Common name:Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass
Botanical name:Calamagrostis acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

Karl Foerster feather reed grass is a garden favorite, and for good reason. Its green, fine-textured foliage is gently arching and grows to about 2 feet tall and wide. Oat-like plumes stand very erect over the foliage, growing as tall as 5 to 6 feet. Plumes open whiteish green, later turning a dusky rose, and then tawny colored by winter. Blooms early summer with the plumes lasting into autumn. Holds its presence well into winter. Excellent in mixed perennial or shrub borders, or massed.

Common name:Flowering Pear
Botanical name:Pyrus calleryana

This is the species of pear known as Flowering Pear, a highly ornamental, nearly ubiquitous deciduous tree favored by contractors, landscape designers, and homeowners. Many cultivars are avaialble in the trade, though they all possess some shared qualities: white spring flower that emerge before the foliage; glossy green foliage that turns red in fall; non-fruiting to small insignificant fruit; and a tolerance for urban conditions.