x burkwoodii 'Conoy'

Considered by some to be the late Donald Egolf's finest Viburnum hybrid. A compact evergreen with dark glossy  foliage with abundant, lightly fragrant, white flowers in May. Attractive red fruit appears in August and turns black with age. Shows good resistance to leaf spot. Developed by Dr. Don Egolf. AWARDS: GMPA. Zone 5, 4-5 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade 

carlcephalum 

Similar to Korean Spice Viburnum but with larger flowers and leaves. Very fragrant. Beautiful burgundy fall color. (V. carlesii x macrocephalum) AWARDS: AGM Zone 4, 6-8 feet, Fragrant, gr 2, Full Sun Partial Shade (

carlesii 

Korean Spice! Spicy sweet fragrance fills the air in early spring when the pink buds expand to white snowball flowers. Beautiful burgundy fall color is icing on the cake. AWARDS: AGM.  Zone 4, 6-8 feet, Fragrant, gr 2, Full Sun Partial Shade 

carlesii ‘Diana’
A srong growing clone of Korean Spice with a compact branching habit. Red flower buds transform to pink and open to intensely fragrant white blooms. New growth is tinged with a purple cast. Limited quantities. Zone 4, 6-7 feet, gr 2, Full Sun Partial Shade

cassinoides

Witherod is a native shrub that thrives in moist soils. It has creamy-white flowers in June and attractive fruit that changes from green to pink to red to blue to black. Good crimson and scarlet fall color.  Zone 3, 6-10 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade

'Cayuga'

Similar to carlesii, but with large 4"-5" flowers, pink buds, and improved resistance to leaf diseases. Very fragrant! This cross between V. carlesii and V. carlcephalum has a compact, upright oval habit. A Don Egolf - USNA introduction.

Zone 4, 5-6 feet, Fragrant, gr 2, Full Sun Partial Shade   

'Chesapeake'

Semi-evergreen dense mound with lustrous green leaves, pink buds and white fragrant flowers. Red and black fruit.

Zone 6, 8-10 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade

dentatum AUTUMN JAZZ^â

(V. d. 'Ralph Senior')  This Arrowwood was selected for its graceful vase shaped habit and yellow-orange-red-burgundy fall color. Introduced by Chicagoland Grows.  Zone 3, 10-12 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade

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 BLUE MUFFIN™

(V. dentatum. 'Christom') An exciting new compact selection of Arrowwood Viburnum! The perfect  for residential landscapes. This compact beauty has loads of white spring flowers, and an impressive display of rich blue berries. Makes a great low hedge or foundation plant. Good container growing plant. Attracts songbirds. Developed by Tom Watson of Christom Farms Nursery.

Like most all Viburnums, fruiting is enhanced by planting two cultivars in close proximity.

Zone 3, 5-7 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade

 d. CHICAGO LUSTRE^â

(V. d. 'Synnestvedt') Glossy foliage is the outstanding feature of this rapid growing, upright rounded plant. It is not grown for its fall color. A Chicagoland Grows introduction.

Zone 3, 10-12 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade

d. NORTHERN BURGUNDY^â

(V. d. 'Morton') Arrowwood selected for its broad upright rounded form and its early fall burgundy foliage. A Chicagoland Grows introduction.  Zone 3, 10-12 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade (NO LONGER OFFERED)

d. 'Perle Bleu'

Colorful berries are popular! Perle Bleu is French for blue pearls which describes the attractive, heavy fruit display provided by this gem. Easy to grow, vigorous, and adaptable to difficult sites. Great for attracting songbirds. 

Zone 3, 10-12 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade (NO LONGER OFFERED)

V. dilatatum.   CARDINAL CANDY™ 

('Henneke' PPAF) A special new selection with improved hardiness and abundant shiny scarlet red fruit. Discovered in a batch of seed grown plants, after which a -30 degree cold spell killed off all except Cardinal Candy. Substantially hardier than 'Erie'. Tons of creamy white flowers cover this well branched, rounded plant in May. Fruiting appears strong even without  another pollinator in the area. Discovered by Rodney Henneke.

Zone 4(5), 5-6 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade

dilatatum 'Erie'

Selected for the profusion, persistence and unusual color of its coral red fruit that develops in late August and holds until early spring. In May this gem wears a blanket of creamy white, fuzzy flowers that nearly hides the leaves. Yellow-orange-red fall color. Fruiting is enhanced when two different clones are planted. A USNA introduction with good pest resistance. AWARDS: PSC Zone 5(6), 5-6 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade (NO LONGER OFFERED)

'Emerald Triumph'

Exciting new hybrid from the Univ. of Minn. Landscape Arboretum. Emerald green, disease resistant leaves, creamy-white flowers and red and black fruit.

Zone 3, 7-8 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade  (NO LONGER OFFERED)

farreri 'Nanum'

A delightful small shrub with scantly produced but wonderfully fragrant, pinkish-white flowers in early spring. Small, semi-glossy leaves emerge bronzy green and later turn a reddish-purple in autumn. More refined and compact than the species.

Zone 5, 2-3 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade 

Juddii 

Sweet fragrance blooms early spring when the pink buds expand to white snowball flowers. Beautiful burgundy fall color is icing on the cake.   Zone 4, 6-8 feet, Fragrant, gr 2, Full Sun Partial Shade 

 lantana 'Mohican'

A rugged performer with thick dense branching, masses of creamy-white flowers. Very attractive fruit that changes from green-orange-red and finally to black. A USNA introduction.

Zone 3, 10-12 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade

lantana 'Variegata'

An attractive selection with fuzzy, "tie-dyed" (variable) leaves of gold and green, masses of creamy-white flowers and yellow fruit, which changes to red and then black.

Zone 3, 8-10 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade

nudum 'Winterthur'

You'll fall in love with this gem! Lustrous, deep green leaves transform to the most breath-taking wine red autumn color. Spectacular fruit color evolves from white to hot pink to bright blue. Creamy white flowers in May. Dislikes alkaline soils. FIRST CHOICE AWARD '99. AWARDS: GMPA

Zone 5, 5-6 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade

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opulus 'Compactum' 

Compact European Cranberry is a wonderful plant. It has attractive lacy white flowers and loads of shinny, scarlet red fruit. AWARDS: AGM

Zone 3, 4-6 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade   

opulus ‘Losley’s Compact’  From the noted plantsman Ed Losley, we get this attractive new form that’s essentially a blown up version of ‘Nanum’ that actually flowers. It looks very good and should be an excellent plant for residential landscapes . Lacy white flowers. We have yet to see it fruit. Zone 3, 3-4 feet. Full Sun Partial Shade (NO LONGER OFFERED)

 opulus ‘Park Harvest’

A new selection with red tinged, yellow leaves. Masses of white pinwheel-like flowers. The glossy red fruit jumps against the bright yellow foliage. Zone 4, 8-12 feet, gr 1,  Full Sun Partial Shade

opulus 'Roseum' Snowball

(syn. V. o. 'Sterile') Snowball bush. Have a snowball fight in June! Kids and adults alike love this rounded plant with masses of flowers. No fruit because it's sterile. AWARDS: AGM

Zone 4, 8-12 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade   

plicatum tomentosum ‘Igloo’  A great new, compact branching, dome shape plant selected at Winterthur Gardens. This is full and dense right to the ground, and so it blooms right to the ground giving it the look of an igloo. Loads of flowers and scarlet red fruit. This is one of the best I’ve seen! Zone 5, 5-8 feet,  Full Sun Partial Shade (NO LONGER OFFERED)

plicatum 'Nanum'

This dwarf Japanese snowball is a neat and tidy ball of green that rarely needs to be pruned. Lightly flowering, but still quite useful because of its burgundy fall color and good manners.

Zone 5, 2-3 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade   (NO LONGER OFFERED)

p. 'Mary Milton'  

Pink Japanese snowball! Soft pink snowball flowers and red hues in the new growth make Mary Milton a very popular girl. An improvement over Kern's Pink, which is more apt to revert to white.

Zone 5, 8-10 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade   

p. 'Popcorn' 

Japanese Snowball. An awesome sight in bloom! Hundreds of small, round popcorn balls line every branch. A newly released selection hybridized by Dr. David Leach.

Zone 5, 6-8 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade 

Viburnum p. 'Sawtooth'  Japanese Snowball

Big and bold white, snowball flowers in May and attractive sawtooth-like, forest green foliage.

Zone 5, 8-10 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade    (NO LONGER OFFERED)

p. tomentosum 'Mariesii'  

Horizontal branched habit accented with masses of flat white flowers. Attractive, light green foliage and bright red fruit. Superb fall color! AWARDS: AGM, PSC

Zone 5, 8-10 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade 

p. t. 'Molly Schroeder' 

Outstanding, new, pink flowered selection that we obtained from New Zealand. This is a special plant in several respects. Unlike 'Pink Beauty', it's consistently pink from year to year, even when grown under poly. It's also an excellent rebloomer, providing an exceptional fall floral display. Slow growing. A sure fire hit! Origin unknown. Limited supplies. Available June Zone 5, 5-8 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade 

p. t. 'Pink Beauty'

Pink and white pinwheels! Flowers open white but soon transform to light pink with age. Abundant flowers, attractive red fruit and reddish-purple fall color make this shrub a "Pink Beauty."  Requires cold winter temperatures to express pink coloration.

Zone 5, 5-8 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade  (NO LONGER OFFERED)

p. t. 'Shasta'

Abundant, large lace cap flowers with sterile marginal florets that are 50% larger than those found on other cultivars and also have 5-15 inner sterile florets dispersed among the center fertile flowers. The growth habit is strongly horizontal, twice as wide as high. Bright red fruit and purple to maroon fall color. USNA introduction. AWARDS: GMPA

Zone 5, 5-6 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade  

p. t. 'Shoshoni'

An excellent, smaller form well suited for today's smaller landscapes. A seedling of ‘Shasta’ that is, you guessed it, a  USNA introduction.

Zone 5, 4-5 feet, gr 2, Full Sun Partial Shade   (NO LONGER OFFERED)

p. t. 'St. Keverne' 

An superb, large flowered form of V. plicatum var. tomentosum with wonderful umbrella-shaped, white inflorescences. Seldom produces fruit. Available June Zone 5, 4-5 feet, gr 2, Full Sun Partial Shade   (NO LONGER OFFERED)

p. t. 'Summer Snowflake'

It's easy to sell a shrub in bloom, that's why you'll love this plant; it blooms continuously! Compact habit and charming red fruit in the autumn. Introduced by UBC. Looks and acts identical to 'Watanabei'.

Zone 5(6), 4-6 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade

p. t. 'Watanabei'

Continuous flowering from spring until frost. An outstanding, irregular dwarf specimen with character and color!

Zone 5, 4-6 feet, gr 1, Full Sun Partial Shade   

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pragense 'Decker' 

A hardy, fast growing gem with very attractive lustrous dark green leaves and pink budded flowers which open white. Selected by Decker Nursery of Ohio for its hardiness.

Zone 5, 8-10 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade

rhytidophylloides 'Allegheny' 

A stately semi-evergreen Viburnum noted for it's dark green, rugose leaves and attractive red fruit in late summer. Large, 4-8", creamy-yellow flowers in May. A USNA introduction. Available June Zone 5, 6-8 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade Shade

rhytidophylloides DART’S DUKE™
(V. r. ‘interduke’)  A superior selection noted for it’s massive 8-10” flowers and heavy set of bright Zone 5, 6-8 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade

sargentii 'Onondaga'  

Dark maroon leaves emerge to create a vivid contrast with the mature green foliage. Pinwheel-like blooms of white and purple make this a truly outstanding plant! Still another USNA introduction. AWARDS: PSC

Zone 3, 5-6 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade

trilobum  'Alfredo'

Similar to 'Compactum' but broader and denser in habit and exhibits superior red fall color. It, too, is aphid resistant.

Zone 2, 5-6 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade 

trilobum 'Compactum'

An aphid resistant, compact form with maple-like leaves which emerge burgundy, then change to green. Delightful, white, pinwheel-like flowers, attractive bright red fruit and pleasing yellow to red fall color.

Zone 2, 5-6 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade   

trilobum ‘Nana’ A neat little green bun that’s great for smaller gardens or the front of the border. Small maple-like leaves emerge burgundy, then change to green. Good yellow-red fall color. Rarely blooms, thus this plant is grown for it’s unique size and shape. Yellow to red fall color. Aphid resistant. NATIVE: North America. Zone 2, 2-3 feet   Full Sun Partial Shade. (NO LONGER OFFERED)

trilobum REDWING 

(V. 'J.N. Select')  Selected by Johnson's Nursery for its good form, good growth rate and attractive red-tinted new foliage. White flowers appear in mid May, followed by ornamental clusters of persistent, bright red fruit from late fall into early winter. Fall foliage color varies from bright red to wine-red. Available June Zone 2, 8-9 feet, gr 1.5, Full Sun Partial Shade.

trilobum ‘Wentworth’

This wonderful selection was selected for its very large, glossy red fruit that shine from early September to February. Aphid resistant maple shaped leaves transform from green to yellow to red in the autumn. White, pinwheel-like flowers. Birds love the fruit. NATIVE: North America. Zone 2, 6-10 feet, gr 1.5,  Full Sun Partial Shade.

Vitex

Chastetree

Family: Verbenaceae

(Vi-tex: Ancient Latin name)

 Vitex agnus-castus ‘Abbyville Blue’

An attractive medium shrub that behaves like a Buddleia in the north. Bold, 12"-18", fragrant, violet-blue flower spikes in mid to late summer, lasting until fall. Cut back hard in early spring.

Zone 5(6), 4-10 feet, gr 1, Full Sun  

'Blushing Spires'

A beautiful light pink version of this bold die back shrub. A great companion to the blue flowered species.

Zone 5(6), 4-10 feet, gr 1, Full Sun  (NO LONGER OFFERED)

rotundifolia

A beautiful low spreading plant with attractive round silver leaves. The blue flowers are small but contrast nicely with the foliage. Native to the beach dunes of Korea. Makes a great ground cover. (NO LONGER OFFERED)

Zone 5(6), 4-10 inches, gr 1, Full Sun

‘Shoal Creek’

(V. Agnus-castus) A superb selection with full, deep blue flower heads. An attractive medium shrub in the North, but a tree in the South. Bold, 12"-18", fragrant, clear-blue flower spikes in mid to late summer. Cut back hard in early spring. Late to break bud in the spring.

Zone (6), 4-8 feet, gr 1,  Full Sun

'Silver Spires'

A white flowered version of this bold die back shrub. A great companion to the blue flowered species. Available June

Zone 5(6), 4-10 feet, gr 1, Full Sun  (NO LONGER OFFERED)

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