Zone 7

Cupressus sargentii (SARGENT CYPRESS)

(0)

Dry rocky hillsides are the home of this bushy, ornamental, 30-45' native cypress with its dark fibrous bark and thick gray-green foliage; beautifully conical when young; flat-topped and picturesque...

Cupressus macnabiana (MACNAB'S CYPRESS)

(0)

Hardiness zones 6-8 This picturesque evergreen shrub/tree is native to the chaparral and oak or conifer woodlands of northern California in the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada (with two remote...

Carpinus japonica (JAPANESE HORNBEAM)

(0)

Hardiness zones 4-8 Elegant! This very attractive understory tree from Japan eventually reaches 20-30' tall and is just as wide-spreading. Its outstanding feature is its dark-green, long, very...

Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' (PURPLE SMOKE BUSH)

(0)

Hardiness zones 5-8 A fantastic and colorful 15' shrub with outstanding dark deep-purple leaves in spring which matures toward deep-green with purple tints during summer. The foliage contrasts...

Baptisia american Goldfinch (GOLDEN FALSE INDIGO)

(0)

Hardiness zones 4-9 Bold golden-yellow spikes of peal-like flowers proliferate well above the wide base of dense foliage, for weeks, beginning in late-spring or early summer. After blooming, if left...

Cornus alba 'Siberian Pearls' (RED-TWIG DOGWOOD)

(0)

Hardiness zones 2-8 Its' Siberian hardiness and a profusion of white flowers, followed by white berries, like white (turning blue with age) pearls along the red branches in fall, give this shrub...

Coreopsis 'Ruby Frost' (RED COREOPSIS)

(0)

Hardiness zones 6-10 Named by the readers of Birds and Blooms for its distinct and showy ruby-red petals edged which are edged with brilliant white. The large blooms rise above deep-green foliage...

Chimonanthus nitens (EVERGREEN WINTERSWEET)

(0)

Hardiness zones 7-9 An ornamental and useful native to sparse Chinese mountain woodlands, this wintersweet's leaves are dried and used for tea, and the root is used medicinally. Cup-shaped, solitary,...

Disanthus cercidifolius 'Ena nishiki' (VARIEGATED DISANTHUS)

(0)

The only variegated Disanthus, this 8-10' shrub known for its striking pink-to-crimson fall color also offers grey-green foliage showily edged and splashed with cream. PSh/M Zone 7

Aucuba japonica 'Variegata' (GOLD DUST SHRUB)

(0)

Hardiness zones 7-10 Bold, shining green leaves, speckled all over with a clear-yellow will brighten up any shaded spot; rounded shrub (to 6-9') thrives in shade. 

KOREAN DUTCHMAN'S PIPE Aristolochia manshuriensis

(0)

Dutchman's Pipe flowers are always exotic and interesting; these are 2 inches long and creamy-white with yellow overlays on a large 15-25' vine whose heart-shaped leaves are downy underneath. S-PSh/M...

Buddleia weyeriana 'Golden Glow' (GOLDEN NECTAR BUSH)

(0)

Hardiness zones 5-9 Long beautiful panicles of fragrant golden-yellow flowers bloom over a LONG late-spring-through-fall season and attract every butterfly, moth around! If you have only one...

Albizia julibrissin (SILK TREE)

(0)

Hardiness zones 6-9 Commonly known as the Mimosa, this ornamental tree has graceful spreading branches and upon maturity becomes a lovely umbrella shaped specimen. Foliage is handsome and lacy...

Camellia japonica 'Rosehill Red' (RED CAMELLIA)

(0)

Bright semi-double anemone-form red flowers are striking against a background of dark glossy-green foliage on this large (to 10't x 5'w) shrub in early-to-mid-spring... a great cure for the winter...

Clematis 'Viva Polonia' (CLEMATIS)

(0)

Hardiness zones 4-9 'Viva Polonia' is a strikingly beautiful clematis with loads of deep pink-red petals which each adorn a white stripe radiating from the center, giving the flowers their brilliant...

Buddleja weyeriana 'Sungold' (GOLDEN BUTTERFLY BUSH)

(0)

Hardiness zones 6-9 A wonderfully unusual hybrid with flowers borne in long slender panicles made up of ball-shaped bundles of beautiful orange-yellow flowers. This delightful 8-10' shrub also has...

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'SOD Resistant' (PORT ORFORD CEDAR)

(0)

Hardiness zones 5-8 The same lovely lacy blue foliage but much-sought selection is disease-resistant, especially to Sudden Oak Death... if you have this in your area, this may be the tree for you...

Athyrium nipponicum 'Pictum' (JAPANESE PAINTED FERN)

(0)

Hardiness zones 3-8 Most ferns limit their color to green but not so the painted fern which subtly blends wine-red and silvery-green on its gracefully tapering fronds. This award-winning perennial...

Cedrus deodara 'Glacier Blue' (DWARF DEODAR CEDAR)

(0)

Hardiness zones 6-8 'Glacier Blue' is a beautiful dwarf deodar cedar, only reaching 3-6 feet tall by 3-6 feet wide. It has a stunning "floppy little habit" (D. Lee), growing in something of a...

Calocedrus decurrens (INCENSE CEDAR)

(0)

Hardiness zones 5-8 Known as the incense cedar for the sublime spicy fragrance of the bright-green fern like sprays of this majestic pyramidal tree, with age its bark becomes reddish and...

Arisaemama (JACK IN THE PULPIT)

(0)

Wonderful in the shade: 3-6'tall "snake-skin" stems with large leaves divided into 12 slenderly tipped leaflets. This is one of the hardiest, easiest Arums to grow. Have been used in Chinese medicine...

Camellia sinensis (TEA PLANT)

(0)

This splendid shrub is the tea of commerce, cultivated for centuries for its use as white, green or black tea. Tea plantations keep their plants pruned to about waist-high, in gardens it generally...

Adiantum pedatum (NORTHERN MAIDENHAIR FERN)

(0)

Hardiness zones 3-8 This lovely, delicate-looking, deciduous fern is native to the eastern United States where it is found growing in forested slopes, gully bottoms and damp shady woods. Forming...

Athyrium niponicum 'Regal Red' (RED-STEM JAPANESE PAINTED FERN)

(0)

Hardiness zones 4-9 Each frond of this elegant 12-18in fern is a deep "regal" purple-red in the center, edged with frilly (slightly twisted) silver edges. A wonderful, colorful, softly ruffled...