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Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 12'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Creamy yellow and bright red stems in winter.  Deep green leaves that turn yellow in fall.
Notes:  Great winter bark color.

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Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Central and Eastern China
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 10' - 20'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Slow growing with rounded canopy with slender upright branching.  Exfoliating copper orange to cinnamon bark.  Orange red fall foliage.  Toothed, trifoliate leaves to 5" long.
Notes:  Extremely ornamental for its large curls of peeling bark that remain on the tree.

Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 12'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Creamy white new growth with dark green veins.  Leaves fade to green in the summer.  Yellow and orange fall foliage.
Notes:  Shines in the spring garden.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 12'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Crinkly leaves with white margins turning pinkish later in the season.  Yellow and red fall foliage.
Notes:  Upright form

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Natural Range: Northeastern United States to Eastern Canada
Soil:  Moist to average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade to shade
Height: 15' - 25'
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes:  Deciduous. Rounded but uneven crown.  Green and white snakebark.  Obovate, three-lobed leaves to 7" long.  New growth is pinkish bronze.  Bright yellow fall foliage.  Pendant racemes to 6" long in spring.  Winged samaras.
Notes:  Under-story maple native to moist rocky forests through the Appalachians to Georgia.  A perfect and attractive maple for a shady garden. 1 gallon size pots

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern and Central Europe and Western Asia
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  12’
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Air Pollution
Attributes:  Deciduous, dark green leaves.  Dense leaves cladding the columnar trunk
Notes:  Extremely difficult to propagate making Curly Lamppost rarely available.

Pot size: 1 gallon pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 12'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate, toothed leaves that emerge bright red.  Lime green foliage as the season progresses.  Orange-red fall new foliage.
Notes:  Great for small gardens or containers.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 12'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Narrow, palmate leaves.  Downward arching branches.  Orange-yellow fall foliage
Notes:  Great for small gardens or containers.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot 3' - 4'

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Manchuria, Korea
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 20 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous, large three lobed leaves with snakebark striped silver bark.
Notes:  One of the nicest of the snakebark maples.  The foliage alone is reason enough, with its large leaves.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 2' - 4'

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Manchuria China, North and South Korea
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 25'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Densely-branched, rounded crown.  Gray-brown exfoliating bark in vertical strips.  Trifoliate leaves to 3" long that turn bright orange to red in fall.
Notes:  One of the better maples for fall color.

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Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 6 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid; A. davidii and A. pennsylvanicum
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 10'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Striped bark with pink and green splashed new growth turning to cream-white and green.  Bark turns scarlet and white.
Notes:  This form has a weeping habit with a dramatic cascade effect with age.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 4-9
Natural Range:  China;  Himalayan Mountains
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich well
Light:  shade, part shade
Height:  6"-12"
Bloom Time:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, dark purple stipe, red-pink new growth, dark green fronds.
Notes:  Low growing mat forming groundcover fern that can form broad dense stands.  One of the best ferns EVER!!!!!!

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Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves with rounded crown.  Bright red-orange fall foliage.  Greenish-yellow flowers to 12" long. 
Notes:  This selection is a narrow, upright form with better fall color.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Deeply lobed, cut-leaf. Small white flowers.
Notes:  Smaller growing than the species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves that emerge pale greenish or greyish yellow turning lime green with white cast. Small white flowers.
Notes:  Smaller growing than the species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid; A hippocastanum x pavia
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  30'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Compound leaves edged with a prominent golden-yellow margin.  Smaller leaves than the typical A. x carnea.  Pale red flowers.
Notes:  Tropical looking.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Bright peachy pink new spring growth.  Leaves turn creamy white and eventually turn green.  Pale yellow flowers.
Notes:  A rarely offered form that has amazing foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Lardizabalaceae
Zone:6 - 10
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Cream and green colored leaves.  Purple flowers.  Sausage shaped edible fruit when pollinated.
Notes:  Great foliage.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Shade, part shade
Height: 4" - 6"
Bloom Time:  April to  May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, simple leaves with white flowers.
Notes: Simple yet beautiful early spring perennial for the shady garden.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' tall.  Nodding white flowers that hover over the ferny foliage. Summer blooming.  Clumping
Notes:  Very rare white flower form.  Elegant and refined perennial for a lightly shady garden.  Looks like a cross between Anemone and Cimicifuga.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' tall.  Nodding white with purple flowers that hover over the ferny foliage.  Summer blooming.  Clumping
Notes:  Very rare double flower form.  Elegant and refined perennial for a lightly shady garden.  Looks like a cross between Anemone and Cimicifuga.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Araceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Height: 2' - 3' tall
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Tall stalks with whorled, radial leaf with 12 leaflets with drip-tips.  Large pitcher-like green or carmine striped spathe.
Notes:  One of the easiest Arisaema species to grow.

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: sun, part shade
Height: 8-14"
Attributes: Deciduous.  Ground-cover type of growth with glossy foliage, white flowers in spring, dark purple berries in late summer, and orange-red fall foliage.
Notes:  Developed by Dr. Mark Brand, University of Connecticut.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun-part shade
Height:  4" - 6"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Dense foliage in tiny mound with short sprays of light pink flowers. 

Notes: Rare Astilbe endemic to the mountains of Yakushima Japan.

Family: Garryaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade to shade.
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Mat-green leaves with toothed edges.  Star shaped, dark purple-red flowers.  This form has wider leaves and small yellow spotting.
Notes: A Cistus Nursery introduction. Attractive small, open shrub from the cool forests of China. 

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade to shade.
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Mat-green leaves with toothed edges.  Star shaped, dark purple-red flowers with yellow pollen.
Notes: Attractive small, open shrub from the cool forests of China. 

Pot Size:  Large 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" Band Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range: S Chile, S Argentina
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25' - 50'
Attributes:  Evergreen, short trunk and narrow crown.  Red-brown bark, peeling in threads.
Notes:  Native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and Argentina.

Pot Size:  Small Band 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.
Companion plants: Trillium, Podophyllum, Smilacina

Pot Size:  4" Pot Size

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Deciduous. Red stems with dark green foliage speckled with silvery white.  Pink flowers.
Notes:  A showy species. Mulch crown in colder zones. A Shayne Chandler and Dan Hinkley collection.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

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

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Kyrgzstan, Tajikistan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  12'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Narrow, pyramidal form.  Attractive white exfoliating bark with gray and orange tones.  
Notes: Extremely showy exfoliating white bark.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  West Himalaya, Kashmir, Central Nepal
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White exfoliating bark.  Ovate, double-serrate leaves that turn golden in fall.  
Notes: These are seed grown plants from the white-barked Jacquemontii Birch.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  West Himalaya, Kashmir, Central Nepal
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White exfoliating bark.  Ovate, double-serrate leaves that turn golden in fall.  
Notes: Noted for its exceptionally white bark.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family: Lamiaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 6'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous. Pink flowers that cover the branches in summer.  Bright purple berries in fall and winter.
Notes:  This variety is loaded with purple fruit

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:   China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Bloom Time:  April to September
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with reddish brown scented flowers spring - summer.  Yellow fall color.
Notes:  Selected by Allen Bush of Holbrook Farm & Nursery in North Carolina.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Calycanthaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pineapple scented deep maroon flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Abundant flowers from spring into summer.  Developed by Tim Wood of Spring Meadow nursery.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot