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Symphoricarpos x chenaultii ‘Hancock’

[gallery ids="6543"] A low growing, spreading shrub, with arching stems. Small pink, bell shaped flowers appear along the stems in summer. Coral-pink berries follow in the fall. It is a widely adaptable plant, useful in mass planting, along banks, or as a groundcover. It grows in full sun to shade and moderately wet to dry soils....
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Symphoricarpos albus

[gallery ids="4609,4608"] A slender stemmed, twiggy shrub with blue-green leaves in the summer. In mid-summer, dense clusters of small pink, urn shaped flowers appear. The fruit is a fleshy white berry that develops in the fall and can last until early winter. The fruit is attractive to birds, but it is poisonous to humans.  It is...
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Styrax japonicus Snowcone®

[gallery ids="8182"] A small, broadly pyramidal, dense tree with dark green, fine textured foliage that turns yellow in fall. Beautiful late spring flowers are pure white and bell shaped. They dangle below the branches. It has more uniform growth habit and better twig dieback resistance than seedling grown trees. It grows best in an acidic, organically...
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Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’

[gallery ids="8184,8183"] A small, rounded tree with a horizontal branching pattern. The bell-shaped spring flowers are soft pink, pendulous and lightly fragrant. Fall color is yellow. It is suitable for planting under power lines. It prefers full to part sun in a rich, well-drained soil. Useful as a small specimen in the garden....
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