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Rhus glabra
Smooth Sumac
Zone 3
Non-fuzzy sumac, leaves 8-10", fruit/fall color specimin, hard red berries and red fall color, tends to sucker. Grows 10-15' high and wide.
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Rhus typhina
Staghorn Sumac
Zone 4
Xeric, firey red fall color, leaf shape large 10-12" leaves in length, pinnate, serrated leaflets, fuzzy new growth, kink of a tropical feel, white flower cluster, red 1/4" berries in clusters, hard fruit. Grows 15-20' high and wide.
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Rhus aromatica
Fragrant Sumac
Zone 3
Smells kinda like a stinky form of fennel, small red dry berries, fall red firey color, 3 leaflets, used in massing. Grows 3-6' high and wide.
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Vitus spp.
Grape
Zone 4
Tendril vine, fast growing, grown for edible fruit, and as arbor trellising, fruit comes in red, green, purple, white, and brown. Comes in all fall colors. Grows 25-100' long 50-100' long for common usage.
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Sambucus canadensis
Elderberry
Zone 4
More upright leaves see cane structure, pinnate leaves, soft wood in middle of hardwood, med-fast growth rate, blooms summer, massing/screening, edible berries. Grows 10-20' high and wide.
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Sambucus canadensis 'Aurea'
Golden Elderberry
Zone 4
Same as regular elderberry just yellow coloring, reddish purple fruit, white flower. Grows 10-20' high and wide.
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Sambucus nigra
Black Elderberry
Zone 4
Pinnate dark leaves, caney, specimin for color, med-fast growth rate, blooms in summer, clustering umbrella, not strong purplish flower color, purplish fruit, wild feel, massing/screening. Grows 10-20' high and wide.
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Tilia cordata
Littleleaf Linden
Zone 3
Smaller leaf, odd heart shaped leaf, yellow fall color, deltoidy shaped tree, has berries with helicopter to help it to the ground. Grows 30-40' high and 20-30' wide.
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Tilia americana
American Linden
Big leaves, odd heart shaped leaf, bigger helicopter wings, more berries. Grows 60-80' high and 40-50' wide.
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Potentilla fruticosa
Potentilla/ Shrubby Cinquefoil
Zone 2
one of top 5 mtn. state landscaped plant, xeric, known for flower, blooms summer-fall, comes in several colors, yellow most common flower color, come in white, pink, yellow, and orange, specimin for flower, massing, small leaves. Grows 2-4' high and wide.
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Polygonum aubertii
Silver Lace Vine
Zone 5
twining, vigorous, really aggressive, small white flowers, super thin leaf, flowers grow massed together like lace, grows 3'/yr. Grows 30-40' long.
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Stewartia pseudocamilla
Japanese Stewartia
Zone 6
Woody shrub, known for flakey bark with different color tones (brown-brown green), large flower in summer, orange red fall color, needs acidic soil. Grows 20-30' high and wide.
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Prunus cerasifera
Purple leaf flowering plum
Zone 5
Ball shaped, among the top 5 most landscaped tree in the nation, spring blooming should be a black purple color, cultivars based on purple shades, pink pencil eraser sized blossom, fragrant, hard woody bark, fruitless is ideal because of messiness. Grows 20-30' high and wide.
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Prunus glandulosa
Dwarf Flowering Almond
Zone 4
Willow like leaf, soft pink rosette blosssoms, blooms early spring. Grows 4-6' high and wide.
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Prunus maackii
Amur Chokecherry
Zone 3
Astringent fruit, short racemes. small leaves, orangy coppery peely bark, white blossoms, fragrant spring blossoms, orange yellow fall color. Grows 20-30' high and 20' wide.
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Prunus nigra 'Princess Kay'
Princess Kay Plum
Zone 2
Long leaf tip, dark trunk, known as one of the hardiest of the prunus, known for its white rosette umbrella clusterings of fragrant flowers, blooms early spring, edible (except for pits, leaves, or twigs/bark) orange fall color. Grows 20-30' high and wide.
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Prunus padus
May day Tree
Zone 3
Looks the canadensis, green, white raceme flower clustering, larger fruit/flower, nice fragrance, blooms in spring, fruit really astringent, greyish bark. Grows 20-30' high and 20-40' wide.
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Prunus serrulata
Flowering Cherry
Zone 5
Best flowering tree, known for flower, generally fruitless, a lot of cultivars, really long tip and serrated margins, usually grafted (helps with scalding issues) keep the suckers off to keep the standard pure. Grows 15-20' tall and 20' wide.
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Prunus subhirtella 'Pendula'
Weeping Cherry
Zone 5
Weeping flowery cherry, single blossom, soft pink blossom, yellowish fall color. Grows 20-30' high and 15-20' wide.
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