Tree and Shrubs

Family: Ericaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen. Large leaves with orange-bronze new growth. Lemon yellow to creamy white flowers.
Notes:  A stunning site to see in the wild when their full potential is reached.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  North America
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  2' - 5'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Aromatic, small, fuzzy leaves.  Numerous small white flowers
Notes: Once known as Ledum groenlandicum.  A lovely small shrub for the bog garden, moist bed, or pond margin.  Plant near large rocks and logs.  
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen upright shrub. Widely funnel-shaped yellow flowers..  Oblong to ovate-lanceolate leaves to 4" long.
Notes:  Native to Sichuan, Yunnan, Hubei, Guizhou.  Found growing in woodlands, where it can form dense thickets.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  5' - 25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Dark pink to pale pink flowers. 
Notes:  Rhododendron macrophyllum is wonderful to see in the wild when in bloom.  Can be found growing in full sun or in the shade of tall conifers.
 
Pot size:  2" Deep Round Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  May
Attributes: Evergreen. Pink flowers.  Gray green leaves with tan indumentum
Notes:  Great foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

.Family: Ericaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen. Large white flowers pink flower bracts
Notes: 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: India, China, Tibet
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 2'
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes: Evergreen.  Small-leaves with yellow to off white flowers.
Notes:  Dwarf species with rounded shape.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China, Tibet, Myanmar
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 2' - 3'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen to semi-evergreen.  Funnel shaped to funnel campanulate, pale to deep pink or light to bright purple flowers.  Leaves oblong or obovate to orbicular to 3 1/2" long often with bluish tint.
Notes:  Its name means mountain bred.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:China, Taiwan
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen. Shiny, rounded leaves.  Reddish new growth.  Flat, open saucer-shaped flowers are white to pale pink and spotted with purple.
Notes:  Super attractive and delicate appearance.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:China;NE Yunnan,SW Sichuan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8' in ten years.
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen. Large, thick green leaves with cinnamon colored indumentum.  Trusses of 15-24 tubular-campanulate rose, pink, white or creamy white flowers with or without spotting.
Notes:  One of the best and hardiest of the big leaf Rhododendrons.

Pot Size: 2 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:China;NE Yunnan,SW Sichuan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8' in ten years.
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen. Large, thick green leaves with cinnamon colored indumentum.  Trusses of 15-24 tubular-campanulate rose, pink, white or creamy white flowers with or without spotting.
Notes:  One of the best and hardiest of the big leaf Rhododendrons.  Collected around 3500m on the unexplored Bailingshan in SW Sichuan province.  Known in the area as Leach mountain, we soon found ourselves being relentlessly ambushed by every size of forest leach imaginable.  The trek turned out to be the longest non stop hike yet, between the fatigue of the trek and freezing rain and wind.  The local guide lost the trail and took us down the other side hiking through the night, we got back to the village the next morning.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 2' - 3'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen to semi-evergreen, densely-branched shrub. Tiny leaves to one half inch long.  Fuchsia-colored small flowers.
Notes:  Quaint and pretty small shrub that is quite rare in gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas; Arunachal Pradesh
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8' - 10'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen. Pink funnel shaped flowers.
Notes:  2700m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China; S Yunnan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Evergreen.  Crimson-red, or pink upward facing tubular flowers. 
Notes: Long lasting curious flowers that are easy to identify when in bloom.  Elevations of 800-2450m

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen.  Very narrow leaves and purplish narrow flowers.
Notes:  Very unusual cultivar.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen upright shrub. Widely funnel-shaped,pale purple to bluish mauve to dark plum-colored.  Oblong to ovate-lanceolate leaves to 4" long.
Notes:  Native to W. and S.W. Sichuan at altitudes of up to 11,000 ft.  Found growing in woodlands, where it can form dense thickets.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid;  rupicola var. chryseum x xanthostephanum
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 2'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dark, fragrant small narrow foliage with abundant small yellow flowers.
Notes:  Smaller growing hybrid that looks like it could be found growing in the wild.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Evergreen.  Oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, up to 4" long.  Flowers are white to pink to lavender with dark rose to red spotting.  Inflorescence with one to six flowers.
Notes: An easily grown species in the Triflora group.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Evergreen.  Oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, up to 4" long.  Flowers are white to pink to lavender with dark rose to red spotting.  Inflorescence with one to six flowers.
Notes: From our 2015 collections SW Sichuan province. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Anacardiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15-30 feet tall
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bronze new growth turning green.  White underside of leaf.  Pubescent branches, dioecious flowers June, then turning brilliant scarlet in fall.
Notes:  Great new foliage.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Grossulariaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 18"
Attributes:  Evergreen or deciduous, low growing shrub.  Simple, lobed leaves.  Creamy white tubular flowers late winter to early spring.
Notes:  An excellent dwarf early flowering shrub.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Grossulariaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous, thorn less shrub with three lobed leaves.  Leaves have orange new growth and turn to green.  Flowers are in racemes with up to 15 tubular pink flowers in early spring.
Notes:  Flower color can vary from dark pink to light pink.  A great adaptable species for the garden

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot, 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Grossulariaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 6'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White flowers in late winter-early spring before the foliage emerges.
Notes:  Versatile and adaptable shrub.

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Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Grossulariaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Attributes:  Deciduous, thorn less shrub with three lobed leaves.  Leaves have orange new growth and turn to green.  Flowers are in racemes with up to 15 tubular dark magenta pink flowers in early spring.
Notes:  This form has been selected for its fine dark flowers.  A great adaptable species for the garden

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Grossulariaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 36"
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Bees, Butterflies
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Small yellow-green flowers in spring followed by many large red fruit in mid summer. 
Notes:  A more compact and busy form.

Pot Size:  Quart Pot

Family: Grossulariaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Santa Catalina Island, Baja California
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 1' - 3'
Attracts:  Birds
Attributes:  Evergreen, ground-cover-like shrub.  Red stems with reddish flowers, reddish fruit.  Thick, waxy leaves. 
Notes:  Fragrant, spicy foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Rosa 'Imperial Cross' (Hybrid Chinese Rose)

Family:  Roseaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Rosa wardii x moyesii
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pink flowers with yellow center.  Attractive large red fruit fall and winter
Notes: Easy growing and attractive cross that works well in the naturalistic landscape.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: sun, part sun
Height: 8'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Gray foliage with small, bright pink flowers.  Red hips in fall.
Notes:  A great Rose for foliage.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Roseaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  2'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Large solitary pink flowers with yellow center.  Low growing foliage that spreads with time.
Notes: Native to mountain forests, thickets, slopes and stream sides.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:   China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous shrub.  Stunning, large bright red thorns to 2" across, fern like foliage, and small four petaled white flowers followed by small orange hips. 
Notes:  This Rose is grown mostly for its showy red thorns but the flowers are quite attractive too.  Prune in late winter- early spring to force more new growth.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:   Asia
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous shrub.
Notes:  We have not seen this one flower yet.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Rosaceae
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:   China
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Deciduous shrub.  Large white flowers with orange fruit.
Notes:  Turning out to be a climbing type.  From our collections on Leigongping.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Roseaceae
Zone: 5 - 10
Natural Range: Canada and Western United States
Soil:  Average, moist
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10'
Bloom Time:  Late spring, early Summer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Thicket forming shrub.  Pinnately compound leaves with up to 7 leaflets.  Pink flowers in groups of up to 5.  Red rose hips through winter.
Notes:  Great for wildlife.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: Pacific Northwest
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun, shade
Height: 6' - 8'
Bloom Time:  March to May
Attributes: Deciduous.  Thicket-forming shrub with upright shots and leaves said to resemble a butterfly.  Very showy bright purple-pink double flowers.  Showy yellow or red edible fruit in summer.
Notes: Also known as R. spectabilis 'Flore Pleno'.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  6"
Attributes:  Deciduous, green, shiny, glossy leaves.  Bright stems,  long catkins.
Notes:  Great for rock gardens and plant in the foreground of a lightly shaded woodland garden.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot