New & Restocked

Family:  Proteaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: Chile and Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: May to July
Attributes: Evergreen.  Brilliant orange tubular flowers.  Silvery green foliage.
Notes: Nothing quite like its brilliant flowers. 

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Proteaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chile and Argentina
Soil: Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: May to July
Attributes: Evergreen.  Brilliant orange tubular flowers.  Silvery green foliage.
Notes: Nothing quite like its brilliant flowers.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: March to May
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark red sepals and yellow wingtips.  Long lance-shaped leaves.
Notes:  Like the name implies the flowers bound and dance in a breeze.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: March to May
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Evergreen.  Yellow flowers with rosy red sepals.  Reddish speckled new growth
Notes:   Numerous bright yellow flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: March to May
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Evergreen.  Yellow flowers with red sepals.
Notes:   Numerous bright yellow flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Northern Africa
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, shade
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes:  Evergreen, 12” tall.  Yellow outward facing blooms in spring.  Bronze new growth.
Notes:  Smaller, less spreading and more delicate looking than Epimedium pinnatum.  A very hardy species that is quite drought tolerant once established.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: March to May
Pest Resistance:
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deep red new growth maturing green.  Spiny margins.  Numerous flowers with white spurs and yellow center.  Densely clumping
Notes:  Top of the list of cool Epimediums.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 18" tall
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping.  Blooms in spring and summer.  Tall flower spikes of numerous Yellow-green, purple-red lip and petals.  Dark purple foliage
Notes: This form is from a population in California that has dark purple foliage. This orchid gets its fun common name from the way the lower lip moves up and down in the wind.  Multiplies when happy and should be given at least a 3 x 3 growing space.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 18" tall
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping.  Blooms in spring and summer.  Tall flower spikes of numerous Yellow-green, purple-red lip and petals.
Notes: This orchid gets it's fun common name from the way the lower lip moves up and down in the wind.  Multiplies when happy and should be given at least a 3 x 3 growing space.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Equisetaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil: Moist, wet, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 2' - 4'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Upright stems with black and tan striped segments resembling bamboo. 
Notes: Best when grown in large pot both to keep contained and to also show off its upright texture.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Taiwan, China 
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes:  Evergreen tree or large shrub with white fragrant flowers.  Orange new growth. 
Notes: Found around 2200m in elevation.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Fagaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  Taiwan
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun, sun
Height:  30' - 60'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous. Bronze new growth turning glossy dark green.  Coppery-brown fall foliage.  
Notes:  Does best when sheltered from the hot afternoon sun.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 2' - 3'

Family:  Fagaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Europe
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  40'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous. Cut leaved cultivar with narrow, lanceolate fer-like leaves.  Gold fall foliage. 
Notes:  The variety hetrophylla has leaves cut into slender lobes and the cultivar name Aspleniifolia is in reference to resembling Spleenwort fern.
 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan  
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  White and green leaves.  Large palmate foliage.  Small white flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Great foliage color for a shady spot.  This cultivar is a bit slower and smaller growing than the the species.

Pot Size: Large Bad Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 7'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green, creamy white and gray variegated leaves.  Large palmate foliage.  Small white flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Tends to be slower growing than the species.

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deeply lobbed palmate foliage.  White flowers, black fruit.
Notes:  This form has deeper cut leaves. Perfectly at home in the Pacific Northwest.  We have had no damage to the bottom of zone 7.

Pot Size:Large Band Pot

Family:Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 30"
Bloom Time: April to May
Resistant to: NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping. Green leaves with crimson veining.  Umbels of pale pink flowers.
Notes: Beautiful foliage.  This stunner always sells out.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Oleaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  5' - 7'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Dense, curly dark green foliage.  Compact habit.
Notes:Slow growing.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: South America
Family:  Onagraceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Many pendulous red and purple flowers.
Notes:  One of the hardiest Fuchias for the Pacific Northwest.  Hummingbirds go nuts for the flowers.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: OR, CA
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Thick, leathery leaves.  Long tassel like flowers.
Notes: Becoming a multi-trunked large shrub in time. 

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Protaeceae
Zone: 7 - 11
Natural Range: Tasmania
Soil:  Average, dry,  Well drained
Light: sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes:  Broad-leaf evergreen shrub with clusters of honeysuckle-like fragrant white flowers early summer.
Notes:  One of the hardiest members of the Grevillea.  Avoid using too much fertilizer, too much can kill them.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Protaeceae
Zone: 7 - 11
Natural Range: Tasmania
Soil:  Average, Well drained
Light: sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Broadleaf evergreen shrub with pendant clusters of honeysuckle-like red-orange flowers starting in fall and going through winter.
Notes:  One of the hardiest members of the Grevillea.  Avoid using too much fertilizer, too much can kill them.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Zingiberaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas, Bhutan, India and Nepal
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  June to September
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, A short slender Hedychium with dense spikes of orange flowers and banana like foliage.
Notes:  One of the best Hedychiums for the temperate climate.  Plant in a moist location that gets sun, but is still a bit protected.  Very exotic and tropical looking.  Plants can increase quite quickly to form large clumps.  The rhizome is very shallow, often the top is at the surface, so mulch with straw or leaves for frost protection.
 
Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Zingiberaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White flowers with orange.
Notes:  Collected in Sichuan Province near Boaxing by Dan Hinkley.  This is a reliable bloomer and a very hardy species.  We mulch crowns in Autumn.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average
Light: Part shade
Bloom Time:  February to March
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: 18"- 24" tall.  Yellow interior petals with heavy red veins.  Back of petals are dark red.   Evergreen foliage.
Notes: Part of the Honeymoon Series. Bred by Hans Hansen.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pots

Family:  Helwingiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  6'
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Deciduous. Small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Dark buds.  Black fruit.  Rounded foliage.  Multi-stemmed shrub.  Separate male and female plants.
Notes:  A strange genus with flowers and fruit formed in the center of the leaf.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes: Deciduous. Purple new foliage, aging to deep purple with rosy purple undersides.  Blue to pinkish white lace cap flowers.
Notes:  Great foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, Blue-pink fertile flowers.  Purple brown new branchlets.  Leaves are coarsely serrate. 
Notes:  Native to Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in mixed forests from 200-1000 m.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Delicate white lace-cap flowers.
Notes:  Fragrant lace cap flowers.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Hydrangeacea
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Japan
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Lace cap type with double white to pink blush florets that droop like a waterfall.
Notes:  One of the best hydrangeas.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Hydrangeacea
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:Japan
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  White, gray, green and bright yellow variegated foliage.  White-purple lace-cap flowers
Notes:  Discovered as a sport of 'Lemon Wave' at Cistus Nursery.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Hydrangeacea
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:Japan
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  White sterile florets with blue flowers.
Notes:  One of the best hydrangeas.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae 
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: Branch sport of the dwarf selection 'Pee Wee'
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with double white flowers.
Notes: Great foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Hydrangeacea
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attributes: Deciduous. Green leaves with bright silvery-white underside. White lace cap flowers on new wood.  yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Great foliage.  Was considered a subspecies of Hydrangea arborescens

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 7 - 11
Natural Range: Mexico;  Sierra Madre Occidentale
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to shade
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: July to August
Attributes: Evergreen climber with dark green, leathery leaves.  Attractive, large round, white flower buds opening to white lacecap flowers.
Notes: Works well when trained up evergreen trees.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot 

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, Semi-double pink to blueish florets.
Notes:  Named after the mountain this selection was found and after the Sue Wynn-Jones of Crug Farms.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Delicate lacecap flowers with pale pink to blue fertile florets.
Notes:  Noted to be a reliable bloomer in the garden.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, Double blue or pink lacecp blooms.  Burgundy fall foliage..
Notes:  Like other serrata types, these are smaller and more petite growers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Schisandraceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 15'
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark green, glossy leaves with red flowers.  Spicy scent when crushed.
Notes:  One of the showiest and hardiest of the Illicium species.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:Schisandraceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range:Florida
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light:Part shade, sun
Height:10'
Bloom Time:May to June
Attributes: Evergreen.  Aromatic foliage when crushed.  Small yellowish white flowers.
Notes: Easily grown in rich soils and will tolerate full sun as long as soils are kept evenly moist.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:Asteraceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Eurasia
Soil:  Average, moist,  humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  6'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Spade shaped leaves to 18" long.  Tall stems of rayed aster like flowers to 4" across.
Notes:  Numerous showy yellow flowers.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China, Myanmar
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Sun
Height:  3'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies,Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping. Dark purple to nearly black purple, velvety flowers held on tall, elegant stalks above graceful grass-like foliage.
Notes:  In the wild Iris chrysographes grows on forested hillsides, meadows, and stream-sides.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  1'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Lush, fan-like foliage atop tall stems. 2" Pale blue to white flowers with yellow crests.
Notes:  This form has bright white and green variegated foliage.  A woodland type iris that in the wild grows in open woodland margins and meadows. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Canada south into the western and southwestern states, mostly east of the Cascades
Soil:  Moist to wet
Light:  part shade, Sun
Height:  1' - 2'
Attributes:  Deciduous, blue-green grass like foliage.  Pale blue to lavender to white flowers with purple veins.
Notes: Found growing in large patches in low, seasonally wet areas.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Circumboreal
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous fans.  Purple-blue flowers.
Notes: Easy to grow and widespread Iris species that can be found growing with Dactylorhiza and Fritillaria in the wild.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Unknown flower color.  Deep blue to purple.
Notes:  These are from our collections in 2013 from Muli area in Sichuan Province.  Found growing at 3800m growing mixed with Rhododendron, Clethera, Sorbus, Abies, Larix.  To my surprise our seedlings are growing much more robust and better looking than what we saw in the wild.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Juglandaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 30'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pinnate compound leaves to 12" long each with up to 21 oblong to lanceolate leaflets. 
Notes:  Edible oval nuts encased in husks.  Synonyms are Juglans sieboldiana

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Japan; Shikoku and Kyushu Island
Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Shade, part sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 3' tall.  Maple like leaves, with yellow, thick, waxy bell shaped blooms in mid to late summer.  The new unopened buds sparkle.
Notes:  A great perennial for the shady garden that provides both foliage interest and summer season bloom display.  I particularly like how the flower buds sparkle like stars on graceful stems.  They seem to do best with morning sun and dappled afternoon sun and evenly moist soil. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot