New & Restocked

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China, Tibet
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50' shorter in cultivation.
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Smooth, brown-gray bark.  Dark blue new cones.
Notes: Native to high mountains of 2,400-4,300 m.  Frequently found in pure stands near the tree line.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Family:  Sapindaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes: Evergreen-semievergreen.  Small three lobed leaves with orange to bronze new growth.
Notes:  From our collection in the lush mountains of central Taiwan at around 2200m in elevation.  Rare in cultivation.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot 8" - 12"

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'- 30'
Attributes:  Deciduous, New growth is bright red, aging green. White and green striped bark.  Leaves are dark green with serrated edges.
Notes:  The heavily patterned bark makes a stunning statement. Use as a future canopy to shade a garden or as a main focal point in a sunny garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Small tree or shrub with green bark, thin papery leaves.  Open or densely branched.  Double toothed, lobed leaves on young shoots, almost un-lobed on mature shoots.
Notes: This seed selection was from a tree that had extra nice leaves with a bit of undulation on the margins.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: China 
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 30 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous.  Deeply lobed leaves with red-purple foliage.
Notes:  A very attractive and distinct Maple with good foliage color.

Pot size:  1 Gallon pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Acer griseum x Acer pseudoplatanus
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 10' - 20'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Slightly exfoliating bark.  Three lobed leaves that emerge orange-bronze.  Crimson fall foliage.
Notes:  Unlikely hybrid.  Strong growth and durable.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Smooth, Yellowish-grey bark.  Bronze to red-orange fall foliage
Notes: Found around 2200m in elevation.  Syn Acer rubescens

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 8' - 30'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Four to seven narrow serrated leaflets.  Red and orange fall foliage.
Notes:  Rare and endangered in the wild.  In colder climates Acer pentaphyllum is root hardy, re sprouting from the base making a small multi-trunk tree.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Family:  Sapindaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Orange to bronze new growth with serrated leaves with up to 5 lobes.  Crimson to bronze fall foliage.
Notes:  From our collection in the lush mountains of central Taiwan at around 2200m in elevation.  Very attractive smaller growing maple.  Rare in cultivation.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid; A hippocastanum x pavia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' -  40'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Golden yellow fall foliage.  Pink flowers with yellow throat.
Notes:  Less susceptible to leaf scorch, leaf blotch and mildew.Flowers at an early age.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3'-4'

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: Alaska to N. California & Rockies to WY
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Thicket forming shrub with horizontal branching.  Reddish-brown bark turning gray.  Oval, toothed leaves.  Long creamy yellow catkins.
Notes:  A smaller growing native Alnus that is good for wildlife.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Asphodelaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average, well drained dryer winter
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6" - 10"
Bloom Time:  June to August
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen.  Coral-orange flowers.  
Notes: Needs a good 6 to 8 hours of direct sun in the cooler parts of its range with a more shade in hotter climates.  Needs good drainage and works well tucked into a rock garden.  We grow ours under the eves on a west facing overhang.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family: Araceae

Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  India, Nepal
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  3'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Spotted stalk and divided leaf.  Creamy white flowers.
Notes: Likeother Amorphophallus and Arisaema in colder climates tubers can be stored cool and dry during the winter and replanted in spring.

Pot Size: Tuber

Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Texas, Mexico
Soil:  Average, well-drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 1'
Attributes:  Evergreen, Pinnae of 4-7 pairs, alternate, lanceolate.  Separate fertile fronds.
Notes:  In the wild this fern grows on lightly shaded limestone outcrops between 400 and 500 m elevation.  Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos Texas.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Bloom Time:  March to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 6" tall.  White flowers with blue center.  Coarsely toothed and finely divided leaves.  Clumping
Notes:  An early spring bloomer that slowly expands forming a contained clump. Blooms around the same time as many Trillium, Erythronium and Epimedium.

Pot Size:4" Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade - shade
Height: 18"
Attributes:  Evergreen, Slowly spreading rhizome with shiny dark green, triangular fronds.
Notes:  This is another Arachniodes that slugs actually don't like.  Aracniodes are among the most textural of ferns, playing off more solid fronds

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Bloom Time:  Summer
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  3' tall gold-chartreuse foliage and white flowers. 
Notes: A bright form of Aralia that glows in a lightly shaded location.  This is a perennial Aralia that dies to the ground every fall only to regain its size the next spring.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pots

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:  This seed strain has darker mottling on the spathe.  One of the easiest Arisaema species to grow.

Dormant Bulbs

Family:  Araceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Bhutan. India
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, Well drained
Light:  Part shade, Sun
Bloom Time:  May to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 1'-2' tall. Spathe is dark brown - carmine and purple, with white - greenish yellow, striping, resembling snake skin. Long brown whip like spadex.  Bloom time is around April - May. Large, glossy trifoliate leaves with thick veining.  These go dormant quickly after blooming.
Notes:  Arisaema griffithii var. pradhanii is an unusual species growing in Rhododendron forests, and alpine meadows at about 9,000 ft elevation.

Dormant Bulbs  

Family:  Araceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern Himalayas. China. Bhutan. Northeast India
Soil: moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade
Height: 12" -  24" tall
Bloom Time:  June to July
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Blooms spring to early summer.  Brown and white mottled pseudostem.  Carmine and white striped inflorescens.  Long whip like spadex. Large glossy trifoliate leaves with impressed veins on the upper side.
Notes:  Arisaema speciosum grows in cool forests that are subject to winter frost and snowfall.

Dormant Bulbs

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:  Salicaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chile and Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, Part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: January to February
Attributes: Evergreen.  Small, glossy green leaves.  Gracefully layered branching.  Vanilla fragrant yellow flowers.
Notes: Attractive, narrow upright, layered growth.

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: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen to 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 collection.  This cultivar is also known as 'MonShayne'

Pot Size:  Large Band 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

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20' - 40'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pink to beige peeling bark.  Yellow fall foliage
Notes: One of the most attractive birch.

Pot size: 1 Gallon 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: 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:  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

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-green flowers.
Notes:  

Pot Size:  Large blooming size plants

Family:  Orchidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, spring sun, summer shade
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes:  Evergreen, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring.  Blooms are large, bright yellow.  Foliage is rounded with deep pleating.
Notes:  One of the largest blooming Calanthe species.  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the shady perennial garden.  Like most orchids these usually take a season or two to settle in.  Calanthe prefer rich soil, that is well draining such as a mounded planting bed. Give them plenty of open filtered light, avoiding the hot sun. 

Pot Size: Large Blooming Size Plants

Family: Lamiaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid; Callicarpa x 'NCCX2' USPP 28,312; CBRAF
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 4' - 5'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes: Deciduous. Dark purple foliage, purple-pink buds, white flowers and bright purple-pink berries.  Vigorous, upright habit.
Notes:  Great foliage. Developed by Dr. Tom Ranney at NCSU

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Lamiaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 4'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous. Pink flowers in summer.  Early crop of bright purple berries.
Notes:  Callicarpa dichotoma has rounder, gracefully arching habit.

Pot Size: 1 GallonPot

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: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:   Eastern US
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

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 6' 10' tall. Large glossy Hosta like foliage emerges early in the spring in a rosette.  Large fragrant white and purplish red trumpet flowers in late spring, early summer.  Interesting seed pods in fall and winter.
Notes:  Bulb forms offsets, and many seeds, that if unharvested will germinate randomly throughout a garden.  The key is to plant bulbs so the top inch is above the soil.

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Car
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China, Vietnam
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 12"
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Leaves to 1.25" wide,  tall spikes of pinkish flowers in late mid to late summer.
Notes: A great bold Carex for the shady garden.

Pot Size:4" Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China; 
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light:part shade, sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous. Purplish brown branchlets.  Brown grey bark.  Ovate-lanceolate leaves with deep veins emerge in bronze tones changing to olive green.  Monoecius catkin-like flower bracts to almost a foot long. 
Notes: One of the most attractive and hard to find recently introduced trees.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average to dry
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  8' - 12'
Bloom Time:  March
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous. Serrated oval leaves with woolly underside.  Yellowish-white flowers.  Feathery seeds.
Notes:  Great drought-tolerant shrub
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot 6" - 12"

Family:  Pteridaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Australia, New Zealand
Soil: Average
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6" - 10"
Attributes:  Evergreen. Dark brown stipe.  Narrow green fronds
Notes: Best for a rock garden or pot with good drainage.  Resents overly wet feet in winter.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Fagaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Washington, Oregon, California
Soil:  Average drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  February to July
Attributes: Slow growing evergreen tree with rich green leaves and yellow scales on the underside of its leaves.  White flowers late winter to late spring.  Seeds are in-cased in a spiny burr like cover.
Notes:  Male and female flowers on same tree.  Slow growing tree that in the wild is reported to grow over 100 feet tall.

Pot Size:   8" - 12" tall