Acer palmatum 'Dissectum Nigrum' (Japanese maple 'Dissectum Nigrum')
Other names: Acer palmatum 'Ever Red', Lace-leaf Japanese maple 'Dissectum Nigrum', Laceleaf Japanese maple 'Dissectum Nigrum', Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Nigrum'
'Dissectum Nigrum' is a dense, mound-forming to spreading, deciduous shrub or small tree with palmate, dark reddish-purple leaves divided into five deeply lobed leaflets, silvery-hairy, when young, the entire leaf turning scarlet in autumn. Corymbs of inconspicuous, red flowers in spring are followed by winged, red-flushed, green seed pods.
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3m max. spread |
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2.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Fritillaria pyrenaica (Pyrenean fritillary)
Other names: Fritillaria nigra
F. pyrenaica is a bulbous, herbaceous perennial with upright stems bearing whorled, lance-shaped, grey-green leaves and, in late spring, nodding, broadly bell-shaped, purple-brown, checkered flowers with recurved petal tips, yellow-green within.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Other names: Black crowberry, Black-berried heath, Blackberry heath, Crakeberry, Crauberry, Crawberry, Crow pea, Curlew berry, Hog cranberry, Monox, Monox heather, Pigeon berry, Wire ling, Chamaetaxus nigra
E. nigrum is a mat-forming, evergreens shrub with trailing stems bearing needle-like, light green leaves and inconspicuous pale pink or pale purple flowers in late spring or early summer. Flowers are followed by edible, black fruit on female plants.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.15m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Betula nigra 'Little King' (River birch 'Little King')
Other names: Betula nigra 'Fox Valley'
'Little King' is a compact, spreading, deciduous, often multi-stemmed tree with peeling, creamy-white to pale brown bark, glossy, toothed, diamond-shaped, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn. Pendent, yellow-brown male flower catkins and smaller, upright, green, female catkins bloom in spring.
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3.5m max. spread |
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3m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Ribes nigrum 'Noir de Bourgogne' (Blackcurrent 'Noir de Bourgogne' )
Other names: Ribes nigrum 'Black Burgundy'
'Noir de Bourgogne' is a vigorous, open, somewhat spreading, deciduous shrub with lobed, mid-green leaves and clusters of insignificant, yellow-green flowers in mid- to late spring followed by firm, round, glossy, black, edible fruit ready for harvest in midsummer.
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1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra' (Black cherry plum)
Other names: Prunus 'Pissardii Nigra', Prunus 'Blaze'
'Nigra' is a medium, rounded, deciduous tree with dark purple leaves. It bears single, pale-pink flowers in early spring and has purple-black twigs.
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12m max. spread |
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12m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Allium atropurpureum (Very dark purple allium)
Other names: Purple flowered onion, Dark purple allium, Allium nigrum var. purpureum
A. atropurpureum is a clump-forming, deciduous, bulbous perennial with strap-shaped, grey-green leaves and sturdy, erect stems bearing dense umbels of deep reddish-purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Vaccinium angustifolium (Late sweet blueberry)
Other names: Lowbush blueberry, Low sweet blueberry, Narrow-leaved whortleberry, Sweet-hurts, Early blueberry, Vaccinium lamarckii, Vaccinium pensylvanicum, Vaccinium nigrum, Vaccinium angustifolium var. nigrum, Vaccinium angustifolium var. laevifolium
V. angustifolium is a compact, spreading, deciduous shrub with broadly elliptic, glossy, blue-green leaves turning purple in autumn and racemes of bell-shaped, pink-flushed, white flowers in late spring and early summer followed by blue-black fruit.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Salix amygdaloides (Peach-leaved willow)
Other names: Peach leaf willow, Peachleaf willow, Peach willow, Salix wrightii, Salix nigra var. amygdaloides, Wright willow, Salix amygdaloides var. wrightii, Salix nigra var. wrightii
S. amygdaloides is a vigorous, rounded to oval, deciduous tree with ovate to narrowly lance-shaped, finely toothed, yellow- to grey-green leaves, paler beneath, and long, yellow catkins in spring followed by green seed capsules ripening dark brown.
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10m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
Morus nigra 'Chelsea' (Black mulberry 'Chelsea')
Other names: Common mulberry 'Chelsea', Sycamine tree 'Chelsea', Persian mulberry 'Chelsea', Morus nigra 'King James'
'Chelsea' is a small, broad, deciduous tree with heart-shaped, mid- to bright green leaves, turning yellow in autumn, and small catkins of tiny, green flowers in late spring and early summer followed by ovoid green, edible fruit turning dark reddish-purple when ready for harvest in late summer.
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3m max. spread |
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6m max. height |
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20-50 Years to maturity |
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