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Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  PP35461 CPBRAF
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 28"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Deep burgundy leaves with rosy purple flowers.
Notes: Great combo of dark leaves and dark flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  2.5'
Bloom Time: July to August
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Golden yellow spring growth turning to a luminous yellow.  As the season progresses most of the upper foliage turns a light green. Delicately arching plumes of white flowers.
Notes: This was a form originally introduced from Japan

Pot Size:4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Silver cast to the leaves.  Tall spikes of frilly pink flowers and blue pollen.
Notes:  Selected out of our collections.

Pot Size:  4"  Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, When grown with a bit more sun the foliage stays a bright lime green to yellow.  New foliage emerges with an orange tinge around the edges.  Tall spikes of frilly pink flowers and blue pollen.
Notes:  What a surprise!  Beautiful lime green foliage highlighted with orange topped off with sturdy and tall stems of pink flowers.  Astilbe chinensis 'Royal Sentinel' was selected out of our seedlings that originated from our collections in Guizhou province.  The parent plant was only a foot tall and not all that impressive but the progeny are anything but.  Elevation of 1600 m in an ancient Beech tree forest.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Graceful plumes of cream-white with pink.  Glossy, dark colored  foliage.
Notes: Smaller growing variety.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time:May to August
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Fern like foliage to about 6" tall with pink flowers to 12" tall.
Notes:  A easily grown species that with a smaller stature.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun-part shade
Height:  4" - 6"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Dense foliage in tiny mound with short sprays of light pink flowers. 

Notes: Rare Astilbe endemic to the mountains of Yakushima Japan.

Family:  Saxifragacea
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  6'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Broadly elliptic leaves.  Tall flower stems held above the foliage with feathery, greenish white flowers. 
Notes: We came across this giant in South Western Sichuan growing with Rodgersia, Rhododendron, Arisaema. Native to forests and shaded ravines from 900-3200m.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Graceful plumes of pink.  Dark crisp foliage.
Notes: Smaller growing variety.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 2'
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Bronze new growth turning dark green after flowering.  Plumes of white flowers on dark stems.
Notes: Floriferous variety.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 8"
Bloom Time: July to August
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Pink flowers.  Dark crisp foliage.
Notes: Smaller growing variety.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Apiaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Europe
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Shade, part shade
Height:  12” – 24”
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Pronounced, long-lasting, pink bracts.
Notes: So much detail to the flower on closer look.
 
Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade to shade.
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Mat-green leaves with toothed edges.  Star shaped, dark purple-red flowers with yellow pollen.  Reddish orange fruit.
Notes: Attractive small, open shrub from the cool forests of China. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade to shade.
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Mat-green leaves with toothed edges.  Star shaped, dark purple-red flowers.  This form has wider leaves and small yellow spotting.
Notes: A Cistus Nursery introduction. Attractive small, open shrub from the cool forests of China. 

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade to shade.
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Mat-green leaves with toothed edges.  Star shaped, dark purple-red flowers with yellow pollen.
Notes: Attractive small, open shrub from the cool forests of China. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green leaves
Notes: An easily grown broad leaf evergreen shrub that is a great foundation plant.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chili, Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to Sun
Height: 6" - 10"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen ground-cover of crowded fronds with taller fertile fronds.
Notes:  Grows like a larger scale version of Austroblechnum penna-marina.  Our stock plants were shared with us by fern aficionado Judith Jones of Fancy Fronds Nursery.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to Sun
Height: 6"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, Orange-red new growth.  Thick dark green, glossy fronds.
Notes: Grows faster with constant moisture.  Spreading rhizome making a ground-cover over time.  Recently re-classified from Blechnum to Austroblechnum.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range: S Chile, S Argentina
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25' - 50'
Attributes:  Evergreen, short trunk and narrow crown.  Red-brown bark, peeling in threads.
Notes:  Native to the Valdivian temperate rain forests and drier steppe-forests of central-southern Chile and Argentina.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chile and Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, Part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: January to February
Attributes: Evergreen.  Small, glossy green leaves.  Gracefully layered branching.  Vanilla fragrant yellow flowers.
Notes: Attractive, narrow upright, layered growth.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part shade-shade
Bloom Time:May to September
Height: 16"
Attributes: White flowers held above the foliage.  Heart shaped, evergreen, glossy bronze-green leaves.
Notes:  One of the  best foliage plants for the shady garden.  Durable and showy.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Deciduous. Attractive heart shaped foliage with pink flowers fall.
Notes:  Collected by Dan Hinkley from Emei Shan.  Mulch tuber in fall since they are very shallow.  Will be evergreen in the upper 20s.  This is definitely one of the hardiest and best performing species Begonias for temperate climates.  Many Begonias are hardy but emerge so late in the season that it is hardy worth it.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade
Height: 8" - 24"
Attributes: Deciduous. Dark-pink blooms summer-fall, lime green foliage with red stems.
Notes:  Begonia grandis is a tuberous perennial with stunning foliage that lasts until frost.  This is another great cultivar from the old Heronswood nursery.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Southern China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: July to September
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Clumping.  Large green leaves with metallic cast.  Red veining and red underside of leaves.  Numerous white to pink
Notes: Begonia grandis is a tuberous perennial with stunning foliage that lasts until frost. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Deciduous. Red stems with dark green foliage speckled with silvery white.  Pink flowers.
Notes:  A showy species. Mulch crown in colder zones. A Shayne Chandler and Dan Hinkley collection.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attributes: Deciduous. Palmate leaves with bright red hairs.  Pink flowers.
Notes:  A collection from China.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  18"
Bloom Time:  Fall
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Silver and dark green leaves with deep red on the underside.  Pink flowers fall and winter.
Notes: This species originated from the forests of Northeastern India.  Mulch crown in fall.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range:  China;  Yunnan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height:  12"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Emerges late in the season after other species are up, often not emerging until late June.  Palmate variegated foliage.  Rose pink flowers.
Notes: Smaller and delightful species and one of my favorites!  In the wild grows around 1200 to 2100 m.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 8 - 9
Natural Range: China, NE India
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Variable deep green with silver mottling, red underside of the leaf.  Orange-red buds and yellow flowers.
Notes:  Cold tolerant but needs a generous layer of leaves or mulch over the crown in winter.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Tibet
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  1" yellow flowers.  Red stems with dark green, holly like foliage with contrasting white underside.  
Notes: A rare species from Tibet with  large flowers that are much bigger than other Berberis species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range:  Chile
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Sun
Height: 4' - 8'
Bloom Time:  March to May
Attracts:  Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy, dark green leaves.  Rich orange flowers.
Notes: More compact when given full sun.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

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Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Berberidaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, Well drained
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 5'
Attributes: Dense evergreen shrub.  Narrow dark green leaves with pale yellow flowers in summer and dark blue fruit in winter.
Notes:  Attractive foliage plant.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 8'
Bloom Time: 
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Yellow flowers from 15-25 clusterd at one joint.  Black fruit.  Long, lanceolae leaves to 5" long with short spiny margins. 
Notes: One of the finest Berberis for foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Attributes:  Evergreen, yellow flowers in summer, blue fruit in fall.  powdery white underneath the immature foliage.  Dark green whorled foliage on mature plants.
Notes:  Berberis Kawakamii is a hardy and substantial species with thick dark green and glossy leaves.  When in flower the branches are clad in numerous bright yellow flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range:  Tibet
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 4' - 8'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees, Birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Arching stems, with glaucous foliage with white beneath.  Pale yellow flowers to about 1/2" long.  Red fall foliage.  Red fruit.
Notes: Striking species discovered by Kingdon Ward on Temo La. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot