Acer rubrum Armstrong Gold® PP25301

Green summer foliage turns bright golden orange in fall. Excellent street tree with good tolerance to a number of environmental conditions.

H: 40 Feet  ·   S: 12 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Acer tataricum Hot Wings® PP15023

Ornamental small tree or large shrub with spectacular red, orange and yellow fall color. Small yellow flowers in early May give way to clusters of bright red samaras in August. Tolerant of alkaline soils.

H: 16 Feet  ·   S: 16 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Acorus americanus

Prehistoric, hydrophilic species of ancient monocot with strappy medium green foliage that emits a pleasant aroma when crushed. Spadix-like structures lacking spathes emerge between June and July. Great for bioremediation and restoration projects where soils are regularly moist or over-saturated. Deer resistant.

H: 30 Inches  ·   S: 30 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Actaea pachypoda

White flower spikes appear above green Astilbe-like foliage in spring. White berries with a black dot on the end, looking like doll's eyes, appear in summer. The fruit is highly toxic.

H: 24 Inches  ·   S: 30 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Aesculus pavia

The Red Buckeye is named for its striking showy 5" red upright flower panicles, which appear on the ends of its branches in May. Aesculus pavia's foliage is dark green in summer, turning to yellow in early fall. It produces the lustrous brown chestnuts that we all loved as children and squirrels go crazy for them. It can be grown as a very large wide shrub or as a small slow growing tree.

H: 20 Feet  ·   S: 15 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Aesculus pavia 'Splendens'

We grow our own selection of Red Buckeye, selected by us from a field of mature trees at Princeton Nurseries. The characteristics that guided our choices were clean, disease-free foliage, very dark showy 5" upright panicles in May, and a strong tree-form habit. We propagate our selection 'Splendens' from the seed of the five trees we moved to Pleasant Run Nursery. The resulting plants have the outstanding qualities of their parents, and we grow them as tree-form. Aesculus pavia 'Splendens' makes a tough beautiful small tree. Besides the flower display and the attractive dark green summer foliage, the fall color is a clean yellow and the brown chestnuts feed the wildlife.

H: 20 Feet  ·   S: 15 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Amelanchier canadensis

H: 25 Feet  ·   S: 15 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Amelanchier canadensis Rainbow Pillar® PP9092

Tall, upright deciduous shrub or small tree with fragrant white flowers from April to May, followed by blackish purple fruits in June. Low maintenance and highly adaptable to various soil conditions.

H: 18 Feet  ·   S: 8 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Amelanchier laevis

Amelanchier laevis has white flowers in early April. The reddish purple fruit of Allegheny Serviceberry is loved by birds. Good reddish orange fall color of Amelanchier laevis makes it a wonderful landscape choice to provide interest for each season. A wet site tolerant plant.

H: 25 Feet  ·   S: 15 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Amelanchier x grandiflora Autumn Brilliance® PP5717

Small white flowers of Amelanchier x grandiflora Autumn Brilliance® emerge from pink buds in April. Apple Serviceberry has berries in June that will turn magenta to purple. Its brilliant red foliage brightens up the landscape in fall. A wet site tolerant plant introduced by nurseryman Bill Wandell of Illinois.

H: 20 Feet  ·   S: 15 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Robin Hill'

Clusters of pink buds open to pinkish white flowers over clean oval green leaves in early spring. Purplish blue fruit in June is edible by both people and birds. Good fall color.

H: 20 Feet  ·   S: 15 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Amorpha fruticosa

Fast growing and adaptable native shrub that suits a wide variety of site conditions. Suckers to create a dense thicket. Candle-like racemes of bluish-purple flowers bloom from May to June and are attractive to bees and butterflies. Soft grey-green pinnately compound foliage has a velvety texture on the undersides, making it unattractive to deer. Fantastic larval host for butterflies. Pollination source for specialist bees. Dry and wet soil tolerant.

H: 12 Feet  ·   S: 10 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Aralia cordata 'Sun King'

'Sun King' Golden Aralia is a very large showy perennial, producing chartreuse yellow compound leaves which hold their striking color all summer. The 2' tall white flower spikes appear in late summer, and are followed by purplish black berries. Barry Yinger found this Aralia in Japan (in a department store's garden section!) and brought it to the US. This is a great plant to light up the back of shady perennial beds.

H: 60 Inches  ·   S: 48 Inches  ·   Zone: 3

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

H: 6 Inches  ·   S: 5 Feet  ·   Zone: 2

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 'Massachusetts'

'Massachusetts' Bearberry has small shiny evergreen leaves with small pinkish white bell-like flowers in April and May, often followed by red fruits. Arctostaphylos is best in acid soil and sandy, well drained sites. Grows well in poor infertile soils. There are large colonies of Bearberry in the NJ Pinelands. Selected by Bob Tichnor of Oregon from seed collected in Massachusetts. It is also salt tolerant.

H: 6 Inches  ·   S: 5 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'

Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima' is a deciduous shrub with white flowers in May. The bright red fruit of this Red Chokeberry ripens in late summer and persists into winter. The glossy foliage turns brilliant red in fall. This cultivar forms a suckering colony and is wet site and salt tolerant.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 4 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Aronia melanocarpa Ground Hug® PP31821

Clusters of white flowers over green leaves in May. Black edible fruit followed by red and orange fall color. Dense groundcover.

H: 1 Feet  ·   S: 3 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Aronia melanocarpa Low Scape Mound® PP28789

Low Scape Mound® Black Chokeberry ('UCONNAM165') is an unusual Aronia melanocarpa form produced by Drs. Mark Brand and Bryan Connolly of U. Conn. Low Scape Mound® performs as a groundcover instead of an upright shrub, so it works well as an erosion control plant as well as an edger. The green spring foliage is topped by lots of attractive white racemes. The showy flowers are followed by shiny black fruit in late summer, providing important food for wildlife. The fall color is a deep red, persisting for several weeks.

H: 2 Feet  ·   S: 2 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Aronia melanocarpa 'Low Scape Snowfire®' PP34116

A small, deciduous shrub with profuse fragrant blooms from April to May followed by equally abundant amounts of edible black fruits from July to September. Bright red and orange fall color makes a splash in the landscape. Salt and drought tolerant.

H: 4 Feet  ·   S: 4 Feet  ·   Zone: 3

Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking'

'Viking' Black Chokeberry has glossy dark green leaves which turn a striking red in fall. The white, spring flowers are followed by large purplish black fruit, which birds love (and they are full of anti-oxidants). The site adaptability (Aronia melanocarpa 'Viking' likes both wet and dry conditions) and the suckering habit make it an excellent shrub for reclamation use, as well as an attractive landscape plant. Dr. Mark Brand of Connecticut found this native beauty.

H: 6 Feet  ·   S: 6 Feet  ·   Zone: 4

Aucuba japonica 'Emily Rose'

'Emily Rose' Aucuba is a dark green female selection with superior cold tolerance. The slender lustrous leaves are evergreen , and make a great setting for the large shiny red fruit. The berries color up in mid to late winter, and are retained well into the summer, providing a log lasting show. Any male form planted nearby will provide adequate pollination. Aucuba 'Emily Rose' was an introduction from Hines Nursery of California.

H: 5 Feet  ·   S: 5 Feet  ·   Zone: 6

Aucuba japonica 'Hosoba Hoshifu'

'Hosoba Hoshifu' Aucuba is a showy evergreen for shady locations, with long narrow shiny green leaves speckled liberally with bright yellow spots. 'Hosoba Hoshifu' is a female Aucuba, which produces shiny red long lasting fruit when planted near a male form (most green and yellow Aucubas are male). The fruit is large and very showy as it persists throughout the winter. Plant in a sheltered spot protected from winter winds and afternoon sun.

H: 5 Feet  ·   S: 4 Feet  ·   Zone: 7

Aucuba japonica 'Rozannie'

'Rozannie' Aucuba is a compact evergreen form which has large, very lustrous green leaves. They look almost artificial because they are so shiny and perfect. Even more amazing are the enormous bright red berries which remain on 'Rozannie' for several months. Since birds (and deer) do not eat the fruit, the show goes on for a long time. A compact female form, tolerant of a wide range of soils.

H: 4 Feet  ·   S: 4 Feet  ·   Zone: 6

Baccharis halimifolia

Groundsel-bush is an excellent native shrub for salty or seashore sites. The leaves are shades of green to grayish green, and are often semi-evergreen. The crowning beauty is the late summer fruit production, which looks like masses of white froth on the tops of the multi-stem plants. Since it is tolerant of poor soils as well as salty soils, it makes an excellent plant for banks and dunes. Dioecious, so best planted in groups.

H: 8 Feet  ·   S: 10 Feet  ·   Zone: 5