April 3, 2023

Sarah’s Plant Picks of the Week – Apr 3 2023

Every week we’re publishing a NEW Plant Picks of the Week story, showcasing our Plant Specialists’ top plant picks. Get ready to be inspired!

We recently asked Sarah Tjepkema to share her top plant picks. Here’s what she had to say:


Gold Splash Wintercreeper

Euonymus fortunei ‘Roemertwo’

A vigorous and hardy vine or spreading shrub featuring eye-catching gold variegated evergreen leaves, showy yellow fruit and orange seeds; a versatile and adaptable color accent for almost any garden application, most dramatic foliage occurs in full sun


Little Goblin Red Winterberry

Ilex verticillata ‘NCIV1’

A very compact and showy fall shrub known for its brilliant scarlet-red fruit; sheds leaves early in fall to reveal berries; spreads to form colonies; Little Goblin Guy is recommended as pollinator; great in particularly wet sites, needs acidic soil


Fukuzumi White Pine

Pinus parviflora ‘Fukuzumi’

A slower growing selection with a naturally variable windswept character; it develops leaders that extend horizontal with short blue-green twisted needles; an impressive selection as an accent


Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

A spectacular spring bloomer, with very showy pink to purple flowers held tightly on bare branches in early spring; somewhat coarse heart-shaped leaves; rivals any small ornamental tree for specimen use in the home landscape


Paperbark Maple

Acer griseum

This small ornamental tree is renowned for its exfoliating (peeling) bark in cinnamon red, pink and tan, along with good fall color; an extremely high value accent tree for the winter landscape

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