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If you have a moist to wet spot, do we have a tree for you! While it will live in a swamp, it's also happy in
average moisture. Straight main trunk and conical shape. In standing water, they produce their famous "knees" or aerial roots, but not in
drier soil. Stunning in Fall with eye-catching bronzy orange foliage. 
Zone: 4B-7
Similar to the species but MUCH smaller at 4' x 8' with heavy fruit
production! An excellent slow-growing, broad-rounded, dwarf
selection with very dark green evergreen foliage. Can be used
for a great evergreen hedge. As slow growers, please appreciate
that year old Dwarf Taxus are very small plants.
Purchased years ago as Wall Germander,
which was incorrect; we've finally correctly identified the BEST SELLING plant at the nursery!
Evergreen, dependable. Perfect for knot gardens or low hedges. Just needs a hard trim in early spring Quick growing, reaches a respectable size in just a year.
Next to impossible to find in the trade. This is an amazingly
useful, easy, pretty little shrub.
AKA
Euodia daniellii.
While
Thujas have finally starting getting the popularity they deserve, it's
our Native forms, however, that people now know. Virtually unknown is the
Korean Arborvitae which differs from the native species in having more
closely spaced long-shoot leaves with shorter, spreading points,
easily picked up by the botanist! To the gardener, you see
beautiful large flattened sprays of deep green foliage with a conical
form A hardy,
undemanding plant that requires no pruning to maintain it's beautiful
shape. Strongly scented foliage has what some think smells
like almonds! On 1-12-06, we can't find a single US source on
the internet for this plant other than ours. 
Useful as a specimen or accent, good for hedges and foundation plants. With it's classic 'Christmas Tree' shape, it's one of our prettiest evergreen trees. Pest and disease free. Pyramidal form with beautiful dark green foliage which holds through winter.
Broad,
pyramidal form with excellent dark green foliage all year round.
Very good head plant although a bit slow growing. Dirr says it's
the best form for northern areas. Discovered in Mission Gardens,
Techny, IL.
This
native of Japan and China has beautiful foliage and a dense pyramidal
shape! Foliage is somewhat similar to a Thuja (Arbovitae) but
larger. The scale-like leaves are bright or dark green with
white markings underneath and these scales overlap to form flattened,
rope-like shoots. Branches are arranged in flattened
sprays. 3/4" cones. Bark is reddish brown
and furrowed into thin strips. Site plant out of sweeping
winds. Almost never available in the trade. A plant for a
collector and yet not difficult. Winter color change varies with
cloan. For most, there is no color change in winter. Great
Plant Pick - Miller Botanical Garden.
Medium size, broad-headed shade tree
40-50 feet tall with
graceful arching branches and a rounded crown and long pendulous
branches. Noted for it's foliage and bark: finely toothed, small, green leaves and
mottled, flaking bark which is highly ornamental. The bark of
mature trees flake to reveal patches of gray, cream,, orange, brown
and green. A good drought tolerant shade tree for the south. Full sun only, please. Tiny red flowers Aug.-Sept.
Good resistance to Dutch elm disease, Japanese beetle and elm leaf
beetle. Do not confuse with Siberian elm (incorrectly called
Chinese elm) or Ulmus pumila and embrace Botanical nomenclature!
It's much more accurate!
A
sport of Ulmus parvifolia 'Hokkaido', another dwarf but 'Seiju' has slightly
larger leaves and a faster growth rate. Bark becomes corky
with age. Resistant to Dutch elm
disease. All the same good qualities of the species above as
well.
White
flower heads in clusters 1.5-3" wide from pink buds are followed by
red drupes which eventually turn purple then black over maple leave
like foliage adorn this US East Coast Native. In Fall, the
foliage may be purple-pink, red or orange. Ours is generally
mauve pink -- a startling and truly delightful color in the
Autumn woods! I can't say if it's our clone that's always pink
or our weather but since our weather does vary, one might assume
this clone is pink in Fall. Berries are suitable for jam.
Host plant for the Spring Azure Butterfly. Somewhat suckering but not aggressive - maybe 6 feet after 20 years.
'Diana' is a vigorous
Viburnum typically with a compact habit, generally 4-5' tall but if
perfectly happy can reach 8'. In late March/early April red
buds open to pink blooms which turn white like 3" snowballs.
But unlike snowballs, which have no fragrance, 'Diana' has an
astounding, amazing fragrance. Not if you stick your nose
right on it but when you just walk nearby - 10' being 'nearby' or
when the wind blows even farther than that. Flowers give way
to blue-black drupes. The 4" long leaves are tinged chocolate
when young, changing to dark green for summer and a beautiful
purple-red in Fall. And it's a Butterfly Host plant not
bothered by deer. 
An
exciting new compact selection of Arrowwood Viburnum! The perfect
sized plant for residential landscapes. Loads of white spring flowers
& an impressive display of rich blue berries. Makes a great, low
hedge or foundations plant. Good container plant. Attracts songbirds.
One of the most functional Viburnums. The species is 6-9' tall,
so petite (at 3-5' tall) Blue Muffin is
a much more pleasing size for most gardens. A good pollinator
for 
A very
cold hardy Viburnum that is definitely a 4-Season plant. From
late spring into summer, it has beautiful dark green leaves and
creamy white blooms that are 5" wide, flat head clusters. In
mid to late summer it has bright red berries, that look to be dipped
in lacquer and are, as the name might suggest, the highlight of the
plant. The glossy red fruit are born in abundance from Sept.
thru Nov. (no pollinator necessary.) The
foliage in autumn is rusty red which sets off the berries to
best effect. Wonderful in the border or as a stand alone
specimen. You just can't go wrong with this winner. This
selection may be the hardiest cultivar available, surviving after
exposure to -25 F temperatures. May self seed in minimally
managed areas.
One of the
most beautiful berry displays in the plant kingdom is to be found on
this new Viburnum introduced by Mark Bulk, Dutch plantsman. The
astonishing berries change from green to shade of shocking pink to
blue. A great companion for 'Winterthur' below because planting
two different clones gives a bumper crop of berries and you sure can
have too many of these. Glossy leaves change to lovely dark
maroon-red in Fall.
Fall
color is always ASTOUNDING! You'll fall in love with this gem!
Lustrous, deep green leaves transform to the most breath-taking wine
red autumn color. Spectacular fruit color evolves from white to hot
pink to bright blue. Dislikes alkaline soils. FIRST CHOICE AWARD '99.
AWARDS: GMPA Variable leaf width - narrow to wide. Plant with
'Brandywine' above for a bumper crop of berries (two clones produce a
better berry crop.)
Japanese Snowball. An awesome sight in bloom! Hundreds of small, round popcorn balls line
every branch. A newly released selection hybridized by Dr. David Leach. Very hardy. Wow! Wow! Wow! "Possibly the most elegant of all flowering shrubs." (M. Dirr) Beautiful burgundy Fall leaf color.
Beautiful red berries. Renewal pruning to 12" if
necessary. This cultivar is
notable for its rounded clusters of pure white flowers that apparently
resemble popcorn to some degree. It is a smaller grower to 8' tall
with sporadic production of red fruit.
Elegant
shrub for masses, screens, borders. Horizontal, tiered branching
creates a layered effect. This plant is magnificently branched! Dark green leaves emerge early spring. Fall
color is reddish purple. Mariesii has PROFUSION of large ray flowers held high
above the foliage. Beautiful red berries in fall are highly
ornamental. Broadly rounded form adds great structure to the
garden. 
A tremendous 1979 introduction from the Nat. Arboretum. Excellent specimen shrub, especially against a dark background. Abundant 4-6" wide white flowers are larger than those on many other
Viburnums. Reddish Fall color. This will become one of the hottest shrubs on the market!
Gorgeous red berries in July and August. Ours does great in
fairly deep shade, only some afternoon sun. It's been around
awhile and yet is still "One of the finest flowering shrubs in
America", according to shrub grower, Monrovia.
Speaking of Japanese Snowballs, Michael Dirr says, "Possibly the most elegant of all flowering shrubs."
Beautiful burgundy Fall leaf color. Beautiful red berries.
Summer Snowflake may be the best of the lot! This shrub may
bloom continuously throughout the summer! Be sure and view it
some night in the moonlight. If you want a moon garden put this
right, smack dab in the middle. Oh my gosh! Fabulous!
Excellent choice for the shrub border. works well w/ broadleaf evergreens. FRAGRANCE permeates the entire garden. One of the best viburnums. Every garden should have a
Viburnum. (Or more than one!) Virtually sterile so it puts all it's energy into
blooming. Compact, dense mound-forming habit.
Pink buds open to creamy white, fragrant blooms. This is a superb Viburnum.
Great Fall color. For tidiness, shear to shape in early spring
after bloom. 
Introduced
by the National Arboretum and was the The Pennsylvania Horticultural
Society Gold Medal Plant Award, 1993 With glossy, dark red flower
buds which are gorgeous for weeks in and of themselves, in late
April, they burst open to reveal waxy white blooms with a strong,
spicy, clove like fragrance that's just yummy. The dark green
leaves are deciduous but turn a brilliant orange-red in Fall.
Resistant to bacterial leaf spot and powdery mildew just top off the
wonderful features. It is a backcross of V. x burkwoodii to V.
carlesii.
When this shrub is blooming, it perfumes our entire
garden. Now that's my idea of fragrant -- not where you have to
go over and stick your nose on the bloom to get a little whiff!
And the smell is utterly delicious! It was the first shrub I
purchased and planted after marrying my husband (and the nursery!) 15
years ago and I still have a secret fondness for it above all other
shrubs here! 3-5" wide snowball-like clusters of substance bloom
after most Viburnums. Followed by berries that ripen from red to
black. A hybrid of V. carlesii and V. macrocephalum var.
keteleeri. Often hard to find in the trade. Pest and disease
free. Zone 5 in a protected spot. If you're in it's growing
area, you truly must have this. It's that simple...
Often listed as
cultivar Viburnum carlessii 'Cayuga', but regardless of the exact
Botanical nomenclature, this is a winner! Registered and
released by the National Arboretum in 1966 as a back cross of V. carcephalum x V. carlessii, it's noted for its moderately compact, abundant snowball blooms and dark green foliage. Pink
buds open to mildly fragrant, white waxy blooms like 4" diameter
snowballs and give way to black drupes (fruit). BLOOMS
PROFUSELY!
Has
the best characteristics of both its parents - V.carlesii &
V.bitchiuense. Full, rounded habit and more resistant to leaf spot.
Equally fragrant. From the Arnold Arboretum. A dense shrub with
stiff, upright spreading branches. Used in foundation planting
and valued for it's fragrance and lovely snowball-like blooms which
open from pink to reddish buds. Dark green leaves turn reddish
to wine-red in Autumn. With a slow growth rate, it rarely needs
pruning but if needed, prune after flowering.
A
most beautiful and very fast-growing semi-evergreen Viburnum With
slender, graceful branches and an rounded, upright for, it reach 6-10'
in height. The 2-4" long, oval leaves have a puckered
texture and deeply incised veins, dark green above and white felty
beneath. Pretty pink buds open to creamy white flowers born in
clusters 2-4" wide and the end of the branches. Altogether
pleasing! The blooms have some fragrance which is a light, spicy
scent. Grows very fast! Probably semi-evergreen in very
cold zones. 
A cross between V. rhytidophyllum and V. lantana 'Mohican'.
Multi-stemmed shrubs with flat umbellate trusses to 4" across.
The creamy white flowers in April/May gives way to bright red berries
which later change to glossy black. Wonderful, leathery,
wrinkled, ovate-elliptic, 6" long dark green leaves are deciduous in
colder zones but evergreen in the South.
Beautiful
tree or large shrub for the patio or smaller area or in the border.
Aromatic grey-green leaves set of showy spikes of fragrant lilac
blooms. Usually forms a multi-trunk shrub with a broad and
spreading crown. Thrives in heat. Fast grower. Easy
care, attracts butterflies, has showy flowers and is Fragrant!
Fragrant clear, 12-18" TRUE BLUE
flowers spikes rise from this chaste tree in summer. This fast
growing, large, deciduous, multi-stem shrub has an upright, spreading
habit, producing an open and airy appearance. The long tapering
scented leaves of chaste tree are shaped liked a hand, or palmate.
Similar to the species but with 8" blue blooms rather than lilac-purple. Beautiful
garden or patio tree shows terminal clusters of fragrant blue blooms.
Broad and spreading, effective multi-trunk display. Can be trained for
use in shrub border. Thrives in heat. Deciduous. 
Large
blue violet flowers on 12-18" inflorescences throughout the
summer on a new Chaste Tree to the trade that has leaf spot
resistance. Plant in a sheltered spot in Zone 5-6. (The plant
will probably die to the ground but resurrect itself in spring.)
It flowers on new growth, so the dieback won't effect bloom.
Shoal Creek is typically grown in warm winter climates as a
vase-shaped, deciduous shrub or small trunk tree reaching
10-15'. *In zones 5-6, it will reach 4-7' in a season which
explains the wide divergence in heights shown below.
Another
very rare form of Vitex. In the South, it will hold a tree form. Here, in Zone 7 it will behave like a Crape Myrtle, die back then re-sprout in Spring. Interesting foliage texture & late season flowers. Will flower recurrently through the season as long as new stems are developing & when deadheaded. Native to Africa; introduced in 1697.
Prune to 6-12" or to live wood in spring in cold area. This
form has very serrate or toothed slender foliage like Cannabis - Marijuana -- hence
the name. Hardiest genus of Vitex, to -10 degrees.
New excitement in this terrific Weigela. Red, white, and pink, thick
azalea-like flowers cover this new triploid hybrid from France. FIRST
CHOICE AWARD '96. (COPF) More compact, restrained growth habit. Thick,
substantive flowers occur in great profusion. Tetraploid hybrid -
means better blooms.
Carmine
red buds open to pink flowers over purplish/bronzy foliage. Sold under
the name Foliis Purpureis and Rhoni, but by any name, it's a winner!
One of the oldest cultivars, it's stunning! All Weigela's
are pretty in the spring BUT with the unique foliage, this is a winner
all season and when mature develops great gnarly limbs and bark!
This Award of Garden Merit shrub is
about half the size of the species and only needs pruning about
every three years.
A
dense rounded habit with dark metallic purple-burgundy foliage and
bright pink blooms in May. A dwarf version of Weigela Wine and
RosesTM at only a foot feet tall and twice as wide,
Herman Geers' newest introduction is a charmer. Now there's a
shrub for the front of the border!
Now isn't this just the dearest thing! Perfect soft pink
blooms on a little 'poppet' of a shrub -- a mere 18-24" tall and
adorable. A repeat bloomer that produces a profusion of soft
pink flowers. Hardy enough to live most places in a large pot
and small enough to do just that. Prune or shear after
flowering to maintain size.
The best pink Weigela? Many
people think so! Large bright pink flowers cover this compact 3-5 ft. plant. Extremely long bloom period: June to September. Read that again -- BLOOMS ALL SUMMER!! A very hardy and desirable Weigela.
The only thing that could possibly be wrong with it is that you don't
want pink or you need something shorter! That's about it!
Oh, and see above -- they're apparently Kitten Proof!
Medium size shrub with upright, arching branches. Holds its red flower color longer than most other
Weigela's. Blooms in spring and occasionally in fall. Good background plant. Yellow foliage with rose red blooms. Stunning!
Hot
and new - Spilled WineTM has dark red, wavy leaves and a
spreading habit with dark red, wavy leaves and a spreading habit
with hot pink-magenta blooms similar to Wine and /Roses but this is
a smaller, compact plant that is wider than it is tall. Fabulous in
mass as you might imagine! But even just one is an eye-catcher!
The shortest of the three 'wine' Weigelias, at a diminutive 18-24".
Medium size shrub with upright, arching branches with eye-catching variegated foliage. Blooms in spring and occasionally in fall. Good background plant. Stunning and dependable -- what a great combination.
Fast grower.
Wow,
yellow blooms on a Weigela. Now isn't that just something!
Prefers full sun for best bloom but tolerates light shade. And
upright, rounded shrub with arching branches covered in Butter
yellow, funnel-shaped bloom in spring. Occasional repleat
bloom maybe occur later. Glossy green, lance-shaped leaves.
An improved form of the species introduced by Dick Lightly at the
Mt. Cuba Center. Flowers open yellow and fade to pink.
A deciduous small tree or multi-stemmed shrub from
China featuring lustrous, compound green leaves which last late into
fall and 1", 5-petaled white, star-shaped bloom with yellow or red
center which appear in May in huge terminal racemes. These
lovely blooms are followed by 2.5" green fruit which resemble
buckeyes, at least superficially. Disease and pest free.
Near impossible to find in the trade. But here it is!
Excellent tree as a specimen or in groups and is especially effective
as a backdrop for spring flowering perennials. The seed is about
the size of a pea with a taste like a sweet chestnut hence one common
name.
A
common Virginia/East Coast Native sub-shrub that grows in thickets
along shady stream sides. The only woody member of the Ranunculus
(Buttercups)
family! Astounding purple autumn color. In nature 12-24" tall but
in a sunnier spot in your garden & well cared for, it will reach
36-48" tall. Stoloniferous. This plant is slow growing as a
youngster!
A
large shrub to small tree with rounded, spiny, gnarled slightly
pendulous branches. With 1/4" yellow to white fragrant
flowers in spring followed by delectable 1" edible, shiny, dark red
fruit ages to black. They do drop, so this is not a tree to
grow over the patio but in a mulched area. Slow to medium
growth BUT produces fruit as a very young plant. Makes a
nice small fruiting shade tree. Shiny 1-2" leaves.
