Coronilla varia is a deciduous perenial ground cover in the pea family. It spreads by rhizomes and is tenacious to the point of being a weed in some areas. Stems can reach 2 feet high with compound pinnate leaves, typical […]

C. stolonifera is a spreading shrub that sometimes reaches tree-like proportions. Has oval leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, turning brilliant plum-red in the fall. Bears small white flowers in flat-topped, terminal clusters, from May to July, followed by bunches […]

Low growing, dense shrub with white flowers appearing in spring. Foliage turns red in fall with red twigs visible in winter. Great colors really light up the landscape. Use in large masses or in shrub border. Part shade to full […]

Dense decidious foliage turns red in fall and in spring produces delicate white flowers. Great hedge, screen or mass planting. Part shade to full sun produces best growth and stem color results. Spring fertilization is recommended. Soil should be kept […]

Dense, mounding shrub with white flowers appearing in spring. Loses leaves in fall revealing bright red twigs. Great colors really lighten the landscape. Use in large masses or in shrub border as specimen shrub. Part shade to full sun produces […]

This West Coast native is a deciduous small tree with oval leaves, 5 inch long, which sometimes turn red in fall. White bracts surround purple and green true flowers around April or May prior to leaves, and often, plant will […]

Spreading, deciduous, small tree with ovate, dark green leaves, tuning red-purple in fall. Yellow flowers are produced in umbels in late winter, before leafing out. Oblong, fleshy, bright red fruit in late summer, which are edible (but bitter) when ripe. […]

Deciduous, large shrub to small tree with vase shape (young plant) to broadly conical form (old plant). Long lasting, creamy white bracts surround inconspicuous flowers and persist for up to 6 weeks. These star-shaped “flowers”, as we refer to them, […]

There are several “yellow fruiting” varieties on the market now, so this is a catch all for them. Fall color is yellow and flowers white. Dogwoods in general are an understory, deciduous tree, with horizontal to upright branching form is […]

‘World’s Fair’ is an early flowerer with a stocky trunk and limbs. Flowers are white and this dogwood seems to be pretty drought resistant. Reportedly hardy to -7 degrees F (USDA Hardiness Zone 5b. Dogwoods in general are an understory, […]