Lonicera xylosteoides ‘Emerald Mound’
When folks inquire about groundcovers they rarely consider a shrub but this particular honeysuckle could easily be used as such. Emerald mound has rich blue-green foliage and grows in what can only be described as a dense whorl. Its maximum height is only 3 feet, but it can spread up to 5 feet. Its foliage is so thick that after a few years nothing will grow beneath it.

Spiraea japonica ‘Albiflora’ (Japanese White Spirea)
A dense growing shrub with a tidy rounded growth habit. Bright green leaves are a perfect backdrop for its lacy white flowers. It looks a lot like and is an ideal substitute for deutzia. Deutzia tends to fall victim to winter die back giving if an old twiggy appearance. S.
albiflora will keep its lush appearance year after year.

Spiraea fritschiana ‘Pink Parasols’ (Pink Parasols Spirea)
This particular variety is new for us and we all like what we see so far. Dense bluish-green foliage appears in spring followed by umbrella-like blooms of big fluffy pink flowers in June. Then come fall the foliage turns a yellow-orange-red color. It has dense growth and compact height (2-3 ft) makes it an ideal plant for mass planting. Its thick growth classifies
it as a groundcover. I would not hesitate to use one in a large perennial garden since it provides three seasons of interest.

Spiraea thunbergii ‘Mt. Fuji’
Another new one for us with interesting fine willow-like foliage that has a white strip down each leaf. In early Spring, it has delicate snow-white flowers. Stems are brown and orange.
Maximum height is only 3-4 feet.

Genista lydia (Dyers Greenwood)
You have probably never heard of this but all you folks in Burlington and Colchester with dry sandy sites in the hot sun should consider it. Genista thrives in heat and is adaptable to poor soils. It is a low growing groundcover with arching branches that are covered with bright yellow branches in May and June. Growing only 2 feet tall, while spreading up to 4 feet.

Lespedeza (Bush Clover)
Last summer a landscaper working on Thompson’s Point came in to the nursery with a long branch covered in pea-like flowers. We identified it as Lespedeza and decided to offer it
this year at the nursery. Two varieties are available. Lespedeza bicolor‘Yakushima’ is a
showstopper from mid-summer to early fall. Its graceful branches are covered with violet-
purple flowers. It will easily grow to 3 feet in a season but may die to the ground in winter (Zone 5). Lespedeza‘Edo Shibor’ matures to a graceful mounding shrub with variegated pink and white flowers. This too will grow to 3 feet with a spread of 4 feet but may die to the ground in winter (Zone 5).

Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Coppertina’ (Ninebark)
This is a new hybrid between Dart’s Gold and Diablo. New Spring growth is an attractive copper color but it transforms to a rich red in Summer. Flat white flowers appear in June. Zone 3 rating makes it extremely cold hardy. Maximum height is 6-8 feet but I recommend
Spring pruning.

Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Summer Wine’ (Ninebark)
An exciting new Ninebark with neat compact branching and fine deeply cut with dark crimson red leaves. This hybrid combines the fine texture and compact branching of P. ‘Nana’ with the dark foliage of Diablo. It requires little or no pruning. Pinkish-white button
flowers appear in mid-summer. Lovely in the landscape and as a cut flower.

Itea virginica (Sweetspire)
We offer this shrub at the nursery at the request of the landscape architects that favor its adaptability to natural, informal landscape design. It looks best in natural settings and would be considered an edge species (grows on the edge of fields and woods). With an adaptable Ph, thriving in sun or shade, tolerating moist soils, and bearing fragrant white-spired blossoms (thus its name), this shrub is a winner in its environment. Mixes well with small amelanchier, cercis, rhododendron, cornus, physocarpus, and others. With have two
varieties, ‘Henry’s Garnet’ will get to be 3-4 feet while ‘Scarlet Beauty’ grows 4-5 feet. Both have bright red fall foliage. Best in Zone 5.

Check out our expanded dwarf evergreen collection. We have an interesting assortment of chamaecyparis (false cypress) as well as a variety of spruces.