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Juniper - Maney
Maney Juniper has a handsome appearance and is medium sized for any planting. This evergreen shrub grow 4-5 feet in height and 5-6 feet in width. It has a horizontal layered, irregular habit. Junipers are used as ground covers, in foundation plantings, or as hedges, screens or windbreaks. Requires a well drained soil in a sunny location, adaptable to different soil pH; tolerates fairly alkaline soils and prefers full sun to part shade. It is a fast grower and has excellent cold tolerance. These plants may also be utilized for background plantings in shrub beds or flower gardens, as specimen plants, in rock gardens or for topiary or espalier purposes. Maney Juniper, Juniperus chinensis 'Maneyi', is a semi-erect juniper that has an attractive blue cast to its foliage, along with gray-green berries in summer. Junipers are important evergreens for landscape use due to their tolerance of unfavorable soil conditions, their hardiness and great variation in size, habit, color and growth rate. This is one of the hardiest medium-sized evergreens and makes an excellent choice for any landscape planting. ... more info
Sumac - Flameleaf Leaves have a winged axis and turn flame red to dark purple in the fall, hence the common name. It is a prolific sprouter after a fire. The Flameleaf Sumac, Rhus copallina, is a shrub or occasionally a small tree. When left alone it will often form thickets. Fruit matures in late summer remaining attached into winter and is eaten by many species of birds and white-tailed deer. It is widespread in open uplands along fence rows and in waste places. White-tailed deer also use it as a browse. |
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