Plants
A selection of our native stripebark maple with striking red bark. A small understory tree which will reach 10-25′ in height. Yellow fall color. Zone 3-7. RHS Award of Merit in 1976
One of the best snakebark maple selections. 20′ x 20′ Zone 4-8. May be more heat tolerant than other similar selections.
A compact agave (2-3′ x 3-4′) with broad blue-grey leaves. Commonly referred to as Artichoke Agave. Zone 8-11
A compact succulent with a mesmerizing spiral pattern. Zone 7-9
An excellent selection made by Will Wandell. Plants are vigorous with terrific white flowers, purplish fruit and scarlet fall color. 15’x 20-25’. Zone 4-8. Plant royalty applies for this plant.
A great selection from Arbutus unedo ‘Compacta’ seedlings by Gerd Schneider in 1997. Grows about 6 to 8 feet wide and tall. Deep pink flowers and showy orange-red fruits appear in the fall and persist through the fall and winter months. Zone 7-9.
An excellent selection that was discovered and introduced by the late Earl Cully in 1979. The plant is a vigorous growing form of river birch with salmon pink to cream to cinnamon brown colored bark. 40-70’ tall x 30-40’ wide. Zone 4-9.
A white-barked paper birch selected and introduced by Evergreen Nursery Company. Plant habit is broad, dense and pyramidal form. This paper birch was a selection from test plots containing hybrids of known bronze birch borer resistant parents. It is the most drought tolerant selection of the Renaissance series of birches. Zone 3-7b
An exceptionally beautiful dark purple leaf hybrid birch with white bark from Evergreen Nursery Co. Inc. This is a hybrid of the ‘Whitespire’ birch and ‘Crimson Frost’ birch. An excellent grower, it’s considered by both the introducer and other growers as a distinct improvement over ‘Crimson Frost’ birch. Plants are vigorous, upright growing with white bark and deep red-purple leaves. Available for licensed growers. Zone 3-7b
An elegant birch with very clean, bright white bark that peels. Plants are upright growing and vigorous. Not for areas with the bronze birch borer. Every year, I like this birch even more! Zone 4 -7b.
An eye catching variegated Cordyline. Leaves are green with nearly white, wide margins and a reddish lower mid rib. A very nice plant and a good grower too. Alas, not as hardy. Zone 8b-9 AGM 2004
A very hardy and excellent purple smoketree from England. A bit hardier and a larger grower than most Cotinus. Leaves turn to beautiful red to orange autumn colors. Zone 4-8.
Figs have undergone heat treatment and meristem protocols to potentially remove some/all fig-specific viruses. Improved vigor has been observed but no virus testing has been done to guarantee complete virus removal.
Figs have undergone heat treatment and meristem protocols to potentially remove some/all fig-specific viruses. Improved vigor has been observed but no virus testing has been done to guarantee complete virus removal.
The species form of Japanese forest grass with green foilage.
A very bright colored gold form of Japanese forest grass for partial shade. Plants are both vigorous and mounded. Plants typically grow 12-15” tall x 18-24” wide. Zone 5-9.
A very colorful and low maintenance perennial grass. This grass is excellent with other shade loving perennials, such as hosta. Plants are a beacon of color from the gold and green striped variegated foliage. 12” tall x 12-18” wide. 2009 Perennial Plant of the Year. Zone 5-9.
An Aldridge Nursery (Bessemer, AL) introduction with enormous (12 -15” long) panicles of double, sterile white blooms that appear on arching branches. A plant with exceptional grace and beauty! Zone 5-8.
A compact grower with very light pink buds and open to white flowers. Beautiful foliage, dense habit and easy to grow.
A red bud Kalmia with superb foliage. This form appears to have wider foliage than the original selection that was introduced by John Eichelser in 1978. Red buds open white. Excellent grower.
A kalmia latifolia selection from one of the southern-most ranges of Kalmia in the US. This plant was found near the Sepulga River in Alabama (~100 miles north of Pensacola). Pink to white flower. Thought to potentially have more heat tolerance than other selections.
A little leaf Kalmia from Dick Jaynes. Flowers are star shaped with a bright cinnamon-maroon band. After 25 years – 5.5 ft tall x 6 ft wide. Clean green and glossy foliage.
Heritage Trees Inc. introduced this sweetbay magnolia. This selection has a very upright habit of growth (usually multistem), beautiful dark green foliage and blooms over a long period of time during the late spring. Ultimate plant size is 35 feet tall by 18 feet wide. Growth rate is moderate to fast. Sweet scented blossoms are cup-shaped, creamy white and produced at a very young age. It has proven to be very winter hardy. The plant has withstood -33º F without damage. Zone 4b -9. Sold to licensed growers only.Outstanding Monstera selection with speckled and irregular white or cream variegation. A plant in very high demand.
An excellent compact selection with year round interest. Beautiful colorful foliage on a plant growing to 3-3 1/2 feet x 3 feet wide. Zone 6-9. Inquire about availability.
Deep purple, double. Excellent.
Huge florets of deep purple, single.
A Hulda Klager hybrid having panicles with large, triple lavender-pink blossoms that are very fragrant.
A terrific single purplish red lilac from Father Fiala. Profuse blooming with large florets. Very nice.
Red purple, double. A very popular Lemoine hybrid.
A Havemeyer selection with huge clusters of deep magenta red florets. The florets are like-wise large and single. A very beautiful lilac in bloom with its nodding blooms.
Upon Havemeyer’s death Mark Eaton evaluated and introduced some exceptional lilacs. And this is one of them with large single purple florets in enormous clusters. One of the finest of the Havemeyer lilacs and extremely rare and difficult to find.
A low growing lilac with pink buds opening to a lighter pink color. Very fragrant. Plants are typically 4-5’ x 4-5’. Zone 3-7.
Truly one of the finest lilacs ever produced! Exceptional display of double, white flowers brushed with pale lavender. Floriferous and dependable.
A compact low spreading lilac with pale pink to lilac colored fragrant blooms. Profuse blooming in midseason. Plants typically are 4-5’ tall x 5-7’ wide. Zone 4-7.
White, double and vigorous.
A very double (nearly triple!) deep purple and silver-white colored hybrid from the talented breeder, Hulda Klager. Very attractive, unusual and still rare!
Deep red to magenta with a contrasting lighter color (difficult to describe!) and double. An excellent hybrid from Lemoine.
A Hulda Klager hybrid with bright reddish pink florets in large panicles. Plants are very early to bloom and bloom at a young age. Beautiful and uncommon.
Blue, double and vigorous. An excellent grower.
Very blue, single, popular and a good grower.
Yellow to cream, single. Unique.
An exceptionally fine hybrid from Havemeyer with large single deep purplish red florets. Profuse bloomer.
Florets are a burgundy red color with a white edge. We can make no guarantee as to the stability of the flower color – as this plant is an unstable chimera. BUT… it really is a beauty!
Very early bloom. Pink florets open to delicate white double blossoms. Zone 3-7.
A Fiala hybrid with sky blue single florets on a compact growing plant. Profuse bloom. Just exceptional!
An excellent groundcover and one of the more important commercial cranberry cultivars.
