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Trees, , Ground Covers, & Vines Suitable for Landscapes

M.L. Witt, L.J. Nash, W.M. Fountain, R.E. McNiel

University of Kentucky Horticulture Department he following lists should serve as a start if Flint, Harrison L., Landscape for Eastern you are interested in growing plants in . John Wiley & Sons. T Kentucky. This publication does not at- 1983. tempt to single out plants for wet vs. dry areas, Frederick, W. H., 100 Great Garden Plants. sunny vs. shady areas, drought resistance, pest Timber Press, Portland, OR. 1986. resistance or even cold resistance. This publication’s purpose is simply to list plants that Krussmann, Gerd (Translated by Michael Epp), perform adequately in Kentucky. No is Manual of Cultivated Broadleaved perfect in every respect. In fact, most plants and Shrubs (three volumes) and have some undesirable characteristics. Only the Manual of Cultivated Conifers. Timber names of plant materials are given. Consult Press, Portland, OR. 1977. books available in libraries and bookstores for Odenwald, N.G., and J.R. Turner, Plants for the more information about how to grow and identify South: A Guide for Landscape Design. these plants. Claitor’s Pub. Div., Baton Rouge. These plant lists are by no means exhaus- Phillips, Roger, A Photographic Guide to More tive; other equally fine trees and shrubs are on Than 500 Trees of North America and the market. Your local nursery owner or garden Europe. Random House, NY. 1978. center operator is an excellent resource person for new plants as well as tried-and-true plants. Poor, Janet, Plants That Merit Attention. Timber Frequently the same plant is known by Press, Portland, OR. 1984. different common names, or entirely different Taylor, Norman, Taylor’s Guide to Ground Cov- plants are known by the same common name. ers, Vines and Grasses. Houghton When possible, it will be beneficial to specify Mifflin Co. 1987. plants by the scientific or Latin name. This will Taylor, Norman, Taylor’s Guide to Shrubs. help to ensure that you get exactly what you Houghton Mifflin Co. 1987. want. Some excellent woody plant material books Taylor, Norman, Taylor’s Guide to Trees. are: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1988. Bridwell, Ferrell M. Landscape Plants, Their Wharton, Mary E. and Roger W. Barbour, Trees Identification, Culture and Use. Delmar and Shrubs of Kentucky. The University Pub. Co., NY. 1994. Press of Kentucky. 1973. Dirr, Michael, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants. Stipes Publishing Co., 4th edition. 1990.

W.L. Mesner — Photographer Linda Kiesel — Editor Jeffrey Hines — Graphic Artist

2 Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) Gleditsia triacanthos Tall ‘Bonfire’ (Honeylocust) ‘Caddo’ ‘Green Glory’ ‘Commemoration’ ‘lmperial’ ‘Columnare’ ‘Majestic’ ‘Green Mountain’ ‘Moraine’ Trees ‘Legacy’ ‘Shademaster’ ‘Steeple’TM ‘Skyline’ (over 50 ft high when ‘Sweet Shadow’ ‘Sunburst’ mature) Acer saccharum sub. sp. nigrum Gymnocladus dioica (Kentucky (*Plants which are fine for western (Black Maple) Coffee ) (use male trees only) and southern Kentucky but not central, eastern and northern parts of Aesculus flava (Yellow Buckeye) Larix decidua (European ) the state.) Alnus glutinosa (Black or Euro- Larix kaempferi (Japanese Larch) pean ) Liquidambar styraciflua Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Lacinata’ (Sweetgum) Acer x freemanii (Hybrid Maple) Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Festival’ ‘Autumn Blaze’ (Katsura Tree) ‘Rotundiloba’ ‘Celebration’ Corylus colurna (Turkish Filbert) Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree, ‘Marmo’ Eucommia ulmoides (Hardy Tulip Poplar) ‘Morgan’ Rubber Tree) Magnolia acuminata ‘Scarlet Sentinel’ Fagus sylvatica (European Beech) (Cucumbertree Magnolia) Acer platanoides (Norway Maple) ‘Asplenifolia’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Cleveland’ ‘Atropurpurea’ (Dawn Redwood) ‘Columnare’ ‘Atropurpurea Pendula’ ‘National’ ‘’ ‘Laciniata’ ‘Deborah’ Nyssa sylvatica (Tupelo, Black ‘Pendula’ ‘Emerald Luster’ Gum) ‘Riversii’ ‘Emerald Queen’ ‘Rohanii’ Platanus x acerifolia (London ‘Parkway’ ‘Roseo-Marginata’ Planetree) ‘Royal Red’ ‘Tricolor’ ‘Bloodgood’ ‘Schwedleri’ ‘Columbia’ ‘Summershade’ Fraxinus americana (White Ash) ‘’ ‘Superform’ ‘Autumn Purple’ ‘Yarwood’ ‘Autumn Applause’ Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore ‘Champaign County’ Quercus acutissima (Sawtooth Maple) ‘Rosehill’ ) Acer rubrum (Red Maple) ‘Skyline’ Quercus alba (White Oak) ‘Armstrong’ (European Ash) Quercus bicolor (Swamp White ‘Autumn Flame’ ‘Hessei’ Oak) ‘Bowhall’ ‘Columnare’ Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak) ‘Edna Davis’ Ash) Quercus dentata (Nuttall Oak, ‘Gerling’ ‘Bergeson’ Swamp Oak) ‘Emerald’ ‘Karpick’ Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak) ‘Northwood’ ‘Marshall's Seedless’ ‘October Glory’ ‘Newport’ Quercus macrocarpa (Bur Oak) ‘Red Skin’ ‘Patmore’ (Chinqua- ‘Red ’ ‘Summit’ pin Oak) ‘Urbanite’ *Quercus nigra (Water Oak) Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo) Quercus palustris (Pin Oak) ‘Autumn Gold’ ‘Crown Rite’ ‘Fastigiata’ ‘Sovereign’ ‘Sentry’ Quercus phellos (Willow Oak)

3 Quercus prinus ( Oak) Ulmus x (Hybrid Elms) (replace- Picea abies (Norway ) Quercus robur (English Oak) ment for American elm) Picea glauca (Black Hills Spruce) ‘Attention’ ‘Urban Elm’ ‘Densata’ ‘Patriot’ ‘Concordia’ Picea omorika (Serbian Spruce) ‘Fastigiata’ ‘Pioneer’ ‘Skymaster’ ‘Homestead’ Picea orientalis (Oriental Spruce) ‘Skyrocket’ ‘Prospector’ Picea pungens ( Spruce) ‘Westminster Globe’ Zelkova serrata (Japanese ‘Glauca’ Quercus rubra (Red Oak) Zelkova) ‘Hoopsii’ ‘Green Vase’ ‘Thompsonii’ Quercus shumardii (Shumard Oak) ‘Halka’ ‘Moerheimii’ Sassafras albidum (Sassafras) ‘Spring Grove’ ‘Kosteri’ *Sophora japonica (Japanese ‘Village Green’ ‘Fat Albert’ Pagoda Tree) Some pagoda trees Pinus densiflora (Japanese Red are hardier than others. Keep well ) watered and keep other stresses to a Pinus flexilis (Limber Pine) minimum to maximize hardiness potential. Tall Pinus nigra (Austrian Pine) ‘Regent’ Pinus resinosa (Red Pine) ‘Princeton Upright’ Evergreen Pinus strobus (White Pine) Taxodium ascendens (Pond *Pinus thunbergiana (Japanese Cypress) Trees Black Pine) ‘Prairie Sentinel’ (over 50 feet high when Pseudotsuga menziesii (Douglas Taxodium distichum (Bald mature) Fir) ‘Glauca’ Cypress) (*Plants which are fine for western ‘Monarch of Illinois’ and southern Kentucky but not Thuja occidentalis (American ‘Shawnee Brave’ central, eastern and northern parts of Arborvitae, White Cedar) Tilia cordata (European Linden) the state.) ‘Emerald’ ‘Chancellor’ ‘Nigra’ ‘Glenleven’ Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Techney’ ‘Greenspire’ Abies nordmanniana (Nordmann Thuja plicata (Giant Arborvitae) ‘June Bride’ Fir) ‘Atrovirens’ ‘Rancho’ Cedrus deodora canadensis (Canadian Tilia x euchlora (Crimean Linden) ‘Shalimar’ Hemlock) ‘Redmond’ Cedrus libani (Hardy Cedar of Tilia tomentosa (Silver Linden) Lebanon) Ulmus americana (American Elm) var. stenocoma ‘Princeton’ (Resistant to Dutch Elm Disease) Ulmus carpinifolia (Smooth elm) Ulmus parvifolia (Chinese Elm) ( is excellent) ‘Burgundy’ ‘Dynasty’ ‘Emerald Isle’ ‘Emerald Vase’ ‘Gold Globe’ ‘Millikan’ ‘Ohio’

Chinese Elm

4 Betula maximowicziana (Monarch Maclura pomifera Medium ) ‘Cottonwood’ Betula nigra (River Birch) ‘Colmar’ ‘Heritage’ ‘Sioux’ Deciduous ‘Park’ Betula platyphylla (Asian White ‘Wichita’ Birch) ‘White Shield’ Trees ‘Japonica’ (25-50 ft high when ‘Whitespire’ Magnolia kobus (Kobus Magnolia) mature) Betula populifolia (Gray Birch) Magnolia virginiana (Sweet Bay) ‘Milton’ (*Plants which are fine for western Carpinus betulus (European and southern Kentucky but not Hornbeam) Morus alba (White Mulberry) central, eastern and northern parts of ‘Columnaris’ ‘Fan San’ the state.) ‘Fastigiata’ ‘Stribling’ Carpinus caroliniana (American Ostrya virginiana (Hop Hornbeam) Scientific Name (Common Name) Hornbeam, Musclewood) Oxydendrum arboreum (Sour- Acer buergeranum (Trident Maple) Castanea mollissima (Chinese ) Acer campestre (Hedge Maple) Chestnut) Parrotia persica (Persian Parrotia) ‘Queen Elizabeth’ (spiny and foul odor of ) Phellodendron amurense (Cork Acer cissifolium (Ivy-leaved Maple) Catalpa bungei Tree) Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple) Celtis occidentalis (Hackberry) ‘Macho’ Acer miyabei (Miyabe Maple) ‘Prairie Pride’ (Okame Cherry) Acer tataricum (Tatarian Maple) Cercidiphyllum magnificum (Weep- ‘Okame’ ‘Sarah’ ing Katsura) Prunus sargentii (Sargent Cherry) Aesculus x carnea (Red Horse ‘Pendulum’ ‘Columnaris’ Chestnut) Cladrastis kentukea (American Prunus serrulata (Kwanzan Japa- ‘Briotii’ Yellowwood) nese Cherry) ‘O’Neill’ ‘Rosea’ ‘Kwanzan’ Aesculus pavia (Red Buckeye) Corylus colurna (Turkish Filbert) Prunus x yedoensis (Yoshino Alnus glutinosa (Black Alder) Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin Cherry) ‘Pyramidalis’ Tree) ‘Akebono’ ‘Fastigiata’ Fraxinus ornus (Flowering Ash) Pyrus calleryana (Callery Pear) Amelanchier arborea (Downy ‘Aristocrat’ Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green ‘Cleveland Select’ Serviceberry) Ash) ‘Autumn Sunset’ ‘Autumn Blaze’ ‘Leprechaun’ ‘Redspire’ Amelanchier canadensis Halesia caroliniana (Carolina ‘Chanticleer’ (Shadblow Serviceberry) Silverbell) ‘Whitehouse’ Amelanchier grandiflora ( Halesia diptera magniflora (Two- ‘Capitol’ Serviceberry) winged silverbell) Pyrus fauriei (Korean Pear) ‘Cumulus’ Halesia monticola (Mountain ‘Autumn Brilliance’ Robinia pseudoacacia (Black Silverbell) ‘Princess Diana’ Locust) Hovenia dulcis (Japanese ‘Frisia’ Amelanchier laevis (Allegheny Raisintree) ‘Umbraculifera’ Serviceberry) Koelreuteria paniculata (Golden Sorbus aucuparia (Mountain Ash) Asimina triloba (Pawpaw) Raintree) ‘Black Hawk’ Betula alleghaniensis (Yellow ‘September’ Sorbus alnifolia (Korean Mountain Birch) Maackia amurensis (Amur Ash) Betula jacquemontii Maackia) Sorbus rufoferriginea Betula lenta (Sweet Birch, Cherry ‘Longwood Sunset’ Birch) Sophora davidii

5 Stewartia monadelpha (Tall Stewartia) Stewartia koreana (Korean Stewartia) Stewartia pseudocamellia (Japa- nese Stewartia) pekinensis (Pekin Lilac) Syringa reticulata (Japanese Tree Lilac) ‘Ivory Silk’ ‘Summer Snow’ Tetradium danielli (Korean Evodia) Ulmus alata (Winged Elm) Medium Evergreen Trees (25-50 ft high when Golden Raintree mature) (*Plants which are fine for western Ilex opaca (American Holly) Osmanthus americanus and southern Kentucky but not ‘Cecile’ (Devilwood) central, eastern and northern parts of ‘Chief Paduke’ Pinus bungeana (Lacebark Pine) the state.) ‘Indian Maiden’ ‘Julie Koehler’ Pinus cembra (Swiss Stone Pine) Pinus densiflora (Dragon‘s Eye Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Judy Evans’ ‘Klein #1’ Japanese Red Pine) Abies concolor (White Fir) ‘Lady Alice’ ‘Oculus-draconis’ Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki ‘Maryland Dwarf’ Pinus parviflora (Japanese White Cypress) (many good ‘Richards’ Pine) available) ‘ Giant’ Pinus strobus (White Pine) Chamaecyparis pisifera (Thread Ilex pedunculosa (Longstalk Holly) ‘Fastigiata’ (columnar) Cypress) Juniperus chinensis (Chinese ‘Pendula’ (weeping) ‘Filifera’ Juniper) Pinus virginiana (Virginia Pine, ‘Filifera Aurea’ ‘Hetz Columnaris’ Scrub Pine) ‘Plumosa’ ‘Keteleeri’ ‘Plumosa Aurea’ Platycladus orientalis (Oriental Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Arborvitae) Ilex attenuata (Foster No. 2 Holly) Cedar) Taxus baccata (English Yew) ‘Fosteri’ ‘Burkii’ ‘Canaerti’ Taxus cuspidata (Upright Japa- ‘Hillspire’ nese Yew) ‘Capitata’ Magnolia grandiflora ‘Spring Grove #16’ Tsuga carolina (Carolina Hemlock) Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay Magnolia) (evergreen form) var. australis ‘Henry Hicks’

6 Cercis canadensis (Eastern Corylus maxima (Purple Giant Small Redbud) Filbert) var. alba ‘Purpurea’ Deciduous ‘Forest Pansy’ Cotinus obovatus (American ‘Flame’ smoketree) Cercis canadensis Cotoneaster multiflorus (Many- Trees/Large var. texensis Flowered Cotoneaster) ‘Oklahoma’ ‘Silver Cloud’ Crataegus crus-galli (Cockspur Shrubs Hawthorn) Chionanthus retusus (Chinese (10-25 ft high when Fringe Tree) Crataegus crus-galli inermis (Thornless Cockspur Hawthorn) mature) (Fringe (*Plants which are fine for western Tree) Crataegus lavallei (Lavalle and southern Kentucky but not Hawthorn) central, eastern and northern parts of Clethra barbinervis (Japanese Clethra) Crataegus phaenopyrum (Wash- the state.) ington Hawthorn) Cornus alternifolia (Pagoda ‘Vaughn’ Scientific Name (Common Name) Dogwood) Crataegus viridis (Hawthorn) Acer ginnala (Amur Maple) Cornus florida (Flowering ‘Winter King’ ‘Flame’ Dogwood) ‘Compacta’ ‘ Chief’ Enkianthus campanulatus (Redvein Enkianthus) Acer japonicum (Japanese Maple ‘Cherokee Princess’ or Fullmoon Maple) ‘Cloud Nine’ Forsythia intermedia (Border ‘Filicifolium’ ‘First Lady’ Forsythia) ‘Aconitifolium’ ‘Pendula’ ‘Lynwood Gold’ ‘Purple Glory’ ‘Beatrice Farrand’ Acer maximowiczianum (Nikko ‘Rainbow’ ‘Karl Sax’ Maple) ‘Rubra’ ‘Spring Glory’ Acer nikoense x A. griseum (Hy- ‘Summertime’ Fothergilla (Large brid Trifoliate Maple) ‘Sweetwater’ Fothergilla) ‘Welchii’ Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple) Hamamelis x intermedia (Witch ‘Atropurpurea’ Cornus kousa (Kousa Dogwood) Hazel) ‘Bloodgood’ ‘Milky Way’ ‘Arnold Promise’ ‘Glowing Embers’ ‘Rochester’ ‘Primavera’ *‘Sango Kaku’ (Coralbark ‘Snowboy’ ‘Sunburst’ Japanese Maple) var. chinensis Hamamelis virginiana (Common var. rubra (pink kousa Acer tegmentosum (Manchu Witch Hazel) Striped Maple) dogwood) paniculata (Panicle Cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry Acer truncatum (Shantung Maple) Hydrangea) Dogwood) ‘Pacific Sunset’ ‘Grandiflora’ ‘Golden Glory’ Alnus maritima (Seaside Alder) ‘Tardiva’ Cornus officinalis (Japanese Aesculus parviflora (Bottlebrush Ilex decidua (Possum Haw) Cornel Dogwood) Buckeye) ‘Council Fire’ Cornus x hybrids from Rutgers Betula nigra (Dwarf River Birch) ‘Pocahontas’ ‘Ruth Ellen’ ‘Fox Valley’ ‘Warren’s Red’ ‘Galaxy’ Buddleia alternifolia (Fountain Ilex serrata (Finetooth Holly) Cornus racemosa (Gray Dogwood) Buddleia) Corylus avellana (Curly European Cercidiphyllum japonicum Filbert or Harry Lauder’s Walking (Weeping Katsura Tree) Stick) ‘Pendula’ ‘Contorta’

7 Ilex serrata x I. verticillata Magnolia loebneri Rhamnus frangula (Cutleaf Buck- ‘Apollo’ (male) ‘Ballerina’ thorn) ‘Autumn Glow’ ‘Leonard Messel’ ‘Asplenifolia’ ‘Bonfire’ ‘Merrill’ (Dr. Merrill Magnolia) Rhododendron arborescens ‘Harvest Red’ ‘Spring Snow’ (Sweet or Smooth Deciduous ‘Raritan Chief’ (male) Magnolia soulangiana (Saucer Azalea) ‘Sparkleberry’ Magnolia) ‘Southern Gentleman’ (male) Rhododendron calendulaceum ‘Lilliputin’ (Flame Deciduous Azalea) Ilex verticillata (Winterberry) Magnolia stellata (Star Magnolia) ‘Christmas Cheer’ Rhododendron canescens (Florida ‘Centennial’ Pinxter Deciduous Azalea) ‘Chrysocarpa’ ‘Jane Platt’ ‘Winter Red’ ‘Roseum’ Rhododendron prinophyllum (many other cultivars) ‘Royal Star’ (Roseshell Deciduous Azalea) Kolkwitzia amabilis (Beauty Bush) ‘Rubra’ Rhododendron prunifolium Larix decidua (European Larch) (Crabapple) Many cultivars (Plumleaf Deciduous Azalea) ‘Pendula’ available. The following were tested at Rhododendron vaseyi (Pinkshell Ligustrum ibolium (Ibolium ) UK and proved quite resistant to Deciduous Azalea) disease/insect pressures. ( Rhus chinensis (Chinese ) ‘David’ ‘September Beauty’ Privet) ‘Harvest Gold’ Rhus glabra (Smooth Sumac) * (Chinese ‘Jewelberry’ ‘Laciniata’ Privet) ‘Red Jade’ Ligustrum vicaryi (Vicary Golden ‘Red Jewel’ (Goat Willow) Privet) ‘Prairiefire’ ‘Pendula” (weeping form — female) Lindera benzoin (Spicebush) ‘Jackii’ Staphylea x elegans (Bladdernut Lonicera fragrantissima (Fragrant hybrid) Honeysuckle) (Flowering Crabapple) Styrax japonicus (Japanese Lonicera morrowii (Morrow Honey- Snowbell) suckle) Malus halliana ‘Parkmanii’ Styra x obassia (Fragrant Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian Honey- Snowbell) suckle) ‘Zabeliana’ ‘Zumi Calocarpa’ Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac) (400 or more selections) Magnolia (Hybrid Magnolias) Philadelphus virginalis ‘Ann’ (Mockorange) Ulmus glabra (Camperdown Elm) ‘Betty’ ‘Minnesota Snowflake’ ‘Camperdownii’ ‘Butterflies’ ‘Natchez’ burkwoodii (Burkwood ‘Elizabeth’ Physocarpus opulifolius (Eastern Viburnum) ‘Galaxy’ Ninebark) ‘Chenaultii’ ‘Mohawk’ ‘Goldfinch’ Prunus x (Hally Jolivette Cherry) ‘Jane’ ‘Hally Jolivette’ Viburnum carlcephalum (Fragrant ‘Judy’ Viburnum) ‘Pinkie’ Prunus subhirtella (Higan Cherry) (Arrowwood ‘Randy’ ‘Autumnalis’ Viburnum) ‘Ricki’ ‘Pendula’ ‘Spectrum’ Prunus sargentii x P. subhirtella (Linden ‘Susan’ (Flowering Hybrid Cherry) Viburnum) ‘Wade’s Memory’ ‘Accolade’ ‘Iroquois’ ‘Yellow Fever’ Prunus x incam (Wayfaring Tree) Magnolia liliflora x M. sprengera ‘Okame’ ‘Mohican’ ‘Diva’ Pseudocydonia sinensis (Chinese quince)

8 (Nannyberry (Black Haw) (Tea Viburnum) Viburnum x rhytidophylloides Viburnum) (Lantanaphyllum Viburnum) ‘Aurantiacum’ (Chinese Snowball Viburnum) ‘Willowwood’ *Vitex agnus-castus (Chaste Tree) (Cranberry Bush ‘Allegheny’ (Trim this plant to 1 ft ht each spring. Viburnum) (Southern Blooms are produced on new growth. ‘Roseum’ Blackhaw) are hardy.) (Doublefile (Onondaga Ziziphus jujuba (Chinese Date) Viburnum) Viburnum) var. tomentosum ‘Onondaga’ ‘Mariesii’ ‘Susquehanna’ ‘Newport’ (Seneca ‘Shasta’ Viburnum) ‘Shoshoni’ ‘Seneca’ ‘Summer Snowflake’ ‘Summer Stars’

Lavalle Hawthorn

9 ‘Robusta Green’ ‘English Roseum’ Evergreen ‘’ ‘Janet Blair’ *‘Torulosa’ ‘Lee’s Dark Purple’ Tree/Large Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky ‘Maxicat’ Mountain Juniper) ‘Nova Zembla’ ‘Blue Haven’ ‘Roseum Elegans’ ‘Tolleson’s Weeping’ ‘Scintillation’ (and other H cultivars) (10-25 ft high when ‘Wichita Blue’ 1 mature) Juniperus virginiana (Eastern Red Rhododendron (Azalea) Cedar) ‘Exbury Hybrid’ (*Plants which are fine for western ‘Cecile’ and southern Kentucky but not ‘Grey Owl’ ‘Skyrocket’ ‘Gibraltar’ central, eastern and northern parts of ‘Klondyke’ the state.) Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel) ‘Old Gold’ ‘Nipmuck’ ‘Peach Sunset’ Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Ostbo Red’ (and other Exbury or Knaphill Abies koreana (Korean Fir) ‘Olympic Fire’ cultivars) ‘Prostrate Beauty’ ‘Richard Jayne’ ‘Shooting Star’ Rhododendron maximum (Rose- Buxus sempervirens ‘Silver Dollar’ bay Rhododendron) ‘Pyramidata’ ‘Album’ Picea glauca (Dwarf Albert Spruce) Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki ‘Conica’ Sciadopitys verticillata (Umbrella Cypress) Pine) Pinus densiflora (Japanese Red ‘Magnifica’ Taxus cuspidata (Japanese Yew) ‘Torulosa’ Pine) ‘Umbraculifera’ ‘Intermedia’ *Ilex aquifolium (English Holly) Taxus media (Anglojap Yew) *‘Balkans’ Pinus densiflora (Red Pine) ‘Pendula’ ‘Hicksii’ *‘Ciliata Major’ ‘Hatfieldii’ Pinus mugo (Mugho Pine) Ilex attenuata Tsuga canadensis (Canadian ‘Sunny Foster’ Pinus strobus (White Pine) Hemlock) Ilex crenata (Japanese Holly) ‘Contorta’ ‘Pendula’ (Weeping ‘Noble’s Upright’ Pinus sylvestris (Scotch Pine) Hemlock) Juniperus chinensis (Chinese ‘Watereri’ ‘Sargentii’ Juniper) Rhododendron catawbiense Viburnum pragense (Pragense ‘Hetzii’ (Catawba Rhododendron) Viburnum) ‘Mint Julep’ ‘America’ ‘Mountbatten’ ‘Crimson Glory’ ‘Old Gold’ ‘Cunningham’s White’ ‘Pfitzeriana’

Weeping Hemlock Saucer Magnolia Flowers

10 Buddleia davidii Hibiscus syriacus (Rose of Medium var. nanhoensis Sharon) ‘Petite Indigo’ ‘Diane’ Deciduous ‘Petite Plum’ ‘Helene’ ‘Pink Delight’ Hydrangea quercifolia (Oakleaf Calycanthus floridus (Carolina Hydrangea) Shrubs Allspice) ‘Alice’ (6-10 ft high when mature) ‘Athens’ ‘Alison’ ‘Edith Wilder’ ‘Snowflake’ (*Plants which are fine for western ‘Michael Lindsay’ and southern Kentucky but not Ilex verticillata (Winterberry) central, eastern and northern parts of Cercis chinensis (Chinese ‘Afterglow’ the state.) Redbud) ‘Sunset’ ‘Avondale’ ‘Winter Red’ Scientific Name (Common Name) Chaenomeles speciosa (Flowering Kerria japonica (Japanese Kerria) Abelia chinensis (Chinese Abelia) Quince) ‘Pleniflora’ ‘Pink Lady’ Acanthopanax sieboldianus (Five- (Privet) ‘Snow’ Leaved Aralia) ‘Lodense’ ‘ Scarlet’ Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple) ‘Toyonoshiki’ Lonicera xylosteum (Honeysuckle) ‘Burgundy Lace’ ‘Claveyi’ Clethra alnifolia (Summer Sweet) ‘Crimson Queen’ ‘Connecticut Pink’ (Sargent ‘Crispum’ ‘Fern Valley Pink’ Crabapple) ‘Dissectum’ ‘Hokey Pink’ Morus alba (Weeping Mulberry) ‘Red Select’ ‘Rosea’ ‘Pendula’ ‘Waterfall’ ‘Viridis’ Cornus alba (Tatarian Dogwood) Myrica pensylvanica (Northern (and other cutleaf cultivars) ‘Argenteo-Marginata’ Bayberry) ‘Sibirica’ Aronia arbutifolia (Red Choke- *Nandina domestica (Heavenly ) Cornus baileyi (Bailey’s Dogwood) Bamboo, Nandina) ‘Brilliantissima’ Cornus florida (Flowering Prunus x cistena (Purpleleaf Sand Aronia melanocarpa (Black Dogwood) Cherry) Chokeberry) ‘Pygmaea’ Pyracantha coccinea (Pyracantha) ‘Elata’ Cornus sericea (Yellow Twig ‘Kasan’ Berberis mentorensis (Mentor Dogwood) *‘Lalandei Monrovia’ Barberry) ‘Flaviramea’ Pyracantha (Pyracantha) Berberis thunbergii (Japanese Cotoneaster divaricata (Spreading *‘Mohave’ Barberry) Cotoneaster) *‘Navaho’ ‘Atropurpurea’ Deutzia lemoinei (Slender Deutzia) *‘Pueblo’ ‘Baggatelle’ *‘Shawnee’ (Deutzia) ‘Helmond Pillar’ *‘Teton’ ‘Pride of Rochester’ ‘Rosy Glow’ Rhododendron bakeri Enkianthus campanulatus Buddleia davidii (Orange-Eye (Cumberland Deciduous Azalea) (Redvein Enkianthus) Butterfly Bush) Rhododendron canadense ‘Black Knight’ Euonymus alata (Burning Bush) (Rhodora Deciduous Azalea) ‘Compacta’ ‘Charming’ Rhododendron periclymenoides ‘Rudy Haag’ ‘Dubonnet’ (formerly called R. nudiflorum) ‘Fascination’ Forsythia intermedia (Border (Pinxterbloom Deciduous Azalea) ‘Opera’ Forsythia) ‘Purple Prince’ ‘Sunrise’ Rhododendron viscosum (Swamp Deciduous Azalea) ‘White Perfection’ Hamamelis vernalis (Vernal Witch ‘White Profusion’ Hazel) Rhus aromatica (Fragrant Sumac) Heptacodium miconioides (Seven Ribes alpinum (Alpine Currant) Son )

11 Salix gracilistyla (Rosegold Pussy Juniperus chinensis (Chinese Willow) Medium Juniper) Sinocalycanthus sinensis ‘Sea Green’ Spiraea nipponica (Spirea) Evergreen Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon ‘Snowmound’ ) Spiraea vanhouttei (Vanhoutte Shrubs *Mahonia bealei (Leatherleaf Spirea) Mahonia) (requires shade) (6-10 ft high when mature) Syringa laciniata (Cutleaf Lilac) Pieris japonica (Japanese Pieris, (*Plants which are fine for western Andromeda) (Mapleleaf and southern Kentucky but not ‘Compacta’ Viburnum) (requires shade) central, eastern and northern parts of ‘Crispa’ (Koreanspice) the state.) ‘Millstream’ ‘Compactum’ ‘Red Mill’ Viburnum juddii (Judd Viburnum) Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Variegata’ Viburnum x (Mohawk Viburnum) Chamaecyparis obtusa (Cypress) Pinus strobus (Dwarf White Pine) ‘Mohawk’ ‘Sanderi’ ‘Nana’ *‘Nana Gracilis’ (Dwarf) Viburnum x pragense (Prague Taxus cuspidata Viburnum) Chamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara ‘Nana’ Cypress) ‘Thayerae’ Weigela florida (Weigela) ‘Cyanoviridis’ Taxus media (Yew) ‘Bristol Snowflake’ ‘Snow’ ‘Bristol Ruby’ ‘Brownii’ ‘Evita’ Ilex glabra (Inkberry) ‘Densiformis’ ‘Minuet’ *Ilex x meserveae (Blue Holly) ‘Wardii’ ‘Rumba’ ‘Blue Boy’ Tsuga canadensis (Canadian ‘Samba’ ‘Blue Girl’ Hemlock) ‘Vaniceki’ ‘Blue Maid’ ‘Jeddeloh’ ‘Variegata’ ‘Blue Prince’ ‘Blue Princess’ ‘Blue Stallion’ ‘ Boy’ ‘China Girl’

Mature ground cover and shrubs Blue Princess Holly

12 Itea japonica (Beppu Sweetspire) Small ‘Beppu’ Small Itea virginica (Virginia Sweetspire) Deciduous ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Evergreen Malus sargentii (Tina Crabapple) Shrubs ‘Tina’ Shrubs Physocarpus opulifolius (4-5 ft high when mature) ‘Dart's Gold’ (4-5 ft high when mature) (*Plants which are fine for western Potentilla fruticosa and southern Kentucky but not Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Abbotswood’ central, eastern and northern parts of ‘Gold Drop’ Buxus microphylla (Boxwood) the state.) ‘Jackmannii’ ‘Compacta’ ‘Moonlight’ var. koreana Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Mt. Everest’ ‘Wintergreen’ Abelia grandiflora (Glossy Abelia) ‘Sutter’s Gold’ Buxus sempervirens x B. Berberis thunbergii (Golden Pyracantha coccinea (Pyracantha) microphylla Japanese Barberry) ‘Gnome’ ‘Green Gem’ ‘Aurea’ ‘Lowboy’ ‘Green Mound’ ‘Green Mountain’ Callicarpa dichotoma (Purple Rhododendron mucronulatum ‘Green Velvet’ Beautyberry) (Korean Rhododendron) Callicarpa japonica (Japanese ‘Cornell Pink’ Chamaecyparis pisifera (Gold Thread Cypress) Beautyberry) Rhododendron yedoense ‘Filifera Aurea Nana’ (Poukhanense Rhododendron) Clethra alnifolia (Summersweet) ‘Filifera Mops’ ‘Hummingbird’ var. poukhanense Ilex crenata Rhododendron (Azalea) Cotoneaster horizontalis (Rock ‘Hetzii’ ‘C.C. Miller’ Cotoneaster) ‘Glory’ ‘Boudoir’ *Cytissus scoparius (Moonlight ‘Green Thumb’ ‘Stewartsonia’ Scotch Broom) ‘Repandans’ Rhododendron (Hybrids from R. ‘Moonlight’ Ilex glabra (Inkberry) carolinianum x R. dauricum var. *Daphne caucasica (Caucasian ‘Compacta’ sempervirens) Daphne) ‘Nordic’ ‘P.J.M.’ (Slender Deutzia) Ilex opaca (Maryland Dwarf Syringa meyeri (Meyers Lilac) American Holly) Diervilia sessilifolia (Southern ‘Palibin’ Bush Honeysuckle) ‘Maryland Dwarf’ Syringa microphylla (Littleleaf Juniperus chinensis (Hills-of- Lilac) Snow) ‘Armstrongii’ Syringa patula (Miss Kim Lilac) ‘Grandiflora’ ‘Fruitlandii’ ‘Miss Kim’ ‘Gold Coast’ Hydrangea arborescens subsp. Viburnum opulus (Dwarf ‘Nick’s Compact‘ radiata Cranberrybush Viburnum) ‘Ozark Compact’ Hypericum kalmianum (Kalm St. ‘Nana’ Juniperus virginiana (Silver Johnswort) (Compact Spreader Juniper) Ilex verticillata American Cranberry Bush) ‘Silver Spreader’ ‘Cacapon’ ‘Compactum’ Leucothoe fontanesiana (Drooping ‘Fairfax’ Viburnum utile (Eskimo Viburnum) Leucothoe) ‘Red Sprite’ ‘Eskimo’ ‘Rainbow’ ‘Shaver’ ‘Scarletta’

13 Mahonia aquifolium (Compact Pinus mugo (Mugo Pine) Taxus baccata (Spreading English Oregon Grapeholly) var. mugo Yew) ‘Compactum’ var. pumilio ‘Repandens’ Picea abies (Dwarf forms of spruce) var. tyrolien Taxus cuspidata ‘Nidiformis’ Pinus sylvestris (Dwarf Scots ‘Densa’ ‘Pumila’ Pine) ‘Nana’ ‘Repens’ ‘Beuvronensis’ Tsuga canadensis (Gentsch White Picea pungens (Dwarf forms of Rhododendron (Starry Night Canadian Hemlock) Colorado Spruce) Rhododendron) ‘Gentsch White’ ‘C.C. Hume’ ‘Starry Night’ ‘Globosum’ ‘Montgomery’

Gable Azalea

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Mugho Pine

14 Fothergilla gardenii (Dwarf Low Fothergilla) Low ‘Mt. Airy’ Deciduous ‘Blue Mist’ Evergreen *Hypericum calycinum (Creeping St. Johnswort) Shrubs *Hypericum (Hidcote St. Shrubs (2-3 ft high when mature) Johnswort) (2-3 ft high when mature) (*Plants which are fine for western ‘Hidcote’ (*Plants which are fine for western and southern Kentucky but not Jasminum nudiflorum (Winter and southern Kentucky but not central, eastern and northern parts of Jasmine) central, eastern and northern parts of the state.) the state.) *Jasminum floridum (Showy Jasmine) Scientific Name (Common Name) Scientific Name (Common Name) Kalmia cuseata (White Wicky Abelia grandiflora Mountain Laurel) Abies balsamea (Dwarf Balsam ‘Nana’ ‘White Wicky’ Fir) *‘Sherwood’ ‘Nana’ *‘Prostrata’ Kerria japonica (Variegated Japa- nese Kerria) Chaenomeles speciosa (Flowering Berberis thunbergii ‘Picta’ Quince) ‘Crimson Pygmy’ ‘’ ‘Kobold’ *Nandina domestica *‘Harbor’ Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki Caryopteris clandonensis (Blue *‘Nana’ False Cypress) Mist Bluebeard) ‘Pygmaea Aurescens’ ‘Blue Mist’ Physocarpus opulifolius (Dwarf Eastern Ninebark) Chamaecyparis pisifera (Moss Cornus sericea (Kelsey’s Dwarf ‘Nana’ Cypress) Dogwood) ‘Minima’ Rhododendron (Azalea) ‘Kelseyi’ ‘Pygmaea’ ‘Karens’ *Cotoneaster adpressus (Early ‘Squarrosa Aurea’ ‘Rosebuds’ Cotoneaster) ‘Squarrosa Pygmaea’ Rhododendron atlanticum (Coast ‘Praecox’ Juniperus horizontalis (Compact or Dwarf Deciduous Azalea) Cotoneaster apiculatus (Cranberry Juniper) Cotoneaster) Rhus aromatica (Gro-Low Fragrant ‘Plumosa Compacta’ Sumac) Cotoneaster dammeri (Bearberry ‘Plumosa Youngstown’ ‘Gro-Low’ Cotoneaster) Juniperus sabina (Savin Juniper) *‘Coral Beauty’ Ribes alpinum (Greenmound ‘Broadmoor’ ‘Skogholmen’ Alpine Currant) ‘Buffalo’ ‘Greenmound’ Cotoneaster horizontalis ‘Calgary Carpet’ (Perpusilla Rock Cotoneaster) Rosa wichuriana (Memorial Rose) ‘Variegata’ ‘Perpusilla’ Spiraea x bumalda (Spirea) Juniperus squamata (Juniper) Cotoneaster microphylla (Small ‘Anthony Waterer’ ‘Blue Star’ Leaved Cotoneaster) ‘Gold Flame’ ‘Parsoni’ ‘Thymifolia’ ‘Live Mound’ Picea abies (Dwarf Norway ‘Tom Thumb’ Spiraea japonica (Japanese Spruce) *Deutzia gracilis (Nikko Slender Spirea) ‘Elegans’ Deutzia) ‘Gold Mound’ ‘Gregoriana Parsoni’ ‘Nikko’ ‘Little Princess’ ‘Little Gem’ (many other cultivars) Forsythia viridissima (Bronx Symphoricarpos albus (Snow- Forsythia) berry) Pieris japonica (Andromeda) ‘Bronxensis’ var. laevigatus ‘Dorothy Wycoff’ ‘Pygmaea’ Forsythia (Arnold’s Dwarf Zenobia pulverulenta (Dusty Forsythia) Zenobia) ‘Arnold’s Dwarf’

15 Pinus sylvestris (Riverside Gem ‘Hino-Red’ Scots Pine) ‘Hinodegiri’ ‘Riverside Gem’ ‘Maybelle’ Rhododendron obtusum (Azalea) ‘Snow’ (and other H cultivars) ‘Cascade’ 1 ‘Coral Bells’ Rhododendron (Rhododendron) ‘Hershey Red’ ‘Purple Gem’ ‘Hino-Crimson’ ‘Ramapo’ ‘Hino-Pink’

(Above) Early spring growth on dwarf conifers has special appeal. (Left) Low growing shrubs can serve as filler with other size plant material.

Fothergilla

16 Juniperus horizontalis (Creeping Deciduous Evergreen Juniper) ‘Bar Harbor’ ‘Blue Chip’ Ground Ground ‘Blue Mat’ ‘Emerald Spreader’ Covers Covers ‘Prince of Wales’ ‘Turquoise Spreader’ (up to 18 inches high when (up to 18 inches high when ‘Wiltonii’ (Blue Rug) mature) mature) ‘Wisconsin’ (*Plants which are fine for western Juniperus sabina (Blue Forest and southern Kentucky but not Scientific Name (Common Name) Savin Juniper) central, eastern and northern parts of Euonymus fortunei (Purple ‘Blue Forest’ the state.) Wintercreeper) Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese ‘Coloratus’ Scientific Name (Common Name) Spurge) ‘Emerald Gaiety’ ‘Green Carpet’ Ajuga reptans (Carpet Bugle) ‘Emerald Jade’ ‘Variegata’ ‘Alba’ ‘Emerald ‘n Gold’ ‘Atropurpurea’ ‘Emerald ’ Paxistima canbyi (Cliff-Green, ‘Rubra’ ‘Golden Glow’ Canby Paxistima) ‘Variegata’ (and other cultivars) Pinus sylvestris (Repens Scotch *Cotoneaster dammeri (Lowfast *Hedera helix (English Ivy) Pine) Bearberry Cotoneaster) ‘Thorndale’ ‘Repens’ ‘Lowfast’ Juniperus chinensis (Chinese Rhododendron (Groundcover *Cotoneaster salicifolia (Willowleaf Juniper) Azalea) Cotoneaster) ‘Nana Greenmound’ ‘Alexander’ *‘Repandens’ ‘Procumbens Variegata’ Vinca minor (Periwinkle) *‘Scarlet Leader’ ‘Procumbens’ ‘Bowles’ Liriope muscari (Big Blue Lilyturf) ‘Procumbens Nana’ ‘Rubra’ ‘Variegata’ ‘Sargentii’ ‘Veckels White’ Spiraea japonica (Alpine Spirea) Juniperus conferta (Shore Waldsteinia fragarioides (Barren ‘Alpina’ Juniper) Strawberry) ‘Blue Pacific’ Stephanandra incisa (Crisp Cutleaf ‘Emerald Sea’ Stephanandra) ‘Crispa’ Xanthorhiza simplicissima (Yellow- )

Liriope on right functions as ground cover. Pachysandra Terminalis

17 Clematis (Clematis) Lonicera x bella (Belle Climbing ‘Betty Corning’ Honeysuckle) ‘Cardinal’ ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ Vines ‘Ernest Markum’ Lonicera x heckrottii (Goldflame ‘Gypsy’ Honeysuckle) ‘Henryi’ Scientific Name (Common Name) ‘Hudaline’ Lonicera sempervirens (Trumpet Honeysuckle) Akebia quinata (Fiveleaf Akebia) ‘Jackmanni’ ‘Lincoln Star’ Parthenocissus tricuspidata Campsis radicans (Trumpet Vine) ‘Nellie R. Moser’ (Boston Ivy) ‘Madame Galen’ ‘Pink Chiffon’ ‘Beverly Brooks’ Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental ‘Ramona’ ‘Lowii’ Bittersweet) Humulus lupulus (Golden Hop Schizophragma hydrangeoides Celastrus scandens (American Vine) (Japanese Hydrangea Vine) Bittersweet) ‘Aureus’ Wisteria floribunda (Japanese Clematis paniculata (Sweet Hydrangea anomala (Climbing Wisteria) Autumn Clematis) Hydrangea) ‘Alba’ subsp. petiolaris ‘Royal Purple’ Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria)

Clematis

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Ground covers give relief from monotony of grass and serve to direct traffic.

19 Unusual adds beauty and interest to winter landscapes.

Corktree Lacebark Pine

Manchu Striped Maple Paperbark Maple

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