Common name:Mt. St. Helens Purple Leaf Plum
Botanical name:Prunus cerasifera 'Mt St. Helens'

Mt. St. Helens Plum is a sport of `Newport' that grows faster and leafs out earlier. There is a rich maroon red leaf color on a rounded crown. Has fragrant pale pink flowers that emerge all along branches in spring, sometimes followed by 1" edible plums. It is useful for color contrast in the landscape. Susceptible to cankers and needs full sunlight. -Fort Collins Nursery

Common name:Glossy Abelia
Botanical name:Abelia X grandiflora

Abelia X grandiflora is a semi-evergreen shrub of medium size. It has small, white, fragrant flowers that bloom from spring through the fall season. Bracts add a bronzy tint to the flowers. Abelia makes a good sheared hedge or screen. When unsheared, it is naturally arching.

Common name:Dwarf Columnar Juniper
Botanical name:Juniperus c. communis 'Compressa'

This larger shrub will grow 12'-25' tall and has small, scaled dark green leaves.

Common name:Waxleaf Privet
Botanical name:Ligustrum japonicum 'Texanum'

This dense, evergreen shrub reaches 6'-8' tall and 4'-6' wide. Waxleaf Privet has dark green, leathery, evergreen leaves that make a great privacy hedge. White fragrant flowers bloom in spring and summer. Bees love these flowers! Blue black berries follow bloom season. Part of this shrub may be poisonous if ingested. It prefers full sun to light shade with a medium amount of watering, more in hot summer months.

Common name:Castlewellan Golden Cypress
Botanical name:Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Castlewellan'

Possibly the first golden foliaged conifer to grow over 100', the Castlewellan is a vigorous, rapid growing tree with a narrow crown which often grows to become quite dense.