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Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Fragrant creamy white, double flowers.
Notes: Discovered near the Smith River in Del Norte County.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist to average, Drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Numerous, fragrant white flowers in summer.
Notes:  Philadelphus are elated to hydrangeas and are found throughout the northern hemisphere.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Arching branches with large fragrant white flowers with purple center.
Notes: Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: W. China
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Leaves are to 5 inches long and are lance-shaped to narrowly obovate with fine, sharp toothed margins.  Bronze new growth with prominent ribbed veining.  White flowers, orange-red fruit.
Notes: Not your usual Photinia with abundant hawthorn-like flowers in spring.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Aspleniaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Shade to part shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, crinkled, wavy margins.  Forms erect-arching clumps of leathery tongue-shaped, bright green fronds.
Notes: A very unique texture.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  3 - 8
Natural Range:  AZ, AK, WA, OR, CA, MT, ID, WY; AB, BC, MB, SK
Soil:  Humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  6" - 12"
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Slow growing mounding shrub with dark green, needle-like foliage.  Pink to rose flowers.
Notes:Does best in cool soils that are damp, humus rich and sharp/gritty.  Our collection is from Washing Cascade Range.
 
Pot size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Compact, mounded cultivar with dark purple red maple-like foliage.  White flowers often tinged pink. 
Notes:  Rugged and stunning foliage plant

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Compact, mounded cultivar with gold to chartreuse, maple-like foliage.  White flowers often tinged pink. 
Notes: Brilliant foliage.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Mexico
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, Medium sized, blue green needles.
Notes: Native to northwest Mexico into the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains.  Growing at elevations of 2300-3200 m, along stream-sides and in mountain valleys.  Endangered in the wild.

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, medium sized, blue green needles.
Notes: Growing at elevations of 1600-3800 m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, medium sized, blue green needles.  Pendulous branchlets.
Notes: Usually grows in pure stands but is occasionally found mixed with Abies sibirica.  Growing at elevations of 1200-3500 m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Island)
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attributes: Evergreen.  Gold foliage.
Notes: Grant Hadwin cut this revered tree down in a misguided protest against logging in Canada.  He wondered why people only seemed to care about one tree and not a forest.  A scramble to collect cuttings after the tree was cut down resulted in a few collections.  There was even a book about written about it, The Golden Spruce.  We have a couple of specimens that we have taken subsequent cuttings from.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Western Himalaya, India to Nepal
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 70', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, Gracefully weeping, long gray - green leaves.  In the wild grows usually on N. and W. slopes between 2100 - 3600 m.  Pyramidal growth, shiny brown -  purple female cones that are pendulous.
Notes:  One of the most distinct Picea species with incredibly long pendulous branches.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Gray, irregularly flaking bark.  Upward facing, short needles.  Yellow-brown seed cones to 3" long. 
Notes: Mixed mountain forests from elevations between 1400m to 2800m.

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:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single-trunked tree with horizontally spreading branches and pyramidal crown.  Bluish green silvery, soft needles with slightly drooping habit.
Notes:  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 1,900 - 3,500m

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  9 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Broadly conical with spreading branches.  Needles in groups of two to five. 
Notes:  This variety has blue-green needles.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun
Height: 30'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Large seed cones similar to Pinus sabiniana.
Notes:  Native to elevations of 300-2,100m, usually found on dry rocky slopes and ridges among oaks.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Guatemala, Mexico
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Long green needles.  Drooping
Notes: In the wild is often associated with Gaultheria, Liquidambar, Quercus.  Native to the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala from 1000 m - 1500 m above sea level.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico; Sierra Madre Occidental
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Dark green needles of five and seven per fascicle.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus durangensis grows at moderately high altitude between 1,500 - 2,800m

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Straight trunk and level branches with dense upright branchlets.  As the tree ages it develops a flattened top.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus hwangshanensis grows at elevations of 600-3'400m above sea level in mixed temperate and montane forests and sunny ridges.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae

Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: Mexico, southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 5" long.  Ovoid seed cones are solitary or in whorls of 2-5.  The sheath around the needle fascicles is shed as the needles expand.
Notes:  The natural range is primarily in Mexico that extends into the United States.  In the wild Pinus leiophylla grows between 1600m and 3000m altitude.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  China, Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Thick grayish-brown bark.  Soft, drooping needles.
Notes: In the wild grows from near sea level to 2,000 m above sea level.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20' - 45'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen. Blue green needles with broad crown, irregular branching
Notes:  Reported to be one of the rarest trees.

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Tall, strait trunk.  Young trees have open pyramidal crown.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus maximonii grows at moderately high altitude between 600 - 2,400m. 

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:8 - 11
Natural Range: CentralMexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 12" long.  Crown is broad and rounded with dense branches. 
Notes: In the wild Pinus montezumae  grows in the mountains of Central and South Mexico where the climate is temperate at elevations between 1200m and 3600m.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Straight crown becoming broad and flattened.  Bark is smooth, becoming furrowed.  Cones maturing in 2 years
Notes: Occurs in the mountains of western north America

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun
Height: 40' - 80'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Straight or contorted trunk with rounded or flattened irregular crown.  Needles are borne with two per fascicle.  Needles to 6" inches long.
Notes:   Native from sea level to 300m , occurring along the coast and on Santa Cruz Santa Rosa  and Guadalupe islands Islands.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  9 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single, erect trunk, spreading branches forming rounded crown.  Rough, scaly bark.  Needles in fascicles of 4-5 persisting for 2-3 years.
Notes:  The national tree of Honduras.  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 2,000 - 2,400m

Pot size: 4" Band Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  10’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Curved blue green needles.  Cones formed at the branch tips.
Notes:  This form is smaller and slower growing than the species.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 -  10
Natural Range: Southern Europe
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 40', smaller in cultivation. 
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Grows with a distinct umbrella like canopy when mature.  Reddish gray bark.
Notes:  This is the true Pine Nut tree.  About $20 a pound for the tasty nut.  You too can harvest your own Pine Nuts in nearly a lifetime.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 45'-100', much smaller in cultivation. 
Attributes:  Evergreen, long gray needles giving a ghostly appearance.   Massive, heavy symmetrical, dull brown, resinous cone.  Distinct look among Pines.
Notes:  Collected in Northern California along the Trinity River.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attributes: Evergreen.  Short, dark green needles
Notes: In the wild Pinus taiwanensis grows along the Central Mountain Range at altitudes of 750 - 3000 m. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 9
Natural Range:  Mexico; Western Chihuahua, Northern Coahuila to Southeastern Chiapas
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single-trunked tree with rounded, dense crown.
Notes:  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 1,500 - 3,000m

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:8 - 11
Natural Range: SouthernMexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 7" long.  Narrow crown with numerous horizontal branches densely clothed with foliage at the tips.
Notes: In the wild Pinus techumanii  grows in the mountains of Mexico and central America at elevations between 450m and 2900m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 150', much smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, conical crown, blue green leaves to 8 inches long.  Graceful, drooping foliage.  Long cylindrical cones.
Notes:  Rare in cultivation.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 80', much smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, conical crown, blue green leaves to 11 inches long.  Graceful, drooping foliage.  Long cylindrical cones.
Notes:  Rare in cultivation.  Predominantly grows at 600 - 3000 m elevation on the high plateaus of Yunnan but extending north into Sichuan and south into Myanmar.  1 gallon size plants.

Pot Size:   2 Gallon Pot 2' - 4'

Family:  Anacardiaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: China to Philippines
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30'
Attributes: Deciduous tree with oval rounded crown.  Compound, pinnate foliage to 10" long with 10 to 12 leaflets.  Bright reddish-pink new growth, yellow, orange and red fall foliage. 
Notes: Great foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:Pittosporaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China, Japan, Taiwan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Narrow, wavy leaves to 7" long.  Formed in whorled clusters of 3-6.  White flowers.
Notes: Textually interesting and reliably hardy shrub that is still relatively uncommon in cultivation.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Family: Platanaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25' - 75'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous, palmate, deeply lobed with small serrated margins.  Erect trunk with mottled white and gray flaking bark.  Yellow fall foliage
Notes:  Naturally found in moist areas near rivers and streams.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Platanaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Arizona, New Mexico and south into Mexico
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25' - 75'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous, palmate, deeply lobed with small serrated margins.  Erect trunk with mottled white and gray flaking bark.
Notes:  A stunning and quite rare native Sycamore.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot