Various willows (Salix species) will produce those leaflets along the stems. Salix nigra for one; also Salix eriocephala and S. lasiolepis. And one with perhaps the most pronounced display of these leaflets is eared willow, Salix aurita, so-called because of the ear-like appearance of the leaflets. They are actually stipules and are often an identifying feature of the genus.

Dig Doug, what do you think about the blue cascade distylium? This is what the landscape designer suggested: Front entry island bounded by drive: o Tree removal: selected tree removal to provide better environment for understory and lawn plantings. Leave desirable and healthy specimens. Consider limbing up to raise canopy and structural pruning of existing trees to remain to improve light conditions for understory and lawn. o Create a semi-circular shaped lawn in island to relate to main body of house front corners. Consider adding a border planting at edge of lawn to transition to natural area beyond. Border plantings to consider include big blue liriope, Bordeaux dwarf yaupon holly or Wintergreen Boxwood, etc. Plant spacing close to provide instant hedge or border effect. o Consider adding “drifts” of raised beds with broadleaf evergreens/southern indica azaleas/ blue cascade distylium,etc. and native flowering shrubs/hummmingbird clethra/little henry itea,etc. along with a few cluster groupings of Brodie Eastern Red Cedar o Add 3-5 Flowering Dogwood and Forest Pansy Redbud between Cedars and street for additional color accent · Front foundation: o As started with Boxwood parterre/hedge planting to frame front bed between drive and foundation on either side of entry porch and corner Accent upright evergreen/Italian Cypress/emerald arborvitae/Spartan juniper o Theme tree: between house and parterre/hedge centered in middle – single stem Natchez (white) Crape myrtle (or as selected single stem crape myrtle) o Groundcover mass underplanting with dwarf gardenia or crown jewell gardenia · Brick planter: o Blue Cascade or Emerald Heights Distylium back planting with dwarf plum yew groundcover mass in front OR Duke Garden Plum Yew in back with Dwarf Gardenia or Crown Jewell Gardenia as groundcover mass · Left front foundation next to path to backyard: o Blue Cascade Distylium next to foundation with Boxwood or Dwarf Bordeaux Yaupon parterre/hedge with Miami Crapemyrtle centered on window. Mondo grass, liriope spicata OR dwarf gardenia as groundcover between parterre and foundation planting o Work to improve existing lawn: provide more sunlight through tree thinnings/removals/raising canopy where possible, add dolomitic lime at 50lb per 1000sq ft along with a complete lawn fertilizer for cool season grass/fescue per label · Groundcover mass between drive and natural area on side: Baltic Ivy or Vinca major or Liriope spicata

As you probably don't have a greenhouse try cutting the tops off, potting up and storing in the garage as resting plants until next spring. And kept just moist enough that they don't die. If you have a bright window in the garage place them near that in the spring so that they start growing new tops early enough in the season to amount to something after you move them out for the summer in May or June. Also if winter conditions ever occur there where serious freezing inside the garage is possible then they will have to be moved into a warmer area during this time. And moved back out to the garage as soon as the sharp cold is over.

It's toxic to dogs. They're not likely to eat it but you never know.