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Statement trees and shrubs | Gardening with Gutner

Finding the right tree or shrub that will be a centerpiece in your garden.

BANGOR, Maine — You want that one tree or shrub that will stand out and be the centerpiece of your garden. Gardening with Gutner talked with Lily Salfi of Sprague's Nursery and Garden Center for some ideas. 

"Whether it's evergreen, deciduous, weeping, or creeping, we have a lot of options to take the garden to the next level," Salfi explained. 

Beginning with shape, there's a lot more to evergreens than the standard Christmas tree shape. Salfi recommends the following:

Shape

Curly Pine - wispy, twisty needle look

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Curly Pine

Evergreens can be pruned to a spiral or grafted into the shape of a pom-pom.

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Evergreens can be pruned into different shapes

Weeping Norway Spruce - has a weeping shape on its own 

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Weeping Norway Spruce

Weeping Cedar - can get very tall

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Weeping Cedar

Weeping Pine - beautiful shape - a favorite of Lily's

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Weeping Pine

"Everything isn't going to be in bloom all season long. So the foliage is a great place to look for some consistent color," the greenhouse specialist said. She pointed out some burgundy-colored shrubs are on the invasive species list. 

Color

Weeping Beech - beautiful burgundy color as well as a weeping shape.

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Weeping Beech

Blue Spruce - blue all year long. 

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Blue Spruce

Smoke Bush is one of Lily's favorite shrubs.

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Smoke Bush

"There's nothing that's going to make somebody walk by your yard and wonder what the heck is going on there," Lily shared. "It's going to be this cloud of plumy, pinkish, rosey smoke. 

So keep these suggestions in mind as you decide what will be the statement/centerpiece in your garden. 

    

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