Deciduous Trees, Shrubs and Vines
Once established, trees, shrubs, and vines are generally lower maintenance than perennials and annuals, unless you wish to prune them into hedges or rounds. Vines are marked with an asterisk; I generally avoid using vines, with the exception of those listed here, as many tend to be invasive. Acer palmatum
‘Bloodgood’
A. palmatum var. dissectum ‘Garnet’, ‘Tamukeyama’
Berberis thunbergii ‘Aurea’, ‘Crimson Pygmy’
B. thunbergii f. atropurpurea ‘Rose Glow’
Buddleja davidii ‘Nanho Blue’, ‘Black Knight’
*Clematis—small-flowered cultivars, such as C. ‘Betty Corning’,
‘Étoile Violette’, ‘Jackmanii’, ‘Rooguchi’
C. x durandii
Cercis canadensis
Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’
C. kousa
C. sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’
C. sericea ‘Silver and Gold’
Corylopsis pauciflora
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’
Edgeworthia chrysantha
Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Jelena’
Hibiscus syriacus ‘Aphrodite’, Blue Bird, ‘Blue Satin’, ‘Diana’
*Hydrangea anomola subsp. petiolaris
H. arborescens
H. macrophylla ‘Blue Wave’, ‘Enziandom’, ‘Glowing Embers’,
‘Mariesii Variegata’, ‘Nikko Blue’
H. paniculata ‘Limelight’, ‘Pink Diamond’, ‘Tardiva’
H. serrata ‘Blue Billow’
H. quercifolia
H. quercifolia Snowflake
Jasminum nudiflorum
Lagerstroemia fauriei
L. hardy cultivars, such as L. ‘Natchez’, ‘Choctaw’, ‘Muskogee’
Lespedeza thunbergii ‘Albiflora’,‘Pink Fountain’
Magnolia stellata
M. × soulangeana
Malus cultivars:
White: M. ‘Bob White’
Pink: M. Coralburst
Dark Pink: M. ‘Burgundy’
Dwarf Roundtable Series
Prunus × cistena
Spiraea japonica ‘Goldflame’, ‘Golden Elf’, ‘White Gold’
S. thunbergii ‘Ogon’
Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’
Viburnum nudum ‘Earthshades’, ‘Winterthur’
V. plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Mariesii’
Vitex agnus-castus
Weigela ‘Florida Variegata’
‘Bloodgood’
A. palmatum var. dissectum ‘Garnet’, ‘Tamukeyama’
Berberis thunbergii ‘Aurea’, ‘Crimson Pygmy’
B. thunbergii f. atropurpurea ‘Rose Glow’
Buddleja davidii ‘Nanho Blue’, ‘Black Knight’
*Clematis—small-flowered cultivars, such as C. ‘Betty Corning’,
‘Étoile Violette’, ‘Jackmanii’, ‘Rooguchi’
C. x durandii
Cercis canadensis
Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’
C. kousa
C. sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’
C. sericea ‘Silver and Gold’
Corylopsis pauciflora
Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Crataegus viridis ‘Winter King’
Edgeworthia chrysantha
Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Jelena’
Hibiscus syriacus ‘Aphrodite’, Blue Bird, ‘Blue Satin’, ‘Diana’
*Hydrangea anomola subsp. petiolaris
H. arborescens
H. macrophylla ‘Blue Wave’, ‘Enziandom’, ‘Glowing Embers’,
‘Mariesii Variegata’, ‘Nikko Blue’
H. paniculata ‘Limelight’, ‘Pink Diamond’, ‘Tardiva’
H. serrata ‘Blue Billow’
H. quercifolia
H. quercifolia Snowflake
Jasminum nudiflorum
Lagerstroemia fauriei
L. hardy cultivars, such as L. ‘Natchez’, ‘Choctaw’, ‘Muskogee’
Lespedeza thunbergii ‘Albiflora’,‘Pink Fountain’
Magnolia stellata
M. × soulangeana
Malus cultivars:
White: M. ‘Bob White’
Pink: M. Coralburst
Dark Pink: M. ‘Burgundy’
Dwarf Roundtable Series
Prunus × cistena
Spiraea japonica ‘Goldflame’, ‘Golden Elf’, ‘White Gold’
S. thunbergii ‘Ogon’
Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’
Viburnum nudum ‘Earthshades’, ‘Winterthur’
V. plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Mariesii’
Vitex agnus-castus
Weigela ‘Florida Variegata’