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Large Shrubs for the Panhandle
Culture
Key:
d - Plants that can withstand periodic drought.
w - Plants that can tolerate wet soils. A + indicates plants
that require consistently moist soils.
p - Plants that need a protected planting site - avoid exposed
or windswept sites.
Large Shrubs
(over 7' tall at maturity)
- Buffaloberry,
Silver - Shepherdia argentea (d; neglected native; nice silver
leaves; open habit)
- Chokecherry
- Prunus virginiana (d; reliable native; easily renewed with
pruning)
- Cotoneaster
- Cotoneaster spp. (d; several types; Szechuan Fire is a release
from Cheyenne exp. station)
- Dogwood,
Gray - Cornus racemosa (d; good fall color; can get quite large;
likes to sucker)
- Dogwood,
Roughleaf - Cornus drumondii (d; native to e. Nebraska; good
fall color; similar to gray dogwood)
- Elderberry
- Sambucus canadensis (w+; prefers moist areas; suckers; great
for jams and wine)
- Honeysuckle
- Lonicera spp. (d; choose forms that are not prone to aphid
damage; Amur Honeysuckle is a nice type and 'Blue Velvet' was selected
from Cheyenne Exp. Station)
- Indigobush
Amorpha
- Amorpha fruticosa (dw; native; good on wet or dry sites; purple
blooms; legume)
- Juniper
- Juniperus spp. (d; many different types with lots of
size ranges to choose from)
- Lilac
- Syringa spp. (d; lots of species and types to choose from;
try to choose later flowering types)
- Locust,
New Mexico – Robinia neomexicana (d; purple/pink flowers;
thicket forming)
- Mahogany,
Curl-leaf Mountain – Cercocarpus ledifolius (d; semi-evergreen;
can be grown as small tree)
- Mockorange
- Philadelphus spp. (d; fragrant flowers on upright plants;
P. lewisii has proven to be exceptionally hardy at Cheyenne station)
- Peashrub
- Caragana spp. (d; 'Sutherland' from Cheyenne exp. station and
C. frutex are better choices)
- Plum,
American - Prunus americana (d; great native; should be used
in the home landscape more)
- Privet,
Cheyenne - Ligustrum vulagre (proven at Cheyenne Station; nice
dark green foliage; used as hedge)
- Sumac,
Smooth - Rhus glabra (d; good fall color; spreads underground
and can be aggressive)
- Sumac,
Staghorn - Rhus typhina (d; nice fall color; similar to smooth
sumac; great character plant)
- Viburnum,
Alleghany - Viburnum x rhytidophylloides (P; wonderfully
large, leathery leaves; semi-evergreen)
- Viburnum,
American Cranberrybush – Viburnum trilobum (p; 'Wentworth' has
great flower and fruit set)
- Viburnum,
Blackhaw - Viburnum prunifolium (p; great fall color)
- Viburnum,
European Cranberrybush – Viburnum opulus (p; very similar to
American type)
- Viburnum,
Nannyberry - Viburnum lentago (dp; nice, large native shrub;
good fall color)
- Viburnum,
Sargent - Viburnum sargentii (similar to V. trilobum; Onodaga
is a nice cultivar)
- Viburnum,
Wayfaringtree - Viburnum lantana (d; very tough and reliable
shrub; Mohican has better fruit set)
- Wahoo,
Eastern - Euonymus atropurpureus (d; native to E. Nebraska; can
have great fall color)
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