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2009 Great Plants for the Great Plains
The GreatPlants program is a joint effort of the Nebraska Nursery & Landscape Association and the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum that selects and promotes exceptional plants –reliably hardy, easy to care for, and ornamentally worthwhile – for Plants of the Year and for GreatPlants Releases and Introductions. Ask for them at your local nursery!
Corneliancherry dogwood
Corneliancherry dogwood,
Cornus mas
Serbian spruce
Serbian spruce,
Picea omorika
Creeping Mahonia
Creeping Mahonia,
Mahonia repens
Arkansas bluestar
Arkansas bluestar,
Amsonia hubrichtii
'Shenandoah' switchgrass
Shenandoah swietchgrass,
Panicum 'Shenandoah'