Tree and Shrubs

Pot Size:  4" Ban Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: South America
Family:  Onagraceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Many pendulous red and purple flowers.
Notes:  One of the hardiest Fuchias for the Pacific Northwest.  Hummingbirds go nuts for the flowers.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chile, Southern Argentina
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4'
Attracts: Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, compact shrub with white bell flowers and reddish-pink fruit.
Notes:  These are female plants.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  3 - 8
Natural Range:  Hybrid; Gaulsidh5 PPAF CPBRAF
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  10"
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy leathery leaves.  Woody groundcover. White-pink urn shaped flowers.  Red berries in Autumn.
Notes:  Selection with extra large berries.  Creeping groundcover native to the woodlands of Eastern North America.
 
Pot size:  Quart Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  3 - 8
Natural Range:  Hybrid; Hokutotakaji-001 PP30,515
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  10"
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy leathery leaves.  Woody groundcover. White-pink urn shaped flowers.  White berries turning pink in Autumn.
Notes:  Selection with white berries.  Creeping groundcover native to the woodlands of Eastern North America.
 
Pot size:  Quart Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  3 - 8
Natural Range:  Hybrid; Gaulbri1 PP30,791 CPBR5838
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, shade
Height:  10"
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy leathery leaves.  Woody groundcover. White-pink urn shaped flowers.  Red berries in Autumn.
Notes:  An exciting new introduction with variegated foliage.  Creeping groundcover native to the woodlands of Eastern North America.
 
Pot size:  Quart Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range:  PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4' - 10'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen leaves.  White urn-shaped to pinkish flowers.  Black fruit.
Notes:  Spreading shrub forming dense thickets.
 
Pot size:  4" Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone:  5 - 8
Natural Range:  Pennsylvania into Tennessee
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part sun, sun
Height:  12"
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Semi-evergreen glossy leaves.  Small white-pink flowers with purple-blue fruit in summer.  Red fall foliage.
Notes:  Discovered in 2003 by Stefan Bloodwroth of the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants.  Will produce fruit even even with only one plant.  Noted to be self-sterile and colonies are often too far apart to produce viable seed.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 16'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:Deciduous.  Male clone.  Rich green summer foliage.  Brilliant golden yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Faster growing cultivar, with a columnar form.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 24'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:Deciduous.  Male clone.  A compact, conical crown with dense, deeply cut narrow foliage.  Bright yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Slower growing cultivar that is one of the best forms for sense, symmetrical branching.  Originated as a seedling in the 1970s and introduced by the Saratoga Research Foundation in California.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Ginkgoaceae

Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: April
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:Deciduous.  Rich green summer foliage.  Brilliant golden yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Sky Tower is a compact and dense upright cultivar.  Male selection.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 18" - 24"

Family: Ginkgoaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  10'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, small tree with upright, columnar growth.  Golden-yellow and green striations, evening out towards summer.
Notes:  Smaller growing than the species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Protaeceae
Zone: 7 - 11
Natural Range: Tasmania
Soil:  Average, dry,  Well drained
Light: sun
Height: 6'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes:  Broad-leaf evergreen shrub with clusters of honeysuckle-like fragrant white flowers early summer.
Notes:  One of the hardiest members of the Grevillea.  Avoid using too much fertilizer, too much can kill them.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Protaeceae
Zone: 7 - 11
Natural Range: Tasmania
Soil:  Average, Well drained
Light: sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Broadleaf evergreen shrub with pendant clusters of honeysuckle-like red-orange flowers starting in fall and going through winter.
Notes:  One of the hardiest members of the Grevillea.  Avoid using too much fertilizer, too much can kill them.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot 2'-3'

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3' tall

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: February to March
Attributes:  Deciduous, Six inch long scalloped leaves with deep green new growth and contrasting under side of the leaf giving an outlined look.  Light brown bark with layered horizontal growth.  A blaze of bright yellow ribbon like blooms with contrasting dark reddish center in winter.
Notes:  Great when used as an architectural element in the garden.  In the wild Hamamelis grow in forests as an understory plant and along streams.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Helwingiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 4'
Attributes: Deciduous. Small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Dark buds.  Black fruit.  Rounded foliage.  Multi-stemed shrub.  Separate male and female plants.
Notes: Great texture.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Helwingiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 6'
Attributes: Evergreen. Small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Dark buds.  Red fruit.  Glossy, serrated foliage with dark stems.  New foliage emerges with an purple.  Multi-stemmed shrub.  Separate male and female plants.  These have larger, glossy leaves than Helwingia chinensis.
Notes: From our collections in wonderfully diverse mountains of Gansu province.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Helwingiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 6'
Attributes: Evergreen. Small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Dark buds.  Glossy, serrated foliage with dark stems.  New foliage emerges with an purple.  Multi-stemmed shrub.  Separate male and female plants.  These have larger, glossy leaves than Helwingia chinensis.
Notes: From our collections in wonderfully diverse mountains of Gansu province.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6' - 10'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with fragrant white flowers and red-bracts once flowers drop.  Peeling bark.
Notes: Unique plant with year-round interest.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Caprifoliaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Hybrid; PP30,763
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6' - 10'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with fragrant white flowers and red-bracts once flowers drop.  Peeling bark.
Notes: This selection has a more compact habit and earlier bloom time.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Southern California and Mexico
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green needles.
Notes:  Surviving in a few isolated locations in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Diego Counties as well as northern Baja.  Formerly classified as Cupressus forbesii

Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Styraceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Southern China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15' to 30'
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Shrub to small tree.  Shiny bronze new growth turning dark green. White bell flowers in spring.  Pealing cinnamon bark when mature. 
Notes: Related to Styrax.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3' - 4'

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  6' - 12'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Birds
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous. Narrow, velvet-like leaves with large buds.  Large blue-purple lacecap flowers and white sterile florets. 
Notes:  Large group of Hydrangea. 

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot