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Suffolk County

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Crabapples for the Home Landscape

Flowering Vines for Long Island: Indoors & Outdoors

Pest Resistant Hedges and Screens for Privacy

Dwarf Conifers for Landscapes

Rhododendrons for Long Island

Recommended Urban Trees - A guide to tree selection, site assessment and planting

Seashore Plantings

Virginia Urban Street Tree Selector - Allows user to input site factors, tree characteristics, etc.

Trees and Shrubs for Moist to Wet Soils

Woody Plants for Shady Places

Deciduous Woody Groundcovers - Cornell University Urban Horticulture Institute

Weed Suppressive Groundcovers

Know your trees (identification key to NY trees)

Soil Salt Tolerance of Some Common Landscape Plants

Common Woody Ornamentals and their common Insect and Disease Problems

Long Island Native Woody Plants for Seaside Restoration

Saunders Nursery Boxwood guide 5th edition

Contact

Alice Raimondo
Horticulture Consultant
aw242@cornell.edu
631-727-4126

Last updated March 9, 2023

Horticulture Factsheets

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