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Common name/ Botanical name |
Height | Flowering Time | Flower Color | Sun/Shade |
American Mountain Ash/ Sorbus Americana |
to 30' | June-July | White | Sun/part shade |
American Witchhazel/ Hamamelis virginiana |
12-15' | Sept.-Nov. | Yellow | Sun/Shade |
Blackgum/Tupelo/ Nyssa sylvatica |
60-80' | May-June | Yellowish green | Sun/part shade |
Chokecherry/ Prunus virginiana |
16' | May-June | White | Sun/part shade |
Crabapple/ Malus sp. |
12-40' | April-May | Pink/white | Sun |
Eastern Redbud/ Cercis canadensis |
20-30' | May-June | Magenta | Sun/part shade |
Flowering Dogwood/ Cornus florida |
30' | mid-May | Yellowish green | Sun/part shade |
Maple/ Acer sp. |
to 75' | April | Yellowish green | Sun |
Roundleaf Dogwood/ Cornus rugosa |
12' | June | White | Sun/part shade |
Serviceberry/ Amelanchier sp. |
6-20' | late March | White | Sun |
Staghorn Sumac/ Rhus typhina |
15-25' | June | Greenish yellow | Sun/part shade |
Tulip Tree/ Liriodendron tulipifera |
70-90' | late-May to mid-June | Yellow green | Sun |
Common name/ Botanical name |
Height | Flowering Time | Flower Color | Sun/Shade |
American pussy willow/ Salix discolor |
to 20' | March-April | Yellow/green | Sun/shade |
Arrowwood viburnum/ Viburnum dentatum |
5-9' | May to early-June | Creamy white | Sun/part shade |
Black Chokeberry/ Photinia melanocarpa |
4-6' |
May-June | White | Sun/part shade |
Bush Honeysuckle/ Diervilla lonicera |
1/2-3' | June-July | Yellow | Sun/shade |
Buttonbush/ Cephalanthus Occidentalis |
3-6' | June, July, August | Creamy white | Sun/part shade |
Catberry/ Ilex mucronata |
6-8' | June-July | Inconspicuous/ white | Sun/part shade |
Cinquefoil/ Dasiphora fruticose |
3-4' | May-June | Yellow | Sun/part shade |
Common ninebark/ Physocarpus opulifolius |
6-10' | May-June | Whitish pink | Sun/part shade |
Common snowberry/ Symphoricarpos albus |
3-4' | June-July | Pink | Sun/part shade |
Eastern Teaberry/ Gaultheria procumbens |
4-8' | May-June | Pink | Sun/part shade |
Highbush blueberry/ Vaccinium corymbosum |
7-9' | June-July | White | Sun/part shade |
Kinnikinick/ Arctostaphylos uva-ursi |
2-6' | May-June | Purple-blue | Sun/part shade |
Leatherleaf/ Chamaedaphne calyculata |
1-3' | May-July | White | Sun/part shade |
Mapleleaf viburnum/ Viburnum acerfolium |
4-5' | May-June | White | Sun/part shade |
New Jersey Tea/ Ceanothus americanus |
1-3' | June-August | White | Sun/part shade |
Pinxterbloom azalea/ Rhododendron periclymenoides |
4-6' | late May | Pale pink | Sun/part shade |
Rhodora/ Rhododendron canadense |
3-4' | June-July | Rose pink | Sun/part shade |
Serviceberry/ Amelanchier canadensis |
6-20' | late March | White | Sun |
Swamp azalea/ Rhododendron viscosum |
5' | June | White to pale pink | Part shade |
Sweet pepperbush/ Clethra alnifolia |
5-8' | July & August | White | Sun/part shade |
Trailing Arbutus/ Epigaea repens |
1-3' | May-July | White to pink | Sun/part shade |
Virginia rose/ Rosa virginiana |
4-6' | June-July | Rose pink | Sun |
White mountainsweet/ Spirea alba |
3-6' | June-Sept. | White to pink | Sun |
Winterberry/ Ilex verticillata |
6-10' | June-July | White | Sun/shade |