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Abutilon vitifolium
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ca$ 4.45 |
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| A small to medium sized deciduous shrub that can grow fairly rapidly when given favourable conditions. The velvet covered pale green leaves are attractive in their own right, but it is the large pale mauve flowers, produced abundantly in early summer, that really steal the show. Height to 15 feet;... |
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Amelanchier alnifolia
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ca$ 4.15 |
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| This deciduous, suckering shrub has oval leaves that turn bright red or yellow in autumn. Bears pure white flowers in racemes up to 3 inches long in late spring, followed by small purple-black fruit. Height and spread 12 feet. |
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Aralia elata
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| A vigorous shrub or small tree with stout spiny stems. Initially upright, but eventually spreading. The leaves are very possibly the most amazing aspect of this plant - up to 1.2m (4ft) in length, they may be composed of eighty or more individual leaflets. The panicles of white flowers, produced in... |
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Arbutus unedo
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| A broadleaf evergreen tree or shrub with white flowers in the fall, often as the fruit from the previos year is ripening. The rich red-ochre coloured bark peels off in strips during the growing season. |
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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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ca$ 3.45 |
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| Low growing evergreen shrub with dark green leathery leaves. Small pink-tinted white flowers are followed by scarlet berries. 4 inches height. |
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Aronia melanocarpa
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ca$ 4.15 |
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| Growing to 1.5m this Aronia is somewhat smaller than the closely related Aronia arbutifolia but still manages to put on a show most seasons. The summer flowers are small but plentiful among the mid to dark green leaves, and are followed by black shiny fruit that can persist well into the winter.... |
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Aster albescens
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ca$ 4.35 |
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| When thinking of asters, we tend to think of them as being perennials, but this little treasure from the Himalayas is a small deciduous shrub with lance-shaped aromatic leaves, mid-green above and grey-green below. The flowers, produced in early to midsummer, are pale mauve to purple. A wonderful... |
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Aucuba japonica f. longifolia 'Salicifolia'
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| Evergreen shrub with long, pointed, willow-like leaves. Small purplish flowers are followed by ovoid red fruits that persist through winter. |
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Berberis darwinii
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| This upright evergreen shrub has spiny, glossy green leaves. Pendent racemes of bright orange flowers are borne in mid-spring, followed by edible blue-black spherical fruit. Height and spread 10 feet in the wild, but easy to keep much smaller in cultivation. |
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Berberis morrisonensis
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| Berberis morrisonensis is a prickly deciduous shrub that is extensively branched. Can reach 6 feet height and spread if sheltered from cold winds, but more typically grows to 2 feet high. It has obovate, sharp-toothed glossy green leaves and fine, long, sharp and prickly nodes. It produces yellow... |
