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Selection list for ground covers and shrubs

GROUND COVERS

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

Asclepias tuberosum

Butterfly Weed

Calamagrostis stricta

Slimstem Reedgrass

Comptonia peregrina

Sweetfern

Cortaderia selloana “Pumilla”

Dwarf Pampas Grass

Euonymus coloratus

Euonymus

Festuca glauca

Blue Fescue Grass

Juniperus horizentalis

Creeping Juniper

Hibiscus moscheutos

Swamp Rose Mallow*  

Iris pallida

Sweet Iris

Iris sibirica

Siberian Iris

Iris versicolor

Blue Flag Iris

SHRUBS

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

Abeliax grandiflora

Glossy Abelia

Aesculus parviflora

Bottlebrush Buckeye

Andromeda polifolia

Bog-rosemary

Aronia arbutifolia

Red Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Black Chokeberry

Baccharis halimifolia

Eastern Baccharis

Betula nana

Dwarf Birch

Betula pumila

Bog Birch

Calluna vulgaris

Scotch Heather

Castanea pumila

Chinkapin

Cephalanthus occidentalis

Buttonbush

Chamaecyparis spp.

Chamaecyparis

Clethra alnifolia

Summersweet

Cornus sericea

Redtwig Dogwood

Cornus sericea “Flaviramea”

Yellowtwig Dogwood

Cotoneaster dammeri

Bearberry Cotoneaster

Daphne cneorum

Rose Daphne

Daphne caucasica

Caucasian Daphne

Ericacarnea

Spring Heath

Euonymus fortunei

Wintercreeper Euonymus

Eubotrys racemosa

Swamp Doghobble  

Gaylussaciabrachycera

Box Huckleberry

Hydrangea quercifolia

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Ilex crenata

Japanese Holly

Ilex glabra

Inkberry

Ilex verticillata

Winterberry

Itea virginica“Henry’s Garnet”

Virginia Sweetspire

Juniperus procumbens  

Japgarden Juniper

Juniperus sabina

Savin Juniper

Juniperus squamata

Singleseed Juniper

Kalmia angustifolia

Sheep Laurel

Ledum groenlandicum

Labrador Tea

Leiophyllum buxifolium

Box Sandmyrtle

Leucothoe racemosa

Sweetbells Leucothoe

Microbiota decussata

Russian Arborvitae

Myrica gale

Sweetgale

Paxistima canbyi

Canby Paxistima

Pieris floribunda

Mountain Pieris

Rhododendron canadense

Rhodora

Rhododendron viscosum

Swamp Azalea

Rhododendron atlanticum

Coast Azalea

Rhus aromatica “Gro-Lo”

Gro-Lo Sumac

Rosa Palustris

Swamp Rose

Spirea x bumaldi ”Anthony Waterer”

Goldflame Spirea

Vaccinium macrocarpon

American Cranberry

Zenobia pulverenta

Dusty Zenobia

*        Asian Longhorn Beetle quarantine species - planting not recommended in parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island

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