Deer Resistance

Family: Asparagaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil:  Average
Light: Part sun
Height: 2' - 3'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Clumping growth with broad, glossy leaves spotted with creamy specks.
Notes:Aspidistra are slow growing but are extremely durable, tolerating shade, dry soils.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Apiaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Europe
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Shade, part shade
Height:  12” – 24”
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Pronounced, long-lasting, pink bracts.
Notes: So much detail to the flower on closer look.
 
Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chili, Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to Sun
Height: 6" - 10"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen ground-cover of crowded fronds with taller fertile fronds.
Notes:  Grows like a larger scale version of Austroblechnum penna-marina.  Our stock plants were shared with us by fern aficionado Judith Jones of Fancy Fronds Nursery.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to Sun
Height: 6"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, Orange-red new growth.  Thick dark green, glossy fronds.
Notes: Grows faster with constant moisture.  Spreading rhizome making a ground-cover over time.  Recently re-classified from Blechnum to Austroblechnum.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family: Apiaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Chile, Argentina
Soil:  Average, gritty well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 2"
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense rounded mounds of glossy dark green, rosettes. Yellow flowers in summer.
Notes:  In the wild the clumps are extremely dense, making perfect rounded patches among rocky areas.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part shade-shade
Bloom Time:May to September
Height: 16"
Attributes: White flowers held above the foliage.  Heart shaped, evergreen, glossy bronze-green leaves.
Notes:  One of the  best foliage plants for the shady garden.  Durable and showy.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  India
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  18"
Bloom Time:  Fall
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deep green leaves with burgundy undersides.
Notes: Eye-catching coloration.  Great in containers.  This species originated from the forests of Northeastern India.  Mulch crown in fall.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  18"
Bloom Time:  Fall
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Silver and dark green leaves with deep red on the underside.  Pink flowers fall and winter.
Notes: This species originated from the forests of Northeastern India.  Mulch crown in fall.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  18"
Bloom Time:  Fall
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deeply cut glossy green foliage with red on the underside. 
Notes: This species originated from the forests of Northeastern India.  Mulch crown in fall.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range:  Chile
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Sun
Height: 4' - 8'
Bloom Time:  March to May
Attracts:  Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy, dark green leaves.  Rich orange flowers.
Notes: More compact when given full sun.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Great Plant Picks

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Berberidaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, Well drained
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 5'
Attributes: Dense evergreen shrub.  Narrow dark green leaves with pale yellow flowers in summer and dark blue fruit in winter.
Notes:  Attractive foliage plant.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 8'
Bloom Time: 
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Yellow flowers from 15-25 clusterd at one joint.  Black fruit.  Long, lanceolae leaves to 5" long with short spiny margins. 
Notes: One of the finest Berberis for foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Tibet
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 6' - 12'
Bloom Time:  March to May
Attracts:  Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Abundant hanging clusters of yellow flowers followed by pink fruit.  Bright red fall foliage.
Notes: Introduced by Cistus Nursery.  More compact when given full sun.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Attributes:  Evergreen, yellow flowers in summer, blue fruit in fall.  powdery white underneath the immature foliage.  Dark green whorled foliage on mature plants.
Notes:  Berberis Kawakamii is a hardy and substantial species with thick dark green and glossy leaves.  When in flower the branches are clad in numerous bright yellow flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range:  Tibet
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 4' - 8'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees, Birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Arching stems, with glaucous foliage with white beneath.  Pale yellow flowers to about 1/2" long.  Red fall foliage.  Red fruit.
Notes: Striking species discovered by Kingdon Ward on Temo La. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Asparagaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Mexico
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 4" - 6'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green and yellow variegated foliage.  Pink colored flower stalks with reddish pink bracts.
Notes: Great tropical look.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Missouri
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30 - 60 feet tall
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Fast-growing muti-trunked tree or single trunk tree with Salmon-pink to reddish brown exfoliating bark.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  This Adaptable and heat tolerant birch was introduced by Early Cully.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: South America
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 3' - 5'
Attributes:  Semi-evergreen.  Orange-bronze new growth.  Thick, dark green, crinkly fronds.  Spreading rhizome.  Like all Blechnum species new growth doesn't emerge until late in the spring.  Will continually send up new growth during the growing season.  
Notes:  Very bold and exotic looking fern for temperate gardens.  In cold climates best if fronds are left on to insulate during cold spells.  Clean up fronds late winter early spring.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Blechnaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 3'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen. Thick leathery triangular fronds eventually forming a trunk
Notes:  Syn.  Lomariocycas tabularis.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid; Bletilla striata x Bletilla szechuanica
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pale pink with darker purple markings and yellow center.
Notes:  This is a very large growing hybrid that can get taller than three feet tall.

Pot Size:  Blooming Size Pseudobulb

Family:Orchidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China, Vietnam
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  12"- 24"
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attributes:  Deciduous, Large creamy yellow flowers with orange back to petals, red spotted and deep yellow throat.
Notes:  Bletilla ochracea are not as cold hardy as Bletilla striata but they offer an attractive alternative color to the usual pinks.  Usually flowers a bit later than Bletilla striata. Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial border.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for months.  Bletillas can be grown in a pot if kept cool but not too cool and a bit on the dryer side during the winter.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot, Bare Root

Family:Orchidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  12"- 18"
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes:  Deciduous, White blushed pink flowers with bright yellow throat.  Darker pinkish terracotta pink buds and back of petals.
Notes:  First release of this KIGN Introduction.  Like other Bletilla ochracea they start to flower a bit later than B. striata.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot full

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attributes: Deciduous.  Each flowering stem hold up to 20 deep magenta flowers with darker highlights.
Notes:  This vigorous selection has much larger flowers and stature than other Bletilla.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 1'- 2' tall.  Blooms summer.  Slender, dark pink blooms with dark lip and yellow spotted red throat.
Notes:  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial border.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for nearly three months.  There are many Bletilla hybrids that have been created, but they are difficult to find.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Orchidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  18" - 24"
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attributes:  Deciduous, Dark pink flowers. 
Notes:  This selection is a uniformly darker pink than some other Bletilla striata forms.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Sun-part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12”- 24” tall.  Blooms in spring - summer.  Magenta blooms, reminiscent of a Catalaya.
Notes:  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial border.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for nearly three months.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Great Plant Picks

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 1'- 2' tall.  Blooms summer.  Lighter magenta blooms with dark lip and yellow spotted red throat.
Notes:  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial border.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for nearly three months.  There are many Bletilla hybrids that have been created, but they are difficult to find.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot, Large Band Pot

Natural Range:  Hybrid;  
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Sun, Part sun
Height:  12" - 18"
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Blooms in spring - summer.  Blue - blue violet.  Strap like foliage.
Notes:  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial garden.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for months.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Natural Range:  China, Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Sun, Part sun
Height:  12" - 18"
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Blooms in spring - summer.  Blue - blue violet.  Strap like foliage.
Notes:  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial garden.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for months.
Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, spring sun
Height:  12"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen. Yellow and white flowers.
Notes:  New series of Calanthe orchid hybrids from Japanese breeder Mr. Kojima

Pot Size:  Large Flowering Size Plants 2 growing points

Family:  Orchidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, spring sun
Height:  12"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Red to russet orange flowers highlighted by white and yellow throat. Large pleated leaves.
Notes:  

Pot Size:Large blooming size plants