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Compact burning bush (Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’) is one of the most visually dramatic shrubs in the autumn landscape, producing a fall foliage display so intensely, brilliantly red that it stops […]
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Confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is one of the most beloved vines in Southern gardens, earning its devoted following through a combination of traits that are genuinely difficult to improve upon. […]
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Congo lilac (Syringa vulgaris ‘Congo’) is a classic French hybrid lilac that brings one of the most deeply colored and intensely fragrant flower displays available in a deciduous shrub. Its […]
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Coral Beauty cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’) is a ground-hugging evergreen shrub that earns its place in the landscape through four full seasons of genuine ornamental interest and a toughness […]
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Coral Reef sedum (Sedum ‘Coral Reef’, also listed under Phedimus ‘Coral Reef’ following recent taxonomic revisions) is a low-growing, mat-forming stonecrop that earns its place in the garden through foliage that seems to […]
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Corkscrew rush (Juncus effusus ‘Spiralis’) is one of the most architecturally distinctive plants available to home gardeners, producing tightly twisted, spiraling stems that coil and curl with a sculptural quality […]
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Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) is one of the most rewarding and underused landscape plants in the temperate garden, delivering genuine four-season interest with a generosity that few other shrubs or […]
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Creeping fig (Ficus pumila) is one of the most enthusiastic and visually transformative vines available to warm-climate gardeners, capable of clothing a wall, fence, or structure in a dense, seamless […]
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Curly willow (Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’, also listed as Salix babylonica var. pekinensis ‘Tortuosa’) is one of the most visually arresting trees you can grow, producing dramatically twisted, contorted branches and […]
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Black mondo grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’) is one of the most visually striking plants you can add to a garden, and it’s surprisingly easy to grow. Hardy in USDA zones […]