Plant Something Unique!
Red Leafed Japanese Maple
Spiraea 'Little Princess'
Spiraea 'Goldmound'
Dwarf Korean Lilac 'Palibin'
Lilac 'Edward J. Gardner'
Ninebark 'Nugget'
Golden Weeping Willow
Forsythia 'Northern Gold'
Vine Maple
Purple Smokebush
Weigela 'French Lace'
Weigela 'Red Prince'
White Birch
Braeburn Apple
Sweet Sixteen Apple
Lodi Apple
Granny Smith Apple
Idared Apple
Lapin Sweet Cherry
Reliance Peach
Elegant Lady Peach
Early Italian Plum
Rose 'Henry Kelsey'
Rose 'Morden Centennial'
Rose 'Carolina' - the native version of the invasive rugosa - plant these instead.
Blueberry 'Blueray'
Blueberry 'Jersey'
Blueberry 'Tophat'
Blueberry 'Bluecrop'
Grape 'Reliance' - most cold-hardy seedless eating grape.
Arctic Kiwi
Raspberry 'Heritage'
Blackberry 'Chester' - thornless
Elderberry
Cranberry - grow your own Thanksgiving treat!
Strawberries - everbearing and June-bearing varieties - very cold hardy.
Scotch Laburnum
Bearberry, native to Maine
Dwarf Flowering Almond
Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas, a dogwood)