Tree and Shrubs

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 2' - 3'
Attributes: Deciduous.  New foliage emerges in red,orange and pink tones turning bright yellow-chartreuse.  White flower plumes in summer.
Notes:  Much smaller growing selection.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China; North-west Yunnan, Cangshan Range
Family:  Rosaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 20 feet tall
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Crimson fruit becoming pink later in the season.  Orange-yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Great fall foliage

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Rosaceae
Soil:  Average  to moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pinkish new growth with prominent veining.  White flowers.  Brownish fruit.
Notes:  A choice species that is not often available.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Rosaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 1' - 2'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White flowers, pinkish-red fruit.  Small, glossy green leaves that turn shads of red and orange in the fall.
Notes:  A nice small growing species.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Rosaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 20 feet tall
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright red-orange new growth with deeply pleated texture from leaf veining.  Large white flowers with green fruit, spotted brown and blushed with red when in more sun.  Nice structural branching.
Notes:  This species is tentatively ID as S. caloneura but seems distinct.  The fruit on this species is very hard, as a result they last well into fall and after the foliage has dropped.  Stunning fall foliage ranging from yellow to red.  We collected this form near the top of Fanjinshan at 2300 m.  It was a nice sunny day and the fall foliage was particularly nice with bright red coloration running the ridge-line.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  20'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright red-orange new growth with deeply pleated texture from leaf veining.  Large white flowers with green fruit, spotted brown and blushed with red when in more sun.  Nice structural branching.
Notes:  The fruit on this species is very hard, as a result they last well into fall and after the foliage has dropped.  Stunning fall foliage ranging from yellow to red.  We collected this form near the top of Leigongshan Mountain at 2100 m.  This day on our trip was cold wet and foggy making it quite difficult to see what was around but we managed to find some treasures.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 2.5'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Deep orange new growth turning bright yellow.  Dark purple blooms in late spring.
Notes:  Sterile, triploid hybrid developed by Tom Ranney of NCSU.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Staphyleaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: S.E. France, Italy, Western Ukraine, Balkans
Soil:  Average, humus rich well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  10'
Bloom Time: May to June
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deciduous.  Suckering shrub with White flowers.
Notes: Curious puffed fruits.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Asia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous.  White camellia like flowers with deep red buds.  Red fall foliage.  Upright layered branching.  Cinnamon colored bark. 
Notes: All Stewartia are among the most elegant structural small trees for the temperate garden.  Something for all seasons!

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan; Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  White camellia like flowers.  Red-orange fall foliage.  Horizontal branches and smooth cinnamon, mottled bark.  This form has silver leaves turning more silver as the leaves age.  Striking red stems contrast against the leaves.
Notes:  A must have for any garden for year round interest.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan; Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large, white camellia like flowers.  Red fall foliage.  Horizontal branches and smooth cinnamon, mottled bark.
Notes:  Selected from the Polly Hill Arboretum.  Larger flowers and brilliant bark.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan; Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Islands
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous.  White camellia like flowers.  Red fall foliage.  Horizontal branches and smooth cinnamon, mottled bark.  This form has silver leaves turning more silver as the leaves age.  Striking red stems contrast against the leaves.
Notes:  Beautiful form of pseudocamellia selected by Guy and Chiyoko Meacham.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous.  White camellia like flowers with deep red buds.  Red fall foliage.  Upright layered branching.  Cinnamon colored bark. 
Notes: All Stewartia are among the most elegant structural small trees for the temperate garden.  Something for all seasons!

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Styracaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  White flowers with maroon seed pods.  Yellow new foliage, turning dark red purple in the fall.
Notes:  Refined and elegant small tree for the lightly shady garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Theaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  S. monadelpha x S. pseudocamellia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Two inch white camellia like flowers.  Red fall foliage.  Horizontal branches and smooth cinnamon, mottled bark.
Notes:  A nice intermediate form between both parents with bark like S. pseudocamellia flowers  more like S. monadelpha.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Styracaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: May  to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Fragrant white bell flowers in racemes.
Notes:  Mature trees are extremely showy and will be covered in blossoms.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Styracaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large, bell like white flowers in mass.  Dark purple foliage.  Rounded fruit in fall.  Keep in a bit more sun for best foliage.
Notes:  Great flower and foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Styracaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: May  to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  White bell flowers in racemes.
Notes: A Far Reaches Farm and Steve Hootman of the Rhododendron Species Foundation collection of beautiful Styrax from Guizhou China.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Styracaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time: May  to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large foliage with fragrant white flowers in showy clusters.
Notes: Fuzzy leaves that are much larger than other Styrax.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Styracaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China; Western Sichuan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 9'
Bloom Time: May  to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  White flowers in racemes of 3-5. 
Notes: Smaller species that is known for its free-flowering habit.  In the wild S. wilsonii grows on scrubby, rocky hillsides and along stream banks between 1300 - 1700 m.  Rare species offered, limited numbers available.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Sycopsis sinensis x Parrotia persica
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  February to March
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Growth resembling Parrotia.  This form has thick, leathery leaves with deep green circled with light green.  Good autumn color, ranging from yellow to orange.  Red frilly flowers.
Notes: Parrotia-like structure and with showy red flowers when little else is blooming.  I find that paring this rare find with Sarcococca near the main entry is a good way to feel good during the doldrums of winter.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pinkish-white flowers.  Well-branched, upright shrub with deep pink berries..
Notes:  Improved fruit selection.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Taxaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average, humus rich, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  25' - 50’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Shrub or small tree.  Flattened needles with red fruit in fall.  Peeling red and brown bark. 
Notes:  Slow growing with drooping, horizontal branching.  West of the Cascades Taxus brevifolia is often found as an understory tree.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China, Taiwan
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes:  Semi-evergreen. Massive palmate leaves on tall woody trunks.  White flowers in fall.
Notes: In extra cold winters plants can die back to the ground but in warmer zones trunks will remain season to season.  A Bit of patiens is needed these can take a couple of years to realy get established.  In time plants will send out new plants from root nodes.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Slow growing.  Thick leaves with yellow-orange tipped leaves in sun.
Notes: Foliage looks like a fern or moss.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Slow growing.  Thick leaves with green on top and white stripes on the back.
Notes: Foliage looks like a fern or moss.  Great Plant Picks

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Slow growing.  Thick leaves with dark green on top and white stripes underneath.
Notes: Foliage looks like a fern or moss.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Malvaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Europe, Southwestern Asia
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  20'
Bloom Time:  June
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous. Gold leaf selection turning chartreuse in the summer.  White flower bracts.
Notes:   Selected by Mr. Akira Shibamachi of Japan and introduced by Barry Yinger into the United States. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Malvaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Europe, Southwestern Asia
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  June
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Small rounded shrub.  White flower bracts.
Notes:   Rare selection with an extremely diminutive habit. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Malvaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe, Southwest Asia
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20"
Bloom Time: June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Very dwarf form with tiny branches and small leaves.
Notes: A great selection for small gardens and pots.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Malvaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe, Southwest Asia
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6' - 9'
Bloom Time: June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Dwarf and slow growing selection that puts on about 3" of growth a year.
Notes: A great selection for small gardens.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Malvaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe, Southwest Asia
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time: June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Dwarf form with globular crown and small leaves.
Notes: A great selection for small gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Malvaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  15'- 30'
Bloom Time:  June
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pale gray, scaly bark.  New growth is pinkish orange becoming green above and paler beneath.  Toothed margins.  White flower bracts.
Notes:   Quite hard to find in cultivation. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Malvaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  15'- 30'
Bloom Time:  June
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Distinct small, narrow, short-stalked leaves.
Notes:   Quite hard to find in cultivation. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Malvaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  8'
Bloom Time:  June
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous. Narrowly pointed leaf with heavy serration.  White flower bracts.
Notes:  Hard to find cultivar from Poland.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Meliaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:Asia
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Vertical stems with pink new growth.  1-2 foot long leaves with pointed oblong leaflets.  .
Notes:  Known as the tree vegetable, young leaves and shoots are used for culinary.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Meliaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:Asia
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Vertical stems with bronze new growth.  1-2 foot long leaves with pointed oblong leaflets.
Notes:  Known as the tree vegetable, young leaves and shoots are used for culinary.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Anacardiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Pubescent branches, dioecious flowers June, then turning brilliant scarlet in fall.  Non suckering tree like multi-branching.
Notes:  Great new foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Myrtaceae
Zone:  8 - 10
Natural Range:  Argentina, Chile
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Small dark green leaves with fragrant pendulous white flowers and red fruit
Notes: Attractive and small shrub with a similar look to blueberry shrubs.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Ulmaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Korea, Japan
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  25'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Air Pollution
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Upright, columnar growth with tips that do not splay with age.  Small leaves that turn yellow-orange in fall and lasts long into the season.  Bark peels into strips revealing patches of orange, grey and white.
Notes:   This form is tolerant of most tough conditions and works well as a street tree or hedge.  Resistant to Dutch elm disease.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ulmaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Korea, Japan
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  40'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Air Pollution
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Yellow leaves that are scorch resistant.  exfoliating bark.
Notes:   Graceful tree that was introduced by B. Rey.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 5'