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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:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 10' - 20'
Attributes: Evergreen tree or large shrub.  Greenish yellow flowers.  Attractive leaves with prominent yellow veining.  Dark purple-black fruit.
Notes:  From our Gansu collections.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid; USPP 20,372
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Bees
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous vine.  Early flowering, long-lasting violet-blue flowers with contrasting dark stamen.
Notes: Blooms on both old and new growth.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China; Sichuan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 13'
Bloom Time: March to April
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pinnate foliage.  Many white flowers in clusters of 2-5. 
Notes: A delightful and graceful species that is suitable for draping over bushes and smaller trees in the garden.  From our collections in Sichuan during our 2013 expedition.  Found growing scrambling through rhododendrons at 3600m elevation. 

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 35"
Bloom Time: September
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping, non-climbing variety, forming bushy upright habit.  Clusters of deep blue-purple flowers.  Fluffy seed head in fall. 
Notes: This form has darker flowers than the typical form.  Works well in a perennial border or lightly shaded garden.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time: July to October
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous to evergreen.  Bright yellow bell flowers.
Notes: Attractive green foliage that does not overpower the flowers.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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: 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: North America
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous. Pink flowers with reddish buds.  Yellow fall foliage
Notes: Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Merit.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

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: Ericaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with upright, layered branching and pink, green and white variegated foliage.  Pendulous clusters of lightly fragrant white flowers in summer. 
Notes: Originally found by Takeda Hisayoshia and his son on Shikoku Island Japan.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China;  W. Hubei and E. Sichuan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous. Attractive rounded structural growth.  White, scented flowers in panicles to nearly 10 inches long.  Cinnamon brown bark. 
Notes: Summersweets radiate a subtle elegance that only few shrubs display.

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: Myricaceae
Zone:2 - 9
Natural Range:   Eastern North America
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 2' - 5'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with simple, narrow, deeply notched light green to dark olive green leaves to about 4" long.  Yellowish green flowers, burr-like fruit.  Aromatic foliage.
Notes:  Adaptable to a range of soil conditions and can be quite drought tolerant once established.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pteridaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China; Mt. Emie
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: part sun-shade
Height: 24"
Attributes:  Evergreen, clumping, bold green leaves with yellow - lime green striping.
Notes: Unique form of Bamboo Fern.  Get them while they last.
Companion plants:  Asarum, Trillium, Epimedium, Cypripedium, Podophyllum

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  Washington, Idaho
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 8"
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy green foliage often turning purplish in the winter.  Unusual greenish yellow flowers in spring.  Slowly spreading rhizome.
Notes:  Some patience is needed however for these to fully settle in and show off there nature. Since they are slow to propagate they are only sporadically available.  We have found that a good hummus rich soil with lots of loose compost helps get these indispensable evergreen ground-covers off and growing.  Related to Beesia and Cimicifuga.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Asparagaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil:  Average, humus rich well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: Seasonal bloomer
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Greenish-white to purple brown fragrant flowers.
Notes: Small single trunk with 5" wide leaves.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone: 3 - 9 
Natural Range: Eastern North America
Soil: Average to moist
Light: Part shade
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies
Attributes: 15' tall.  Small deciduous tree or large multi-stemmed shrub with distinctive tiered and layered horizontal branches.  Fragrant white flowers.  This form has green and white variegation
Notes: One of the most attractive deciduous trees for the woodland garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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Family: Cornaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
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:  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:2 - 8
Natural Range:North America
Soil:  Moist humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 4" - 8"
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Elliptic, glossy green leaves to 2" long formed in a false whorl at the top of a stem.  Flowers are surrounded with white bracts.  Clusters of red berries in late summer.
Notes:  Extremely attractive ground-cover once established.  Needs to be planted in the same type of soil as Rhododendrons and other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  Medium Band 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:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:Cornaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 30'
Pest Resistance: NA
Bloom Time: May to June
Attributes:Deciduous tree with distinctive horizontal branching in tiers.  Cornus controversa along with Cornus alternifolia are the only two dogwoods that feature alternate leaves. Small white flowers in flattened clusters.
Notes:Great layered branching and red stems.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot 3' - 4'

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen or Semi-evergreen with thick, glossy, bright green leaves to 3" long that turn purplish in winter.  White bracts surround a center of yellowish-green flowers.
Notes:  Originally introduced into commerce by John Elsley of Wayside Gardens in 1993.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen or Semi-evergreen with thick, glossy, bright green leaves to 3" long that turn purplish in winter.  White bracts surround a center of yellowish-green flowers.
Notes:  This form has cream and yellow variegation.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3'

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Numerous pink flowers.
Notes:  Pink flowering selection from Japan.  Smaller stature making 'Benji Fuji' a good choice for smaller gardens.

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, 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:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Yellow-green variegated leaves.  Pure white flowers.  Bright gold and pink fall foliage.
Notes:  Charming variegated selection from Japan.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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.  Wide chartreuse yellow border.  Pure white flowers.  Bright orange-red fall foliage.
Notes:  An attractively shaped, low-maintenance under-story tree for shady gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3'

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:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot 8" - 12"

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous.  Green foliage with white flowers, blue fruit in fall.  Red and purple fall foliage.  Burgundy stems in winter
Notes:  Compact selection.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot