Common name:Silk Tree; Mimosa
Botanical name:Albizia julibrissin

This is a very graceful tree with a unique flat top which creates an interesting canopy effect. The light sensitive leaves close at night. It has delightful, fluffy pink summer flowers and fern like leaves. It is a fast grower, but in this region seldom grows taller than 25 feet. It enjoys high summer heat when adequate water is provided. It is hardy to USDA Zone 6, but handles colder winters better as it ages. When the flowers fade and fall off, they create a beautiful, soft, pink carpet.

Common name:Ivory Halo Dogwood
Botanical name:Cornus alba 'Bailhalo'

Ivory Halo is a smaller version of variegated dogwood, growing about 5 to 6 feet tall and wide, wide a compact rounded habit. Leaves are light green and white, and red in the fall. Bark is red and provides wonderful winter interest, especially when planted infront of evergreens or solid fences. It produces white flowers in late spring, which are followed by blue-white berries. Use in the shrub or foundation border, and combines effectively cotoneaster, hydrangea, spirea, viburnum, and wiegala.

Common name:Compact Dwarf Boxwood
Botanical name:Buxus microphylla 'Compacta'

This is a very compact boxwood, growing slowing to 1 foot tall but eventually spreading as wide as 4 feet. though it is evergreen, the dark green foliage takes on a bronze hue in the winter months. Use to edge a perennial, shrub, or foundation border, to line a walk, or as an evergreen accent in the perennial garden. Its generally uniform growth habit means little maintanance is required to keep it tidy.

Common name:Purple Beech
Botanical name:Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'

Purple Beech is a stately tree with intensely colored leaves, starting out in spring a deep dark red to purple, changing to a purple-green over the summer months. It can grow to 50 feet, though in this region, it typically does not get much taller than 30 feet or so.

Common name:Carrie Ann Hosta
Botanical name:Hosta 'Carrie Ann'

'Carrie Ann' has grey-green leaves with a white edge. It grows about 9 inches tall and 24 inches wide. It has white flowers in August.

Common name:Oakleaf Hydrangea
Botanical name:Hydrangea quercifolia

Oakleak hydrangea is a deciduous, summer blooming shrub with an irregular, rounded habit growing about 6 to 8 feet tall and wide. Green leaves are large and deeply lobed, and reminiscent of oak leaves; fall color is a rich burgundy. White flower clusters appear in mid summer in erect, terminal panicles; flowers slowly age to a pinkish-purple color and persist into the fall. Mature stems exfoliate to reveal a rich brown inner bark which is attractive in winter. Fabulous in the shady shrub or foundation border. Excellent cut flower. Many selections available.