Earth Tones Native Plant Nursery & Landscapes

Trees, Shrubs & Vines

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Botanical Name Common Name Class Description
Acer pensylvanicum Striped Maple/ Goose-foot Maple Tree This maple likes well drained soils and is found in woods along slopes where it is cool and moist. It grows about 25 feet tall and has green and white striped bark. The leaves are 3 to 8 inches and are in the shape of a goose foot. Fall color is yellow.
Acer rubrum Red Maple Tree This tree naturally occurs in low wet sites. Grows 40-60 feet tall. Has beautiful red fall color with yellow tinges. Grows small red flower clusters in the early spring.
Acer saccarinum Silver Maple Tree A rapidly growing maple that can reach 70 feet tall. Prefers sun and will tolerate poor soil conditions. Gets greenish-yellow to red flower clusters in early spring.
Acer saccharum Sugar Maple Tree Tolerates shade better than other maples. Grows 50-75 feet tall. Slow growing. Prefers moist, well-drained soil. Has excellent fall foliage color!
Alnus rugosa Speckled Alder Shrub Streamside pioneer that can grow in pure sand or in standing water. This plant takes nitrogen out of the air.
Amelanchier canadensis Shadblow, Serviceberry Tree Small tree grows 18 - 20 ft tall. Early spring blooms are a delicate white. Smooth gray bark. Can handle sun, part shade and moist to dry soils. Berries in summer are edible if you can get them before the birds!
Amelanchier lamarkii Lamark Shadblow Tree This 15-25 foot tall tree blooms with white fragrant flowers in April. It is commonly referred to as Juneberry because it produces dark purple berries in June.
Amelanchier stolonifera Ground-running Amelanchier Shrub This shad is found in dry rocky places and is only 1to 4 feet tall. It too has white flowers in spring and great fruit to eat.
Andromeda glaucophylla Marsh Andromeda “Arctic Pink” Shrub An evergreen shrub that can be 1-2 feet high and 2-3 feet wide. The leaves are very fine with a stiff leathery texture and deep dark green color with orange-brown hairs beneath. Flowers are white-pink and urn shaped coming out in May. Needs peaty, sandy, constantly moist soil. Full sun to partial shade. Good for ponds and bog gardens.
Andromeda polifolia Bog Rosemary Shrub Evergreen Shrub. 1-2 feet high and 2-3 feet wide with dark green leaves that have a stiff leathery texture. Flowers in May. Flowers are white-pink urn shaped . Needs peaty, sandy, constantly moist soil that is cool. Full sun –partial shade. Good for ponds and bog gardens.
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry, Kinickinick Shrub Evergreen groundcover that can be 3 to 8 inches high, and 2 to 4 feet wide. Flowers are pink-white bells in spring. It gets small red berrries in fall. Fall through winter the leaves stay a deep red.. Full to partial sun. This plant handles the worst soils!
Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry Shrub Produces red berries in fall that are great for birds. Has red foliage in Fall. Handles moist to dry soil conditons, and full sun.
Aronia melanocarpa Black Chokeberry Shrub Shrub that lives in wetlands, thickets and dunes. It grows to 15 feet tall and has white flowers at the end of its branches. Produces black berries.
Bentula lenta Sweet Birch Tree This tree grows small, brown, male catkins. Grows 40-55 feet tall. Prefers sun to partial shade and moist, well-drained soils. However, it will tolerate sandy or clay-like soils. Consistant Yellow Fall color.
Betula nigra River Birch Tree Small multi-stem tree that grows 20-40 feet tall with bark starting salmon brown to cinnamon brown and then turning white. Fall color is yellow. Prefers acidic, moist soil along rivers and swampy areas. Can tolerate drier sites if mulched and has good soil. These trees don’t get the bronze birch borer that destroy the White Birch.
Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood, American Hornbeam, Blue Beech Tree Tree grows 20-30 feet high and wide. It is multi-stemmed or single stemmed. In the fall, the leaves turn from dark green to yellow, orange, red, and reddish purple. The bark is smooth, thin, and bluish gray-looks like flexing muscles. A shade tolerant tree that can be placed under large trees, it can handle occasional flooding. Acidic to neutral soils.
Carya cordiformus Bitternut Hickory Tree This rapid growing Hickory produces bitter nuts in the fall, hence its name. Grows 50-70 feet tall. It has striking yellow buds in the spring.
Carya ovata Shagbark Hickory Tree Grows 50-70 feet tall. This slow growing Hickory produces sweet edible nuts in the fall. It has large strips of exfoliating bark. Likes sun to partial shade. Tolerates a variety of soil conditions.
Catalpa speciosa Northern Catalpa Tree This tree has large 6-12 inch long, heart shaped leaves and white flowers with yellow and purple. Seeds look like long beans. Grows 40-60 feet tall.
Cephalanthus occidentalis Button Bush Shrub This shrub grows 3 to 8 feet tall and 3 to 6 feet wide. Flowers are 1 inch balls that form at the ends of branches in the summer. Found in ponds and stream banks in full sun to light shade. Great for butterflies!
Cercis canadensis Eastern Redbud Tree Small multi stem tree 20-30 feet tall with a 25-35 foot spread. Flowers, reddish purple in bud changing to rose pink with purple tinge when open March-April. Yellow fall color. Soils acidic to basic. Needs to be moist but not wet.
Chamaedaphne calyculata Leatherleaf Shrub Evergreen Shrub 2-5 feet tall and spreading. Leaves are brownish green in color. Flowers are white with urn shape at ends of branches April-June. Good for wet, boggy areas. Can handle highly acidic soils.
Chionanthus virginicus Fringe Tree Tree Grows 12-20 feet high and 12-20 feet wide! Gets white, fragrant flower panicles in May. Develops blue fruit in the fall. Prefers sun to partial shade. Likes moist, well-drained soil. Attracts birds.
Clematis virginiana Virgin’s Bower Vine This vine attacts hummingbirds and butterflies with its fragrant white flowers that bloom midsummer. Grows 12-15 feet. Prefers full sun to partial shade.
Clethra alnifolia Ruby Spice Summersweet Shrub Enjoys moist soils, full sun to partial shade. Has very fragrant flowers and grows 4 - 8 ft tall and wide. Will sucker and form broad colonies. Attracts butterflies.
Clethra alnifolia White Summer sweet Shrub This shrub grows 3-8 feet tall and prefers moist to wet soil. It is low maintenace and will naturalize. Produces beautiful, fragrant, white flowers in summer. Attracts butterflies.
Comptonia peregrine Sweetfern Shrub Shrub 4ft. high and wide. Has glossy green fern-looking leaves. Likes dry, sandy acidic soils and sun to partial sun. Good on sandy hillsides. Aromatic foliage.
Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood Tree Prefers sun to light shade and moist to wet soil. Gets 10-25 feet high.Develops white flowers in late sping that have a strong smell. Its fruit goes from green to pink to blue in summer. Can suffers from powdery mildew.
Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood Shrub Develops creamy white flowers in spring. Mature fruit is cobalt blue. Not as ornamental as other dogwoods. Best uses are for naturalized situations.
Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood Tree Small tree 15-35 feet with low spreading branches, often wider than tall. Fall foliage color is red to reddish purple. Fruit is a glossy red cluster ripening in the fall and can persist through December. Very important Blue Bird food, but many birds eat them because they are high in protein. Prefers well drained acidic soils with mulch. Sun to partial shade. Great branch shape for winter accent !!!
Cornus racemosa Panicled/Gray Dogwood Shrub Shrub 7-10 feet tall and wide. Flowers are terminal small white flowers. Fruits are white with red stalks. Found on roadsides and in thickets.
Cornus sericea Red Twig Dogwood Shrub Shrub 7-9 feet high, spreading 10 feet wide. Develops white flowers in flat topped cymes late May-early June. Fall leaf color purplish-red. Fruit is white drupe in the fall and provides a late season food source for many birds. Needs mulch in dry places. Can form dense stands in wet areas. Nice winter accent with bright red stems.
Corylus americanus Beaked Hazelnut Shrub This a rather large flowering shrub which can grow up to16 feet tall. It produces edible hazelnuts in the fall. It prefers sun to partial shade and well-drained soil.
Empetrum nigrum ‘Compass Harbor’ Black Crowberry Shrub This shrub has needle-like, spreading leaves with deep grooves underneath and edges that roll under. It lives in acidic peatlands, cold coniferous forest, and acidic rocky slopes.
Euonymous americana Strawberry Bush Shrub Produces small, white flowers in summer. Warty scarlet capsules open to reveal rasberry-orange berries in the fall. Prefers partial shade and moist soil.
Hamamelis virginiana Witchhazel Tree This tree has dark green, glossy leaves. Good understory species but can handle full sun too. Prefers moist soil. Yellow fall blooms provide a late season nectar source. Grows 15-20 feet tall.
Hydrangea arborescens Wild or Smooth Hydrangea Shrub This shrub grows 3-6 feet tall and spreads by suckers. It develops typical pom-pom flowers. Prune down late winter; flowers form off new wood.
Hydrangea quercifolia Oakleaf Hydrangea Shrub This shrub grows 6-8 feet tall and wide. Produces large white flowers that turn purplish-pink as the flower matures. Prefers full sun to partial shade. Makes nice cut and dried flowers.
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowqueen’ Oakleaf Hydrangea ‘Snowqueen’ Shrub This shrub has oak shaped leaves and its flower heads are more long than round . It does well in part sun to shade in a protected area. Enjoys rich soils.
Ilex glabra Inkberry Shrub This shrub grows 6-8 feet high with an 8-10 foot spread. An evergreen excellent for foundation plantings, hedges, mass plantings, or as an accent plant. It is hardier than boxwood and has no insect or major disease problems.Can take heavy pruning. Provides winter cover for birds and in summer small black fruit .
Ilex verticillata ‘Jim Dandy’ Winterberry - ‘Jim Dandy’ Shrub Male winterberry plant. Assure berry productions.
Ilex verticillata ‘Jolly Red’ Winterberry - Jolly Red Shrub This shrub grows 6-10 feet high and wide. Can develop dense stands in swampy areas. Produces full bright red berries in late August that last into January.
Ilex verticillata ‘Kennebago’ Winterberry - Kennebago Shrub This shrub grows 5-8 feet high and wide- a smaller version that was found in Maine. Can develop dense stands in swampy areas. Develops bright red berries in late August which persist into January. Does well in light to heavy high organic, acidic soils. Full sun to partial shade
Ilex verticillata ‘Upright Red’ Winterberry - ‘Upright Red’ Shrub Produces many red berries along its branches. Great for cutting for holiday decorations.
Juniperus virginiana Easter Red Cedar Tree An evergreen tree that grows 40-50 feet high by 8-20 feet wide. Can handle very poor sandy soils; acidic to basic. This plant likes full sun. Great for screens and specimen plantings. Cedar waxwings love the fruit, chickadees love the cover and the exfoliating bark makes great nesting material.
Kalmia angustifolia Sheep Laurel Shrub This small laurel can live in bog-like to sandy soil conditions. It grows to 3 feet high and 2 to 4 feet wide. The flowers bloom in late spring to summer and are white to pink to red pink and look like the mountain laurel. It is very hardy!
Kalmia latifolia Mountain laurel Shrub This evergreen shrub can grow 7-15 feet high and 15-30 feet wide. Produces white to pink flowers in May-June. Soil should be well-drained and acidic. Roots must be mulched. Full sun –shade but, best flowering in sunnier locations. Comes in many sizes and flower colors. Connecticut’s state flower. Must see our mass planting of laurel in flower at the nursery.
Kalmia latifolia “Minuet” Dwarf Mountain Laurel, ‘Minuet’ Shurb A smaller growing evergreen with large, banded flowers. Light pink buds open to dark pink flowers with a light pink center in the spring. Also bears unique, dark green, narrow leaves. Grows 2-3 feet tall.
Kalmia latifolia ‘Elf” Dwarf Mountain Laurel, ‘Elf’ Shrub A dwarf variety with pink buds opening to very light pink to white flowers in the srping. Its foliage is half the size of other varieties. This plant grows upright when young then spreads with age. Grows 3-4 feet high.
Larix laricina Eastern Larch or Tamarack Tree This tree grows 40-80 feet high 15-30 feet wide. It has light bluish-green needles, with green to purple cones. The needles turn brilliant bronze in fall and drop off. Prefers moist, acidic soil and naturally occurs in boggy areas. Great fall color.
Ledum groenlandicum Labrador Tea Shrub An evergreen shrub that grows 2-4 feet high and wide. It has deep green leaves above with rust colored hair underneath. Produces white flowers May-June. Prefers sandy, peaty, acidic soils in full sun to partial shade. Great around ponds and bog gardens
Leucothoe axillaris Fetterbush Shrub This evergreen shrub grows 2-4 feet high 4-8 feet wide. It has green slender leaves that turn reddish-purple in winter. Prefers moist to moderately acidic soils in partial sun to shade. Has creamy white flowers in spring. Great evergreen for the shade.
Leucothoe fontanesiana Dog Laurel or Drooping Leucothoe Shrub Evergreen shrub 2-4ft. high 4-8ft. wide. Green slender leaves that turn reddish, purple in winter. Moist to moderate acidic soils partial sun to shade. Creamy white flowers in spring. Great evergreen for the shade.
Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rainbow’ Variegated Doghobble Shrub This is a variegated leucothoe with whites, yellows, greens and burgandies on its leaves.
Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Scarletta’ Scarletta’ Fetterbush Shrub This suckering, colonizing shrub grows 3-6 feet tall and wide. Has dark green, shiny, leathery leaves. Foliage is burgandy in the fall. Produces white fragrant flowers in the late spring. Prefers moist, cool, acidic soil and partial shade.
Lindera benzoin Spicebush Shrub The leaves of this shrub are aromatic when crushed. Grows 6-12 feet tall and wide. Attracts birds and butterflies. Great understory species in moist woods. Produces fragrant yellow-green flowers in early spring before leaves emerge.
Linodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree Tree This fast growing trees can reach heights between 40 to 100 feet. It develops yellowish-green to orange upright, cup-shaped fragrant flowers in the late spring. Has yellow fall color.
Lonicera sempervirens Trumpet Honeysuckle Vine This vine is found in average garden soils. Handles some shade to full sun. Its orange, pinkish-red flowers bloom in late spring and will go into December with mild conditions. The humming birds love it! Grows 4 to 15 feet, depending on support structure.
Myrica pennsylvanica Northern Bayberry Shrub This shrub grows 5-12 feet high and wide. Thrives in poor sandy soils. Prefers full sun to partial shade. Its waxy, aromatic berries can be used for making candles but is also an excellent food source for birds. Salt tolerant.
Nyssa sylvatica Black Gum Tree This is a tree for wet soils. It can reach 80 feet tall and has a spread of 20 to 35 feet. It has glossy dark green leaves in summer which turn brilliant red in the fall. Branches twist and make a nice winter feature.
Ostrya virginiana Hop Hornbeam or Ironwood Tree A small tree found in the understory and along slopes. It grows 20 to 45 feet and is 10 to 20 feet wide. You can’t miss its smooth, gray “muscle” looking stem . Can handle drier sites. Seeds provide a food source for many woodland species.
Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia Creeper Vine This vine grows 30-40 feet. It has dark green leaflets that turn purple-red to crimson in the fall with bluish black berries Sept-Oct. Great food source for the birds. Can handle variety of soil types. Excellent, tough, low maintenance vine.
Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diablo’ Ninebark, ‘Diablo’ Shrub This shrub grows 6-12 feet tall. Prefers sun to light shade. Produces white flowers in the spring to early summer. The caterpillars of Blue Azure butterflies love them.
Picea glauca White Spruce Tree This evergreen tree grows 40-60 feet high 10-20 feet wide. Has a typical Christmas tree shape. Very tolerant of many different soils. Prefers full sun. High tolerance for air borne salt mist. Great screen tree or large specimen plant.
Picea mariana Black Spruce Tree An evergreen that can grow 30-40 feet high. It has short, tight green needles with purple cones. Tight pyramidal shape. Can tolerate wet areas along ponds, swamps and bogs. Prefers cooler northern climates. Does best in full sun.
Pinus strobus Eastern White Pine Tree This evergreen has very fine textured, long needles and can grow too 100 feet high and 20-40 feet wide. Prefers full sun and likes fertile, moist, well-drained soils. Great screen plant or specimen. Grows fast!
Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Tree This tree has white mottled bark. Its leaves tend to drop all summer. It grows 70-100 feet tall. Prefers sun to partial shade in moist soil.
Potentilla fruticosa Bush Cinquefoil Shrub This shrub grows 1-4 feet high and 2-4 feet wide. It gets bright yellow flowers that last from June til the first frost. Tolerates poor dry soils. Prefers full sun to partial shade. Also comes in pink or white flowering varieties.
Potentilla fruticosa “White” White Flowered Bush Cinquefoil Shrub This shrub is durable and can survive drought, flooding, and extreme cold. Transplants easily. Produces white flowers that last all summer. Grows 1-4 feet tall
Prunus maritima Beach Plum Shrub This shrub grows 4-10 feet high with rounded, white flowers in May. Fruits are purple to yellow and sometimes crimson. They ripen in August. Great for jams and jellies. Great salt tolerance! Prefers sandy,rocky soil and full sun.
Prunus virginiana Chokecherry Shrub This fast growing shrub can get to 30 feet tall. Produces white flowers in the spring that form dark edible berries at the end of summer. Berries are tart tasting! Prefers moist soil and plenty of sun.
Quercus alba White Oak Tree An oak of true grandure!! This beauty can reach more than 80 feet tall and 40 feet wide. It can grow in bottomlands on slopes and upland forests. Its acorns are a great food source . The wood is strong and somewhat rot resistant. It looks good by itself in a field or in the forest. You can’t go wrong with this tree!
Quercus bicolor Swamp White Oak Tree This oak can grow in swamps and floodplains. It can reach 80 feet tall and 40 feet wide but grows very slowly due to the wet soils. This tree looks like the white oak with its gray bark but the leaves are long and skinny.
Quercus palustrus Pin Oak Tree This oak tolerate all soil types including wet. It grows rapidly and prefers full sun. Can get 60-80 feet tall and 40 feet wide. Produces acorns in the fall. Transplants well. Has red fall color. Distintive lower branching.
Quercus rubrum Northern Red Oak Tree This tree grows 60-75 feet tall and wide. It grows rapidly and tolerates drought and air pollution. Produces acorns in the fall. Prefers sun and well-drained soil.
Rhododendron canadense Rhodora Shrub This shrub grows 3-4 feet high. It has gray-green leaves with bright rosy purple flowers in April. Prefers full sun and acidic, moist soils. Great for swampy areas and bog gardens.
Rhododendron maximum Rosebay Rhododendron Shrub An evergreen shrub that grows 4-15 feet high with an open branch structure. Flowers are rose purple, pink to white in June. Prefers acidic soils in the shade.
Rhododendron nudiflorum Pinxterbloom Shrub This shrub can get 4-8 feet high and 3-5 feet wide. Flowers are pale pink to deep violet and are very fragrant. Blooms in the spring. Prefers sun to light shade and acidic soils. Grows in dry woods and along streams.
Rhododendron viscosum Swamp Azalea Shrub This evergreen shrub can grow in swamps or by ponds. It grows 1-8 feet high and 3-8 feet wide in a loose, open habit. Flowers are white to pink in May-June. Prefers full sun to partial shade.
Rhus aromatica Fragrant Sumac Shrub This shrub can reach 6 feet tall and 10 feet wide. Found in moist to dry rocky or sandy soils. Leaves are three on a stem. Should not be confused with posion ivy-this plant is not posionous! Fall color is scarlet to burgandy and females have a red fruiting body in the fall. Great for sandy bank stablization.
Rhus typhina Staghorn Sumac Shrub This spreading shrub can grow 15-25 feet high and 25-40 feet wide in the open. Has bright green foliage in the summer and scarlet leaves in the fall. Fruit forms dense hairy pyramid shaped masses at the tips of the branches that are crimson in late August. Berries are great source for birds. Dry to poor soil conditions Prefers full sun. Nice in open fields. A good massing plant.
Rhus typhina lanciniata Cut-leaf Sumac Shrub A staghorn sumac with leaflets that have a fine textured, fern look.
Ribes americanum American Black Currant Shrub This shrub grows 3-6 feet tall and 3-6 feet wide. Prefers full sun to partial shade. Tolerates most soil types but does best in moist to wet areas. Produces white flowers and dark purple to black fruit. Wildlife enjoys this plant’s fruit!
Ribes glandulosum Skunk Currant Shrub Grows 3 feet tall. Distinguished from other currant plants by its skunky odor that ocurs if the shrub is bruised. Prefers moist soil and sun to partial shade. It has no prickles or bristles. Blooms in the spring and develops dark red berries later in the summer.
Ribes lacustre Prickly Currant Shrub Found in moist woods, stream banks, and forest slopes or ridge line. Grows 3 feet tall. Blooms in the spring with pinkish-purple flowers. Produces dark purple to black berries. Derives it’s common name from the small prickles or bristles on the stem.
Rosa carolina Carolina Rose Shrub This shrub can be found in dry soils in full sun. It has glossy green leaves that turn red in the fall. It produces pink flowers that are 2-3 inches wide. Hyssops are high source of vitamen C.
Rosa paulstris Swamp Rose Shrub This rose is found in wet areas. It prefers sun to partial shade. It produces pink flowers from summer to fall.
Rubus flagellaris Dew Berry Trailing Vine This trailing vine prefers dry, open places. It grows 4 inches tall and has prickly stems. It produces sweet black berries.
Salix discolor Pussy willow Shrub This shrub is found in swamps, wooded swamps, moist woodlands, wet meadows, rivers and pond edges. It gets furry gray buds that become fuzzy white flowers at the tips of its branches in spring. It grows 6 to 12 feet tall.
Salix nigra Black Willow Shrub This shrub can obtain tree size in the right environment. It is fast growing and tolerates most soil conditions provided there is plenty of moisture. Produces many white flowered catkins in the early spring.
Sambucus canadensis Elderberry Shrub This shrub grows 5-12 feet high and wide.It gets white flowers June- July at the tips of its branches that produce fruit in August and September. Good for Jellies, pies, juices,and wines. It attracts and birds and the berries have a high vitamin C content. Soils can be acidic or basic but best if moist. Prefers swamps and pond edges, but can tolerate drier soils.
Sambucus canadensis “Laciniata’ Cut-leaf Elderberry Shrub Produces the same huge flowers and the same juicy berries as the regular Elderbery, but has leaves that are finer in texture.
Sassafras albidum Sassafras Tree This tree has fragrant bark and roots. Grows 30-60- feet tall and makes an excellent shade tree. Prefers acidic, well-drained soil and sun to partial shade. Produces yellow flowers in the spring and a round, blue fruit. The fruit attracts birds and squirrels. Good fall color.
Sorbus americana American Mountain Ash Tree Small tree that has small leaflets. Found in moist woodlands, slopes, wet thickets and openings. Develops creamy white flowers in late sping at tips of its branches followed by bright orange to red berries in the fall which the birds LOVE!
Spiraea latifolia Meadowsweet Shrub This shrub grows 2-4 feet tall. It has fluffy white to pink flowers in summer at the ends of its branches which attract butterflies. Enjoys moist to rocky soils in full sun.
Spiraea tomentosa Steeplebush or Hardhack Shrub Develops rosy pink flowers in steeple like clusters in the summer. Grows 2-4 feet tall. Prefers moist soils and full sun. Good for wet meadows or near ponds.
Thuja occidentalis ‘Nigra” Dark American Aborvitae Shrub Good shrub to use for foundation planting, screening or hedge. This evergreen grows 20-30 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide. Prefers a sunny location with moist, well-drained soil.
Tilla americana American Basswood Tree This medium sized tree likes moist woods and is found growing in the mixed forests. Shade is fine for this one. It can reach 80 feet and is best in large areas.
Vaccinium angustifolium Lowbush Blueberry Shrub This tiny shrub only grows 6-24 inches high but will spread out 2 feet or more. Produces white to pink urn-shaped flowers in April-May with very sweet berries in summer. Can handle dry, acidic, poor soils. Foliage turns scarlet-crimson in fall. These plants are abundant in Maine where they pick about 60,000 acres of this great fruit.
Vaccinium corymbosum Highbush Blueberry Shrub A wide, multi-stemmed shrub that can reach 12 feet high and 12 feet wide. It produces white to pink urn-shaped flowers in May. The blueberries develope in July and are loved by most animals including some reptiles. Prefers acidic, organic soils that are wet to dry. Produces more fruit in full sun conditions but will tolerate the shade. Great fall color good alternative to burning bush! Fruit is great with ice cream!
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Mountain Cranberry/ Lingonberry Shrub This shrub grows 4 to 8 inches high and 1 ft wide. Flowers are pink and bloom in late spring. Produces cranberries. Prefers cool, moist soils in full sun to part shade. Great bog plant.
Viburnum acerifolium Mapleleaf Viburnum Shrub This shrub grows 4-8 feet high and 4 feet wide. Foliage is bright to dark green in the summer and reddish-purple in fall. Flowers start out pink prior to openning, then flower is a creamy white in June. Fruit are long, black ovals hanging at the tips of branches from September into winter. Very shade tolerant! and a terrific food source for woodland species.
Viburnum alnifolium Hobblebush Shrub Spread by suckering, this shrub grows 9-12 feet high with very open branching. Its dark green leaves are 4-8 inches long and fall color can range rose-gold to pink-purple. Flowers are 3-5 inches in diameter and bloom in mid May. Red purple drupes comes in September. Excellent for shady moist areas prefers cooler northern climates. Beautiful growing along stream edges.
Viburnum dentatum Arrowwood Viburnum Shrub This dense multi-stemmed plant will colonize and grows 6-15 feet tall. It has dark green leaves in summer and glossy red to purple foliage in fall. Produces bluish, black fruits in late September that the birds love. Can tolerate many well- drained and wet soil types. Prefers sun to partial shade. Makes nice hedge or mass planting.
Viburnum lentago Nannyberry Shrub This shrub grows 15-25 feet high and wide. Leaves are glossy dark green. Bluish-black fruit develops in drupe at end of branches in September. The fruit lasts through December and is a great winter food for birds. Very tolerant of many soil types. Prefers sun to partial shade.
Viburnum nudum Naked witherod Shrub A compact dense shrub with lustrous green leaves turning reddish-purple in fall. It grows 5-6 feet tall and wide. Flowers are creamy white flat-topped cymes at ends of branches June-July. It produces bluish-black fruits in September. Drought tolerant.
Viburnum prunifolium Blackhaw Viburnum Shrub This shrub grows 12-15 feet high and 8-12 feet wide. It is a multi-stemmed shrub or can resemble a round headed tree. Dark green leaves turn reddish-purple in the fall. Flowers are creamy white flat-topped cymes at ends of branches in May. The fruit is bluish black and develops September through November. It can be turned into jams and jellies. Uses can be massing and borders. The single-stemmed variety can be specimen.
Viburnum trilobum American Cranberry Bush Shrub This shrub grows 8-12 feet high and wide. It has three-lobed dark green leaves that turn yellow, red, and purple in the fall. Flowers are creamy white flat topped cymes 3-5 inches in diameter at ends of branches in May. The fruit is bluish black and develops in the fall and may persist through the winter. Good for jams and jellies. Likes well drained, moist soils in the sun or partial shade.
Vitis labrusca Fox Grape Vine This grape likes moist but well drained soils and can be found in open woods, roadsides and thickets. Fruits from September through October. Fruit and leaves are edible!
Vitis riparia River-Bank Grape Vine This vine is found along rivers, thickets and roadsides. Fruit is there August-September. Fruit and leaves are edible!

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