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 Aucuba japonica
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Moist, well-drained soil. Shade, protected location. 
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  Aucuba japonica 'Gold Dust'
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Gold flecked foliage 
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  Aucuba japonica 'Mr Goldstrike'
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Bold gold areas on green leaves 
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  Aucuba japonica 'Picturata'
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Dark green leaves with golden centers. 
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 Azalea
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Also see Dwarf Azaleas. Prefer very light shade. Need acid soil, high in organic matter; moist but well-drained. Plant high, mulch, and protect from strong winds. 
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  Azalea 'Blaauw's Pink'
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Large salmon pink 
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  Azalea 'Conversation Piece'
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Large single flowers from soild pink to light pinkwith white margins. Late flower. 
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  Azalea 'Delaware Valley White'
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Large white 
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  Azalea 'Elisee Lee'
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Double lavender. Midseason, medium grower. 
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  Azalea 'Firestar'
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Flower red early spring. 
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  Azalea 'Girard Crimson'
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Bright red 
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  Azalea 'Girard Fuchsia'
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Deep rosy-purple 
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  Azalea 'Girard Hot Shot'
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Orange red 
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  Azalea 'Girard Pleasant White'
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White flowers with creamy center. 
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  Azalea 'Girard Rose'
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Large brilliant rose flower with exellent foliage. 
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  Azalea 'Gumbo Pink'
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Outstanding large pink flowers. Late low grower. 
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  Azalea 'Gumbo White'
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  Azalea 'Helen Curtis'
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  Azalea 'Hino Crimson'
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Red 
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  Azalea 'Hot Shot'
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Flame red. 
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  Azalea 'Kaempo'
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Flower pink early spring. 
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  Azalea 'Karen'
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Early single purple.hardy. Large grower. 
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  Azalea 'Mother's Day'
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Bright red, wide, low. 
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  Azalea 'Nancy of Robin Hill'
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Outstanding hose-in-hose double pale pink flowers. Late low grower. 
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  Azalea 'Renee Michelle'
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Pink 
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  Azalea 'Roehrs Tradition'
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Long lasting single purple flowers mid-late summer. 
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  Azalea 'Rosebud'
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Double rose pink. 
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  Azalea 'Salmon Spray'
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Light pinkish orange 
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  Azalea 'Stewartsonian'
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  Azalea 'Tradition'
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Pink 
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  Azalea 'White Moon'
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White, 2', low mounding. 
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  Azalea 'Yuka'
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No two flowers match. Large 4" flowers with ruffled lobes are basically white with light pink, all with a deep red center blotch. 
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  Azalea kiusianum 'Best Pink'
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Dwarf pink flower. Early spring. 
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  Azalea kiusianum 'White Form'
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Dwarf white flower. Early spring. 
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  Azalea poukhanensis 'Compacta'
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Lavender 
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  Azalea poukhanensis 'Kimberly's Double Pink'
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Clear double pink in groups of 4. 
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 Bamboo (various species)
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Sun, light shade. Moist soil. 
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  Fargesia nitida
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Culms have a weeping habit and are dark in color, shade tolerant. 
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  Hibanobambusa
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Large variegated leaves, shrubby form. Needs sun. 
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  Phyllostachys (sp)
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Strong, vertical, oriental accent. 
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  Phyllostachys aureosulcata
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Yellow stalks with green leaves. 
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  Phyllostachys bissetii
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Big leaves, hardy. 
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  Phyllostachys nigra
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Second year stalks turn black, green leaves. 
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  Pleioblastus distichus
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Low ground cover, mow down old growth in Spring.Partial shade. 
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  Pleioblastus variegatus
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Short bamboo with white striped leaves, sun to partial shade. 
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  Sasa pygmaea
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Low growing, fast spreading. 
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  Sasaella masamuneana albostriata
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Variegated leaves, mid-sized mass. 
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 Buxus microphylla
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Full sun/light shade 
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  Buxus microphylla 'Green Velvet'
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Mushroom shaped with small leaves. 
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  Buxus microphylla 'Winter Gem'
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Handsome, deep green 
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  Buxus microphylla 'Wintergreen'
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Tiny, olive-green leaves. 
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 Buxus sempervirens
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Full sun/light shade. Almost any soil. Mulch to protect from summer heat and winter wind. Deer resistant. 
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  Buxus sempervirens
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Lustrous dark green foliage 
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  Buxus sempervirens 'Aurea Variegata'
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Creamy yellow edge on leaves. 
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  Buxus sempervirens 'Green Ice'
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Blue flush in spring, dark green winter 
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  Buxus sempervirens 'Green Mountain'
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Deep green retained in winter. 
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  Buxus sempervirens 'Inglis'
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  Buxus sempervirens 'Newport Blue'
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Bluish green leaves. 
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  Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
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Shiny green ovate-rounded, fragrant leaves 
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 Camellia japonica
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  Camellia japonica 'Blood of China'
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Semi-doubled deep reddish orange flower, slightly fragrant. Blooms late summer to frost. 
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  Camellia japonica 'Chandleri'
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Anemone-form flowers with rose-pink petals spotted white. Blooms late summer to frost. 
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  Camellia japonica 'Finlandia'
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Pink- red striped flowers. Blooms early to mid season. 
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  Camellia japonica 'Kumasaka'
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Rose-pink peony form flowers, slightly fragrant. Blooms mid to late fall. 
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 Cedrus atlantica
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Full sun. Any well-drained soil. 
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  Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca Pendula'
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Weeping habit. Fine lawn specimen 
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  Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca'
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Needles silvery-blue in tufts. Upright, 3" cones on upper branches 
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 Cedrus deodara
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Full sun. 
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  Cedrus deodara 'Aurea'
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Golden tinted needles. 
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  Cedrus deodara 'Shalimar'
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Good blue-green needle color. Per Dirr the hardiest cultivar. 
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 Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Duke Gardens'
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Lustrous dark green foliage with two greyish bands underneath 
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 Chamaecyparis nootkatensis
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Sun to light shade. 
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  Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula Glauca'
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Blue tinge to foliage 
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  Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
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Shredding bark. Narrow pyramidal.Drooping branches 
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  Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Van den Akker'
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Extremely narrow, weeping upright conifer with lacy green foliage. 
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 Chamaecyparis obtusa
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Full sun. Moist, well-drained soil. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa
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Bright-green conifer.Slightly pendulous branches 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Compacta'
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Dark green foliage, compact habit 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Confucius'
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Bright lemon-yellow foliage. Pyramidal upright form. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsi'
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Loose, pyramidal form with yellow and green foliage. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides'
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Pyramidal form with curved branches. Delicate fern-like foliage. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis Nana'
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Slow growing, loose conical evergreen.Dark green with delicate needles. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracillis'
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Slender, somewhat weeping form. Very dark glossy green foliage 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Jade'
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Dark green foliage, compact habit. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Kosteri'
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Flat sprays of fern-like foliage. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Lutea'
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Bright-green conifer. Slightly pendulous branches. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Snowkist'
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Dark green foliage, compact habit. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Tempelhof'
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Pyramidal habit with whorled, flattened sprays of dark green foliage. 
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  Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Verdoni'
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Bright golden foliage. 
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 Chamaecyparis pisifera
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Full sun, light shade. Moist, well-drained soil 
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  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Aurea'
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Golden cast to foliage 
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  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'
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Plumy, silver-blue foliage 
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  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Cream Ball'
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Creamy yellow globe. 
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  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Gold Mop'
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  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Goldthread'
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Golden cast to foliage. 
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  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Lemon Thread'
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Yellow needles, upright dwarf. 
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  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Mopps Goldthread'
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Dense, rounded habit. 
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  Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'
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 Cotoneaster
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Sun. Any well-drained soil. 
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  Cotoneaster dammeri (sp)
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Low, trailing habit. Excellent groundcover. Bright red berries in fall. 
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  Cotoneaster salicifolia 'Repens'
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Attractive dark willow-like foliage 
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  Cotoneaster salicifolia 'Skolholman'
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Attractive dark willow-like foliage 
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 Cryptomeria japonica
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Deep, moist, well-drained acid soil. Sun, protect from wind 
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  Cryptomeria japonica 'Angelica'
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Weeping tips, feathery apperance 
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  Cryptomeria japonica 'Kitayama'
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Narrow, upright cultivar with greater hardiness. Good green winter color. 
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  Cryptomeria japonica 'Radicans'
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Dark green needles arranged in numerous branch lets create a graceful broadly pyramidal habit. 
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  Cryptomeria japonica 'Sekkan Sugi'
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Needs sun. Bright yellow foliage 
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  Cryptomeria japonica 'Spiraliter Falcata'
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Thin, upright habit. Curving branches and light green. 
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  Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino'
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Green in summer, bronze in winter. Exfoliating bark 
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 Cupressocyparis leylandii (Sp)
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Dense blue-green foliage on flat, spray-like branches 
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 Euonymus fortunei
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Sun or part shade. Wet or dry soil. Can tolerate smog. 
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  Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald 'n Gold'
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Yellow leaf margins 
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  Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Gaiety'
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Variegated foliage 
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  Euonymus fortunei 'Emerald Surprise'
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Mixture of green, gold and cream 
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  Euonymus fortunei 'Moonshadow'
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Yellow center on dark, green leaves 
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 Euonymus japonicus
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Sun or part shade. Wet or dry soil. 
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  Euonymus japonicus 'Aureo Marginata'
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Yellow edged foliage 
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  Euonymus japonicus 'Chollipo'
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Variegated leaves, fast growth and salt tolerant. 
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  Euonymus japonicus 'Green Spire'
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Narrow, upright form. 
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  Euonymus japonicus 'Silver King'
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White edged, variegated 
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 Euonymus kiautschovicus
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Sun or part shade. Wet or dry soil. Can tolerate smog. 
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  Euonymus kiautschovicus 'Manhattan'
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2-3" glossy green leaves 
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  Euonymus kiautschovicus 'Sieboldiana'
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More resistant to scale. 
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 Euonymus radicans 'Variegata'
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Larger leaf than fortunei. 
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 Ilex aquifolium 'Argenteo marginata'
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Shiny dark green leaves with creamy white margins. 
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 Ilex crenata
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Full sun, light shade. Moist, well-drained acid soil. 
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  Ilex crenata 'Chesapeake'
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Pyramidal form, glossy leaves. 
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  Ilex crenata 'Compacta'
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Similar to I. 'Helleri' but less dwarf 
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  Ilex crenata 'Green Lustre'
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Spreading habit. Easily sheered 
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  Ilex crenata 'Helleri'
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Globose and compact. Use in front of evergreen specimens 
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  Ilex crenata 'Hetzii'
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Dark, lustrous leaves 
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  Ilex crenata 'Hoogendorn'
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Rich green foliage, fine leaves. 
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  Ilex crenata 'Howardii'
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Similar to I.crenata 'Hetzii'. 
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  Ilex crenata 'Schwoebel'
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Flat leaf 
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  Ilex crenata 'Sentinel'
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Heavy fruiting, very hardy. 
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  Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'
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Tight, narrow form. 
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  Ilex crenata 'Steeds'
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Small dark green leaves 
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 Ilex glabra
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Sun, light shade. Grows in swamps, can take moist soils. Deer resistant. 
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  Ilex glabra 'Compacta'
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Dense, compact form. 
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  Ilex glabra 'Nordic'
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Retains dark green foliage in winter 
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  Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'
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Smaller leaves, compact, dark fruit 
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  Ilex glabra (sp)
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Lustrous, dark leaves on all 
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 Ilex opaca (sp)
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Conical, Slow growing tree. Spiny leaves, red berries with pollinator. 
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 Ilex x 'Nellie Stevens'
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Lustrous, dark green leaves. Vigorous and fast growing 
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 Ilex x aquipernyi
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  Ilex x aquipernyi 'Dragon Lady'
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Narrow specimen. Deep green foliage 
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  Ilex x aquipernyi 'San Jose'
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Narrow specimen. Deep green foliage 
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 Ilex x meserveae
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Sun or shade. Moist, well-drained acid soil. Blue hollies result from crosses between I. rugosa and I. aquifolium and between I. rugosa and I. cornuta. In order to have berries on female hollies, a male plant of the same species should be planted nearby. 
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  Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Boy & Blue Girl'
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Good foundation/hedge plant. Hardy 
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  Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Maid'
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Red new growth. Very full plant 
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  Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Prince'
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Blooms long. Pollinator for females 
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  Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Princess'
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Heavy berry set 
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  Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Stallion'
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Blooms all season. Excellent 
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  Ilex x meserveae 'China Boy'
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Pollinator for I. 'China Girl' 
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  Ilex x meserveae 'China Girl'
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Best berry set of any female holly 
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 Juniperus chinensis
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Full sun. Well drained soil. 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Andora'
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Rugged, informal,tufted green foliage. 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Angelica Blue'
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Blue Point'
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Vibrant blue-green foliage 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Gold Coast'
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Soft textured, contrasting blue-green foliage and yellow new growth 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Gold Lace'
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Hetzi'
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Upright with bright green foliage 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Mint Julep'
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Bright green, arching branches 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Old Gold'
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Soft textured, contrasting blue-green foliage and yellow new growth. 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Parsonii'
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Ground-hugging. Great for establishing slopes. Wind resistant. Make good container plants. 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Pfitzeriana Compacta'
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Compact, arching habit. 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Robusta Green'
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Rugged, upright, informal, tufted green foliage. 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Sargentii Viridis'
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Ground-hugging. Great for establishing slopes 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Sea Green'
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Low to medium sized, wide spreading evergreen. Rich, dark green color. 
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Silver Mist'
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  Juniperus chinensis 'Torulosa'
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Twisted, artistic shape. Rich-green needles 
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 Juniperus conferta 'Blue Pacific'
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Silver-grey foliage. 
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 Juniperus horizontalis
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Full sun, well drained soil. 
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  Juniperus horizontalis 'Bar Harbor'
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Blue-grey foliage. 
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  Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Chip'
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Low evergreen groundcover with silver blue needles. 
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  Juniperus horizontalis 'Blue Point'
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  Juniperus horizontalis 'Hughes'
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Low growing with silvery-blue cast 
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  Juniperus horizontalis 'Limeglow'
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Bright yellowish-green. 
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  Juniperus horizontalis 'Mother Lode'
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Golden yellow needles. 
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  Juniperus horizontalis 'Plumosa'
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Low growing, wide spreading. Full sun, protectfrom extreme cold. Purple winter color. 
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  Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii'
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Blue needles. 
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 Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
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Compact mass of sprays, blue-green foliage. Considered one of the best creeping Junipers. Blue-green foliage 
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 Juniperus sabina 'Calgary Carpet'
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Columnar habit. Grey-blue foliage. Blue-grey foliage 
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 Juniperus scopulorum
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Full sun. Well-drained soil. 
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  Juniperus scopulorum 'Moonglow'
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Dense, broader form. 
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  Juniperus scopulorum 'Skyrocket'
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Very narrow, upright. 
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  Juniperus scopulorum 'Wichita Blue'
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Striking steel blue needles. 
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 Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star'
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Mound of steel blue, starry foliage 
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 Kalmia latifolia
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  Kalmia latifolia 'Nathan Hale'
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Pink buds, white flowers, purple band. 
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  Kalmia latifolia 'Nipmunk'
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Red buds, pink flowers. 
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  Kalmia latifolia (sp)
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Pink or white flowers mid-June. One of the most beautiful American native shrubs 
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 Kalmia latifolia Hybrids
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Pink or white flowers mid-June. One of the most beautiful American native shrubs. Thrives in light shade; moist, well drained, acid soil. Tolerates deep shade. Keep cool with a heavy mulch. Pick off seed pods. 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Bull's Eye'
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White flower, maroon band 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Carousel'
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Striped pink and white 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Elf'
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Pink buds, white flowers, purple band. 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Freckles'
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White with crimson spots 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Minuet'
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Minature. Cinnamon band 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Olympic Fire'
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Red bud, pink interior 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Olympic Wedding'
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Ostebo'
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Peppermint'
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Pinwheel'
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Similar to 'Elf'. 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Pristine'
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Raspberry Glow'
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Red buds, pink flowers. 
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  Kalmia latifolia Hybrids 'Sarah'
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 Leucothoe axillaris
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White flowers. Bronze winter foliage 
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 Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Girard's Rainbow'
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Colorful variegated leaves. Red stems. 
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 Magnolia grandiflora
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  Magnolia grandiflora 'DD Blanchard'
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Largest of the hardy Southern Magnolia varieties. Protect from harsh winds, likes moist soil. 
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  Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue'
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A very cold hardy variety, shiny dark green, narrow leaves 
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  Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'
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3-4" flowers throughout season. 
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 Mahonia
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Easily grown in any good soil. Mulch and protect in winter. 
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  Mahonia Bealei
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Bright yellow flower, blue fruit/mid summer. 
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  Mahonia aquifolium
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Beautiful leathery foliage. Bright yellow blooms. Blue berries 
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  Mahonia aquifolium 'Compacta'
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Dense growth habit 
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 Microbiota decussata
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Fern-like foliage in sprays, bronze in winter. Hardy 
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 Myrica pensylvanica
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Semi-evergreen to deciduous shrub. Leaves slowly turn bronze through the autumn and winter. 
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 Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Gulftide'
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Upright shrub with very spiny leaves. Bluish green in color. Small, white fragrant flowers in Autumn. 
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 Picea abies
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Full sun. Grows well in moist soil. Survives in a light, dry soil if watered. frequently. Can withstand wind. 
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  Picea abies 'Cupressina'
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Narrow, columnar form. 
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  Picea abies 'Nidiformis'
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Low, flat growing. Dark green, deer resistant. 
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  Picea abies 'Pendula'
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Weeping form of Norway Spruce. 
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  Picea abies (sp)
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Foliage is light green in youth changing to dark green. 
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 Picea glauca
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Full sun, light shade. Very hardy. Withstands heat, cold, wind, and drought. Fine in planters 
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  Picea glauca 'Conica'
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Short green needles on dense pyramid. Very tidy dwarf conifer. 
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  Picea glauca 'Pendula'
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Small, weeping evergreen. 
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 Picea mariana 'Fastigiata'
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Slow growing, densely columnar 
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 Picea pungens
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Full sun. Moist, well-drained soil. 
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  Picea pungens
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Needles grey-green to blue-green. 
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  Picea pungens 'Bizon Blue'
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  Picea pungens 'Fastigiata'
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A fat steel-blue cigar 
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  Picea pungens 'Fat Albert'
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Blue needles in varying degrees. We find the best blue spruce varieties to be 'Fat Albert' and 'Hoopsii'. 
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  Picea pungens 'Glauca'
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Hybrid variety of Colorado Spruce with light bluecolored needles. Full sun. 
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  Picea pungens 'Hoopsii'
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Bluer and more irregular in habit. We find the best blue spruce varieties to be 'Fat Albert' and 'Hoopsii'. 
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  Picea pungens 'Pendula'
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Weeping form of Colorado Spruce. 
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  Picea pungens 'Procumbens'
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Needles grey-green to blue-green. 
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 Pieris japonica
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Flower color ranges from red to white depending on variety. Flower buds are prominent on plants all winter long. Thrives in partial shade. Moist, acid soil. Protect from strong winds.Tolerates sun if kept moist. Mulch to keep roots cool. Deer resistant. 
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  Pieris japonica 'Blue Ice'
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Low mounding blue foliage. May-July pink white flowers. 
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  Pieris japonica 'Cavatine'
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White flowers. 
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  Pieris japonica 'Compacta'
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Dense growth habit. 
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  Pieris japonica 'Dorothy Wyckoff'
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Dark red buds, pink flowers 
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  Pieris japonica 'Mountain Fire'
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Deep red; long lasting 
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  Pieris japonica 'Prelude'
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Pink buds, white flowers 
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  Pieris japonica 'Purity'
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Light green foliage. Unusually large white flowers 
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  Pieris japonica 'Red Mill'
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Red new growth 
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  Pieris japonica 'Scarlet O'Hara'
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White flowers, tall 
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  Pieris japonica 'Valley Rose'
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Pastel-pink flowers 
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  Pieris japonica 'Valley Valentine'
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  Pieris japonica 'Warren's Special'
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Heavy flower set 
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  Pieris japonica (sp)
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Bluer and more irregular in habit 
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 Pieris x 'Brouwer's Beauty'
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White flowers. 
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 Pinus cembra
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Specimen plant. Exfoliating bark.Cream-colored inner bark 
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 Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera'
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Flat-topped growth habit 
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 Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf'
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Broad low flat-top with blue-green needles 
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 Pinus mugo
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Full sun Deep, moist, loamy, well-drained soil. 
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  Pinus mugo 'Pumillo'
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Compact version. 
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  Pinus mugo (sp)
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Dwarf pine. Mound of green needles. Very popular landscape plant 
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 Pinus nigra
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Handsome, stiff needled pine. Good character with age. Salt tolerant.30-40 year life span. 
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 Pinus parviflora
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  Pinus parviflora 'Cleary'
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Similar to variety 'Glauca', but even slower growth. 
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  Pinus parviflora 'Glauca'
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In youth, narrow upright. With age, broad, picturesque 
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  Pinus parviflora 'Japanese White Pine'
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Also known as the five needles pine, this species distinguishes itself by having short needles. 
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 Pinus strobus
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  Pinus strobus
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Finest ornamental evergreen.Valuable for background foliage.Good for screening, wind breaks.Specimen plants 
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  Pinus strobus 'Fastigiata'
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Erect, tighter shape than Pinus strobus. 
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  Pinus strobus 'Pendula'
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Weeping form of Eastern White Pine 
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 Pinus thunbergiana
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Full sun. Moist, well-drained soil. 
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  Pinus thunbergiana 'Thunderhead'
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lusters of white candle-like buds, dark green needles 
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  Pinus thunbergiana (sp)
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Irregular growing habit. 
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 Prunus laurocerasus
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Full or partial shade. Moist, well-drained soil. 
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  Prunus laurocerasus 'Mt. Vernon'
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White fragrant flowers late spring. 
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  Prunus laurocerasus 'Nana'
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Shorter and wider leaves with a stunted growth. 
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  Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken'
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Low, spreading, dark green leaves,2- 4" long.White flowers. Supposedly deer resistant 
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  Prunus laurocerasus 'Schipkaensis'
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Most cold hardy of laurels 
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 Prunus lusitanica
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Upright growing, evergreen shrub. Small, white flowers are fragrant in June. Protect from extreme temperatures and wind. 
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 Pyracantha angustifolia
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  Pyracantha angustifolia 'Mohave'
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  Pyracantha angustifolia 'Yukon Belle'
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Orange-red berries. Semi-evergreen 
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 Pyracantha x 'Mojave'
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Orange-red berries. Semi-evergreen 
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 Rhododendron maximum
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Sometimes tree like. The hardiest Rhododendron 
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 Rhododendron, Hybrid
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Also see Dwarf Shrub Section. Prefer a very light shade. Need well-drained, acid, moist soil, high in organic matter. Cannot stand wet feet. Plant high and mulch to keep roots cool. Protect from strong winds. 
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  Rhododendron catawbiense 'Album'
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White, yellow eye, slow. Mid season - Late season. 
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  Rhododendron catawbiense 'Boursault'
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Rose lilac. Mid season - Late season. 
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  Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Crete'
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Dense and compact. Purplish pink buds opening to pure white. 
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  Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Princess'
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Pink buds, pale pink flowers late spring / early summer. Compact grower. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Anah Kruschke'
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Boule de Neige'
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White, hardy, slow growing. Early season - Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Capistrano Yellow'
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Chinoides'
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Compact, white, can take sun. Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Choice Cream'
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Creamy white, hardy, slow growing. Early season - Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Cunningham White'
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White, yellow eye, slow. Mid season - Late season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'English Roseum'
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Rosy pink, tolerant heat/cold. Mid season - Late season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Holden'
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Lavender buds, red flowers. Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Marydel'
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Lavender buds, red flowers. Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Northern Starburst'
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Improved PJM, lavender pink. Very early. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Nova Zembla'
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Showy red, hardy, vigorous. Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Olga Mezitt'
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Clear phlox pink, upright. Early season - Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'PJM Pink Delight'
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Lavender pink. Very early. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'PJM'
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Lavender purple. Very early. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Purple Passion'
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Brilliant violet-purple flowers, compact. Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Purpureum Grandiflorum'
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Rose magenta, fast, floriferous. Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Roseum Elegans'
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Clear, luscious pink. Fragrant. Mid season - Late season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Scintilation'
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Clear, luscious pink. Fragrant. Mid season. 
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  Rhododendron, Hybrid 'Weston's Lemon Drop'
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White, yellow eye, slow. Mid season - Late season. 
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 Sciadopitys verticillata (sp)
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Dark glossy green needles makes it one of the most handsome conifers 
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 Skimmia japonica
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Females have bright red berries. Fragrant white flowers on males 
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 Skimmia reevesiana
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Dark lance-shaped leaves. Fragrant white flowers. 
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 Taxus
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Sun, part shade. Must have a well-drained soil. Cannot tolerate locations where water stands and will do poorly in locations with soggy subsoil. 
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  Taxus baccata 'Repandens'
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Pendulous branches. Most graceful 
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  Taxus cuspidata 'Capitata'
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Pyramidal. 
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  Taxus x media 'Densiformis'
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Densiformis is twice as wide as high 
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  Taxus x media 'Hatfieldi' and 'Hicksii'
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Also makes a good hedge. Can be closely clipped. 
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 Thuja occidenatalis
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Full sun. Does best in a moist, deeply well-drained soil. 
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  Thuja occidenatalis 'Degroot's Spire'
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Very narrow form. 
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  Thuja occidenatalis 'Elegantissima'
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Dark green with lighter tips 
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  Thuja occidenatalis 'Emerald Green'
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Bright emerald green foliage 
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  Thuja occidentalis 'Nigra'
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Common variety. Dark green, looser habit than most varieties. 
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  Thuja occidentalis 'Smarsgard'
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Hardy, narrow and uniform. 
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 Thuja plicata 'Green Giant'
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Narrow pyramidal tree. Excellent dark green foliage. Totem pole wood. 
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 Tsuga canadensis
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  Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula'
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Graceful weeping branches 
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  Tsuga canadensis (sp)
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Graceful evergreen with soft needles. Some shade tolerance. Needs annual spraying for insect resistance. 
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 Viburnum rhytidophyllum 'Alleghany'
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Alleghany also has white flowers. Red then black fruit. Semi-evergreen 
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 Yucca
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See Shrubs, Dwarf 
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