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Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, white flowers.  Scarlet fruit.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot, 4" Band Pot

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Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  November to January
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, narrow, glossy leaves.  Extremely fragrant greenish white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attributes: Evergreen, scalloped green leaves with silver markings between the veining.  Numerous white flowers.
Notes:  From Gotemba Nursery in Japan.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attributes: Evergreen, scalloped green leaves with silver markings between the veining.  Numerous white flowers.
Notes:  Collected in China by Dan Hinkley.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Spain, North Africa
Soil:  average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 2" - 4"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attributes: Evergreen rosettes of gray-white toothed leaves.  White flowers held above the foliage.
Notes:  Saxifraga longifolia is found growing on rocky outcroppings in the Pyrenees and Atlas Mountains.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Schisandraceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous vine.  Reddish orange mini-Magnolia-like flowers with dangling clusters of red fruit when pollinated.
Notes: In the wild Magnolia Vines are found growing in forests, thickets.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Schisandraceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous vine.  Reddish orange mini-Magnolia-like flowers with dangling clusters of red fruit when pollinated.
Notes: In the wild Magnolia Vines are found growing in forests, thickets.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Malvaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  36"
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Rosettes of small glossy palmate leaves.  Vibrant pink flowers on tall spikes.
Notes:  Great for pollinators.
 
Pot size:  4" Pot

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 7-10
Natural Range: China; Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time: May
Attributes: Deciduous, shrub or small tree.  Ovate, green leaves to 6" long, dentate margins.  Pendulous racemes of apetalous green flower.  Male catkins 2.5" long and female to 1.25" long, elongating to 6" long as black seed capsules form.
Notes:  A monotypic genus native to forests of China where it is a near threatened species.

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 2' - 3'
Attributes: Deciduous.  New foliage emerges in red,orange and pink tones turning bright yellow-chartreuse.  White flower plumes in summer.
Notes:  Much smaller growing selection.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Rosaceae
Soil:  Average  to moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pinkish new growth with prominent veining.  White flowers.  Brownish fruit.
Notes:  A choice species that is not often available.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Rosaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 1' - 2'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White flowers, pinkish-red fruit.  Small, glossy green leaves that turn shads of red and orange in the fall.
Notes:  A nice small growing species.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Rosaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 20 feet tall
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright red-orange new growth with deeply pleated texture from leaf veining.  Large white flowers with green fruit, spotted brown and blushed with red when in more sun.  Nice structural branching.
Notes:  This species is tentatively ID as S. caloneura but seems distinct.  The fruit on this species is very hard, as a result they last well into fall and after the foliage has dropped.  Stunning fall foliage ranging from yellow to red.  We collected this form near the top of Fanjinshan at 2300 m.  It was a nice sunny day and the fall foliage was particularly nice with bright red coloration running the ridge-line.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  20'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright red-orange new growth with deeply pleated texture from leaf veining.  Large white flowers with green fruit, spotted brown and blushed with red when in more sun.  Nice structural branching.
Notes:  The fruit on this species is very hard, as a result they last well into fall and after the foliage has dropped.  Stunning fall foliage ranging from yellow to red.  We collected this form near the top of Leigongshan Mountain at 2100 m.  This day on our trip was cold wet and foggy making it quite difficult to see what was around but we managed to find some treasures.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 2.5'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Deep orange new growth turning bright yellow.  Dark purple blooms in late spring.
Notes:  Sterile, triploid hybrid developed by Tom Ranney of NCSU.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Staphyleaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: S.E. France, Italy, Western Ukraine, Balkans
Soil:  Average, humus rich well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  10'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deciduous.  Suckering shrub with White flowers.
Notes: Curious puffed fruits.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Lardizabalaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: February to March
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Evergreen, palmately lobed foliage.  White-yellow flowers.
Notes: Native to dense forests and mountain slopes.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family: Lardizabalaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Evergreen. Dark green, palmate leaves with 5-6 leaflets.  Dangling bell-shaped white flowers.  Large purple fruit.
Notes:  Great foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Stemonaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Japan
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Vine like perennial with whorled leaves.  Green-yellow flower with purple stamens. 
Notes: Used medicinally.
 
Pot size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Asia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous.  White camellia like flowers with deep red buds.  Red fall foliage.  Upright layered branching.  Cinnamon colored bark. 
Notes: All Stewartia are among the most elegant structural small trees for the temperate garden.  Something for all seasons!

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan; Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large, white camellia like flowers.  Red fall foliage.  Horizontal branches and smooth cinnamon, mottled bark.
Notes:  Selected from the Polly Hill Arboretum.  Larger flowers and brilliant bark.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan; Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  White camellia like flowers.  Red fall foliage.  Horizontal branches and smooth cinnamon, mottled bark.  This form has silver leaves turning more silver as the leaves age.  Striking red stems contrast against the leaves.
Notes:  Beautiful form of pseudocamellia selected by Guy and Chiyoko Meacham.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous.  White camellia like flowers with deep red buds.  Red fall foliage.  Upright layered branching.  Cinnamon colored bark. 
Notes: All Stewartia are among the most elegant structural small trees for the temperate garden.  Something for all seasons!

Pot Size:  Medium Band 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: Theaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  S. monadelpha x S. pseudocamellia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Two inch white camellia like flowers.  Red fall foliage.  Horizontal branches and smooth cinnamon, mottled bark.
Notes:  A nice intermediate form between both parents with bark like S. pseudocamellia flowers  more like S. monadelpha.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Styracaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: May  to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Fragrant white bell flowers in racemes.
Notes:  Mature trees are extremely showy and will be covered in blossoms.

Pot Size:  Medium Band 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.  Large, bell like white flowers in mass.  Dark purple foliage.  Rounded fruit in fall.  Keep in a bit more sun for best foliage.
Notes:  Great flower and foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Styracaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: May  to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  White bell flowers in racemes.
Notes: A Far Reaches Farm and Steve Hootman of the Rhododendron Species Foundation collection of beautiful Styrax from Guizhou China.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Styracaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: May  to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large foliage with fragrant white flowers in showy clusters.
Notes: Fuzzy leaves that are much larger than other Styrax.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Styracaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China; Western Sichuan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 9'
Bloom Time: May  to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  White flowers in racemes of 3-5. 
Notes: Smaller species that is known for its free-flowering habit.  In the wild S. wilsonii grows on scrubby, rocky hillsides and along stream banks between 1300 - 1700 m.  Rare species offered, limited numbers available.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Sycopsis sinensis x Parrotia persica
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  February to March
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Growth resembling Parrotia.  This form has thick, leathery leaves with deep green circled with light green.  Good autumn color, ranging from yellow to orange.  Red frilly flowers.
Notes: Parrotia-like structure and with showy red flowers when little else is blooming.  I find that paring this rare find with Sarcococca near the main entry is a good way to feel good during the doldrums of winter.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, foliage is 24" tall bloom spikes are up to 7' tall.  Blooms in summer. Unusual umbells of upward facing pink, and white flowers.  Silver, pubescent new growth.  Mature foliage can be more than 1' across with deeply toothed, narrow foliage.  Broadly toothed segments. 
Notes:  This woodland composite is a must have for the foliage enthusiast.  In early spring the foliage emerges from the soil looking like Shaggy Mane Mushrooms.  One of three species of Syneilesis.  S. palmata over time will form a sizeable patch, creating an invaluable focal point in the shady garden.  I have found that S. palmata takes shade better than s. acontifolia but needs to keept cool and moist.  Syneilesis palmata is reported to adapt well to a moderately dry shaded garden.  One of my top five favorite foliage plants.  Rare but becoming increasingly popular with collectors.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Taxaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  25' - 50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Shrub or small tree.  Flattened needles with red fruit in fall.  Peeling red and brown bark. 
Notes:  Slow growing with drooping, horizontal branching.  West of the Cascades Taxus brevifolia is often found as an understory tree.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  48"
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Striking black stems when grown in sun.  Lacy foliage with purple flowers.
Notes:  Very showy for the back of the border.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot