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1 herbaceous plants Salvia #1 Summer spike type blooms Stokesia Santolina #1 Lavender Cotton, gray-green fragrant foliage Sedum #1 Succulent, low and upright types available, attractive blooms Stokesia #1 Stoke's Aster, hardy and dependable bloomer Veronica Verbena Homestead Purple #1 Low growing vine with attractive purple flowers all summer, very tough Veronica #1 Upright spike type blooms Yarrow Yarrow #1 Easy to grow, long bloom time, aromatic fern-like foliage flowering trees Cherry Trees Kwanzan 15-20' #7 #15 #25 Double pink blooms, 15-20' wide Okame 20-30' #7 #15 #25 Earliest bloomer, upright vase shaped grower, cotton candy pink blooms Kwanzan Cherry Snow Goose 20' #7 #15 #25 Upright, white flowers Weeping Cherry 15-20' #15 #25 Weeping form of the Yoshino cherry, 15-20' wide Yoshino 30-40' #7 #15 #25 Light pink to white flowers Franklinia 10-20' #3 #7 Evergreen upright small tree, fragrant white flowers in summer Franklinia 22

2 flowering trees Gordonia 20-40' #3 #7 Evergreen upright small tree, fragrant white flowers in summer Crabapple 15-20' #3 #7 Small growing, flowering tree Gordonia Crape Myrtles Carolina Beauty 15-20' #3 #7 #15 #25 Dark red blooms, very popular in Aiken Catawba 8-15' #3 #7 #15 #25 Dark purple blooms Centennial Spirit 15-20' #3 #7 #15 #25 Dark red blooms Crabapple Dynamite 15-20' #3 Dark red blooms Miami 8-15' #3 #7 #15 #25 Medium pink blooms Muskogee 8-15' #3 #7 #15 #25 Light lavender blooms Natchez 20-30' #3 #7 #15 #25 White blooms, fast grower Pink Velour 6-10' #3 #7 Bright pink flowers with burgundy wine new leaves Catawba Crape Myrtle Pocomoke 3-5' #3 #7 True pink blooms Red Rocket 10-20' #3 #7 Cherry red blooms with red new growth Sioux 12-20' #3 #7 #15 #25 Dark pink blooms Tonto 5-12' #3 #7 #15 #25 Fuchsia blooms Natchez Crape Myrtle Tuscarora 20-30' #3 #7 #15 #25 Dark coral pink blooms Tuscarora Crape Myrtle 23

3 flowering trees Dogwoods 20-30' #3 #7 #15 #25 Small growing flowering tree, spring white or pink blooms, good fall color Dogwood Fringe Trees 12-20' #3 #7 Small growing tree, late spring white blooms Halesia 20-30' #3 #7 Carolina Silverbell, bell shaped white flowers in the spring Fringe Tree Magnolia Grandifolia Magnolia Claudia Wannamaker 60-80' #15 #25 Large growing evergreen tree with large white fragrant blooms in the spring DD Blanchard #15 #25 Large growing evergreen tree with large white fragrant blooms in the spring Little Gem 15-30' #7 #15 #25 Dwarf Magnolia with smaller leaves and blooms, repeat bloomer until winter Halesia Teddy Bear 30-60' #15 More compact grower, blooms heavily at a younger age Japanese Magnolia Ann 8-10' #3 #7 Deep purple red blooms Jane 8-10' #3 #7 Reddish-purple outside and white inside blooms Royal Star 8-15' #3 #7 Deciduous early spring bloomer, white flowers Teddy Bear Magnolia Soulangiana 15-25' #3 #7 Deciduous early spring bloomer, Tulip tree, white, pink or purple blooms Purple Leaf Plum Thundercloud 15-20' #3 #7 #15 Deciduous small flowering tree, white blooms in the spring, reddish-purple foliage Pear Cleveland Select 30-50' #7 #15 #25 Deciduous early spring white bloomer, more upright and compact than Bradfords Royal Star Magnolia 24

4 flowering trees Redbud Appalachian 12-25' #7 #15 #25 Deciduous spring lavender blooms, heart shaped foliage Forest Pansy 12-25' #7 #15 Deciduous spring lavender blooms, burgundy heart shaped foliage Redbud Vitex Angus Castus 6-10' #3 #7 Small deciduous tree with lilac-purple flowers all Summer shade trees Bald Cypress 50-70' #3 #7 #15 #25 Deciduous conifer, large fast grower, tolerates wet areas Vitex Agnus Castus Cryptomeria Yoshino 50-60' #3 #7 #15 #25 Large fast growing evergreen conifer, conical growth habit Deodora Cedar 40-70' #3 #7 Large fast growing evergreen conifer, silvery blue-green foliage Ginko 50-80' #3 #7 #15 Large slow growing deciduous tree, fan shaped foliage, bright yellow fall color Bald Cypress Maple Autumn Blaze 40-60' #15 #25 Large fast growing deciduous tree, excellent red fall color October Glory 40-60' #7 #15 #25 Large growing deciduous tree, excellent orange to red fall color Deodora Cedar Red Sunset 40-60' #7 #15 #25 Large growing deciduous tree, excellent orange to red fall color Summer Red 30-50' #15 #25 Medium growing deciduous tree with red new growth in summer, great red fall color Trident 25-35' #7 #15 #25 Small growing deciduous tree, yellow foliage in the fall Summer Red Maple 25

5 shade trees Oak Live 40-80' #7 #15 #25 Large growing evergreen tree, majestic and stately Laurel 40-60' #7 #15 #25 Large upright mostly evergreen tree, good street tree Laurel Oak Pin 60-70' #7 #15 #25 Large popular deciduous tree Shumard 40-60' #7 #15 #25 Large deciduous tree with lobed foliage and rustred fall color Willow 40-60' #7 #15 #25 Large deciduous tree with narrow foliage, great street tree Loblolly Pine Pine Loblolly 60-90' #3 #7 #15 Fast growing evergreen conifer, good tree for naturalizing Long Leaf 60-90' #3 #7 #15 Largest growing pine with large needles and cones Pistache Pistache 30-40' #7 #15 #25 Medium tall growing deciduous tree, makes good street tree, orange to red fall color River Birch 40-60' #7 #15 #25 Fast growing deciduous tree, attractive exfoliating bark Tulip Poplar 70-90' #7 #15 #25 Large fast growing deciduous tree, pretty yellow fall color Willow Weeping Willow 30-40' #7 #15 #25 Fast growing weeping tree, does well in wet areas Corkscrew 15-25' #7 #15 #25 Deciduous tree with contorted stems and leaves, great for flower arrangements River Birch 26

6 shade trees Golden Curls 12-20' #7 #15 #25 Small deciduous tree with weeping and contorted stems and golden foliage Zelkova Green Vase 60-70' #7 #15 #25 Large deciduous tree with upright growth habit, orange/red to bronze fall foliage specialty plants Zelkova Althea 5-8' #3 #7 Deciduous shrub or small tree with large flowers all summer Japanese Maple Bloodgood 12-15' #3 #7 #15 #25 Small deciduous tree, deepest purple-red foliage of the Japanese Maples Bloodgood Maple Burgundy Lace 12-15' #3 #7 #15 #25 Small deciduous tree, good purple-red foliage Crimson Queen 8-10' #3 #7 #15 #25 Small deciduous tree, new growth bright crimson red continues all summer, split leaf Inabea Shidaire 12' #3 #7 #15 #25 Dark red almost black foliage, upright grower Crimson Queen Maple Sango Kaku 15-20' #3 #7 #15 #25 Small deciduous tree with coral colored stems, good yellow foliage in fall Virdis 8-10' #3 #7 #15 #25 Small green leafed dissected foliage tree Chamaecyparis #1 #3 Cypress varieties, coniferous foliage Palms Cocos 12-28' #3 #7 #15 Grayish to bluish green foliage Cocos Palm Fan 10-15' #3 # " leaves, hardy to 10 degrees Needle 6-8' #3 #7 One of the best cold hardy palms Sabal Minor 6-8' #3 #7 Dwarf dark green foliage Fan Palm 27

7 specialty plants Sago 4-6' #1 #3 #7 Dark green foliage, slow growing, leathery frondlike leaves, hardy to 15 degrees Sago Palm Windmill 15-35' #3 #7 #15 Fast grower, attractive trunks Picea Glauca Conica 4-7' #1 #3 #5 Dwarf Alberta Spruce, slow growing pyramidal conifer, little or no pruning Conica Poodle #1 #3 #5 Multiple foliage balls on a single stem Conica Spiral #1 #3 #5 Upright grower in a spiral form Conical Spiral Pugens ' #1 #3 #5 Colorado Blue Spruce, slow growing pyramidal conifer Rhododendrons #1 #3 #5 Large evergreen foliage, large clusters of late spring flowers Conica Poodle Redbud Lavender Twist #7 #15 Contorted and weeping lavender flowering Redbud Topiaries #3 #7 #15 #25 Many specimen plants trained into unusual forms Weeping Plants #7 #15 #25 Many varieties of specimen plants that have a weeping growth habit Rhododendron Weeping Juniper Greenhouse Garden Center 28

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