'Princeton' American Elm is one of the best Ulmus for the classic vase-shaped habit and resistance to both Elm leaf beetle and Dutch Elm disease. Its fast-growing upright characteristics were what made our grandfather, William Flemer Jr., select it in the 1920s and the subsequent excellent D.E.D. resistance was a marvelous unexpected bonus. Salt and wet site tolerant.

Everclear® ('BSNUPF') Lacebark Elm is a true fastigiate form, with delicate green leaves on a tight upright tree.  It was selected by John Barbour of Bold Spring Nursery of Georgia from a crop of seedlings.  Since Chinese Elm is both flexible in its tolerance of a variety of site conditions and neat in its leaf size, it works really well as a tree for small spaces or sidewalk and street tree plantings.  The colorful patchwork bark exfoliates in shades of orange, grey-green and tan, and provides an added attraction.

Highbush Blueberry has white flowers in May, powder blue delicious fruit in summer, and good scarlet fall foliage. Vaccinium corymbosum tolerates very wet sites as well as salty site. We have chosen 4 varieties that perform particularly well in the Mid Atlantic Region: 'Berkeley', 'Bluejay', 'Herbert', and 'Jersey'. For best fruit production, use two or more cultivars.

'Sunshine Blue' Southern Highbush Blueberry offers great possibilities as a landscape plant in addition to its fruit producing qualities.  The glaucous blue foliage emerges in spring in shades of bronze and ends up in fall in shades of red and burgundy.  The drooping racemes of delicate soft pink bell like flowers appear in May, and are followed in June and July by glaucous blue edible fruit (birds will clean them out if you do not net your plants).  'Sunshine Blue' is self fertile so it does not need a pollinator.

Koreanspice Viburnum has wonderfully fragrant white flowers in April and May, followed by red and burgundy fall color. Deciduous. This and V. x juddii produce the classic scent we love so much from Viburnums.  An added attraction is that V. carlesii actually thrives under Black Walnuts.

Blue Muffin® ('Christom') Arrowwood Viburnum has white flowers in May and June, followed by stunning blue fruit in summer. Good bronze fall color. It is also salt and wet site tolerant. Deciduous.

Chicago Lustre® ('Synnesvedt') Arrowwood Viburnum has beautiful glossy foliage that is topped with white flat flowers in May and June, followed by stunning cymes of bright blue fruit in late summer. Fall color is a nice reddish purple. An excellent introduction by Chicagoland Grows® and Daryl Kobesky's favorite Viburnum. This is a great substitute for Euonymus alatus 'Compacta'. Deciduous.

The white fertile flowers of Brandywine™ ('Bulk') Smooth Witherod appear in summer over glossy dark green leaves. Fruit display in fall is a stunning mix of rose-pink and dark blue, over deep maroon-red leaves which persist for a long time. Best pollination results are achieved by planting it with V. 'Winterthur'. From plantsman Mark Bulk. It is wet site tolerant and deciduous.

'Popcorn' Doublefile Viburnum produces large quantities of big white snowball blooms in April.  The sterile flowers start lime green before maturing to white, and make a stunning show for a month.  The habit is upright and somewhat compact.  Introduced by David Leach of Ohio, and Dr. Michael Dirr's favorite of the Snowball Doublefile Viburnums.  Deciduous, with dark green leathery foliage which stands up to heat better than many of its cousins.

'Mariesii' Doublefile Viburnum boasts showy white lacecap flowers in May and June often followed by red fruit in fall. Flowers profusely. It does best in a moist, partially shady spot. Deciduous.

'Summer Snowflake' Doublefile Viburnum has a compact habit and delicate white lacecap flowers. It blooms all summer if moisture is constant, and has red fruit in fall. It prefers shade and moisture. Deciduous, introduced from British Columbia.

Blackhaw Viburnum has white spring flowers which are very showy in mass, followed by blue-black fruit which birds love. The fall color of Viburnum prunifolium is a handsome mix of orange, red and purple. Can be grown as a very large shrub or a beautiful small ornamental tree. There is a spectacular treeform example of this versatile Native at William Frederick's home in Delaware, which convinced us to grow it as a small ornamental tree as well as a shrub. Deciduous.

Prague Viburnum has white flat-topped flowers in May, but the glossy dark green foliage is what makes this Viburnum notable. The leaves are smaller and more lustrous than Leatherleaf Viburnums. Evergreen and very cold tolerant.

'Dart's Duke' ('J.N. Select') Lantanaphyllum Viburnum has very large showy white flowers in early summer and bright red fruit in fall. The beautiful dark green leathery evergreen foliage makes this Viburnum from Darthuizer Nursery in Holland a real winner. Foliage is very clean and disease-free, and does not droop in the winter as other rhytidophylloides do.

'Whirlaway' ('VinSid1') Periwinkle combines lovely clear blue flowers in early spring with strikingly marked evergreen foliage. The leaves are in mottled shades of green and chartreuse-yellow, and are particularly lustrous. An attractive groundcover developed in Canada, Vinca 'Whirlaway' lights up a shady location throughout the year.

‘Dark Horse' Weigela is a compact form with dark purple leaves with lime green veins. The floral display in June is showy, with rose-pink tubular flowers which are food sources for both hummingbirds and butterflies. Weigela ‘Dark Horse’ becomes bronze by late summer, and its compact form makes it an excellent addition to the smaller landscape. Bred by Peter Moore of England.

Fine Wine® ('Bramwell') Weigela is one of the newest burgundy Weigelas with a tight compact habit and a profuse display of rose-pink flowers in May and June. The foliage color holds its intensity well in the summer.

Pink flowers in June and July, and burgundy foliage on a very compact, neat plant. Midnight Wine® ('Elvera') Weigela is an excellent substitute for 'Crimson Pygmy' Barberry. From Herman Geers of Holland.

Minor Black Weigela™ ('Verweig 3') has deep reddish-maroon glossy leaves on a compact plant. The rose-pink flowers appear in May and June, adding to the appeal of the dark foliage. Minor Black™ is another lovely small shrub from the prolific hybridizers in Holland.

Wine & Roses® ('Alexandra') Weigela has rose-red flowers in June over burgundy foliage. Pruning keeps this plant neater and maintains the foliage color later into the summer. From Herman Geers of Holland.

Wikstroemia first appeared in our garden as a gift from our dear late friend Flip Miller (Plant Geek Extraordinaire), and we enjoyed it so much that we decided to put it in to production. A small rounded deciduous shrub, it becomes covered with delicate sulfur-yellow trumpet-shaped blooms for an extended time in mid-to-late summer. Although the blooms are small, they are prolific enough to change the appearance from green to lemon yellow. The flowers are borne on new growth, so what little trimming it may need does not affect the flowering performance. Originally from Japan.

'Nivea' American Wisteria has fragrant white flowers on short racemes in June and July and reblooms sporadically. Less showy but much less aggressive than the Chinese Wisterias.

'Aunt Dee' Kentucky Wisteria has long light blue fragrant flowers which start in June, reblooming intermittently through the summer. Tough and sun loving.