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| Lowbush Blueberry |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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Yummy, yummy 1/2 inch blueberries in mid-summer on low spreading shrubs, then excellent crimson leaves in fall. Seems to like dry, acidic soil in full sun. We've got ours planted along the front walkway with Alumroot and Birdsfoot Violet, but closer to the kitchen would be better. This plant's only fault other than being slow growing, is that deer like it. A bowl full of the berries definitely deserves any defense you can think of. Cat# 1290
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| Vaccinium angustifolium 'Top Hat' |
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| Top Hat Blueberry, Lowbush |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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'Top Hat' is a lowbush blueberry developed by Michigan State University that is especially dense and compact growing only to about 2 feet by 2 feet. It bears very sweet, medium/large, scruptious berries in early to mid-summer. It does not require a different blueberry variety to produce lots of berries but a companion would help. 'Top Hat' has attractive blue/green leaves that turn fiery red in the fall before falling off. It prefers full sun or light shade, and good but well drained, acidic soil. So in addition to producing great fruits, this little shrub has a nice compact shape and very good fall color. It would be a good container plant or an effective deciduous foundation plant. Very versatile! Cat# 1540
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| Farkleberry |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Farkleberry is an erect shrub or small tree common throughout the southeast in dry, acidic, rocky woods. It has dark green, lustrous leaves which turn a fiery red holding on late in the season before falling off, then revealing attractive exfoliating bark. Small white spring flowers make way for clusters of black, inedible berries which persist into the winter. Farkleberry is a good choice for dry, acidic, rocky woods. It responds well to pruning so you can have a short spreading shrub, a tall upright shrub, or a small tree. Try a wood's edge planting featuring Farkleberry, Alumroot, and Eared Coreopsis. Cat# 1319
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| Vaccinium ashei 'Tifblue' |
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| Rabbiteye Blueberry |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Native to the southeast from Texas to North Carolina, Vaccinium ashei is well adapted to the hot, humid summers and mild winters of the southeast. 'Tifblue' was introduced in Georgia in 1955 and for many years was the standard by which all other blueberries were judged. It is an upright grower to 8 feet by 6 feet. Fruits ripen in late spring to early summer so it is considered a mid-to-late season blueberry. For best pollination, plant several different varieties. Blueberries are almost a perfect landscape shrub. They are easy to grow. They are very attractive when in flower and during the summer, and they have great fall foliage color before the leaves fall off. Plus, of course, the berries are excellent tasting and very good for you. Blueberries prefer full sun and good, acidic soil that is moist but well drained. Every home needs to have a few different kinds of blueberries planted just outside the kitchen door! Cat# 1539
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| Vaccinium corymbosum 'O'Neal' |
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| Southern Highbush Blueberry |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Vaccinium corymbosum occurs throughout all of eastern North America but O'Neal might be the best blueberry for the southeast because it requires relatively few chill hours (the minimum hours at a low temperature in order to set fruit), and it is self-fertile so you do not need 2 different kinds. 'O'Neal' averages 4-6 feet tall and 6 feet wide. The fruit ripens early, and has a good yield of large, very tasty berries. Blueberries are almost a perfect landscape shrub. They are easy to grow. They are very attractive when in flower and during the summer, and they have great fall foliage color before the leaves fall off. Plus, of course, the berries are excellent tasting and very good for you. Blueberries prefer full sun and good, acidic soil that is moist but well drained. Every home needs to have a few different kinds of blueberries planted just outside the kitchen door! Cat# 1538
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| Vaccinium darrowii 'John Blue' |
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| John Blue Blueberry |
Zones: 7, 8, 9
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Vaccinium darrowii grows naturally in sandy acid soils from Louisiana to Florida where it forms low colonies. The selection, 'John Blue', was made by North Carolina State blueberry researchers, for its dwarf stature and its very small and lovely powdery blue and pink leaves. It forms good blueberries when crossed with southern highbush varieties like 'Misty' or 'O'Neal'. Grow 'John Blue' in full sun and good, acidic soil, with average to dry soil. Even if it did not make blueberries, the plants themselves are very ornamental with their soft blue leaves and dwarf stature. Cat# 1584
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| American Cranberry |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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This is the commercial cranberry that also grows wild in sunny sphagnum bogs from Canada to North Carolina. Although rare in the wild, and grown carefully for commercial production, the American Cranberry is not difficult to grow. The soil must be highly organic and kept cool and moist. Plants like full to mostly sunny places. But what does it look like? Cranberry plants grow 2 to 6 inches tall and indefinitely wide forming large mats by means of trailing branches that take root intermittently. The evergreen leaves are elliptic and 3/4 inches long, becoming reddish in the winter and with new growth. The flowers are not showy, little pink bells, but we all know what the fruits look like. American Cranberry makes a good, thick ground cover where conditions are right. The texture is low and dense. Cat# 1224
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| Deerberry, Squaw Huckleberry |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Another plant common in the soiutheast in dry, rocky, acidic woods, Deerberry is a deciduous shrub which grows 2 to 15 feet tall. Small, showy, white, bell-shaped flowers appear in late spring and are followed by fall berries that range in color from yellow-green to pink-purple to dark blue. Fall leaf color ranges from yellow to pale red and the bark of mature stems is attractively striped. A highly variable species, forms can be short and spreading or narrow and tall. Deerberry is a good choice for a shady, dry, acidic place. Cat# 1320
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| Verbena canadensis 'Homestead Purple' |
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| Homestead Purple Verbena |
Zones: 6, 7, 8, 9
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Verbena canadensis is common in the southeastern piedmont and coastal plain areas in dry sunny places. Hardier than the species, 'Homestead Purple' is covered with bright purple flowers produced on short spikes all summer long. It grows about 1 foot tall and several feet in diameter. The many branched stems lie along the ground and root as they go. This tough plant is great for dry, sunny, rough places where others fail. It needs good drainage and responds well to occasional shearing. Try it tumbling over a wall or bank, where it can spill onto a sidewalk, as a low border, or massed in beds. It has rapidly become a low maintenance, favorite bedding plant substitute here in the southeast that is virtually deerproof and is a butterfly magnet. Further north, it may need some winter protection. Cat# 1240
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| Vernonia gigantea (altissima) |
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| Ironweed |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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For a tall perennial with rich reddish-purple flowers, Ironweed cannot be beat. Ironweed is a common wildflower of moist fields and roadsides and its beauty may therefore be taken for granted. Flower clusters from July to frost attain spreads of over 12 inches. Maturing from the inside out, flowers start out deep, dark, reddish-purple and become light purple with contrasting white anthers looking like bits of snow on the flowers. Its flowers are excellent as fresh cut flowers. Because of its height (4 to 7 feet), it would be best at the rear of the garden or in natural areas. Ironweed is very attractive growing with Goldenrod, Joe Pye Weed, Wild Ageratum, Seashore Mallow, and Sunflowers. It needs full sun or partial shade and moisture. Cat# 1226
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| Vernonia lettermannii 'Iron Butterfly' |
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| Iron Butterfly Ironweed |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Vernonia lettermannii is native to Oklahoma and Arkansas where it is found in areas that may be periodically very wet or dry, like gravelly riverbanks. 'Iron Butterfly' is a selection from the University of Georgia that is compact, well-branched, and very vigorous with open heads of deep violet, late summer and fall flowers. Its long, needle-like foliage resembles another Arkansas native, Amsonia hubrictii or Threadleaf Blue Star.;Use this neat ironweed for its fine foliage effect in full sun and dry to moist soils. Cat# 1517
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| Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue' |
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| Creeping Speedwell, Georgia Blue |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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If you want an easy, early blooming ground cover for sun or light shade, here you go. 'Georgia Blue' is a (fast) creeping spreader that has brilliant blue/white-eyed flowers in early to late spring. This little native of Russia is tough and tolerant of temperature and moisture extremes once established. It works very well with spring bulbs, ferns, and wildflowers at the woods edge. It is evergreen and its small dark green leaves turn a glossy burgundy in the winter. Cat# 1585
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| Culver's Root |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Native to moist places in the southeastern mountains, Culver's Root has late summer, 5 foot tall spikes of white-tinged-pink flowers that tower above gradually spreading clumps of lance shaped leaves. In sun or part shade and average to moist soil, Culver's Root is effective as a background plant or as an accent planting. Try it with New England Aster, Pink Boltonia, and Turtlehead. Cat# 1227
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| Veronicastrum virginicum 'Temptation' |
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| Culvers Root, Blue |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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This is a selection of Culver's Root that has early summer, light bluish-purple flowers on 4' stalks. The whorled leaves and 15" long flower spikes give it an elegant architectural quality. Grow it in full sun or light shade and average to moist soil towards the back of the perennial border or maybe clumped around a pond. Cat# 1475
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| Mapleleaf Viburnum |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Mapleleaf Viburnum is wide-ranging in eastern North America from Quebec and New Brunswick down to Florida as an understory shrub in acidic woods. Its form is an open, sometimes stoloniferous shrub growing to about 6 feet. Pie-shaped clusters of creamy white flowers appear in spring and are followed by showy blue berries in early fall. The leaves are shaped just like those of red maple and their fall color is equally as beautiful turning pastel pink and rose and salmon, sometimes almost luminescent. The ability of Mapleleaf Viburnum to grow in dry or moist shade and to provide outstanding fall color makes this a truly valuable plant for the shady landscape. Use it in the woods or at the wood's edge where it will blend in unobtrusively until fall when you will suddenly notice its beautiful soft glow. Cat# 1399
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| Arrowwood Viburnum |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Here is a fast growing, tallish, (6 to 15 foot tall by an equal spread), multistemmed, deciduous shrub for sun or half shade and average soil that can be used as a screen, barrier, or backdrop while also providing food for birds which love its blue-black berries in the fall. The rich dark green ovate leaves may turn yellow, red, or purple in the fall while the spring flowers are typically Viburnum - 2 to 4 inch pie plate shaped clusters of creamy white and non-fragrant. This plant is native throughout most of the eastern United States and will grow just about anywhere except very wet or very dry. Cat# 1228
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| Viburnum nudum 'Winterthur' |
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| Winterthur Viburnum |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Winterthur' is an improved selection from Winterthur Gardens in Delaware, of Smooth Witherod or Possum Haw, that grows naturally in moist places throughout the southeast. Growing 5 to 7 feet high and wide with dense, compact branching, 'Winterthur' has 3 to 4 inch long, waxy, lustrous deep green leaves that turn a gorgeous reddish purple in fall before falling off. The creamy white pie-shaped flower clusters appear in early summer and are followed by white berries that change to deep purple black in fall. For best berry production, plant a Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides with it. Grow it in full sun to light shade and average to moist soil. Would make an excellent screen or backdrop. Cat# 1291
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| Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides |
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| Possum Haw, Witherod |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Possum haw is a big, rounded, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub that thrives in damp woods, thickets, and swamps across eastern North America. Shrub form is rounded and multi-stemmed. Variety cassinoides is the more southern type and has smaller, oval, matte green leaves, while var. nudum (from which Viburnum 'Winterthur' is derived), is more northern and has leathery, glossy leaves. Flat-topped white flowers appear in spring and are followed in the fall by the most beautiful berry display imaginable. Clusters of large " berries morph from light pink, to brilliant pink/red, to red, blue, then almost black when finally, birds gobble them up. In addition to providing food for birds, this variety is particularly useful as a pollinator for Viburnum 'Winterthur'. Plant them nearby one another to get a bumper fruit crop on 'Winterthur'. For best fruiting and fall foliage color, give possum haw full sun to light shade and average to moist soil. Cat# 1608
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| American Cranberry Bush |
Zones: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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American Cranberry Bush grows 8 to 12 feet tall and as wide. In late spring, it has flat-topped clusters of white flowers (not fragrant), followed by clusters of bright red berries in early fall through winter. Although they hold well and can be used for jellies and preserves, they are also enjoyed by birds. Plants can be so heavily laden with berries that the branches may droop almost to the ground. Fall foliage varies from green to yellow, red, and purple. This is a very handsome shrub for sun or light shade in good, well-drained, but moist soil. American Cranberry Bush is an under-used native shrub. Try it for screening, an informal hedge, or maybe along the border of your property. It's choice. Cat# 1229
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| Viola labradorica var. purpurea |
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| Labrador Violet |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Labrador Violet is a diminutive violet native from Greenland through New England. It has medium purple-blue, 3/4 inch flowers suffused with dark purple and a white eye. Flowering time is mostly in spring and then sporadically throughout the summer and fall. This particular variety has heart shaped leaves that have a wonderful soft dark purple cast in spring and fall. The leaf and flower colors contrast nicely. This little evergreen violet makes clumps 4 inches tall and 12 inches wide and spreads rapidly by slender rhizomes making it an excellent filler plant for the front of the border. Give it full sun up north and some shade down south and fairly moisture retentive soil. It would look great with the spring Phloxes, Jacobs Ladder, Bluestar, Bowmans Root, or Lyre-leaved Sage. Cat# 1230
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| Birdsfoot Violet |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Birdsfoot Violet is a little gem for the rock garden or other prominent spot with excellent drainage and full sun or light shade. It can be grown successfully in sand or pea gravel with a little compost. The flowers of this desirable species are 1 to 2 inches wide and shaped like fully opened violet flowers. The two upper petals are violet or lavender and the three lower ones are slightly paler. From March to May, a happy plant may display two dozen or more open flowers at once when the entire plant is no more than 6 to 8 inches around and tall! The leaves (evergreen here) are very dissected or finely cut resembling bird's feet with many toes. Other plants to grow with Birdsfoot Violet are Fire Pink, Alumroot, Beardtongue, Arkansas Bluestar, and Cumberland Rosemary. Cat# 1231
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| Viola pedata 'Eco Artist Palette' |
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| Eco Artist Palette Birdsfoot Violet |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Once again, Don Jacobs of Eco Gardens in Georgia spotted a winner and what a cool little violet this one is! The 2 upper petals are deep violet blue; the lower three are white or the palest blue; and the eye is bright orange! A real knock-out. It wants full sun or light shade and excellent drainage, and a spot in front of the rock garden or between paving stones or in a tufa trough. Flowering occurs for us mostly in late spring but sporadically all summer and into fall. Cat# 1428
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