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Fall stroll with staff horticulturist Deanne Eversmeyer featuring native plants such as American serviceberry, American yellowwood, Virginia sweetspire, spicebush, fragrant sumac, native ferns and grasses. 10 a.m.
Green Scene: The bounty of fall includes tours, lectures and workshops Joel M. Lerner 2010
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Some appropriate shrubs are summersweet, Virginia sweetspire, southern bayberry and winterberry holly.
Green Scene: Some ideas for an environmentally friendly landscape 2011
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I have found that they will taste Virginia sweetspire but seldom do more than prune it lightly; however, the damage depends on how many deer show up for the tasting.
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Virginia sweetspire has at least three seasons of interest.
Green Scene: Landscaping can make potential buyers feel right at home 2010
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This Virginia sweetspire cultivar is an erect, rounded, deciduous shrub which typically grows 3-4' tall.
SWEETSPIRE 'HENRY'S GARNET' Pooky 2009
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And, you can see how previous ColorChoice winners like Little Lime hydrangea, Little Henry sweetspire and Lil Miss Sunshine Bluebeard can still give you great fall color.
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Low-maintenance plants: astilbe; autumn fern; hardy geranium; 'Blue Fortune' anise hyssop; plumbago; Russian sage; Knock Out/¢ roses; sedges; hakone grass; most ornamental grasses; purple beautyberry; boxwood; variegated five-leaf aralia; Virginia sweetspire; 'Endless Summer' hydrangea; most viburnums; serviceberry; and redbud.
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Some of my favorites are sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), scarlet oak (Quercus rubra), Virginia sweetspire (Itea virginica), flame azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum), trident maple (Acer buergerianum), amur maple (Acer ginnala), sassafras (S. albinum), flameleaf sumac (Rhus copallina) and highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum).
Nature hit snooze button on foliage, just now starting to pop Joel M. Lerner 2010
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l Virginia sweetspire Itea virginica, an arching deciduous shrub, spreads by rhizomes.
New crop of hybrid plants demonstrate beauty of ingenuity Joel M. Lerner 2011
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