Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Dark Knight'
BLUEBEARD
- Deep blue-purple flowers on the ends of the new growth in late summer
- Rounded shrub with fragrant bluish leaves with silvery undersides
- Attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies, and beneficial insects
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Caryopteris x clandonensis Beekeeper™ ('Minigold') (USPPAF, CPBRAF)
BEEKEEPER™ BLUEBEARD
- Dense compact habit
- Blue flower clusters atop vibrant chartreuse foliage
- Foliage fades more green in summer
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Ceanothus americanus
NEW JERSEY TEA
- Clusters of tiny white fragrant flowers
- Medium to dark green leaves are gray and hairy on the undersides
- New twigs are yellow, providing winter interest
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Ceanothus impressus 'Victoria'
VICTORIA CALIFORNIA LILAC
- Clusters of tiny fragrant light blue flowers
- Semi-evergreen dark green leaves
- Oval-rounded shrub
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Cephalanthus occidentalis
BUTTONBUSH
- Spherical clusters of white florets
- Green nutlets turn brown in the fall and persist into the winter
- Glossy foliage emerges in late spring
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Cercis canadensis
EASTERN REDBUD
- Sweetpea-like red-pink flowers bloom profusely on bare branches and even on mature trunks
- Fruit pods are brown and flat, about 5 cm long
- Heart-shaped green leaves turn an attractive yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Chaenomeles japonica
JAPANESE QUINCE
- Orange buttercup-like flowers
- Green to yellow fragrant pome, up to 5 cm in diameter, occasionally produced in autumn
- Glossy dark green leaves are borne on thorny stems
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 120-150 cm
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Rubra'
JAPANESE QUINCE
- Red, buttercup-like flowers
- Green to yellow pome, up to 5 cm in diameter
- Glossy, dark green leaves are borne on thorny stems
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo Nishiki'
JAPANESE QUINCE
- Red, pink, pink-white, and white, buttercup-like flowers
- Green to yellow pome, up to 5 cm in diameter
- Glossy, dark green leaves are borne on thorny stems
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Chaenomeles x superba 'Jet Trail'
JAPANESE QUINCE
- White, buttercup-like flowers
- Green to yellow pome, up to 5 cm in diameter
- Glossy, dark green leaves are borne on thorny stems
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Chaenomeles x superba 'Pink Lady'
JAPANESE QUINCE
- Pink, buttercup-like flowers
- Green to yellow pome, up to 5 cm in diameter, ripens in October
- Glossy, dark green leaves are borne on thorny stems
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Chaenomeles x superba 'Texas Scarlet'
JAPANESE QUINCE
- Red, buttercup-like flowers
- Green to yellow pome, up to 5 cm in diameter
- Glossy, dark green leaves are borne on thorny stems
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Chionanthus virginicus
FRINGETREE
- Showy fringe-like fragrant white flowers
- Clusters of bright blue to purple drupes on female plants in August
- Late to emerge leathery glossy leaves turn golden-yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'
SUMMERSWEET
- Fragrant white panicles of perfect florets
- Seed heads persist through the winter into the next season
- Late to emerge in spring, lustrous green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Clethra alnifolia Summer Sparkler™ , Einstein™ ('Novacleein') (PP27590)
SUMMER SPARKLER™ SUMMERSWEET
- Formerly named Einstein™
- Long white fragrant panicles of perfect florets
- Stems holding flowers are often twisted and curled from the weight of the blooms
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'
SUMMERSWEET
- Deep pink panicles of fragrant florets
- Seed heads persist through the winter into the next season
- Late to emerge in spring, lustrous green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 1-2 m · SPREAD: 1-1 m
Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
SUMMERSWEET
- Fragrant white panicles of perfect florets
- Seed heads persist through the winter into the next season
- Late to emerge in spring, lustrous green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Comptonia peregrina
SWEET FERN
- Despite its name, it is not a fern, but actually a deciduous shrub
- Insignificant greenish flowers, both male and female on the same plant
- Brown burrs contain edible nutlets
HEIGHT: 30-90 cm · SPREAD: 30-150 cm
Cornus alba Prairie Fire ('Aurea')
PRAIRIE FIRE DOGWOOD
- Swida alba 'Aurea'
- Tiny yellowish-white flowers in flat-topped clusters
- Clusters of white drupes in the summer
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Cornus alba Ivory Halo® ('Bailho') (PP8722, COPF, CPBR1097)
IVORY HALO® DOGWOOD
- AKA Swida alba 'Ivory Halo'
- Tiny yellowish-white flowers in flat-topped clusters
- Clusters of blue-white drupes in the summer
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Cornus alba 'Bud's Yellow'
EUROPEAN YELLOWTWIG DOGWOOD
- AKA Swida alba 'Bud's Yellow'
- Flat-topped panicles of small white flowers lead to white berries in the fall
- Yellow branches are attractive in the winter
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Cornus alba 'Elegantissima'
SILVER EDGE DOGWOOD
- AKA Swida alba 'Elegantissima'
- AKA Cornus alba 'Argenteo-Marginata'
- Tiny yellowish-white flowers in flat-topped clusters
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-120 cm
Cornus alba 'Gouchaultii'
GOLDENLEAF DOGWOOD
- AKA Swida alba 'Gouchaultii'
- Tiny yellowish-white flowers in flat-topped clusters
- Clusters of blue-white drupes in the summer
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Cornus alba Little Rebel® ('Jefreb') (CPBR4851)
LITTLE REBEL® DOGWOOD
- AKA Swida alba 'Jefreb'
- Medium green foliage turns maroon in the fall
- Smooth bark is green with a reddish tinge, becoming blood-red in the winter
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm