Dogwood, Kousa
Rounded shape with horizontal branching growing to about 20 feet at maturity.
Large, pointed, white to pinkish bracts produced three weeks after our native flowering dogwood. Fruits medium, reddish pink, raspberry-like, very attractive to birds. Foliage scarlet in fall.
CANNOT SHIP TO CA
Plum, American (NATIVE)
CANNOT SHIP TO CA, WA, AZ
Hardiness Zones: 5-9
Also known as wild plum. Often grown as a shrub but can be grown as a tree. Edible, sweet fruit. Not large, but these 1″ yellow to red to purple fruit are sweet and very juicy. Makes fantastic plum jam! Rapid growth to 12-20′. Prefers full sun, but will tolerate some shade. Common as an understory tree in nature.
White, fragrant flowers in early spring.
Grown as single leader, not shrub form. Container grown trees are 36-48″ tall.
Rugosa Rose, Seed
Ah, yes……….. the perfection of a rose in mid-summer. The sweet fragrance emitted from perfectly formed petals is why this is the flower of choice for many.
But, to obtain the perfect rose one needs to have the perfect soil, a perfect watering regimen, and a lot of time. For those of you who don’t fall into this category, consider the species Rosa rugosa. It is not as neat and upright the hybrid teas, and the flower petals tend to go helter-skelter. It sometimes has a kind of shaggy, unkempt look about it. That’s what gives this plant its character. Named for the wrinkled (rugose) surface of its glossy green leaves, this rose is a charmer that can soften and naturalize any area.