This section is from the book "The Complete Garden", by Albert D. Taylor. Also available from Amazon: The Complete Garden.
The following group contains plants which are not hardy when used in the Minnesota section. These plants are generally in one of three groups: the early spring-flowering types, the broad-leaved and tender evergreens, and those which ripen their wood late in the fall. As a result of years of experience in landscape planting, these types have not proved hardy, although many of them are extremely hardy when used throughout the northwestern and central portions of the United States.
Acer palmatum Japanese Maple
Akebia quinata
Five-leaved Akebia
Azalea (in variety)
Azalea Benzoin aestivale
Spice Bush
Buxus (in variety) Boxwood
Callicarpa (in variety) Mulberry
Catalpa (in variety) Indian Bean
Cercis canadensis Red-bud
Chamaecyparis (in variety)
Japanese Cypress Clethra alnifolia
Sweet Pepper Bush
Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood
Cornus kousa Japanese Dogwood
Cornus mas Cornelian Cherry
Deutzia (in variety)
Deutzia Exochorda (in variety)
Pearl Bush
Fagus sylvatica European Beech
Forsythia (in variety) Golden Bell
Halesia tetraptera Silver Bell Tree
Hibiscus (in variety) Rose of Sharon
Ilex (except verticillata) Holly
Jasminum (in variety)
Jasmine Kalmia (in variety)
Laurel Kerria (in variety)
Globe-flower
Ligustrum (most varieties)
Privet Lonicera japonica halliana
Japanese Honeysuckle
Magnolia (in variety)
Magnolia Mahonia (in variety)
Oregon Grape Myrica (in variety)
Bayberry Prunus (most varieties)
Flowering Almonds and Cherries Rhododendron (in variety)
Rhododendron
Taxus (in variety) Yew
 
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