Tree and Shrubs

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:  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: Proteaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Australia
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen, lance shaped leaves with toothed margins to 8" long.  White to cream, occasionally tinged pink fragrant flowers.
Notes: Great foliage!

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot 12" - 18"

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 10'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, bees, butterflies and birds.
Attributes:  Deciduous shrub.  Yellow flowers with red flower bracts.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Versatile shrub that is great for wildlife.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 15'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous, upright shrub.  White-yellow flowers.  Small round fruit.  Peeling bark.  Translucent-white fruit.
Notes: Noted to be a handsome shrub when in flower.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  China; Sichuan
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  3' - 5'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.   Small shrub, small green leaves.
Notes: Found growing at high elevations among Abies and Rhododendron.  We have not seen these flower yet.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Myrtaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Central Andes
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attributes:  Smooth bark with grey and orange-brown mottling.  Peeling bark.  Small, evergreen fragrant leaves.  Profuse white flowers in midsummer.  Black-blue fruit.
Notes:  Once established it is fairly drought and frost tolerant

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 10'
Bloom Time:  July
Attributes: Evergreen. Attractive purple late summer-winter foliage.  White flowers.  Cinnamon brown bark.
Notes: These are from our collections in 2013 from Guizhou Province. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Magnolia foveolata x laevifolia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white flowers, blooming prolifically.

Pot Size:Large Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Magnolia acumianata v. subcordata 'Miss Honeybee' and M. stellata 'Rubra'
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 15' - 25'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Creamy yellow flowers.  Broad pyramidal form.
Notes:  Hybridized in the 1990s by Phil Savage of Bloomfield Hills.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  White flowers with purple at the base.
Notes:  Flowers are able to withstand light frosts and often produce a second flush.  Narrow leaves and graceful appearance.

Pot Size:Medium Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white to pink flowers.  Medium-large leaves.

Pot Size:Large Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  March
Attributes: Deciduous.  Rounded, spreading crown.  Obovate leaves to 6" long.  Fragrant goblet-shaped white flowers to 6" across.  Flowers before foliage emerges.  Cone like cones turning red in late summer.
Notes:  Grown in Chinese gardens for at least 1000 years.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pyramidal when young, maturing to a spreading canopy.  Fragrant, goblet-shaped white to pink-tinged flowers to 4" across.
Notes:  One of the earliest Magnolia species to bloom in the spring.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white flowers, blooming prolifically.  Small dark green leaves with cinnamon underside.
Notes:  An easily grown Magnolia for smaller gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Evergreen.  Fragrant white flowers, blooming prolifically.
Notes:  An easily grown Magnolia for smaller gardens.

Pot Size:1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Southeastern United States
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large multi-stemmed shrub that tends to bloom at a younger age.  12" - 15" sweetly fragrant, creamy-white flowers.  15" - 20" long leaves.
Notes:  An exotic looking and hardy Magnolia that flowers even at a young specimen.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 40'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous.  Huge leaves to about 18" long.  Large creamy white flowers.
Notes:  Can grow to 80' in the wild

Pot Size:  1 gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 50'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large leaves up to 20" long with rounded, notched tips.  Large creamy white flowers.
Notes:  Upright tree for sunny but sheltered from strong winds.  Grows in the mountain forests to 2000m elevation.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan, Korea
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 10' - 15'
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attributes: Deciduous, Nodding, fragrant, 4" wide white flowers with red stamens in spring - early summer.
Notes:  A nice mid sized magnolia that is not often encountered.

Pot Size:Small Band Pot

Family:  Magnoliaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  Southern and Central China
Soil:  Average humus rich well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous shrub or small tree with fragrant nodding white flowers to 5" across with rose-purple center.
Notes:  Best when planted in shad in warmer climates.  

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; M. hypoleuca x M. sieboldii
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' 
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  6 - 8" white fragrant flowers.
Notes:  Very hardy and floriferous selection originating from the Gothenburg Botanic Garden in Sweden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 1' - 2'

Family: Magnoliaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pink and white flowers with 9 petaloid tepals early in the spring.  Upright growth.
Notes:  A rare tree both in the wild and cultivation.  Reported to only be fond on one mountain with few individuals.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 2' - 3'

Family: Berberidaceae

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Serrated foliage with yellow flowers.
Notes: Found as a rogue seedling in a batch of Mahonia aquifolium seedlings at Miethke Nursery in the 50's.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light: Part shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  May to June, September to November
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy, dark green leaves.  Orange-red new growth.  Yellow flowers.  Blue fruit.
Notes: A shorter growing, multi-branched Mahonia.  Unlike most Mahonia this hybrid has both flowers and fruit at the same time.  Hybrid named after Ozzie Johnson.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun, shade
Height: 8'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Bloom Time: February to April
Attributes: Evergreen.  Creamy yellow flowers on short spikes.
Notes: Leaf ranges from large to smaller with numerous sharp points.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time: December to March
Attributes: Evergreen.  Yellow to orange flowers.  Mat like texture with sharp lobes.
Notes: An exciting hybrid bred by Andy Navage director of horticulture at the Bloedel reserve.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Part shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  Fall and Spring
Attracts:  Bees, Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Feathery foliage with short spikes of yellow flowers.
Notes:  Spineless Mahonia perfect for containers and planted in the lightly shaded garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time: December to March
Attributes: Evergreen.  Yellow flowers on short spikes.  Dazzling new growth is bright silvery, maturing to a deep green with a silver sheen.
Notes: One of the best Mahonia species for foliage.  These are open pollinated, seed grown plants with a bit of variation in foliage.  M. confusa

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time: Summer to Fall
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Spinney leaves.  Reddish orange new growth.  Creamy yellow flowers.
Notes: Smaller growing Mahonia.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time: Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Yellow flowers.  Compound leaves with fern-like appearance.
Notes: Cistus Nursery introduction. Bronze new growth.  Gives the garden a tropical texture.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time: Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Yellow flowers.  Compound leaves with fern-like appearance.
Notes: Bronze new growth.  Gives the garden a tropical texture.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 7 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Mahonia gracilipes x nitens
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time: Summer to Fall
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Red and yellow blooms are formed on racemes. Blue fruit in the late fall.  Leaves can vary in size and often have bright white underside of leaf. 
Notes:  These are seedlings of Mahonia gracilipes x nitens.  Like other Mahonia species these are very drought tolerant once established.

Pot Size: Small Band Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time: Summer to Fall
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Spinney leaves.  Yellow flowers
Notes: Smaller growing Mahonia.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Tibet, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, India
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 6' - 12'
Bloom Time: Spring  to Summer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, yellow flowers formed long racemes. Blue fruit in the late fall.  Thick, dark green pinnate leaves.
Notes:  Proven to be nice and hardy in the PNW.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil: Average
Light: Sun, Part Sun, Shade
Height: 3'
Bloom Time: Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Suckering shrub forming a loose groundcover.  Dark green leaves with yellow flowers and blue fruit.
Notes:  This selection has orange-red flower buds and tends to grow a bit taller.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

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Family:  Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil: Average
Light: Sun, Part Sun, Shade
Height: 3'
Bloom Time: Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Suckering shrub forming a loose ground-cover.  Dark green leaves with yellow flowers and blue fruit.
Notes:  This is the standard low selection with purplish winter foliage.  One of the best evergreen shrubs for the temperate garden.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

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Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time: Summer to Fall
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Red with yellow flowers formed on short racemes. Blue fruit in the late fall.  Thick, dark green pinnate leaves.
Notes:  Similar to Mahonia gracilipes but with a more upright and uniform growth, lacks the characteristic waxy white under the leaf.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Berberidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time: Summer to Fall
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer and Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Numerous small yellow flowers followed by blue fruit.
Notes:  This selection has smaller narrower leaves.  Seems to grow wider than tall.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot