Family: Pineaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 30' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Pyramidal crown when young, broadening with age.
Notes: Native to the Cascade Range and Coast Range mountains of northwest California and western Oregon and Washington.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Acanthaceae
Zone:  7 - 10
Natural Range:  Hybrid; PP23342
Soil:  Average, moist
Light:  Part shade, shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  June to July
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White and green foliage with tall upright spikes of white and pink flowers.
Notes: Reported to be more vigorous than 'Tasmanian Angel'
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern China, Japan 
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 12' - 15'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pendulous selection with strong arching habit.  Golden orange fall foliage.
Notes:  A newly introduced selection.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot 4'

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern China, Japan 
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 30 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous.  Three-toothed maple with triangular appearance.  Attractive fall foliage.  Exfoliating bark with age.
Notes:  Name honors Heinrich Buerger.

Pot size:  Medium band pot 4'-5'

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'- 30'
Attributes:  Deciduous, New growth is bright red, aging green. White and green striped bark.  Leaves are dark green with serrated edges.
Notes:  The heavily patterned bark makes a stunning statement. Use as a future canopy to shade a garden or as a main focal point in a sunny garden.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pendulous mounding habit with no upright branches.
Notes:  New Gary Handy introduction.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 30 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous.  Green and white striped bark when mature.  Brilliant fall color.  Spreading tree with triangular, shallowly lobed foliage.
Notes:  A very attractive and distinct Maple with good foliage color.  Available now are nice and tall seedlings.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Central and Eastern China
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 10' - 20'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Slow growing with rounded canopy with slender upright branching.  Exfoliating copper orange to cinnamon bark.  Orange red fall foliage.  Toothed, trifoliate leaves to 5" long.
Notes:  Extremely ornamental for its large curls of peeling bark that remain on the tree.

Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Mediterranean
Soil: Average
Light: Sun to Part sun
Height: 12' - 30'
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Densely branched shrub with small, glossy leaves. 
Notes:  Rounded crown.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Natural Range: Northeastern United States to Eastern Canada
Soil:  Moist to average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade to shade
Height: 15' - 25'
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes:  Deciduous. Rounded but uneven crown.  Green and white snakebark.  Obovate, three-lobed leaves to 7" long.  New growth is pinkish bronze.  Bright yellow fall foliage.  Pendant racemes to 6" long in spring.  Winged samaras.
Notes:  Under-story maple native to moist rocky forests through the Appalachians to Georgia.  A perfect and attractive maple for a shady garden. 1 gallon size pots

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 12'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Narrow, palmate leaves.  Downward arching branches.  Orange-yellow fall foliage
Notes:  Great for small gardens or containers.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot 3' - 4'

Family:  Spindaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Part sun
Height:  15'-25'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Narrow, palmate leaves.
Notes: A Far Reaches collection from Guizhou China.
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Actinidiaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 20'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous vine.  Simple green leaves with silvery-white leaves mixed tips become flushed pink.  Small white flowers
Notes: Great foliage!

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Actinidiaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 20'
Attracts:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous vine.  Simple, ovate, dark green leaves that are variegated with pink and cream, white tips, flushed pink.  Small, fragrant dark pink flowers.
Notes: Rarely seen kiwi.  Formerly known as Actinidia pilosula

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 4-9
Natural Range:  China;  Himalayan Mountains
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich well
Light:  shade, part shade
Height:  6"-12"
Bloom Time:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen, dark purple stipe, red-pink new growth, dark green fronds.
Notes:  Low growing mat forming groundcover fern that can form broad dense stands.  One of the best ferns EVER!!!!!!

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Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern North America
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50’
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, dark green palmately compound leaves with five to seven leaflets.  Yellow-orange fall foliage.  Yellow-green inflorescence to 7" long.
Notes:  Attractive ornamental shade tree with good fall foliage. 

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves with rounded crown.  Bright red-orange fall foliage.  Greenish-yellow flowers to 12" long. 
Notes:  This selection is a narrow, upright form with better fall color.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Pennsylvania to Iowa, south to Alabama and Arkansas
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' - 40'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves with rounded crown.  Yellow fall foliage.  Greenish-yellow flowers to 12" long. 
Notes: 

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Deeply lobed, cut-leaf. Small white flowers.
Notes:  Smaller growing than the species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves that emerge pale greenish or greyish yellow turning lime green with white cast. Small white flowers.
Notes:  Smaller growing than the species.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Europe
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  25'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Palmate leaves. Small white flowers.
Notes:  Peeling bark with age species.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid; A hippocastanum x pavia
Soil:  Humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 15' -  30'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Compound leaves edged with a prominent golden-yellow margin.  Smaller leaves than the typical A. x carnea.  Pale red flowers.
Notes:  Tropical looking.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun, dappled shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  June to December, sporadically all year.
Attributes: Evergreen. Upright, arching branches with narrow, dark green leaves.  Large, woody, potato like tuber.  Pendulous creamy flowers with a checkerboard of darker red highlights.
Notes:  A super cool, and easily grown Huckleberry relative from the high Himalayas,  growing as an epiphyte in large mossy trees among Rhododendrons, Vaccinium, Gaultheria, and an array of orchids and ferns.  Grown best in a pot or hanging basket in cooler climates but in protected gardens can be grown among other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Lardizabalaceae
Zone:6 - 10
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 25'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Cream and green colored leaves.  Purple flowers.  Sausage shaped edible fruit when pollinated.
Notes:  Great foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3'

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  8 - 11
Natural Range:  Mexico south to Argentina
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  80’
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Oval leaves with toothed margins.  Separate male and female catkins on the same tree.
Notes: Alnus acuminata grows in the temperate zonal high elevation mountain ranges in tropical and subtropical Central and South America and Mexico.  This collection was made in Guatemala and is quite rare in cultivation.

Pot size: 4" Band Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 15' - 30'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Very distinct variety with long leaves and conspicuous double-toothed margins.
Notes:  Graceful habit with long slender branches and downy buds in winter.  Leaves closely resemble Hornbeam.  The texture of the veining and toothed margins are very attractive/

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot 18" - 24"

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 30-60 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous.  Very unusual cut-leaf form.
Notes:  Single trunk or multi trunk specimen tree with soft feathery texture.    

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 30-60 feet tall
Attributes: Deciduous.  Very unusual cut-leaf form.
Notes:  Found in 1938 by T.J. Starker of Oregon State College northwest of Portland, Oregon.  We lost one of our two trees during a wind storm in the winter of 2020.  Luckily we were able to propagate some plants from the crushed tree.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Zone:  6 - 10
Natural Range:  China, Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Spotted stalk and divided leaf.  Giant dark purple-red vase-like flower before the foliage emerges. 
Notes: This species has been more winter wet tolerant than others.  In colder climates can be dug and stored in sawdust in the garage like you would Dahlia tubers.
Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' tall.  Nodding white flowers that hover over the ferny foliage. Summer blooming.  Clumping
Notes:  Very rare white flower form.  Elegant and refined perennial for a lightly shady garden.  Looks like a cross between Anemone and Cimicifuga.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:Ranunculaceae
Zone:6 - 10
Natural Range: Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California Alberta and Wyoming
Soil: Average to moist well drained
Light: part shade, Sun
Height: 2' - 4'
Attributes: Deciduous. Basal leaves with orange-red and yellow flowers.
Notes: Great for hummingbirds and pollinators.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average to dry, well drained
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 15'- 30'
Attributes:  Evergreen, Bright red - orange bark, peels to reveal a green new layer.  White flowers in hanging cluster, orange - red fruit.
Notes:  Once established they resent root disturbance and do not take to transplantation.  Use as a specimen tree to show off its ornamental bark.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot  12" - 18"

Family:  Araceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large trifoliate foliage.  White with green and pink stripped flowers.
Notes: Quite hard to find Arisaema from the forests of south western China. Limited supply.

Pot Size: Bare root packed in sawdust3/4" - 1" tubers

Family:  Araceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: June to July
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large trifoliate foliage.  Dark purple-brown and white striped spathe.
Notes: Quite hard to find Arisaema from the forests of south western China. Limited supply.

Pot Size: Bare root packed in sawdust3/4" - 1" tubers

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: sun, part shade
Height: 8-14"
Attributes: Deciduous.  Ground-cover type of growth with glossy foliage, white flowers in spring, dark purple berries in late summer, and orange-red fall foliage.
Notes:  Developed by Dr. Mark Brand, University of Connecticut.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  24"
Bloom Time: April to June
Attracts:  Butterflies, Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Sprays of white flowers, low mounds very fine fern like foliage.
Notes: A new smaller growing Goatsbeard that works well with other woodland perennials.  

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Silver cast to the leaves.  Tall spikes of frilly pink flowers and blue pollen.
Notes:  Selected out of our collections.

Pot Size:  4"  Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to sun
Height: 6'
Attributes:  Deciduous, When grown with a bit more sun the foliage stays a bright lime green to yellow.  New foliage emerges with an orange tinge around the edges.  Tall spikes of frilly pink flowers and blue pollen.
Notes:  What a surprise!  Beautiful lime green foliage highlighted with orange topped off with sturdy and tall stems of pink flowers.  Astilbe chinensis 'Royal Sentinel' was selected out of our seedlings that originated from our collections in Guizhou province.  The parent plant was only a foot tall and not all that impressive but the progeny are anything but.  Elevation of 1600 m in an ancient Beech tree forest.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time:May to August
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Fern like foliage to about 6" tall with pink flowers to 12" tall.
Notes:  A easily grown species that with a smaller stature.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Graceful plumes of pink.  Dark crisp foliage.
Notes: Smaller growing variety.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 8"
Bloom Time: July to August
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Pink flowers.  Dark crisp foliage.
Notes: Smaller growing variety.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade to shade.
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Mat-green leaves with toothed edges.  Star shaped, dark purple-red flowers with yellow pollen.
Notes: Attractive small, open shrub from the cool forests of China. 

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Garryaceae
Zone: 6 - 10
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average
Light: Part shade
Height: 4'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green leaves
Notes: An easily grown broad leaf evergreen shrub that is a great foundation plant.

Pot Size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chili, Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to Sun
Height: 6" - 10"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen ground-cover of crowded fronds with taller fertile fronds.
Notes:  Grows like a larger scale version of Austroblechnum penna-marina.  Our stock plants were shared with us by fern aficionado Judith Jones of Fancy Fronds Nursery.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Blechnaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: New Zealand
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to Sun
Height: 6"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, Orange-red new growth.  Thick dark green, glossy fronds.
Notes: Grows faster with constant moisture.  Spreading rhizome making a ground-cover over time.  Recently re-classified from Blechnum to Austroblechnum.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Salicaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Chile and Argentina
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, Part sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time: January to February
Attributes: Evergreen.  Small, glossy green leaves.  Gracefully layered branching.  Vanilla fragrant yellow flowers.
Notes: Attractive, narrow upright, layered growth.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5-9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part shade-shade
Bloom Time:May to September
Height: 16"
Attributes: White flowers held above the foliage.  Heart shaped, evergreen, glossy bronze-green leaves.
Notes:  One of the  best foliage plants for the shady garden.  Durable and showy.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Deciduous. Attractive heart shaped foliage with pink flowers fall.
Notes:  Collected by Dan Hinkley from Emei Shan.  Mulch tuber in fall since they are very shallow.  Will be evergreen in the upper 20s.  This is definitely one of the hardiest and best performing species Begonias for temperate climates.  Many Begonias are hardy but emerge so late in the season that it is hardy worth it.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Deciduous. Red stems with dark green foliage speckled with silvery white.  Pink flowers.
Notes:  A showy species. Mulch crown in colder zones. A Shayne Chandler and Dan Hinkley collection.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 8 - 9
Natural Range: China, NE India
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: August to September
Attributes: Deciduous.  Variable deep green with silver mottling, red underside of the leaf.  Orange-red buds and yellow flowers.
Notes:  Cold tolerant but needs a generous layer of leaves or mulch over the crown in winter.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Tibet
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4'
Attributes:  Evergreen.  1" yellow flowers.  Red stems with dark green, holly like foliage with contrasting white underside.  
Notes: A rare species from Tibet with  large flowers that are much bigger than other Berberis species.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 4' - 6'
Attributes:  Evergreen, yellow flowers in summer, blue fruit in fall.  powdery white underneath the immature foliage.  Dark green whorled foliage on mature plants.
Notes:  Berberis Kawakamii is a hardy and substantial species with thick dark green and glossy leaves.  When in flower the branches are clad in numerous bright yellow flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 12"
Bloom Time: March to April
Attracts: NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: White flowers that turn pink with age emerge before new growth early in the spring.  Large leaves with ruffled edge.
Notes: One of the best species of Bergenia to grow in the garden.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Missouri
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 30 - 60 feet tall
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Fast-growing muti-trunked tree or single trunk tree with Salmon-pink to reddish brown exfoliating bark.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  This Adaptable and heat tolerant birch was introduced by Early Cully.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  2 - 9
Natural Range:  North America; Western Washington Source
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  20' - 40'
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White bark, exfoliating in papery strips with orange-brown inner bark.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Best in northern and western climates.

Pot size: Medium Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  West Himalaya, Kashmir, Central Nepal
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15' - 30'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  White exfoliating bark.  Ovate, double-serrate leaves that turn golden in fall.  
Notes: These are seed grown plants from the white-barked Jacquemontii Birch.

Pot size: Large Band Pot

Family:Orchidaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade, sun
Height:  12"- 18"
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes:  Deciduous, White blushed pink flowers with bright yellow throat.  Darker pinkish terracotta pink buds and back of petals.
Notes:  First release of this KIGN Introduction.  Like other Bletilla ochracea they start to flower a bit later than B. striata.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot, 4" Band Pot

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attributes: Deciduous.  Each flowering stem hold up to 20 deep magenta flowers with darker highlights.
Notes:  This vigorous selection has much larger flowers and stature than other Bletilla.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 1'- 2' tall.  Blooms summer.  Slender, dark pink blooms with dark lip and yellow spotted red throat.
Notes:  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial border.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for nearly three months.  There are many Bletilla hybrids that have been created, but they are difficult to find.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Sun-part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12”- 24” tall.  Blooms in spring - summer.  Magenta blooms, reminiscent of a Catalaya.
Notes:  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial border.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for nearly three months.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

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Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 1'- 2' tall.  Blooms summer.  Lighter magenta blooms with dark lip and yellow spotted red throat.
Notes:  Plant next to rocks or mixed in the sunny perennial border.  When mature and settled into its spot, a plant can bloom for nearly three months.  There are many Bletilla hybrids that have been created, but they are difficult to find.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot, Large Band Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  Western North America
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  30' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Flat needles.  Orange-brown bark. 
Notes:  Noted to be tolerant of summer heat and humidity. 
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid; C. chinensis x occidentalis
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade-sun
Height: 5' - 7'
Bloom Time:May to July
Pest Resistance: Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, large red flowers with a bit of cream in the center.  Fragrant newly open flowers.
Notes:  Flowers profusely for months.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average, moist, humus rich
Light:Part shade-sun
Height: 5' - 7'
Bloom Time: May to July
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, Large white flowers with reddish center.
Notes:  'Venus' is a complex hybrid derived from three species; C. florida, C. occidentalis, and C. chinensis. Outstanding floral display for an extended time.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:   Southeastern US
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  April to September
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with greenish-white citrus scented flowers spring - summer.  Yellow fall color.
Notes:  The joyous scent is strong enough to smell from across the garden.  Likes plenty of light but protect from the hottest part of the day.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:   China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Bloom Time:  April to September
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with reddish brown scented flowers spring - summer.  Yellow fall color.
Notes:  Selected by Allen Bush of Holbrook Farm & Nursery in North Carolina.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Calycanthaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:   Central and Northern California
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 5' - 10'
Bloom Time:  April to September
Attributes: Deciduous, Red fragrant flowers spring and summer.  Yellow fall color.
Notes:  Likes plenty of light but protect from the hottest part of the day.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range:  Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  2' - 3'
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Slow spreading perennial with lilac-purple flowers and pinnate foliage
Notes:  A stunning spring blooming perennial for the lightly shaded garden.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family: Hydrangeaceae
Zone: 5 - 8
Natural Range: Japan, Taiwan
Soil: moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height:  16" - 28"
Bloom Time: July to September
Attributes: Deciduous, Hydrangea-like, lacy pale pink flowers.  Elliptic shaped, serrate fuzzy foliage.
Notes:  A little known, lovely herbaceous Hydrangea for temperate gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 6' 10' tall. Large glossy Hosta like foliage emerges early in the spring in a rosette.  Large fragrant white and purplish red trumpet flowers in late spring, early summer.  Interesting seed pods in fall and winter.
Notes:  Bulb forms offsets, and many seeds, that if unharvested will germinate randomly throughout a garden.  The key is to plant bulbs so the top inch is above the soil.

Pot Size: Large Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe, Asia
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15' - 30'
Attributes: Deciduous. Medium-sized tree.  Deeply veined leaves.  Attractive pendulous flower bracts resembling hops.  Smooth gray bark.  Yellow to orange fall color.
Notes: Easy grown tree with good texture.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Small tree with rounded canopy.  Toothed foliage tapering at the tip.  Green hop-like flowers and fruit.
Notes:  Attractively shaped and graceful, low-maintenance under-story tree for shady gardens.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Small tree with rounded canopy.  Toothed foliage tapering at the tip.  Green hop-like flowers and fruit.
Notes:  This selection has stunning fall foliage and fruit. Attractively shaped and graceful, low-maintenance under-story tree for shady gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Small tree with rounded canopy.  Toothed foliage tapering at the tip.  Green hop-like flowers and fruit.
Notes:  This selection is noted for its better fall foliage consisting of red, orange and yellow.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Korea
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Attributes: Deciduous. Fine branching with serrated, deeply veined foliage.  Good yellow fall color.
Notes: Makes a great small specimen tree.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Betulaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Korea
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light:part shade, sun
Height: 20'
Attributes: Deciduous. Fine branching with serrated, deeply veined foliage.  Good yellow fall color.
Notes: This form was selected for its narrow, columnar growth.  Makes a great small specimen tree.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot 1' - 2'

Family: Betulaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:Japan
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  April
Attributes: Deciduous.  Multi-stemmed shrub with a rounded form.  Double-toothed, oblong-lanceolate foliage tapering at the tip.  Green hop-like flowers and fruit.
Notes:  An attractively shaped and graceful, low-maintenance under-story tree for shady gardens.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 2' - 3'

Family:  Juglandaceae
Zone:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Eastern United States
Soil:  Average, moist well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  50'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Straight trunk, rounded crown.  Compound pinnate leaves.  Attractive yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Native to hillsides and ridges throughout eastern and central U.S.  Especially in the Appalachian forests and the Ohio River Valley.

Pot size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Rubiaceae
Zone: 4 - 10
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Large fragrant, round blossoms with red fruit.  Glossy foliage.
Notes:  This is a smaller growing selection.

Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 2' - 3' Tall

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: sun, part shade
Height: 20' - 40'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Single or multi-trunked, understory tree with a dense, rounded habit.  Cordate, round-oval leaves to 4" long.  Reddish purple new growth in spring.  Fallen autumn leaves smell like burnt sugar.
Notes:  Beautiful shape and attractive foliage

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich, well drained
Light: sun, part shade
Height: 20' - 40'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Single or multi-trunked, understory tree with a dense, rounded habit.  Cordate, round-oval leaves to 4" long.  Purple foliage.  Fallen autumn leaves smell like burnt sugar.
Notes:  Beautiful shape and attractive foliage.  This form has purple foliage.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW; Northern California
Soil:  Average to dry, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Attributes: Deciduous.  8' - 15' tall.  Large shrub or small tree with multi - stemmed trunks.  Blue - green heart shaped leaves that turn yellow and red in the fall.  Small pea like flowers are purple - pink in spring followed by brown - red pea pods.
Notes: A great drought tolerant species for the native garden.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot 

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  California, Oregon
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant, well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  30' - 50'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Blue-green needles with feathery look.
Notes:  Narrow pyramidal growth.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot 18" - 24"

Chelone obliqua (Turtle Head) 

Family: Plantaginaceae
Zone:  5 - 9
Natural Range:  Midwestern and Eastern US
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part shade
Height:  28"
Bloom Time:  July to September
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Clump-forming perennial with deep carmine rose flowers.
Notes:  Appreciates organically rich compost.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Oleaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Asia
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: sun, part shade
Height: 20'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous. Fragrant white flowers.  Large multi-trunked or single trunk tree.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes:  Profuse spring blooms.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Chloranthaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 12" - 24"
Bloom Time:  March to May
Attributes:  Deciduous, serrated leaves.  White bead-like flowers.
Notes:  A little known woodlander that is great for texture in the shady garden.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:  North America
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4' - 6'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bright green foliage.  Tall spikes of fragrant white flowers.
Notes: Vertical accent in the shady garden.
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range:  North America
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  4'
Bloom Time:  August to September
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Dark black-purple foliage.  Tall spikes of fragrant pink flowers in late summer to early fall.
Notes: Excellent foliage plant.  Best color when planted in more sun
 
Pot size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China; Sichuan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 13'
Bloom Time: March to April
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous.  Pinnate foliage.  Many white flowers in clusters of 2-5. 
Notes: A delightful and graceful species that is suitable for draping over bushes and smaller trees in the garden.  From our collections in Sichuan during our 2013 expedition.  Found growing scrambling through rhododendrons at 3600m elevation. 

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part sun, sun
Height: 4'
Bloom Time: May to July
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, Four petaled indigo-violet nodding flowers.  Scrambling habit with flowers held above the foliage.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot 3' tall

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Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: North America
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous. Pink flowers with reddish buds.  Yellow fall foliage
Notes: Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Merit.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Ericaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: USPP 21,589; CBR 4167
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 3' - 6'
Bloom Time:  July to August
Attributes: Deciduous. White flowers.  Yellow fall foliage.
Notes: Individual florests are roughly double the size of other varieties.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Myricaceae
Zone:2 - 9
Natural Range:   Eastern North America
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 2' - 5'
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attributes: Deciduous shrub with simple, narrow, deeply notched light green to dark olive green leaves to about 4" long.  Yellowish green flowers, burr-like fruit.  Aromatic foliage.
Notes:  Adaptable to a range of soil conditions and can be quite drought tolerant once established.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Argophyllaceae
Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  New Zealand
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun
Height:  5'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Yellow flowers.  Red-orange berries.  Small gray leaves and zigzagging stems.
Notes:This unusual shrub evolved this way as a defense against the now extinct Moa birds.
 
Pot size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Yellow edged with darker green variegated leaves.  Creamy white flowers.  Bright fall foliage.
Notes:  Attractive layered look.

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Yellow edged with darker green variegated leaves.  Creamy white flowers.  Bright fall foliage.
Notes:  Attractive layered look.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:2 - 8
Natural Range:North America
Soil:  Moist humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 4" - 8"
Bloom Time:  May to July
Attributes: Semi-evergreen.  Elliptic, glossy green leaves to 2" long formed in a false whorl at the top of a stem.  Flowers are surrounded with white bracts.  Clusters of red berries in late summer.
Notes:  Extremely attractive ground-cover once established.  Needs to be planted in the same type of soil as Rhododendrons and other Ericaceous plants.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Bhutan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part sun
Height: 15' - 20'
Bloom Time:  Early Summer
Attributes: Evergreen with thick, glossy, bright green leaves to 3".  Creamy white bracts surround a center of yellowish-green flowers.
Notes:  First introduced in the 1990s.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3'

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range:China
Soil:  Average humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous  Pure white flowers.  Bright orange-red fall foliage.  Round, red fruit late summer-fall.
Notes: Stunning tree for the lightly shaded garden.  Seed grown!

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot  18" - 24" tall

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Pot Size:  Medium Band Pot 18" - 24"

Family: Cornaceae
Zone:3 - 9
Natural Range:Eastern North America
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 5'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous.  Green foliage with white flowers, blue fruit in fall.  Red and purple fall foliage.  Burgundy stems in winter
Notes:  Compact selection.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family:Cornaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 16' - 40'
Pest Resistance: NA
Bloom Time: May to June
Attributes:Semi-evergreen shrub or small tree. Opposite, elliptic leaves to 4" long.  Small white flowers in flattened clusters.  Purplish-black fruit.  Showy, flaking bark.
Notes:The bark is the best feature of this tree.

Pot Size: Small Band Pot

Family:  Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8' - 12'
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Deciduous, shrub.  Bright greenish-yellow flowers early spring.  Sweet perfume that can be smelled from a distance. 
Notes:  This selection came from a batch of plants grown from seed collected in Japan by the US National Arboretum.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 8' - 12'
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Deciduous, shrub.  Bright greenish-yellow flowers early spring.  Large rounded leaves that turn shades of yellow in fall.. 
Notes:  Corylopsis gotoana has obovate leaves with short-awned teeth and smaller flowers than C. glabrescens, but are about the same length as the petals.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pots

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan, China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 4' - 8'
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Evergreen to semi-evergreen, shrub.  Bright yellow flowers.
Notes:  This form keeps most of its leaves during the winter.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Hamamelidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10' - 12'
Bloom Time: March to April
Attributes: Deciduous, shrub.  Bright creamy white flowers late winter, early spring.  New growth is deep purple.
Notes: Originally came from Hilliers Gardens.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Cupressaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 10' - 30'
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Creamy yellow tipped foliage.  Especially intense on new growth in spring.
Notes: Foliage looks like a fern or moss.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

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Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Bhutan; Eastern Himalayas, Northern India; Arunachal Pradesh
Family:  Cupressaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 40', much smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, medium sized tree with graceful, pendulous sprays of blue-green, flattened leaves.
Notes:  In the wild it grows at moderately high altitudes of 1,250 - 2,800 m.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Cupressaceae
Zone:  8 - 9
Natural Range: China, Vietnam
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 40' - 60', smaller in cultivation
Attributes:  Evergreen, medium sized tree with graceful, pendulous sprays of blue-green leaves.
Notes:  In the wild it grows at moderately high altitudes of 1,250 - 2,800 m.  In southern Gansu we noticed that C. funebris was the dominantly planted tree and covered vast hillsides.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:5 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Cypripedium fasciolatum x Cypripedium segawae
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping.  Multi-flowered, large-yellow pouched sepals.
Notes: Introduced in 2013.  X Large flowering size rhizome

Cypripedium will be shipped in the fall starting late October.   Spring shipping can be arranged when requested.

Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, shade
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring.
Notes:  These are clonal plants, done by division.  L Blooming size plants

Cypripedium will be shipped in the fall starting late October.   Spring shipping can be arranged when requested.

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:4 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid;  kentuckiense x fasciolatum
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 16"
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping.  Large,creamy white pouch and brown and yellow mottled petals.
Notes:  X Large flowering size rhizome

Cypripedium will be shipped in the fall starting late October.   Spring shipping can be arranged when requested.

Cypripedium will be shipped in the fall starting late October.   Spring shipping can be arranged when requested.

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:4 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid;  parviflorum x fasciolatum
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 16"
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping.  Large mustard colored pouch with spice brown to mahogany mottled petals and sepals.
Notes:  X Large flowering size rhizome

Cypripedium will be shipped in the fall starting late October.   Spring shipping can be arranged when requested.

Family: Orchidaceae
Zone:5 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid;  fasciolatum x Aki Pastel
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part sun
Height: 12" - 18"
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Deciduous. Clumping.  Large white and cream flowers.
Notes:  X Large blooming size plants!

Cypripedium will be shipped in the fall starting late October.   Spring shipping can be arranged when requested.

Family:  Orchidaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range:  China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Height:  18"
Bloom Time:  May to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous. Three greenish yellow flowers.
Notes:  The flowers are a bit smaller than some but what they lack in size they make up for with quantity.  Large blooming size rhizomes.

Cypripedium will be shipped in the fall starting late October.   Spring shipping can be arranged when requested.

Family:  Orchidaceae
Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid;  Cypripedium calceolus x macranthos
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Height:  12" - 18"
Bloom Time: April to June
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit 
Attributes:  Deciduous.  A mix of purplish pink flowers with creamy white markings.  Flower is shaped more like Cyp. calceolus but a bit wider pouch like macranthos. 
Notes:  This is an artificial hybrid of what occurs naturally in the wild where the two species overlap in distribution.  One of my favorite and best growing hybrids in the garden.  Large blooming size plants. 

Cypripedium will be shipped in the fall starting late October.   Spring shipping can be arranged when requested.

Family:  Dryopteridaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern Asia
Soil: Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade to shade
Height: 24"
Bloom Time: NA
Attributes: Evergreen, Dull green fronds with 12-26 pairs of stiff pinnae
Notes: A unique looking fern for the temperate garden.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Purple flowers in a dense spike.  Large thick green leaves.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Purple flowers in a dense spike.  Large thick green leaves often with deep purple spotting.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Purple flowers in a dense spike.  Large thick green leaves.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Purple flowers in a dense spike.  Large thick green leaves often with deep purple spotting.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Dark purple flowers in a dense spike.  Foliage is often mottled.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Purple flowers in a dense spike.  Large thick green leaves often with deep purple spotting.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Zone: 4 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil: Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Attributes:  Deciduous, 12” - 18" tall.  Blooms in spring. Purple flowers in a dense spike.  Large thick green leaves often with deep purple spotting.
Notes:  Dactylorhiza are among the most rewarding and care free orchids both for the orchid collector and the gardener. They will multiply fast when kept moist and not too shady.  Once a plant has settled in it is one of the few that readily self sow seed easily.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot