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Carolina Native Nursery

Shrubs & Descriptions

Species & Common Name Main Characteristics and Comments Hardi- Sun/ ness Shade Zone Aesculus parviflora: Bottlebrush Big, Summer blooming with huge, white long 4-9 Sun Buckeye lasting . Yellow fall color Alnus serrulata: Wetland , yellow fall color 4-9 Sun-partial Tag Alder shade Aronia arbutifolia: Early white blooms, massed , great red fall 4-9 Sun – ‘Brilliantissima’, Red Chokeberry color, very hardy in bad soil Partial Shade Aronia melanocarpa: Black Early white blooms, black massed fruit, great red 4-9 Sun-Partial Chokeberry fall color, very hardy in bad soil Shade Calycanthus floridus: Glossy that turn yellow in fall. Red, fragrant 4-9 Sun Sweetshrub, Carolina Allspice, blooms in early summer that can last long Bubby Bush Ceanothus americanus: New Smaller 2-3’. White, summer blooms with 4-8 Sun to Jersey interesting heads. Shade Cephalanthus occidentalis: Needs moist conditions, glossy leaves, interesting 5-10 Sun Buttonbush button type and seed heads Clethra acuminate: Cinnamon Shade only, great fall yellow color, big, sweeoing 5-8 Shade bark clethra, Mountain white bloom in summer. Cinnamom colored bark sweetpepper bush easy to recognize in winter Clethra alnifolia: Summersweet, White(pink) summer blooming and very fragrant, 3-9 Sun to ‘’(small, ) ‘Ruby great yellow fall color, needs moisture Shade Spice’ (pink) Cornus ammomum, Silky Very Hardy, red twigs in winter. 5-8 Sun Dogwood Cornus stolonifera: Baileyi’ Red Hardy, great winter color in red twigs 2-8 Sun Twig Dogwood Cornus stolonifera: Hardy, great winter color in twigs 2-8 Sun Yellow’, Yellow Twig Dogwood Corylus americana: American For massing, suckers and gets big 4-9 Sun Filbert Diervilla sessifolia: Bush Smaller and very hardy, yellow summer blooms 4-8 Sun Honeysuckle attractive to butterflys Euonymus americanus: Known best for the ‘strawbeery’ looking fruit on the 6-9 Shade Strawberry Bush, Hearts-a- fall. Open and airy plant bustin’ Fothergilla major: ‘Mt. Airy’ White, fantastic spring blooms. to yellows in 4-9 Sun Fothergilla Fothergilla gardendii full fall color. This plant is a winner. Needs good soil to prosper

Hamamelis virginiana: Witch Yellow fragrant blooms in November after leaves 3-8 Sun to part hazel fall, yellow fall color shade Hypericum frondosum, Small plant, yellow flowers, all very similar 3-8 Sun densiflorum, prolificum: St. John’s Wort ‘Sunburst’ arborescens: Big blooms, make great cut flowers and dry’s well. 3-9 Shade for ’Annabelle’, Smooth Hydrangea Recognizes everywhere best results Hydrangea arborescens sub. Nice blooms, silvery underside of leaves shimmer 3-6 Shade radiata in the breeze. Hydrangea quercifolia; Oakleaf Big summer blooms that can start out pink and 5-9 Shade Hydrangea, ‘Alice’, ‘Snowflake’ become white as they mature, leaves turn red in (Double Blooms), the fall and last ‘PeeWee’(Dwarf) Ilex glabra; Inkberry Holly holly, small leaves and black berries. 4-9 Sun but Great landscape plant shade tolerant Ilex opaca: American Holly Evergreen, red berries in winter. Becomes a small 5-9 Sun to shade Ilex verticillata: Red Sprite Known best for the bright red fruit that hands well 3-9 Sun to part Winterberry Holly ‘Jim Dandy’ after the leaves fall, sometimes throughout the shade (Male for Red Sprite) ‘ Winter winter. Needs the males at a ratio of 1 boy to 6 Red’ Winterberry Holly girls ‘Southern Gentleman’ (Male for Winter Red) Itea virginica: Very adaptable landscape plant. Good fragrant 5-9 Sun to Sweetspire, ‘Henrys Garnet’, blooms through the summer, green to red with nice shade ‘Merlot’ fall colors latifolia: Mountain Laurel Evergreen, excellent in mass, great in shady 4-9 Shade in borders and spectacular in bloom. Slow grower the south Leucothoe axillaris: Coastal Plant this leucothoe. Great form and colors from 4-9 Shade only Leucothoe green to burgundy farther south Leucothoe fontanesiana: Difficult in the landscape. 5-8 Cool shade Doghobble, ‘Rainbow’, only ‘Rollesonii’ Dwarf

Lindera benzoin: Spice bush Great red fruit, yellow in fall 4-9 Sun to part shade Mountain Beautiful, has to be planted in well drained soil 4-6 Shade Pieris, Mountain Andromeda Physocarpus opulifolius Big, great for wet sites. 2-7 Sun to Ninebark shade

Deciduous alabamense: White, white with yellow blotch and fragrant in 7-8 Shade bloom md to late April. Big and beautiful. : White to pink and very fragrant in bloom. Dark 4-7 Shade Sweet Azalea green, shiny leaves. : Fragrant white to yellow in bloom. Blooms before 5-9 Shade Coastal Azalea leaves in April. Leaves have a distinctive blue coloring. : Fragrant yellow, , to red in bloom. 7-9 Shade Flame Azalea Rhododendron calendulaceum: Orange, holds flowers for over 2 weeks, May to 5-7 Shade Flame azalea June. Foliage yellow to red in fall. Rhododendron canescens: March to April blooms, white to pink and fragrant. 5-9 Sun to Piedmont Azalea Can be stoloniferous, Shade Rhododendron cumberlandense Red to orange red in flower. More compact than a 5-7 Shade (bakeri): Cumberland Azalea Flame azalea Rhododendron periclymenoides: Blooms April to May usually pink but can be white 3-8 Shade Pinxterbloom Azalea and fragrant. Rhododendron prinophyllum: Flowers are bright pink with a clove-like scent. 3-8 Shade Roseshell Azalea Very hardy. : Late summer bloomer, July and August, blooms 5-9 Shade to Plumleaf Azalea red. part sun Rhododendron serrulatum: Late bloomer, July, fragrant white to pale pink 7-8 Shade Hammocksweet Azalea : Pinkshell Foliage turns red in the fall. Pink blooms in early 4-8 Shade azalea may before it leaves out. Native to the Blue ridge of N.C. : Fragrant white blooms in June. 3-9 Shade Swamp Azalea X Gregory Bald 5-7 Shade

Evergreen

Rhododendron carolinianum Dark grren foliage in the summer that will turn 5-8 Part shade (punctatum): Carolina almost purple in the winter. White to lavender in best Rhododendron, : ‘PJM’ blooms in late spring. Mature to 5’ PJM is a great and very similar to straight . : Heavy , dense evergreen shrub. Depending on 4-8 Shade Red, Catawba Rhododendron, cultivar, blooms from white to deep red. All Hybrids Large leaves and open look. Blooms white to pink 3-7 Shade Rosebay Rhododendron to . Can be a very large plant, up to 30, : Pink blooms, blooms after new growth 6-8 Shade Piedmont, Dwarf Rhododendron

Rhus aromatic: ‘Gro-low’ Sumac Low growing to 2’, good fall colors like other 3-9 Sun Sumacs Rhus copalina Winged Sumac Scarlet fall color, red fruit. Tolerates many soil and 4-9 Sun to part site conditions shade Rhus glabra Smooth Sumac Great fall color, tolerates many soil conditions 3-9 Sun to part shade Rosa palustrus Swamp Rose 2" dark rose pink fragrant flowers in summer; red 5-8 Sun hips in fall Rubus odoratus Flowering 2" flowers open deep purplish pink fading to 4-6 Sun to part Raspberry magenta pink in summer shade Sambucus canadensis 6 to 10" wide flat cyme of creamy white flowers in 4-9 Sun Elderberry summer; edible purplish black fruit in fall Spiraea latifolia Meadowsweet Creamy white flowers in summer, needs relatively 3-8 Sun moist conditions, good, yellow fall color Spiraea tomentosa Hardhack Rounded plumes of deep pink to rose-purple 4-8 Sun flowers in mid-summer corymbosum Blueberries, great red to orange fall color 3-8 Sun to part Bluecrop’, ‘Blue Ray’, ‘Jersey’ shade ‘Spartan’, ‘Elliot’ & ‘Duke’ Highbush Blueberry Viburnum acerifolium Mapleleaf Difficult to grow, needs dry shade 4-8 Shade Viburnum Viburnum cassinoides Witherod Creamy white flowers with yellow in early 3-8 Sun to part Viburnum summer on 2 to 5" flat-topped cyme; fruit changes shade from green to pink to red to blue then black. Leaves have strong unpleasant odor when wet Viburnum dentatum: Arrowwood Creamy white flowers, blue to black fruit, leaves 3-8 Sun to part Viburnum yellow to red fall color shade Viburnum nudum: ‘Winterthur’ Creamy white flowers to blue hanging fruit, glossy 5-9 Sun to part Viburnum leaves that turn burgundy in the fall shade Viburnum rufidulum Rusty Glossy leaves turn burgundy in fall, white flowers 5-9 $12.50 Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium Black haw White flowers to black fruit, dark red fall color 3-9 Part shade to sun Viburnum trilobum Wentworth White flowers on flat-topped cyme; bright red 2-7 Sun to part Cranberry Viburnum drupe in fall; persists into winter, yellow to red fall shade color Xanthorhiza simplicissima 2’ ground cover, tolerates different soil conditions 3-9 Sun to part Yellow root shade pulverulenta Dusty Small bell-shaped cream flowers with pale 5-9 Sun to part Zenobia turquoise stems in spring; anise scent, blue tint to shade foliage turns yellow to orange in fall, stems nice golden color in winter