New & Restocked

Family:  Geraniaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Bloom Time: Summer
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 18" tall.  Dark purple, nearly black flowers.  Foliage emerges from rhizome very early in the spring or late winter.
Notes:  A great perennial geranium that has both foliage appeal and a pretty bloom.  Cut back blooms after flowering to promote another flush of blooms and dense foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band 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

Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 15'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Purple-red flowers.
Notes:  Selected by Japanese nurseryman Akira Shibamichi.  Flowers a bit later than other Hamamelis.

Pot Size:  2 Gallon Pot

Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: February to March
Attributes:  Deciduous, Six inch long scalloped leaves with deep green new growth and contrasting under side of the leaf giving an outlined look.  Light brown bark with layered horizontal growth.  A blaze of bright yellow ribbon like blooms with contrasting dark reddish center in winter.
Notes:  Great when used as an architectural element in the garden.  In the wild Hamamelis grow in forests as an understory plant and along streams.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 15'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Six inch long scalloped leaves with deep green new growth and contrasting under side of the leaf giving an outlined look.  Light brown bark with layered horizontal growth.  A blaze of rich coppery-orange ribbon like blooms in winter.
Notes:  Great when used as an architectural element in the garden.  In the wild Hamamelis grow in  forests as an understory plant and along streams.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:  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:  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 double flowers to over 2" across.  Burgundy spotted center.   Evergreen foliage.
Notes: Part of the Wedding Party 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, Korea
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:  Hinkley selection from Mt Chiri in S. Korea in 1993, and named after 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:  Dennstaedtiaceae
Zone: 7?8 - 9
Natural Range: Chile
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Spreading, shallow rhizome.  Triangular, fuzzy fronds.
Notes:Spore grown plants from our southern central Chile trip.  Unsure of the hardiness but worth some testing in zone 8 gardens.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:Schisandraceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Southeastern United States, Northern Mexico
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes:  Evergreen, rounded shrub with aromatic foliage and ruby flowers.
Notes: This form has green variegated foliage.  Selected and introduced by Woodlanders of SC.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Shade, part sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 18" tall.  Leaves are silver-green.  White with  yellow flowers.  Blooms are yellow and white late summer through fall.
Notes:  This is a newer introduced form from China, has outstanding foliage for a lightly shaded garden.  Keep moist and plant in less shade for best flowers.
 
Pot Size:  4" Band 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:  Solanaceae
Zone: 9 - 11
Natural Range: Ecuador, Columbia, Peru
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  10'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts: Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Orange-red trumpet flowers.
Notes: Can be deciduous in cooler climates and should be kept on the dry side during the winter.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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: California
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Part sun, sun
Height:  12" - 24"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Deep blue with white and yellow center.
Notes:Very nice tall selection with a rich color.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Part sun, sun
Height:  18"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Rich green leaves with white flowers and yellow center.
Notes: Introduced by the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Part sun, sun
Height:  12" - 24"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Lavender-blue flowers
Notes:Nice tall selection with a rich color.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:  Iris pseudocorus x Iris ensata
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  White petals with dark violet around the yellow center.
Notes:  This is a sterile cross that has both hybrid vigor with longer blooming season.

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: Iridaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Mediterranean Europe, Northern Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  February to March
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen fans.  Purple-blue flowers with yellow and white markings.
Notes: Bright flowers that emerge during the cool winter months.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Restionaceae
Zone:7- 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 5'
Bloom Time:  Summer to Fall
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense clumps with upright dark green reed-like arching stems.  Whorls of thread-like leaves along each segment.  
Notes: Can freeze to the ground in very cold winters and is reported to re-sprout in the spring with temps around 10 degrees.  Restios look especially great when planted in a large ornamental pot, showing off its dramatic foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Scrophulariaceae
Zone:  9 - 10
Natural Range:  Canary Islands
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4' - 5'
Bloom Time:  Spring to Summer
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen, narrow foliage with woody stem.  Numerous orange-yellow flowers on erect stems above the foliage.
Notes:  Tolerant of temperatures into the mid twenties.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon 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

Family: Juglandaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 30'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pinnate compound leaves to 20" long each with up to 25 oblong to lanceolate leaflets. 
Notes:  Edible oval nuts encased in husks.

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:  Polypodiaceae
Zone: 9 - 10
Natural Range: Asia
Soil: Average to moist
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 1" - 2" 
Attributes:  Evergreen, thick rounded fronds with dimporphic firtile fronds
Notes: Slowly colonizes logs, rocks and trees.  Tolerant of lighter frosts into the mid 20s.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot