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SECTION 05 PLANT GALLERY SHRUBS REDOSIER DOGWOOD — CORNUS SERICEA Multi-stemmed shrub with bright red bark making it an attractive plant for winter color, white berries are valuable for wildlife food • • • • • •
Height: 7'-10' Spread: 10'-15' Foliage: Dark green Fall foliage: Purple Exposure: Full sun to part shade Zone: 2-7
BRILLIANT RED CHOKEBERRY — ARONIA ARBUTIFOLIA ‘BRILLIANTISSIMA’ White flowers in May, brilliant red berries and foliage in fall, plant in moist or well-drained soils • Height: 6'-9' • Spread: 5'-8' • Foliage: Dark green • Fall foliage: Brilliant scarlet • Exposure: Full sun • Zone: 5-8 Other recommended Chokeberry cultivars: Autumn Magic Black Chokeberry — Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’ Iroquois Beauty™ Black Chokeberry — Aronia melanocarpa ‘Morton’
SHADBLOW SERVICEBERRY — AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS Suckering large shrub, white flowers in early spring with red-purple edible fruit • • • • • •
Height: 20'-25' Spread: 10'-15' Foliage: Gray-green Fall foliage: Yellow to red Exposure: Full sun Zone: 4-8
