Tree and Shrubs

Family: Adoxaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  Washington, Oregon to central California along the Cascades
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 8'
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with good red fall foliage.  White flowers, black fruit.
Notes: Great for wildlife. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:Adoxaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan, Taiwan
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 8' - 20'
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes:Deciduous shrub with white to pink blush, lacecap flowers.  Red fruit that turns black.  Red, purple and orange fall foliage.
Notes:Rounded leaves with deep veining, layered branching.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Adoxaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 8'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Evergreen, elongated leaves with distinct light colored midrib.  White flowers and black berries.
Notes:  Rare broad-leaf shrub for the temperate garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Adoxaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Europe, northern Africa, Asia Minor, Caucasus, northwestern Iran
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 4' - 8'
Attracts:  Birds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time:  May
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with light and dark green, and creamy gold leaves.  Creamy white flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Great foliage!  Avoid direct hot sun.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Adoxaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous shrub.  White flowers, green berries turning pink and blue.
Notes: Good berry production even without another nearby pollinator.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:Adoxaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 8'
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes:Evergreen.  Gray-brown bark.  Reddish new stems.  Lustrous, leathery, linear-lanceolate leaves with raised midvein.  White flowers in umbel-like cyme.  Small metallic blue fruit.
Notes:A hard to find and attractive small scale shrub.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:Adoxaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 8'
Pest Resistance: NA
Attracts:  Butterflies
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes:Deciduous shrub with white flowers and bright red-orange fruit.
Notes:A very attractive shrub with copious amounts of fruit late summer into late fall.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  'Verweig9' PPAF; CBRAF
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with orange and red summer-autumn foliage.  Pink flowers
Notes: Small growing and tidy habit making it perfect for the front of the border.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  USPP23,781; CBR 4655
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with dark red, wavy leaves and spreading habit.  Purple-magenta flowers.
Notes: 2018 Landscape Shrub of the Year.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  'SMNWFGV' PP34,297; CBRAF
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 5'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with lime green leaves ringed in dark chocolate margin.  Red-pink flowers.
Notes: Great combo of flowers and foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  'SMNWFGC' PP34,358; CBRAF
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 5'
Bloom Time: June to July
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with dark chocolate leaves and spreading habit.  White flowers.
Notes: Great combo of flowers and foliage.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:Araliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; Fatsia japonica x Hedera helix or hibernica
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Attributes:  Evergreen,  Palmate light green and green variegated leaves. 
Notes: Hybrid made around 1910.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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:  Cupressaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: Vietnam
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun to sun
Height: 50'
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Pyramidal, becoming irregular and flat-topped with age.  Juvenile and transitional foliage present. 
Notes: Recently discovered species named in 2002, resulting in a new genus of Xanthocyparis.  Only a few hundred trees remain in the wild.  In its native habitat X. vietnamensis grows in mixed forests between 1,060 - 1180 m elevations.  Should prove to be much hardier.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Ulmaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern Asia
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  15'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White speckled variegation surrounding a green center.  Yellow and orange fall foliage.
Notes:   Graceful tree with a vase-shape with age.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot