Tree and Shrubs

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: 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: 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.  Was sold as Styrax japonicus but has been identified as

Pot Size:  Medium 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:  1 Gallon 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: Small round deep Pots 3"

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:  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 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:Interesting branching that looks great in an ornamental pot.

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:  1 Gallon 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'

Family:  Ulmaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Korea, Japan
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  3’
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Air Pollution
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Dwarf form with corky bark and small glossy green leaves.  Insignificant, small reddish flowers in summer.  Flat Samara like seeds.
Notes:   Slow growing and often used in rock gardens and bonsai.  

Pot Size:  Quart Pot

Family:  Ulmaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid; U. glabra and U. plottii or U. minor
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Air Pollution
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Dwarf, slow-growing form with dense branching.  Small, finely toothed dark green leaves to 1 1/3" long.  Herringbone pattern along the bark.  Orange to yellow fall foliage.
Notes:   Discovered in Birmingham England in the 1960s. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ulmaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid; U. glabra and U. plottii or U. minor
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  6' - 8'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Air Pollution
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Narrow, upright form with gold, crinkled  leaves.
Notes:   Disease resistant Elm.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 5'

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 6"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Evergreen.  Small white bell flowers with small blue fruit.  Small green leaves.
Notes: Short, spreading shrub.  Native to seasonally moist areas.  This form was collected in Mason County Washington State.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  8 - 10
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Average, moist well drained, humus rich
Light:part sun, shade
Height:  8"
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen, small rounded leaves.  Pinkish white flowers with black fruit.
Notes:  Introduced by Steve Hootman of the Rhododendron Species Botanic Garden.  In the wild this species grows as an epiphyte in mossy, rotting logs.
 
Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun, Shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Orange-red new growth turning dark green.  Pale pink flowers.  Purple-black berries in summer.
Notes:  Good small and relatively slow-growing evergreen shrub.
 
Pot size:  Quart Size Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun, Shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Coral pink new growth turning creamy white and green.  Red and green winter foliage.  Pale pink flowers.  Purple-black berries in summer.
Notes:  Great new foliage selection.
 
Pot size:  Quart Size Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: SE Asia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, dappled shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Greenish white flowers, blue fruit.
Notes: A Steve Hootman collection.  Grown best in a pot or hanging basket in cooler climates but in protected gardens can be grown among other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  2 - 8
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  12"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen leaves with white flowers and copious amounts of bright red fruits.
Notes:  A great ornamental that is also a tasty edible and can be enjoyed made into Jam.
 
Pot size:  Quart Size Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  5 - 8
Natural Range:  Hybrid;  PP22,105
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  10"
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Evergreen leaves with white flowers and copious amounts of bright red fruits.
Notes:  A great ornamental that is also a tasty edible and can be enjoyed made into Jam.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:Adoxaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 8'
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes:Deciduous shrub with white flowers and reddish orange fruit.  Red fall foliage.
Notes:From our collections in SW Sichuan.  Found growing with Rosa, Stachyurus, and Rhododendron.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:Adoxaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Korea, Japan
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6'
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes:Deciduous, upright, slow-growing shrub. Red buds and white flowers and reddish orange fruit.  Red fall foliage.
Notes:Very fragrant flowers.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:Adoxaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 10' - 15'
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: May to June
Attributes:Evergreen shrub with large green leaves and white flowers followed by dark purple-black fruit.
Notes:From our collections in SW Sichuan.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Adoxaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes:Evergreen.  Gray-brown bark.  Lustrous, leathery, linear-lanceolate leaves with raised midvein.  White flowers in umbel-like cyme.  Small metallic blue fruit.
Notes:A hard to find cultivar with an attractive and refined appearance.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Adoxaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid; USPP 29,573; CBRAF
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4' - 8'
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with large white flower clusters in spring, bright orange berries in fall.  Orange-red fall foliage.
Notes: Fist Orange berried Viburnum.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot