pungens) Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii var. leucodermis) Boxwood ‘Dee Runk’ (Buxus sempervirens) Boxwood ‘Elegantissima’ (Buxus sempervirens) Boxwood ‘Graham Blandy’ or ‘Green Tower’ (Buxus) Boxwood ‘Green Velvet’ or Chicagoland Green® (Buxus) Boxwood North Star™ (Buxus sempervirens ‘Katerberg’) Boxwood ‘Green Mountain’ (Buxus x ‘Green Mountain’) Boxwood Green Ice® or ‘Green Mound’ (Buxus) Boxwood ‘Green Beauty’ or ‘Winter Gem’ (Buxus) Boxwood ‘Green Gem’ or ‘Franklin’s Gem’ (Buxus) Boxwood ‘Justin Brouwers’ (Buxus sinica insularis) Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun/part shade Sun/shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade 30’ x 15’ 15’ x 4’ 25’ x 6’-8’ 4’ x 4’ 3’ x 3’ 6’ x 4’ 25’ x 6’-8’ 60’ x 25’ 3’ x 4’ 40’ x 30’ 4’ x 5’ 8’ x 6’ 8’ x 6’ 15’ x 7’ 12’ x 8’ 10’ x 8’ 30’ x 12’ 10’ x 3’ 5’ x 4’ 6’ x 2’ 3’ x 3.5’ 3’ x 3.5’ 5’ x 3.5’ 2.5’ x 3’ 2.5’ x 3’ 2’ x 30” 2.5’ x 3’ tall screening screening tall screening foundations foundations foundations Pointy leaves; tolerates damp soil; red fruits; Pa. native Narrow; holds shape/color well; deer prone; U.S. native Fast-grower, resists deer and bagworms; U.S. native Globe-shaped, dense foliage, trims easily; U.S. native none noticeable Nice peeling bark, 3-leaf clusters turn orange-red in fall none noticeable Reddish new growth; glossy red-orange in fall Globe-shaped, compact, fine-textured soft needles; U.S. native Dwarf arborvitae; pyramidal habit; U.S. native screen/specimen Gold/green variegated needles; resists deer; U.S. native specimen Tolerates wet soil; drops needles in winter; U.S. native foundations Flat habit like nest; tough in drought specimen Borderline hardy but elegant blue; also weeping form foundations Compact type; dark foliage; red berries in fall screening Dark foliage; red berries in fall screening Needed to produce berries on ‘Princess’ specimen Dwarf blue spruce; pyramidal shape; U.S. native specimen Blue needles; wide, upright habit; drought-tough; U.S. native specimen Blue needles; rounded habit; tough in drought; U.S. native specimen/screen Blight-/bug-resistant, salt-tolerant, stiff needles doorways Very skinny upright; does well in pots; resists blight specimen Bright variegated foliage; dense; protect from wind doorways Very skinny upright; does well in pots foundations Compact; holds green color well in winter foundations Compact; holds green color well in winter foundations Upright and compact; dense grower foundations Compact, hardy; glossy foliage; fairly blight-resistant foundations Compact, hardy; glossy foliage; resists blight foundations Smallest of dwarf boxwoods; resists blight foundations Compact, bug/clay-tolerant but vulnerable to blight Evergreens/Conifers Exposure Camellia ‘April Blush’ and ‘April Dawn’ (Camellia) Cherry laurel ‘Mt. Vernon’ (Prunus laurocerasus) Cherry laurel ‘Otto Luyken’ (Prunus laurocerasus) Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens) Concolor fir (Abies concolor) Cotoneaster adpressus ‘Little Gem’ or ‘Tom Thumb’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Black Dragon’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Globosa Nana’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Yoshino’ or ‘Kitayama’ Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) Dwarf Norway spruce ‘Little Gem’ (Picea abies) Dwarf Serbian spruce (Picea omorika ‘Nana’) Shade/part shade 5’ x 4’-5’ Size Sun/shade 3’ x 4’ Sun/shade 4’ x 5’ Sun 40’ x 15’ Sun/part shade 40’ x 20’ Sun/part shade 2’ x 4’ Sun/part shade 10’ x 5’ Sun/light shade 4’ x 4’ Sun/part shade 20’ x 10’ Sun 100’ x 40’ Sun 2’ x 3’ Sun/part shade 5’ x 4’ Goldthread/greenthread falsecypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera) Sun/part shade 8’ x 6’ Goldthread falsecypress ‘Golden Mop’ (Chamaecyparis pisifera) Sun 5’ x 4’-5’ Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) Shade/part shade 40’ x 20’ Hemlock ‘Jeddeloh’ (Tsuga canadensis) Shade/part shade 2’ x 3’ Hinoki cypress ‘Crippsii’ or ‘Confucious’ (C. obtusa) Sun/part shade 12’ x 8’ Hinoki cypress ‘Ericoides’ or ‘Gracilis’ (C. obtusa) Sun/part shade 12’ x 5’ Hinoki cypress ‘Filicoides’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 10’ x 5’ Hinoki cypress ‘Fernspray Gold’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 10’ x 4’ Hinoki cypress ‘Kosteri’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 7’ x 4’ Hinoki cypress ‘Nana Gracilis’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 6’ x 5’ Hinoki cypress ‘Gracilis Compacta’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 6’ x 5’ Hinoki cypress ‘Nana Lutea’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 4’ x 3’ Hinoki cypress ‘Templehof’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 8’ x 6’ Hinoki cypress ‘Tetragona Aurea’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 10’ x 4’ Hinoki cypress ‘Torulosa’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 5’ x 4’ Hinoki cypress ‘Verdoni’ (Chamaecyparis obtusa) Sun/part shade 6’ x 3’ Holly ‘Centennial Girl’ (Ilex centrochinensis x aquifolium) Sun/part shade 15’ x 6’ Holly Dragon Lady® (Ilex aquipernyi ‘Meshick’) Sun/part shade 12’ x 5’ Holly Red Beauty™ (Ilex x ‘Rutzan’) Sun/part shade 8’-10’ x 4’-5’ Japanese plum yew ‘Fastigiata’ (Cephalotaxus harringtonia) Shade/part shade 8’ x 4’ Japanese plum yew ‘Duke Gardens’ or ‘Prostrata’ Shade/part shade 3’ x 5’ Japanese umbrella pine (Sciadopitys verticillata) p.m. shade 10’ x 6’ Japanese garden juniper (Juniperus procumbens ‘Nana’) Sun 18” x 5’-6’ Juniper ‘Blue Arrow’ (Juniperus virginiana) Sun 15’ x 3’ Juniper ‘Blue Point’ (Juniperus chinensis) Sun 10’ x 5’ Juniper ‘Blue Star’ (Juniperus squamata) Sun 18” x 3’ Juniper ‘Blue Pacific,’ ‘Silver Mist’ (Juniperus conferta) Sun 1’ x 5’ Juniper Emerald Sentinel™ (Juniperus virginiana ‘Corcorcor’) Sun 20’ x 8’ Juniper ‘Gold Cone’ (Juniperus communis) Sun 6’ x 3’ Use/Bloom Attributes pink (April) foundations foundations Hardy to our area most winters; glossy evergreens Glossy leaves, does dry shade, white flowers Glossy leaves, does dry shade, white flowers screen/specimen Blue needles; also makes nice screen; U.S. native screen/specimen Blue-green needles; tough in all but clay soil; U.S. native foundations Dense, slow-growing spreader with small fall fruits specimen foundation Irregular, pyramidal habit; very slow-growing Rounded slow-grower; soft needles; low-care screen/specimen Soft needles, fairly narrow form, fast grower specimen foundations specimen specimen foundations specimen specimen specimen specimen specimen specimen specimen specimen specimen foundations foundations specimen specimen specimen screening doors, corners doors, corners doorways groundcover specimen groundcover specimen Soft needles turn orange in fall before dropping Very compact slow-grower, stiff green needles Nice for sunny foundations Thready foliage, shaggy form; green or gold Ball-shaped dwarf; shaggy habit; gold color Shears well; nice screen; watch for adelgids; Pa. native Very dwarf weeper; nice by water garden; Pa. native Yellow fern-like foliage; open pyramidal form Narrow evergreen with irregular habit Ferny, spray-like habit; dark green Compact, fairly narrow and golden foliage Medium-green dwarf; slightly twisted form Slow-growing dwarf; Oriental look Slow-growing dwarf; Oriental look Very compact slow-grower with gold foliage Conical form with light green foliage Compact slow-grower with soft golden needles Irregular pyramid with twisted form Narrow, slow-growing upright; gold-tinted soft needles Dense, tall hedge for part shade; pollinate with ‘Blue Prince’ Narrow; open habit; ‘Blue Stallion’ best pollinator Narrow, dense, pyramid; ‘Blue Stallion,’ ‘Blue Prince’ males Can be kept skinny with annual trim Spreader; deer-resistant; tolerates tree-root competition Very slow grower; bigger with time Short spreader with green needles Narrow upright with blue-green needles; Pa. native specimen/screen Broad, pyramidal habit; blue-green needles foundations Short mounder with blue-gray needles groundcover Low spreader with silvery/blue needles specimen Heavy blue fruit producer; nice screen; Pa. native specimen/doorways Golden new foliage; dwarf; narrow; slow-grower Evergreens/Conifers Exposure Juniper ‘Gold Lace’ or Gold Star® (Juniperus chinensis) Sun Juniper ‘Lime Glow’ (Juniperus horizontalis) Sun Juniper ‘Gray Gleam’ (Juniperus scopulorum) Sun Juniper ‘Grey Owl’ (Juniperus virginiana) Sun Juniper ‘Manhattan Blue’ (Juniperus virginiana) Sun Juniper ‘Mint Julep’ (Juniperus x pfitzeriana) Sun Juniper ‘Tolleson’s Weeping’ (Juniperus scopulorum) Sun Korean fir (Abies koreana) Sun/part shade Leyland cypress (Cuprocyparis leylandii) Sun/light shade Leyland cypress ‘Gold Rider’ (Cuprocyparis leylandii) Sun/light shade Manhattan euonymus (Euonymus kiautschovicus) Shade/part shade Nandina ‘Compacta’ or ‘Gulfstream’ (Nandina domestica) Sun/shade Nandina ‘Harbor Dwarf’ (Nandina domestica) Sun/shade Nandina ‘Moon Bay’ or ‘Firepower’ (Nandina domestica) Sun/shade Nandina ‘Tuscan Flame’ (Nandina domestica) Sun/shade Nandina ‘Woods Dwarf’ (Nandina domestica) Sun/shade Nordmann fir (Abies nordmanniana) Sun/part shade Norway spruce (Picea abies) Sun Oriental spruce (Picea orientalis) Sun/part shade Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Goshiki’ Part shade Pieris japonica ‘Compacta’ or ‘Dorothy Wycoff’ p.m. shade Pieris japonica ‘Red Mill’ p.m. shade Rhododendron ‘Ken Janeck’ or ‘Yaku Princess’ Part shade Rhododendron ‘Nova Zembla’ Part shade Rhododendron ‘Olga Mezitt’ (Mezitt hybrid) Sun/shade Rhododendron ‘Percy Wiseman’ Part shade Rhododendron ‘PJM’ or ‘Purple Gem’ Sun/part shade Rhododendron ‘Roseum Elegans’ (R. catawbiense) Shade/part shade Russian (Siberian) cypress (Microbiota decussata) Shade/part shade Serbian spruce (Picea omorika) Sun/part shade Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra) Sun Sweet box (Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis) Shade/part shade Weeping Alaska-cedar (Xanthocyparis nootkatensis) Sun Weeping Alaska-cedar ‘Green Arrow’ (X. nootkatensis) Sun Weeping Norway spruce (Picea abies pendula) Sun Weeping blue atlas cedar (Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca Pendula’) Sun/part shade Weeping Serbian spruce (Picea omorika ‘Pendula Bruns’) Sun/part shade Yew ‘Flushing’ or ‘Beanpole’ (Taxus x media) Sun/shade Yew ‘Hicksii’ (Taxus media ‘Hicksii’) Sun/shade Yew, spreading English (Taxus baccata ‘Repandens’) Sun/shade Size Use/Bloom 4’ x 6’ 18” x 4’ 10’ x 5’ 3’ x 6’ 30’ x 8’ 4’ x 6’ 15’ x 8’ 25’ x 10’ 25’ x 6’ 20’ x 6’ 6’ x 6’ 4’ x 3’ 2’ x 3’ 2.5’ x 2.5’ 5’ x 3’ 3’ x 4’ 40’ x 20’ 50’ x 25’ 60’ x 20’ 6’ x 6’ 6’ x 4’ 8’ x 5’ 3’ x 4’ 6’ x 6’ 6’ x 4’ 3’ x 4’ 3’ x 3’ 5’ x 4’ 1’ x 5’ 50’ x 20’ 35’ x 18’ 2’ x 4’ 25’ x 10’ 25’ x 5’ 15’ x 6’ 15’ x 6’ 12’ x 4’ 8’ x 2’ 8’ x 4’ 3’ x 6’ banks/foundation Golden foliage; spray-like growth habit Attributes groundcover foundations Low spreader with neon lime/green needles; U.S. native Blue-gray needles; compact neat upright; U.S. native banks/foundation Silvery-gray needles, spray-like growth habit; Pa. native specimen Blue needles; upright; good fruit producer; Pa. native banks/foundation Spray-like habit with green foliage; best massed specimen Shaggy weeper for house corner or water garden; U.S. native specimen Slow grower, heat tolerant, beautiful blue cones tall screening Trim to control fast/brittle growth; may brown in cold winter specimen Gold-tinted needles; trim to control brittle growth; iffy in cold hedges/screening Glossy leaves; durable but plain-Jane green; fast-grower white (May) Red fall foliage; red fall fruits white (May) Coppery foliage deepens to red in fall; some fruits foundations Compact dwarf; bright red fall foliage; no fruits white (May) Red/green foliage turns red in fall; some fruits foundations Red fall foliage; no fruits screen/specimen Dark green foliage; soft, flat needles; deer prone screen/specimen Nice screen plant; also comes in weeping form screening Short, dark-green needles; red spring flowers specimen Variegated holly look-alike; slow grower; hardy most winters white (April) Nice but may get lacebugs, root rot white (April) Red new leaves; resists root rot but prone to lacebugs white (May) Compact; fuzzy leaf undersides; tough “yak” types red (May) Heat and cold tolerant; longtime market favorite pink (April) Looks like azalea; adaptable; evergreen pink (May) Compact “yak” type; vibrant peach/pink blooms purple (April) Early bloomers; more tolerant of sun than most lavender (May) Old standby, tolerates heat well foundations Shade-tolerant creeper; soft needles screen/specimen Tree with narrow, graceful habit screen/specimen Nice pyramidal shape; slow-grower groundcover Low-spreading broadleaf for shade areas specimen Weeping habit; nice for house corner specimen Weeping habit & exceptionally narrow form of above specimen Trained “arms” are great by water gardens specimen Stake “arms’ when young, best in protected spot specimen Silvery blue needles; narrow; slow-growing foundations Touch, columnar evergreen; ideal in tight spaces screen Plain green but durable upright; easily trimmed shady banks Dense; spreading habit; can be pruned to control size Shrubs Exposure Size Bloom Abelia ‘Kaleidoscope’ (Abelia x grandiflora) Abelia Pinky Bells™ or ‘Rose Creek’ (Abelia) Barberry Bonanza Gold® (Berberis thunbergii) Bayberry Silver Sprite® (Morella pensylvanica) Beautyberry ‘Duet’ (Callicarpa dichotoma var. albafructus) Beautyberry ‘Profusion’ (Callicarpa bodinieri) Beautybush ‘Pink Cloud’ (Kolkwitzia amabilis) Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) (many varieties) Blueberry ‘Top Hat,’ Brazelberries® ‘Jelly Bean’ Blueberry Blueberry Glaze™ (Vaccinium corymbosum) Bottlebrush buckeye (Aesculus parviflora) Bush honeysuckle Cool Splash® (Diervilla sessilifolia) Bush honeysuckle Kodiak® Black (Diervilla rivularis) Butterfly bush ‘Flutterby Petite’ (Buddleia davidii) Butterfly bush Lo and Behold® ‘Blue Chip’ (B. davidii) Butterfly bush Lo and Behold® ‘Purple Haze’ (B. davidii) Butterfly bush ‘White Ball’ (Buddleia davidii) Caryopteris ‘Dark Knight’ or Grand Bleu™ Caryopteris ‘First Choice’ or Petit Bleu™ Caryopteris ‘Snow Fairy’ (Caryopteris divaricata) Chokeberry ‘Autumn Magic’ (Aronia melanocarpa) Chokeberry ‘Brilliantissima’ (Aronia arbutifolia) Chokeberry Iroquois Beauty™ (Aronia melanocarpa) Crapemyrtle Dazzle Me Pink®, ‘Red Filli,’ Ruby Dazzle® Crapemyrtle ‘Victor’ (Lagerstroemia indica) Dappled willow (Salix integra ‘Hakura Nishiki’) Deutzia gracilis Chardonnay Pearls® Deutzia gracilis ‘Nikko’ or Yuki Snowflake™ Deutzia gracilis Yuki Cherry Blossom™ Elderberry Black Lace™ (Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’) Elderberry ‘Sutherland Gold’ (Sambucus racemosa) Forsythia Goldilocks® (Forsythia x intermedia ‘Cortacour’) Forsythia Gold Tide® (Forsythia x ‘Courtasol’) Fothergilla ‘Mt. Airy’ (Fothergilla x intermedia) Genista lydia Bangle® Hydrangea BloomStruck® (H. macrophylla) Hydrangea ‘Blue Wave’ (Hydrangea macrophylla) Hydrangea ‘Bluebird’ or ‘Blue Billow’ (H. serrata) Hydrangea ‘Blushing Bride’ (Hydrangea macrophylla) Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Part shade 3’ x 4’ 3’ x 4’ 2’ x 3’ 5’ x 6’ 6’ x 6’ 6’ x 6’ 7’ x 6’ 5’ x 3’ 2.5’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 3’ 12’ x 15’ 3.5’ x 4’ 4’ x 5’ 3’ x 3’ 3’ x 3’ 3’ x 3’ 4’ x 4’ 4’ x 4’ 3’ x 3’ 3’ x 3’ 5’ x 6’ 10’ x 5’ 3’ x 3’ 3’ x 3’ 5’ x 5’ 5’ x 6’ 3.5’ x 3.5’ 2’ x 4’ 2’ x 4’ 8’ x 8’ 8’ x 6’ 3’ x 3’ 2.5’ x 5’ 6’ x 5’ 2’ x 3’ 4’ x 5’ 4’ x 5’ 4’ x 4.5’ 5’ x 5’ 3.5’ x 3.5’ 5’ x 5’ white (summer) Variegated leaves change color through season pink (spring) Semi-evergreen; attracts butterflies; compact yellow (April) Gold leaves; durable; among least invasive seeders not showy Blue/gray berries; needs ‘Morton Male’ pollinator; Pa. native not showy White-edged leaves; white BB-sized fall fruits pink (July) Lavender fall berries; pink/purple fall foliage pink (May) Arching habit; heavy bloomer; prune to control size white (May) Birds love fruit; glossy red fall foliage; Pa. native white (May) Compact fruiters; red in fall; will do pots; Pa. native white (May) Compact; boxwood-like; nearly black fruit Pa. native white (summer) Big; nice woodland plant; prefers acidy soil yellow (June) Arching habit; variegated leaves; colonizes; U.S. native yellow (June) Arching habit; dark leaves; deer-resistant; Pa. native Shade/part shade Sun/part shade Sun Sun Sun Sun Part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun/light shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun Sun Part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/light shade p.m. shade p.m. shade p.m. shade p.m. shade Hydrangea Cityline® ‘Mars,’ Cityline® ‘Paris’ (H. macrophylla) p.m. shade Hydrangea Endless Summer® or ‘Dooley’ (H. macrophylla) p.m. shade purple (summer) purple (summer) purple (summer) white (summer) Attributes Super-dwarf; little to no pruning; non-seeding Super-dwarf; little to no pruning; non-seeding Super-dwarf; little to no pruning; non-seeding Compact variety; silvery foliage; low seeding potential blue (early fall) Late bloomer; heat, drought tolerant blue (early fall) More compact and earlier blooming than above blue (early fall) Beautiful white-edge leaves; unusual blue flowers white (May) Black fall fruits, red fall foliage; Pa. native white (May) Superb red fall foliage and red berries; Pa. native white (May) Compact version of ‘Autumn Magic’; Pa. native pink (July-Sept.) Very compact and slow-growing; hardy most winters pink (July-Sept.) Compact summer bloomer; may die to roots in winter white (May) Heavy white variegation; takes damp soil white (May) Lime-yellow leaves; arching habit white (May) Good on banks or as woody groundcover pink (May) Similar to ‘Nikko’ & Yuki Snowflake™ but with pink flowers pink (May) Dark dissected foliage; cut back after bloom; some fruits white (May) Gold dissected leaves; red summer fruits ; U.S. native yellow (April) Very compact forsythia; early bloomer yellow (April) Dwarf form; good massed on sunny banks white (April) Great red/orange/gold fall color; U.S. native yellow (May) Drought-tough, deer-resistant, fine-textured dwarf broom purple (summer) Red stems; cold-tolerant buds; disease-resistant blue (July) Beautiful lace-cap type flowers blue (July) Heavy-blooming, lace-cap type flowers white (July) Reblooming mophead; matures light pink pink (July) Compact, excellent as cut flowers, too blue (summer) Reblooming mopheads; also early to flower Shrubs Exposure Hydrangea Everlasting® series (Hydrangea macrophylla) p.m. shade Hydrangea Forever and Ever® (Hydrangea macrophylla) p.m. shade Hydrangea Incrediball® or ‘Annabelle’ (H. arborescens) Sun/part shade Hydrangea Invincibelle Spirit®, ‘Bella Anna’ (H. arborescens) Sun/part shade Hydrangea Let’s Dance® ‘Starlight’ or Twist & Shout® p.m. shade Hydrangea ‘Limelight’ (Hydrangea paniculata) Sun/part shade Hydrangea Little Lime®, Bobo® (Hydrangea paniculata) Sun/part shade Hydrangea Little Quick Fire® (Hydrangea paniculata) Sun/part shade Hydrangea ‘Pink Elf’ (aka ‘Pia’) (Hydrangea macrophylla) p.m. shade Hydrangea Pinky Winky®, Quick Fire® (H. paniculata) Sun/part shade Hydrangea ‘Preziosa’ (Hydrangea serrata) p.m. shade Hydrangea ‘Tovelit’ (Hydrangea macrophylla) p.m. shade Hydrangea ‘Zebra’ (Hydrangea macrophylla) p.m. shade Japanese kerria ‘Picta’ (Kerria japonica) Shade/part shade Lilac (dwarf Korean) (Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’) Sun Lilac Bloomerang® ‘Purple’ (Syringa patula x macrophylla) Sun Lilac Bloomerang® ‘Dark Purple’ (S. patula x macrophylla) Sun Lilac ‘Josee’ or Bloomerang® (Syringa patula x macrophylla) Sun Lilac (dwarf) ‘Miss Kim’ (Syringa patula) Sun Lilac (dwarf) Tinkerbelle® (Syringa ‘Bailbelle’) Sun Lilac (dwarf) ‘Prairie Petite’ (Syringa vulgaris) Sun Ninebark Coppertina®, ‘Amber Jubilee’ (Physocarpus opulifolius)Sun Ninebark Diabolo® (Physocarpus opulifolius) Sun Ninebark Summer Wine®, Little Devil™ (Physocarpus) Sun Oakleaf hydrangea Gatsby Pink® (Hydrangea quercifolia) Shade/part shade Oakleaf hydrangea ‘Ruby Slippers’ (Hydrangea quercifolia) Shade/part shade Oakleaf hydrangea Snow Queen® (Hydrangea quercifolia)Shade/part shade Oakleaf hydrangea Snowflake™ (Hydrangea quercifolia) Shade/part shade Oakleaf hydrangea ‘Sikes Dwarf’ or ‘PeeWee’ Shade/part shade Purple beautyberry ‘Early Amethyst’ (Callicarpa dichotoma) Sun/part shade Red-twig dogwood Arctic Fire™ (Cornus sericea) Sun/part shade Red-twig dogwood ‘Cardinal’ (Cornus sericea) Sun/part shade Red-twig dogwood ‘Midwinter Fire’ (Cornus sanguinea) Sun/part shade Red-twig dogwood Red Rover™ (Cornus amomum obliqua) Sun/part shade Rose Baby Love® (miniature type) Sun/part shade Rose Drift® series (groundcover type) Sun/part shade Rose Flower Carpet® (shrub type) Sun Rose Home Run® (shrub type) Sun/part shade Rose Julia Child® (floribunda type) Sun Rose Knock Out® or Double Knock Out® (shrub type) Sun/part shade Rose Pink Knock Out® or Pink Double Knock Out® (shrub) Sun/part shade Size Bloom 3’ x 4’ 3’ x 4’ 6’ x 6’ 5’ x 5’ 3’ x 4’ 8’ x 6’ 6’ x 5’ 6’ x 5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 7’ x 6’ 3’ x 4’ 3’ x 3’ 4’ x 4’ 4’ x 4’ 6’ x 6’ 5’ x 5’ 5’ x 5’ 5’ x 5’ 6’ x 5’ 5’ x 4’ 4’ x 4’ 7’ x 6’ 7’ x 6’ 5’ x 4’ 6’ x 6’ 4’ x 5’ 6’ x 6’ 6’ x 5’ 3’ x 4’ 4’ x 4’ 5’ x 4’ 7’ x 6’ 7’ x 6’ 5’ x 6’ 3’ x 3’ 18” x 3’ 3’ x 4’ 3.5’ x 3.5’ 3.5’ x 2.5’ 4’ x 4’ 4’ x 4’ 8 colors (summer) Reblooming mopheads; flowers change colors Attributes rose, pink (summer) Repeat bloomers; compact; disease-resistant Heavy snowball bloomer; versatile; Pa. native Pink ‘Annabelle’ types; Pa. native Reblooming lacecap types PeeGee type; flowers start greenish, fade white, pink white/pink (Aug.) Compact PeeGee types; large cone-shaped flowers white/pink (Aug.) Compact PeeGee types; large cone-shaped flowers pink (July) Very compact ball-shaped form; mophead white (July) pink (July) pink (summer) white (July) white/pink (Aug.) Heavy cone-shaped blooms; tough, showy, sturdy pink (June-Aug.) Cold-hardy buds; burgundy fall foliage; maroon stems mauve (July) white (July) yellow (April) lavender (May) lavender (May) purple (May) pink (May) lavender (May) pink (May) pink/lavender (May) white (June) white (June) white (June) pink (July) pink (July) white (July) white (July) white (July) pink (July) white (May) white (May) white (May) white (May) Very compact type; heavy bloomer; mophead Nearly black stems; mophead white flowers Dwarf version of tough shrub; white-edged leaves Resistant to mildew; fragrant; compact Dwarf rebloomer; resists mildew Dwarf rebloomer; resists mildew Dwarf rebloomers; resists mildew Resistant to mildew; fragrant; compact Resistant to mildew; fragrant; compact Very compact, rounded habit, fragrant Coppery new foliage, then dark in summer; Pa. native Very dark burgundy foliage; drought hardy; Pa. native Very dark burgundy foliage; dwarf versions of ‘Diabolo’; Pa. native Pink-blooming oakleaf; burgundy fall foliage; U.S. native Dwarf type; blooms mature pink; burgundy in fall; U.S. native Burgundy fall foliage; peeling bark; U.S. native Burgundy fall foliage; peeling bark; U.S. native Dwarf form of oakleaf hydrangea; U.S. native Lavender fall berries, cut ankle-high each spring Compact; red stems; non-suckering type; Pa. native Brightest red stems in winter; Pa. native Yellow/orange fall foliage; red stems in winter Burgundy fall foliage; blue fruits; red stems; Pa. native yellow (summer) Highly disease resistant; repeat bloomer 6 colors (summer) Low spreading type; no spray; long-blooming pink, white, red Long bloomer; low maintenance red (summer) yellow (June) Rosy-red with yellow center; disease resistant Disease resistant, fragrant, double-petaled neon cherry pink Long bloomer, no spraying, cut back hard in March pink (all season) Same habit as ‘Knock Out’, only medium pink Shrubs Exposure Size Bloom Rose Sunny Knock Out® or ‘Carefree Sunshine’ (shrub) Serviceberry ‘Regent’ (Amelanchiar alnifolia) Smokebush Golden Spirit™ (Cotinus coggyria) Spirea ‘Little Princess’ (Spireae japonica) Spirea ‘Anthony Waterer’ (Spireae x bumalda) Spirea ‘Neon Flash’ (Spireae japonica) Spirea ‘Crispa’ (Spireae x bumalda) Spirea nipponica ‘Snowmound’ Spirea Mellow Yellow® (Spireae thunbergii ‘Ogon’) St. Johnswort ‘Albury Purple’ (Hypericum androsaemum) St. Johnswort ‘Brigadoon’ (Hypericum calycinum) St. Johnswort Blue Velvet™ (Hypericum kalmiatum) Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’ Sumac ‘Gro-Low’ (Rhus aromatica) Sumac Tiger Eyes® (Rhus typhina) Summersweet ‘Ruby Spice’ (Clethra alnifolia) Summersweet ‘Hummingbird,’ ‘Compacta’ (C. alnifolia) Summersweet ‘16 Candles’ (Clethra alnifolia) Sweetshrub ‘Hartlage Wine’ (Calycanthus floridus) Tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) Variegated aralia (Eleutherococcus sieboldianus ‘Variegatus’) Viburnum (Arrowwood) (Viburnum dentatum) Viburnum Blue Muffin®, Chicago Lustre® (V. dentatum) Viburnum Cardinal Candy™ (Viburnum dilatatum) Viburnum ‘Conoy’ (Viburnum utile x V. burkwoodii) Viburnum ‘Erie’ (Viburnum dilatatum) Viburnum (Korean spice) (Viburnum carlesii) Viburnum ‘Michael Dodge’ (Viburnum dilatatum) Viburnum ‘Mohawk’ (Viburnum x burkwoodii) Viburnum ‘Shoshoni’ (V. plicatum x tomentosum) Viburnum ‘Shasta’ or ‘Mariesii’ (V. plicatum x. tomentosum) Viburnum ‘Summer Snowflake’ (V. plicatum x. tomentosum) Viburnum ‘Winterthur’ or Brandywine™ (Viburnum nudum) Viburnum ‘Wentworth’ (Viburnum trilobum) Virginia sweetspire ‘Henry’s Garnet’ (Itea virginica) Virginia sweetspire Little Henry® (Itea virginica) Vitex ‘Shoal Creek’ (Vitex agnus-castus) Weigela (variegated) (Weigela florida ‘Variegatus’) Weigela My Monet® or ‘Variegated Nana’ (W. florida) Weigela Midnight Wine® or Fine Wine™ (Weigela florida) Weigela Sonic Bloom™ (Weigela florida) Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/shade 3’ x 3’ 5’ x 7’ 7’ x 6’ 3’ x 3’ 3’ x 4’ 3’ x 4’ 3.5’ x 4’ 5’ x 5’ 5’ x 5’ 3’ x 4’ 18” x 3’ 3’ x 4’ 2’ x 4’ 2’ x 8’ 7’ x 6’ 6’ x 4’ 30” x 3.5’ 3’ x 3.5’ 6’ x 8’ 5’ x 4’ 6’ x 4’ 10’ x 8’ 6’ x 6’ 6’ x 6’ 5’ x 7’ 6’ x 7’ 6’ x 6’ 7’ x 6’ 6’ x 6’ 5’ x 8’ 6’ x 10’ 6’ x 5’ 5’ x 5’ 10’ x 10’ 4’ x 6’ 3’ x 3.5’ 6’ x 6’ 4’ x 5’ 3’ x 3’ 2’ x 2’ 5’ x 6’ yellow (summer) Heavy and long bloomer; no spray; fragrant Shade/part shade Sun/shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/shade Sun/shade Sun/shade Sun/shade p.m. shade Sun/part shade Sun/shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/shade Sun/shade Sun/shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Part shade Part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade white (May) pinkish (June) pink (summer) rose (summer) rose (summer) pink (summer) white (May) white (April) yellow (June) yellow (June) Attributes Shrub form of small tree, edible blue June fruits Lime-green foliage turning orange/red in fall Long-blooming; trouble-free Long-blooming; trouble-free Long-blooming; trouble-free Frilly foliage; some new leaves white/burgundy Bluish-tinted leaves; nice hedge or border plant Arching habit, yellow summer foliage Burgundy-tinged leaves, red berries, arching habit Bright yellow foliage; stays low; no pests yellow (summer) Long-bloomer; bluish leaves; U.S. native white (May) Durable groundcover shrub for banks, tough sites yellow (spring) Red/orange fall foliage; good on bank; Pa. native green (summer) Sharply dissected gold leaves; red in fall; Pa. native pink (July) Bottle-brush blooms; tolerates damp soil; Pa. native white (July) Bottle-brush blooms; compact, tolerates damp soil; Pa. native white (July) Bottle-brush blooms; compact, tolerates damp soil; Pa. native red (May) Fragrant; best used along wood line; Pa. native many (May) Nice specimen; large, striking flowers none Striking cream-edged leaves; pest-free white (May) Native; birds like blackish fall fruit; Pa. native white (May) Compact; blue fall fruits; glossy leaves; Pa. native white (May) Lots of red fall fruits with pollinator; a bird favorite white (May) Red buds; glossy foliage; semi-evergreen white (May) Great fall color and red fruits white (April) Very fragrant flowers; red summer fruits white (May) Yellow fall fruit; compact habit white (April) Buds are red; fragrant flowers white (May) Similar to ‘Shasta,’ only smaller white (May) Colorful; horizontal branch habit; nice fruit white (May) Similar to ‘Shasta,’ but smaller and more upright white (June) Glossy blood-red fall foliage; 1 of each to get fruits; Pa. native white (May) Cranberry viburnum; birds love red fruit; big leaves; Pa. native white (June) Great burgundy fall foliage; Pa. native white (June) Dwarf habit; great burgundy fall foliage; Pa. native blue (summer) Hardiest vitex yet; looks like butterfly bush pink (May) Beautiful foliage; attracts butterflies, hummingbirds pink (May) Compact and variegated version of above rose (May) Burgundy foliage; very dwarf habit pink, red (May+) Reblooms sporadically late summer/fall; arching habit Shrubs Exposure Winterberry holly Berry Nice® (Ilex verticillata) Winterberry holly ‘Harvest Red’ (Ilex verticillata) Winterberry holly ‘Maryland Beauty,’ Red Sprite® Winterberry holly ‘Scarlett O’Hara’ (Ilex verticillata) Winterberry holly ‘Sparkleberry,’ ‘Winter Red’ Winter hazel (“buttercup”) (Corylopsis pauciflora) Witch hazel ‘Arnold Promise’ (Hamamelis x intermedia) Part shade Part shade Part shade Part shade Part shade Size 8’ x 6’ 8’ x 9’ 6’ x 6’ 9’ x 8’ 8’ x 8’ Shade/part shade 4’ x 6’ Sun/shade 15’ x 15’ Ornamental Grasses Exposure Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’ Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Blue fescue ‘Elijah Blue’ (Festuca ovina glauca) Dwarf fountain grass ‘Hameln’ (Pennisetum alopecuroides) Dwarf fountain grass ‘Karley Rose’ (Pennisetum orientale) Dwarf fountain grass ‘Little Bunny’ (P. alopecuroides) Feather reed grass ‘Karl Foerster’ (Calamagrostis) Feather reed grass ‘Overdam’ (Calamagrostis) Indian grass ‘Sioux Blue’ (Sorghastrum nutans) Japanese forest grass (Hakonechloa macra) Shade/part shade 2’ x 2’ Size Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun Sun Sun Sun/light shade Sun/light shade Sun 5’ x 3’ 1’ x 2’ 3’ x 3’ 3’ x 3’ 2’ x 2’ 5’ x 3’ 5’ x 3’ 5’ x 3’ Shade/part shade 2’ x 2.5’ Japanese forest grass ‘All Gold’ (Hakonenchloa macra) Shade/part shade 2’ x 2.5’ Golden variegated Japanese forest grass (H. macra ‘Aureola’) Shade/part shade 2’ x 2.5’ Little bluestem ‘The Blues’ (Schizachyrium scoparium) Sun 3’ x 3’ Little bluestem ‘Carousel,’ ‘Standing Ovation’ (S. scoparium) Sun 3’ x 3’ Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light,’ ‘Graziella’ Sun 5’ x 3’ Miscanthus sinensis ‘Little Kitten’ Sun 18” x 2.5’ Pennsylvania sedge (Carex pensylvanica) Sun/shade 1’ x 2.5’ Porcupine grass (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Strictus’) Sun 8’ x 4’ Prairie dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) Sun 3’ x 3’ Sedge EverColor® Everest (Carex oshimensis ‘CarFit1’) Shade/part shade 14” x 18” Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula) Sun/light shade 3’ x 3’ Silver-variegated miscanthus (M. sinensis ‘Variegatus’) Sun 7’ x 4’ Switchgrass ‘Cloud Nine’ (Panicum virgatum) Sun/light shade 6’ x 3’ Switchgrass ‘Hanse Herms’ (Panicum virgatum) Sun/light shade 4.5’ x 3’ Switchgrass ‘Heavy Metal’ or ‘Dallas Blues’ (P. virgatum) Sun/light shade 4’ x 3’ Switchgrass ‘Northwind’ (Panicum virgatum) Sun/light shade 5’ x 3’ Switchgrass ‘Shenandoah’ (Panicum virgatum) Sun/light shade 4’ x 3’ Tufted hair grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) Part shade 2.5’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 3’ Variegated sea oats ‘River Mist’ (Chasmanthium latifolium) Part shade Bloom Attributes white (May) Red/orange berries, pollinate with ‘Jim Dandy’; Pa. native white (May) Red berries, pollinate with ‘Raritan Chief’; Pa. native white (May) Dwarf; red berries when pollinated by ‘Jim Dandy’; Pa. native white (May) Heavy red fruiter with ‘Rhett Butler,’ ‘Jim Dandy’; Pa. native white (May) Red berries with ‘Apollo,’ ‘Southern Gentleman’; Pa. native yellow (April) Nice woodsy shrub; fragrant primrose flowers yellow (March) Tough, adaptable; early bloomer; fragrant; Pa. native Leaf Color Attributes golden blue/green powdery blue green green green green green/white blue/green green gold/green gold/green blue/green blue/green silvery/green green light green green/yellow green silver/green gray/green silvery soft blue/green red/green blue/green blue/green red/green green white/green Compact arching grass; ideal for damp areas Pink-tinted seed heads; drought-tough U.S. native Dwarf, mounded habit; very drought-tolerant Semi-dwarf; drought hardy; tan foxtail plumes Smoky-rose flower panicles; drought-tough Dwarf; drought hardy; tan foxtail plumes Nice light-tan, airy June plumes; upright habit Narrow, upright habit; variegated foliage Upright native with long seed stems; yellow in fall Short, heavily arching habit; best in cool, shaded spot Arching habit; especially nice in fall seedhead stage Variegated; arching habit; best in cool, shaded spot Compact, turns burgundy/red in fall; U.S. native Doesn’t flop, turns rusty/gold in fall; U.S. native Silver vertical bands; may seed in wild Very compact; ideal for sunny foundations Arching habit; versatile; good lawn alternative; Pa. native Yellow horizontal bands; may seed in wild Fine texture; turns pumpkin/orange in fall; U.S. native Arching habit; prefers damp soil; white/green striped blades Golden fall foliage; oat-like seed heads hang off 1 side; U.S. native Silver/green striped leaves; may seed in wild Yellow seedheads; beige fall foliage; U.S. native Brilliant red fall foliage; pink seedheads; U.S. native Strong upright habit; pink seed heads; U.S. native Especially upright U.S. native; yellow fall foliage Bright red fall foliage; compact habit; U.S. native Grows in low clump; thin blades; yellow seedheads; Pa. native Brightly variegated blades, U.S. native, white seedheads Perennials Exposure Size Bloom Amsonia hubrichtii (threadleaf bluestar) Amsonia tabernaemontana ‘Blue Ice’ Anemone (Japanese) ‘Honorine Jobert’ Anemone (Japanese) ‘Pretty Lady Diana’ Anemone (Japanese) ‘Prince Henry’ Anise hyssop ‘Blue Fortune’ (Agastache) Anise hyssop ‘Peachie Keen’ (Agastache) Astilbe ‘Color Flash’ or ‘Key West’ (Astilbe arendsii) Astilbe ‘Pumila’ (Astilbe chinensis) Astilbe ‘Vision’ (Astilbe chinensis) Astilbe ‘Little Vision in Pink’ (Astilbe chinensis) Aster laterifolius ‘Lady in Black’ Aster ‘Alma Potschke’ (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) Aster ‘Bluebird’ (Symphyotrichum laeve) Aster Magic Purple™ (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii) Aster ‘October Skies’ (Symphyotrichum oblongifolius) Aster ‘Prof. Kippenburg’ or ‘Sapphire’ (S. novi-belgii) Aster ‘Woods Purple’ (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii) Aster ‘Woods Pink’ (Symphyotrichum novi-belgii) Baptisia ‘Purple Smoke’ or ‘Twilight Prairie Blues’ Barrenwort (Epimedium rubrum) Barrenwort ‘Sulphureum,’ ‘Neosulphureum’ (Epimedium) Barrenwort (Epimedium x ‘Frohnleiten’) Beebalm ‘Marshall’s Delight’ (Monarda hybrid) Beebalm ‘Jacob Kline’ or ‘Raspberry Wine’ (Monarda) Beebalm ‘Petite Delight’ (Monarda hybrid) Sun Sun/light shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/light shade Sun/light shade 4’ x 42” 15” x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 18” x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 15” x 2.5’ 20” x 2.5’ 16” x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 3.5’ x 2.5’ 14” x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 14” x 2.5’ 16” x 2.5’ 16” x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 1’ x 2’ 1’ x 2’ 10” x 2’ 30” x 2.5’ 4’ x 3’ 15” x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 15” x 2’ 3’ x 3’ 1’ x 2’ 4’ x 2.5’ 4’ x 2.5’ 18” x 2’ 2’ x 2.5’ 6” x 2’ 10” x 2’ 6” x 2’ 1’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 15” x 2.5’ 2’ x 3’ blue (May) Lacy gold fall foliage; beautiful texture; U.S. native blue (May) Deer- & drought-resistant; yellow fall color; U.S. native white (fall) Daisy-like flowers; one of latest bloomers pink (fall) Daisy-like flowers; late-bloomer; compact, no staking rose (fall) Daisy-like flowers; one of latest bloomers blue (July) Licorice fragrance; blooms till fall; U.S. native apricot (July) Drought-tough; hummingbird favorite; can spread by runners pink (July) Compact; nice burgundy/purple variegated leaves pink (July) Short, fairly drought-tough type raspberry (July) One of tougher astilbes; also comes in red or pink rosy pink (July) Compact; more heat/dry/sun-tolerant than most astilbes white (Sept.) Narrow, dark-burgundy leaves; Pa. native pink (Sept.) Bright pink blooms, drought-tough; Pa. native violet (Sept.) Large flowers, drought-tough, no staking; Pa. native purple (Sept.) Compact; mildew resistant; late bloomer; Pa. native lavender (Sept.) Bushy habit; drought-tough; pollinator favorite; Pa. native purple (Sept.) Daisy-like flowers, drought-tolerant; Pa. native purple (Sept.) Compact; mildew resistant; late bloomer; Pa. native pink (Sept.) Compact; mildew-resistant; late bloomer; Pa. native lavender (June) Spiky flowers with dainty look; hybrid of 2 natives red (May) Great dry-shade groundcover; red-edged leaves yellow (April) Great dry-shade groundcover; evergreen yellow (April) Red/bronze/green spring foliage; takes dry shade pink (June/July) Mildew-resistant variety, tolerates damp soil; Pa. native red (summer) Tall spreaders, fairly mildew-resistant; Pa. native lavender (summer) Short clump-former; very mildew-resistant; Pa. native gold (July) Looks best in mass; heat, drought hardy; Pa. native gold (July) Dwarf versions of above; stocky; Pa. native white/pink/red Blooms in spring but dies back in summer pink (spring) Long-blooming; fringe-leaf type; Pa. native white (summer) Dark purple foliage; nice backdrop; U.S. native white (summer) Dark purple foliage; long bottlebrush flowers; U.S. native blue (April) Beautiful silver variegated heart-shaped leaves orange (July) Monarch butterflies crave it; Pa. native blue (June) Nice front-of-border plant; blooms into Sept. blue (summer) Fast-spreading, long-blooming mat-former white (June) Nice front-of-border plant; blooms into Sept. white (April) Good edging plant; leaves evergreen some winters red (July) MUST have moisture; also are pastel varieties blue (summer) Silvery foliage; long bloom; drought-tough Shade/part shade Shade/part shade Shade/part shade Part shade Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Shade/part shade Shade/part shade Shade/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Black-eyed susan ‘Goldsturm’ (Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii) Sun/part shade Black-eyed susan Viette’s Little Suzy® or ‘Little Goldstar’ Sun/part shade Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) Shade/part shade Bleeding heart ‘Luxuriant,’ ‘King of Hearts’ (Dicentra eximia) Part shade Bugbane ‘Atropurpurea’ (Actaea simplex) Sun/part shade Bugbane ‘Hillside Black Beauty’ (Actaea simplex) Sun/part shade Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ or ‘Silver Heart’ Shade/part shade Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Sun Campanula Blue Clips® (Campanula carpatica) Sun/part shade Campanula ‘Blue Waterfall’ (Campanula poscharskyana) Sun/part shade Campanula White Clips® (Campanula carpatica f. alba) Sun/part shade Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) Sun/part shade Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Sun/part shade Catmint ‘Kit Cat,’ ‘Blue Ice,’ ‘Little Titch,’ (Nepeta fassenii) Sun Catmint ‘Walker’s Low,’ ‘Cat’s Meow’ (Nepeta fassenii) Sun Attributes blue (June-Aug.) Long-bloomer; cut back after first bloom; bees love it Perennials Exposure Size Catmint Junior Walker™ (Nepeta fassenii) Sun 18” x 2’ Coralbells (Heuchera) (many varieties) Part shade 1’ x 2’ Coralbells ‘Bronze Wave’ (Heuchera villosa f. purpurea)Part shade 18” x 2’ Coralbells ‘Citronelle,’ ‘Lime Marmalade’ (Heuchera) Part shade 1’ x 2’ Coralbells ‘Caramel’ (Heuchera villosa hybrid) Part shade 1’ x 2’ Coralbells ‘Gypsy Dancer’ (Heuchera) Part shade 1’ x 2’ Coralbells ‘Electra’ (Heuchera villosa hybrid) Part shade 1’ x 2’ Coreopsis palustris ‘Summer Sunshine’ Sun 30” x 2.5’ Coreopsis integrifolia ‘Last Dance’ Sun 2’ x 2.5’ Coreopsis verticillata ‘Red Shift,’ ‘Route 66’ Sun 30” x 2.5’ Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb,’ ‘Golden Gain’ Sun 18” x 2.5’ Coreopsis ‘Gilded Lace’ Sun 4’ x 2.5’ Creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) Sun/light shade 6” x 2.5’ Creeping sedum (Sedum kamtschaticum) Sun/part shade 9” x 2’ Creeping sedum ‘Angelina’ (Petrosedum rupestre) Sun/part shade 4” x 2.5’ Creeping sedum ‘Fuldaglut’ (Sedum spurium) Sun/part shade 6” x 2.5’ Creeping sedum ‘John Creech’ (Sedum spurium) Sun/part shade 4” x 2’ Creeping sedum ‘Tricolor’ (Sedum spurium) Sun/part shade 6” x 2.5’ Creeping sedum ‘Weihenstephaner Gold’ (Sedum floriferum) Sun/part shade 4” x 2.5’ Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ (a.k.a. “montbretia”) Sun/part shade 3’ x 2.5’ Daylily ‘Happy Returns’ (Hemerocallis) Sun/part shade 18” x 2.5’ Daylily ‘Pardon Me’ or ‘Ruby Stella’ (Hemerocallis) Sun/part shade 16” x 2.5’ Daylily ‘Mean Mr. Mustard’ (Hemerocallis) Sun/part shade 26” x 2.5’ Daylily ‘Red Hot Returns’ (Hemerocallis) Sun/part shade 16” x 2.5’ Daylily ‘Romantic Returns’ (Hemerocallis) Sun/part shade 26” x 2.5’ Daylily ‘Rosy Returns’ or ‘Dynamite Returns’ (Hemerocallis) Sun/part shade 16” x 2.5’ Daylily ‘Stella d’Oro’ or ‘Miss Mary Mary’ (Hemerocallis) Sun/part shade 1’ x 2’ Daylily ‘Stella Supreme’ or ‘Sunset Returns’ (Hemerocallis) Sun/part shade 18” x 2’ Dianthus ‘Bath’s Pink’ (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) Sun/part shade 8” x 2.5’ Dianthus Firewitch® (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) Sun/part shade 10” x 2.5’ Dianthus ‘Neon Star’ (Dianthus x ‘Neon Star’) Sun 7” x 2.5’ Dianthus ‘Pixie’ (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) Sun 10” x 2.5’ Euphorbia ‘Bonfire’ (Euphorbia polychroma) Sun/part shade 15” x 2’ Euphorbia ‘Chameleon’ (Euphorbia dulcis) Sun/part shade 18” x 18” Euphorbia Efanthia® or Helena’s Blush® (E.amygdaloides) Sun/part shade 2’ x 2’ False Solomon’s seal (Maianthemum racemosum) Shade/part shade 2’ x 2.5’ Foamflowers ‘Sugar & Spice,’ ‘Spring Symphony’ (Tiarella) Shade/part shade 15” x 2’ Foamflowers “River” series (Tiarella) Shade/part shade 15” x 2.5’ Foamybells ‘Tapestry,’ ‘Viking Ship’ (Heucherella) Shade/part shade 8” x 2’ Foamybells ‘Alabama Sunrise,’ ‘Stoplight’ (Heucherella) Shade/part shade 1’ x 2’ Foamybells ‘Sweet Tea’’ (Heucherella) Shade/part shade 16” x 2’ Bloom Attributes purple/blue (summer) Compact ‘Walker’s Low;’ long-bloomer; no seeding white, pink cream (Sept.) Many leaf colors; wiry, dainty flowers; some native Larger than most; bronzy glossy leaves; U.S. native white (late spring) Gold/charteuse leaves; also excellent in pots pink (June/July) Soft golden-yellow/butterscotch leaves; U.S. native pink (summer) Long bloomer, silvery-pink foliage (my favorite) white (June) Round yellow leaves with red veining; U.S. native gold (Sept.-Oct.) Long and later bloomer; disease-resistant; U.S. native gold (October) Heavy late-bloomer; wider leaves; U.S. native yellow/red (summer) Bicolor, changeable flowers; U.S. native gold (summer) Long-blooming; heat, drought hardy; thread-leaf; U.S. native gold (summer) Long-blooming; tall type with lacy foliage; U.S. native many (April) Mat-former in multiple spring colors; good edging plant orange (June) Ideal in rock garden; heat, drought hardy yellow (summer) Golden creeper; semi-evergreen; drought-tough red (Sept.) Bronze foliage; creeping habit; drought-tough pink (Aug.) Green leaves turn burgundy in fall; semi-evergreen pink (Aug.) Cream/green/pink leaves; ground-hugger; drought-tough gold (summer) Red new foliage; turns bronze in fall; reblooms red (summer) Strappy foliage; long-blooming; hardy most winters yellow (June) Reblooms sporadically into frost red (June) Reblooms in summer; very durable gold/maroon Blooms June-September; ruffled petals red (June) Reblooms in summer; very durable coral (June) Blooms June-September; lemon throat, pink tips rose (June) Blooms through summer; very durable gold (June) Reblooms late summer; compact yellow (June) Reblooms late summer; compact pink (May-June) Nice color; short; heat, drought hardy pink (May-June) Nice color; short; heat, drought hardy pink (May-Sept.) Long-blooming, drought-tough; silvery-blue foliage pink (May-Sept.) Long-blooming, drought-tough; silvery-blue foliage yellow (June) lime (spring) chartreuse (spring) white (spring) pinkish white pink, white pink (May/June) Leaves open green and turn red; deer resistant Bronze-green leaves turn deep burgundy in fall Beautiful red-tinged foliage; semi-evergreen Glossy leaves; fragrant flowers; fall fruits; Pa. native Bottle-brush spring blooms; marked foliage; U.S. native Native groundcover; all have Pa. river names; Pa. native Nice cut foliage, trouble-free, dark leaf patterning Bright golden foliage with red variegation white (May/June) white (May/June) Peach/apricot leaves all season, then brightens in fall; semi-evergreen Perennials Exposure Size Bloom Gaillardia ‘Arizona Sun,’ ‘Bijou’ (Gaillardia x grandiflora) Gaillardia ‘Goblin,’ ‘Fanfare’ (Gaillardia x grandiflora) Gaillardia ‘Frenzy,’ ‘Tizzy’ (Gaillardia x grandiflora) Gaura ‘Crimson Butterflies’ (Gaura lindheimeri) Gaura ‘Siskiyou Pink,’ ‘Whirling Butterflies’ (Gaura) Gaura ‘Sparkle White’ (Gaura lindheimeri) Ginger (hardy) (Asarum canadense) Golden creeping jenny (Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’) Golden oregano (Origanum vulgare ‘Aureum’) Goldenrod ‘Golden Fleece’ or ‘Baby Gold’ (Solidago) Goldenrod Little Lemon® (Solidago hybrida) Goldenrod ‘Fireworks’ (Solidago rugosa) Goats beard (Aruncus dioicus) Goats beard (dwarf type) (Aruncus aethusifolius) Hardy geranium ‘Biokovo’ (Geranium cantabrigiense) Hardy geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’ or ‘Brookside’ Hardy geranium Rozanne® (Geranium ‘Gerwat’) Hardy geranium ‘Samobor’ (Geranium phaeum) Helianthus multiflorus ‘Flore Pleno,’ ‘Sunshine Daydream’ Heliopsis Loraine Sunshine® (H. helianthoides ‘Helhan’) Heliopsis Summer Sun® (Heliopsis helianthoides) Hibiscus ‘Anne Arundel’ or ‘Lady Baltimore’ Hibiscus ‘Brandy Punch’ or ‘Peppermint Schnapps’ Hibiscus ‘Midnight Marvel’ Hibiscus ‘Luna Red,’ ‘Pinot Noir’ (Hibiscus moscheutos) Hibiscus Summerific® series (Hibiscus hybrid) Hosta (many varieties) Indian pinks (Spigelia marilandica) Iris (bearded) (Iris germanica) Iris (crested) (Iris cristata) Iris (Siberian) (Iris siberica) Japanese painted fern (Georgianum ‘Pictum’) Joe Pye weed ‘Little Joe’ (Eutrochium dubium) Lady’s mantle (Alchemilla mollis) Lamb’s ears ‘Helen von Stein’ or ‘Big Ears’ (Stachys) Lamium ‘White Nancy’ (Lamium maculatum) Lamium ‘Red Nancy’’ (Lamium maculatum) Lamium ‘Shell Pink’ or ‘Pink Chablis’ (Lamium maculatum) Lavender ‘Hidcote’ or ‘Munstead’ (Lavandula angustifolia) Lavender ‘Lady,’ ‘Sarah,’ Blue Cushion® (L. angustifolia) Lavender ‘Phenomenal’ (Lavender intermedia) Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun 15” x 2’ 15” x 2’ 18” x 2’ 18” x 2.5’ 28” x 2.5’ 24” x 2.5’ 1’ x 2’ 2” x 3’ 10” x 3’ 2’ x 2.5’ 15” x 2.5’ 4’ x 3’ 4’ x 2.5’ 18” x 2.5’ 1’ x 2.5’ 18” x 2.5’ 18” x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 5’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 4’ x 2.5’ 5’ x 3’ 3.5’ x 3’ 4’ x 3’ 3’ x 3’ 5’ x 3’ varies 18” x 2’ 2’-3’ tall 6” x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 20” x 2’ 5’ x 3’ 18” x 2’ 18” x 2.5’ 8” x 2.5’ 8” x 2.5’ 10” x 2.5’ 18” x 2.5’ 15” x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ red/gold Blooms almost all season; drought-tolerant; U.S. native red/gold Blooms almost all season; drought-tolerant; U.S. native red/gold Full, long bloom; fluted flowers; orange in fall; U.S. native pink (July) Red-tinted foliage; long-blooming; U.S. native pink (July) Long-blooming; dainty, wispy habit; U.S. native white (summer) Long- and heavy-bloomer; dense habit; U.S. native evergreen Tough groundcover, tolerates dry shade under trees; Pa. native inconspicuous Bright gold creeper; aggressive…shovel-prune to control white (summer) Spreading herb with bright yellow foliage gold (Sept.) Spiky flowers; heat, drought hardy; Pa. native gold (Sept.) Compact; spiky flowers; heat, drought hardy; Pa. native gold (Sept.) Tall, spiky flowers; heat, drought-tough; Pa. native white (June) Tall plumes; nice backdrop for shade; Pa. native white (June) Plume blooms; deer resistant; does dry shade; Pa. native white (June) Flowers have tinge of pink; compact blue (May) Long blooming; fringed leaves blue (summer) Drought-tolerant, long-blooming; best 2 yet lavender (May) Burgundy-variegated leaves; heat-tolerant gold (August) Very showy; perennial sunflower; best staked; U.S. native yellow (June) Heavily variegated foliage; long-blooming; Pa. native gold (July) Double flowers; long-bloomer; Pa. native pink (August) Tropical looking; huge late-summer flowers; U.S. native hot pink (July) Big bright flowers on no-stake plants; U.S. native red (August) Tropical looking; dark foliage; huge flowers; U.S. native many (August) Compact series in variety of colors; U.S. native pink, red (Aug.) Late to leaf out; long-blooming; U.S. native white, lavender Many foliage colors; sizes 1-3 feet red (June) Good pollinator plants; blooms 6 weeks; U.S. native many (May) Try reblooming types; borers can be problem Shade/part shade Sun/shade Sun Sun Sun Sun Shade/part shade Shade/part shade Part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Part shade Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Shade/part shade Part shade Sun/part shade Shade/part shade Sun/part shade Shade Sun/shade Part shade Sun/part shade Shade/part shade Shade/part shade Shade/part shade Sun Sun Sun many (spring) Attributes Short, Pa. native spreader, ideal for wooded areas many (early June) Strap-like foliage; borer-resistant; tolerates wet soil none Silver, mahogany, green tricolor foliage lavender (Aug.) Dwarf form of tall Pa. native; tolerates damp soil chartreuse (June) Large, kidney-shaped leaves; iffy in our summer heat none white (May) purplish (May) pink (summer) Large, fuzzy silver-gray leaves; drought-tough Bright silver-variegated foliage; nice under trees Unusual deep color to blooms; variegated foliage Variegated silver foliage; tolerates dry shade purple (summer) Makes nice edging along walkway; evergreen purple (summer) Compact; fragrant; nice edging plant; drought-tough purple (summer) Silver foliage; heat/humidity-tolerant; evergreen Perennials Exposure Lavender ‘Provence,’ ‘Dilly Dilly,’ ‘Grosso’ (L. intermedia) Sun Leadwort (a.k.a. plumbago) (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) Part shade Lenten rose ‘Pink Frost,’ ‘Pink Beauty’ (Helleborus) Shade/part shade Liatris spicata ‘Kobold Original’ Sun Ligularia dentata ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’ p.m. shade Lilies (Oriental or Asiatic types) Sun Liriope ‘Big Blue,’ ‘Super Blue’ (Liriope muscari) Sun/shade Liriope ‘Royal Purple’ (Liriope muscari) Sun/shade Liriope (variegated) or ‘Marc Anthony’ (Liriope muscari) Shade/part shade Lungwort (Pulmonaria) Shade/part shade Mexican hyssop ‘Tutti Fruitti’ (Agastache barberi) Sun Mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum) Sun Mums (fall garden mums, many colors, varieties) Sun Northern maidenhair fern (Adiantum pedatum) Shade Obedient plant ‘Miss Manners’ (Physostegia virginiana) Sun/part shade Peony ‘Bartzella’ (Paeonia hybrid) Sun/part shade Phlox ‘Blushing Shortwood’ (Phlox paniculata) Sun Phlox ‘David’ (Phlox paniculata) Sun Phlox ‘Katherine’ or ‘Jeana’ (Phlox paniculata) Sun Phlox ‘Robert Poore’ (Phlox paniculata) Sun Phlox ‘Shortwood’ (Phlox paniculata) Sun Purple coneflower ‘Coconut Lime,’ ‘Milkshake’ (Echinacea) Sun Purple coneflower ‘Double Delight’ or Razzmatazz’ Sun Purple coneflower ‘Hot Papaya’ or ‘Tiki Torch’ Sun Purple coneflower ‘Fatal Attraction’ (Echinacea) Sun Purple coneflower ‘Kim’s Knee High’ (Echinacea) Sun Purple coneflower ‘Mac ‘n Cheese’ (Echinacea) Sun Purple coneflower ‘Magnus’ or ‘Ruby Giant’ (Echinacea) Sun Purple coneflower ‘Pica Bella’ or Elton Knight® Sun Purple coneflower Pixie Meadowbrite® or ‘Little Giant’ Sun Purple coneflower ‘PowWow White’ (Echinacea) Sun Purple coneflower ‘PowWow Wild Berry’(Echinacea) Sun Purple coneflower ‘Tomato Soup’ (Echinacea) Sun Purple sage (Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurea’) Sun/part shade Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) Sun Russian sage Peek-a-Blue®, Lacey Blue® (Perovskia) Sun Russian sage ‘Little Spire,’ Rocketman’ (Perovskia) Sun Sage ‘Berggarten’ (Salvia officinalis) Sun Salvia ‘Blue Hill’ (Salvia x superba) Sun Salvia ‘May Night’ or ‘Lubeca’ (Salvia nemerosa) Sun Salvia ‘Marcus’ or Sallyrosa™ ‘April Night’ (S. nemerosa) Sun Size Bloom 18” x 2.5’ 1’ x 3’ 18” x 2’ 15” x 2.5’ 3’ x 3’ 2’ x 1’ 15” x 2.5’ 15” x 2.5’ 15” x 2.5’ 18” x 2.5’ 4’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2’ 2’ x 2.5’ 8” x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 3’ 3’ x 2.5’ 4’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 4’ x 2.5’ 3.5’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 18” x 2’ 2’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 30” x 2.5’ 18” x 2’ 2’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 15” x 2’ 4’ x 3’ 2’ x 2’ 3’ x 2’ 3’ x 2.5’ 18” x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 1’ x 2’ purple (summer) Longest-lived types; evergreen; tough in drought blue (Aug.) rose (March) Attributes Low creeper; glossy red foliage in fall Takes dry shade; semi-evergreen foliage; toxic if eaten lavender/summer Spiky upright flowers; hummingbird/butterfly plant; Pa. native yellow (Aug.) varies (July) violet (Aug.) purple (Aug.) purple (Aug.) blue (April) pink (July) pink (summer) take your pick none white (July) yellow (June) Large chocolate foliage with purple undersides Nice cut flowers if rabbits don’t get them Grass-like foliage; spiky flowers; durable Grass-like foliage; spiky flowers; durable White variegated grass-like foliage Unusual spotted foliage; may brown out in summer Wispy, dainty flowers; long-blooming Best bee/butterfly plant; silvery foliage; Pa. native Pinch to prevent flopping; plant in fall Low, spreading groundcover for damp shade; Pa. native Spiky flowers keep going till September; Pa. native No-droop flowers; disease-resistant specimen white/pink (July) Hybrid of 2 top mildew-resistant types; long bloom; Pa. native white (July) Long bloomer; mildew resistant; Pa. native lavender/white Blooms mid-summer; mildew resistant; Pa. native magenta (July) Tolerates heat, humidity; mildew resistant; Pa. native hot pink (summer) Mildew resistant; Pa. native lime/white (July) Double-flowered white balls, drooping petals; U.S. native Unusual double-flowered types; U.S. native red/orange (summer) Bright red/ orange types; long bloomers; U.S. native pink (summer) Heavy bloomer; sturdy stems that are nearly black; U.S. native pink (July) Compact; drought and heat hardy; U.S. native yellow (summer) Holds bright yellow color well; long-bloomer; U.S. native pink (July) Deep rose blooms; drought, heat hardy; U.S. native pink (July) Pink blooms; sturdy stems; heavy bloomers; U.S. native pink (July) Compact; drought and heat hardy; U.S. native white (July) Stocky habit; sturdy stems; heavy bloomer; U.S. native pink (July) Stocky habit; sturdy stems; heavy bloomer; U.S. native red (summer) Holds bright red color well; long-bloomer; U.S. native pink (July) lavender (summer) purple (July) purple (July) purple (July) purple (May) blue (May) purple (May) purple (May) An edible herb but purple/green leaves are ornamental Very drought hardy; wispy foliage; attracts bees Dwarf Russian sage; long-blooming; attracts bees Dwarf Russian sage; long-blooming; attracts bees Nice “furry” gray foliage; mound habit Compact; heat and drought tolerant Deep purple; reblooms in summer Compact ‘May Night;’ disease-resistant Perennials Exposure Salvia ‘Eveline’ or Rose Wine® (Salvia nemerosa) Sun Salvia ‘Sensation Rose’ (Salvia nemerosa) Sun Sedum ‘Autumn Fire,’ ‘Autumn Joy’ (Hylotelephium spectabile)Sun Sedum cauticola or sedum Sunsparkler® ‘Dazzleberry’ Sun/light shade Sedum ‘Matrona’ (Hylotelephium ‘Matrona’) Sun Sedum ‘Neon’ or ‘Brilliant’ (Hylotelephium spectabile) Sun Shasta daisy ‘Becky’ (Leucanthemum x superbum) Sun Shasta daisy ‘Crazy Daisy’ (Leucanthemum x superbum) Sun Shasta daisy ‘Goldfinch’ (Leucanthemum ‘Goldfinch’) Sun Shasta daisy ‘Little Miss Muffet’ (L. x superbum) Sun Shasta daisy ‘Snowcap’ or ‘Snow Lady’ (L. x superbum) Sun Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum commutatum) Shade/part shade Sneezeweed ‘Coppelia’ or Mardi Gras® (Helenium autumnale) Sun Stoke’s aster (Stokesia laevis) Sun Swamp milkweed ‘Ice Ballet’ (Asclepias incarnata) Sun Sweet woodruff (Asperula odoratum) Shade/part shade Thyme (Thymus vulgaris) Sun Tiger lily (Lilium lancifolium) Sun/part shade Turtlehead ‘Hot Lips’ (Chelone lyonii) Sun/part shade Size Bloom mauve (June) Repeat bloom if cut back; attracts butterflies pink (May) Compact pink bloomer; repeats if cut back bronze (Sept.) Buds open pink; heat, drought hardy pink (early fall) Tough, succulent creeper with blue foliage; deer-resistant pink (Sept.) Red stems; grayish foliage; drought hardy pink (Sept.) Compact, drought-hardy white (June/July) Heavy flowering, sturdy but stake just in case white (June/July) Compact type; double-petaled flowers yellow (June/July) Compact; starts yellow and fades white; nice cut flower white (June/July) Very compact type; nice cut flower white (June/July) Very compact type; nice cut flower white (May) Woodland native with arching habit orange (summer) Burnt-orange daisy-like flowers; Pa. native lavender (July) Aster-like flowers; drought-tough; U.S. native white (July) Butterfly magnet; prefers damp soil white (May) Nice groundcover around trees white (July) Tough sunny groundcover; silver & gold options orange, red (July) Strappy leaves; tubular flowers; technically a bulb rose (Aug.) Does best in damp soil; U.S. native white (May) Arching habit; nice groundcover under trees blue (May) True blue; nice edger; reddish foliage blue (summer) Short, spiky flowers; heat, drought hardy pink (summer) Spiky pink flowers; drought-tough none Frilly fronds; tough Pa. native woodsy foliage plant lilac (July) Pastel bloomer; heat, drought hardy red (July) Rich color; heat, drought hardy pink (July) Soft pink flowers; heat, drought hardy yellow (July) Bright flowers; heat, drought hardy Bloom Veronica ‘Georgia Blue’ or ‘Waterperry’ (V. peduncularis) Veronica ‘Goodness Grows’ or Royal Candles® (V. spicata) Veronica ‘Tickled Pink’ (Veronica spicata) Wood fern (Dryopteris marginalis) Yarrow ‘Appleblossom’ (Achillea millefolium) Yarrow ‘Paprika,’ ‘Pomegranate’ (Achillea millefolium) Yarrow ‘Pink Grapefruit’ (Achillea millefolium) Yarrow ‘Moonshine’ or ‘Coronation Gold’ (Achillea) Yucca filamentosa ‘Color Guard’ or ‘Bright Eyes’ Sun/part shade Sun Sun Shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade 2’ x 2.5’ 1’ x 2’ 2’ x 2.5’ 4” x 2’ 3’ x 2.5’ 18” x 2.5’ 40” x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2’ 18” x 2’ 12” x 2’ 2’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 15” x 2.5’ 4’ x 2.5’ 6” x 2’ 6” x 2’ 4’ x 18” 30” x 2’ 2’ x 2.5’ 10” x 2’ 15” x 2’ 15” x 2’ 30” x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 2’ x 2.5’ 3’ x 2.5’ 4’ x 3’ Vines/Climbers Exposure Height Blackeyed susan vine (Thunbergia alata) Carolina jasmine ‘Margarita’ (Gelsemium sempervirens) Chinese hydrangea vine ‘Lacy Hearts’ (Schizophragma) Clematis ‘Bees Jubilee’ (Clematis hybrid) Clematis ‘Betty Corning’ (Clematis viticella) Clematis ‘Blue Angel’ (Clematis hybrid) Clematis ‘Comtesse deBouchaud’ (Clematis hybrid) Clematis ‘Duchess of Albany’ (Clematis texensis) Clematis ‘Etoile Violette,’ Wisley™ or ‘Polish Spirit’ Clematis ‘Golden Tiara,’ ‘Helios’ (Clematis tangutica) Sun/part shade 4’-6’ Sun/part shade 12’ Shade/part shade 15’-20 Sun/part shade 6’-8’ Sun/part shade 8’-10’ Sun/part shade 10’-12’ Sun/part shade 8’-12’ Sun/part shade 8’-12’ Sun/part shade 8’-12’ Sun/part shade 8’-10’ Variegated Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’) Shade/part shade Attributes white (summer) Upright golden swordlike leaves; drought hardy; U.S. native Attributes yellow/orange yellow (April) white (June) mauve (June) Annual vine blooms all summer; dies with frost Twining vine, deer-resistant, fragrant flowers Self-climbing; variegated foliage; lace-cap flowers Bicolor flowers, wilt-resistant, fairly compact pale violet (June) Citrusy fragrance; wilt-resistant; heavy bloomer blue (July-Sept.) Ruffled violet-blue flowers; wilt-resistant pink (June) Rosy-lilac blooms; wilt-resistant rose pink (summer) Urn-shaped, long-lasting flowers; wilt-resistant; U.S. native purple (June) gold (June) Small but plentiful flowers; very wilt-resistant Unusual hanging flowers; small foliage Vines/Climbers Exposure Height Clematis ‘Gravetye Beauty’ (Clematis texensis) Sun/part shade 8’-12’ Clematis ‘Madame Julia Correvon’ (Clematis viticella) Sun/part shade 6’-8’ Clematis ‘Princess Diana’ (Clematis texensis) Sun/part shade 6’-8’ Clematis ‘Rosemoor’ or ‘Niobe’ (Clematis hybrid) Sun/part shade 8’-12’ Clematis ‘Ville de Lyon’ (Clematis hybrid) Sun/part shade 7’-8’ Clematis ‘Will Goodwin,’ ‘General Sikorski’ Sun/part shade 8’-12’ Clematis ‘Wildfire’ (Clematis hybrid) Sun/part shade 8’-10’ Climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala petiolaris) Shade/part shade 30’-50’ Climbing hydrangea ‘Skylands Giant’ (H. anomala petiolaris) Shade/part shade 30’-50’ Climbing hydrangea ‘Firefly’(H. anomala petiolaris) Shade/part shade 30’-50’ Climbing rose ‘Altissimo,’ Dublin Bay®’ Ramblin’ Red® Sun 10’-12’ Climbing rose Berries ‘n Cream® Sun 10’-12’ Climbing rose Fourth of July® Sun 10’-14’ Climbing rose ‘Golden Showers’ Sun 6’-8’ Climbing rose ‘New Dawn,’ ‘William Baffin’ Sun 10’-12’ Climbing rose Night Owl™ Sun 10’-14’ Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia durior) Shade/part shade 20’-30’ Honeysuckle ‘Alabama Scarlet’ (Lonicera sempervirens) Sun/part shade 10-12’ Honeysuckle ‘Major Wheeler,’ ‘Cedar Lane’ (L.sempervirens) Sun/part shade 8’ Honeysuckle ‘Pink Lemonade’ (Lonicera sempervirens) Sun/part shade 10’-12’ Honeysuckle ‘Winchester’ (Lonicera periclymenum) Sun/part shade 12’-15’ Japanese hydrangea vine ‘Moonlight’ (Schizophragma) Shade/part shade 20’-30’ Kiwi vine ‘Arctic Beauty’ (Actinidia kolomikta) Sun/part shade 20’ Malabar spinach (Basella rubra) Sun/part shade 8’-10’ Mandevilla Sun 8’-10’ Moonflower (Ipomoea alba) Sun/light shade 10’-12’ Purple hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus) Sun 10’-12’ Rex begonia vine (Cissus discolor) Shade/part shade 6’-10’ Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Sun/shade 30’-40’ Annuals/Tropicals Exposure Ageratum Alyssum Blushing Princess®, Lavender Stream™ Alyssum Snow Princess™ Angelonia Angel Wing® or Angel Face® Angelonia Serena™ or Serenita™ series Begonia (wax type) ‘Ambassador’ series Begonia (wax type) ‘Senator’ series Begonia ‘Doublet’ Blue salvia ‘Rhea,’ ‘Signum’ or ‘Victoria’ Browallia ‘Marine Bells,’ ‘Blue Bells’ Sun Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun Sun Sun/shade Sun/shade Sun/shade Sun/part shade Size 8” x 12” 8” x 18” 8” x 18” 18” x 12” 12” x 12” 6-8” x 10-12” 6-8” x 10-12” 8” x 12” 14-16” x 12” Shade/part shade 12-15” x 15” Bloom Attributes red (summer) Truest-red clematis; wilt-resistant; U.S. native rosy-red (summer) Older variety but good wilt resistance pink (summer) Urn-shaped, long-blooming flowers; wilt-resistant; U.S. native rose (June) Rich rose flowers deep rose (June) Wilt-resistant, vigorous grower lavender/blue Large flowers most of summer violet/purple Large flowers with red/purple star pattern; reblooms white (June) Self-climbing; low-care; very adaptable white (June) Heavier blooming selection of above white (June) Selection with gold/green leaf variegation red (June) Cold hardy; no spray needed; vigorous pink (June) Striking bicolor of pink and cream red/white (June) Striking bicolor flowers; glossy foliage yellow (June) Long-blooming; fragrant flowers pink (June) Long and heavy bloomers; no spray needed wine purple Unusual color; yellow stamens; clove fragrance white (May) Native, grown mainly for large, heart-shaped leaves red (summer) Twining native; long-bloomer; hummingbirds love it red (summer) Twining native; long-bloomer; yellow-tipped flowers pink (summer) Twining; reddish-pink flower color; long-blooming pink/cream (summer) Twining; hummingbird favorite; fragrant white (June) Self-climbing; lace-cap flowers; rose/silvery foliage white (April) Heart-shaped leaves; some white & pink variegation pink (summer) Edible twiner with burgundy stems and leaf veins pink (summer) Annual tropical with tubular flowers; twining white (summer) Annual twiner opens evening and night; fragrant purple (summer) Annual; twining; also gets fuzzy purple pods none Annual twiner with variegated pink, silver, green foliage red/orange Clings; red fall foliage; native; big and vigorous Bloom Attributes blue, purple, white lavender white purple, white, pink purple, white, pink rose, red, pink, white rose, red, pink, white red, pink, rose, white purplish-blue purple Heat, drought hardy; nice front of border plant Low mounds; heat tolerant; blooms into December Low mounds; heavy bloomer; blooms into December Orchid-like flowers on narrow spikes; tough Orchid-like flowers on narrow spikes; compact Glossy green leaves; durable; adaptable Foliage is reddish/bronze; durable; adaptable Profuse double flowers look like mini-carnations Spiky flowers; heat, drought hardy; no pests Shade-tolerant and purple-blooming Annuals/Tropicals Exposure Celosia ‘Fresh Look Red,’ ‘New Look Scarlet’ Sun Celosia ‘Fresh Look Gold,’ ‘Fresh Look Yellow’ Sun Cleome Senorita Rosalita® Sun/part shade Coleus (many varieties) Shade/part shade Dusty miller Sun/part shade Euphorbia Diamond Frost™, Breathless Blush™ Sun/part shade Euphorbia ‘Stardust White Sparkle’ Sun/part shade Euphorbia ‘Stardust Super Flash’ Sun/part shade Geranium Calliope®, Caliente® Sun Geranium Timeless®, Boldly® Sun Geranium ‘Fantasia,’ ‘Survivor,’ ‘Candy’ series Sun Globe amaranth ‘Fireworks’ (Gomphrena) Sun Globe amaranth ‘Gnome Purple’ (Gomphrena) Sun Globe amaranth Pink Zazzle™ (Gomphrena) Sun/part shade Heliotrope ‘Mini Marine’ or ‘Fragrant Delight’ Sun/part shade Impatiens (many varieties) Shade/part shade Impatiens Bounce™ Part shade Impatiens Big Bounce™ Part shade Lantana Sun Lobelia ‘Laguna Sky Blue’ Part shade Marigolds (many varieties) Sun Mecardonia Gold Dust™ Sun/part shade Melampodium ‘Showstar,’ ‘Golden Globe’ Sun Mexican sunflower ‘Fiesta del Sol’ (Tithonia) Sun Million bells (Calibrachoa) Sun/part shade New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawkeri) Part shade Nicotiana (flowering tobacco) Sun/part shade Nierembergia ‘Purple Robe’ Part shade Ornamental hot peppers Sun Pansies (many varieties, many colors) Sun/shade Pentas Graffiti® or ‘Butterfly’ series Sun Petunia Tiny Tunia®, Petitunia™ series Sun/part shade Petunia Sanguna®, Supertunia®, Surfinia® series Sun/part shade Petunia Wave™, Famous™, Suncatcher™ series Sun/part shade Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’ or ‘Cherokee Sunset’ Sun Rudbeckia ‘Tiger Eye Gold’ Sun Salvia ‘Salsa’ series Sun Scaevola Surdiva Blue®, Bombay Dark Blue® Sun/part shade Sunflowers Sun SunPatiens® Sun/part shade Verbena (Temari®, Aztec®, Lanai®, Fuego®) Sun/part shade Size Bloom Attributes 12-15” x 12” 12-15” x 12” 30” x 15” 15-24” x 12” 8-12” x 12” 2’ x 2.5’ 15”’ x 2’ 15”’ x 2’ 18” x 12” 15” x 12” 16” x 18” 3’ x 15” 12-15” x 12” 16” x 12” 15-18” x 12” 12-18” x 12” 16-20” x 12” 20-28” x 12” 8” x 2’ 6” x 12” 10-16” x 12” 4” x 12” 10” x 12” 3’ x 15-18” 8” x 15” 18” x 18” 12-15” x 12” 8” x 12” 1’ x 15” 6-8” x 10-12” 12-20” x 12” 12” x 18” 12” x 18” 12” x 2-3’ 2.5’ x 2’ 2’ x 2’ 12-14” x 12” 6” x 18” 2-6’ x 15-18” 12” x 12” 6” x 18” red yellow, gold pink lavender (not showy) none white/pink white white red, pink, lavender red, pink, lavender many hot pink lavender pink purple top shady choice, but… 5 colors 6 colors gold, red, bicolors blue red, orange, yellow bright gold yellow orange pink, cherry, white many rose, pink, white light purple red, gold, orange take your pick white, pink, violet many colors many colors many colors gold, gold/burgundy gold red, purple, burgundy purple gold, burgundy many Heat, drought hardy; heavy bloomer Heat, drought hardy; heavy bloomer Compact; drought hardy; thornless; sterile so no reseeding Gold, red, green foliage is main attraction Silvery-gray foliage pairs well with anything Dainty, airy flowers; similar to babys breath Compact ‘Diamond Frost;’ heavy bloomer Compact; very heavy bloomer; ball of white Interspecific geraniums; heat-tough; heavy bloomers Interspecific geraniums; heat-tough; heavy bloomers These types are top bloomers; animals usually don’t eat Yellow flower tips; bushy; showy; heat/drought-tough Very heat, drought hardy; nice dried flower Pincushion flowers; heat/drought-tough; good cut flower Fragrant; flowers grow in fine clusters Downy mildew disease becoming deadly threat Interspecific cross that’s resistant to downy mildew Interspecific cross that’s resistant to downy mildew Creeper; heat, drought hardy; attracts butterflies Most heat-tolerant lobelia; ideal in baskets Heat, drought hardy; best if dead-headed Short; long and reliable bloomer; heat resistant Heavy bloomer; no pests; will reseed itself Nice backdrop plant; big and striking Looks like small petunias; best in pots red, pink, purple, white Resists downy mildew; lance-shaped leaves; ideal in pots Rabbits won’t eat; tubular flowers close in sun Frilly foliage; nice plant to edge a bed front Showy fruits in bright colors & different shapes Cold-hardy; plant in fall and overwinter; watch rabbits Star-shaped flowers; favorite of butterflies Heavy bloomers; no dead-heading; smaller flowers Heavy bloomers; no dead-heading; prolific Heavy bloomers; no dead-heading; prolific Tall, boldly colored, best in late summer Large bright-gold flowers, heat-tough, very showy Heat, drought hardy; best if dead-headed Trailing habit; ideal in pot or hanging basket Best direct-seeded; best as massed backdrop New line of sun-tolerant impatiens Creeper; very heat and drought hardy Annuals/Tropicals Size Bloom Verbena (Magalena®, Tukana® series) Sun/part shade Vinca Cora® series Sun/part shade Vinca Nirvana®’ ‘Jaio,’ ‘Pacifica,’ Titan™ Sun/part shade Vinca ‘Blue Pearl,’ ‘First Kiss Blueberry’ Sun/part shade Vinca ‘Burgundy Halo’ Sun/part shade Zinnia ‘Profusion Orange’ or ‘Fire’ Sun Zinnia ‘Profusion White’ Sun Zinnia ‘Star Orange’ (narrow-leaf angustifolia type) Sun Zinnia ‘Magellan Coral’ Sun Zinnia Zahara Scarlet™, Zahara Yellow™ Sun Zinnia Zahara Starlight Rose™ Sun Exposure 6” x 18” 12” x 12” 10-12” x 12” 12” x 12” 12” x 12” 18” x 18” 18” x 18” 12” x 15” 2’ x 15” 15” x 15” 15” x 15” Creeper; very heat and drought hardy white, pinks Heat, drought & disease tough; rabbit resistant many colors Heat and drought hardy; not a rabbit favorite lavender Heat and drought hardy; not a rabbit favorite deep rose Heat and drought hardy; not a rabbit favorite burnt orange Mildew resistant; no dead-heading; striking white with orange eye Mildew resistant; no dead-heading; heat hardy orange Mildew resistant; small but abundant flowers neon coral Showy, fairly mildew resistant; heat lover red, yellow Compact, showy, mildew resistant pink&white White petals with hot pink base, mildew resistant Annual Pot or Basket Specimens Exposure Size Bloom Attributes Alternanthera Little Ruby™ (Alternanthera dentata) Alternanthera ‘Party Time’ (Alternanthera ficoidea) Alternanthera ‘Purple Knight’ (A. dentata) Alternanthera ‘Red Threads’(Alternanthera ficoidea) Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/part shade Sun/shade Sun/shade Sun/part shade Sun/shade Sun/shade 10” x 2’ 2’ x 2’ 2’ x 2’ 6” x 2’ 2’ x 2’ 2’ x 2’ 10” x 16” 15” x 2’ 15” x 2’ 2’ x 2’ 10” x 2’ 10” x 2’ 3’ x 2’ 42” x 2’ 3’ x 2’ 2” x 4’ 3’ x 18” 6” x 18” 18” x 2’ 8” x 3’ 2’ x 2’ 2’ x 2’ 3’ x 2’ 3’ x 3’ 3’ x 3’ 1’ x 2’ 6” x 3’ 3’ x 2’ none none none none red orange-red white red pink white many colors many colors none none none none red/fuchsia/orange blue none none none none virtually none none none pink,orchid, red none none Creeper/trailer with small, rounded burgundy foliage Upright with cream, green and pink leaves Purple/burgundy leaves; nice centerpiece Short, dense, thread-like foliage of burgundy; creeper Big glossy leaves, big flowers; drought-tough Glossy, serrated leaves; heavy bloomer; tough Beautiful rounded foliage in burgundy, rose, green blend Trailer with red leaf undersides, stems Trailer with red leaf undersides, stems Big & tropical; metallic silver/black foliage; very showy Begonia ‘Whopper,’ ‘Big Green Leaf’ Begonia ‘Bonfire’ Begonia ‘Bonita Shea’ Begonia Dragon Wing® Begonia Dragon Wing Pink® Begonia ‘Gryphon’ Shade/part shade Million bells MiniFamous®, Callie® (Calibrachoa) Sun/part shade Million bells SuperCal®, Superbells® (Calibrachoa) Sun/part shade Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’ Sun/part shade Colocasia esculenta Royal Hawaiian® ‘Black Coral’ Sun/part shade Cordyline (ti plant) Sun/part shade Dichondra Silver Falls™ Sun/shade Digiplexis™ Illumination® ‘Flame’ Sun/light shade Evolvulus argentea Blue My Mind® Sun/light shade Fountaingrass ‘Fireworks’ (Pennisetum setaceum) Sun Golden variegated plectranthus ‘Lemon Twist’ Part shade Graptophyllum pictum ‘Black Beauty’ Sun/part shade Graptophyllum pictum ‘Chocolate’ Sun/part shade Hibiscus acetosella ‘Panama Red,’ ‘Panama Bronze’ Sun Iresine ‘Blazin’ Rose’ Part shade Iresine ‘Blazin’ Lime’ Shade/part shade Ivy geranium ‘Balcon’ Sun/part shade Licorice vine (Helichrysum petiolare) Sun/part shade New Zealand flax (Phormium) Sun/part shade Attributes red, pink, purple, white Heavy-blooming petunia look-alike; smaller flowers Heavy-blooming petunia look-alike; smaller flowers Large nearly black “ears;” tolerates wet soil Grown for huge, glossy black “ears;” tolerates wet soil Upright with strappy leaves, similar to dracaena Silver-leafed long trailer; best hanging down baskets Glowing flower spikes; nice pot centerpiece; toxic if eaten Trailer; gray/green leaves; heat tough Multicolor grass of green, cream, black, rose; arching habit Green/yellow variegated trailer Broad-leaf centerpiece with nearly black leaves Broad-leaf centerpiece; leaves black, cream, rose Deep burgundy, cut foliage; upright vase habit Fast grower with bright rose/white variegation Fast grower; green/white variegation gives lime look Trailing type of geranium, perfect for part-shade baskets Trailer with fuzzy leaves of silvery/gray or lime Foliage like bronze swords; nice pot centerpiece Annual Pot or Basket Specimens Size Bloom Attributes Ornamental millet ‘Jester’ or ‘Purple Majesty’ Sun Ornamental pepper ‘Black Pearl’ Sun Ornamental pepper ‘Purple Flash,’ ‘Calico’ Sun Persian shield (Strobilanthes dyerianus) Sun/part shade Perilla ‘Magilla’ or ‘Gage’s Shadow’ Shade/part shade Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’ Shade/part shade Purple fountaingrass (Pennisetum setaceum ‘Rubrum’) Sun Purple oxalis (Oxalis triangularis) Sun/part shade Rex begonias (Begonia rex-cultorum) Shade/part shade Salvia ‘Black and Bloom’ (Salvia guaranitica) Sun Stipa lessingiana ‘Capriccio’ Sun/light shade Sweet potato vine ‘Black Heart’ or ‘Ace of Spades’ Sun/part shade Sweet potato vine ‘Marguerite’ Sun/part shade Sweet potato vine ‘Tricolor’ or ‘Pink Ice’ Sun/part shade Vinca ‘Nirvana Cascade’ Sun Exposure 3’ x 2’ 2’ x 18” 18” x 18” 2’ x 3’ 3’ x 2’ 18” x 2’ 3’ x 2’ 1’ x 2’ 1’ x 15” 3’ x 2’ 16” x 18” 8” x 3’ 8” x 3’ 6” x 2.5’ 10” x 2’ tan cattails lavender lavender none none lavender tan cattails white/lavender white/pink cobalt blue & black none none none none many colors Leaves look like burgundy corn plant Very dark leaves; round black and then red fruits Beautiful purple variegated leaves; colorful fruit Beautiful purple/silver foliage; tropical looking Kaleidoscope of color in leaves, similar to coleus Bulbs/Corms/Tubers Exposure Size Bloom Attributes Allium christophii or schubertii Allium ‘Globemaster’ or ‘Gladiator’ Caladium Calla (Zantedschia aethiopica) Canna x generalis ‘Tropical Rose’ Canna Tropicanna® Canna x generalis ‘Wyoming’ Crocus ‘Ruby Giant’ (Crocus tommasinianus) Crown imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) Daffodils (many) (Narcissus) Daffodils ‘Tete-a-Tete’ or ‘February Gold’ Dahlia Dutch hyacinths (Hyacinthus orientalis) Glory-of-the-snow (Chionodoxa forbesii) Grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum) Green tulips (Tulipa viridiflora) Siberian squill (Scilla siberica) Spanish bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica) Species tulips (clusiana, kaufmanniana, fosteriana) Snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii or nivalis) Rock garden iris (Iris reticulata) Tulips (many) (Tulipa species and hybrids) Sun/light shade 16” x 1’ Sun/light shade 4’ x 1’ Shade/part shade 18” x 18” Sun/part shade 2’ x 1.5’ Sun 3’ x 2’ Sun 5’ x 2’ Sun 5’ x 2’ Sun/light shade 4” x 4” Sun 3’ x 1’ Sun/part shade 18” x 1’ Sun/part shade 10” x 10” Sun/light shade 2’-3’ x 1’ Sun/light shade 1’ x 1’ Sun/part shade 6” x 4” Sun/shade 6” x 4” Sun 18” x 1’ Sun/shade 5” x 4” Sun/part shade 15” x 8” Sun 8”-16” tall x 10” Part shade 8” x 4” Sun 4” x 6” Sun 2’-3’ tall x 1’ violet (May) purple (June) none Airy globes that look like a star exploding Trailing, flowering Swedish ivy; good houseplant, too Deep burgundy grassy leaves with tan plumes Clover-like leaves of plum purple Many choices of variegated, velvety leaves Hummingbird magnet; flowers have black bases, stems Annual grass with arching, “shaggy” fine blades Deep burgundy foliage; flowing trailer Lime-green foliage; flowing trailer Cream, pink and green variegated foliage; trailer Trailing type; very heat and drought tough Striking softball-sized blooms; cut foliage in July Plant in spring, lift in fall; used for colorful, broad foliage white/pink (June) Plant in spring, lift in fall to store inside; tubular flowers pink Wide foliage; nice bed or pot centerpiece orange Bright orange, green, red variegated foliage gold Dark burgundy/green variegated foliage violet (March) Least pest-prone crocus; short, early, naturalizes well yellow (May) Bold, unusual flowers atop tall stems; also in burnt orange gold/white (April) Nothing eats ‘em; tough, reliable; also in pastel colors gold (March) Mini daffs; early bloomers; nothing eats ‘em many (fall) Plant in spring, lift in fall to store inside; big and colorful late season varies (April) Very fragrant; fat spikes of white, blue, purple, pink varies (April) Star-shaped flowers; white, pink or blue; naturalizes well blue-purple (May) Multiplies quickly; foliage comes up in fall; spiky flowers rose-pink (May) blue (April) varies (May) varies (April) white (March) purple (March) Beautiful green/white variegated leaves; rabbit prone Hanging blue flowers; good naturalizer; low care Strappy leaves, spiky flowers of white, blue, violet or pink Earliest tulips; best at returning if not eaten by animals Hanging bell-shaped flowers; among first to bloom Mini-iris; very early to bloom; also in yellow varies (April/May) Gorgeous but short-lived; animal dessert; beyond 1 year a bonus
