Tree and Shrubs

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

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan, Korea, China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, blue-gray leaves with soft underside.  Black male selection, anthers are dark orange turning yellow.  Flowers on bare stems. 
Notes:  Works well as a cut flower.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot 2 - 3'

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: xxxx
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 10'
Attributes:  Deciduous, narrow, Airy, narrow silvery leaves.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Foliage looks breezy

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 10'- 20'
Attributes:  Deciduous, narrow, green with a gray cast.  Upright growth.  Reddish catkins before the foliage emerges.
Notes:  Used widely as an ornamental in Japan, seldom seen in the west.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, blue-gray leaves with soft underside.  Black male selection, anthers are dark orange turning yellow.  Flowers on bare stems. 
Notes:  Works well as a cut flower.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, blue-gray leaves with soft underside.  Pinkish-red male selection that is covered with grayish fuzz.  Flowers on bare stems. 
Notes:  Works well as a cut flower when cut as soon as they turn pink.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot, Medium Band Pot 2 - 3'

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone:  5 - 8
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  6"
Bloom Time:  February to March
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Small glossy leaves.  Wine-red catkins.
Notes:  Late winter buds.  Creeping stems making an ideal rock garden candidate.
 
Pot size:4" Band Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Korea
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, narrow, green with a gray cast.  Upright growth.  Reddish catkins before the foliage emerges.  Yellow branches in winter.
Notes:  Female selection made by Bill Wandell.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China; Shichuan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 10'- 20'
Attributes:  Deciduous, large, thick leaves that emerge rich red.  Upright flowers.
Notes:  When first introduced, was thought to be a Magnolia species.  Grows at altitudes of 2,100 - 3,000 m.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Salicaceae
Zone:4 - 8
Natural Range: Japan; Hokkaido
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 12"
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Spreading low and wide habit.  Rounded, green leaves covered with silky white hairs.  Bright gold fall foliage.  Upright catkin.  Olive colored branches.
Notes:  With its attractive fuzzy foliage to its yellow fall color to its naked intertwining olive colored branches in the winter, this small spreading willow has something for all seasons.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Adoxaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 8'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Green and white variegated foliage.  Large, lacy flowers clusters in early summer.  Purple-black fruit in autumn.  Needs a pollinator variety such as Black Beauty, Black Lace, Lemony Lace.
Notes:  A major improvement over older variegated varieties.

Pot size:  4" Band

Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern North America
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 6"- 8"
Attributes:  Deciduous, summer dormant.  Double white flowers in spring.  Blue green kidney shaped lobed foliage.
Notes:  The blooms on this form last longer and are showier than the single flowered form.  When planted in full sun and allowed to go dryer the foliage will go dormant in the summer.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: Quart Pot

Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

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Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, 3" long, rounded, glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, greenish white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  January to March
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, Glossy green leaves.  Fragrant, white flowers.  Scarlet fruit.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot, 4" Band Pot

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Family: Buxaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  2' - 4'
Bloom Time:  November to January
Attracts:  Humans
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, narrow, glossy leaves.  Extremely fragrant greenish white flowers.
Notes:  All Sacococca have an intoxicating sweet scent in winter.  Works well when planted near a pathway or front door.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 15'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Evergreen, 10' - 15' tall.  Large leaves.  Sprays of small white flowers in fall.
Notes: A tropical looking species that is a spectacular foliage plant for temperate gardens.  This is one of those plants that you say.......what, hardy?.............awesome! Grows similar to Fatsia.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 15'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen. Narrow leaflets, giving a whorled texture.  Upright trunk branching with age. 
Notes: A very hardy and tropical looking species coming from high elevations in the mountains of Taiwan.  These have had no dammage with temperatures to around 5 degrees.

Pot Size:  Quart Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: California, Oregon
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  60' - 100'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Flat, bright green needles to 1" long.  Reddish-brown bark on straight trunk, flaring at the base.
Notes:  These are one of the tallest trees that can take over 400 years to reach three hundred and fifty feet tall.  They can live over 2,000 years. 

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot 12" Tall

Family:  Elaeagnaceae
Zone:  2 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average to dry
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4' - 8'
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous. Gray green leaves brown scales on the undersides of the leaves.  Small yellow flowers with red berries in fall.
Notes:  Like other Elaeagnus the silvery foliage is the main attraction.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 7-10
Natural Range: China; Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10' - 20'
Bloom Time: May
Attributes: Deciduous, shrub or small tree.  Ovate, green leaves to 6" long, dentate margins.  Pendulous racemes of apetalous green flower.  Male catkins 2.5" long and female to 1.25" long, elongating to 6" long as black seed capsules form.
Notes:  A monotypic genus native to forests of China where it is a near threatened species.

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Fabaceae
Zone:  7(8) - 9
Natural Range:  New Zealand
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun
Height:  2' -4'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Contorted, wiry stems with small evergreen pinnate leaves.  Yellow pea-like flowers.
Notes: Best when planted in a protected spot in cooler climates.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

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: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30"
Bloom Time:  May-July
Attributes: Deciduous.  Blue green leaves with Orange-red fall foliage.  Deep rose pink flowers in umbels.
Notes:  Native to higher elevations of the Cascades. 

Pot size:  Deep Round 2" 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