SHRUBS
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Hydrangea arborescens (Smooth or Wild Hydrangea)
$40.00White corymbs bloom in June and July. Best grown in medium moisture, well-drained soil in part shade. Flowers make lovely dried arrangements. Will require watering during dry weather.
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Lindera benzoin (Spicebush)
$40.00Shade tolerant shrub found in mesic woods. Fragrant tiny yellow flowers in clusters along the stem bloom in early spring before the plant leaves appear. Leaf and stem have a very aromatic lemon fragrance when crushed. Fall color is clear yellow with 1/2″-long beautiful scarlet fruit. Very adaptable shrub. Host for butterflies and moths. Fruit eaten by birds and other wildlife. Full sun to part shade, medium, well-drained soil. Deer resistant.
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Physocarpus opulifolius (Ninebark)
$40.00Very durable large shrub. Features pink or white, five-petaled flowers in late spring. Flowers give way to drooping clusters of reddish fruit. Exfoliating bark exposes cinnamon brown inner bark for winter interest. Great in shrub borders. Full to half-day sun; dry to medium moisture. Attractive to waterfowl and bees.
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Rhus aromatica (Fragrant Sumac)
$40.00Easily grown in dry to medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Part of the black oak savanna complex. Fall color is an excellent reddish-orange with bright red fruit that is attractive to wildlife. A great companion plant for upright or vertical plants because of its layering habit; for this reason it also provides great habitat. Deer resistant.
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Ribes americana (Wild Black Currant)
$40.00Tolerates most soils. Prefers wet to mesic soil moisture. Full sun to part shade. White flowers with black-purple fruit. Exceptional wildlife value.
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Ribes missouriense (Wild or Missouri Gooseberry)
$40.00Dangling clusters of 1 to 4 stalked flowers arising from leaf axils on lateral branches. Flowers are ½ to ¾ inch long, narrowly tubular, pale yellow to greenish-white with 5 short, erect petals. Extending from inside the tube are 5 pale stamens that are 3 to 5 times as long as the petals. The calyx cupping the flower is pale green to whitish, the 5 sepal lobes are longer than the tube, much longer than the petals, but shorter than the stamens. Sepals are narrowly oblong with rounded tips, widely spreading to strongly bent back (reflexed). Between the calyx and flower stalk is a smooth, green ovary. At the base of the flower stalk are a pair of small, egg-shaped bracts that are finely hairy around the edge. Flower stalks are ¼ to ½ inch long and hairless, though the cluster stalk (peduncle) may have sparse, glandular and/or non-glandular hairs.
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Rosa setigera (Illinois Rose)
$40.00This rose prefers savannas or woodland edges where it gets at least a half-day of sun. Best flowering and disease resistance occur in full sun. Prefers medium to wet, well-drained soil. Pink flowers with yellow centers bloom in July. Fall color is red-orange with red rose hips. May be used as a climbing rose. Attracts butterflies and moths.
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Salix humilis (Prairie Willow)
$40.00Dwarf willow found on moist to dry sites. Dark green foliage, dense branching habit. Showy catkins. Full sun to partial shade. Host plant for the caterpillars of various butterflies. Various birds feed on the buds and catkins of willows and construct their nests in willow thickets.
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Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry)
$40.00Small flowers mass together in 6-12″ wide flat-topped cymes in June. Purple-black fruit from August to September is relished by birds! Best grown in medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Prefers moist soils with humus. Deer resistant.