New & Restocked

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:  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: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

Family: Sapindceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Northern China, Korea, Japan
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time:  July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Yellow flowers followed by by showy seed pods.  Pinnate foliage emerging in pink tones.
Notes:  Very showy flowers and seeds.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Lauraceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Central and eastern United States
Soil:  Average to moist humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 6' - 12'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Broad, rounded habit with numerous, small greenish-yellow flowers.  male and female flowers on separate plants.  Red fruit when pollinated.  Bright yellow fall foliage.  Aromatic when crushed.
Notes:  Great for borders and shady woodland gardens.

Pot size:  Large Band Pot 

Family:  Altingiaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 30' - 60'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Glossy, palmate leaves with purple-orange new growth
Notes:  Round fruit through winter.

Pot size:   1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Altingiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern United States, South through Mexico and Central America
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Rounded habit with smaller leaves that turn deep red-purple color in fall.
Notes:  Nice small shrub form of Liquidambar styraciflua.

Pot size:   1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Campanulaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chili
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time: July to November
Attributes:  Deciduous, Scarlet -  red tubular flowers, fuzzy gray - green foliage.
Notes:  Hummingbirds love this plant.  Plants will bloom  from summer until fall. Often they are still blooming in November.  In the garden plant in moist, humus rich, well drained soil in full sun.  Plants are noted to reach six feet tall, however our plants have only grown three feet tall

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5"
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Evergreen, dainty, glossy, rounded foliage.  Numerous, small rosy red buds tipped in chartreuse-turning orange as the flowers mature.  Small dark blue-black fruit.
Notes: Works well in containers or scrambling over rocks and stumps.  .  Clinging to the face of a mossy cliff face.

Pot Size:4" Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 16'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Evergreen, woody twining vine with cinnamon colored stems.  Deep green, glossy leaves.  Numerous small purple-chocolate colored flowers aging to yellowish tones.  Small dark blue fruit.
Notes: Everyone who sees this all season bloomer in the display garden begs for one. Works best when trellised or sent to climb up a tree.  When trellised, some pruning is necessary to keep it smaller.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 15'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous, upright shrub.  White-yellow flowers.  Small round fruit.  Peeling bark.  Translucent-white fruit.
Notes: Noted to be a handsome shrub when in flower.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Myrtaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Central Andes
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes:  Smooth bark with grey and orange-brown mottling.  Peeling bark.  Small, evergreen fragrant leaves.  Profuse white flowers in midsummer.  Black-blue fruit.
Notes:  Once established it is fairly drought and frost tolerant

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Araceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Alaska south into Northern California
Soil:  Moist, wet
Light:  sun, part sun, shade
Height:  2' - 6'
Bloom Time:  February to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright yellow flowers late winter into spring.  Huge fleshy green leaves that add a tropical look to the garden.
Notes: Works well with Primula, Rodgersia, Petasites.  In the garden we have them planted in heavy soil that is seasonally saturated.  Cooler climates can get away with growing them in full sun but they look the best with some shade in summer.
 
Pot size:  Deep 2" Pot

Family:  Araceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Northeastern Asia
Soil:  Moist, wet
Light:  sun, part sun, shade
Height:  2' - 3'
Bloom Time:  February to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright white spathe, green-yellow spadix.  Huge fleshy green leaves that add a tropical look to the garden.
Notes: Works well with Primula, Rodgersia, Petasites.  In the garden we have them planted in heavy soil that is seasonally saturated.  Cooler climates can get away with growing them in full sun but they look the best with some shade in summer.
 
Pot size: 4" Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white flowers, blooming prolifically.
Notes:  An easily grown Magnolia for smaller gardens.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 50'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large leaves up to 20" long with rounded, notched tips.  Large creamy white flowers.
Notes:  Upright tree for sunny but sheltered from strong winds.  Grows in the mountain forests to 2000m elevation.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pink and white flowers with 9 petaloid tepals early in the spring.  Upright growth.
Notes:  A rare tree both in the wild and cultivation.  Reported to only be fond on one mountain with few individuals.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 2' - 3'

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light: Part shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  May to June, September to November
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy, dark green leaves.  Orange-red new growth.  Yellow flowers.  Blue fruit.
Notes: A shorter growing, multi-branched Mahonia.  Unlike most Mahonia this hybrid has both flowers and fruit at the same time.  Hybrid named after Ozzie Johnson.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time: December to March
Attributes: Evergreen.  Yellow flowers on short spikes.  Dazzling new growth is bright silvery, maturing to a deep green with a silver sheen.
Notes: One of the best Mahonia species for foliage.  These are open pollinated, seed grown plants with a bit of variation in foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Tibet, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, India
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 6' - 12'
Bloom Time: Spring  to Summer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, yellow flowers formed long racemes. Blue fruit in the late fall.  Thick, dark green pinnate leaves.
Notes:  Proven to be nice and hardy in the PNW.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil: Average
Light: Sun, Part Sun, Shade
Height: 3'
Bloom Time: Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Suckering shrub forming a loose ground-cover.  Dark green leaves with yellow flowers and blue fruit.
Notes:  This is the standard low selection with purplish winter foliage.  One of the best evergreen shrubs for the temperate garden.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

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Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time: Summer to Fall
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Red with yellow flowers formed on short racemes. Blue fruit in the late fall.  Thick, dark green pinnate leaves.
Notes:  Similar to Mahonia gracilipes but with a more upright and uniform growth, lacks the characteristic waxy white under the leaf.
 

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time: Summer to Fall
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Numerous small yellow flowers followed by blue fruit.
Notes:  This selection has smaller narrower leaves.  Seems to grow wider than tall.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Channel Islands
Soil: Average
Light: Part sun
Height: 6' - 10'
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Evergreen.  Upright, rounded shrub with smooth, glossy pinnate leaves.  Yellow flowers with blue fruit.
Notes:  A unique spineless species native to southern Oregon to Southern California but this particular cultivar is only found on the Channel Islands of California.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Oregon, California
Soil:  Average-dry, humus rich, Well drained
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 6" - 12"
Attributes: Evergreen suckering shrub.  Brilliant purple, red, blue green foliage when planted in at least half a days worth of sun.  Yellow flowers early summer, blue fruit in fall.
Notes:  I can't say enough about this small Mahonia species.  The color is better than any other of the native Mahonia species and each leaf is ringed with a light colored line.  Forms a loose low clump of foliage.  It often grows in association with Arctostaphylos species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part shade
Height:4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen, thick, green leaves.  Yellow flowers.  Blue fruit.
Notes: 'Charity' has longer and wider leaves than 'Winter Sun' and also start flowering later.  Anna's hummingbirds stick close for nectar when in flower.  Each of the media cultivars flower at slightly different times so it is beneficial to have some of each to keep the birds fed during the winter months.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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Family: Berberidaceae

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid; 
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part shade
Height:4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen, thick, green leaves.  Yellow flowers.  Blue fruit.
Notes:  Anna's hummingbirds stick close for nectar when in flower.  Each of the media cultivars flower at slightly different times so it is beneficial to have some of each to keep the birds fed during the winter months.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Musaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  14'.
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Tall trunks with large foliage.  
Notes:  In cooler climates best when mulched in winter.  Will form large stands with time.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Musaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Bhutan, India
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  14'.
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Tall trunks with large foliage that can be spotted with red-purple
Notes:  In cooler climates best when mulched in winter.  Native to high forest of the Himalayas.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 10'
Attributes:  Deciduous, White - green blooms early summer.  Red fruit in fall.  Very large palmate alternately arranged leaves to more than one foot across.
Notes: A bold foliage plant with a dramatic presence in the garden.  Combines well with other tropical looking plants.  In the wild it grows in moist woodlands along stream-banks.  Related to Ginseng, Aralia, Fatsia, Schefflera.  In warmer climates does best in full shade with even moisture. 

This batch of Devil's club is seed grown and are still on the small side.  Surprisingly seedlings need to be protected from slugs.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot 

Family:  Oxalidaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: Shade, part sun
Height:  6"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark green leaves with light silver mottling.  Wine red underside of the leaf.  White flowers.
Notes: Great ground cover that will do well in deep shade and summer dry.

Pot Size:  4" Pot