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Sumac - Cutleaf Staghorn
Grows best in average, dry to medium moist, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. It forms a wide spreading shape at maturity. This xeriscape sumac cultivar is a large, open, spreading shrub or small tree which typically grows 18 feet tall and 12-15' in width. Cutleaf Staghorn Sumac, Rhus typhina 'Laciniata', is an attractive cutleaf plant that can be used as an accent or in mass plantings. Fruit clusters persist through the winter, providing some colorful interest and this fruit is attractive to wildlife. Plant massed for stabilizing embankments or for hard-to-cover areas with poorer soils or for naturalizing in wild areas. The finely divided, green foliage turns a beautiful orange and scarlet-red in fall. Cutleaf Staghorn has no serious insect or disease problems. ... details
Lilac - Korean Meyeri is named after F. The Dwarf Korean Lilac, Syringa meyeri 'palibin', is known as a compact but spreading, small-foliaged Lilac with showy late May lavender-purple flowers that are spread over the entire shrub canopy. This deciduous shrub is especially urban tolerant. It is the most common cultivar of the species, valued for its even more compact habit (to 4-6”). It is widely used as a foundation, group planting, informal or formal hedge, or specimen shrub. N. Meyer, who introduced this species to the United States from Northern China in the early 20th century. Syringa translates from the Greek as "pipe", in reference to the hollow stems. |
