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: Bees, Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: Deer
Attributes: Evergreen, glossy, dark 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
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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 is reported to grow in Zone 7 and above. Does best when pruned once it flowers and mulch crown in winter.
Pot size: Quart Size Pot
Family: Sabiaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Attributes: Deciduous, fragrant white flowers.
Notes: In the wild it grows around 1300 m
Pot Size: Small Band Pot
$15.00IN STOCK
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Shade-sun
Height: 6'
Attributes: Deciduous, alternate light green leaves. Pinkish - orange urn - shaped flowers in late spring.
Notes: In the wild Menziesia grows in woodlands as an understory plant, and along forest clearings. The appearance is similar to Enkianthus.
Pot Size: Medium Band Pot
Family:Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: South Western China
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes: Evergreen, Single to three lobed leaves. Unusual green flowers and black fruit.
Notes: Cool and reliably hardy shrub that is still relatively uncommon in cultivation. Leaves can be three lobed or simple.
Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot
$18.00IN STOCK
Family: Cupressaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Upright narrow crown with peeling bark. Bright-green needles.
Notes: Great structure.
Pot Size: Medium Band Pot
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Family: Cupressaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Upright narrow crown with peeling bark. Light blue-green needles.
Notes: Newly introduced.
Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot
OUT OF STOCKFamily: Cupressaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Bright yellow to chartreuse foliage with orange. Bright orange fall foliage.
Notes: More intense orange and yellow with a bit more sun.
Pot Size: 2 ' - 3'
Family: Cupressaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Upright narrow crown with peeling bark. Bright-green needles.
Notes: This is a new columnar form that is reported to be 8'11' wide when mature.
Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot
Pot size: Small Band Pot
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Pot size: Small Band Pot
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Pot size: 2 Gallon Pot 3' - 4'
Pot size: Large Band Pot 2' - 3'
Family: Asteraceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; New Zealand
Soil: Average- humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, Part sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attributes: Evergreen. Rounded shrub with glossy olive-green leaves with white undersides and numerous small white flowers. Light, flaky bark.
Notes: We have had this growing in the garden for many years and have not seen any damage.
Pot Size: 4" Band Pot
$15.00IN STOCK
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: Small Band Pot
Family: Oleaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Turkey
Soil: average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes: Evergreen shrub. Small, fragrant white flowers.
Notes: Roy Lancaster collection from Turkey. Also known as Phillyrea vilmoriniana, Phillyrea decora.
Pot Size: Large Band Pot
OUT OF STOCKPot Size: Medium Band Pot
Family: Oleaceae
Zone:7 - 11
Natural Range: Japan, Taiwan
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 4' - 5'
Bloom Time: Fall
Attributes: Evergreen shrub. Dwarf evergreen white, gray and green splashed foliage. Sweet fragrant flowers in fall.
Notes: Does best when sheltered from the hottest sun.
Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot
$20.00IN STOCK
Family: Oleaceae
Zone:7 - 11
Natural Range: Japan, Taiwan
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 4' - 5'
Bloom Time: Fall
Attributes: Evergreen shrub. Dwarf evergreen with gold leaves turning chartreuse with age. Sweet fragrant flowers in fall.
Notes: Does best when sheltered from the hottest sun.
Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot
Family: Betulaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America, Mexico
Soil: Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time: April
Attributes: Deciduous. Small tree with rounded canopy. Birch-like leaves. Green hop-like flowers and fruit. Male and female flowers on same tree.
Notes: Attractively shaped and graceful, low-maintenance under-story tree for lightly shady gardens.
Pot Size: Medium Band Pot
Family: Ericaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern and Southern United States
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 20' - 50'
Attributes: Deciduous. Gray, fissured bark with age. Glossy green leaves to 8" long. Crimson red fall foliage. White flowers on drooping panicles to 8" long. Light fragrance.
Notes: Found growing on wooded slopes in combination with other members of the same family.
Pot size: Medium Band Pot
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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
OUT OF STOCKFamily: Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Northern Iran, Caucaus
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time: February to March
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Upright and columnar selection even with age. Yellow and red fall foliage. Flaking bark with maturity.
Notes: Found and selected by Ken Christianson.
Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot
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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. Upright and columnar selection even with age. Yellow and red fall foliage. Flaking bark with maturity.
Notes: Great Plant Picks
Pot Size: Large Band Pot
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PP34,296; CBRAF
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 4'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Fragrant creamy white flowers. Green foliage with yellow variegation.
Notes: Great foliage texture.
Pot Size: 4" Band Pot
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Family: Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6' - 8'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Fragrant creamy white, double flowers.
Notes: Discovered near the Smith River in Del Norte County.
Pot Size: Medium Band Pot
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil: Moist to average, Drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8'
Attributes: Deciduous, Numerous, fragrant white flowers in summer.
Notes: Philadelphus are elated to hydrangeas and are found throughout the northern hemisphere.
Pot Size: Medium Band Pot
$15.00IN STOCK
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6' - 8'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous. Arching branches with large fragrant white flowers with purple center.
Notes: Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
Pot Size: Large Band 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
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Family: Ericaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: AZ, AK, WA, OR, CA, MT, ID, WY; AB, BC, MB, SK
Soil: Humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6" - 12"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen. Slow growing mounding shrub with dark green, needle-like foliage. Pink to rose flowers.
Notes:Does best in cool soils that are damp, humus rich and sharp/gritty. Our collection is from Washing Cascade Range.
Pot size: Small Band Pot
Family: Rosaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid
Soil: Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attributes: Deciduous. Compact, mounded cultivar with gold to chartreuse, maple-like foliage. White flowers often tinged pink.
Notes: Brilliant foliage.
Pot Size: Large Band Pot
Family: Pinaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Mexico
Soil: Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 30' - 75', Smaller in cultivation
Attributes: Evergreen, Medium sized, blue green needles.
Notes: Native to northwest Mexico into the Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains. Growing at elevations of 2300-3200 m, along stream-sides and in mountain valleys. Endangered in the wild.
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
OUT OF STOCKFamily: 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
OUT OF STOCKFamily: 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
OUT OF STOCKFamily: 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: 1 Gallon Pot
OUT OF STOCKFamily: 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
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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
OUT OF STOCKFamily: 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
OUT OF STOCKFamily: 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: Medium Band 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: Medium Band Pot
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