SHRUBS
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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 discolor (Pussy Willow)
$40.00Pussy willow is a short-lived, fast growing, native tree, or large shrubby shrub with a rounded crown. In early spring the silky furry catkins open before the leaves appear to signal spring is on the way. Grows in average, medium to wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Prefers full sun. Thrives in moist soils but tolerates somewhat drier soils better than most other willows. Intolerant of dry soils. Prune as needed in late winter to early spring. Plants may be cut to the ground every 3-5 years to maintain a smaller shrub shape. This is a dioecious species (male and female catkins appearing on separate trees) that is most often seen as a large multi-stemmed shrub to 6-15’ tall but is less frequently found as a small tree to 30’ tall.
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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.
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Sambucus racemosa (Red-Berried Elder)
$40.00Sambucus racemosa is the scientific name for red elderberry.
It is a deciduous shrub that grows to 8-12 feet tall. It is native to Europe, northern temperate Asia, and North America. It grows in moist areas, such as woodlands and riparian environments. Red elderberry has small white flowers that grow in conical spikes. The flowers are followed by clusters of pea-sized, red berries. The berries are inedible when raw and have a bitter taste. They can be made into wine or cooked into jelly and jam. Birds and mammals also eat the berries. Red elderberry has many medicinal uses. Native American groups reportedly used parts of the plant as an emetic in cases of poisoning. The genus Sambucus includes many species and subspecies of elderberry. Other types of elderberry include: Black elderberry, Blue elderberry. -
Spiraea alba (Meadowsweet)
$40.00Typically found in the wild on wet prairies and open ground along streams and lakes. Does well in medium to wet, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade although it prefers full sun. The cone-shaped white flower clusters bloom in June. May be trimmed to the ground in March and will still bloom on the new wood. Effective for erosion control. Attracts butterflies. Deer resistant.
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Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry)
$40.00Low-growing shrub that does well in dry shade under oak trees. It is not grown for its flowers but for the pure white berries that appear in late summer and persist through most of the winter. Attracts birds. If allowed, it will sucker and spread making it good for stabilizing slopes. Best grown in medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Deer resistant.