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Family: Iridaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  Oregon, California
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  part shade, Sun
Height:  8"- 14" tall
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Slender green leaves with reddish base.  1-2 flowers with creamy white arching sepals with dark purple-blue veining and yellow center.
Notes:  Native to west side of Cascades in meadows, oak savannas and open coniferous forests.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  7 - 11
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  3'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Lush, fan-like foliage atop tall stems.  Each flower stock holds up  to 75 blue flower with darker mottling and orange-yellow blotching.
Notes:  Blooms on previous seasons growth.  Usually sends out new growth in late winter.  In colder climates Iris confusa is best planted in a sheltered location to keep previous seasons growth for good flowering. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, clumps of grass like foliage.  Numerous small blue flowers.
Notes:  A delightfully dainty Iris with flowers hardly larger than a thumb nail.  Don't let it get crowded out by larger perennials.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, clumps of grass like foliage.  Numerous small white flowers.
Notes:  A delightfully dainty Iris with flowers hardly larger than a thumb nail.  Don't let it get crowded out by larger perennials.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Small, clumps of grass like foliage.  Numerous small double blue-purple flowers.
Notes:  A delightfully dainty Iris with flowers hardly larger than a thumb nail.  Don't let it get crowded out by larger perennials.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Iridaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  Oregon, California
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light:  part shade, Sun
Height:  8"- 14" tall
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Slender dark green leaves with reddish base.  1-2 flowers that can range from pale creamy-buff, through yellow to orange, and pink to blue-purple.
Notes:  One of the most attractive species native to Oregon and California and has been used extensively in hybridizing.

Pot Size:  4" 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:  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:  Purple standards with deep purple markings outlining the bright yellow center. 
Notes:  This is a sterile cross that has both hybrid vigor with longer blooming season.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:  Soft lavender 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:  1 Gallon 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:  Peachy yellow flowers with deep purple veining surrounding the bright yellow center.
Notes:  This is a sterile cross that has both hybrid vigor with longer blooming season.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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

Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW; Washington, Oregon, Northern California
Soil:  moist, well drained
Light:  part shade, Sun
Height:  8"- 14" tall
Attributes:  Semievergreen, deciduous. Blooms late spring.  Flower stem holds 2 blue - purple with yellow and white centered flowers.  Grass like foliage.
Notes:  Grows in meadows and open forest.  One of the prettiest native Iris.  When established Iris tenax produces abundant flowers that open consecutively for weeks. Plant with other rock garden plants in a sunny perennial garden or on the edge of a shady garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Iridaceae
Zone:  2 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern US
Soil:  Average, moist
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  3'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Purple new growth slowly transitioning to green.   Purple flowers in late spring to early summer
Notes:  New introduction from Mt. Cuba Center.  New growth emerges in March

Pot size:  Quart Pot Very Full!

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan, China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 6" - 12"
Attributes:  Deciduous, Purple- blue flowers in early spring.  Lobed foliage with red -orange new growth.
Notes:  Related to Epimedium, Achlys, Ranzania, Mahonia, Podophyllum.  A lovely clumping perennial that gets even better with time.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Calceolariaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade
Height: 3'
Bloom Time: May to July
Attracts: Bumblebees
Resistant To:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen shrub-like perennial with white bell shaped flowers and purple spots on the inside.  Scalloped leaves arranged oppositely.
Notes:  New Zealand endemic, found in eastern and central North Island forests.  We received our original plants thanks to Shayne Chandler. What a fun plant.

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: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Northeastern United States
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pinnate compound leaves to 20" long each with 11-17 oblong to lanceolate leaflets. 
Notes:  Edible oval nuts encased in hairy husks.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Juglandaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: California
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.

Pot Size:  4" Band 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:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  British Columbia to N Mexico
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Conical becoming rounded with age.  Blue-green needles with feathery look.
Notes:  In the wild Juniperus scopulorum grows in Juniper-Oak woodlands.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 45'-100', much smaller in cultivation.
Attributes:  Evergreen
Notes:  Rare in cultivation.

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:  Asphodelaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Africa
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height:  4' 
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Butterflies, bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Grass like foliage with 3" orange tubular flowers. 
Notes: Native to Mount Kilimanjaro up to 13,000 feet in elevation.

Pot Size:  4" 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:  Lythraceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid;  L. indica and L. fauriei
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Mahogany, cinnamon red smooth bark.  Fragrant white flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.  Spreading canopy with age. 
Notes:  Reported to be mildew resistant.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Lythraceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Japan
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Mahogany, cinnamon red smooth bark.  Fragrant white flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.  Spreading canopy with age. 
Notes:  This cultivar comes from Japan

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:Liliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Central South Africa
Soil: Average, humus rich, well draining
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6” - 10"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping. Upright, lanceolate leaves with purple stripes.  Small fragrant pink flowers.
Notes:Native to wetland margins and moist grasslands.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Pteridaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-shade
Height: 12"-15"
Attributes:  Evergreen, Thick leathery fronds with short creeping rhizome.
Notes: In the wild Lepisorus bicolor grows on moist rocks.  Very adaptable to garden conditions and given two to three years can form a clump to 18' wide.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: hybrid; PP17666
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 2'
Attributes: Evergreen, twisted, contorted leaves with deep red tones.
Notes:  Great for texture in container plantings

Pot size:  1 Gallon  Pot

Family: Liliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: PNW; Washington, Oregon, California
Soil: moist, summer dry, well drained
Light: part shade, Sun
Height: 12" - 36" tall
Attributes: Deciduous. Blooms early summer.  Yellow blooms spotted dark purple.  Bulb goes summer dormant.
Notes:  A great plant for a hummingbird and butterfly garden.  Will not need supplemental water and should be allowed to go mostly dry in summer.  Plant in a rock garden or wildflower meadow, or along a shady border.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Liliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas, Southern Tibet, China; Yunnan province. Nepal, Bhutan, Northern India
Soil: moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade, Sun
Height: 2' - 4' tall
Attributes: Deciduous. Blooms summer.  Lilium nepalense has stoloniferous stems that form new bulbs in different spots than the original plant.  In a few years plants will form loose colonies with younger and older blooming sized bulbs. Flowers are recurved, white - greenish yellow with maroon - red center.
Notes:  Dr. Wallich's collectors discovered L. nepalense prior to 1820 in Nepal but it remains one of the least known of all species Lilies.  There are two other closely related species L. majoense and L. primulinum that are just as hard to find in cultivation.  Like all species lilies, keep bulbs and roots cool by planting among other perennials and shrubs.  The tops of the plants can take full sun.  In the wild Lilium nepalense grows on grassy slopes and woodland margins between 7,000 and 8,500 feet elevation.

Pot Size:  4" 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:  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: 30' - 60'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Glossy, palmate leaves with gray, green and white variegation.
Notes:  Round fruit through winter.

Pot size:   Large Band Pot 2' - 3'

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern North America
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 40' - 80'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Smaller growing form with green leaves with yellow margins. Yellowish flowers with orange band at the base.
Notes:  Introduced into commerce in the mid 80s.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern North America
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 40' - 80'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Smaller growing form with yellow leaves. Yellowish flowers with orange band at the base.
Notes:  Beautiful gold foliage.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family:Asparagaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 8"
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: July to September
Attributes:Evergreen, clumps of strap-like arching, glossy, dark green leaves.  Showy flowers above the foliage with large blue fruit.
Notes:Native to moderately high elevations in dense, moist woodlands.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot