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15 feet 20 feet Abelia accent acidic soil Allamanda Amelanchier arborea azaleas bare-root Beaumontia Berberis thunbergii berries BOTANICAL NAME branches bushy habit Callistemon citrinus Camellia color CULTURE Prefers moist CULTURE Prefers well-drained Cytisus scoparius dark green leaves dense DESCRIPTION Broadleaf evergreen DESCRIPTION Deciduous Dogwood Dwarf Enkianthus equal spread espalier Euonymus evergreen feet high feet tall fertilizer Firethorn flowers bloom foliage Forsythia foundation plantings fragrant fruit full sun grandiflora ground cover grow Grown hedge HEIGHT Holly horizontalis hybrids Hydrangea Hypericum calycinum Ilex inches long japonica Japanese Juniperus horizontalis LANDSCAPE USE Excellent loam soil mounded Native to China Native to Japan partial shade Pittosporum Podocarpus Propagated by cuttings Propagated by seed pruning RANGE Zones 5-8 rhododendrons seed and cuttings sempervirens shape Shrub Verbena Skimmia Snowball Bush softwood soil in full species stems sun or partial Taxus cuspidata Tolerates Topiary Transplant trees upright Viburnum opulus vine white flowers winter Wisteria yellow