New & Restocked

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

Great Plant Picks

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:  Asparagaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 1' - 2'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Arching stems with oval leaves to 6" long.  Panicles of purple and greenish white flowers in late spring - early summer.  Fruit in late summer early fall.
Notes:  Interesting arching habit.  In the wild Maianthemum fuscum grows at moderatly high elevations mixed among ferns.
 
Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Asparagaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Northern India
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 1' - 2'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Large, thick rhizomes, arching stems with elliptic foliage, panicles of white flowers in spring.
Notes:  Showy and hard to find Smilacina due to its slow propagation from seed and division. Best in the lightly shaded garden.  Smilacina have recently been reclassified into Mainthemum.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Francoaceae
Zone:  7 - 11
Natural Range:  South Africa
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 10'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Semi-evergreen.  Powdery blue leaves with reddish stems and flower bracts.
Notes:  A hardy clone that stays evergreen down into the mid to low twenties.  Does best when pruned once it flowers and mulch crown in winter.  When first planting make sure the bottom few inches of the stem below the soil surface.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot 24"

Family:  Francoaceae
Zone:  7 - 11
Natural Range:  South Africa
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 10'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen to semi-evergreen.  Powdery blue leaves with reddish stems and flower bracts.
Notes:  Looses foliage when extended temps below 25 degrees but re-sprout in the spring, reaching full size the next season.  Plant stems deep for better hardiness.  Flowers on previous seasons growth.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Polypodiaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Asia
Soil: Average to moist
Light: Part shade
Height: 1' - 3' 
Attributes:  Evergreen to semievergreen.  Spreading habit.  Delicate but sturdy, soft fuzzy foliage with arching habit.
Notes: Fun, fuzzy unfurling fronds.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Poaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 4'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen, clumping.  Gracefully arching foliage with upright feathery flowers.
Notes: Closely related to Miscanthus sinensis.  Found growing on sunny open hillsides and in partly shady sites mixed with trees, shrubs and ferns.

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:Rosaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 6'
Pest Resistance: NA
Bloom Time: Spring
Attributes:Deciduous shrub with pink flowers.  Palmate, cascading foliage.
Notes:Looks a Physocarpus and Ribes sanguineum got mixed together.  From our collections we found growing along a steep canyon with a diverse mix of trees including Salix maginfica.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Boraginaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Turkey
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Deciduous. Clumping.  Mounds of deep green leaves with airy sprays of deep blue flowers
Notes:  The photos were taken during a sunset in mid April giving a glowing purple-pink cast.  Charming perennial combining well with ferns, Epimedium and other woodlanders.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:  5 Gallon Pot  3'- 4'

Family:  Poaceae
Zone:  9 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Graceful clumping bamboo with arching culms with a weeping habit.  Leaves have a narrow curled-pinched look with a grayish cast. 
Notes: Native to forested mountains in Mexico.  Works well in pots.  Best when not allowed to get colder than around 20 degrees and can loose leaves and cane dieback below 18 degrees, re growing from the base around 15 degrees.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Oxalidaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich, drought tolerant
Light: Shade, part sun
Height:  6"
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Rich green leaves with white flowers striped with light pink.
Notes: Great ground cover that will do well in deep shade and summer dry.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Brassicaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Turkey
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Shade, part shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes:  Evergreen, mounding.  Bright green rounded leaves with white flowers.
Notes:  Drought tolerant once established.  Brightens up the early garden with masses of white flowers.
 
Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Paeoniaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Average
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 12"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes: Deciduous. Nodding red/purple and yellow flowers.  Grayish green ferny foliage.
Notes:  Needs good drainage.  Best when planted in rock garden setting.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Paeoniaceae
Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part shade
Attributes: Deciduous.  Spring blooming. 2' tall.  Red - pink new growth, pure white flowers with yellow stamen.  Bright red seed case with blue seeds.
Notes:  An easy species that is underutilized in gardens.  Plant in an area sheltered from the hot sun, but not deep shade.
Companion plants: Trillium,  Cypripedium, Cardamine, Erythronium, Epimedium, Paris, Smilacina.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot/small Band Pot

Family:  Paeoniaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Western China
Soil: Moist, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 7'
Bloom Time:  May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Shrub-like.  Spring blooming. Attractive ferny foliage. Deep yellow flowers with gold anthers. Larger petals and more cup shaped than P. delaveyi.  Large black seeds late summer-fall.
Notes:  Requires little maintenance one established and can be quite drought tolerant.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family: Paeoniaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range: Mediterranean
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  2’
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pink new growth.  Intense purple-pink flowers.
Notes:  Rarely offered species that is the first to bloom in our Pacific Northwest Garden.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Paeoniaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range:  China;  Hubei, Shaanxi
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  24"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Spring blooming.  Red - pink new growth.  Deep red underside of leaves.  Large white flowers with yellow stamen.  Large, bright red seed case with blue seeds.
Notes:  An easy species that is not often found in cultivation. Plant in an area sheltered from the hot sun, but not deep shade.  A favorite of mine in the garden for both foliage and flower.  Blooms later than P. japonica but earlier than P. obovata.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, Bright pink to orange new growth turning green.  Ruffled, arching mature fronds.  Separate fertile fronds.  Spreading rhizome
Notes: Grows faster with constant moisture.  All the attributes I search for in ferns yet not often encountered in the trade.  Only a limited number of available plants!  Recently re-classified from Blechum to Parablechnum.

Pot Size:  4"  Pot

Family:  Melanthiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas; North India, China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Shade, part sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 1' - 2' tall.  Unusual whorled leaves surrounding flowers. Blooms consist of up to 8 green sepals with long yellow thread like petals and a round purple ovary. In the fall a polinated flower will burst open revealing orange seeds.  Rhizomes are very similar to Trillium.
Notes:  The Genus Paris are Asiatic cousins of Trilliums, called the honey - flower family.  Only five species of Trillium are found in Asia while more than 20 species of Paris are found there.  Paris have a combination of whorled foliage and whorled sepals that create textural interest, making them look unusual in contrast to their more familiar cousins.  Paris look especially unique when planted in combination with Cardiocrinum, Podophyllum and Arisaema

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range: Northern Iran
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15'
Bloom Time:  February to March
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  New growth is ringed in dark purple-brown.  Upright and columnar selection even with age. Yellow and red fall foliage.  Flaking bark with maturity.
Notes: Great Plant Picks

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  February to March
Attributes: Deciduous, large shrub or small tree that develops a patchwork of gray, green and creamy bark with age.  Burgundy fall foliage.
Notes:  Smaller and slower growing than other Parrotia.  A recently described and introduced species to western horticulture.  Originally grown by Roy Lancaster who received cuttings from Mikinori Ogisu of Japan.  Subsequently introduced and distributed in the US by Ozzie Johnson.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Vitaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:10' -  30'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Each leaf has five leaflets to 3" long.  Satin , deep green leaves with silvery veins.  New growth is red-bronze.  Greenish white flowers, blue-black fruit.
Notes:  Very showy climbing vine.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Vitaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern and Central North America west to Utah, and south through Mexico, Guatemala
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun, part sun, shade
Height:10' -  30'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen?  Deciduous.  Woody vine with 5 toothed leaflets to 6" long.  New growth is purplish maturing to green. Greenish white flowers.  Blue-black fruit
Notes:  Possibly an introduced species.  We found this species rambling through trees and brush in association with Lapageria, Rhaphithamnus, Azara, Sophora, Hydrangea.  Still young seedlings with several plants and are looking good.  So far they have put turned nice red, orange and purple during the winter.

Pot Size:  1Gallon Pot

Family:  Pteridaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil: Well drained
Light: Sun, Part shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, Blue green fronds with dark purple stem.
Notes: Great for rock gardens.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist - wet, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 4' - 7' tall.  Huge round leaves to 4' across.  Strange frilly winter blooms that resemble an ornamental cabbage.
Notes:  This form has huge foliage.  Give them plenty of room to grow.  They do well with lots of bright light, but shade them from the hottest part of the day.  They may wilt in a too hot of a spot but if their roots are kept moist they will bounce up once the day has cooled.  

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Thelypteridaceae
Zone: 4 - 9 
Natural Range: Asia
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 2'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Feathery leaves, forming colonies by rhizome.
Notes: Soft fuzzy fronds.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Thelypteridaceae

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 8 - 11
Natural Range: Mexico
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Fragrant creamy white flowers.
Notes: Like other Philadelphus species this is a nice durable shrub that is quite drought tolerant once established. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Phormiaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, Part sun
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring to Summer
Attributes: Evergreen, clumping growth with gracefully arching green, cream and red striped foliage.  Yellow-green flowers.
Notes:Tolerant of dry conditions once established.  Phormium cookianum is less common than other species of Phormium.  This species is great for is smaller stature and stunning variegation.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: W. China
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Leaves are to 5 inches long and are lance-shaped to narrowly obovate with fine, sharp toothed margins.  Bronze new growth with prominent ribbed veining.  White flowers, orange-red fruit.
Notes: Not your usual Photinia with abundant hawthorn-like flowers in spring.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Sichuan Province, China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 50'-100'

Attributes:  Evergreen, Sturdy straight tree with furrowed bark.  Short sharply ponied leaves with blue - gray back.  New cones are purple.

Notes:  A well adaptable species to PNW gardens.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Island)
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attributes: Evergreen.  Gold foliage.
Notes: Grant Hadwin cut this revered tree down in a misguided protest against logging in Canada.  He wondered why people only seemed to care about one tree and not a forest.  A scramble to collect cuttings after the tree was cut down resulted in a few collections.  There was even a book about written about it, The Golden Spruce.  We have a couple of specimens that we have taken subsequent cuttings from.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Western Himalaya, India to Nepal
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 70', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, Gracefully weeping, long gray - green leaves.  In the wild grows usually on N. and W. slopes between 2100 - 3600 m.  Pyramidal growth, shiny brown -  purple female cones that are pendulous.
Notes:  One of the most distinct Picea species with incredibly long pendulous branches.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark green, shiny leaves with numerous, white bell flowers. 
Notes:Great rounded evergreen shrub.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun
Height: 30'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Large seed cones similar to Pinus sabiniana.
Notes:  Native to elevations of 300-2,100m, usually found on dry rocky slopes and ridges among oaks.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Guatemala, Mexico
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Long green needles.  Drooping
Notes: In the wild is often associated with Gaultheria, Liquidambar, Quercus.  Native to the mountains of Mexico and Guatemala from 1000 m - 1500 m above sea level.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae

Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: Mexico, southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 5" long.  Ovoid seed cones are solitary or in whorls of 2-5.  The sheath around the needle fascicles is shed as the needles expand.
Notes:  The natural range is primarily in Mexico that extends into the United States.  In the wild Pinus leiophylla grows between 1600m and 3000m altitude.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  China, Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Thick grayish-brown bark.  Soft, drooping needles.
Notes: In the wild grows from near sea level to 2,000 m above sea level.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen. Red-brown, thick and deeply fissured bark.
Notes: The large fruiting cones are exceptionally striking. Grows in the mountains 450-2300m elevation. 

Pot Size:  2 Gallon Pot 2' - 4'

Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 150', much smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, conical crown, blue green leaves to 8 inches long.  Graceful, drooping foliage.  Long cylindrical cones.
Notes:  Rare in cultivation.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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Family: Platanaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25' - 75'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous, palmate, deeply lobed with small serrated margins.  Erect trunk with mottled white and gray flaking bark.  Yellow fall foliage
Notes:  Naturally found in moist areas near rivers and streams.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot