1. Mongolian Cherry (Prunus fruticosa): A medium-sized suckering shrub with attractive glossy
foliage and cherry-like fruit. Edible fruits which are tart and dark red: they are excellent for pie and jelly :) yum!
2. Freedom Honeysuckle (Lonicera x 'freedom'): A medium-tall, open, irregular deciduous shrub with slender, spreading and arching branches. This cultivar was introduced by the University of Minnesota’s Department of Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture. They have dull-colored foliage.
3. Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris): A medium to large hardy shrub with stout, spreading
branches developing a somewhat oval to irregularly rounded crown. Spreads by suckering. It has showy, fragrant flowers.
4. Winterberry Euonymus (Euonymus bungeana): A small tree or large rounded shrub with semi-pendulous branches. Native to Manchuria and northern China. Showy pink fruits, opening to expose reddish seeds. Attractive gray bark.
5. Sandbar Willow (Salix interior): A medium shrub, native along riverbanks, lakes and sloughs. Suckers profusely.
Trees:
1. Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera): A native medium to tall tree which is loosely pyramidal
when young, developing an irregular oval crown when mature. Drought stress followed by borer attack often causes decline.
2. Cottonwood (Populus deltoides): Native to moist soils along streams and wetlands. Flood control dams have reduced spring flooding and the success of natural cottonwood regeneration along riparian areas.
3. Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum): A medium to large tree with spreading branches forming a
variably rounded to informally spreading crown. A fast-growing tree subject to iron and manganese chlorosis on high pH soils which may cause dieback or eventual death. Often called soft maple because the wood is the softest of the maples used for lumber.
4. Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa): A large long-lived tree on good sites, with stout limbs
2. Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon): Grows in open areas where there are frequent disturbances such as grazing, flooding, and fire.
forming a broad crown at maturity. Scrubby forms can be found on very dry sites.
5. White Poplar (Populus alba): Medium to tall tree sometimes confused with Silver Maple
since the leaves on long shoots are maple-shaped, while leaves on short shoots are more like aspen leaves in shape. The tree is native to central and southern Europe, western Siberia and central Asia.
Plants:
1. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus): An annual plant native to the Americas in the family Asteracae, with a large flowering head. The stem of the flower can grow almost 3 m tall and the flower head can reach 30 cm in diameter!
3. Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata): A white fragrant rose, native in the South United States. It is also Georgia's state flower!
4. Aloe Plant (Aloe vera): Used in healthcare and for health problems. I use it when I get burnt in the sun!
5. Pomegranate (Punica granatum): A fruit bearing delicious plant!
