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SHRUBS Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Buddleia Miss Ruby Miss Ruby Butterfly 4' - 6' august - pink sun This compact butterfly bush is sure to win you over Bush october with its silver foliage and vivid rich pink blooms.

Buddleia davidii Black Knight Black Knight 6 - 8' summer purple sun Dark purple on long trusses. Hardy and Butterfly Bush vigorous. Buxus Glencoe Chicagoland Green 2 - 3' March - April white sun-part shade An excellent form of boxwood for the Midwest Boxwood with superior color retention through-out the winter. Compact growth makes an excellent small formal hedge. Dark green glossy foliage. Buxus Green Mountain Green Mountain 4 - 6' foliage white sun-part shade Oval-pyramidal habit with beautiful dark green Boxwood glossy foliage. Wonderful winter structure in the garden. Cornus sanguinea Arctic Sun Arctic Sun Dogwood 3 - 4' foliage foliage sun-part shade Add sensational color in the fall with its golden yellow and peachy foliage. Great for winter interest, the bright yellow stems have red tips. Use Arctic Sun as a cut stem for holiday arrangements.

Corylus avellana Red Dragon Red Dragon 6' - 8' NA sun-part shade Multi-season interest! Red new growth holds long Contorted Hazelnut into the season eventually fading to green then turns yellow-gold in fall. Spiraling corkscrew stems and burgundy catkins add lots of winter interest. Resistant to eastern filbert blight.

Hamamelis vernalis Harvest Gold Harvest Gold 6' spring foliage sun-part shade Outstanding spectacular golden fall color. Full and Witchazel wide growing, very hardy. One of the nicest Hamamelis with golden fall foliage. Fragrant early sulfur-orange spring blooms. On own roots.

Hamamelis vernalis KLM GG Autumn Joy 6' spring foliage sun-part shade Attractive red-toned fall foliage. This selection of Witchazel Witch Hazel has large, fragrant, early spring blooms that are a pleasing light . On own roots Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Heptacodium Seven Son 8-10' late summer white sun-part shade Small sweet jasmine scented creamy-white miconioides honeysuckle type flowers in late summer. Reddish sepals continue to enlarge after flowering, creating a breath-taking spectacle in October and November Hibiscus syriacus Bricutts China Chiffon Rose 8' - 12' late summer - sun Large white flowers with an attractive red eye and of Sharon early fall a lacy center tuft cover this hardy hibiscus from July through September. Hibiscus syriacus Minfren Bali Rose of Sharon 5' - 8' late summer- sun Semi-double pure white flowers are highlighted early fall with a bold purple-red center. Blooms July- September with 3-4" diameter flowers when few are in flower. The intermediate size is good for smaller spaces. Hydrangea paniculata Jane Little Lime Panicle 5' june- sun Lime green cone-shaped flowers emerge in Hydrangea september midsummer and are held upright on compact . Flowers age to pink, then brown. Smaller version of the popular 'Limelight.' Hydrangea paniculata Renhy First Editions Vanilla 6 - 8' Jun - Aug white sun-part shade Loose pyramidal clusters of flowers form at the tips Strawberry™ of red stems, emerging creamy-white, turning Hydrangea shades of pink as they age, finally taking on rich red and russet tones. Munchkin Munchkin Oakleaf 3' midsummer part shade Smaller oakleaf hydrangea with deep green foliage. Hydrangea Flowers emerge white and age to pink, standing upright even in hard rain. Brilliant mahogany fall color Hydrangea quercifolia Ruby Slippers Ruby Slippers 3.5' midsummer part shade Small scale oakleaf hydrangea with exceptionally Oakleaf Hydrangea large, sturdy blooms. White flowers age to pink. Brilliant mahogany fall color.

Philadelphus lewisii Blizzard Blizzard Mockorange 4' - 6' may-june sun-part shade Selection of a native , mockorange has one of the best fragrances in the spring garden. White flowers on arching, exfoliating stems, soft yellow fall color. Benefits from periodic renewal pruning. Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Physocarpus opulifolius Podaras 3 Lemon Candy 5' spring sun New ninebark introduction with fluorescent Ninebark chartreuse foliage throughout the growing season. White blooms in spring, compact habit.

Rosa BAInce Easy Elegance Sweet 2' - 4' june - sept sun Well-rounded, 3–4″ double blossoms in tones of Fragrance apricot, orange, and yellow open to release their Rose delicious perfume. Older flowers turn salmon pink. Vigorous plants; good disease resistance.

Rosa BAIset Easy Elegance 24 - 36" summer pink sun As the name implies, Sunrise Sunset is a stunning Sunrise Sunset Shrub blend, with bright fuchsia-pink petals, blending to Rose apricot near the centers. Blue-green foliage is disease-resistant on this everblooming shrub rose.

Rosa Kashmir Kashmir Shrub Rose 3'-4' may - sept sun Dark red blooms very similar to a hybrid tea rose. Only one bloom per stem which makes for great cut flowers. Very good fragrance and excellent disease resistance. Own root. Rosa RADtko Double Knock Out 3 - 4' summer red sun Blooms of shiny red continuously all summer and Shrub Rose into fall. Most are fully double, some semi-double, with average petal count of 18-25. New foliage tinged with burgundy. Very disease resistant!!!

Rosa RADyod Blushing Knock Out 3' recurrent pink sun Sport of the famous, carefree Knock Out. Gentle Shrub Rose shell pink blossoms are lightly fragrant and self- cleaning. Attractive hips in autumn. Sambucus nigra Black Lace Black Lace Elderberry 5 - 8' May - June pink sun-part shade Distinctive lacy foliage all season and soft pink early summer flowers. Season long color and texture. Fall attracts birds. resistant. Very cold hardy and easy to grow, and adaptable to most sites. Full sun is needed for the best color. Genus Cultivar Common Name Height Bloom Color Light Description Sambucus nigra Eiffel01 Black Tower 6' - 8' june sun-part shade Uniquely formed elderberry has narrow vertical Elderberry shape. Mauve spring flowers are followed by glossy black fruit, all highlighted by the purple- black foliage. Spiraea betulifolia Tor Gold Glow Girl Birchleaf 36" june-aug. sun Lemon-lime colored foliage turns shades of gold Spiraea and orange in the fall. Blooming in June, the buds are rose and open into white flowers. Belle de Nancy Belle de Nancy 6' - 9' may sun Pink, double to semi-double, extremely fragrant Common Lilac blooms in late spring. Syringa 'Belle de Nancy' is a beautiful heirloom Lilac from France Syringa vulgaris Burgundy Queen Burgundy Queen 8' - 10' may sun Well-branched, extremely vigorous lilac sets Common Lilac masses of very large trusses of deep red flowers that open from purple buds. Syringa vulgaris Gortenziya Gortenziya Common 9' - 12' may sun Purple buds open to lavender-pink blooms in late Lilac spring. Generously sized flower trusses are comprised of large, 3/4" florets. Very fragrant, profuse bloomer. A tall, vigorous Lilac cultivar from Russia. Syringa vulgaris Nadezhda Nadezhda Common 8' - 10' may sun Large panicles of very fragrant, double, lilac-blue Lilac flowers from rose-purple buds in late spring. Stunning blossoms have very large florets. "Nadezhda" is Russian for hope. Syringa vulgaris President Grevy President Grevy 8' - 10' may sun Showy panicles of fragrant powder blue flowers Common Lilac rising above the foliage in mid spring, which emerge from distinctive violet flower buds.

Syringa vulgaris Wonder Blue Little Boy Blue 5 - 6' spring blue sun Fresh dark green foliage creates the perfect (Little Boy Blue) Common Lilac background in spring for the panicles of strongly fragrant, single sky-blue flowers which develop from red-purple buds.