(Creeping Strawberry Bush, Manhattan Creeping Strawberry Bush, Spreading Euonymus)

The extra hardy 'Manhattan' is more compact and has a neater, more rounded form than your average spreading euonymus. It was discovered in Manhattan, Kansas, which testifies to its cold hardiness. It is an adaptable shrub that's found in a wide range of habitats across its country of origin, China.

The glossy evergreen leaves are oblong, deep green and densely cover the broad rounded shrubs. In summer many clusters of small creamy green flowers appear, which develop into pink fruits that...

(Evergreen Spindletree)

Glossy green foliage is a handsome backdrop to both the evergreen spindletree's clusters of yellow green flowers and the light orange-yellow fruits that follow. This variable large shrub to small tree is a broadleaf evergreen native to the woodlands of western China. Its smooth, dark gray to dark gray-brown bark is contrasted by its young branch twigs which are green. It forms a rounded but upright shape.

The folages is a rich glossy green and are pleasant tapering ovals. In late spring to summer,...

(Running Euonymus, Running Strawberry Bush)

Quickly growing with its low, sprawling, bright green stems, running strawberry bush produces magenta fruits and attains a fall foliage color palette of maroon, pink and purple. A deciduous shrub with prostrate stems that root when they touch soil, it is native to eastcentral North America from the Great Lakes to the Tennessee River in moist and dry woodlands. This species is not susceptible to the scale that plagues more others in Euonymus.

The perfectly rounded oval leaves are tapering...

(Korean Spindle Tree)

Perhaps the most elegant and prettiest of all Euonymus, the Korean spindle tree's arching stems bear beige green flowers in late spring and then long-stemmed red fruits that look like cherries. A small deciduous shrub from Korea, eastern China, Taiwan and Japan, it is an upright shrub with spreading, sprawling branches. The bark is smooth and deep brown.

The leaves are thickly paper-like and rich emerald green, shaped like a pointed tongue with tiny scalloped edges. In late spring to...

(Cork Spindle Tree, Cork Tree, Corky Burning Bush, Winged Spindlebush)

Amazingly winged with wide strips of thin corky wings on its upright branches, cork spindle tree also bears light green flowers, rosy magenta fruits and attains brilliant red foliage in autumn. This rounded but upright shrub is native to central China's dry woodland slopes.

The leaves are tapering light to medium green ovals with tiny scalloped edges. In late spring to midsummer, marble-sized light green flowers appear on thin stems from the branches, attracting insects. The rounded fruits then...

(Hemp Agrimony)

Hemp agrimony is a pretty perennial with attractively shaped leaves, colorful stems and butterfly-attracting flowers in summer and early fall. Considered a European wildflower, this plant is also native to extreme northern Africa and western Asia. The compound leaves have between three to five leaflets arranged in a hand-like shape, resembling cannibis. By mid to late summer, the reddened stems support the dark pink, lavender or reddish flowers at their tips. Rarely an all-white flowering plant can...

(Hemp Agrimony)

Flore Pleno hemp agrimony is a pretty perennial with attractively shaped leaves, colorful stems and long-lasting, double flowers in summer and early fall. Considered a European wildflower, this plant is also native to extreme northern Africa and western Asia. The compound leaves have between three to five leaflets arranged in a hand-like shape, resembling cannibis. By mid to late summer, the reddened stems support the lavender-pink flowers. Insects, especially bees, will visit the double flowers,...

(Blue Mistflower, Hardy Ageratum)

The fuzzy, lavender-blue flowers of blue mistflower bring much-needed color to the late summer landscape. Native to the eastern United States, this hardy perennial is found naturally in moist, partially shaded woodlands and streambanks, and spreads generously via rhizomes (lateral underground stems). The showy flowers appear from late summer to early autumn atop sturdy, upright, well-branched stems lined with bright green, oblong, pointed leaves. Highly beneficial to wildlife, blue mistflower...

(Blue Mistflower)

The fuzzy, lavender-blue flowers of blue mistflower bring much-needed color to the late summer landscape. Native to the eastern United States, this hardy perennial is found naturally in moist, partially shaded woodlands and streambanks, and spreads generously via rhizomes (lateral underground stems). The showy flowers appear from late summer to early autumn atop sturdy, upright, well-branched stems lined with bright green, oblong, pointed leaves. Highly beneficial to wildlife, blue mistflower...

(Coastal Plain Joe-Pye weed)

Coastal plain Joepyeweed, often called the dwarf Joepyeweed, is a slightly shorter-growing perennial with butterfly-attracting purplish pink flowers in late summer. This species is native to the moist areas of the Piedmont of the extreme eastern United States. The mid-green leaves are arranged in whorls on the purplish stems.

Grow coastal plain Joepyeweed in a moist garden soil with average to good drainage. This plant naturally grows in wet, acidic sandy soils. Although full sun will yield the...