Western Sand Cherry - Pawnee Buttes®
Pawnee Buttes® Western Sand Cherry, Prunus besseyi 'Pawnee Buttes', has a graceful, groundcover form of the western sand cherry. Lustrous, green leaves turn red to purple in fall. Fragrant, white flowers in April produce heavy crops of black cherries in summer attractive to wildlife. Pawnee Buttes is one of the hardiest of deciduous shrubs, growing to 16-18 inches in height and 6- 8 feet in width, with a rounded form. Preferring full sun, it adapts to heat and can be used in hot, dry areas of the landscape. This shrub is also cold tolerant and hardy to zone 2. It prefers well drained soil, but it will adapt to most soils, including clay. Western Sand Cherry is rarely bothered by insects or diseases. Fruit is a sour cherry, purple to black in color, that can be used in pies and jellies and are attractive to birds. ... more information
Lilac - Korean The Dwarf Korean Lilac, Syringa meyeri 'palibin', is known as a compact but spreading, small-foliaged Lilac with showy late May lavender-purple flowers that are spread over the entire shrub canopy. This deciduous shrub is especially urban tolerant. It is the most common cultivar of the species, valued for its even more compact habit (to 4-6”). Syringa translates from the Greek as "pipe", in reference to the hollow stems. Meyeri is named after F. N. Meyer, who introduced this species to the United States from Northern China in the early 20th century. It is widely used as a foundation, group planting, informal or formal hedge, or specimen shrub.
