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Buy Rufa Clumping Bamboo online. This attractive evergreen with vibrant orange-red culm sheaths is great as a specimen plant, screen or hedge. Hardier than some other bamboos. Does well in full sun to partial shade, but will need protection from hot summer sun in warmer climates. Needs shade in hot southeastern states. A vigorous grower, this clumping non-invasive variety sends up many new culms each year. A China native. SAME PLANT AS HARDY CLUMPING BAMBOO.

Buy Scabrida Clumping Bamboo online. Native to China. This bamboo is often regarded as one of the most striking and colorful bamboos. Brilliant orange sheaths open to reveal blue to purple culms that turn green as they mature. Narrow leaves form a graceful, arching habit. Does well in full sun to part shade but must have protection from afternoon sun in warm climates. Clumping, non-invasive habit. Perfect as a screen or privacy hedge, or as a specimen plant with a semi-weeping fountain shape.

Buy Chicago Hardy Fig online. 'Chicago Hardy' is one of the most cold-resistant figs on the market. Though it may die back to the ground in the colder ends of its range, it resprouts from the roots and will still bear sweet edible figs in autumn. Mulch well for best results

Buy Autumn Purple Ash online. Autumn Purple Ash is a rapid growing seedless ash that forms a shapely rounded crown. The glossy dark green foliage turns a deep purple to mahogany in fall.

Buy Autumn Gold Ginkgo online. This superb selection is a fruitless male strain. Unique fan-shaped green foliage turns brilliant golden yellow in fall. Symmetrical branching creates an exceptional upright landscape accent, eventually becoming a handsome shade tree with age. Deciduous.

Buy Golden Globe Ginkgo online. 'Golden Globe' has unusually dense branching for a ginkgo. Young trees have full crowns that mature into a broad rounded head. The leaves turn a striking golden yellow in the fall. A male fruitless variety.

Buy Mariken Dwarf Ginkgo online. The compact, bushy Mariken Ginkgo was discovered in 1995 as a witch's broom growing out of a ginkgo in the Netherlands. It has proven an excellent find, descended with the unique history of the species, with the same fan-shaped green leaves that turn bright yellow in fall. But 'Mariken' stays very small, its thick, spreading branches loaded with a dense arrangement of foliage. The slow-growing, deciduous conifer makes a high-interest architectural feature, a flat, rounded, form, and great for a small garden.

Buy Shangri-La Ginkgo online. Shangri-La Ginkgo is a rounded and upright growing broadleaf, deciduous, conifer that is known to be much more compact growing with better branching than other cultivars that are on the market. Add to that a faster growth habit, and you'll get a fabulous shade tree or specimen in your landscape. Fall color is typical of the species showing off beautiful golden yellow leaves. A fruitless male culitvar.

Buy Espresso™ Kentucky Coffeetree online. The bark of Espresso™ Kentucky Coffeetree is dark brown, characteristically roughened with ridges. Leaf color is pinkish to purple tinged gradually changing to dark green, almost dark bluish green in summer changing to yellow in fall. Seed pods persist throughout the winter and make an interesting silhouette against the sky. Espresso™ Kentucky Coffeetree has a vase-shaped canopy with forest green foliage. Requires full sun, but is otherwise low maintenance.

Buy Skinny Latte™ Kentucky Coffeetree online. This columnar and very upright growing addition to the ChicagolandGrows® collection of plants features a very vertical growth habit and stunningly beautiful canopy. In winter, the structure adds a very interesting character silhouette to the landscape and skyline. Discovered at the Morton Arboretum in the 1950's, this is a unique tree that is very hard to find making it a great addition to any collector's landscape, or those looking to create interesting textures and specimen plantings.