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Everyone loves the spring. Birds are chirping, the snow is melting away, plants are starting to grow, and everyone has a renewed interest in the landscape and the garden. Literally, thousands of choices become available to us as soon as the soil is able to be dug, and plants can be put in the ground. Once the danger of frost passes, annuals can be planted to give enormous bright showy color that lasts into the fall. Perennials can be planted early providing thrills that come back from year to year. Trees and shrubs can be planted to fill a wide range of needs throughout a landscape, from screening, to color, to providing shade, to prevent erosion, to giving a landscape structure and purpose. Listed below are just a few of the many underused plants that provide periodic new color throughout the spring:
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| Azalea mucronulatum ('Cornell Pink' Azalea) | Very Early Spring |
| Cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry) | Very Early Spring |
| Corylopsis spicata (Winterhazel) | Very Early Spring |
| Viburnum x bodnatense (Spring Dawn Viburnum) | Very Early Spring |
| Chaenomeles (Flowering Quince) | Early Spring |
| Magnolia hybrids | Early Spring |
| Phlox sublata(Mountain pinks) | Early Spring |
| Rhododendron hybrids ('Aglo'-Mezzitt series) | Early Spring |
| Aquilegia (Columbine) | Mid Spring |
| Azalea hybrids (Deciduous-Northern Light Series) | Mid Spring |
| Syringa meyerii 'Palibin' (Dwarf Korean Lilac) | Mid Spring |
| Weigela florida 'Suzanne' (Variegated weigela) | Mid Spring |
| Aesculus hybrid carnea 'Briotti' (Horsechestnut) | Late Spring |
| Armeria (Seapinks) | Late Spring |
| Cornus kousa (Korean Dogwood) | Late Spring |
| Rhododendron maximum 'Roseum' ( Maxi-Roseum hybrid) | Late Spring |
