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Shrubs
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Crimson Pygmy Barberry
Height: 2' Foliage: Deep red
Spread: 2-3’ Fall Foliage: Orange-scarlet
Shape: Compact, mounded Zone: 4-7
A dwarf selection of the Japanese Red Barberry that is ideal as a low growing hedge plant. Place in full sun for best color.
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Golden Barberry
Height: 3-5’
Spread: 3-4’
Zone: 4-7
The dynamic yellow leaves on this hardy, upright, dense shrub make for
an amazing contrast plant in the landscape. The leaves will be
yellow-green if grown in shade. Fall foliage turns orange and
red. Prefers well-drained soil. Thorns.
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Chicagoland Boxwood
Height: 3-4'' Foliage: Deep green
Spread: 5' Fall Foliage: Evergreen
Shape: Broad, oval Zone: 4-9
Selected for its excellent cold hardiness, surviving 32 degrees below zero with no dieback. A fine textured evergreen shrub that
tolerates pruning and shearing well. Often used as a small hedge and
for topiary. Prefers well-drained soil and some protection from winter
winds.
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Ivory Halo Dogwood
Height: 5-6' Foliage: Variegated, white/green
Spread: 5-6' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Compact, rounded Zone: 3-7
This compact selection of Variegated Dogwood provides beautiful
variegated foliage in summer and attractive red twigs in winter. Its
finer textured, fuller, more compact form lends itself to use in
smaller planting areas.
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Red Twigged Dogwood
Height: 8-10' Foliage: Green
Spread: 8-10' Fall Foliage: Red-purple
Shape: Rounded Zone: 2-7
An excellent red stem dogwood that provides beautiful color in winter. Porcelain-blue fruits. Shade tolerant. Very adaptable.
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Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick
Height: 6-8' Foliage: Green
Spread: 4-6' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Upright, spreading Zone: 5-8
Noted for its contorted, twisted growth. This is a real conversation
piece. Branches are valued for their use in flower arrangements.
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Carol Mackie Daphne
Height: 2-3' Foliage: Green with cream margins
Spread: 3-4' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Mounded Zone: 4-7
A prolific bloomer, covered with clusters of fragrant pink 1/2" flowers
in May. Red berries 1/3 " wide. Striking variegated foliage
forms a dense mounded shape. Requires a cool, dry or well-drained site and preferably alkaline soil. Excessive moisture must
be avoided. Daphnes are susceptible to high root temperatures. While in containers we have found it absolutely necessary to
keep these plants in shade during the heat of the growing season. Sun or partial shade.
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Dwarf Burning Bush
Height: 5-6' Foliage: Green
Spread: 5-8' Fall Foliage: Brilliant scarlet
Shape: Rounded Zone: 4-8
Bushy and compact, corky barked plant. Excellent for hedges. Brilliant
fall color. We have found that this shrub does well in zone 4 in
protected sites.
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Emerald Gaiety Euonymus
Height: 4-5' Foliage: Variegated, green & white
Spread: 4-5' Fall Foliage: Pink-tinged in winter
Zone: 5-9 Shape: Spreading, sprawling
The evergreen foliage is deep green with an irregular white margin
which can take on a pink tinge for the winter. Low-growing, irregular
growth habit; can climb if planted next to a structure.
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Emerald ‘n Gold Euonymus
Height: 1.5-2' Foliage: Dark green with gold margins
Spread: 5' Fall Foliage: Pink-red with gold
Shape: Spreading Zone: 5-8
This broadleaf evergreen makes a fine groundcover with a broad upright
spreading habit. Foliage is a dark glossy green with distinctive yellow
margins. Tolerates full sun to part shade.
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Sunrise Forsythia
Height: 5' Foliage: Medium green
Spread: 5' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Zone: 4-8 Shape: Rounded, dense
This Iowa State University introduction has bright yellow flowers and a
full dense habit. The flower buds are hardy to -20°F, and it is
stem hardy above the snowline in zone 4.
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Annabelle Hydrangea
Height: 4-5' Shape: Rounded, low growing
Spread: 3-5' Foliage: Dark green
Zone: 3-9 Fall Foliage: Insignificant
White flower heads are more erect than ‘Grandiflora’. Thrives in
shade. Flowers may be small the first year, normal size by the second year. Rarely to never fed on by Japanese beetles.
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Blushing Bride Hydrangea
Height: 3-5' Foliage: Green
Spread: 3-5' Fall Foliage: Bronze
Shape: Rounded Zone: 4-9
Endless Summer® is a mop-head type hydrangea with the unique
ability to bloom consistently on both old and new wood. The result is a
plant that provides beautiful flowers all summer long. The flowers grow
up to 8" in diameter, with pink blooms in alkaline soils and blue
blooms in acidic soil. Since Endless Summer® blooms on new wood,
removal of spent flowers will encourage rebloom.
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Endless Summer Hydrangea
Height: 2-3' Foliage: Gray-green
Spread: 2-3' Zone: 4-8
An excellent choice for a low-maintenance landscape. This versatile,
perfectly round evergreen can be used in borders, rock gardens, to
enhance foundation plantings or highlighted as a specimen, especially
in formal gardens. The foliage varies dramatically from more common
arborvitae. Soft, finely textured needles are sage green and almost
feathery in appearance. Prefers full sun and well-drained soil but will
tolerate light shade.
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Kalm St. Johnswort
Height: 2-3' Foliage: Blue-green
Spread: 2-3' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Mounded Zone: 4-7
The flowers are bright yellow, 1 to 2 inches in diameter, blooming in
July to mid-August. Full sun or partial shade. Interesting low
plant for foundation or border planting.
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Clavey’s Dwarf Honeysuckle
Height: 6-8' Foliage: Compact, gray-green
Spread: 5-6' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Rounded Zone: 3-7
A fine compact Honeysuckle with yellow flowers in May and red berries
in the fall. Shears well for use as a hedge. Appears to be quite salt
tolerant.
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Miniature Snowflake Mockorange
Height: 2-3' Shape: Dwarf, compact, upright
Spread: 1-2' Foliage: Dark green, disease resistant
Zone: 4-8 Fall Foliage: Insignificant
This compact, prolific bloomer was selected at Bailey Nurseries for its
dwarf habit and excellent flowering. The double white flowers are
extremely fragrant.
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Center Glow Ninebark
Height: 8-10' Foliage: Red and yellow
Spread: 8-10' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Upright, rounded Zone: 3-7
Much like 'Diabolo' except the red color is far brighter and new foliage emerges a glowing yellow-green. Blooms in spring with
creamy-white flowers. A bold array of colors that lends excitement to
the shrub border all season long. Plant in full sun for best
foliage color.
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Summer Wine Ninebark
Height: 5-6' Foliage: Deep Green
Spread: 5-6' Fall Foliage: Purple to red
Shape: Upright rounded Zone: 3-7
Improved variety of Ninebark with neat, compact branching and fine,
deeply cut, dark crimson-red leaves. Requires little pruning.
Pinkish-white flowers in mid-summer show nicely against the dark
foliage.
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Royal Star Magnolia
Height: 8-12’ Spread: 8-10’ Zone: 4-8
An extremely hardy small tree or large shrub producing large, fragrant,
white flowers in spring before foliage appears. Pink buds open to
pure white flowers consisting of 25-30 petals, 3-4” in diameter.
The foliage on this upright, densely branched Magnolia is clean, dark
green in summer turning bronze in fall. Plant in a protected area
away from south exposure. Tolerates heat, but prefers peaty soil.
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Goldfinger Potentilla
Height: 3' Shape: Compact, mounded
Spread: 3-4' Foliage: Dark green, coarse texture
Zone: 2-7 Fall Foliage: Dark green
Showy golden flowers, up to 1.5" in diameter, bloom all summer. Compact
habit and showy display make this an outstanding Potentilla.
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Pink Flowering Almond
Height: 5-6' Shape: Upright, vase shape
Spread: 3-4' Foliage: Shiny, bright green
Zone: 4-8 Fall Foliage: Green
Double pink flowers early in spring. Ideal as a small shrub near a
house or patio. Valued for its flowering effect. Flower size 1" across.
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Purpleleaf Sand Cherry
Height: 6-8' Foliage: Rich purple-red
Spread: 5-6' Fall Foliage: Purple-red
Shape: Upright, oval Zone: 3-8
Grown from cuttings, which eliminates troublesome suckers. Flowers in the spring are pink and fragrant. Very hardy. Excellent
accent plant.
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Mandarin Lights Azalea
Height: 4-5' Fall Foliage: Bronze
Spread: 4-5' Flower Color: Mandarin orange
Shape: Upright, rounded Zone: 4-7
Foliage: Green
Blooms in early spring with bright mandarin orange blossoms before it
leafs out for summer. Fall foliage is an attractive bronze.
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Northern Lights Azalea
Height: 4-5' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Spread: 5-6' Flower Color: Light to deep pink
Shape: Spreading Zone: 4-7
Foliage: Deep green
Flowers of medium size in beautiful shades of light to deep pink.
Prefers light shade, but also does well in full sun. Plants are
reliably hardy with flower buds surviving -40°F.
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Rosy Lights Azalea
Height: 4-5' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Spread: 5-6' Flower Color: Dark rose-pink
Shape: Spreading Zone: 4-7
Foliage: Green
Rosy Lights is a dark rose-pink. A spectacular display of fragrant
flowers are produced in late May or early June. Flower buds are winter
hardy to -45°F.
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P.J.M. Rhododendron
Height: 4-5' Foliage: Glossy, dark green, small
Spread: 3-5' Fall Foliage: Rich mahogany
Shape: Rounded Flower Color: Mauve
Zone: 4-7
One of the hardiest Rhododendrons for the upper midwest. Masses of
mauve flowers bloom in spring putting on a spectacular show. An
evergreen with glossy green foliage throughout the growing season,
changing to a pleasing purple in the fall. Needs acid, moist,
well-drained soil for best performance
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Tiger Eye Cutleaf Sumac
Height: 6' Foliage: Golden
Spread: 6' Fall Foliage: Yellow, orange, scarlet
Zone: 4-8 Shape: Upright, rounded
Tiger Eyes is a beautiful golden-leafed form of Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac.
New growth is a lively chartreuse green, quickly changing to yellow,
both colors contrasting nicely with the rosy-pink leaf stems. The
branches angle upward while the deeply cut leaflets drape downward,
giving it a rather oriental look. As magnificent as
the summer colors are, the dramatic effect of yellow, orange and intense scarlet in autumn are unparalleled.
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Black Lace Elderberry
Height: 8-10' Foliage: Dark purple
Spread: 8-10' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Rounded Zone: 5-7
The dark purple, finely cut foliage has an exotic appeal usually found
only in Japanese Maples. Pink buds open to lacy white blossoms in May
to June. Excellent specimen plant and also attractive in large
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Tor Birchleaf Spirea
Height: 2-3' Fall Foliage: Red-purple
Spread: 2-3' Flower Color: White
Shape: Compact, rounded Zone: 3-8
Foliage: Grey green
Tor is a compact mound of dark gray-green birch-like leaves. Tiny white
flowers cover the plant in late spring and removal of faded
flowers will encourage additional bloom. Autumn brings quality shades of orange, red and purple. Works well as a specimen or
group in rock gardens, low hedges for paths and walkways, and also incorporates well into foundation plantings.
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Goldmound Spirea
Height: 18-24" Fall Foliage: Red-tinged
Spread: 2-3' Flower Color: Pink
Shape: Low, mounded Zone: 3-8
Foliage: Yellow
A bushy plant with pink flowers in June-July. Outstanding small
colorful foliage plant for accent or contrast in the foundation
planting or shrub border. Full sun.
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Golden Elf Spirea
Height: 6-8" Fall Foliage: Golden yellow
Spread: 18-24" Flower Color: Pink
Shape: Mounded, spreading Zone: 4-8
Foliage: Golden yellow
An incredible, dwarf Spirea from Canada, great for rock gardens,
borders and mixing into the perennial garden. This little yellow-leaved
beauty only grows to 6-8" tall and has a spreading habit. It retains
its leaf color through autumn, holding up in full sun and hot
temperatures, and will bloom sporadically throughout summer.
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Little Princess Spirea
Height: 2-2.5' Shape: Low, mounded, dense
Spread: 3' Flower Color: Pink
Foliage: Mint green Zone: 3-8
Fall Foliage: Dark red
Small leaves on short wiry stems. Pretty pink flowers bloom in summer.
Excellent groundcover or dwarf specimen shrub. Dark red fall color. Sun
or light shade.
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Goldflame Spirea
Height: 2-3’ Fall Foliage: Red-bronze
Spread: 3-4’ Flower Color: Red
Shape: Low, mounded Zone: 3-8
Foliage: Bright golden to bronze-green
Brilliant red new growth changing to golden yellow then to green.
Beautiful crimson flowers in midsummer. Trouble-free accent or
foundation plant.
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Magic Carpet Spirea
Height: 18" Foliage: Light green, red-tipped
Spread: 2' Fall Foliage: Russet red
Shape: Compact Zone: 3-8
Flower Color: Pink
Vibrant red shoots emerge in spring and mature into rich bronze,
red-tipped foliage. Clusters of deep pink flowers cover the plant in
early summer and contrast nicely with the foliage. In fall the foliage
takes on rich russet tones that remain colorful well into November.
Does best in full sun.
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Renaissance Spirea
Height: 5-7' Fall Foliage: Orange-red
Spread: 6-8' Flower Color: White
Shape: Vase-shaped Zone: 3-7
Foliage: Dark blue-green
Selected at Bailey Nurseries for its more disease resistant foliage,
this outstanding Spirea is similar in all other respects to Vanhoutte,
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Crispa Cutleaf Stephanandra
Height: 1-2' Foliage: Red-bronze to green
Spread: 3-6' Fall Foliage: Red-orange
Shape: Low, mounded Zone: 4-7
Small yellow-white flowers in June. Branches are slender and grow in a
zig-zag pattern. Use for dense compact groundcover, effective for
erosion control. Does well in light shade.
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Dwarf Korean Lilac
Height: 4-5' Shape: Compact, low spreading
Spread: 5-7' Foliage: Dark green, small, clean
Zone: 3-7 Flower Color: Single, pale lilac
Fall Foliage: Dark green
This dwarf variety has an excellent uniform habit and red-purple buds
that open to fragrant, single, pale lilac flowers. It bears profuse
blooms at an early age.
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Miss Kim Lilac
Height: 6-7' Fall Foliage: Burgundy-red
Spread: 5-6' Flower Color: Single, pale lilac
Shape: Broad, spreading Zone: 3-7
Foliage: Dark, glossy green
This hardy Lilac from Korea has purple buds that open to single,
fragrant, pale lilac flowers when other lilacs have finished. Beautiful
burgundy-red fall color.
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Charles Joly Lilac
Height: 10-12' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Spread: 8-10' Flower Color: Double, magenta
Shape: Upright Zone: 3-7
Foliage: Green
One of the earlier French hybrids, this lilac is still popular. It
bears smaller panicles of purple buds that turn to magenta double
flowers as they open for a fabulous show. Rarely to never fed on by
Japanese beetles.
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Sensation Lilac
Height: 8-10' Fall Foliage: Blue-green
Spread: 8-12' Flower Color: Single, purple
Shape: Upright Zone: 3-7
Foliage: Blue-green
It has single purple florets and a distinctive pure white border. An
outstanding and unique lilac. Rarely to never fed on by Japanese
beetles.
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Saugeana Chinese Lilac
Height: 10-12' Shape: Broad spreading round topped
Spread: 5-10' Flower Color: Single, lilac-red
Foliage: Green Zone: 3-7
Fall Foliage: Green
The blossoms are lilac-red, darker than the species, giving the plant a richer more attractive flower.
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Summer Glow Tamarisk
Height: 8-10' Foliage: Feathery, silver-blue
Spread: 6-8' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Loose, open Zone: 2-7
Rosy flower spikes all summer. Interesting foliage effect. One of the
finest and hardiest of all Tamarix varieties. Tolerant of most soils.
To prevent dehydration and start buds to break on Tamarix, the freshly
potted plants should be trimmed back one-third and started under
greenhouse conditions, that is: warmth and high humidity.
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Blue Muffin Arrowwood Viburnum
Height: 5-7' Fall Foliage: Yellow
Spread: 4-6' Fruit: Blue-black
Shape: Rounded Zone: 3-9
Foliage: Glossy green
In spring the plant is covered with beautiful white flowers, then later
in summer clusters of rich blue berries form. Great as a low hedge or
in the foundation planting. Blue Muffin® is adaptable to a
wide range of conditions; full sun to shade and most soil types.
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Alfredo Compact American Cranberrybush
Height: 5-6' Fall Foliage: Excellent red
Spread: 5-6' Fruit: Scarlet, moderate
Shape: Compact, rounded Zone: 2-7
Foliage: Attractive green
It has a slightly broader, denser form, excellent fall color, and better performance in southern climates.
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Dark Horse Weigela
Height: 2-3' Foliage: Bronze, lime venation
Spread: 2-3' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Low, mounding Zone: 4-8
Magenta pink flowers stand out against the bronze foliage and lime
venation. Beautiful and low maintenance plant for foundations, for
groups in borders or as a low hedge. Attractive to birds and
butterflies.
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French Lace Weigela
Height: 4-5' Foliage: Variegated, green & yellow
Spread: 4-5' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Rounded Zone: 4-8
This lovely variegated Weigela has dark red flowers that contrast
nicely with the yellow and green foliage. This is a real standout in
the garden.
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My Monet Weigela
Height: 12-18" Shape: Compact, mounded
Spread: 12-15" Foliage: Variegated, green & white
Zone: 4-8 Fall Foliage: Insignificant
This little masterpiece has a compact habit and colorful foliage, not
to mention purplish-pink blossoms, and is very versatile. Attractive in
drifts along annual or perennial borders. May also be used as an accent
in a decorative container. Adds all-season color to any garden
situation.
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Red Prince Weigela
Height: 5-6' Shape: Upright, branches arching at maturity
Spread: 5-6' Foliage: Green
Zone: 4-8 Fall Foliage: Insignificant
The most important characteristic of this plant is its ability to hold
its flower color (red) as they age rather than taking on a purplish
tint which often happens with other varieties. Tendency for a secondary
bloom in late summer, particularly if spring bloom was sparse.
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Wine & Rose Weigela
Height: 4-5' Foliage: Burgundy-purple
Spread: 3-5' Fall Foliage: Insignificant
Shape: Rounded Zone: 5-8 (trial in zone 4)
Wine & Roses® has incredibly dark burgundy-purple foliage which really sets off the rosy-pink flowers.
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Goldflame Honeysuckle
Height: 10-20' Flower: Rosy-red and yellow
Foliage: Blue-green Fruit: Red
Habit: Twining Zone: 5-9
Woody vine valued for its rosy-red and yellow flowers from June until frost. Fragrant flowers continue as new growth develops.
Attractive oval blue green foliage on purplish-red glabrous stems. Shade tolerant.
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