Shrubs

Thuja occidentalis ‘Hetz Wintergreen’ is an excellent alternative to American Arborvitae trees that take on bronze winter tones, this durable green selection stays green all year long. For a fast, reliable, green privacy screen or an attractive, conical green accent, this adaptable, hardy tree will fill the bill.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 25'

• Width: 6'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Iseli Nursery

Picea glauca ‘Big Berta’ is not your typical Dwarf Alberta Spruce, this cultivar is a “big ‘berta”. It has the same ‘Conica’ type juvenile foliage but the needles are much longer and growth rate is much faster, resulting in a more open form. A hybrid of Picea glauca ‘North Star’ and P. pungens ‘Montgomery, it’s a hardy choice for northern landscapes.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12'

• Width: 6'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Iseli Nursery

Light Requirement: Full Sun to part Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 4ft

• Width: 4ft

Zone: 4a

Precious and powerful like a Baby Dragon by Bloomin Easy, this improved Hardy Hydrangea delivers extraordinary flower power in a petite form for modern outdoor spaces. Blooms start cream and lime before igniting to a rich pink as summer fades to fall.

Light requirements: Part Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3ft
• Spread: 3ft
  

Wichita Blue is an upright, pyramidal evergreen, has soft feathered blue foliage all season long and showy blue berries, excellent choice for difficult landscape situations, prune to tighten form

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12ft
• Spread: 5ft

Light Requirement: full sun

Flower Season: early summer to fall

Mature Size:

• Height: 7'-10'
• Spread: 4-6'
  
• Zone 2

New Dawn is probably one of the most popular climbing roses. This rose has sweetly scented soft pink double flowers from early summer to fall. It is vigorous and disease resistant.

Light Requirement: full sun

Flower Season: summer to fall

Mature Size:

• Height: 7'-10'
• Spread: 4-6'
• Zone 4

Low growing shrub with clusters of attractive pointed buds opening to brilliant orange red double flowers with about 28 petals recurring through summer and fall. Dense green disease resistant foliage. Introduced by Morden Research Station; Manitoba, Canada.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 2'

• Width: 2'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

President Grevy Lilac has massive, double-size flower panicles with a subtle lilac-blue color. An upright shrub with soft green, heart-shaped foliage. Like most lilacs, it has a pleasing fragrance, is deer resistant, and extremely hardy. It produces profuse blooms that attract bees and butterflies!

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 8' - 10'

• Width: 8' - 10'

Zone: 3

An instant garden favorite, Little Hottie^® is a compact panicle hydrangea with brilliant white blooms that stand up to the warm summer sun without burning. Little Hottie^® is ideal for smaller landscapes where traditional panicle hydrangeas won’t fit. As evening temperatures drop in the fall, the petals turn antique shades of white and pink.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 3' - 5'

• Width: 3' - 5'

Zone: 3

Photos and information courtesy of First Editions Plants

Syringa patula

A compact shrub producing masses of fragrant, long lasting blooms.
Very hardy and insect/disease resistant. Low maintenance shrub with pruning only done after flowering to avoid removing future seasons flowers. Great choice for attracting butterflies. Suitable for accent planting as well as hedge and mass plantings. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 6' -8'

• Width: 4' - 5'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Flowers, foliage, and easy care - Double Play^® Blue Kazoo^® spirea has it all!

Your search for a colorful, versatile, easy to grow shrub for your landscape ends at Double Play Blue Kazoo spirea. Its cool blue foliage emerges in a range of shifting hues through the season: red, pink, purple, and green. In early summer, very large white flower clusters appear. Like other spirea, you can count on Double Play Blue Kazoo to look great while needing minimal care. It grows well in lightly shaded conditions (four-six hours of sun or filtered light all day), and is generally unbothered by deer. Not fussy about soil or watering. 

Light Requirement: Partial Sun to Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 2' - 3'

• Width: 2' - 3'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners

A very popular Juniper variety with a low spreading habit and attractive, soft green foliage. A compact version of Arcadia, which has proved hardy enough to withstand harsh winters (up to -40C).

Great groundcover for small areas and a wonderful addition to any landscape.

Light Requirement: Full Sun 

Mature Size:

• Height: 10"

• Width: 10'

Zone: 3