Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Deutzia crenata var. nakaiana

Family: (Hydrangeaceae)

Perennial shrub to 2′, spreading to 4′.  Japan, Southeast China.  Dwarf Deutzia.  A pretty compact, shrub with rich green leaves, turning purple-red in autumn. Panicles of star-shaped white flowers.  Perfect for the rock garden or front of the border.  Blooms June to July.  Full sun. Very hardy.  4 & 6 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Viburnum setigerum ‘Aurantiacum’

Family: (Adoxaceae)

Hardy Shrub to 12′ tall and 8′ wide.  Tea Viburnum.  C & W China.  This rounded, multi-stemmed, upright-arching, deciduous shrub has three to five-inch pointed, slightly toothed, blue-green leaves that were once used to make tea.  Small white flowers appear in terminal, flat-topped, two-inch cymes in spring.  The real show begins in late summer with copious cluster of bright orange, ovoid berries that persist well into early winter.  Berry production is often so abundant that it causes the stems to arch downward from the weight.  In fall the leaves turn reddish brown to deep purple and nicely complement the orange berries.  Sun and high shade.  3 & 6 (64-72° for 8 weeks then 25-39° for 12 weeks), then T1 until germination-can take up to 18 months to germinate.

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Sibiraea laevigata

Family: (Rosaceae)

Hardy shrub to 7′.  China.  Grown for its beautiful sea green foliage and deep red-brown shoots.  Dense, terminal panicles of small, five-petalled, white flowers with numerous stamens in late spring and early summer.  The older bark is furrowed and interesting.  Sun.  3 & T2 & Δ

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Indigofera kirilowii

Family: (Fabaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Kirilow’s Indigo.  Korea, northern China, southern Japan.  A suckering deciduous subshrub featuring compound, pinnate, bright green leaves and rose-pink, pea-like flowers arranged in dense racemes. Graceful Wisteria-like blooms and fine-textured foliage make for a showy display from early to midsummer with intermittent rebloom through autumn.  The bright green foliage turns a golden yellow in fall.  Performs well in mixed borders or as a foundation plant.  Hard winters may kill stems to the ground, but the plant blooms reliably on new growth each season.  Sun.  2B & 3, D & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lycium barbarum

Family: Solanaceae

Hardy shrub to 8′.  Goji Berry.  China.  An edible and ornamental shrub with a dense, bushy habit. The dark green, narrow foliage varies in shape from oblanceolate to elliptic with rounded or pointed tips.  Funnel-shaped purple flowers bloom singly or in groups up to three from the leaf axils and have five reflexed lobes. Flowers are followed by eye-catching orange to red, oblong, fleshy berries with considerable nutritional value.  Valued by many as a superfood! Delicious, nutritious and attractive!  Pruning is recommended after the first growing season for best fruit yields.  Best grown in evenly moist, well-draining, sandy soil in full sun.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Rhus typhina ‘Laciniata’

Family: Anacardiaceae

(P) to 15′.  Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac.  Eastern North America.  A wonderful cultivar of our native Sumac with large, deeply dissected, compound pinnate, bright green leaves giving a fern-like appearance.  Female flowers produce showy, pyramidal, fruiting clusters (to eight inches long), with each cluster containing numerous hairy, berry-like drupes which ripen bright red in autumn, gradually turning dark red as they persist through much of the winter. Fruit is attractive to wildlife and can be used to make lemonade.  Fantastic autumn colour in shades of orange, yellow and red, as well as interesting architectural winter framework gives this shrub year-round interest.  1 & 2B & 3 & 6

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Baccharis halimifolia

Family: Asteraceae

Hardy shrub to 12′.  Cottonseed Tree.  Americas.  Multi-branched, deciduous shrub with soft grey-green, toothed, resinous leaves.  Clustered white flowers give way to white fruits that appear as silky froths of hairs.  Blooms in September.  Salt tolerant.  Sun.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Clematis serratifolia

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

Hardy vine to 9′.  Korean Clematis.  A graceful Clematis with ovate to lanceolate, serrated leaves that sets forth a succession of soft yellow, nodding bells with violet stamens.  The flowers have a delicate lemon scent and bloom from August to October.  An added delight is the fluffy, white, snowball seed heads that cover the plant until winter. A stunning beauty for the late summer garden.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & 7 for 8 weeks, then T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Callicarpa dichotoma var. albifructa

Family: Lamiaceae

Hardy shrub to 6′.  China and Korea.  White Fruited Beauty Berry.  Callicarpa dichotoma is, according to Dirr, the “most graceful and refined of the species.”  It is also the most cold-hardy.  This variety has white berries instead of typical purple and may get a bit taller than the typical form.  Sun to partial shade.  PC- 4 weeks, 3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Euonymus americanus

Family: Celastraceae

Hardy shrub to 6′.  Hearts-a-Burstin.  North America.  A small native shrub with many inconspicuous, greenish-purple flowers in summer.  By October however, the scarlet fruit capsules have popped open to reveal the bright pinkish orange seeds inside, hence its common name.  Excellent red autumn colour.  Truly spectacular.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & 6