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Endless Summer? has the unique ability to bloom on both old and new wood, ensuring consistent flowering year after year. The big mop-head type blooms, up to 8" in diameter, are pink or blue depending on soil pH. Hardy in zone 4. CPBR2305, C?.

Pinky WinkyGao Hydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata 'DVPpinky' (PP16,166), has stonishingly large blossoms that grow up to 14" in length. Each floret has nearly double the petals of other hydrangeas, giving the plant a fuller bodied look. The thick stems suppo

First EditionsGao FiregoldGao Spirea, spiraea x vanhouttei 'Levgold' (PPAF), stands out because of its brilliant lemon-lime foliage. New growth is soft yellow changing to lemon, and finally to lime-green. White flowers appear in spring along gracefully arching branches. The color is at its most brilliant in full sun. Firegold is creating a buzz because of its one-of-a-kind look and performance. With its golden leaves, Firegold makes a standout hedge or a stand-alone specimen. It is among the easiest flowering shrubs to grow since it tolerates many soils except extremely wet; requires full sun for best blooms. Grows 4-6 feet tall and 5-7 feet wide.

Dwarf European Cranberrybush, viburnum opulus 'Nanum', is a small, mounded, dense shrub that has compact branching and small green foliage that develops a burgundy fall color. It scarcely ever develops the white flowers, let alone cranberries. Despite not fruiting and flowering, it can be an interesting deciduous shrub, small and mounded, much more densely leafed than the majority of viburnum. It is a low maintenance shrub, and is excellent as a foundation plant or low hedge. It grows 2-3 feet tall and 2-4 feet wide. Dwarf European Cranberrybush is adaptable to permanently moist to wet soils, dry soils, poor soils, soils of various pH, heat, drought, and pollution. The trunk is stout, upright, and straight when young, becoming slightly ridged, furrowing, and arching with maturity.

The Barberry bush or RedLeaf Japanese bush, Berberis thunbergii, is a deciduous shrub reaching up to 24" tall and about 30" wide. The branches are slender, spiny, and small, and the leaves are roundly oval in a deep red to purple color. The small, yellow flowers borne beneath leaves, from April to May, are not showy. Bright red berries can be found along stems from late fall through winter. Ironically, this is never really considered a feature of this plant. Barberry bushes are best located in full sun. This plant is tolerant of many types of soil, but will not do well in wet to very moist soils. As name Barberry implies, this makes an excellent hedge or filler shrub.

The Spirea 'Japanese White', Spiraea albiflora, has bright green foliage, topped by heavy clusters of white blooms. This deciduous shrub is low growing and exhibits a rounded form. Japanese Whites are effective in mixed shrub plantings, low borders and clumped together. Spireas are covered with flat clusters of flowers in June and again off and on all summer, especially if the old flowers are pruned. Spirea grow in sun or partial shade and most have nice fall color. Spireas are great in shrub groupings, near buildings, mass plantings, and low hedges.

The Elderberry Black Beauty, 'Sambucus nigra', a Proven Winners selection, displays intense purple-black foliage for season long interest and color. The fragrant pink flowers are grouped in masses over 10 inches across and virtually cove the plan in early summer. Black Beauty produces dark purple berries in late summer that attract songbirds. Use this plant as a shrub or train it into a small tree. This will catch your eye!

The Juniper Sea Green, 'Juniperus x pfitzeriana 'Sea Green', also known as Chinese Juniper, is an evergreen Juniper that makes a great hedge that provides winter interest. This Juniper is a compact shrub with a fountain-like, arching habit. The bright green, fine textured foliage forms a vase shaped six foot plant. The Sea Green is tolerant of many soils and weather conditions. Place this plant in well drained soil. Sea Green Junipers are used for accent plants, borders, windbreaks and screens.

The Rhododendron Helsinki University, 'Rhododendron 'Helsinki University', produces bright pink flowers that are freckled with red. The bushes burst into bloom in late May to early June. The glossy green mature foliage opens in red tones on young plants. The Helsinki University is an evergreen with upright growth and it is super hardy. Plant in well-drained soil, in a sheltered location protected from north wind.

Blue Prince Juniper, Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Prince' (PP10,134), is a low growing evergreen that has beautiful powder-blue foliage and creates an outstanding contrast in the landscape. This ground hugging juniper with intense blue color, requires ver

Blue Star Juniper, Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star', displays a rich steel-blue foliage color that is extremely attractive on this low growing mounded plant. The starry foliage creates an excellent addition to the foundation landscape planting. Very adaptab

Russian Cypress, Microbiota decussata, is an extremely hardy, low growing evergreen that resembles the horizontal type junipers, but has the bright green soft foliage like an arborvitae. The foliage develops a showy bronze color in the winter. It matures at about 1foot tall by 6 feet wide, although it can get taller and much wider. It has a radiating mat growth habit and a rather slow growth rate. Russian Cypress likes full sun to partial shade, and its best performance occurs in partial sun in moist, well-drained soils. It is very adaptable to poor, dry, thin soils in sun and wind exposed sites. It can be used as a woody groundcover for foundations, wall plantings where it can cascade, group or mass plantings, raised planters, and embankments.