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Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern China, Japan 
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 30 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous.  Three-toothed maple with triangular appearance.  Attractive fall foliage.  Exfoliating bark with age.
Notes:  Name honors Heinrich Buerger.

Pot size:  Small band pot 3' - 4'

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Dense upright irregular growth with small congested leaves.
Notes: Quite rare in cultivation.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Natural Range: Northeastern United States to Eastern Canada
Soil:  Moist to average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade to shade
Height: 15' - 25'
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes:  Deciduous. Rounded but uneven crown.  Green and white snakebark.  Obovate, three-lobed leaves to 7" long.  New growth is pinkish bronze.  Bright yellow fall foliage.  Pendant racemes to 6" long in spring.  Winged samaras.
Notes:  Under-story maple native to moist rocky forests through the Appalachians to Georgia.  A perfect and attractive maple for a shady garden. 1 gallon size pots

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Spindaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  15'-25'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Narrow, palmate leaves.
Notes: A Far Reaches collection from Guizhou China.
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6-9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil: Average to moist but very drought tolerant once established
Light: part shade-shade
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: 12" tall. White bottle brush like blooms in spring.  Dark purple berries and trifoliate lobed leaves.
Notes: Vanilla scent when dried.

Pot Size: 4" Pot

Family:  Actinidiaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 20'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous vine.  Simple, ovate, dark green leaves that are variegated with pink and cream, white tips, flushed pink.  Small, fragrant dark pink flowers.
Notes: Rarely seen kiwi.  Formerly known as Actinidia pilosula

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern North America
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, dark green palmately compound leaves with five to seven leaflets.  Yellow-orange fall foliage.  Yellow-green inflorescence to 7" long.
Notes:  Attractive ornamental shade tree with good fall foliage. 

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves with rounded crown.  Bright red-orange fall foliage.  Greenish-yellow flowers to 12" long. 
Notes:  This selection is a narrow, upright form with better fall color.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Pennsylvania to Iowa, south to Alabama and Arkansas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves with rounded crown.  Yellow fall foliage.  Greenish-yellow flowers to 12" long. 
Notes: 

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves that emerge silvery white new spring foliage with deep green veins.  Small white flowers.
Notes:  Smaller growing than the species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves. Small white flowers.
Notes:  Peeling bark with age species.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid; A hippocastanum x pavia
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  30'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Compound leaves edged with a prominent golden-yellow margin.  Smaller leaves than the typical A. x carnea.  Pale red flowers.
Notes:  Tropical looking.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, dappled shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  June to December, sporadically all year.
Attributes: Evergreen. Upright, arching branches with narrow, dark green leaves.  Large, woody, potato like tuber.  Pendulous creamy flowers with a checkerboard of darker red highlights.
Notes:  A super cool, and easily grown Huckleberry relative from the high Himalayas,  growing as an epiphyte in large mossy trees among Rhododendrons, Vaccinium, Gaultheria, and an array of orchids and ferns.  Grown best in a pot or hanging basket in cooler climates but in protected gardens can be grown among other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: Alaska to N. California & Rockies to WY
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Thicket forming shrub with horizontal branching.  Reddish-brown bark turning gray.  Oval, toothed leaves.  Long creamy yellow catkins.
Notes:  A smaller growing native Alnus that is good for wildlife.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Bloom Time:  April to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' tall.  Nodding pale purple flowers with darker purple highlights that hover over ferny foliage.  Summer blooming.  Clumping
Notes:  Elegant and refined perennial for a lightly shady garden.  Looks like a cross between Anemone and Cimicifuga.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:Ranunculaceae
Zone:6 - 10
Natural Range: Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California Alberta and Wyoming
Soil: Average to moist well drained
Light: part shade, Sun
Height: 2' - 4'
Attributes: Deciduous. Basal leaves with orange-red and yellow flowers.
Notes: Great for hummingbirds and pollinators.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Dryopteridaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Pink-bronze new growth with long arching fronds.
Notes:  Attractive species that has performed well in the garden for many years.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Fabaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Morocco
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 16'
Bloom Time: May to July
Attracts: NA
Resistant To:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Silvery foliage with bright yellow fragrant flowers. 
Notes:  Fast growing species that can be maintained as a smaller shrub.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: April to June
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Sprays of white flowers, low mounds very fine fern like foliage.
Notes: A new smaller growing Goatsbeard that works well with other woodland perennials.  

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, male flowers and female flowers on separate plants.  Tall plumes of white flowers.  Ferny foliage.
Notes:  A low maintenance plant that looks nice as a backdrop in a perennial garden, or shady edge.  These seedlings are from a Silver Creek seed collection.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pots 

Family:  Aristolochiaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range:  Western North America
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light:  Shade, part shade
Height:  6"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, heart shaped leaves, 2" wide greenish white flowers.
Notes:  Great foliage!  Smells like ginger when crushed.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  PP35461 CPBRAF
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 28"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Deep burgundy leaves with rosy purple flowers.
Notes: Great combo of dark leaves and dark flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Silver cast to the leaves.  Tall spikes of frilly pink flowers and blue pollen.
Notes:  Selected out of our collections.

Pot Size:  4"  Band Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade to shade.
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Mat-green leaves with toothed edges.  Star shaped, dark purple-red flowers with yellow pollen.
Notes: Attractive small, open shrub from the cool forests of China. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chili, Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to Sun
Height: 6" - 10"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen ground-cover of crowded fronds with taller fertile fronds.
Notes:  Grows like a larger scale version of Austroblechnum penna-marina.  Our stock plants were shared with us by fern aficionado Judith Jones of Fancy Fronds Nursery.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chile and Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, Part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: January to February
Attributes: Evergreen.  Small, glossy green leaves.  Gracefully layered branching.  Vanilla fragrant yellow flowers.
Notes: Attractive, narrow upright, layered growth.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part shade-shade
Bloom Time:May to September
Height: 16"
Attributes: White flowers held above the foliage.  Heart shaped, evergreen, glossy bronze-green leaves.
Notes:  One of the  best foliage plants for the shady garden.  Durable and showy.

Pot Size:  Quart Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Southern China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: July to September
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Clumping.  Large green leaves with metallic cast.  Red veining and red underside of leaves.  Numerous white to pink
Notes: Begonia grandis is a tuberous perennial with stunning foliage that lasts until frost. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Deciduous. Red stems with dark green foliage speckled with silvery white.  Pink flowers.
Notes:  A showy species. Mulch crown in colder zones. A Shayne Chandler and Dan Hinkley collection.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 8 - 9
Natural Range: China, NE India
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Variable deep green with silver mottling, red underside of the leaf.  Orange-red buds and yellow flowers.
Notes:  Cold tolerant but needs a generous layer of leaves or mulch over the crown in winter.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Attributes:  Evergreen, yellow flowers in summer, blue fruit in fall.  powdery white underneath the immature foliage.  Dark green whorled foliage on mature plants.
Notes:  Berberis Kawakamii is a hardy and substantial species with thick dark green and glossy leaves.  When in flower the branches are clad in numerous bright yellow flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 12'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Large fuzzy, oval leaves.  Pink flowers held above the leaves. 
Notes:  Leaves can reach more than 12" long.

Pot Size:  Quart Size Pot

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Zone: 6-9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 12'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Large succulent foliage with tall spikes of purple flowers.  Foliage will turn red and purple if planted in more sun.
Notes:  Found growing at 3700m, growing in mas along streams and moist ponds as the dominant perennial.  Growing underneath Rhododendrons and Abies.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Missouri
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30 - 60 feet tall
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Fast-growing muti-trunked tree or single trunk tree with Salmon-pink to reddish brown exfoliating bark.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  This Adaptable and heat tolerant birch was introduced by Early Cully.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 18"-24"

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  2 - 9
Natural Range:  North America; Western Washington Source
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20' - 40'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White bark, exfoliating in papery strips with orange-brown inner bark.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Best in northern and western climates.

Pot size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  West Himalaya, Kashmir, Central Nepal
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White exfoliating bark.  Ovate, double-serrate leaves that turn golden in fall.  
Notes: These are seed grown plants from the white-barked Jacquemontii Birch.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: South America
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 8"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, semi-evergreen, Orange-red new growth.  Leathery fronds.
Notes: Nice low growing fern that forms a spreading clump.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: South America
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 8"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, semi-evergreen, Orange-red new growth.  Leathery fronds.
Notes: Nice low growing fern that forms a spreading clump.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:Orchidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  12"- 18"
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes:  Deciduous, White blushed pink flowers with bright yellow throat.  Darker pinkish terracotta pink buds and back of petals.
Notes:  First release of this KIGN Introduction.  Like other Bletilla ochracea they start to flower a bit later than B. striata.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot, 4" Band Pot

Family:Orchidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  18" - 24"
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attributes:  Deciduous, Dark pink flowers. 
Notes:  This selection is a uniformly darker pink than some other Bletilla striata forms.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Proteaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Australia
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 3' - 5'
Bloom Time:  June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen.  Red bottlebrush flowers.  Small, narrow deep green leaves, bright gray stems.
Notes: Protect from winter wind.

Pot Size:  Quart Size Pot

Family: Proteaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Australia
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green bottlebrush flowers.  Small, narrow deep green leaves, bright gray stems.
Notes: Protect from winter wind.

Pot Size:  Quart Size Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Northern temperate regions
Soil: Moist to wet
Light: Sun to Part sun
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: April to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Round leaves up to 7" across.  Deep yellow flowers to 2" across.
Notes:  Best with some shade in the hottest part of the summer.  Especially showy when mass planted in part shade where the leaves realy show off in summer.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; C. chinensis x occidentalis
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 5' - 7'
Bloom Time:May to July
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, large red flowers with a bit of cream in the center.  Fragrant newly open flowers.
Notes:  Flowers profusely for months.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:   Central and Northern California
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  April to September
Attributes: Deciduous, Red fragrant flowers spring and summer.  Yellow fall color.
Notes:  Likes plenty of light but protect from the hottest part of the day.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  2' - 3'
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Slow spreading perennial with lilac-purple flowers and pinnate foliage
Notes:  A stunning spring blooming perennial for the lightly shaded garden.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe, Asia
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Attributes: Deciduous. Medium-sized tree.  Deeply veined leaves.  Attractive pendulous flower bracts resembling hops.  Smooth gray bark.  Yellow to orange fall color.
Notes: Easy grown tree with good texture.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Small tree with rounded canopy.  Toothed foliage tapering at the tip.  Green hop-like flowers and fruit.
Notes:  This selection is noted for its better fall foliage consisting of red, orange and yellow.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Korea
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Attributes: Deciduous. Fine branching with serrated, deeply veined foliage.  Good yellow fall color.
Notes: This form was selected for its narrow, columnar growth.  Makes a great small specimen tree.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 2' - 3'

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China; 
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light:part shade, sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous. Purplish brown branchlets.  Brown grey bark.  Ovate-lanceolate leaves with deep veins emerge in bronze tones changing to olive green.  Monoecius catkin-like flower bracts to almost a foot long. 
Notes: One of the most attractive and hard to find recently introduced trees.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 18" - 24"

Family: Betulaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:Japan
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded form.  Double-toothed, oblong-lanceolate foliage tapering at the tip.  Green hop-like flowers and fruit.
Notes:  An attractively shaped and graceful, low-maintenance under-story tree for shady gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 2' - 3'

Family: Betulaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:Japan
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part shade, shade
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded form.  Extremely fine and delicate textured foliage.  Green hop-like flowers and fruit.
Notes:  An attractively shaped, low-maintenance under-story tree for shady gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Bignoniaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20'
Attracts:  Bees, hummingbirds
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Huge, purple heart shaped leaves turning greener as the season progresses.  White flowers.
Notes:  Fast growing as a young tree, slowing with age.  Easy to grow tree that is tolerant of many soil types.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3'

Family:  Rubiaceae
Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large fragrant, round blossoms with red fruit.  Glossy foliage.
Notes:  This is a smaller growing selection.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Plantaginaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Appalachian Mountains
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  2'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Upright, clump-forming perennial with pink flowers.  Glossy ovate leaves to just over three inches long and two inches wide.
Notes: Blossoms resemble snapdragon flowers. Appreciates organically rich compost.  Native to moist woodlands and streams. 

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Chloranthaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 12" - 24"
Bloom Time:  March to May
Attributes:  Deciduous, serrated leaves.  White bead-like flowers.
Notes:  A little known woodlander that is great for texture in the shady garden.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Washington, Oregon, California
Soil:  Average drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  February to July
Attributes: Slow growing evergreen tree with rich green leaves and yellow scales on the underside of its leaves.  White flowers late winter to late spring.  Seeds are in-cased in a spiny burr like cover.
Notes:  Male and female flowers on same tree.  Slow growing tree that in the wild is reported to grow over 100 feet tall.

Pot Size:  Small band pot 12" - 18"  tall

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  South Korea; Chejudo Island
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  30"
Bloom Time:  August to September
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous. Clumping. Glossy silver leaves.  Tall spikes of white flowers
Notes:  Great smaller scale Cimicifuga for both foliage and flower.  syn. Actaea japonica

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:  North America
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright green foliage.  Tall spikes of fragrant white flowers.
Notes: Vertical accent in the shady garden.
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:  North America
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Dark black-purple foliage.  Tall spikes of fragrant pink flowers in late summer to early fall.
Notes: Excellent foliage plant.  Best color when planted in more sun
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 4'
Bloom Time: May to July
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, Four petaled indigo-violet nodding flowers.  Scrambling habit with flowers held above the foliage.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot 3' tall

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Family: Lamiaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range:
EasternAsia
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 10'
Attracts:  Bees, hummingbirds
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Tubular, fragrant, white flowers in long cymes.  Small bright blue fruits with red calyx. 
Notes: This form has cream colored margins with dark and light green. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 2' - 3'

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: USPP 21,589; CBR 4167
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous. White flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Individual florests are roughly double the size of other varieties.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Colchicaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Corsica
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 6"
Bloom Time:  September
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Summer dormant.  Grass like foliage.  Pink upward facing. flowers.
Notes:  Smaller stature compared to other species.  Quite rare in the wild and cultivation.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Yellow edged with darker green variegated leaves.  Creamy white flowers.  Bright fall foliage.
Notes:  Attractive layered look.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Bhutan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 15' - 20'
Bloom Time:  Early Summer
Attributes: Evergreen with thick, glossy, bright green leaves to 3".  Creamy white bracts surround a center of yellowish-green flowers.
Notes:  First introduced in the 1990s.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: NA
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Small, narrow wavy leaves.  Dense and twiggy dwarf habit.  Small white flowers.
Notes:  Unusual textured effect.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: NA
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Small leaves speckled with dark green and light green with cream and white.  Small white flowers
Notes:  Nice new selection

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous  Pure white flowers.  Bright orange-red fall foliage.  Round, red fruit late summer-fall.
Notes: Stunning tree for the lightly shaded garden.  Seed grown!

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot  18" - 24" tall

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot 8" - 12"

Family:Cornaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 16' - 40'
Pest Resistance: NA
Bloom Time: May to June
Attributes:Semi-evergreen shrub or small tree. Opposite, elliptic leaves to 4" long.  Small white flowers in flattened clusters.  Purplish-black fruit.  Showy, flaking bark.
Notes:The bark is the best feature of this tree.

Pot Size: Small Band Pot

Family:  Argophyllaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  New Zealand
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun
Height:  5'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Yellow flowers.  Red-orange berries.  Small gray leaves and zigzagging stems.
Notes:This unusual shrub evolved this way as a defense against the now extinct Moa birds.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8' - 12'
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Deciduous, shrub.  Bright greenish-yellow flowers early spring.  Large rounded leaves that turn shades of yellow in fall.. 
Notes:  Corylopsis gotoana has obovate leaves with short-awned teeth and smaller flowers than C. glabrescens, but are about the same length as the petals.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pots

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10' - 12'
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Deciduous, shrub.  Bright creamy white flowers late winter, early spring.  New growth is deep purple.
Notes: Originally came from Hilliers Gardens.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Dryopteridaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern Asia
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to shade
Height: 24"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, Dull green fronds with 12-26 pairs of stiff pinnae
Notes: A unique looking fern for the temperate garden.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Bright Magenta purple flowers with contrasting lighter center with spotting.  Large thick green leaves.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Purple flowers in a dense spike.  Large thick green leaves often with deep purple spotting.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Thymelaeaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Japan
Soil:  Average
Light:  Part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  February to March
Attracts:  People, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Deep pink buds with pale pink, fragrant flowers before foliage emerges.
Notes: Lovely fragrant early blooming shrub.  Likes some sun but protect from baking hot sun.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade
Height: 6'
Attributes: Deciduous. New leaves emerge light yellow, turning mint color.
Notes:  Slow growing

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade
Height: 6' - 10'
Attributes: Deciduous. 3" heart shaped leaves with cream-white variegation.  Brilliantly colored fall leaves that are shaped like a redbud.
Notes:  One of the showiest fall colored shrub, yet is still infrequently encountered in gardens.  Plant in an area that is mostly shady with a few hours of direct sun. The fall display has colors ranging from green - blue - red - yellow.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Asparagaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to shade
Height:  12"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Dark green, glossy foliage on arching stems.  Small greenish to brown spotted flowers.  Purple fruit if pollinated.
Notes:  A great little ground-cover that is best for its interesting foliage that resembles Bamboo.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size: 4" Band 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

Family:  Primulaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil: Moist humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 8" - 12
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Dark stems, magenta flowers with white ring around the base of the flower.
Notes: Stunning flowers that looks especially showy when planted in mass.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Dryopteridaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 4" - 8"
Attributes:  Evergreen, lanceolate fronds with tight, curled look.
Notes: Great for the foreground of a shady garden.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Dryopteridaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 3'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Broad finely dissected, arching fronds.
Notes: Usually found growing on old stumps and rocky outcrops.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Dryopteridaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Asia
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 2.5'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Orange-pink new growth brown scales.  Upright foliage.
Notes: A real gem for the temperate garden.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Dryopteridaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan, Taiwan, China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 2'
Attributes:  Evergreen to semievergreen.  Arching fronds with thick leathery undivided pinnae.
Notes: Unlike other in ferns in the same genus.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Dryopteridaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Asia
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 3'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Orange-yellow new growth.  Upright foliage.
Notes: Exotic texture that brightens up the shady garden.

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

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, rich well-drained soil
Light:  Part sun
Height:  18"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Large pink-spurred flowers with a raspberry center.  Stunning green foliage edged with bronze-red mottling.
Notes:  Good growing hybrid.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: April
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Large green leaves that emerge bronzy-orange.  Tall sprays of purple and pinkish white re-flexed flowers
Notes:  unusual flowers and excellent foliage.
 
Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:Part shade
Height:18"
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Large reddish-purple flowers with long spurs on tall flower stalks.  Flowers are held among beautiful orange-red new growth.  More spring sun will help color up the foliage.
Notes:  A Harold Epstein introduction from Japan.  Elegant and substantial Epimedium that combines well with ferns.

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

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:5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:Part shade, shade
Height:12"
Attributes: Deciduous.  Bronze orange new growth ringed in white spines.  Purple flowers with long spurs tipped in white.
Notes:  Great dark flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Naturally occurring hybrid;  E. acuminatum x fangii
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 16"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deep rose sepals with orange centers.  Spotted red new growth.
Notes:  Discovered by Mikinori Ogisu.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 14"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance: Deer
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Pink outward facing flowers with darker spurs and yellow center.  New growth emerges reddish-bronze
Notes:  Flowers emerge on a delicate curved stalks.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Pale yellow flowers.  Bronze new spring growth.
Notes:  Shorter and more clumping in comparison to the more common 'Sulphureum'

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 14"
Bloom Time: Spring
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Flowers open deep salmon pink flowers, fading to a creamy yellow in a few days.
Notes:  Flowers emerge on a delicate curved stalks.

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

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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

Family:Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 30"
Bloom Time: April to May
Resistant to: NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping. Green leaves with crimson veining.  Umbels of pale pink flowers.
Notes: Beautiful foliage.  This stunner always sells out.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Oleaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range: Nova Scotia, Alberta, south to Florida and Texas
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  25' - 50'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pyramidal when young, maturing to rounded brown.  Purple flowers.  Pinnate foliage.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes:This form has white, gray and green variegated foliage.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chile, Southern Argentina
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4'
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, compact shrub with white bell flowers and reddish-pink fruit.
Notes:  These are female plants.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Gentianaceae
Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range:  Eastern North America
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  1' - 3'
Bloom Time:  August to October
Attracts:  Bumblebees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Clumping.  Two inch long, creamy flowers that face upwards.
Notes: Flowers are held on top of the flat foliage.  Slow growing but long lived.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Geraniaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW; Central - southern Washington, Oregon, California
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 18" - 30"
Attributes:  Deciduous, Purple - pink flowers in spring - summer.  Upright stems with deeply divided leaves.
Notes:  Grows in open prairies, and moist woodlands west of the Cascade Mountains.  A great Geranium that merits wider use in the garden.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

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Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pteridaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 4" - 10"
Attributes:  Deciduous, Triangular fronds, spreading rhizome.
Notes: Apple green new growth.  Spreading ground-cover fern.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3' tall

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: February to March
Attributes:  Deciduous, Six inch long scalloped leaves with deep green new growth and contrasting under side of the leaf giving an outlined look.  Light brown bark with layered horizontal growth.  A blaze of bright yellow ribbon like blooms with contrasting dark reddish center in winter.
Notes:  Great when used as an architectural element in the garden.  In the wild Hamamelis grow in forests as an understory plant and along streams.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Zingiberaceae
Zone: 8 - 11
Natural Range: PP19921;  H. flavum x H. coccineum
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Bloom Time:  Summer-fall
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous in cooler climates.  Creamy white and green variegated banana like foliage. Pale orange fragrant flowers
Notes:  Found as a mutation of Hedychium 'Doctor Moy'

Pot Size:  Quart Size Pot

Family:Zingiberaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 4’ – 6’
Bloom Time: August to October
Attributes: Deciduous. Rhizomatous. Lightly fragrant, especially in the late afternoon warmth. Many white flowers with prominent peach colored stamen and anther.Tropical looking foliage all season
Notes:One of the best reliable blooming Gingers for cooler summer climates. Mulch crowns with leaves in cooler climates during the winter.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  Large Band Pots

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pots

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Helwingiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 6'
Attributes: Evergreen. Small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Dark buds.  Red fruit.  Glossy, serrated foliage with dark stems.  New foliage emerges with an purple.  Multi-stemmed shrub.  Separate male and female plants.  These have larger, glossy leaves than Helwingia chinensis.
Notes: From our collections in wonderfully diverse mountains of Gansu province.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Helwingiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 6'
Attributes: Evergreen. Small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Dark buds.  Glossy, serrated foliage with dark stems.  New foliage emerges with an purple.  Multi-stemmed shrub.  Separate male and female plants.  These have larger, glossy leaves than Helwingia chinensis.
Notes: From our collections in wonderfully diverse mountains of Gansu province.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:Ranunculaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Korea; Ullung Island
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, filtered
Height: 6”
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes:Evergreen. Clumping. White-pale pink flowers.  Glossy green leaves with purple undersides.
Notes: Plant in the foreground with other early blooming woodlanders.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Ranunculaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, filtered
Height: 6”
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping. Blue-violet flowers early spring.
Notes: Plant in the foreground with other early blooming woodlanders.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot, Large Band Pot

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6' - 10'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with fragrant white flowers and red-bracts once flowers drop.  Peeling bark.
Notes: Unique plant with year-round interest.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun
Height: 6" - 12"
Bloom Time:  July to August
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Grass like foliage.  Pink star shaped flowers.
Notes:  Native to high elevation grasslands in Drakensberg mountains.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Southern California and Mexico
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green needles.
Notes:  Surviving in a few isolated locations in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego Counties as well as northern Baja.  Formerly classified as Cupressus forbesii

Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average-moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Attributes: Deciduous rounded shrub.  Purple lacecap flowers with full double sterile flowers surrounding the center.  Slender leaves that do not detract from the floral display.
Notes:  Distinctive Hydrangea

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 4 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous rounded shrub.  Lacecap flowers open white blushed turning red.
Notes:  Distinctive Hydrangea

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 4 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous rounded shrub.  Lace-cap flowers with a ring of sea-blue sterile florets surrounding a center of rich blue fertile flowers.
Notes:  Distinctive Hydrangea. 

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, compact re blooming rounded shrub.  Rich purple double florets that like other Hydrangeas become more pink on alkaline soils.
Notes:  Also known as Hydrangea serrata 'Purple Tiers'.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

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Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Hydrangea serrata 'MAKD' USPP 24,842; CBR 5125
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 2'
Attributes: Deciduous, compact reblooming rounded shrub.  Lace-cap type with double sepals, blue in color that can range to pink or whitish.  Flowers on both old and new wood.
Notes:  Like other Hydrangeas can turn purple or blue in acidic soils.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan; Hydrangea serrata 'SMNHSDD' USPP 29,832; CBRAF
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 4 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous rounded shrub.  Lace-cap type with soft blue sterile florets encircle blue fertile flowers.
Notes:  Like other Hydrangeas can turn purple or blue in acidic soils.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Attributes: Deciduous rounded shrub.  Lavender to pink lacecap flowers with full doubling. 
Notes:  Distinctive Hydrangea.  Native to moist woodlands of Japan.  Hydrangea serrata "Amacha varieties" can be used to make a sweet tea.  Amacha translates to "Sweet Tea".  Amacha is 200 times sweeter than table sugar with almost zero calories and no caffeine.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Aquifoliaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range:  South America
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes:  Evergreen. Smooth shiny bark.  Alternate, glossy leaves.  Red fruit. 
Notes: Most report growing in zone nine and above but our plants have gone unscathed with temperatures to 15 degrees F.   Yerba Mate is grown and its leaves used for is grown for its many vitamins, minerals, and various polyphenols.  Makes a great patio plant.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Lush, fan-like foliage atop tall stems.  4.5" violet-blue flowers with yellow.
Notes:  Newly introduced, natural hybrid found in south central China.  Thought to have Iris tectorum as one of its parents.  Grows like Iris confusa.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  Oregon, California
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  part shade, Sun
Height:  8"- 14" tall
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Slender green leaves with reddish base.  1-2 flowers with creamy white arching sepals with dark purple-blue veining and yellow center.
Notes:  Native to west side of Cascades in meadows, oak savannas and open coniferous forests.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  7 - 11
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  3'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Lush, fan-like foliage atop tall stems.  Each flower stock holds up  to 75 blue flower with darker mottling and orange-yellow blotching.
Notes:  Blooms on previous seasons growth.  Usually sends out new growth in late winter.  In colder climates Iris confusa is best planted in a sheltered location to keep previous seasons growth for good flowering. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern United States
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 8"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Low growing, spreading rhizome. Small blue flowers with white falls and contrasting violet marking.
Notes: When a large drift is in full flower it is a  spectacular show.  When planted in shade is drought tolerant but when planted in sun needs regular watering.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot