Sporobolus heterolepis 'Tara'
DWARF PRAIRIE DROPSEED
- 'Tara' is very slow-growing, to the point that usual suppliers refuse to grow it
- Upright green blades, less arching than the species
- Attractive flower spikes rising in summer well above the foliage
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Stokesia laevis 'Honeysong Purple'
STOKES' ASTER
- Large dark purple daisy-like blooms
- Mounding habit
- Deep green leathery strap-like foliage
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick'
STOKES' ASTER
- Large lavender-blue daisy-like blooms
- Compact, upright habit
- Deep green leathery strap-like basal leaves; smaller stem-leaves
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Stokesia laevis 'Purple Parasols' (PP10660)
STOKES' ASTER
- Upright leafy stems bear solitary cornflower-like blooms
- Flowers open light violet-blue and darken with age
- Clump forming
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Syringa x laciniata
CUTLEAF LILAC
- Sweetly fragrant single lavender flowers
- Lacy fine-textured green leaves turn yellow in the fall
- Suckering rounded habit
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Ulmus americana
AMERICAN ELM
- Vase-shaped broad rounded crown
- Insignificant green flowers in early spring become single oval to rounded winged seeds
- Oval to elliptical rough-textured green leaves in the summer
HEIGHT: 18-22 m · SPREAD: 13-20 m
Ulmus americana 'Brandon'
BRANDON ELM
- Hardy fast-growing tree
- Upright vase-shaped habit
- Dense branching structure and dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 11-12 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Ulmus americana 'Jefferson'
JEFFERSON ELM
- Hardy, fast-growing tree
- Upright, vase-shaped habit
- Dense branching structure and dark green foliage
HEIGHT: 18-20 m · SPREAD: 12-15 m
Ulmus americana 'Princeton'
PRINCETON ELM
- Vase-shaped broad symmetrical crown
- Non-showy spring flowers become single oval to rounded winged seeds
- Oval to elliptical rough-textured green leaves in the summer
HEIGHT: 18-23 m · SPREAD: 10-15 m
Ulmus americana 'Valley Forge'
VALLEY FORGE ELM
- Vase-shaped broad rounded crown
- Non-showy spring flowers become single oval to rounded winged seeds
- Oval to elliptical rough-textured dark green leaves in the summer
HEIGHT: 18-21 m · SPREAD: 15-18 m
Ulmus davidiana var. japonica Accolade® ('Morton') (COPF)
ACCOLADE® ELM
- Vase-shaped, with an oval to rounded crown
- Non-showy spring flowers become single oval to rounded winged seeds
- Oval to elliptical rough-textured glossy green leaves in the summer
HEIGHT: 15-18 m · SPREAD: 9-12 m
Ulmus glabra 'Pendula'
WEEPING ELM
- Rounded to flat-topped horizontal branching at the trunk weeps gently downward
- Branching takes on a fish-bone effect
- Broad oval dark green leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Ulmus propinqua Emerald Sunshine® ('JFS-Bieberich')
EMERALD SUNSHINE® ELM
- Angular branching leads to a formal pyramidal growth habit
- Spring leaves emerge coppery-bronze, maturing to deep green
- Foliage turns a bright yellow with purple tips in the fall
HEIGHT: 8-9 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Ulmus pumila
SIBERIAN ELM
- Fast-growing with a broad upright habit
- Small reddish flowers appear before the foliage
- Flowers give way to tiny-seeded winged samaras
HEIGHT: 15-20 m · SPREAD: 10-15 m
Ulmus x 'Frontier'
FRONTIER ELM
- Upright, pyramidal to oval crown, with pendulous branch tips
- Leaves are reddish when young, turning green in the summer
- Foliage turns yellow to red-purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 7-9 m
Ulmus x 'Homestead'
HOMESTEAD ELM
- Upright pyramidal to rounded crown
- Non-showy spring flowers become single oval to rounded winged seeds
- Oval to elliptical rough-textured green leaves in the summer turn a bleached yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 15-18 m · SPREAD: 9-12 m
Ulmus x Triumph® ('Morton Glossy')
TRIUMPH® ELM
- Vase shaped oval to upright crown with strong branching
- Non-showy spring flowers lead to single oval to rounded winged seeds
- Oval to elliptical rough-textured dark green leaves in the summer
HEIGHT: 18-20 m · SPREAD: 12-13 m
Ulmus x 'New Horizon' (PP8684)
NEW HORIZON ELM
- Upright compact oval growth habit
- Non-showy spring flowers become single oval to rounded winged seeds
- Oval to elliptical green leaves in the summer
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Ulmus x 'Pioneer'
PIONEER ELM
- Upright rounded to spreading crown
- Non-showy spring flowers become single oval to rounded winged seeds
- Oval to elliptical rough-textured glossy green leaves in the summer
HEIGHT: 15-18 m · SPREAD: 15-18 m
Ulmus x hollandica 'Wredei'
GOLDEN ELM
- Slow-growing narrow densely branched columnar crown
- Inconspicuous red-purple flowers appear before the leaves
- Dense foliage is a golden-yellow to yellow-green through the spring and summer
HEIGHT: 5-8 m · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Vaccinium angustifolium
LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY
- Clusters of white flowers
- Small sweet dark blue fruit
- Glossy blue-green leaves turn purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Vernonia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly'
NARROW-LEAF IRONWEED
- Masses of tiny purple flower clusters
- Fine thread-leaf light to mid-green foliage
- Attractive perennial even when it is not flowering
HEIGHT: 70-90 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Veronica whitleyi
WHITLEY'S SPEEDWELL
- Mat forming evergreen perennial
- Deep blue flowers with a white eye
- Flowers will form just above the foliage
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Veronica x 'Tidal Pool' (PP23341)
PROSTRATE SPEEDWELL
- Mat forming evergreen perennial
- Deep blue flowers with a white eye
- Flowers will form just above the foliage
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 45-55 cm
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum Kilimanjaro® ('JWW1') (PP22326)
KILIMANJARO® VIBURNUM
- Flat-topped clusters of long-lasting white flowers
- Fertile florets in the centre, and a sterile outer ring
- Red berries appear mid to late summer
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Mariesii'
MARIE'S DOUBLEFILE VIBURNUM
- Flat-topped clusters of long-lasting white flowers
- Fertile florets in the centre with a sterile outer ring
- Red fruit turns black and is attractive to birds
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum Newport ('Newzam')
NEWPORT VIBURNUM
- Clusters of long-lasting white flowers
- Fertile florets in the centre with a sterile outer ring
- Red fruit turns black and is attractive to birds
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Shasta'
SHASTA DOUBLEFILE VIBURNUM
- Flat-topped clusters of long-lasting white flowers appear along the branches
- Fertile florets in the centre with a sterile outer ring
- Red fruit turns black and is attractive to birds
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm
Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Summer Snowflake' (COPF)
SUMMER SNOWFLAKE VIBURNUM
- Flat-topped clusters of long-lasting white flowers; frequently displays new flowers when fruit is showing
- Fertile florets in the centre with a sterile outer ring
- Red fruit turns black and is attractive to birds
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm