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Family:  Fabaceae
Zone:  8 - 10
Natural Range:  Australia 
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun
Height:  15'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Fern-like blue-gray foliage that emerges purple.  Bright yellow flowers.  New growth is bright blue-green.  Blue green mature foliage.
Notes: Fast growing large shrub. Frost hardy into the mid teens.  Mulch base.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Fabaceae
Zone:  8 - 10
Natural Range:  Australia 
Soil:  Average
Light:  Sun
Height:  15'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Evergreen.  Flattened triangular foliage held close to the stem.  Bright yellow flowers.  New growth is bright blue-green.  Blue green mature foliage.
Notes: Fast growing large shrub. Frost hardy into the mid teens.  Mulch base.

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: 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:  Small band pot 3' - 4'

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Family:  Sapindaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes: Evergreen-semievergreen.  Small three lobed leaves with orange to bronze new growth.
Notes:  From our collection in the lush mountains of central Taiwan at around 2200m in elevation.  Rare in cultivation.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot 8" - 12"

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:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Sapindaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 30'
Bloom Time: NA
Pest Resistance: NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Small tree or shrub with green bark, thin papery leaves.  Open or densely branched.  Double toothed, lobed leaves on young shoots, almost un-lobed on mature shoots.
Notes: This seed selection was from a tree that had extra nice leaves with a bit of undulation on the margins.

Pot Size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 12'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Creamy yellow and bright red stems in winter.  Deep green leaves that turn yellow in fall.
Notes:  Great winter bark color.

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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.  Deeply lobed leaves with red-purple foliage.
Notes:  A very attractive and distinct Maple with good foliage color.

Pot size:  1 Gallon 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: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 30 feet tall
Attributes:  Pink new growth prior previous season foliage drops.  Trident shaped leaves.
Notes:  Syn.  Acer oblongum var. biauritum.

Pot size:  Small Band Pot

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average, moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 8' - 30'
Attributes:  Deciduous, Four to seven narrow serrated leaflets.  Red and orange fall foliage.
Notes:  Rare and endangered in the wild.  In colder climates Acer pentaphyllum is root hardy, re sprouting from the base making a small multi-trunk tree.

Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot 3-4'

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  20'
Bloom Time: NA
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous.  Deeply-dissected leaves.
Notes: This selection has leaves that look similar to Japanese maples.  Very rare.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot 2'

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Europe
Soil:  Average, moist well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15’
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Air pollution
Attributes:  Deciduous, nearly completely rounded small leaves lacking lobes. Wingless fruit.
Notes:  ‘Tharandt’ was discovered at the University of Dresden at Tharandt, Germany.  Rarely grown.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot 2'

Family:  Sapindaceae
Zone:  3 - 9
Natural Range:  Europe
Soil:  Average, moist well drained
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  15’
Bloom Time:  March to April
Attracts:  Bees
Pest Resistance:  Air pollution
Attributes:  Deciduous, white reticulated variegated leaf.  New growth is nearly pure white.
Notes:  ‘Walderseei’ was discovered in Count Waldersee, Mesendorf Germany in 1900.
 
Pot size:  1 Gallon Pot 3'

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Taiwan
Family:  Sapindaceae
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: part shade, sun
Height: 15'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Orange to bronze new growth with serrated leaves with up to 5 lobes.  Crimson to bronze fall foliage.
Notes:  From our collection in the lush mountains of central Taiwan at around 2200m in elevation.  Very attractive smaller growing maple.  Rare in cultivation.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Asteraceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: PNW
Soil:  Average, drought tolerant
Light: Sun, part sun
Height:  12"
Bloom Time: Spring to Fall
Attracts: Bees
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes: Deciduous.  Compact aromatic ferny foliage with white flowers.
Notes:Nice short selection made in Sonoma County California.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family: Ranunculaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Bloom Time: Late Summer
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 2' - 3' tall.  Blue-purple blooms in late summer.  Foliage emerges from rhizome very early in the spring or late winter.
Notes:  Great flowers for the cooling days of the end of summer season.

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

Family:  Pteridaceae

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: 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:5 - 9
Natural Range:Hybrid; A hippocastanum x pavia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part sun
Height: 20' -  40'
Bloom Time:  May to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Golden yellow fall foliage.  Pink flowers with yellow throat.
Notes:  Less susceptible to leaf scorch, leaf blotch and mildew.Flowers at an early age.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot 3'-4'

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:  Ericaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Southeastern United States
Soil:  Average, moist humus rich
Light: part shade
Height: 4' - 8'
Attracts:  Bees, butterflies and birds
Bloom Time:  June to August
Attributes:  Evergreen, glossy, simple, alternate leaves.  Graceful, arching stems.  White bell flowers.
Notes:  Great for texture in container plantings.  Previously known as Leucothoe populifolia. 
 
Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:  4 - 8
Natural Range:  Japan, Korea, E Asia
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  30’
Bloom Time:  April to May
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous, Glossy toothed leaves with showy gray bark.  Monoecious flowers are formed March and April.
Notes: Rare in cultivation.

Pot size: 1 Gallon Pot

Family: Betulaceae
Zone: 2 - 9
Natural Range: Alaska to N. California & Rockies to WY
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 10'
Attributes: Deciduous.  Thicket forming shrub with horizontal branching.  Reddish-brown bark turning gray.  Oval, toothed leaves.  Long creamy yellow catkins.
Notes:  A smaller growing native Alnus that is good for wildlife.

Pot Size:  Large Band Pot

Family: Asphodelaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: South Africa
Soil:  Average, well drained dryer winter
Light: Sun, part shade
Height: 6" - 10"
Bloom Time:  June to August
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen.  Coral-orange flowers.  
Notes: Needs a good 6 to 8 hours of direct sun in the cooler parts of its range with a more shade in hotter climates.  Needs good drainage and works well tucked into a rock garden.  We grow ours under the eves on a west facing overhang.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family: Zingiberaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Eastern Asia
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 3' -4'
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attracts:  Hummingbirds
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Bold, irregular green and creamy yellow and gold striped leaves.  White flowers with yellow and red inner markings.
Notes:  Will survive in zone 7 with some win mulching and protection.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Liliaceae
Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range:  South America
Soil:  Average, rich well-drained soil
Light:  Sun
Height:  18"
Bloom Time:  July to September
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous. Green and white and gray variegated foliage.  Red flowers with greenish center and dark spots.
Notes:  Tuberous perennial lily.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Araceae

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: Tuber

Family: Araceae

Zone:  7 - 9
Natural Range:  India, Nepal
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Part shade
Height:  3'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  Deer
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Spotted stalk and divided leaf.  Creamy white flowers.
Notes: Likeother Amorphophallus and Arisaema in colder climates tubers can be stored cool and dry during the winter and replanted in spring.

Pot Size: Tuber

Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Texas, Mexico
Soil:  Average, well-drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 1'
Attributes:  Evergreen, Pinnae of 4-7 pairs, alternate, lanceolate.  Separate fertile fronds.
Notes:  In the wild this fern grows on lightly shaded limestone outcrops between 400 and 500 m elevation.  Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos Texas.

Pot Size:  4" Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Bloom Time:  March to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 6" tall.  White flowers with blue center.  Coarsely toothed and finely divided leaves.  Clumping
Notes:  An early spring bloomer that slowly expands forming a contained clump. Blooms around the same time as many Trillium, Erythronium and Epimedium.

Pot Size:4" Pot

Family:  Ranunculaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Europe
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade, sun
Bloom Time:  March to May
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous, 6" tall.  Pure white single flowers.  Coarsely toothed and finely divided leaves.  Clumping
Notes:  An early spring bloomer that slowly expands forming a contained clump. Blooms around the same time as many Trillium, Erythronium and Epimedium.

Pot Size: 4" Band Pot

Zone: 7 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: Part shade - shade
Height: 18"
Attributes:  Evergreen, Slowly spreading rhizome with shiny dark green, triangular fronds.
Notes:  This is another Arachniodes that slugs actually don't like.  Aracniodes are among the most textural of ferns, playing off more solid fronds

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family: Dryopteridaceae
Zone:6 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time:  NA
Attributes: Evergreen.  Pink-bronze new growth with long arching fronds.
Notes:  Attractive species that has performed well in the garden for many years.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Araliaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Japan
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Bloom Time:  Summer
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes:  Deciduous.  3' tall gold-chartreuse foliage and white flowers. 
Notes: A bright form of Aralia that glows in a lightly shaded location.  This is a perennial Aralia that dies to the ground every fall only to regain its size the next spring.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pots

Family:  Ericaceae
Zone: 8 - 10
Natural Range: Hybrid sport
Soil:  Average to dry, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 15'- 25' 
Attributes:  Evergreen, cream edged green foliage.  Deep coral-pink bell flowers.  Bright orange fruit in fall.
Notes:  Arbutus marina is a hybrid between Arbutus unedo and A. andrachne of Europe.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot 24"

Family:  Fabaceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Morocco
Soil:  Average
Light: Sun
Height: 16'
Bloom Time: May to July
Attracts: NA
Resistant To:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Silvery foliage with bright yellow fragrant flowers. 
Notes:  Fast growing species that can be maintained as a smaller shrub.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Araceae
Zone:5 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Moist, humus rich, well drained
Light:  Part shade
Height: 2' - 3' tall
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Bloom Time:  April to June
Attributes: Deciduous.  Tall stalks with whorled, radial leaf with 12 leaflets with drip-tips.  Large pitcher-like green or carmine striped spathe.
Notes:  This seed strain has darker mottling on the spathe.  One of the easiest Arisaema species to grow.

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Family:  Araceae
Zone: 6 - 9
Natural Range: Eastern Himalayas. China. Bhutan. Northeast India
Soil: moist, humus rich, well drained
Light: part shade
Height: 12" -  24" tall
Bloom Time:  June to July
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous. Blooms spring to early summer.  Brown and white mottled pseudostem.  Carmine and white striped inflorescens.  Long whip like spadex. Large glossy trifoliate leaves with impressed veins on the upper side.
Notes:  Arisaema speciosum grows in cool forests that are subject to winter frost and snowfall.

Dormant Bulbs

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

Family:  Rosaceae
Zone: 3 - 8
Natural Range: Hybrid
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, shade
Height:  10" - 18"
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

Family: Asparagaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: China, Japan
Soil:  Average
Light: Part sun
Height: 2' - 3'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Clumping growth with broad, glossy leaves spotted with creamy specks.
Notes:Aspidistra are slow growing but are extremely durable, tolerating shade, dry soils.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 4 - 9
Natural Range: Hybrid;  PP35461 CPBRAF
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 28"
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping.  Deep burgundy leaves with rosy purple flowers.
Notes: Great combo of dark leaves and dark flowers.

Pot Size:  4" Band Pot

Family:  Saxifragaceae
Zone: 3 - 9
Natural Range: China
Soil:  Average to moist, humus rich well drained
Light: Part shade
Height: 2'
Bloom Time: April to May
Attracts:  Butterflies
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Deciduous, clumping, Gold fern-like leaves ringed in wine red.  Spikes of pink bottlebrush-like flowers.
Notes: Does best with full spring sun and a bit of afternoon shade in summer.  A Darrell Probst introduction.

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: 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:  1 Gallon 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: 1 Gallon 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: Large Band Pot

Family: Apiaceae
Zone:4 - 9
Natural Range: Chile, Argentina
Soil:  Average, gritty well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 2"
Bloom Time:  Summer
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense rounded mounds of glossy dark green, rosettes. Yellow flowers in summer.
Notes:  In the wild the clumps are extremely dense, making perfect rounded patches among rocky areas.

Pot Size:  4" 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:  Large Band Pot

Family:  Begoniaceae
Zone: 7 - 10
Natural Range: China
Soil: moist, well drained
Light: part-shade, shade
Height: 18"
Bloom Time: September to November
Attributes: Evergreen to 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 collection.  This cultivar is also known as 'MonShayne'

Pot Size:  Large 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

Zone: 5 - 9
Natural Range: Himalayas
Soil:  Moist, humus rich
Light: Part shade, sun
Height: 12'
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Large fuzzy, oval leaves.  Pink flowers held above the leaves. 
Notes:  Leaves can reach more than 12" long.

Pot Size:  Quart Size Pot

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Family: Asparagaceae
Zone:7 - 10
Natural Range: Mexico
Soil:  Average, well drained
Light: Sun
Height: 4" - 6'
Bloom Time:  June to August
Pest Resistance:  Deer, Rabbit
Attributes: Evergreen.  Green and yellow variegated foliage.  Pink colored flower stalks with reddish pink bracts.
Notes: Great tropical look.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon 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:  4 - 9
Natural Range:  Betula utilis x Betula albosinensis var. septentrionalis
Soil:  Average, humus rich
Light:  Sun, part sun
Height:  25' - 50'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attracts:  NA
Pest Resistance:  NA
Attributes:  Deciduous.  Attractive white and pink bark.  Yellow fall foliage  
Notes: Originally found growing in Edinburgh Botanical Garden.

Pot size: Medium Band Pot

Family: Bromeliaceae
Zone:8 - 10
Natural Range: Brazil
Soil:  Average
Light: Part sun
Height: 1' - 2'
Bloom Time:  Spring
Attributes: Evergreen.  Dense upright clumps with strap-like foliage.  Arching stems with bright pink bracts and pendant flowers with green and blue. 
Notes: Reported to take temperatures in the upper teens when planted in a protected location and has proven to be reliably hardy to mid twenties.

Pot Size:  1 Gallon Pot