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Ornamental Shrubs
Red Chokeberry Red Chokeberry - Aronia arbutifolia ‘Brilliantissima’ - Z4. Grows 6'-10' x 3'-5'. Showy white flowers with red stamens. Dark green foliage turns a spectacular crimson in the fall. Birds love the berries. Spreads by suckers. Wet or dry soils, sun or partial shade. An excellent alternative to the invasive burning bush. 12”-30” bare-root plants. Maine Native and Maine Grown.
$12.00
Black Chokeberry Black Chokeberry - Aronia melanocarpa - Z4. Grows 4'-6' x same. Showy white blooms in spring, glossy green foliage turns brilliant red in fall. Edible fruit great for juice or jelly and attracting birds. Adaptable to wet or dry areas, sun or partial shade. An excellent alternative for the invasive burning bush. 12"-30" transplants. Maine Native and Maine Grown
$12.00
Clethra Ruby Spice Clethra ‘Ruby Spice’ - Clethra alnifolia Z3. 4-5’ x same. Red buds and beautiful spires of heavenly scented deep pink flowers appear for 6 weeks in midsummer. Butterflies love it, and easy to grow. 10”-24” bare-root plants. Maine Native and Maine Grown
$11.00
Beautybush Beautybush - Kolkwitzia amabilis - Z4. Grows 6'-10' x 6’-8'. Fast growing multi-stemmed highly ornamental shrub. In June covered with loads of beautiful small fragrant pink flowers. Yellow and red fall color. 28"-36" bare-root plants.
$11.00
Spice Bush Spicebush - Lindera benzoin - Z4. Grows 6'-12' x 8’-12'. Multi-stemmed shrub suited to naturalizing in moist or wet areas. Berries, foliage, and stems all have a delicious lemony-spicy scent. Attracts bees, birds, and butterflies. Male and female plants required for fruit. These are unsexed seedlings. 9"-12" bare-root plants. Maine Natve and Maine Grown
$13.00
Spicebush Staghorn Sumac - Rhus typhina - Z2. Grows 15’ x same. Fast growing suckering shrub with large frond-like foliage and red fruit plumes that are loved by birds. Sun to partial shade, likes poor soil. 3’-5’ bare-root transplants. Maine Native
$13.00
Red Snowberry Red Snowberry - Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Z4. 3'-5' x 4'-8'. Also called Coralberry & Indian Currant. Low-growing spreading shrub, good for wildlife and planting banks. Red fall foliage. 12"-22" bare-root transplants. Maine Native and Maine Grown
$13.00

Winterberry

Ilex verticillata - Z4. Deciduous holly with clusters of upright stems. Richly foliated. Best known for its profusion of bright red berries which stand out after the leaves have fallen and keep their color all winter. Both male and female plants needed for berry production. Maine Native and Maine Grown
Winter Red Winterberry 'Winter Red'- Female plant. Winner of the 1998 Cary Award for Distinctive Plants for New England. Hardy. 'Southern Gentleman' required for pollination. 12"-16" bare-root transplants.
$13.50
Southern Gentleman Winterberry 'Southern Gentleman'- Male plant. One will pollinate several 'Winter Reds'. 9"-16" bare-root transplants.
$13.50

Roses

Rosa - Hardy, vigorous, easy to grow, and disease, and pest resistant.
Rugosa Rose 'Rugosa' - Z2. 4'-6' by same. Also called the Beach Rose. Vigorous shrub with flowers ranging from deep pink to white. Red hips are great for making jams and teas and can even be eaten fresh. Tolerates salt, pollution, and drought. Easy to grow and practically care-free. Stocky bare-root plants. Maine Grown
3/$20.00
White Rugosa 'White Rugosa' - Z2/3. 6' x 6'. Large spreading shrub with pink buds and large pure white single flowers. Fragrant recurrent bloomer. Orange and red fall color. Incredibly rugged– tolerates clay, muck, sand, and salt.
$13.50
Tuscany Superb Rose 'Tuscany Superb' Rose- Z3/4. 4' x 4'. Dark red flowers. Easy to grow. Sun or partial shade, any soil type.
$13.50
Fru Dagmar Hastrup Rose 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup' Rose- Z4. 3'-4'. Light pink heavily fragrant blooms with edible large red hips.
$13.50

Lilac

Syringa - Z3. Excellent alone or in hedges. Deep green, glossy heart-shaped foliage looks good from spring through fall, intensely fragrant blooms in May over a period of weeks. Large 1-4 year old bare-root transplants.
Ludwig Spaeth Lilac 'Ludwig Spaeth' - Syringa vulgaris– 10'-12’ x same. Deep rich magnificent purple flowers. One of the very best of the best. 2’-3’ bare-root transplants.
$15.00
Sensation Lilac 'Sensation' - Syringa vulgaris. - 10' x same. Very fragrant large purple blooms with each petal edged in white. Unique and beautiful– a real show stopper. Plant it where you can see it up close.
$15.00

     
 

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