Common name:Dwarf Vinca or Periwinkle
Botanical name:Vinca minor

Periwinkle is a hardy, evergreen groundcover with glossy green leaves and cheery periwinkle blue or purple flowers in the spring. This plant is best suited to large areas and shrub borders, as it would overwhelm most perennials. Avoid its use along the riparian corridor or in urban/open space interfaces as it is aggressive and can escape, overtaking native plants. Easier to control in dry shade areas. Grows about 6 to 8 inches high, and spacing for planting purposes is about 2 to 3 feet, but its spread is indefinite.

Common name:Northern Red Oak
Botanical name:Quercus rubra

The Northern Red oak is a relatively fast growing oak, with a rounded to broad crown, growing to 50 to 70 feet tall and wide. Leaves are classically "oak-like" and a rich green, turning reddish-brown in the autumn. Its acorns are about an inch long with a saucer-like cap. Bark is deep brown to nearly black, with young bark being very smooth and older bark having interesting fissures and ridges. An attractive, long-lived shade tree.