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SHRUBS
SECTION 05 PLANT GALLERY
SHRUBS
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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
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AMERICAN HAZELNUT — CORYLUS AMERICANA
Native shrub in Iowa, nuts provide good food for wildlife • Height: 6'-8' • Spread: 6'-8' • Foliage: Dark green • Fall foliage: Yellow-green • Exposure: Full sun • Zone: 4-9
SWEET MOCKORANGE — PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS
White, fragrant flowers in late May to early June, prefers moist, well-drained organic soils • Height: 10'-20' • Spread: 6'-8' • Foliage: Deep green • Fall foliage: Insignificant • Exposure: Full sun • Zone: 4-8
Other recommended Mockorange cultivar Minnesota Snowflake Mockorange — Philadelphus x virginalis ‘Minnesota Snowflake’
Other recommended Ninebark cultivar: Snowfall Ninebark — Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Snowfall’
CENTER GLOW™ NINEBARK — PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS ‘CENTER GLOW’
Creamy-white flowers in spring, colorful foliage
• Height: 8'-10' • Spread: 8'-10' • Foliage: Red and yellow • Fall foliage: Insignificant • Exposure: Full sun • Zone: 3-7
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NANKING CHERRY — PRUNUS TOMENTOSA
White/pinkish blooms in early spring with edible fruit in June and July, great shrub for wildlife
• Height: 8'-10' • Spread: 10'-15' • Foliage: Soft green • Fall foliage: Dark green • Exposure: Full sun • Zone: 2-6
COMMON PURPLE LILAC — SYRINGA VULGARIS ‘CULTIVARS’
Fragrant, purple flowers in May, many cultivars available • Height: 12'-15' • Spread: 8'-12' • Foliage: Blue-green, upright/vase-shaped • Fall foliage: Blue-green • Exposure: Full sun • Zone: 2-7
Other recommended cultivar Albert F. Holden Lilac - Syringa vulgaris ‘Albert F. Holden’
AMERICAN CRANBERRYBUSH — VIBURNUM TRILOBUM
This hardy, native shrub blooms in late May with red berries lasting into winter, good fall color; also called Highbush Cranberry • Height: 10'-12' • Spread: 10'-12' • Foliage: Dark green • Fall foliage: Deep red • Exposure: Full sun • Zone: 2-7
