Tina's Dedekam Perimeter Plant List Suggestions

• Abutilon Hybrid  'Victor Reiter'
• Abelia x grandiflora 'Sunrise'
• Callistremon citrinus
• Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Lace'
• Winter Hazel Corylopsis pauciflora
• Valued for sweet-scented, bell-shaped, soft yellow flowers that hang in short, chain-like clusters on bare branches in early spring.  New foliage that follows is often tinged pink; it later turns bright green.  Toothed, nearly round leaved somewhat resemble those of hazelnut.  Rather open structure with attractive, delicate branching pattern.  Give same soil conditions as you would rhododendrons.  Grow in wind-sheltered location in shrub border or at edge of woodland.  Dainty habitat to 4-6' high and wide zoned 4-7, 14-17
• Chaenomeles - flowering quince
• Bloom as early as January, you can take budded stems indoor and place in water and watch blooms break into bloom.  Blossoms single to semi-double or double 1.5-2.5", in white and soft to vibrant shades of pink, orange and red.  Leaves are red tinged when young, maturing to shiny green.  Growth habit varies widely among the many selections available:  some grow to 10'+ high and wide, while others are compact and low growing.  Most are thorny.  All are useful as hedges and barriers.  Easy to grow and virtually indestructible, tolerating extremes of cold and heat and light to heavy soil.  May bloom sparsely or sporadically in warm-winter areas.  rune to shape or to limit growth at any time--but bud and bloom season is a good time for the job, since cut branches can be used for indoor arrangements.  New growth that follows bears next year's flowers zoned 2-23.
• Enkianthus cernuus rubens
• Upright stems with tiers of nearly horizontal branches; plants are narrow in youth, broader in age, but always attractive.  Blue green leaves are clustered or crowded near branch ends, turn yellow and red in autumn.  Clusters of nodding, bell-shaped flowers bloom in spring.  Like rhododendrons, require moist, well-drained acid soil enriched with plenty of organic matter such as peat moss or ground bark.  Prune only to remove dead or broken branches.  Plant in location where silhouette flowers, and fall color can be enjoyed close up.  Seldom over 10' tall and wide with white flowers.  Zoned 3-9, 14-21.
• Hydrangea paniculata 'Grandiflora'
• Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen'
• Broad, rounded shrub to 6' tall x 8' wide with handsome, deeply lobed 8" long leaves resembling those of oaks, turn bronze or crimson in fall.  Elongated clusters of white flowers in late spring and early summer turn pinkish purple as they age; fertile flowers are usually concealed by larger sterile flowers zoned 2b-23.
• Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
• Open, graceful, rounded vigorously growing shrub to 8-10' tall and wide.  Slender stems are yellowish green to bright green in winter, providing welcome color in cold climates.  Heavily veined bright green, serrated edged leaves somewhat triangular, 2-4" long.  They unfold early in spring, turn yellow in fall.  Flowers similar to small single, yellow roses appear in spring.  Plant continues to bloom off and on into early summer.  Flower color fades in strong sunlight.  Allow room for plant to display its arching form.  Plants produce clumps of stems from roots.  Cut out any unwanted shoots to keep clumps more compact.  Prune heavily after bloom, cutting out branches that have flowered and all dead or weak wood.  The green branches are a favorite subject in Japanese wintertime floral arrangements.
• Loropetalum 'Razzleberri'
• Michalia yunnancusis
• Pieris japonica 'Variegata'
• Philadelphus coronarius 'Aureus'  foliage
• Viburnum trilobum 'Wentworth'
• Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga'