Tree and Shrubs

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: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Australia 
Soil:  Average, dry,  Well drained
Light: sun
Height: 1' - 2'
Bloom Time:  April to November
Attributes:  Narrow conifer-like evergreen shrub with clusters of honeysuckle-like pink flowers, creamy buds.
Notes:  Nice low growing form.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Purple-red flowers.
Notes:  Selected by Japanese nurseryman Akira Shibamichi.  Flowers a bit later than other Hamamelis.

Pot Size:  2 Gallon 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:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Plantaginaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 24"
Attracts: Bees
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attributes: Evergreen.  Blue-grey leaves with dark stems.  White flowers in summer. 
Notes:  One of the hardiest species for the northwest.  Nice rounded, compact growth with good drought tolerance once established.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Helwingiaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 4'
Attributes: Semi-evergreen Small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Dark buds.  Fed fruit.  Glossy, serrated foliage with dark stems.  New foliage emerges with an orange cast.  Separate male and female plants.
Notes: Weird and showy.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Family:  Helwingiaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 4'
Attributes: Semi-evergreen small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Chocolate-purple new growth.  Dark buds.  Fed fruit.  Glossy, narrow, serrated foliage.  Multi-stemmed shrub.  Separate male and female plants.
Notes:  Strange group of plants and a nice texture for the shady garden.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Helwingiaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Glossy, lanceolate leaves with numerous umbels of small flowers in the center of the leaf. 
Notes: A strange genus with flowers and fruit formed in the center of the leaf.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Helwingiaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  China, Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  6'
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Deciduous. Small greenish flowers formed on the center of the leaf.  Dark buds.  Black fruit.  Rounded foliage.  Multi-stemmed shrub.  Separate male and female plants.
Notes:  A strange genus with flowers and fruit formed in the center of the leaf.

Pot Size:  Large 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

Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes: Deciduous. Purple new foliage, aging to deep purple with rosy purple undersides.  Blue to pinkish white lace cap flowers.
Notes:  Great foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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.  Typically large blue-purple lacecap flowers and white sterile florets. 
Notes:  This selection is a mophead form that is creamy white starting out with a tinge of green, known to come from Emei Shan in Sichuan.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Hydrangeacea
Zone:7 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes: Deciduous. Large, fuzzy, blue-green leaves with white lace-cap flowers, and purple fertile flowers.  Usually these finish flowering for us by August.  
Notes:  Great foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

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. Large velvet-like leaves with large buds.  Large blue-purple lace-cap flowers and mauve sterile florets. 
Notes:  Large and tropical looking group of Hydrangea. 

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Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 2' - 4'
Bloom Time: Summer
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, Blue-pink fertile flowers.  Purple brown new branchlets.  Leaves are coarsely serrate. 
Notes:  Native to Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in mixed forests from 200-1000 m.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Hydrangeaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Delicate white lace-cap flowers.
Notes:  Fragrant lace cap flowers.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Hydrangeacea
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Japan
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Lace cap type with double white to pink blush florets that droop like a waterfall.
Notes:  One of the best hydrangeas.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot