Commonly Used Shrubs

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Commonly Used Shrubs

• Dr. Laura Jull
• Dept. of Horticulture
• University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Aronia melanocarpa var. elata glossy black
chokeberry
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Aronia melanocarpa var. elata glossy black
chokeberry
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Aronia melanocarpa var. elata glossy black
chokeberry
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Aronia melanocarpa var. elata glossy black
chokeberry

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable, easy
  to transplant
• Light full sun to partial shade
• Moisture prefers a moist, well-drained soil,
  tolerates wet soil, drought tolerant
• Salt salt tolerant
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Aronia melanocarpa var. elata glossy black
chokeberry

• Pests none serious but can get leaf spot, twig
  and fruit blight
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning, remove 1/3 of
  the largest diameter branches back to the base of
  the plant every few years, suckers, needs a lot
  of room to grow (straight species)
• Invasive not invasive
• Use accent, border, masses, naturalizing

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Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea Rose
Glow Rose Glow Japanese barberry
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Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea Rose
Glow Rose Glow Japanese barberry
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Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea Rose
Glow Rose Glow Japanese barberry
Fruit on straight species (Berberis thunbergii)
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Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea Rose
Glow Rose Glow Japanese barberry

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable, easy
  to transplant
• Light full sun, if in shade, color fades
• Moisture prefers a moist, well-drained soil,
  drought tolerant once established
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea Rose
Glow Rose Glow Japanese barberry

• Pests none serious, tends to be a trash
  collector and needs cleaning out in spring, not a
  carrier of the wheat rust disease that other
  barberry can carry
• Maintenance can shear into formal hedge or let
  grow naturally, if shear, wont see variegated
  pink and purple new growth, prickly
• Invasive invasive, especially this cultivar
• Use accent, hedge, barrier, border, foundation,
  masses, highways, topiary

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Cornus racemosa gray dogwood
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Cornus racemosa gray dogwood
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Cornus racemosa gray dogwood
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Cornus racemosa gray dogwood
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Cornus racemosa gray dogwood

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant
• Light full sun to partial shade
• Moisture prefers moist, well-drained soil,
  tolerant to wet soils and drought
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Cornus racemosa gray dogwood

• Pests very susceptible to leaf spot
• Maintenance can renewal prune, do NOT shear,
  suckers readily, prune to shape plant
• Invasive somewhat in prairies only, aggressive
• Use accent, border, masses, screen,
  naturalizing, can be grafted onto a standard

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Cornus stolonifera redtwig dogwood, redosier
dogwood
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Cornus stolonifera redtwig dogwood, redosier
dogwood
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Cornus stolonifera redtwig dogwood, redosier
dogwood
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Cornus stolonifera redtwig dogwood, redosier
dogwood
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Cornus stolonifera redtwig dogwood, redosier
dogwood
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Cornus stolonifera Buds Yellow Buds Yellow
twig dogwood
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Cornus stolonifera Buds Yellow Buds Yellow
twig dogwood
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Cornus stolonifera redtwig dogwood, redosier
dogwood

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant
• Light full sun to partial shade
• Moisture prefers moist, well-drained soil,
  tolerant to wet soil, will NOT tolerate drought,
  wilts easily if drought stressed and gets cankers
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance moderate to low

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Cornus stolonifera redtwig dogwood, redosier
dogwood

• Pests very susceptible to twig canker when
  drought stressed or sheared, gets leaf spot,
  scale
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning, remove 1/3 of
  the largest diameter branches back to the base of
  the plant yearly, do NOT shear, suckers readily
• Invasive not invasive, but is aggressive
• Use accent, border, masses, screen,
  naturalizing, slopes/banks as it is stoloniferous
  and forms colonies

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Corylus americana American hazelnut, American
filbert
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Corylus americana American hazelnut, American
filbert
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Corylus americana American hazelnut, American
filbert
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Corylus americana American hazelnut, American
filbert

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable,
  plant in spring
• Light full sun to partial shade
• Moisture prefers a moist, well-drained soil,
  drought tolerant
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance moderate

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Corylus americana American hazelnut, American
filbert

• Pests Japanese beetle, leaf spot, powdery mildew
  (especially if in shade), scale, blight
• Maintenance may need renewal pruning as it
  suckers, needs large area to grow well
• Invasive not invasive
• Use border, masses, naturalizing

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Cotoneaster apiculatus cranberry cotoneaster
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Cotoneaster apiculatus cranberry cotoneaster
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Cotoneaster apiculatus cranberry cotoneaster
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Cotoneaster apiculatus cranberry cotoneaster
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Cotoneaster apiculatus cranberry cotoneaster

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, but prefers
  loose, fertile soil
• Light full sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant,
  not tolerant to wet soil
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance moderate

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Cotoneaster apiculatus cranberry cotoneaster

• Pests fireblight, spider mites, lace bug, scale,
  susceptible to rabbit and vole damage at base and
  on undersides of branches
• Maintenance wide-spreading so give it room to
  grow, do not shear, needs shaping pruning,
  otherwise, little pruning is needed, may need to
  protect from rabbit and vole injury at base in
  winter, tends to collect trash inside shrub
• Invasive not invasive
• Use container, border, foundation, masses,
  slopes/banks, tall groundcover, espalier

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Diervilla lonicera dwarf bush-honeysuckle
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Diervilla lonicera dwarf bush-honeysuckle
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Diervilla lonicera dwarf bush-honeysuckle
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Diervilla lonicera dwarf bush-honeysuckle
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Diervilla lonicera dwarf bush-honeysuckle

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH
• Light full sun to full shade, does better with
  some afternoon shade
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant
• Salt unknown
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Diervilla lonicera dwarf bush-honeysuckle

• Pests none serious
• Maintenance needs shaping and renewal pruning of
  dead wood as it can look ratty with age, do not
  shear
• Invasive not invasive
• Use container, border, foundation, masses,
  naturalizing, slopes/banks, tall groundcover

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Euonymus alatus burning bush, winged euonymus
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Euonymus alatus burning bush, winged euonymus
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Euonymus alatus burning bush, winged euonymus
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Euonymus alatus burning bush, winged euonymus
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Euonymus alatus burning bush, winged euonymus

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH
• Light full sun to partial shade, full sun
  results in better fall color
• Moisture moist, well-drained, will NOT tolerate
  wet soils
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Euonymus alatus burning bush, winged euonymus

• Pests euonymus caterpillar, spider mites,
  rabbits and voles commonly girdle base or chew
  stems which can result in significant dieback
• Maintenance tolerates shearing, but looks better
  if hand pruned to reduce height, suckers slowly,
  shallow roots
• Invasive invasive, reseeds in woods
• Use specimen, hedge, border, foundation, masses,
  screen

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Forsythia x intermedia border forsythia
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Forsythia x intermedia border forsythia
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Forsythia x intermedia border forsythia
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Forsythia x intermedia border forsythia

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable
• Light full sun
• Moisture prefers moist, well-drained soil,
  moderately tolerant to drought
• Salt unknown
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Forsythia x intermedia border forsythia

• Pests none serious
• Maintenance suckers, needs renewal pruning of
  1/3 of the largest diameter branches back to the
  base of the plant each year, prune after
  flowering in early spring or when dormant, fast
  growing, gets very large quickly
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, border, masses, screen
• Zone 5b (flower buds), 4b (vegetative buds),
  select cold hardy hybrids only!
• Meadowlark, Sunrise, Happy Centennial are a
  couple hardy cultivars

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Hamamelis virginiana common witchhazel
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Hamamelis virginiana common witchhazel
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Hamamelis virginiana common witchhazel
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Hamamelis virginiana common witchhazel

• Soil prefers loamy, slightly acidic soil, will
  get chlorotic at high pH, difficult to
  transplant, plant in spring
• Light full sun to full shade
• Moisture moist, well-drained, does not tolerate
  drought
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance none

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Hamamelis virginiana common witchhazel

• Pests none serious but gets chlorotic at high pH
  
• Maintenance prune for clearance if growing as
  small tree, thin bark is easily damaged, may need
  shaping pruning
• Invasive not invasive
• Use can be trained as a small tree but is
  usually a large shrub, specimen, border, screen,
  naturalizing

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Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle Annabelle
hydrangea
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Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle Annabelle
hydrangea
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Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle Annabelle
hydrangea
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Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle Annabelle
hydrangea

• Soil prefers an organic, fertile soil but is
  adaptable, pH adaptable
• Light prefers partial to full shade, in full
  sun, wilts easily, must water
• Moisture moist, well-drained, not drought
  tolerant
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance moderate, but needs moisture

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Hydrangea arborescens Annabelle Annabelle
hydrangea

• Pests none serious, stems often winter kill or
  have dieback, but is hardy here, not a dieback
  shrub
• Maintenance weight of flowers causes branches to
  flop over, renewal prune back to 3-4 from ground
  in late winter or early spring, do not prune in
  mid spring or else removing flower buds, remove
  old flowers in fall, if desired
• Invasive not invasive
• Use accent, hedge, border, foundation, masses

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Hydrangea paniculata GrandifloraPeeGee
hydrangea
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Hydrangea paniculata GrandifloraPeeGee
hydrangea
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Hydrangea paniculata GrandifloraPeeGee
hydrangea
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Hydrangea paniculata GrandifloraPeeGee
hydrangea

• Soil prefers an organic, fertile soil but is
  quite adaptable, pH adaptable
• Light prefers full sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained, not as finicky
  about moisture as Annabelle or Endless Summer
  hydrangeas
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance tolerant

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Hydrangea paniculata GrandifloraPeeGee
hydrangea

• Pests none serious, no stem dieback
• Maintenance dont prune back hard, does not
  sucker, weight of flowers on some cultivars
  causes branches to flop over, do not prune in mid
  spring or else removing flower buds, remove old
  flowers in fall, if desired
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, masses, border, screen,
  small tree (if limbed up), patio, container

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Lonicera tatarica Tatarian honeysuckle
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Lonicera tatarica Tatarian honeysuckle
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Lonicera tatarica Tatarian honeysuckle
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Lonicera tatarica Tatarian honeysuckle
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Lonicera tatarica Tatarian honeysuckle

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  establish
• Light full sun to partial shade
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant
• Salt unknown
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant, but do NOT
  plant, very invasive!

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Lonicera tatarica Tatarian honeysuckle

• Pests very susceptible to Russian leaf folding
  aphid at branch tips leading to witches
  brooming, leaf spot, powdery mildew, reseeds
  readily in woods and natural areas
• Maintenance renewal pruning, but best to remove
  entire plant and treat immediately with systemic
  herbicide or else resprouts from base
• Invasive VERY invasive! Do not plant!
• Use was used primarily as a specimen, hedge,
  border, masses, or screen, but has invaded
  natural areas and woods replacing all native
  understory plants

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Physocarpus opulifolius Nanus dwarf eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Nanus dwarf eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Nanus dwarf eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Nanus dwarf eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Nanus dwarf eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Nanus dwarf eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Monlo Diabolo eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Monlo Diabolo eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Monlo Diabolo eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Monlo Diabolo eastern
ninebark
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Physocarpus opulifolius Monlo Diabolo eastern
ninebark

• Culture same as species, but must have full sun
  for purple leaf color, gets quite large and leggy
  with age and needs renewal pruning

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Physocarpus opulifolius Nanus dwarf eastern
ninebark

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant
• Light full sun to partial shade, but best flower
  display in full sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant
• Salt unknown
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Physocarpus opulifolius Nanus dwarf eastern
ninebark

• Pests fireblight, powdery mildew if grown in too
  much shade
• Maintenance straight species gets quite tall and
  leggy and needs renewal pruning, this cultivar is
  much more compact and needs only shaping, do not
  shear, can rejuvenate prune every 3-5 years but
  cutting plant back within 6 of ground
• Invasive not invasive
• Use accent, hedge, border, foundation, masses,
  naturalizing

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Potentilla fruticosa potentilla, bush cinquefoil
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Potentilla fruticosa potentilla, bush cinquefoil
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Potentilla fruticosa potentilla, bush cinquefoil
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Potentilla fruticosa potentilla, bush cinquefoil
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Potentilla fruticosa potentilla, bush cinquefoil
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Potentilla fruticosa potentilla, bush cinquefoil

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, tolerant to
  poor, dry soils, but performs better in fertile
  soil, easy to transplant
• Light full sun, but not exceptionally heat
  tolerant
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant
  once established
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Potentilla fruticosa potentilla, bush cinquefoil

• Pests spider mites, powdery mildew if grown in
  shade, usually pest free
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning by removing
  1/3 of the largest diameter branches back to the
  base of the plant every 1-2 years, or do
  rejuvenation pruning by cutting entire plant back
  to 4-6 from soil every 2-3 years, gets ratty,
  open, and leggy with age, thus does require
  pruning, deadhead old flowers to prevent fruit
  development
• Invasive not invasive
• Use accent, border, edging, foundation, masses,
  highways

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Prunus x cistena purpleleaf sandcherry
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Prunus x cistena purpleleaf sandcherry
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Prunus x cistena purpleleaf sandcherry

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, but prefers
  fertile soil and good drainage
• Light full sun for purple leaf color
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant,
  will not tolerate wet or poorly drained soil
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance moderate, but short lived due to
  diseases

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Prunus x cistena purpleleaf sandcherry

• Pests very susceptible to viruses, fireblight,
  root rot, cankers, borer, rabbit and vole injury
  at base of plant, leaf spot, scale, short lived
  due to pest susceptibility
• Maintenance do not shear as very prone to
  canker, gets ratty, open and leggy with age,
  needs renewal pruning by removing 1/3 of the
  largest diameter branches back to the base of the
  plant every 1-3 years, often full of dead wood,
  use chicken wire around base of plant to prevent
  rabbit and vole injury, brittle wood
• Invasive not invasive
• Use accent, unsheared hedge, border, foundation,
  masses, screen

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Rhamnus frangula Columnaris tallhedge glossy
buckthorn
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Rhamnus frangula Columnaris tallhedge glossy
buckthorn
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Rhamnus frangula Columnaris tallhedge glossy
buckthorn
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Rhamnus frangula Columnaris tallhedge glossy
buckthorn

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant, reseeds and suckers readily
• Light full sun to partial shade, less shade
  tolerant than R. catharticus
• Moisture prefers moist, well-drained soil, not
  drought tolerant (gets cankers)
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant, but do NOT
  plant, very invasive!

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Rhamnus frangula Columnaris tallhedge glossy
buckthorn

• Pests susceptible to basal canker when drought
  stressed, leaf spot, often leggy, open and ratty
  looking, branches flop over due to snow and ice
  loads
• Maintenance prune at soil line and immediately
  treat cut stump inner edges with systemic
  herbicide or else it will resprout or sucker,
  best to do in mid to late fall
• Invasive very invasive, especially in wetlands,
  suckers, and reseeds readily
• Use none, get rid of it, used as a tall hedge
  and screen, but dont use

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Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac
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Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac
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Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac
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Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac
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Rhus aromatica Gro-low Gro-low fragrant sumac
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Rhus aromatica Gro-low Gro-low fragrant sumac
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Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable, easy
  to transplant
• Light full sun to partial shade
• Moisture needs well-drained soil, drought
  tolerant
• Salt salt tolerant
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Rhus aromatica fragrant sumac

• Pests susceptible to verticillium wilt, powdery
  mildew
• Maintenance naturally layers itself, stabilizes
  soil, can cut back to rejuvenate
• Invasive not invasive
• Use border, masses, highways, slopes/banks,
  groundcover (Gro-low only)

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Rhus typhina staghorn sumac
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Rhus typhina staghorn sumac
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Rhus typhina staghorn sumac
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Rhus typhina staghorn sumac
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Rhus typhina Bailtiger Tiger Eyes staghorn
sumac
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Rhus typhina Bailtiger Tiger Eyes staghorn
sumac
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Rhus typhina staghorn sumac

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable, easy
  to transplant
• Light full sun
• Moisture needs well-drained soil, drought
  tolerant
• Salt salt tolerant
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Rhus typhina staghorn sumac

• Pests very susceptible to verticillium wilt, can
  get leaf spot, cankers
• Maintenance may need renewal pruning of 1/3 of
  the largest diameter branches back to the base of
  the plant each year, or can rejuvenate prune to
  ground, weak-wooded, short-lived shrub
• Invasive not invasive but is aggressive, spreads
  quickly, suckers
• Use border, masses, screen, highways,
  naturalizing, slopes/banks

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Rosa Bucbi Carefree Beauty rose
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Rosa Bucbi Carefree Beauty rose
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Rosa Bucbi Carefree Beauty rose
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Rosa Meipitac Carefree Wonder rose
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Rosa Meipotal Carefree Delight rose
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Rosa Bucbi Carefree Beauty rose

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, but prefers
  a loamy soil high in organic matter
• Light full sun only, if grown in shade, few, if
  any flowers
• Moisture moist, well-drained
• Salt unknown
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Rosa Bucbi Carefree Beauty rose

• Pests susceptible to Japanese beetle, rose
  sawfly (slug), anthracnose, can get black spot
  (despite what literature says), can get powdery
  mildew, rust, leaf cutter bee, spider mites,
  canker, stem dieback in winter, prone to deer
  browsing
• Maintenance gets ratty in winter with
  significant dieback of stems, needs renewal
  pruning or cut entire plant back to within 4-6
  of ground or back to live wood (allow for
  regrowth in spring to determine what part of cane
  is dead), do not shear, do not deadhead if want
  rose hips, otherwise, deadhead to encourage
  continuous bloom
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, hedge, barrier, border,
  foundation, masses

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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose
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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose
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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose
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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose
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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose
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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose
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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose
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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose

• Soil adaptable to most soils but prefers a loamy
  soil high in organic matter, tolerant to sandy
  soil, requires an acidic to slightly acidic soil,
  gets very chlorotic at high pH
• Light full sun only, if grown in shade, few, if
  any flowers
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant
• Salt salt tolerant
• Urban tolerance moderate as must have acid soils

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Rosa rugosa rugosa rose, salt spray rose

• Pests susceptible to Japanese beetle, can get
  black spot (depends on cultivar), rose sawfly
  (slug), powdery mildew, rust, leaf cutter bee,
  spider mites, canker, fireblight, anthracnose,
  resistant to deer
• Maintenance gets ratty in winter, suckers, needs
  renewal pruning of 1/3 of the largest diameter
  branches back to the base of the plant each year,
  do not shear, do not deadhead if want rose hips
  (some cultivars only), otherwise, deadhead to
  encourage continuous bloom
• Invasive invasive in New England, but not here
• Use specimen, accent, hedge, barrier, border,
  foundation, masses, highways, slopes/banks

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Spiraea japonica Japanese spirea
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Spiraea japonica Japanese spirea
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Spiraea japonica Japanese spirea
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Spiraea japonica Japanese spirea
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Spiraea japonica Japanese spirea
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Spiraea japonica Japanese spirea

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  grow, can get chlorotic at very high pH
• Light full sun, heat tolerant
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant,
  will not tolerate wet soil
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Spiraea japonica Japanese spirea

• Pests all spireas are very sensitive to
  herbicide drift, hence, do not use any herbicides
  around the base or near the plant, mulch around
  base, usually pest free, often has dead twigs
  inside shrub
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning each year with
  removal of 1/3 of the largest diameter branches
  back to the base of the plant, or can cut entire
  plant back to within 4 of ground every few
  years, do not shear, can deadhead to encourage
  second flush of flowers
• Invasive invasive, reseeds readily in garden
• Use specimen, accent, border, foundation,
  masses, highways

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Spiraea nipponica Snowmound Snowmound spirea
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Spiraea nipponica Snowmound Snowmound spirea
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Spiraea nipponica Snowmound Snowmound spirea
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Spiraea nipponica Snowmound Snowmound spirea

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  grow
• Light full sun to partial shade
• Moisture moist, well-drained
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Spiraea nipponica Snowmound Snowmound spirea

• Pests all spireas are very sensitive to
  herbicide drift, hence, do not use any herbicides
  around the base or near the plant, mulch around
  base, usually pest free, often has dead twigs
  inside shrub, can get fireblight
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning every few
  years with removal of 1/3 of the largest diameter
  branches back to the base of the plant, do not
  shear, keep natural, arching form
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, hedge, border, foundation,
  masses

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Spiraea x vanhouttei Vanhoutte spirea
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Spiraea x vanhouttei Vanhoutte spirea
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Spiraea x vanhouttei Vanhoutte spirea
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Spiraea x vanhouttei Vanhoutte spirea
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Spiraea x vanhouttei Vanhoutte spirea

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  grow
• Light full sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Spiraea x vanhouttei Vanhoutte spirea

• Pests all spireas are very sensitive to
  herbicide drift, hence, do not use any herbicides
  around the base or near the plant, mulch around
  base, susceptible to leaf spot in warmer
  climates, can get fireblight
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning every few
  years with removal of 1/3 of the largest diameter
  branches back to the base of the plant, do not
  shear, keep natural, arching form
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, border, foundation, masses, screen

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Symphoricarpos albus common snowberry
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Symphoricarpos albus common snowberry
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Symphoricarpos albus common snowberry
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Symphoricarpos albus common snowberry

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant
• Light full sun to partial shade
• Moisture prefers a moist, well-drained soil,
  drought tolerant
• Salt salt tolerant
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Symphoricarpos albus common snowberry

• Pests very susceptible to powdery mildew and
  anthracnose on leaves, fruit often full of fungus
  turning the white fruit black, leaf rust
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning and removal of
  dead twigs as it forms a twiggy, ratty mess with
  lots of dead branches, forms colonies, tends to
  collect trash inside shrub, do not shear
• Invasive not invasive
• Use hedge, border, foundation, masses, highways,
  naturalizing, slopes/banks

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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Indiancurrant
coralberry
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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Indiancurrant
coralberry
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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Indiancurrant
coralberry
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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Indiancurrant
coralberry

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, easy to
  transplant
• Light partial to full shade, but will take sun
• Moisture prefers a moist, well-drained soil,
  drought tolerant
• Salt unknown
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Indiancurrant
coralberry

• Pests very susceptible to powdery mildew and
  anthracnose on leaves, fruit can be full of
  fungus (less than S. albus), leaf rust
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning and removal of
  dead twigs as it forms a twiggy, ratty mess with
  lots of dead branches, forms colonies, tends to
  collect trash inside shrub, do not shear
• Invasive not invasive
• Use border, foundation, masses, highways,
  naturalizing, slopes/banks

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Syringa meyeri Palibin Palibin lilac, dwarf
Korean lilac
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Syringa meyeri Palibin Palibin lilac, dwarf
Korean lilac
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Syringa meyeri Palibin Palibin lilac, dwarf
Korean lilac
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Syringa meyeri Palibin Palibin lilac, dwarf
Korean lilac
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Syringa meyeri Palibin Palibin lilac, dwarf
Korean lilac
Palibin lilac grafted onto Japanese tree lilac
standard
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Syringa meyeri Palibin Palibin lilac, dwarf
Korean lilac

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable but
  prefers neutral pH for best flower color, easy to
  transplant
• Light full sun, heat tolerant
• Moisture prefers a moist, well-drained soil,
  does not tolerate wet soils
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Syringa meyeri Palibin Palibin lilac, dwarf
Korean lilac

• Pests resistant to powdery mildew, usually pest
  free but can get scale and verticillium wilt
• Maintenance does not sucker so NO renewal
  pruning needed, needs shaping after flowering,
  easy to manage, can deadhead, but really not
  needed
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, hedge, border, foundation,
  masses

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Syringa pubescens subsp. patula Miss Kim Miss
Kim lilac
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Syringa pubescens subsp. patula Miss Kim Miss
Kim lilac
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Syringa pubescens subsp. patula Miss Kim Miss
Kim lilac
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Syringa pubescens subsp. patula Miss Kim Miss
Kim lilac

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable but
  prefers neutral pH for best flower color, easy to
  transplant
• Light full sun only, heat tolerant
• Moisture prefers a moist, well-drained soil,
  does not tolerate wet soils
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Syringa pubescens subsp. patula Miss Kim Miss
Kim lilac

• Pests resistant to powdery mildew, usually pest
  free but can get scale and verticillium wilt
• Maintenance does not sucker so NO renewal
  pruning needed, needs shaping after flowering,
  easy to manage, can deadhead old flowers
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, hedge, border, foundation,
  masses

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Syringa vulgaris common lilac
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Syringa vulgaris common lilac
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Syringa vulgaris common lilac
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Syringa vulgaris common lilac
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Syringa vulgaris common lilac
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Syringa vulgaris common lilac

• Soil adaptable to most soils, pH adaptable but
  prefers neutral pH for best flower color, easy to
  transplant
• Light full sun only
• Moisture prefers a moist, well-drained soil,
  does not tolerate wet soils
• Salt moderate
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant

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Syringa vulgaris common lilac

• Pests very susceptible to powdery mildew,
  verticillium wilt, bacterial blight, lilac borer
  on larger branches, scale
• Maintenance suckers, needs renewal pruning,
  remove 1/3 of the largest diameter branches back
  to the base of the plant each year, deadhead old
  flowers as they are unsightly
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, border, foundation,
  masses, screen

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Viburnum carlesii Koreanspice viburnum
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Viburnum carlesii Koreanspice viburnum
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Viburnum carlesii Koreanspice viburnum
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Viburnum carlesii Koreanspice viburnum
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Viburnum carlesii Koreanspice viburnum

• Soil prefers fertile, cool, slightly acidic
  soil, but is pH adaptable, does not tolerate
  poorly drained, heavy clay, compacted soil,
  difficult to establish
• Light full sun to partial shade, but better fall
  color and more flowers with some sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance moderate to low

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Viburnum carlesii Koreanspice viburnum

• Pests viburnum borer, bacterial leaf spot, prone
  to rabbit injury at base of plant
• Maintenance needs shaping after flowering,
  usually little pruning needed, do not shear, does
  not sucker, use chicken wire around base of plant
  in winter to prevent rabbit injury, brittle wood
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, border, foundation, masses

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Viburnum dentatum arrowwood viburnum
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Viburnum dentatum arrowwood viburnum
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Viburnum dentatum arrowwood viburnum
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Viburnum dentatum arrowwood viburnum
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Viburnum dentatum arrowwood viburnum

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, but prefers
  fertile, cool soil, one of the easiest viburnums
  to grow
• Light full sun to partial shade, but better fall
  color and more flowers/fruit in sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance moderate

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Viburnum dentatum arrowwood viburnum

• Pests viburnum leaf beetle (problem in N.E.
  U.S.), can reseed in garden
• Maintenance needs renewal pruning by removing
  1/3 of the largest diameter branches back to the
  base of the plant every 1-3 years, suckers
  readily, do not shear
• Invasive not invasive but can reseed
• Use accent, hedge, border, masses, screen,
  naturalizing

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Viburnum lantana wayfaringtree viburnum
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Viburnum lantana wayfaringtree viburnum
V. carlesii vs. V. lantana
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Viburnum lantana wayfaringtree viburnum
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Viburnum lantana wayfaringtree viburnum
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Viburnum lantana wayfaringtree viburnum
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Viburnum lantana wayfaringtree viburnum

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, but prefers
  fertile, cool soil, easy to transplant, one of
  the easiest viburnums to grow
• Light full sun to partial shade, but more
  flowers and fruit in sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained, drought tolerant
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance moderate

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Viburnum lantana wayfaringtree viburnum

• Pests bacterial leaf spot, viburnum borer
• Maintenance needs shaping as has long shoots, do
  not shear, gets leggy with age so may need some
  renewal pruning, can reseed
• Invasive not here, but is in N.E. U.S.
• Use accent, hedge, border, foundation, masses,
  screen

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Viburnum trilobum American cranberrybush viburnum
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Viburnum trilobum American cranberrybush viburnum
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Viburnum trilobum American cranberrybush viburnum
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Viburnum trilobum American cranberrybush viburnum
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Viburnum trilobum American cranberrybush viburnum
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Viburnum trilobum American cranberrybush viburnum

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH, but prefers
  a fertile, cool soil, easy to transplant
• Light full sun to partial shade, but better fall
  color and more flowers and fruit in sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained, tolerant to wet
  soil but NOT drought tolerant
• Salt none
• Urban tolerance moderate

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Viburnum trilobum American cranberrybush viburnum

• Pests very susceptible to viburnum borer,
  viburnum aphids, viburnum leaf beetle
• Maintenance straight species needs renewal
  pruning with removal of 1/3 of the largest
  diameter branches back to the base of the plant
  every 2-3 years, do not shear, dwarf cultivars
  better suited to landscapes
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, hedge, border, foundation,
  masses, screen, naturalizing

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Weigela spp. weigela
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Weigela spp. weigela
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Weigela spp. weigela
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Weigela spp. weigela
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Weigela spp. weigela
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Weigela spp. weigela

• Soil adaptable to most soils and pH
• Light full sun
• Moisture moist, well-drained soil, will not
  tolerate wet soil
• Salt unknown
• Urban tolerance urban tolerant but needs good
  soil drainage, tolerant to air pollution

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Weigela spp. weigela

• Pests some cultivars (especially purple-leaved
  cultivars) are not hardy and may have severe
  dieback or may not flower in spring, no serious
  pest problems but needs good drainage in soil
• Maintenance prune back lightly after flowering,
  needs shaping
• Invasive not invasive
• Use specimen, accent, border, foundation, masses
• Hardiness Zone 5a-4b (depends on cultivar)