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Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, medium sized, blue green needles.
Notes: Growing at elevations of 1600-3800 m.

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: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, medium sized, blue green needles.  Pendulous branchlets.
Notes: Usually grows in pure stands but is occasionally found mixed with Abies sibirica.  Growing at elevations of 1200-3500 m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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: Pineaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Gray, irregularly flaking bark.  Upward facing, short needles.  Yellow-brown seed cones to 3" long. 
Notes: Mixed mountain forests from elevations between 1400m to 2800m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:Hydrangeaceae
Natural Range: China;  China
Zone: 7 - 9
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height:  10' - 20'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attracts:Bees
Attributes: Evergreen.  Self clinging vine with large clusters of small creamy-white flowers.  Dark green, leathery foliage.
Notes:  Looks cool climbing up a tall evergreen tree.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single-trunked tree with horizontally spreading branches and pyramidal crown.  Bluish green silvery, soft needles with slightly drooping habit.
Notes:  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 1,900 - 3,500m

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  9 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Broadly conical with spreading branches.  Needles in groups of two to five. 
Notes:  This variety has blue-green needles.

Pot size: 4" Band 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:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico; Sierra Madre Occidental
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Dark green needles of five and seven per fascicle.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus durangensis grows at moderately high altitude between 1,500 - 2,800m

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Straight trunk and level branches with dense upright branchlets.  As the tree ages it develops a flattened top.
Notes:  In the wild Pinus hwangshanensis grows at elevations of 600-3'400m above sea level in mixed temperate and montane forests and sunny ridges.
 
Pot size:  Medium 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 - 11
Natural Range: CentralMexico
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 12" long.  Crown is broad and rounded with dense branches. 
Notes: In the wild Pinus montezumae  grows in the mountains of Central and South Mexico where the climate is temperate at elevations between 1200m and 3600m.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Straight crown becoming broad and flattened.  Bark is smooth, becoming furrowed.  Cones maturing in 2 years
Notes: Occurs in the mountains of western north America

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun
Height: 40' - 80'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Straight or contorted trunk with rounded or flattened irregular crown.  Needles are borne with two per fascicle.  Needles to 6" inches long.
Notes:   Native from sea level to 300m , occurring along the coast and on Santa Cruz Santa Rosa  and Guadalupe islands Islands.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  9 - 10
Natural Range:  Mexico, Central America
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single, erect trunk, spreading branches forming rounded crown.  Rough, scaly bark.  Needles in fascicles of 4-5 persisting for 2-3 years.
Notes:  The national tree of Honduras.  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 2,000 - 2,400m

Pot size: 4" Band Band Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  10’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Curved blue green needles.  Cones formed at the branch tips.
Notes:  This form is smaller and slower growing than the species.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles from 3"-6".  Grayish bark with brown ridges.  Crown often windswept and irregular.
Notes:  The type variety occurs naturally only at three localities on the coast of central California.  These plants are from seed collected near Santa Cruz.

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: 5 - 10
Natural Range: California
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 45'-100', much smaller in cultivation. 
Attributes:  Evergreen, long gray needles giving a ghostly appearance.   Massive, heavy symmetrical, dull brown, resinous cone.  Distinct look among Pines.
Notes:  Collected in Northern California along the Trinity River.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Moist to dry, humus rich, well drained, drought tolerant
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 60', smaller in cultivation.
Attributes: Evergreen.  Short, dark green needles
Notes: In the wild Pinus taiwanensis grows along the Central Mountain Range at altitudes of 750 - 3000 m. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Pinaceaeae
Zone:  8 - 9
Natural Range:  Mexico; Western Chihuahua, Northern Coahuila to Southeastern Chiapas
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Single-trunked tree with rounded, dense crown.
Notes:  In the wild it is found in the mountains at elevations of 1,500 - 3,000m

Pot size: Small Band Pot

Family: Pineaceae
Zone:8 - 11
Natural Range: SouthernMexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Needles to 7" long.  Narrow crown with numerous horizontal branches densely clothed with foliage at the tips.
Notes: In the wild Pinus techumanii  grows in the mountains of Mexico and central America at elevations between 450m and 2900m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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:  Pinaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 80', much smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, conical crown, blue green leaves to 11 inches long.  Graceful, drooping foliage.  Long cylindrical cones.
Notes:  Rare in cultivation.  Predominantly grows at 600 - 3000 m elevation on the high plateaus of Yunnan but extending north into Sichuan and south into Myanmar.  1 gallon size plants.

Pot Size:   2 Gallon Pot 2' - 4'

Family:  Anacardiaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: China to Philippines
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30'
Attributes: Deciduous tree with oval rounded crown.  Compound, pinnate foliage to 10" long with 10 to 12 leaflets.  Bright reddish-pink new growth, yellow, orange and red fall foliage. 
Notes: Great foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:Pittosporaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China, Japan, Taiwan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Narrow, wavy leaves to 7" long.  Formed in whorled clusters of 3-6.  White flowers.
Notes: Textually interesting and reliably hardy shrub that is still relatively uncommon in cultivation.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

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

Family: Platanaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Arizona, New Mexico and south into Mexico
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.
Notes:  A stunning and quite rare native Sycamore.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Poaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:China, Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 18" - 24" 
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes:  Silvery white new growth.
Notes:  Slow growing bamboo that is best with a bit of shade.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Poaceae
Zone:6 - 10
Natural Range:Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Brilliant chartreuse and darker green stripes.
Notes:  Deciduous in zone 8 and below and looks best when cut back late winter/early spring.  Looks gorgeous in a ornamental pot as a focal point.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Orchidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, Shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 6” - 8" tall.  Blooms in spring.  Blooms are large, white and yellow throat.  Foliage is rounded with deep pleating.  Each year the previous pseudobulb is replaced by new growth.
Notes:  Mulch pseudobulbs with a good layer of leaves in October-November.  Also works well as a potted plant.  If potted tuck in a cool garage during the winter.  Keep on the dry side but don't allow pseudobulb to shrivel up.

Pot Size:  Large Flowering Size Plants

Family: Poaceae
Zone: 7 - 9 
Natural Range: Chile
Soil:Average, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 18"
Pest Resistance: NA
Bloom Time: June to July
Attributes:Blue-green mounding foliage.  
Notes:Growing among rocky well draining soil among perennials and ferns.  Nice foliage with seed heads having a purple tinge along the base.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Podocapaceae
Zone: 8 - 11
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  10' - 25'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  5-7" long, shinny, blue-green needles that droop.
Notes: Very graceful drooping growth habit.Reported to be the hardiest of the South African Podocapus taking temperatures down to around 15 degrees. 

Pot Size:  5 Gallon Pot 4-5'

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