Plant Profile: Sweet Pepper bush (Clethra alnifolia)
Karen This suckering deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America where it may form dense colonies in moist to wet areas in woodlands and along the sea coast from Maine…
Plant Profile: Beautyberry (Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’)
This compact deciduous shrub has open arching branches and lanceolate leaves two to five inches long with long pointed tips. They are bronze-purple when young, dark green through most of…
Plant Profile: Barberry (Berberis temolaica)
Found in Tibet in 1924, this barberry is relatively unknown. It has gracefully arching stems that are whitish gray at first, turning purple to shiny brown as they mature. The…
Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) for the Garden
Burning bush, a deciduous shrub native to central and northern east Asia, is grown primarily for its outstanding red fall coloration which gives the plant its common name. The species…
Botanical Latin: Potentilla
Potentilla (po ten TILL a) derived from Latin potens, powerful + suffix – illa, little. Potentilla is the genus name for about five hundred plants known for their palmately compound…
Plant Profile: Japanese Angelica Tree (Aralia elata )‘Aureovariegata’
This small tree or shrub is deciduous and outstanding for both foliage and floral display. Light gray stems bear bi-pinnately compound thorny leaves that are up to four feet long…
Plant Profile: Southern Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla sessilifolia)
This low growing deciduous shrub is native to southeastern United States where it grows in woodlands, bluffs, roadways and stream banks. The glossy dark green leaves often have red veins,…
Plant Profile: Hardy Fushia (Fuchsia magellanica)
This deciduous shrub is native to temperate areas of southern Chile and Argentina where it grows in forest clearings and margins. It forms a bushy clump with dark green foliage…
Plant Profile: Clove Current ( Ribes odoratum)
Clove current is a deciduous shrub native to central United States and a member of the gooseberry family, Grossulariaceae. It is loosely branched and irregularly shaped and may develop an…
Plant Profile: Buffalo Berry (Shepherdia argentea)
This deciduous slow growing mound-shaped shrub is a native of central and western North America. It has spiny silvery gray twigs and green leaves one to two inches long and…