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Cherry Kwanzan Cherry Okame Cherry Snowfountain Cherry Weeping Cherry Yoshino Crabapple Indian Magic Crabapple Indian Magic Fruit Crabapple Sugar Tyme Crape Myrtle Crape Myrtles are long blooming shrubs or small trees. They can bloom for up to 100 days between mid June and early fall. Tall varieties like the white flowered Natchez or the pink Tuscarora are most often seen with multiple trunks, and with the lower limbs removed to show off the plant’s interesting mottled bark and intricate branch structure. Shorter types like the Petite series from Monrovia are grown in shrub form. Different varieties grow between 2 and 25 feet tall and wide. Crape myrtles will grow in part shade, but need full hot sun to flower well. They loose their leaves in the winter, and are among the last plants to leaf out in the spring. Pruning, if needed, should be done while the plants are dormant in the winter. Crape Myrtle Petitie Orchid Crape Myrtle Tuscarora Dogwood Cherokee Brave Dogwood Constellation Dogwood Stellar Pink Holly Nellie R. Stevens Holly Dwarf Burford Holly English Variegated copyright 2008 The Barn Nursery The Barn Nursery  •  I-24 at the 4th Avenue exit  •  Chattanooga, Tennessee  •  423-698-BARN Cherry Ornamental cherries like Kwanzan and Yoshino are medium sized deciduous trees with beautiful early spring flowers and no fruit. Yoshino cherries have pale pink flowers that fade to white and are famous for their annual display along the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. Kwanzan has double pink flowers. Okame is the earliest variety to bloom and has dark pink single flowers. These trees grow 15 to 20 feet tall and wide, need full sun and are suitable for a small yard or to plant under power lines. Weeping varieties stay a bit shorter and come in pink or white. Deciduous. Crabapple Flowering crabapples are small to medium sized trees with spectacular early spring flowers and small cherry sized fruit in the fall. Many older varieties had disease problems and large messy fruit, but new named varieties are much improved. Sugar Tyme and Indian Magic are two of the new types that are disease resistant and have small fruit that hangs on the trees throughout the winter, providing food for birds. Flowers can be white, pink, to reddish-purple. Fruit can be bright red or gold. Some types, like Prairiefire and Profusion have new leaves that are deep purple. Best grown in full sun, crabapples grow 15 to 20 feet tall and wide. Deciduous. Crape Myrtle Natchez Bark Dogwood The native Florida Dogwood is one of the most treasured plants in the south. Its tiered branches often start low on the tree. The layers of white, pink, or red flowers appear in April before the leaves. Red berries cap the branches in the fall, and the autumn leaf color is dark reddish-purple. Kousa, or Chinese dogwoods, bloom 2 weeks later than the Florida dogwood, after the leaves have come out. The leaves turn reddish-orange in the fall and the fruit looks like raspberries. Hybrids between the two varieties such as Constellation and Stellar Pink are more disease resistant than the parent plants. All dogwoods prefer partial shade and grow 20 to 30 feet tall and wide. Deciduous. Holly Hollies are one of the largest and most versatile groups of shrubs available to the Chattanooga gardener. They can be tall or short, evergreen or deciduous, berries or no berries, pointed leaf or round. The diversity is huge, but we’ve narrowed down a sampling of the best evergreen types. Nellie R. Stevens hollies are large pyramid shaped evergreens with shiny dark green leaves and lots of red berries in the fall. At 20 feet tall and 10 feet wide, they make an attractive screen or accent plant. Dwarf Burford hollies are medium sized evergreens that grow 4 to 6 feet tall and wide. They are one of the best hollies for beautiful winter berries, and have glossy green leaves with one point at the tip. The variegated English holly is a tall growing variety with a creamy margin on its dark green pointed leaves. If planted with a pollinator like Gold Coast, it has large red berries and is perfect for Christmas decorations. Japanese hollies have small round leaves like boxwood and no berries. The column shaped Sky Pencil and pyramidal Steeds hollies are good for entry accents or containers, while the Compacta and Hoogendorn hollies are best for foundations or clipped hedges. Little Rascal holly is a new variety with a dense compact form and a rounded shape. It has no berries, but its multi-pointed leaves are soft to the touch and turn purple in the winter. At only 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide, it fits well in today’s smaller landscapes. Small Trees Japanese Maple Japanese Maples come on a wide variety of sizes and shapes. The weeping Japanese Maples such as the burgundy Crimson Queen have finely cut foliage that drapes to the ground. Crimson Queen turns bright red in the fall while green leaved varieties such as Waterfall turn yellow to orange. Weeping maples can be trained as shrubs and kept 3 to 4 feet tall, otherwise they will grow up to 10 feet tall and wide. Upright Japanese maples such as grow 15 to 20 feet tall. The Bloodgood variety has burgundy-red foliage in spring through summer and crimson leaves in the fall. The Coral Bark maple has green summer leaves, yellow fall color, and showy coral stems that brighten the winter landscape. All Japanese maples grow best in partial shade, but the upright types can tolerate more sun if well watered. Maple - Japanese Maple Crimson Queen Maple - Japanese Maple Bloodgood Ligustrum Topiary Patio Tree Ligustrum Wax Leaf Privet Ligustrum Also called wax leaf privet, this is the well behaved cousin of the privet hedge. The leaves are very dark green, glossy, and larger than the standard privet. It grows quickly up to 10 feet tall and 6 feet wide, but responds very well to pruning. White flowers that attract butterflies cover the plant in late spring. It is equally happy in sun or partial shade. Wax leaf privet can be grown as a large shrub, or trained as a topiary. It makes an excellent small tree for containers. Magnolia The Southern Magnolia is an evergreen tree with large, deep green leaves of a stiff texture. The huge white flowers are fragrant and appear from May to October, depending on variety. Large Southern Magnolias can reach 60 to 80 feet tall and 40 feet wide, but there are many cultivars available with smaller habits and long bloom times. Bracken’s Brown Beauty has foliage that is deep green on top and rusty brown below. It grows to 40 feet tall and 20 feet wide. Little Gem is the most dwarf type. It grows in a tight habit, 15 to 20 feet tall, and flowers heavily at a young age. Deciduous magnolias like the saucer and star magnolias bloom in April, before their leaves emerge. They make excellent small trees or large shrubs. Magnolia Little Gem Magnolia Saucer Magnolia Southern Magnolia Southern (close up of flower) Magnolia Star Pear Cleveland Select The flowering pear is one of the first trees to bloom in the spring. The pure white flowers, which appear before the leaves, decorate streets and lawns all over the Chattanooga area. Deep green glossy leaves turn a reddish-orange late in the fall. This tree has a very regular, wide pyramidal form and dense branching, often low to the ground. The older variety, Bradford, has problems splitting and is short lived. The newer Cleveland Select is heavy flowering and much stronger. Redbud Forest Pansy The Eastern Redbud is and excellent small tree for the southern landscape. Bright lavender pink flowers appear on the whole length of the stems in early spring before the leaves emerge. Trees grow 20 to 30 feet wide in full sun or partial shade. Forest Pansy is a unique variety with deep purple leaves all season. White flowered varieties are available. Deciduous.