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Family:  Onagraceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Mexico south through Guatemala
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 3'  to 6'
Bloom Time: July to September
Attributes: Evergreen to semi-evergreen.  Oval, glossy green leaves reminiscent of the herb thyme.  Numerous, small bright rosy magenta flowers
Notes: Smaller and delightful species and one of my favorites.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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Pot Size:  4" 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:  Theaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Franklinia alatamaha x Gordonia lasianthus
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 6' - 10'
Attributes:  Semi-evergreen.  Inter-generic hybrid between Franklinia and Gordonia.  Two inch white flowers.
Notes:  Introduced by Thomas Ranney at NCSU.  Combines hardiness of Franklinia with the cultural ease of Gordonia.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Protaeceae
Zone: 7 - 11
Natural Range: Tasmania
Soil:  Average, Well drained
Light: sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Broadleaf evergreen shrub with pendant clusters of honeysuckle-like red-orange flowers starting in fall and going through winter.
Notes:  One of the hardiest members of the Grevillea.  Avoid using too much fertilizer, too much can kill them.

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, India and Nepal
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 4'
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Bloom Time:  August to October
Attributes:  Deciduous, A short slender Hedychium with arching stems, broad banana like dark green leaves to 1' long.  Dense mass of cream-colored flowers and orange stamens.  Summer flowering.
Notes:  What a stunner!!!!!  In the wild Hedychium ellipticum grows to about 1800m.  Plant in a slightly shady yet moist and warm location.  The rhizome is very shallow, often the top is at the surface, so mulch with straw or leaves for frost protection.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Zingiberaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White flowers with orange.
Notes:  Collected in Sichuan Province near Boaxing by Dan Hinkley.  This is a reliable bloomer and a very hardy species.  We mulch crowns in Autumn.

Pot Size:  4" 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: Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid; PP30,763
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: This selection has a more compact habit and earlier bloom time.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  6' - 12'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous. Narrow, velvet-like leaves with large buds.  Typically large blue-purple lacecap flowers and white sterile florets. 
Notes:  This selection is a mophead form that is creamy white starting out with a tinge of green, known to come from Emei Shan in Sichuan.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Shade, part sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 18" tall.  Leaves are silver-green.  White with  yellow flowers.  Blooms are yellow and white late summer through fall.
Notes:  This is a newer introduced form from China, has outstanding foliage for a lightly shaded garden.  Keep moist and plant in less shade for best flowers.
 
Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Restionaceae
Zone:7- 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 5'
Bloom Time:  Summer to Fall
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense clumps with upright dark green reed-like arching stems.  Whorls of thread-like leaves along each segment.  
Notes: Can freeze to the ground in very cold winters and is reported to re-sprout in the spring with temps around 10 degrees.  Restios look especially great when planted in a large ornamental pot, showing off its dramatic foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Lythraceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid;  L. indica and L. fauriei
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Mahogany, cinnamon red smooth bark.  Fragrant white flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.  Spreading canopy with age. 
Notes:  Reported to be mildew resistant.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Lythraceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Japan
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Mahogany, cinnamon red smooth bark.  Fragrant white flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.  Spreading canopy with age. 
Notes:  This cultivar comes from Japan

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Campanulaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chili
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time: July to November
Attributes:  Deciduous, Scarlet -  red tubular flowers, fuzzy gray - green foliage.
Notes:  Hummingbirds love this plant.  Plants will bloom  from summer until fall. Often they are still blooming in November.  In the garden plant in moist, humus rich, well drained soil in full sun.  Plants are noted to reach six feet tall, however our plants have only grown three feet tall

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light: Part shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  May to June, September to November
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy, dark green leaves.  Orange-red new growth.  Yellow flowers.  Blue fruit.
Notes: A shorter growing, multi-branched Mahonia.  Unlike most Mahonia this hybrid has both flowers and fruit at the same time.  Hybrid named after Ozzie Johnson.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Phrymaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Bloom Time:  June to October
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 24" tall.  Summer blooming. Orange to scarlet red tubular flowers. Thick, fleshy tuber like root.
Notes:  This is a perennial Mimulus that hummingbirds go crazy for.  The foliage emerges early in the spring and slowly starts to put up a flowering stem.  By early summer it is in full flower.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:Hydrangeaceae
Natural Range: China;  China
Zone: 7 - 9
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height:  10' - 20'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attracts:Bees
Attributes: Evergreen.  Self clinging vine with large clusters of small creamy-white flowers.  Dark green, leathery foliage.
Notes:  Looks cool climbing up a tall evergreen tree.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Convallariaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 4” 
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Bloom Time: Fall
Attributes:Evergreen, upright, grass like foliage.  Scented reddish-magenta flower with paler center.
Notes:Selection made by Kelley and Sue of Far Reaches.  Shorter and wider leaves in comparison to the typical Reineckia carnea.  An easily grown and care free lily relative that can actually be quite drought tolerant once established.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Convallariaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 15”
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Bloom Time: Fall
Attributes:Evergreen, upright, grass like foliage.  Scented reddish-magenta flower with paler center.
Notes:Only one species is recognized but there are distinct clonal differences.  This form is a taller plant.  An easily grown and care free lily relative that can actually be quite drought tolerant once established.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 15'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Evergreen, 10' - 15' tall.  Large leaves.  Sprays of small white flowers in fall.
Notes: A tropical looking species that is a spectacular foliage plant for temperate gardens.  This is one of those plants that you say.......what, hardy?.............awesome! Grows similar to Fatsia.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 15'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen. Narrow leaflets, giving a whorled texture.  Upright trunk branching with age. 
Notes: A very hardy and tropical looking species coming from high elevations in the mountains of Taiwan.  These have had no dammage with temperatures to around 5 degrees.

Pot Size:  Quart Pot

Family: Styracaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  White flowers with maroon seed pods.  Yellow new foliage, turning dark red purple in the fall.
Notes:  Refined and elegant small tree for the lightly shady garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Restionaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3'
Bloom Time:  Summer to Fall
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense clumps with upright, grey reed-like arching stems.  Whorls of thread-like leaves along each segment.  
Notes: Very interesting congested tufts of foliage.  Restios look especially great when planted in a large ornamental pot, showing off its dramatic foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Gesneriaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan, Taiwan, China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Shade, part sun
Height:  12" - 24"
Bloom Time: September
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Tuberous rhizome.  Fuzzy foliage.  Fleshy stems with bright yellow flowers and red center.
Notes: Native to damp forests and cliffs and is found growing with orchids ferns and Arisaema.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 12" - 24"
Bloom Time: Late summer into Fall
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:Deciduous.  Tall stems with white flowers with purple spotting.
Notes: A Japanese cultivar.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Liliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height: 27" - 31"
Bloom Time:  September to October
Attributes: Deciduous.  Vase-shaped cum with upright stems.  Creamy white, lily-like flowers with burgundy-purple spots.
Notes:A popular selection in the cut flower industry in Japan.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Liliaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height: 12"-24"
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes: Deciduous, Fall blooming.  Foliage is heavily spotted with purple.  Tall, upright stems with lavender flowers spotted purple.
Notes: One of the best Tricyrtis for spotted foliage.  In the wild they grow on rocky cliffs in forests and woodlands.  Work well and look good in a hanging basket.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Liliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height: 27" - 31"
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Yellow leaf margins.  Reddish purple to blue violet speckled blossoms.
Notes:Excellent perennial for late season color to the shade garden.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Liliaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan, Taiwan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height: 3'
Bloom Time:  September to October
Attributes: Deciduous. Pale lilac flowers with green spotted leaves.
Notes:Nice spotted leaves

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Liliaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height: 12"-24"
Bloom Time:  Fall
Attributes: Deciduous, Fall blooming.  Yellow bell shaped flowers with red spotting.
Notes:  In the wild they grow on rocky cliffs in forests and woodlands.  Work well and look good in a hanging basket.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot