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French Cabaret Blush Rose of Sharon features bold shell pink frilly flowers with white overtones along the branches from mid summer to early fall, which emerge from distinctive hot pink flower buds. It has green deciduous foliage. The lobed leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

The Boxwood Honeysuckle is a tough evergreen shrub with glossy, dense leaves that stay vibrant year-round. Perfect for hedges or garden borders, it adds lasting structure and greenery. It grows well in sun or partial shade and adapts to various soils. Once established, it’s drought-tolerant and low-maintenance, making it a reliable choice for temperate gardens.

Red Lake Currant is a classic edible shrub beloved for its reliable, heavy crops of tart, jewel-bright red currants perfect for jams, jellies, syrups, and fresh eating. Compact and mounding at 3–5 feet tall and wide, it’s a neat, well-behaved addition to edible gardens, borders, and cottage-style landscapes in full sun. Delicate flowers in spring attract butterflies and pollinators before giving way to pendulous clusters of glossy berries in early summer. Green foliage turns rich red-burgundy and copper-bronze in autumn, giving this hardworking shrub excellent ornamental value well beyond its harvest season. It’s disease resistant and cold-hardy, asking for little beyond well-drained soil and a spot in the sun. One of the most rewarding small fruiting shrubs for Midwestern gardens.

This beautiful hybrid is open and airy with buds that are coral red as they open and show a yellow blotch at the ends of the branches in mid spring. An open multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a mounded form, its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has a light scent to it. It's tough and hardy down to -25F.

Summer Wine Ninebark features showy clusters of white flowers at the ends of the branches from late spring to early summer, which emerge from distinctive pink flower buds. It has attractive deep purple deciduous foliage which emerges crimson in spring. The serrated lobed leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding red in the fall. It features abundant showy red capsules from early to mid fall. The peeling tan bark and dark red branches add an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Professor Ed Chokeberry is an open and upright spreading shrub. It has stunning white spring flowers, dark green leaves, and purple autumn berries. Watch its beautiful leaves change from dark green to red-orange and burgundy-purple in fall. Professor Ed Chokeberry is a more compact cultivar. The plant features the same attractive flowers, foliage, and fall color. The cultivar's name honors Professor Edward Hasselkus of the University of Wisconsin.

Coco Chill™ Weigela features showy clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers with red throats along the branches from late spring to early summer, which emerge from distinctive crimson flower buds. It has attractive burgundy foliage with green veins and tinges of black which emerges dark red in spring. The glossy pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding dark red in the fall. The dark red stems can be quite attractive.

Grandma’s Blessing offers old-fashioned charm with full, deep pink blooms carried on a hardy, easygoing shrub. Part of the own-root Easy Elegance series, it flowers generously from spring through fall with no special care. Plant it in full sun, where it reaches three to five feet and stays remarkably disease resistant. The rich pink flowers look wonderful in a border or low hedge and are lovely for cutting. Bred for northern toughness, it sails through cold winters. For dependable pink and effortless beauty, Grandma’s Blessing is a gift.

Smooth Sumac is primarily grown for its highly ornamental fruit. The scarlet fruits are carried on showy plumes displayed in abundance from early fall to late winter. It has spikes of green flowers rising above the foliage from mid to late summer. It has green deciduous foliage. The large narrow pinnately compound leaves turn an outstanding scarlet in the fall.

An attractive, re-blooming shrub featuring deep pink-red lacecap flowers with creamy centers, that turn more blue in acid soil; re-blooms on new and old wood; deep green leaves turn burgundy in fall

Experience vibrant and luscious gardens in the Chicago area with the Viburnum, Aurora. This beautiful plant offers ornamental benefits with its stunning clusters of pink and white aromatic flowers. Its resilience in harsh winter weather makes it a perfect addition to any garden. It is a cultivar of the Korean Spice Viburnum.

Mature Height: 4’ to 6’; can reach 8’ in optimum conditions 

Mature Width: 4’ to 6’

Sunlight: Full sun to part shade

Soil: Well drained

Hardiness Zone: 4 - 7

Little Lady® Lilac is draped in stunning panicles of fragrant lilac purple flowers with pink overtones and white eyes at the ends of the branches in late spring, which emerge from distinctive hot pink flower buds. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage. The small pointy leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Exceptional fall foliage is the hallmark of this compact new selection of our native silky dogwood. The clean green foliage contrasts nicely with white flowers in summer, and autumn brings deep purple foliage which gradually changes to luminous red. Blue fall fruit adds to its appeal. The flowers are a valuable resource for our pollinator populations, and the fall fruit is an excellent resource for songbirds. This is an outstanding plant for moist to damp sites: use it in rain gardens and bioswales. The compact size is ideal for residential landscapes.

Donald Wyman Lilac features showy panicles of lightly-scented fuchsia flowers rising above the foliage in late spring. It has forest green deciduous foliage. The pointy leaves turn buttery yellow in fall.

Common Purple Lilac features showy panicles of fragrant lilac purple flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has bluish-green deciduous foliage. The heart-shaped leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.