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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:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: Flower spikes 12"-18"
Attributes:  Evergreen, Yellow leaves pink underside of the leaf.  Flowers are white with red spotting.
Notes:  The low rosette of foliage is attractive with a radiating pattern of color emanating from the base.  The flowers look like butterflies hovering above.  These will form patches from red runners where new plants form at the tips.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: Flower spikes 12"-18"
Attributes:  Evergreen, Silver and green with pink underside of the leaf.  Flowers are white with red spotting.
Notes:  The low rosette of foliage is attractive with a radiating pattern of color emanating from the base.  The flowers look like butterflies hovering above.  These will form patches from red runners where new plants form at the tips.

Pot Size:  4" 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:  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:  1 Gallon 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:  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:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to shade
Height: 30'
Bloom Time: July to August
Attributes: Deciduous.  Woody-stemmed, climbing vine with heart shaped leaves.  Swirled pink flat topped, lace cap Hydrangea-like flowers to 10" across.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Works well climbing up trees or masonry.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: California, Oregon
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  60' - 100'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Flat, bright green needles to 1" long.  Reddish-brown bark on straight trunk, flaring at the base.
Notes:  These are one of the tallest trees that can take over 400 years to reach three hundred and fifty feet tall.  They can live over 2,000 years. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 12" - 18” Tall

Family:  Elaeagnaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average to dry
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4' - 8'
Bloom Time:  March
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous. Silvery foliage.  Small yellow flowers with red berries in fall.
Notes:  Great clove scented flowers.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot 12" - 18"

Family:  Elaeagnaceae
Zone:  2 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average to dry
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4' - 8'
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous. Gray green leaves brown scales on the undersides of the leaves.  Small yellow flowers with red berries in fall.
Notes:  Like other Elaeagnus the silvery foliage is the main attraction.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot 12" - 18"

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:  Fabaceae
Zone:  7(8) - 9
Natural Range:  New Zealand
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun
Height:  2' -4'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Contorted, wiry stems with small evergreen pinnate leaves.  Yellow pea-like flowers.
Notes: Best when planted in a protected spot in cooler climates.

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; North-west Yunnan, Cangshan Range
Family:  Rosaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 20 feet tall
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Crimson fruit becoming pink later in the season.  Orange-yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Great fall foliage

Pot Size:  Medium 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: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30"
Bloom Time:  May-July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Blue green leaves with Orange-red fall foliage.  Deep rose pink flowers in umbels.
Notes:  Native to higher elevations of the Cascades. 

Pot size:  Deep Round 2" 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:  4" 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:  1 Gallon 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!

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Southeastern United States
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well-drained loamy soil
Light: Part sun, Sun
Height: 10' 
Bloom Time:  July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large white flowers with orange-yellow anthers and purple stamen filaments.  Scarlet fall foliage.
Notes:  Found growing as an understory shrub in the Appalachian Mountains.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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-orange fall foliage.  Horizontal branches and smooth cinnamon, mottled bark.
Notes:  A must have for any garden for year round interest.

Pot Size:  Medium 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.  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:  Medium 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-orange fall foliage.
Notes:  This form has upright leader with undulating side branching and pendant habit.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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: 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:  This is a columnar form.

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