Plants

Gleditsia triacanthos 'Draves' [sold as Street Keeper®]
[Street Keeper Honeylocust]

'Draves' is a cultivar with Popular for street use. It has a tight narrow form with a small canopy and dark green foliage. It also has a fine texture with yellow fall color. This tree will create some mess in the fall, but minor compared to other cultivars and other species of trees.

Shrub

Hydrangea paniculata
[Panicle Hydrangea]

Very hardy and adaptable plant, difficult to kill. So coarse, the straight species does not always combine well in the landscape. Remove grown flowers late in fall as they are not attractive. Can become straggly and unkempt with age.

Shrub

Hydrangea paniculata 'Ilvobo' [sold as Bobo®]
[Bobo Panicle Hydrangea]

This particular cultivar of the panicle hydrangea is a small deciduous shrub ranging from 6 to 10' in height and known for its spectacular flower show, beginning in July and lasting through September. The flowers begin as a bright and clean white that slowly matures to a reddish purple. Flowers bloom on the current season's growth, so prune late winter into early spring.

Hydrangea paniculata 'Ilvobo' [sold as Bobo®]

Shrub

Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' [sold as Limelight®]
[Limelight Panicle Hydrangea]

'Limelight' has large, dense, upright flower panicles that emerge white, change to lime-green, then rosey pink, ultimately becoming beige at the very end. Very hardy and adaptable plant, difficult to kill.

Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' [sold as Limelight®]

Shrub

Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva'
[Tardiva Panicle Hydrangea]

'Tardiva' has a dense habit and flowers later, in September. Very hardy and adaptable plant, difficult to kill. Remove grown flowers late in fall as they are not attractive.

Shrub

Indiana Native

Hypericum prolificum
[Shrubby St. John's Wort]

Hypericum prolificum is a compact, rounded Indiana native shrub. The attractive bright yellow flowers, appearing in summer, are unique and crowned by a dome of many long stamens. This species can suffer in hot and humid environments, causing it to become prone to root rot and wilt.

Indiana Native

Shrub

Ilex glabra 'Compacta'
[Compact Inkberry]

This hardy cultivar is compact and dense with an oval to rounded habit, but it tends to lose some of its lower branches with age. Ilex glabra, like other hollies, is dioecious, and 'Compacta' is a female cultivar, so plant a male pollinator for fruit set. Withstands severe pruning. Winter desiccation injury to leaves occurs in exposed sites, with severe yellowing when temperatures drop below -20 degrees F. Avoid high pH soils.

Tree

Indiana Native

Juglans cinerea
[Butternut]

Juglans cinera is a large, rounded tree similar to, but overall smaller than the Black Walnut (Juglans nigra). It is not commonly grown for ornamental purposes. The nut, once one is able to crack the hard shell, is edible, sweet, oily, and buttery. Long tap root makes transplanting difficult. This species is valued for its wood and between overharvesting and losses from Butternut Canker (Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum), this species has become rare in its native habitat.

Indiana Native

Tree

Juglans regia
[Persian Walnut]

Juglans regia is a large, rounded, spreading tree that produces the walnuts frequently seen in stores. It may take up to 20 years for this tree to become mature enough to produce a decent-sized crop of nuts. Long tap root makes transplanting difficult.

Shrub/Tree

Juniperus chinensis
[Chinese Juniper]

Widely adaptable to soils and climates, except for low light conditions. Tolerates alkaline soils, heat, and drought. Members of this species are used from New England to Minnesota to Louisiana. Phomopsis and Kabatina blights can be a serious problem in some areas, especially for small plants.