Family: Nyssaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Irregular stripes of light green and dark green variegation.  White flowers resembling doves perched in a tree.
Notes:  Rare variegated form.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Nyssaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  White flowers resembling doves perched in a tree.
Notes:  Native to woodland in southwestern China.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Moist humus rich
Light: sun
Height: 10' - 15'
Attributes:  Evergreen, clinging climber related to Hydrangea.  Showy creamy flowers.  Glossy leaves.
Notes:  Allow to climb up a tree for a lush and natural effect.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 10'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Small, upright shrub with spreading canopy.  One to three lobed leaves.  Small greenish flowers.
Notes:  Slower growing and more delicate than other related kin.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: South Western China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes:  Evergreen,  Single leaf with wavy margins.  Unusual green flowers and black fruit.
Notes: Supper cool and reliably hardy shrub that is still relatively uncommon in cultivation.  Closely related to Metapanax delavayi.  Younger leaves are singe and as they mature they turn into three lobed leaves.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Papaveraceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained, drought tolerant
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 14"
Bloom Time: April to September
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, spreading, Gray green fern-like leaves.  Heart shaped white flowers.  Sporadically flowers all season.
Notes: Because of the foliage color, this Dicentra can take more sun than most forms.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 2"
Attributes:  Deciduous, White flowers in spring, blue fruit when pollinated in fall.  Large lobed leaves.
Notes:  Very closely related to Podophyllum.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Colchicaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  8" 
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Dark green leaves with yellow variegated tips.  White star shaped flowers.  Clumping perennial
Notes: Another attractive variegated form of Disporum smilacinum from Japan

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  3 - 8
Natural Range:  Circumboreal
Soil:  Humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4" -12"
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Leaves are alternate, appearing whorled to 1/4" long.  Woody brown stems creeping along the ground forming mats.  Tiny white flowers with pink-purple stigma and stamens.  Black fruit
Notes:Long history of medicinal uses.
 
Pot size:  Deep Round Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern United States, Southern Ontario
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 4" - 8"
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes:  Deciduous, spring ephemeral.  Delicate Thalictrum - like foliage.  White Anemone-like flowers.
Notes:  Planted in our damp woodland garden.  Also Known as Isopyrum biternatum.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich well drained
Light:  Part sun, sun
Height:  6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous. White bell flowers. Rainbow of fall foliage colors.
Notes:  This form has numerous pure white, flared bell flowers.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone: 6 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 6'
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White bell shaped flowers, compact, domed shape with layered structure.  Bright red fall foliage.
Notes:  Quite scarce in cultivation.
 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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Family: Papaveraceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Spreading rhizome.  3-6" long leaves are ovate to rounded, scalloped-edged, cordate and palmately-veined.  Four petaled, poppy-like white flowers to 2" across, atop upright branching stems rising above the foliage.
Notes: Eomecon is the Asian relative of the North American Sanguinaria. Native to moist forested areas and riverbanks in eastern China.  Plants will form large, expanding clumps in moist humus rich soil.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: March to May
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  White flower.  Chocolate-edged new growth.
Notes:   Nice vigorous low growing selection.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 13"
Bloom Time: April
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Large Cherry-rose with white petals.  
Notes:  Great color contrast.  This selection came from Harold Epstein's garden and named after his daughter.
 
Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:Part shade, shade
Height:20"
Attributes: Deciduous.  Bright green leaves.  Creamy flowers with long spurs.
Notes:  This clone was brought back by Darrel Probst from the Kyoto Botanic Gardens in Japan.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:Part shade, shade
Height:20"
Attributes: Deciduous.  Bright green leaves.  Creamy flowers with long spurs.
Notes:  This clone grows with shorter segments, creating a dense clump.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 6"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Small pure white flowers with long yellow spurs.  Small leaves with dark brownish red ring around each.
Notes:  A great Epimedium just for the foliage.

Pot Size:  Quart Size Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: March to May
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deep red new growth maturing green.  Spiny margins.  Numerous flowers with white spurs and yellow center.  Densely clumping
Notes:  Top of the list of cool Epimediums.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Epimedium wushanense Spiny Leaf Form (Wushan Fairy Wings)

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: March to May
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deep red new growth maturing green.  Spiny margins.  Numerous flowers with white spurs and yellow center.  Densely clumping
Notes:  Top of the list of cool Epimediums.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; 
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance: Deer
Attributes:Bright white flowers with long spurs..  
Notes:  Early blooming.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; 
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 14"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance: Deer
Attributes: Numerous, small deep rose-pink sepals and white petals flushed rose.  short white spurs.  
Notes:  Nice smaller growing selection topped with upright flowers stems.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; 
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance: Deer
Attributes:Silvery-purple and white flowers.  Brownish new growth.
Notes:  Nice smaller growing species.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; 
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance: Deer
Attributes:Profuse medium size creamy white flowers.  
Notes:  Very short growing selection.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  E.grandiflorum var. violaceum x E. x youngianum 'Pink Star'
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance: Deer
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Dark purple new spring growth turning green in summer.  Light pinkish-lavender flowers with white center. 
Notes:  Purplish fall foliage.  Another Darrell Probst hybrid.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Apiaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: South America
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height:  5'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Clumps of sharply toothed grayish foliage.  5' tall flower spikes with upward facing ball like flowers.
Notes: Bold and exotic looking foliage.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  South Africa
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  3'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Thick fleshy foliage with white flowers.
Notes:  Seedling from a variegated form so they are a bit variable with striped foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan; 
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Three tone green variegated foliage.  Large palmate foliage.  Small white flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Also known as Fatsia japonica 'Murakumo Nishiki'. A great new Japanese variegated foliage form.

Pot Size: Large Bad Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan  
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  White and green leaves.  Large palmate foliage.  Small white flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Great foliage color for a shady spot.  This cultivar is a bit slower and smaller growing than the the species.

Pot Size: Large Bad Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green, creamy white and gray variegated leaves.  Large palmate foliage.  Small white flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Tends to be slower growing than the species.

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deeply lobbed palmate foliage.  White flowers, black fruit.
Notes:  This form has deeper cut leaves. Perfectly at home in the Pacific Northwest.  We have had no damage to the bottom of zone 7.

Pot Size:Large Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deeply lobbed palmate foliage.  White flowers, black fruit.
Notes:  This form has deeper cut leaves. Perfectly at home in the Pacific Northwest.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time: Winter
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deeply lobbed palmate foliage.  White flowers during winter.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Brought back from the central highlands of Taiwan in 1999.  Perfectly at home in the Pacific Northwest.  Attracts hummingbirds. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:  Asia
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 6' - 8'
Attributes:  Deciduous. Palmate leaves to about ten inches across, with tall stems holding white flowers.
Notes:  A very hard to find species.  Needs a bit of room to grow.  This selected form is reported to a bit smaller growing than the typical species.  For us it still reaches more than 6' tall and wide.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot