Little Lime Hydrangea features bold conical chartreuse flowers with creamy white overtones at the ends of the branches from mid summer to late fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green foliage throughout the season. The pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Sunjoy Todo® Japanese Barberry is primarily valued in the garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It has clusters of gold flowers hanging below the branches in late spring, which are interesting on close inspection. It has attractive deep purple foliage with hints of black which emerges red in spring. The small glossy oval leaves are highly ornamental and turn outstanding shades of scarlet and burgundy in the fall.

Green Gem Boxwood is primarily valued in the garden for its ornamental globe-shaped form. It has rich green evergreen foliage. The small round leaves remain green throughout the winter.

A popular garden staple for its evergreen foliage and versatile nature, Boxwood is great for hedging, massing and topiary work. Green Mountain is a dense, pyramidal form that makes an excellent accent or taller hedge. Evergreen, small, dark green leaves maintain their color through the winter. If shaping, trim in mid to late June. Not fussy as long as the soil is not wet.

Note: All boxwoods from Chalet are final sale. Boxwoods are non-refundable due to risk of spreading pathogens.

A popular garden staple for its evergreen foliage and versatile nature, boxwood is useful for hedging, massing and topiary work. It's considered the gold standard for rounded boxwood. Green Velvet is a dense, mounded form that is effective as a short hedge and planted in groups for year-round greenery. Small, dark green leaves maintain their color through the winter. If shaping, trim in mid to late June. Not fussy as long as the soil is not wet.

Note: All boxwoods from Chalet are final sale. Boxwoods are non-refundable due to risk of spreading pathogens.

Compact Winged Burning Bush has rich green deciduous foliage on a plant with a round habit of growth. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding cherry red in the fall. It produces red capsules from early to late fall. The warty brown bark and harvest gold branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Sugar Shack® Button Bush features unusual racemes of fragrant creamy white ball-shaped flowers along the branches from early to late summer, which emerge from distinctive buttery yellow flower buds. It has green foliage throughout the season. The glossy pointy leaves turn coppery-bronze in fall. The red fruits are held in clusters in mid fall. Sugar Shack is a smaller, more compact version of the native Buttonbush. Buttonbush is common and widely distributed in Illinois, often found in wet areas like swamps, bogs, and along water corridors.

Firedance™ Dogwood has clusters of white flowers at the ends of the branches in late spring. It has green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding brick red in the fall. It produces white berries in late summer. The red branches are extremely showy and add significant winter interest. It is a compact Redtwig Dogwood cultivar that has a rounded, multi-stemmed growth habit. Prune back older stems to increase young stems for good color.

Mature Height: 3’ to 4’

Mature Width: 4’ to 5’

Sunlight: Full sun

Soil: Moist well-drained soil

Hardiness Zone: 2 - 7

Honeycrisp Apple is a small tree that is typically grown for its edible qualities. It produces large red round apples (which are botanically known as 'pomes') with creamy white flesh which are usually ready for picking from early to mid fall. The apples have a sweet taste and a crisp texture.

The apples are most often used in the following ways:

Honeygold Apple is a small tree that is typically grown for its edible qualities. It produces large yellow round apples (which are botanically known as 'pomes') with hints of red and white flesh which are usually ready for picking from mid to late fall. The apples have a sweet taste and a crisp texture.

The apples are most often used in the following ways:

Yellow Delicious Apple is a small tree that is typically grown for its edible qualities. It produces large chartreuse round apples (which are botanically known as 'pomes') with yellow overtones and white flesh which are usually ready for picking from early to mid fall. The apples have a sweet taste and a crisp texture.

The apples are most often used in the following ways:

Luminary® Prismatic Pink Tall Garden Phlox features bold fragrant conical pink round flowers with hot pink eyes at the ends of the stems from mid to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its pointy leaves remain emerald green in color throughout the season.

Elegant tree with a tight oval habit and clean dark green foliage makes an amazing tall hedge or vertical accent. The winter character is exquisite with the slender branches smartly arranged around the main trunk. Needs no pruning to maintain its shape, but takes shearing well. Tolerant of a wide range of soil conditions and moderate shade.

Frans Fontaine Hornbeam is primarily valued in the landscape for its rigidly columnar form. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The glossy pointy leaves turn an outstanding gold in the fall. The smooth gray bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

A beautiful long-season bloomer featuring cones of mixed sterile and fertile white flowers in mid to late summer which fade to a deep pink; a denser version of its popular parent Pink Diamond hydrangea with fuller flower heads.

Tardiva Hydrangea features bold conical white flowers with pink overtones at the ends of the branches from late summer to late fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

A beautiful long-season bloomer featuring large cones of white flowers which transition to hot pink from the bottom up; strong stems hold the flowers upright, great for cutting; early blooming

Ruby Slippers Hydrangea features bold conical hot pink flowers with white overtones at the ends of the branches from early to mid summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has attractive dark green deciduous foliage. The lobed leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding burgundy in the fall. The peeling brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

A hardy, rounded dwarf panicle hydrangea (cone-shaped flowers), Bobo is literally smothered in creamy white panicles at the branch tips from August through September. The flowers gradually take on pink to red tones before turning tan late in the season and make fantastic long-lasting fresh or dried flowers. Excellent for late season color in foundation plantings and shrub borders, either as an accent or in groups. Panicle hydrangea don't appreciate shade as much as other hydrangea, and are best planted in full to partial sun and kept evenly moist. Prune lighty in late fall or early spring, removing no more than 1/3 of the stem length.

The brightly colored flowers of Limelight have a refreshing effect on the late summer garden. A large, hardy Panicle Hydrangea (cone-shaped flowers), Limelight produces big, dense, domed panicles in late summer that last through fall. The flowers emerge bright lime green, brightening to ivory white, then gradually fading to pinkish green and finally tan in winter. The multi-hued, long-lasting flowers are great for cutting and drying. Excellent as a stand-alone specimen or planted in groups for a stunning display in large areas. Panicle Hydrangea don't appreciate shade as much as other Hydrangea, and are best planted in full to partial sun and kept evenly moist. Prune lightly in late fall or early spring, removing no more than 1/3 of the stem length.

A spectacular and dependable groundcover for sunny locations, extremely low growing and mat-forming, spreads almost indefinitely, very adaptable; superb choice for a low groundcover when used in mass, considered one of the best by designers