Shrubs

Just like the remarkable hour of twilight when fireflies light up the sky, intensely yellow flowers glow bright against the dark red foliage. As the season fades, dark red foliage becomes more intense. It's also easy to grow, so you'll have more time to relax and enjoy the view.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 2 - 3'

Width: 2 - 3' (Spreads slowly with non-invasive suckering habit)

Photos and information courtesy of Bloomin' Easy

Stately color in two extremes. The first is a refreshing bright green and cream, with hints of pale pink on the margins. The second is in fall when the whole plant erupts into a fabulous burgundy and hot pink duo. Even the stems are burgundy! If you’ve ever seen a tri-color beech, Sgt. Pepper^™ dogwood is a lot like that, but in a much easier to use form. With its large size, it makes a great anchor for the garden. You can position it at the back of the garden to work as a foundation plant, breaking up the straight lines of a building with its rounded form. It would also make an incredible hedge or specimen plant.

Light Requirement: Part Shade to Sun 

Mature Size:

• Height: 6'

• Width: 8'

Photos and Data Courtesy of Proven Winners

Limelight Prime® Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata – Proven Winners®)
An improved version of the classic 'Limelight', Limelight Prime® features brighter, earlier blooms and a more compact, upright shape. Flowers emerge vivid lime green, then transition to rich pink and red tones as the season progresses. Strong stems keep the large blooms upright, even after heavy rain. It’s cold-hardy, reliable, and perfect for adding bold colour and structure to the landscape.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 4-6'

• Width: 4-5'

Photos and Data Courtesy of Proven Winners®

The newest rose in the Canadian Artists Series, Oscar Peterson is upright in habit with clean, glossy foliage. Flowers are pure white with yellow stamen. Extremely disease resisant.

Light Requirement: Full Sun 

Mature Size:

• Height: 3'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Large pure-white flowers throughout the summer. Potentillas are an excellent choice for hedging.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 2 - 3'

• Width: 2 - 3'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

The Alpine Currant grows at a medium rate and, under ideal conditions, can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.

This shrub performs well in both full sun and full shade, and is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations.  Hardy and drought tolerant, it makes an ideal choice for a moisture-conserving landscape and is highly resistant of urban pollution.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 36 - 60"

• Width: 24 - 36"

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Buds Yellow offers medium green foliage throughout the growing season. They are great for any garden setting whether used on its own or in mass plantings or small groupings.

Yellow Gold stems offer winter beauty. Best to prune early spring while dormant and we recommend pruning back 20-25% of older growth to make way for new growth. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 6 - 8'

• Width: 6 - 8'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

Mockorange is a delightfully old-fashioned plant that has unfortunately fallen out of favor, mostly due to its enormous size. Illuminati Tower^® mockorange stands to breathe new life into this classic favorite, though, combining a landscape-friendly size with a totally unique space-saving habit. It naturally grows in a very narrow, upright way, each sturdy stem a stack of rugged, deep green leaves that looks like a four-sided tower. In late spring/early summer, hundreds of fragrant white flowers emerge from between the leaves for striking show that truly celebrates the season. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 5' - 6'

• Width: 3' - 4'

Zone: 4

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners

Enjoy all the glory of a burning bush without any worry about invasiveness. Fire Ball Seedless^™ euonymus is crimson in fall and seedless all year long. It is the only sterile, non-invasive burning bush on the market! Its mature size is very manageable, and like its contemporary fellows, it responds well to a trim. It is best used as a specimen or hedge.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 60 - 84"

Width: 60 - 84"

Zone: 4

Photo and data courtesy of Proven Winners

Add a refreshing twist of lime to your summer garden with Mojito®! This compact hydrangea is covered for months in abundant lime green flowers that age to a shade of blush pink in fall. Small size and sturdy stems make this bloomer equally at home in a patio container or in a mass planting in the shrub border.

Photo courtesy of Iseli Nursery

Hydrangea paniculata Mojito®(‘GRHP10’ PPAF)

Be the first on your block with colorful blooms in spring with Black Hat^® rhododendron. This very early blooming rhododendron is a confection of ruffled lavender flowers in the first few weeks of spring, each a rounded cluster atop a spray of leathery evergreen foliage. It's the foliage that gives this plant its name, in fact - its a very dark purple-green, reaching near black tones, especially in cooler weather. This gives in undeniably drama and chic and really sets it apart from other early blooming rhodies. Thick, durable blooms ensure longer lasting blooms over a longer period, too. 

Light Requirement: Part Sun to Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 4

Photos courtesy of Proven Winners

Little Spark^® is a compact spirea with orange new growth that holds its yellow leaf color throughout the summer, even when planted in full sun. A summer bloomer, the pink flowers arise just above the foliage, and if you give them a quick shear when they are done, it will rebloom in late summer. Fall color includes shades of pink, creating a multi-toned effect. Little Spark^® is fantastic when planted along a garden border.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Part Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 2'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of First Editions

An exciting improvement to Ninebark, Summer Wine combines the fine texture and compact branching of Physocarpus 'Nana' with the dark foliage of Physocarpus Diabolo. Summer Wine is an easy way to introduce wine-colored foliage into the home garden. It is fast-growing and has few, if any, pest problems. Its graceful, arching habit makes it very appealing in the landscape. It adds beautiful color and vibrancy to your garden, especially in spring. In early June it blooms with white button-like flowers that accent the leaves nicely. Pruning and other maintenance is rarely needed. Use it as a bold accent or part of a mixed border. Summer Wine may even be cut for use in arrangements. This is a trouble-free addition to either the home or commercial landscape.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 5 - 8'

Width: 5 - 8'

Zone: 3

Photo and data courtesy of Proven Winners

Years’ worth of work have led to this dream come true! While you may have seen other orange potentillas, none of them hold their color through the summer like Happy Face^® Orange. Its little blooms are a cheerful creamsicle hue and they actually stay that way. They arrive in incredible quantities all throughout the growing season. No matter the growing conditions. Potentilla gets a sad wrap as a parking lot plant, but that’s just because it is so dang reliable. No worries about deer, drought, or salt. It’s ready to feed pollinators wherever you plant it, as edging, groundcover, or as a mass planting in the border.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Height: 18 - 30"

Width: 24 - 36"

Zone: 3

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Selected for its stunning foliage, Fireside^® Ninebark displays reddish new growth that matures to deep red-purple. Its foliage holds its color reliably all summer, including in warmer climates. Add to that, Fireside^™ doesn’t show signs of powdery mildew in the landscape and you’ve got a real winner. Pinkish-white flowers bloom in spring, and foliage turns deep purple in fall. The plant habit is tidier than many other ninebark with a rounded, upright shape.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 5'-7'

• Width: 4'-6'

Zone: 3

A dynamic garden shrub that changes over the season.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3.5'

• Width: 3.5'

Zone: 3

An ideal shelterbelt or hedging plant for dry conditions. Bright yellow flowers in May. This plant fixes nitrogen which can adapt to a variety of soils. Drought and salt tolerant.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 10'

Width: 6'

Zone: 2

Photo and data courtesy of Jeffries Nurseries, Aubin Nursery and Bellwyck Horticolor.

Lanham’s Beehive Spruce

The late Gary Lanham found this unusual, boldly textured, compact Norway Spruce in 1994 in Kentucky, a witch’s broom nearly 10′ up in a mature Picea abies. Intrigued by the interesting beehive form, Gary took it to Klein’s Nursery in Louisville, and from there, it made its way to Iseli Nursery. The needles of Picea abies ‘Lanham’s Beehive’ are longer and thicker than other dwarf cultivars and they have a slight glaucous tint. These features, combined with prominent, cinnamon colored stems and buds, create a dramatic effect.

Garden Size: 3’H x 4’W

Dwarf: 3-5″/year

Spreading

Zone 3

Green

Conifer

Developed in Eastern Europe, this "superfruit" has outstanding levels of vitamins and antioxidants. Attractive withe white flowers in late spring give rise to large clusters of black fruit. Self Pollinating; only one variety needed for fruit production.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 6'

Width: 6'

Zone: 3

Photo and data courtesy of Jeffries Nurseries

Wareana , also known as Siberian Cedar grows to 10' in height and makes a large wide hedge or in a corner spot. This cedar is very hardy and has minimal risk for winter burn.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 10'

Width: 6 - 8'

Zone: 2

Photo and data courtesy of Jeffries Nurseries

Pinus mugo ‘Mops’ is an excellent dwarf selection that grows into a low, dense dome remaining compact without shearing. The mounding plant has a smooth appearance that comes from many evenly spaced needles growing at a uniform rate on abundant branchlets. During most of the year, ‘Mops’ displays a hint of gray/blue in its green, but during the crisp, cold months of winter, needles take on a warm, golden hue. It’s no wonder this choice is one of our most popular for confined spaces.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 4'

• Width: 4'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Iseli Nursery

The flagship cultivar in the Iseli® Blues collection, Moonstone® is an Iseli exclusive improvement of the popular globe blue spruce. This well-mannered little gem has bright blue foliage and maintains a compact, rounded form from youth to maturity. The perfect size and shape for suburban gardens, you can rely on Moonstone® to add an easy-care pop of vivid blue to your landscape for years of enjoyment.

Picea pungens Moonstone® (‘INHWB’ PP34,321)

The 1” single round flowers are a lovely shade of orange with just a hint of red. Beautifully compact, it forms a rounded shrub reaching only 2-3’ in height and spread, making it perfect for the foundation. Deer resistant.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 3'

• Width: 3'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of First Editions

Wolterdingen Japanese Larch

The compact, spreading Larix kaempferi ‘Wolterdingen’ provides exceptional seasonal interest for small landscapes and rock gardens. In early spring, soft, new, blue-green needles emerge and continue to decorate the delicate mound through the growing season. In fall, needles change to rich yellow before they fall to show off ornamental, reddish brown branches with scales reminiscent of an armadillo’s armor. Discovered in a park in Wolterdingen, Germany in 1970, by G. Horstmann.

Garden Size: 4’H x 8’W

Intermediate: 3-6″/year

Spreading

Zone 3

Green

Conifer

Full Sun

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 3' - 5'

• Width: 3' - 5'

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Jeffries Nursery

This new and interesting evergreen breaks up the monotony of the landscape. With an attractive tear drop shape, Cheer Drops^® easily transforms any garden from drab to darling. No shaping is needed as it maintains its fun shape naturally. Fresh green foliage remains bright year-round.

Light Requirement: Partial Sun to Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 8 - 18'

• Width: 6 - 8'

Zone: 3

Photos and info courtesy of Proven Winners

Ash Leaf False Spirea features airy plumes of white flowers rising above the foliage from early to mid summer. It has dark green deciduous foliage which emerges burgundy in spring. The leaves do not develop any appreciable fall colour. This Shrub will send out suckers, so plant with this in mind. Attracts Bees.

Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun

Flower Season: Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 5'-6'
• Spread: 5'-6'

Photos and Data Courtesy of Jeffries Nursery