CORYLOPSIS
CORYLOPSIS pauciflona

A small shrub with very pale yellow flowers that appear before the leaves in late April. Does best in a woodland setting growing 4' wide and 3'-4' high.
Zone 4
 

Companion Plants These plants will complement this month's featured plant very nicely and make excellent companions in the mixed border or landscape.

PIERIS japonica 'Dorothy Wyckoff' Andromeda Outstanding dark pink flower buds held all winter on brilliant wine-red winter foliage. Nice regular-growing shrub. Andromedas are handsome, broad-leaved evergreens which are deer resistant so far. Flowers very early in spring with loose panicles of white and pink. Zone 5

SALIX matsudana 'Scarlet Curls' Contorted Willow A small, vigorous tree with twisted golden branches and scarlet stems. The color peaks after the first frost, when the scarlet intensifies through spring. Fabulous for winter effect! Grows 30 feet high and 15 feet wide, with curly green foliage. Zone 5

PICEA abies 'Acrocona' Heavy-cone Norway Spruce A compact upright and somewhat irregular form of Norway spruce, forming abundant purple cones on the branch tips that glow in the landscape. Matures to 12' high and 4' wide. Adds good texture and color to the garden. Zone 3