Author: Kirby Kalbaugh
Posts by Kirby Kalbaugh
Juniperus chinensis ‘Kallay’s Compacta’
Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitzeriana Nelson’s Compact’
Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitzeriana Aurea’
Juniperus chinensis ‘Pfitzeriana Glauca’
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’
A unique plant with attractive flower panicles and large, coarse, handsome foliage. ‘Snowflake’ is a large cultivar (up to 8′ high and 10′ wide) that has large (up to 15″ long) flower panicles of double sterile flowers. Tops (including flower buds formed in fall) can die back when winter temperatures go much below – 20 […]
Hibiscus syriacus ‘Morning Star’
‘Morning Star’ has showy white flowers with a red eye and anemone center. Flowers are born on new growth, so heavy pruning in the spring enhances blooming later that summer. Pruning to functional size of 4-5' produces excellent habit and flowering. Becomes leggy with age if not pruned. Prune hard when young to promote more […]
Juniperus chinensis ‘Aurea Improved’ [sold as Gold Coast®]
Tilia cordata ‘Corzam’ [sold as Corinthian®]
‘Corzam’, often sold under the name Corinthian, is a formal, compact, and narrow cultivar with a straight trunk and dense, evenly spaced branches. Resistant to Japanese beetles, which tend to trouble other Tilia in the summer. Never colorful, but a good shade tree that is well-adapted to most city conditions and relatively troublefree. Functions as […]
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Hamamelis × intermedia ‘Sunburst’
The Sunburst Witchhazel is a large, vase-shaped deciduous shrub that produces a profusion of interesting, strap-like lemon-yellow and red flowers in mid to late winter. […]