Shrub Taxus cuspidata 'Green Wave' [Green Wave Japanese Yew] 'Green Wave' is a very functional and durable and lower-growing yew with gracefully arching branches. Dioecious. Tolerates shade and heavy pruning. Bark peels on older specimens. All parts of Taxus, except the fleshy, red aril are poisonous. Can be siginificantly damaged by deer.
Tree Ulmus parvifolia 'JFS-Barrett' [sold as Emerald Flair®] [Emerald Flair Elm] 'George Barrett' is a cultivar with an upright-spreading vase shape with wisps of arching branches. Its dark green leaves in summer mature into a strong red red-orange fall color. It also has large exfoliating gray bark revealing tan underneath.
Shrub Viburnum × rhytidophylloides 'Willowwood' [Willowwood Lantanaphyllum Viburnum] Poor tolerance to heavy wind environments. Great plant in the Midwest, flowering in the spring and even sporadically into the fall. Foliage sometimes lasting well into the winter. Prune right after flowering, because new buds for the following year form in the summer.
Tree Zelkova serrata 'Schmidtlow' [sold as Wireless®] [Wireless® Zelkova] 'Schmidtlow' is a cultivar with a charactoristic vase shape and low statue makes it a desirable street tree. It also has a lovely red fall color.
