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SHRUBS,VINES AND TREES

Shrubbery is a funny sounding word.  It rhymes with rubbery and blubbery but little else, making it a poor topic for poetry and songwriting.  Foliage on shrubbery can be rubbery.  It can also be papery, leathery, satiny, prickly and scaly.  Seldom do you see anyone get blubbery over shrubbery except when some errant driver misses a curve and takes out their favorite magnolia.  The point of all this foolishness is our great selection of shrubbery, which comes in all, shapes, sizes, colors and, textures.  We’ve scoured the nation to bring you beautiful blooming woody plants for all seasons, usual and unusual foliage accents, and even those cute little miniatures for rock gardens and garden railways.

     While we our proud to grow most of our herbaceous material here at Baker’s Acres, we grow very few of the woody plants that we sell.  We rely on the many excellent nurseries around the country.  Please call ahead when seeking a specific or unusual variety to make sure of availability.  Often we are able to find the plants you are looking for.  We offer a delivery service for a nominal fee.  Please ask for details.  Also, if you need a large amount of landscape plants, we will be glad to give you a special price quote.

Reading Our Plant List...

The following codes are placed after the name of the first plant of each genus. Every other plant in that genus will grow under those conditions unless otherwise noted.
Full Sun ----- Full Sun. Direct sun for at least six hours a day.
Part Shade ----- Part Shade. Direct sun for less than six hours a day.
Shade ----- Shade. No direct sun.
WD --- Well drained.
M ----- Moist.
N ----- Native to North America.

S------ Shrub.
SS---- Sub Shrub - Dies back and regrows annually.
E ----- Evergreen.
V ----- Vine.
ST --- Small Tree.

LT---- Large Tree


New plants for 2008 are listed in Bold Type.

ACER  (Maple)    Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

    griseum (Paperbark)  w-l, ST

   palmatum Bloodgood (Japanese)    ST

   p. d. Tamukeyama (Japanese)  Part Shade-Shade, ST

   plantanoides Drummondi   LT

   rubrum Red Sunset  LT

   tegmentosum White Tiger   Part Shade-Shade, ST-N

AESCULUS (Buckeye, Horsechestnut) Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade

   parviflora(Bottlebrush) (White) S - WD

   pavia (Red Horsechestnut) (Red) LT-WD-N

AMELANCHIER (Serviceberry) ST, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-N

   grandiflora Autumn Brilliance (Serviceberry) (White)

   stolonifera (Runnung Servieberry) (White)

AMPELOPSIS (Porcelain Berry) V, Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, M

   brevipedunculata Elegans (White)

ARALIA (Devil’s Walking Stick) ST, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   spinosa   N

ASIMINA (Paw Paw)   ST, Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, M-WD-N

   triloba (Purple)

AZALEA (Rhododendron actually) S, Part Shade-Shade, Acid

   Girard Crimson

   Girard Rose

   Kurume Blaauw’s Pink

   Pleasant White

BERBERIS (Barberry)  S, Full Sun, WD

   Atropurpurea Crimson

   Bonanza Gold

   Rose Glow

   Royal Burgundy

BETULA (Birch)  Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Royal Frost (Purple Foliage)   LT

BLACKBERRY (Rubus) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Arapaho

BLUEBERRY (Vaccinium) Full Sun, WD Acid

   Blue Crop

   Blue Jay

BUDDLEIA (Butterfly Bush)  SS, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Bicolor (Butterscotch/Raspberry)

   Black Knight (Dark Purple)

   Harlequin (Purple/Variegated)

   Honeycomb (Gold)

   Nanho Blue

   Niche’s Choice (Purple)

   Pink Delight

   Royal Red

   Santana (Red Purple/Variegated)

   Summer Beauty (Deep Pink)

   White Profusion

BUXUS (Boxwood) S, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-E

   Green Mountain

   Green Velvet

CALLICARPA (Beautyberry) S, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   d. Issai (Purple Berries)

CALYCANTHUS (Sweetshrub) S, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD 

   floridus (Burgundy)

CAMPSIS (Trumpet Vine) V, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Madame Galen (Salmon)

   radicans flava (Yellow)

CARYOPTERIS (Blue Mist Spirea) S, Full Sun, WD

   Dark Knight (Dark Blue)

   Longwood Blue

CELASTRUS (Bittersweet) V, Full Sun-Part Shade, N

   scandens (Orange Berries)

CERCIS (Redbud) ST, Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, WD-N

   canadensis Ace of Hearts (Pink)

   c. Appalachian Red (Reddish Pink)

   c. Forest Pansy (Purple Foliage)

   c. Pauline Lily (Light Pink)

CHAMAECYPARIS (False Cypress) S Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-E

   n. Pendula

   o. Blue Feathers

   o. Nana Gracilis

    o. Verdoni

   p. Curly Tops   

   p. Mops

CHIONANTHUS (Fringetree) ST, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-N

   retusus (White)

   virginicus (White)

CLEMATIS V, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Bee's Jubilee (Pink Bicolor)

   Jackmanii Superba (Deep Blue)

   Pink Champagne (Pink Blushed)

   paniculata (Sweet Autumn-White)  

   The President (Deep Purple)

   Warsaw Nike (Plum Purple)

CLETHRA (Sweet Pepper Bush) S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   a. Hummingbird (White)

CORNUS (Dogwood)  S, Part Shade-Shade, WD

   alba Ivory Halo (White – Red Twigs) Full Sun-Part Shade

   alternifolia Golden Shadow (White - Variegated Foliage) S

   florida Cherokee Chief (Rosy Red) ST-N

   f. Cherokee Daybreak (White)  ST-N

    f. Cherokee Princess (White)  ST-N

   f. Cherokee Sunset (Dark Red)  ST-N

   k. Miky Way (White)  ST

   mas Golden Glory (Yellow) S

   x Stellar Pink   ST

CORYLUS (Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick, Hazelnut) S

   americana (American Hazelnut) S-N

   a. Red Majestic  ST, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

COTINUS (Smoke Tree)   S-ST, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   c. Golden Spirit (Pink – Gold Foliage)

   c. Royal Purple (Purple-Purple Foliage)

   c. Young Lady (Pink - Green Foliage)  S

COTONEASTER  S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   a. Tom Thumb (Pink)

EUONYMOUS (Burning Bush)   S, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   alatus Compacta

   f. Blondy (Variegated Foliage) E

   f. Emerald Gaiety (Variegated)

   f. Moonshadow (Variegated) E

FARGESIA (Clumping Bamboo) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   rufa

FORSYTHIA  S, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Lynwood Gold (Yellow)

FALLOPIA (Silver Lace Vine) V, Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, WD

   aubertii (White)

FOTHERGILLA S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   g. Mt. Airy (White)

GRAPE (Vitis)    V, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Canadice (Red)

   Concord Seedless (Purple)

   Niagara (White)

HEPTACODIUM (Seven Son Flower) S

   miconioides (White/Red Bracts)   Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

HIBISCUS (Rose of Sharon)   S, Full Sun, WD

   s. Aphrodite (Pink/Dark Eye)

HYDRANGEA    S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   a. Annabelle (White)

   m. Blushing Bride (White)

   m. Endless Summer (Pink/Blue)

   m. Glowing Embers (Pink)

   p. Limelight (Lime Green)

   p. Pink Diamond (White/Pink)

   p. Tardiva (White)

   petiolaris (White) V, Part Shade-Shade, M-WD

   quercifolia (White) S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   q. Sikes Dwarf (White)

   seratta Coerulea Lace (Blue)

HYPERICUM (St. John’s Wort) S, Full Sun, WD

    a. Albury Purple (Yellow)

ILEX (Holly)   S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD-E  Acid

   meserveae Blue Prince

   m. Blue Princess

   verticilliata Southern Gentleman (Male)

   v. Winter Red (Female)

ITEA (Sweetsprire)   S, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Little Henry (White)

JUNIPERUS (Juniper) S, Full Sun, WD, E

   chinensis Saybrook Gold

   communis Berkshire

   horizontalis Icee Blue

   procumbens nana

   p. Variegata

   squamata Blue Carpet

   s. Blue Star

LARIX (Weeping Larch) LT, Full Sun-Part Shade, M

   decidua Pendula (Deciduous)

LEUCOTHOE (Fetterbush) S, Part Shade-Shade, M-WD

   Zebkur (White)

LIQUIDAMBAR (Sweetgum) LT, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-N

   a. Burgundy Blush (Burgundy Foliage)

   s. Moraine

LIRIODENDRON (Tulip Tree) LT, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-N

   tulipifera

   t. Aureo Marginata

   t. Glen's Gold

LONICERA (Honeysuckle) V, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Blanche Sandman (Salmon)

   p. Harlequin (Yellow - Variegated)

MAGNOLIA    ST, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   a. Golden Gift (Yellow)

   Betty (Purple/White)

   Daybreak (Pink)

   Jane (Lavender/White)

   s. Royal Star (White)

   sieboldii (White)

MALUS (Crab Apple)    ST, Full Sun, WD

   Candymint (Pink)

   Tina (White)

METASEQUOIA (Dawn Redwood)   LT

   glyptostroboides White Spot (Deciduous)  Full Sun, M-WD

MICROBIOTA (Siberian Cypress)  S, Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, E

   decussata

PASSIFLORA (Hardy Passion Vine)  V

   incarnata (Blue)    Full Sun, M-WD

PHILADELPHUS (Mock Orange)   S, Full Sun

   Miniature Snowflake (White)

PHYSOCARPUS (Ninebark)  S, Full Sun, WD

   Coppertina

   Summer Wine (White)

PICEA (Spruce)      S, LT Full Sun-Part Shade, WD, E

   abies Little Gem 

   abies nidiformis (Bird’s Nest)

   glauca Conica (Alberta Spruce)

   pungens glauca Baby Blue Eyes (Blue)

   pungens glauca Fat Albert (Blue)

PIERIS (Lily of the Valley Bush) S, Part Shade-Shade, WD-E

   j. Mountain Fire (White)

   j. Purity (White)

PINUS  (Pine)    Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD-E

   m. Slow Mound   S

POLYGONUM (Silverlace Vine)  V, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   aubertii (White)

POTENTILLA (Cinquefoil)  S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Abbottswood (White)

   Goldfinger (Yellow)

   Pink Beauty (Pink)

PRUNUS  (Cherry)   S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   cistena (Light Pink-Purple Foliage)

   Weeping Cherry Snow Fountain (White)

PYRUS (Callery Pear)   ST, Full Sun

   c. Chanticleer (White)

QUERCUS (Pin Oak) LT, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   palustris

RASPBERRY (Rubus)   S, Full Sun

   Fall Gold

   Heritage (Everbearing Red)

   Jewel (Black)

   Latham (June-bearing Red)

   Tulameen (July-bearing Red)

RHODODENDRON    S, Part Shade-Shade, E  Acid

   c. Album (White)

   c. Calsap (White/Purple)

   c. English Roseum (Rose)

   Nova Zembla Red

    PJM Compact (Lavender Pink)

   PJM Olga Mezitt (Pink)

   Ramapo (Violet Blue)

RHUS (Sumac)  S, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   t. Tiger Eyes (Burgundy)

ROCK GARDEN COLLECTION

 These plants stay short or can be kept short

 for rock gardens and garden railways.

   CHAMAECYPARIS o. Baldwin Var.

    CHAMAECYPARIS o. Fern Spray Gold

   CHAMAECYPARIS o. Filicoides Compacta

   CHAMAECYPARIS o. Golden Sprite

   CHAMAECYPARIS o. Kosteri

   CHAMAECYPARIS o. Nana

   CHAMAECYPARIS o. Nana Lutea

   CHAMAECYPARIS o. Saffron Spray

    CHAMAECYPARIS o. Spiralis

    CHAMAECYPARIS o. Tsatsumi

   CHAMAECYPARIS o. Verdoni

   CHAMAECYPARIS p. Cream Ball

    CHAMAECYPARIS p. Curley Tops

    CHAMAECYPARIS p. Mops

   CHAMAECYPARIS p. Squarrosa Intermedia

   CHAMAECYPARIS p. Tsukumo

    CHAMAECYPARIS p. White Pygmy

   Cotoneaster a. Tom Thumb

   GAULTHERIA procumbens   JUNIPERUS c. Green Carpet

   JUNIPERUS c. Miniature

   JUNIPERUS c. Mother Lode

   JUNIPERUS c. Shimpaku

   OSMANTHUS heterophyllus Goshiki

   PICEA a. Little Gem

   PICEA g. Echiniformis   PICEA g. Jean’s Dilly

   PINUS m. Paul’s Dwarf

   PINUS m. Slowmound

   THUGA o. Golden Tuffet

ROSA (Rose)  S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Blushing Knockout (Light Pink)

   Home Run (Red)    Knockout (Red)

   Knockout Double (Red)

   Knockout Pink

SALIX (Willow)    S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M

   babylonica Crispa

   i. Hakuru Nishiki (Var. Jap. Willow) 

SAMBUCUS (Elderberry)   S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   nigra Black Beauty (Pink)

   nigra Black Lace (Pink)

   nigra Pulverulenta (White-White Var.)

   racemosa Sutherland Gold (White)

SARCOCOCCA (Sweet Box)   E, Part Shade-Shade, WD

   hookeriana var. Humilis (White)

SCHIZOPHRAGMA (Hydrangea Vine) V, Part Shade-Shade, M-WD, WD

   hydraginoides Moonlight (White)

SINOCALYCALYCANTHUS (Raulston Allspice) S, Full Sun-Shade,M-WD

   raulstonii Hartlage Wine (Burgundy)

SPIREA S, Full Sun, M-WD

   Little Princess (Pink)

   Magic Carpet (Pink)

   v. Renaissance (White)        

STEWARTIA (Japanese Stewartia) ST, Full Sun-Part Shade, M

   pseudocamellia (White)

SYRINGA (Lilac)    S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   meyeri Palibin (Lilac)

   patula Miss Kim (Lilac

   vulgaris Alba (White)

   v. Charles Joly (Double Red)

   v. Monge (Purple)

TAMARIX (Tamarisk) ST Full Sun, M-WD

   r. Pink Cascade

TAXODIUM (Bald Cypress) LT, Full Sun, M-N

   d. Peve Minaret (Deciduous)

   d. Peve Yellow (Golden Foliage)

TAXUS (Yew)    S, Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, M-WD, E

   m. Hicksii

THUJA (Arborvitae)   S, Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, WD, E

   o. DeGroot’s Spire

THUJOPSIS (Staghorn Cedar)  S, Full Sun-Part Shade

   d. nana Variegata

TSUGA (Hemlock) LT, Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, M-WD-N-E

   canadensis

VIBURNUM    S, Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   b. Mohawk (White)

   carlesii Cayuga (White)

   Juddii (White)

   p. Mariesii (White)

WEIGELA    S, Full Sun, WD

   Carnival (Pink/Rose/White)

   Midnight Wine (Pink – Dark Foliage)

   Wine & Roses (Rose – Dark Foliage)

WISTERIA    V, Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   f. Longwood Purple

   macrobotrys Aunt Dee (Lilac)