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Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud) Height: 18'
Width: 15'
Shape: broad, rounded habit
Flowers: red buds open to pink flowers; April
Foliage: heart-shaped foliage turns buttery yellow in fall
Hardiness: Zone 5
Prefers: full sun to part shade; adaptable to many soils except continually moist
Uses: excellent specimen plant, good in woodland setting
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Magnolia acuminata 'Elizabeth' Height: 30'
Width: 15'
Shape: upright, rounded habit
Flowers: rich yellow fading to cream; April
Foliage: deep green
Hardiness: Zone 4
Prefers: full sun to light shade; well-drained, loamy soil
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Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' Height: 15'
Width: 10'
Shape: broad, pyramidal
Flowers: Pink; May
Foliage: deep green
Hardiness: Zone 4
Prefers: full sun to light shade; well-drained, loamy soil
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Magnolia 'Merrill' Height: 25'
Width: 20'
Shape: broad, pyramidal
Flowers: White; May
Foliage: deep green
Hardiness: Zone 3
Prefers: full sun to light shade; well-drained, loamy soil
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Fothergilla gardenii (Dwarf Bottlebrush) Fothergilla major (Bottlebrush) Height: 8' (Dwarf to 4')
Width: 8' (Dwarf to 5')
Shape: rounded, mounding habit<
Flowers: spikes of white flowers in early May
Foliage: green summer foliage turns orange and yellow in fall
Hardiness: Zone 4
Prefers: full sun to partial shade; moist, well-drained soil
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Hamamelis (Witch Hazel) Height: 12'
Width: 10'
Flowers: Yellow blossoms in April
Foliage: green summer foliage turns orange-bronze in fall
Hardiness: Zone 4
Prefers: full sun to partial shade
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Itea (Sweetspire) Height: 3'
Width: 4'
Flowers: spikes of white flowers in early May
Foliage: green summer foliage turns brilliant reddish in fall
Hardiness: Zone 5
Prefers: full sun to partial shade; moist, well-drained soil
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Aubrieta deltoidea 'Cascade Blue' (Rockcrest) Height: 16'
Flowers: deep blue flowers are held above mounding, low foliage; May-June
Hardiness: Zone 4
Prefers: full sun to part shade
Uses: Great in rock gardens
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Bergenia cordifolia Height: 12"
Flowers: pink; April-May
Hardiness: Zone 4
Prefers: part shade
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Iberis sempervirens 'Snowflake' Height: 8"
Flowers: dwarf mounds of evergreen foliage with white flowers; May-June
Hardiness: Zone 4
Prefers: full sun
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Pulmonaria Height: 12"
Flowers: pink; April
Hardiness: Zone 3
Prefers: part to full shade
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