is under C. capitata: "At the eastern edge of its range in W Guizhou, Cornus capitata comes into contact with C. elliptica and the distinction between the two is somewhat obscured. Intermediates with leaves like C. elliptica but infructescences like C. capitata, or vice versa, are found. Additionally, there are some sparsely pubescent individuals with fine, white trichomes and leaves smooth to the touch abaxially (unlike either C. capitata or C. elliptica, both of which are densely pubescent with coarse trichomes and scabrous) and compressed globose infructescences (like C. capitata) borne on slender peduncles (like C. elliptica). These plants may represent hybrids between the two species in their region of contact, or incomplete infraspecific differentiation. The two taxa are distinguished primarily by the peduncle (stout vs. slender) and shape of the infructescence (compressed globose vs. globose) and whether the axils of the veins are pitted or not. However, as discussed above, a comparison of allozymes from a few specimens of the two taxa showed significantly different profiles. Additional molecular analyses should help to clarify the origin of this variation" Here is a link that might be useful: Cornus capitata in Flora of China @ efloras.org

I sure did and didn't care what they thought. Just a simple copy and paste from excel to give you an idea. Species / Cultivar / Type / Quantity / Purchase / Where / Location / Notes Aesculus Homestead Tree 1 4/1/2010 Johnson Left Side Yard Trim out dead wood Amur Maackia Straight Tree 1 9/8/2008 Johnson Right Side Corner Patio Trim out dead wood Arboritae Danica Evergreen 1 8/31/2007 Steins Left side front step Azaela Rosebud Shrub 3 10/1/2008 Steins Died Berberis Crimson Pygmy Shrub 2 8/14/2008 Heritage Right Side back side lotline Betula River Tree 1 8/21/2007 Heritage Back corner of house - right side lot line Betula Heritage Tree 1 4/19/2008 Steins Front corner of house - right side lot line Euonymos Dwarf Burning Shrub 1 8/31/2007 Steins Back corner of house Campanpula Blue Clips Perrenial 6 8/1/2009 Johnson border plant along entry walk Pick dead blooms for constant rebloom Aronia Black Iroqouis Beauty Shrub 3 8/19/2008 Heritage Behind river birch Echinacea Purple Perrenial 2 5/16/2008 Heritage In front of fireplace Echinacea Kim's Kneehigh Perrenial 4 7/23/2008 Heritage In front of fireplace Coreopsis Zagreb Perrenial 3 6/16/2008 McKay Behind Seven Son Flower - Back corner lot line Shear back in march to a few inches above ground Leucanthemum Shasta Snowcap Perrenial 3 7/23/2008 Heritage border plant along entry walk cut back to ground in march Daylily Little Wine Cup Perrenial 4 6/16/2008 McKay border plant along entry walk cut back to ground in march Daylily Strawberry Candy Perrenial 6 9/1/2008 McKay In front of Wolf Eyes dogwood and Lilac tree cut back to ground in march Daylily Awesom Blossom Perrenial 2 4/1/2009 McKay In front of River Birch cut back to ground in march Cornus Ivory Halo Shrub 3 5/26/2008 Heritage Right side lot line Cut oldest stems to the ground. Can be cut back a few feet in march if growing out of bounds Forsythia Fiesta Shrub 4 4/13/2009 Lieds Front of patio to left Can be cut back after blooms in march Fothergilla Mount Airy Shrub 2 9/1/2009 McKay Left side lot line inbetween Celebration maples Gernaium Jolly Bee Perrenial 3 4/1/2009 McKay In front of Celebration maples and hawthrones at back lot line Gernaium Rozanne Perrenial 3 8/18/2009 Johnson In front of Celebration maples and hawthrones at back lot line Ginkgo Autumn Gold Tree 1 4/1/2009 Lieds Front yard left side Crataegus Crusader Tree 1 8/1/2009 Wendland Back lot line left side Honeysuckle Cool Splalsh Shrub 3 5/2/2009 Heritage Inbetween Crusader and Swamp Oak Hydrangea Quickfire Shrub 2 8/14/2008 Heritage Inbbetween Autumn Blaze Pear and Maple + Autumn Blaze Maple and Lilac Hydrangea Twist and Shout Shrub 3 5/8/2009 Steins Died Hydrangea Tardiva Shrub 1 9/10/2009 Johnson Outside masterbed back window Hypericum Ames Shrub 3 9/1/2008 McKay Rightside patio Juniperus Andorra Evergreen 2 8/21/2007 Heritage Left and right side patio Juniperus Parsons Evergreen 1 10/1/2008 Steins Next to Leonard Magnolia, back corner left Juniperus Hughes Evergreen 1 7/31/2009 McKay Back right corner lot line Cercidiphyllum japonicium Straight Tree 2 10/9/2009 Johnson Behind Hawthorns and back lot line Syringa Dwarf Korean Shrub 3 8/21/2007 Heritage Left side house Syringa Summer Snow Tree 1 9/8/2008 Johnson Right side back lot line Magnolia Merril Tree 1 5/26/2008 Heritage Right back corner of house Magnolia Royal Star Shrub 1 7/21/2008 Steins Front corner of house - right side lot line Magnolia Leonard Messil Shrub 1 7/21/2008 Steins Side lot line, back left Malus Coralburst Tree 1 8/16/2008 Lammscapes Right side back lot line Acer Freeman Celebration Tree 2 8/27/2007 Heritage Left side of house Acer Freeman Autumn Blaze Clump tree 1 4/1/2009 Lieds Right side side lot line towards corner cut back to ground in march Chrysanthemum Mammoth Dark Pink Perrenial 2 8/30/2009 Johnson Near Riverbirch and Leonard Magnolia Physocarpus Summerwine Shrub 1 8/21/2007 Heritage Backlot line left side Can be cut back after blooms in june (just above ground if necessary) Physocarpus Diablo Shrub 4 5/3/2008 Heritage Left side lot line inbetween Celebration maples Can be cut back after blooms in june (just above ground if necessary) Pyrus calleryana Autumn Blaze Tree 1 8/21/2009 Heritage Left corner of house to the left Pinus Dwarf Mungo Evergreen 1 8/31/2007 Steins Right side patio Potentilla Pink Beauty Shrub 3 9/1/2008 McKay Border shrub right side back lot line Rose Magic Meidiland Shrub 2 4/1/2009 McKay Right side side lot line Cut back 2' above ground in march Rose Accents Ole Shrub 4 5/2/2009 Heritage Right side corner patio + front yard to the left by Ginkgo Cut back 2' above ground in march Rose Carpet Pink Supreme Shrub 3 8/1/2009 Steins Right side front yard in front of Birch Cut back 2' above ground in march Rose EE Sunrise Sunset Shrub 3 8/24/2009 Heritage Front of entry walkway Cut back 2' above ground in march Rose Whiete Meidiland Shrub 3 8/26/2009 McKay Border plant in front of baywindow Cut back 2' above ground in march Rose Pink Knock Out Shrub 1 8/26/2009 McKay Left side of bay window Cut back 2' above ground in march Athela Minerva Shrub 1 9/2/2007 Lammscapes Left side of house Leafs out very late Athela Aphrodite Shrub 1 5/1/2009 Steins Right side corner of house Leafs out very late Amelanchier x grandiflora Autumn Brilliance Tree 1 5/3/2008 Heritage Right side of house near air conditioner Heptacodium miconioides Straight Tree 1 10/9/2009 Johnson Right side back corner lot line Spirea Goldmound Shrub 3 8/21/2007 Heritage border plant front corner of house Spirea Goldflame Shrub 7 8/21/2007 Heritage back of house near masterbed window + left side patio Spirea Snowmound Shrub 3 5/11/2008 Steins inbetween Celebration maples Spirea Birchleaf Shrub 3 8/19/2008 Heritage borderplant for Crusader Hawthorn back right lot line Spirea Fritsch Shrub 4 10/5/2009 Johnson borderplant for Seven Son Flower, back right corner lot line Spirea Magic Carpet Shrub 3 10/6/2009 Johnson borderplant for Autumn Blaze maple, right side side lot line Sumac Gro-low Shrub 3 10/4/2009 Johnson border plant in front of Coralburst Crabapple Veronica Purpleicious Perrenial 3 6/16/2008 McKay Right side patio Viburnum Mohican Shrub 2 8/22/2008 Lammscapes Right side side lot line Viburnum Blackhaw Shrub 1 8/29/2008 Steins behind celebration maple Viburnum Carlesii Shrub 1 9/1/2008 McKay front patio Viburnum Summer Reflection Shrub 3 4/1/2010 Johnson inbetween Celebration maples Weigelia Fine Wine Shrub 4 8/21/2007 Heritage side bay window Salix purpurea 'Nana' Shrub 4 5/25/2008 Steins inbetween hawthorns at back lot line Must cut back 1-2' above ground in March EVERY year Salix integra Hakuro Nishiki' Shrub 2 8/14/2008 Heritage inbetween hawthorns at back lot line Must cut back 1-2' above ground in March EVERY year Hamamelis vernalis straight Shrub 1 9/8/2008 Johnson Left corner of house Taxus cuspidata straight Evergreen 6 8/21/2007 Heritage right side of house Clethra Ruby Spice Shrub 1 5/1/2010 Minors Right side of entry back corner Requires supplemental water Clethra Sixteen Candles Shrub 1 5/1/2010 Minors in front of Sandcherry, side of entry Requires supplemental water Fothergilla Blue Shadow Shrub 1 5/1/2010 Minors side of entry Requires supplemental water Fothergilla Gardeni Shrub 1 5/1/2010 Minors side of entry Requires supplemental water Heurcha Georgia Peach Perrenial 3 5/1/2010 Minors side of entry Requires supplemental water Salvia Blue Hill Perrenial 3 6/1/2010 Bluestone behind White Meidland rose Relocate - temp. spot Chrysanthemum Sheffield Perrenial 3 6/1/2010 Bluestone behind White Meidland rose Relocate - temp. spot Hydrangea Tickled Pink Shrub 1 6/1/2010 Steins left side entry Carpinus Carolinia Straight Tree 1 6/1/2010 Minors right side front yard Tilia Tomentosa Sterling Silver Tree 1 6/1/2010 Minors front front yard Cornus Kousa Wolf Eyes Tree 1 5/1/2010 Minors right side patio Quercus Bicolor Straight Tree 1 5/1/2010 Minors left corner back lot line Enoyonmus Blondy Shrub 3 6/1/2010 Lowes inbetween hawthorns at back lot line Sweetspire Henrys Garnet Shrub 1 6/1/2010 Steins behind Macckia, right corner patio Aster Woods Pink Perrenial 1 5/1/2010 Steins Near ginkgo, alive? cut back to ground in march Aster Farmington Perrenial 1 6/1/2010 Steins Near ginkgo, alive? cut back to ground in march Rose Northern Accents Lena Shrub 1 6/1/2010 Steins patio front Cut back 2' above ground in march Barberry Rosy Glow Shrub 3 5/1/2010 Steins behind Crusader hawthorn, back lot line Boxwood Green Velvet Shrub 3 5/1/2010 Minors Under baywindow Barberry Concorde Shrub 2 6/1/2010 Steins right side side lot line Hydrangea Invincible Spirit Shrub 1 6/1/2010 Home Depot next to Athela, by Silver Maple at back right corner Purple Leaf Sandcherry Tree 1 - - Right side entry way Cut down, to big for this spot

These will be going in today, and barring the "call of the seed rack", should be the last for me. Allium Christophii Allium Heavenly Blue Amaranthus aurora Yellow Fountain Amaranthus gangeticus Elephanthead Calendula Calendula - Radio Candytuft Cathedral Bells Cup&Saucer Foxglove - South African Hyacinth Bean Marigold - Colossus Marigold - Mr. Majestic Marigold - Patula Marigold - Solon Marigold Scarlet Starlet Nasturtium - Strawberries and cream Nasturtium Empress of India Nasturtium Peach Melba Nasturtium Strawberry Ice Salvia - Lady in Red Ageratum - Leilani Blue Aster - astoria mix Aster - Crego mix Balsam Impatiens Balsam Impatiens Double Celosia - Maroon Cleome - pink Cleome - serrulata Cleome - Spinosa Cleome Rose Queen Cosmidium Phillipine Cosmos - orange Dahlia - Bishop's Children Dahlia - Delight mix Datura - Double black Datura - Double yellow Datura - white Ipomopsis Hummingbird Mix Lobelia Crystal Palace Melampodium Nicotiana Nicotiana - purple Snapdragon - Labelle mix Snapdragon - tall deluxe Verbena Amarilla Bidens Vinca - Stardust orchid Vinca - Stardust rose Vinca - Tropicana Bright Eye Vinca Rosea Zinnia - California Giant Zinnia - Cherry profusion Zinnia - mixed English Daisy Red Pomponette Kniphofia uvaria Torch Lily Maiden Pinks Brilliancy Perennial mix Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder) blue Bottlebrush bush - red Rose of Sharon

Kwanzan Cherry - short lived and frequently afflicted by a number of pests and diseases (aphids, bacterial canker, black knot, borers, crown gall, leaf spot, powdery mildew, twig cankers, viruses). This is one of the few trees that I've seen that frequently caries a warning about potential pest and disease issues by most nurseries trying to sell it. Kwanzans are just plain finicky, IMO. _____________________________________________________ Dogwood - if there aren't a lot of these around where you live, give it a try. From a Cornell publication: "To avoid or lower the risk of dealing with (dogwood anthracnose), consider using resistant (cultivars). The white flowering Kousa Dogwoods, Cornus kousa have shown good resistance and require less input to maintain a healthy tree. A number of crosses between C. kousa and C. florida have been made in attempts to produce the flowering characteristics of the Flowering Dogwood with the resistance of the Kousa Dogwood. These cultivars are available on the market and are known as the 'Stellar' Hybrid series, 'Aurora', 'Celestial', 'Constellation', Ruth Ellen', 'Stardust', and 'Stellar Pink'. A resistant Flowering Dogwood cultivar named 'Appalachian Spring' has also been developed from a living tree in an otherwise devastated Maryland forest and (is fairly widely) available." 'Appalachian Spring' has received a LOT of good press recently and is in high demand. _____________________________________________________ Crabapple - I'd definitely considering using a few of these. Be sure to find one that is resistant to the four major crabapple disease. Here's a list of some cultivars (and species) that are pretty disease resistant. The ones with *** are also frequently ranked very high for aesthetics. I have not narrowed down the list for size or appropriateness for our area, but this list should give you a good start. 'Adirondack' 'Bob White' 'Camzam' (Camelot) 'Centennial' 'Christmas Holly' 'Donald Wyman' *** baccata 'Jackii' *** 'Ludwick' 'Mary Potter' *** 'Molten Lava' *** 'Ormiston Roy' 'Prairifire' *** 'Professor Sprenger' sargentii *** 'Sentinel' *** 'Silver Moon' 'Sinai Fire' 'Strawberry Parfait' *** 'Sugar Tyme' 'Tina' 'White Cascade' *** If you have junipers (especially Eastern Red-cedars) near the planting location, you may want to be sure to choose a variety with EXCELLENT cedar apple rust resistance. Here is a link that might be useful: Cornell Article on Dogwood Anthracnose