GreatPlants Makes Selections for 2009

Each year the GreatPlants program highlights new or overlooked trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials and ornamental grasses that show superior qualities for Nebraska landscapes.

This year's picks:

The Tree of the Year: Corneliancherry dogwood (Cornus mas);

Conifer of the Year: Serbian spruce (Picea omorika);

Shrub of the Year: Creeping mahonia or creeping barberry (Mahonia repens);

Perennial of the Year: Arkansas bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii); and

Grass of the Year: Shenandoah switchgrass (Panicum ‘Shenandoah’).