Shrubs - G -  Plant Nursery

Arborvitae - Globe
Globe'

The Pygmy Globe, Thuja occidentalsis, is a globe shaped dwarf arborvitae tree. These Arborvitae trees have bright green foliage. This slow compact growing evergreen tree does not need to be sheared to maintain the globe shape. The Pygmy Globe tree or shrub thrives in full sun or light shade. It has great appeal as a specimen planting or as an accent shrub in a yard or garden area.

Arborvitae - Golden Globe
Golden Globe Arborvitae

Arborvitae - Golden Globe, Thuja occidentalis 'Golden Globe', has a very nice, round, globe shape that doesn't get out of control. The foliage is very dense, with a beautiful golden yellow color on the outside of the plant - nice bright green in the interior section. Urn-shaped cones, about 1/2" long, mature in autumn to reddish brown. Golden Glode is most often seen as a 2 to 4 foot high shrub and is a great, carefree choice for accent plantings. When planted close together it makes a nice medium sized hedge/border. Golden Globe is a plant that will brighten up any landscape. Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Foliage density loosens up in too much shade. It tolerates wide range of soils and likes humid weather with regular rains. In hot and dry weather, periodic, deep waterings are advisable. Coloration will darken to bronze just a bit during winter weather but remains quite attractive.

Dogwood - Golden Prairie Fire
Golden Prairie Fire Dogwood

Dogwood - Golden Prairie Fire, Cornus alba 'Aurea', is a well known, indispensable shrub with colorful bark that provides winter interest. It is not particular about soil type and will grow in sun or semi-shade. Unpruned it will grow to 7 feet tall, but annual pruning will keep it at 5 feet. Golden Prairie Fire is a workhorse shrub with large bright yellow leaves in spring and bright orange-red stems all through late fall and winter. Its solid gold foliage turns fiery red in the fall. If planted in shade, its foliage will be light green to yellow. Golden Prairie Fire makes an excellent plant for borders or foundations because of its color contrast.

Potentilla - Goldstar
Goldstar Potentilla

Potentilla - Goldstar, Potentilla fruticosa 'Goldstar', is a bushy, compact, deciduous shrub that produces saucer-shaped flowers. These blooms are single, roselike, and bright yellow-gold. Thriving in colder climates, Goldstar is hardy, mildew resistant, and grows up to 3 feet tall, 2 1/2 feet wide. Goldstar blooms from early summer to frost on a mound of finely textured light-green foliage, making it a strong addition any yard.. It is excellent as a colorful border, accent or ground cover. Very tolerant to heat and poor soils and prefers full sun to partial shade.

Smokebush - Grace
Grace Smokebush

Smokebush - Grace, Cotinus 'Grace', is grown for its enormous clusters of flowers. Its frothy, pink panicles reach fourteen inches high and twelve inches wide. In spring, leaves emerge light red, darkening through the summer to dark red. In autumn, foliage turns a mosaic of red, orange, and gold. Cotinus ‘Grace’ is an excellent shrub, offering multiple seasons of interest in mixed plantings. Grace Smokebush grows ten to fifteen feet high with an equal spread. It has an open, mounding habit, making it look like a pink cloud when in full flower. It can be cut to the ground in late winter to maximize its potential as a foliage plant. It will not flower when treated in this manner, but the growth habit will be extremely vertical, making an excellent accent plant.

Bluebeard - Grand Bleu™
Grand Bleu Bluebeard

Bluebeard - Grand Bleu™, Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Grand Bleu', is a low-mounded, deciduous shrub that is valued for its aromatic foliage and late summer flowers, which are said to resemble clouds of blue smoke or mist. It works well in large containers or in the landscape. This woody perennial forms a uniform, rounded mound of glossy, deep green foliage that is topped by deep intense blue-purple flowers from midsummer until the first frost. It is especially valuable because it looks its best when many other perennials are done for the season! Grand Bleu Bluebeard grows best in full sun and loose, loamy, well-drained soil. It is very tolerant of heat and drought and will not survive in wet, soggy soil. Its flowers are very attractive to butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects. Use in perennial borders, shrub borders, or Grand Blue is very effective in large groups or massed. If you need a low hedge, this is the shrub for you!

Boxwood - Green Gem®
Green Gem Boxwood

Boxwood - Green Gem®, Buxus 'Green Gem', is a hybrid boxwood cultivar that is noted for its globular shape and excellent winter hardiness. 'Green Gem' is noted for requiring little pruning, is slow growing to 2 feet at maturity, maintains good green winter color, and is well suited for low formal hedges. Elliptic to oval, glossy dark green leaves hold their color well in winter. Its flowers are inconspicuous. Avoid cultivating around plants because Green Gem has shallow roots. This boxwood is best sited in a sheltered location which protects it in winter from strong winds and full sun. Green Gem tolerates some drought and will grow in dry soil but prefers well-drained, loamy, sandy or clay soils with a pH of acidic to slightly alkaline.

Boxwood - Green Ice
Green Ice Boxwood

Boxwood - Green Ice, Buxus 'Green Ice', has glossy dark green evergreen foliage and is considered super hardy, maintaining a deep-green winter sempervirens color. The new spring growth is blue-green which turns a glossy, deep green in the summer. Green Ice is an attractive medium-sized evergreen shrub that exhibits a dense upright mounded and compact growth habit. No pruning is required to maintain this compact and mounded shape, and it reaches 3 feet tall and wide at maturity. It prefers full to part sun, is slow growing, and its winter hardiness is exceptionally good. Green Ice Boxwood is capable of providing attractive ornamentation in the landscape, even during the coldest winter months. It makes a nice compact hedge or works well for foundation landscaping.

Boxwood - Green Mountain
Green Mountain Boxwood

Boxwood - Green Mountain, Buxus 'Green Mountain', is an upright, evergreen shrub with an unusual pyramidal growth habit. Small, dark green leaves seems to hold good green color much better than most boxwoods through the winter months. It requires cool, moist soil conditions, and it maintains its shape with very little pruning. Fertilization is recommended in the spring and soil should be kept moist, but not wet, especially during the growing season. Full sun produces best growth for Green Mountain, but it can tolerate partial shade. It flowers in spring, but it is grown for its handsome foliage. Use as hedging or topiary, or in a border. Looks great in a container as well! Green Mountain has good cold hardiness and is a fast growing boxwood when young.

Elderberry - Guincho Purple
Guincho Purple Elderberry

Elderberry - Guincho Purple, Sambucus nigra 'Guincho Purple', is a purple-leaved cultivar of black elder. This is a smaller, spreading plant, with the darkest of all sambucus foliage. It is bright green while young and rapidly becoming bronze, then deep bronzy purple, a perfect background for the pink-flushed blooms. In autumn, leaves turn rich red. After summer blooming period is over, it produces small, round, shiny black fruit. These fruits are attractive to wildlife; used to make jams and jellies. Guincho Purple is an upright, deciduous shrub which typically grows 8' to15' tall. To produce the best colored leaves, prune plants back to ground level every year in early spring. Best grown in medium to wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Guincho Purple tolerates a wide range of soils, but prefers moist, humusy ones. Spreads by root suckers to form large colonies. Use for shrub borders, screens or backgrounds. Elderberry fruit is known for its immune boosting qualities and has anti-carcinogen and anti-oxident properites. Also very high in Vitamin C.

Kentucky Coffee Tree
Gymnocladus dioica

The Kentucky Coffee Tree, Gymnocladus Dioicus, may also be known as American coffee berry, Kentucky mahogony, nicker treet, or stump tree. Kentucky Coffee trees are large round-barked trees belonging to the legume family and reaches heights of 60 to 100 feet. Its short trunk, 1 to 2 feet in diameter, divides into several large branches. The leaves are ovalish and are 2-4 inches long. An unofficial state tree of Kentucky, the Kentucky Coffee Tree is closely related to the honeylocust. This deciduous tree is ideal as a shade tree on larger, ungroomed properties. It got its name because early North American colonists used the large seeds to make coffee. When eaten raw, the seeds are poisonous. The bark is deeply furrowed and dark brown in colour. It adapts well to urban conditions. Fall color is yellow turning to orange.