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Family:  Podocarpaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil: Average
Light: Sun to part sun
Height: 24"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Olive green needles.
Notes:  A New Zealand conifer found on both the North and South Island.  Found in montane and alpine slopes and is often found growing in open grassland scrub fields.  These are seed grown.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; delavayi x versipelle
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: April to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  New growth emerges chocolate colored, becoming mottled with olive green and cinnamon.  Sends up several flushes of new growth through the growing season.  Large red flowers held below the foliage in spring.  Often re-blooming in the fall.
Notes: Exclusive KIGN first offering of this good performing clone.  Puts up new growth several times during the season, unlike some varieties.  More compact and denser growth than either of the parents.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 28"
Bloom Time: April to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  New growth emerges bronze.  Large red flowers held below the foliage in spring.
Notes: Introduced by the O'Byrne's of Northwest Garden Nursery

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, Evergreen in frost free areas.  Usually keeps foliage even in to mid to upper twenties. 12” - 18" tall.  Blood red blooms in spring. New growth emerges in chartreuse with chocolate brown spotting.
Notes:  Good form and one of the best foliage plants for temperate gardens.

Pot Size:  Quart Size Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Japan
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  24"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Blood red blooms in spring.  New growth emerges in reds, oranges, purples.  As the season progresses the foliage has dark purple markings with a greenish background.
Notes: Does best when planted in dappled light and humus rich soil.  Coloration can change depending on age and lighting.  These are a mix of different clones.
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 1' - 2'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes:  Deciduous.  New growth emerges richly mottled in mahogany. Towards the end of the season the background fades to forest green.  Red flowers in spring.
Notes: This form originated from Emeishan in southern Sichuan province.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 12"-18"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping.  Deciduous, evergreen above 20s F.  Blood red blooms in spring.  Bronze-orange foliage.
Notes: Small growing species that has better color with some morning sun and sheltered from the hot afternoon sun.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 12"-18"
Bloom Time:  April to June
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping.  Deciduous, evergreen above 20s F.  Blood red blooms in spring.  Dark brown and white mottled foliage.
Notes:  Excellent form with mottled foliage and good growth habit.  It has been a while since this strain has been available.  Plant with other Podophyllum for textural effect and contrast.  If planted on a mound or slight incline the flower show off best.  I have found for all Podophyllum that they grow best when planted in deep rich fertile soil with lots of organic material.  I use a good layer of fertile mulch with dark bark chips along with manure and compost.  P. difforme perform best when in dappled shade.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 2' - 3'
Attributes:  Deciduous, A flowering plant will have two umbrella like lobed leaves.  New growth emerges mottled with chocolate brown fading to green.  Single pinkish white flowers formed between the two leaves in spring.  Red fruit in summer.
Notes:  Also known as Sinopodophyllum hexandrum, Dysosma emodi and Podophyllum emodi.  Plant in a bit more sun than you would other Podophyllum species.  In the wild hexandrum grows in alpine meadows and open woodlands with other perennials and shrubs.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 2"
Attributes:  Deciduous, A flowering plant will have two umbrella like lobed leaves.  Clusters of red flowers formed between the two leaves in spring.  Red fruit in late summer.
Notes:  This selection was selected from the Rhododendron Species Foundation.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 36"
Attributes:  Deciduous, A flowering plant with two umbrella like, deeply lobed leaves.  Large dangling red flowers spring. Clumping rhizome.
Notes:  Podophyllum can take a few years before settling totally in and get better and better every year.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; versipelle x delabayi
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 18" - 24" 
Bloom Time: April to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  New growth emerges chocolate to orange colored, becoming olive green and cinnamon.  Can sends up several flushes of new growth through the growing season.  Red flowers held below the foliage in spring.  Often re-blooming in the fall.
Notes: Can be a bit variable but these plants have a tall stature with leaves shaped more like delavayi but mostly a solid coloration rather than mottled.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:Asparagaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, moist,  humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  12"
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bluish foliage with creamy-white flowers, blueish fruit in fall.  Bright golden yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Prince Charming was selected by Brent Horvath at Intrinsic Perennial Gardens.  Reported to be a hybrid between P. biflorum var. commutatum and P. humile.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas, China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6"
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pink flared flowers on the ground before the foliage emerges and elongates.
Notes: In the wild this species grows in an open position and does best when not planted in too much shade.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:Asparagaceae
Natural Range: China
Zone: 6 - 10
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun 
Height:  6'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Tall, slender stems with narrow whorled leaves and curled tips used to cling to surrounding vegetation.  Many deep orange bell flowers with a green ring.
Notes:  A unique member of the Solomon's Seals.  This form has been a good sturdy and reliable grower for us.  Also can be found sold in the trade as P. kingianum

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 12" - 18"
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes:  Evergreen, Arching stems with green/white and reddish mottled flowers.  Old foliage has red fruit from previous seasons growth.
Notes: A favorite, smaller species that in the wild grows on tree trunks and stumps.  

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Part shade, shade, sun
Attributes:  Late spring deciduous, 12" long arching.  Shallow rhizomes that forms an expanding clump.
Notes: In the wild Polypodium glycyrrhiza grows on Acer macrophyllum and Alnus rubra trunks, or on mossy rocks, old stumps or on the ground where they landed after falling out of a tree.  They lose their fronds as the season dries and grows new ones in summer, keeping them through winter.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Polypodiaceae
Natural Range: Siberia
Zone: 2 - 8
Soil: Average
Light: Part shade
Height:  4" - 8"
Attributes: Evergreen.  Thick leathery leaves, uniform fronds.  Shallow creeping rhizome
Notes:  A circumboreal species native to northern latitudes.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 1 - 9
Natural Range: Canada to Mexico
Soil:  Moist, well-drained, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 20' - 50'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White bark, deep green leaves that quake in the slightest breeze and bright golden yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Typically growing in large groupings of the same clone.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Primulaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 2'
Bloom Time:May to July
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Bees, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous. Spikes of multi - tiered whorled yellow blooms in late spring. Lance shaped leaves formed in a rosette.
Notes:  A long lived perennial that looks great when planted in masses with Iris.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

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Family:Primulaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Southeastern Tibet; Tsangpo
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 47”
Bloom Time: May to July
Attracts:Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Resistant to: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Rosette forming. Butter yellow to orange bell flowers a top of the scape. Lightly scented.
Notes:An easy and rewarding perennial that has proven to be shade tolerant and still floriferous.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 2'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Spikes of multi - tiered whorled crimson blooms mid spring.  Lance shaped leaves formed in a rosette.
Notes:  A long lived perennial that looks great when planted in masses with Iris.
Companion plants:  Rheum, Aconitum, Iris, Gunnera, ferns

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Family:Primulaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 24"
Bloom Time: May to July
Attracts:Hummingbirds, Butterflies, Bees
Resistant to: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:Evergreen, glossy foliage.  Tall stems with whorls of dark cherry red bell flowers and yellow center.
Notes: Unique and eye-catching.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time:  February to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Small shrubby cherry with twisted branches.  Numerous small pinkish white flowers with dark center.
Notes: Great smaller growing cherry.  Works well in pots.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Rocky Mountains
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 2' - 6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Silver green leaves to nearly 3 inches long.  White flowers and dark purple fruit in summer.  Reddish fall foliage.
Notes: Great multi-stemmed, smaller growing cherry.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot 12" - 18"

Family: Rosaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Western China
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Glossy reddish-brown bark that peels with age.  Small white flowers.
Notes: The outstanding bark is the main ornamental feature.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous with needles resembling a true larch.  Slow growing, broadly conical tree with horizontal branching.  Needles appear in clusters on short shoots.  Bright gold fall foliage.
Notes: Not often available.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Melanthiaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range:  Oregon, California
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 4"- 8"
Attributes:  Emerging February to March.  Dormant usually by July.  Blue green leaves often with silvery green pattern along the major veins.  Petals white, sometimes pink, occasionally spotted with darker purple.
Notes:  With they're nearly perfect balance of flower and foliage, Pseudotrillium rivale is one of natures little gems.  Pseudotrillium require little care when established in the garden and can form quite substantial clumps over time.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Rutaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern and Central United States
Soil:  Average,  drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, , part sun, shade
Height:  15’
Bloom Time:  June
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, trifoliate, shiny green leaves to 5" long.  Cymes of small white flowers.  Pendulous seed clusters.
Notes:   Native to open woods, glades and ravines.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3' - 4'