Trees & Shrubs
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ORANGE-LEAVED SPIREA (Spiraea japonica) "Double Play Candy Corn"
$19.95Hardiness zones 4-8 You cannot miss the dayglow show of color on this 24" x 30" shrub, bright-red spring growth turns to orange-yellow with red and then bright-purple blooms appear in late spring! S-PSh/M PPAF
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CHINESE ELM (Ulmus parvifolia)
$29.95 - $49.00Hardiness zones 4-9 This attractive tree is often called the lacebark elm. It is a 40-60' deciduous tree with a rounded crown and long pendent branches. Native to eastern Asia, it is grown for its graceful foliage, multi-colored bark, fast growth rate...
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LILAC (Syringa) "Tinkerbelle"
$39.00Hardiness zones 4-8 This delightful new cross brings wine-red buds and deep-pink spicily fragrant late-lilac-season flowers to a wonderfully compact 5' shrub... PERFECT for foundation, small informal hedge or lovely sized specimen. S/M
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FRAGRANT SUMAC (Rhus aromatica)
$19.95Hardiness zones 3-9 This Sumac native to the southeastern U.S. and Canada has clouds of early small yellow flowers which appear on the stems tips in spring. Colorful, early scarlet fruits and intensely crimson fall color make this 3-6' tall by 6-10' wide...
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CONTORTED WHITE WILLOW (Salix) "Snake"
$19.95Hardiness zones 3-9 Even more contorted than S. matsudana, the Snake willow earned its name fairly!; a small (to 12'), pyramidal tree with sinuously contorted branches and finely haired leaves which give it a silvery-white aura; very ornamental...
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MOUNTAIN HEMLOCK (Tsuga mertensiana)
$49.00Hardiness zones 4-8 "The most singularly beautiful of all the California conifers" (J. Muir), smaller and slower with blue-green foliage "sprays arranged in varied, eloquent harmony [and a tip which] droops like the stalk of a nodding lily." PSh/M
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SEMI-DWARF LILAC (Syringa) "Scentara Pura"
$19.95 - $39.00Hardiness zones 2-8 This versatile and dependable lilac is named for its profoundly, classic lilac scent and pure purple flowers. It is extremely hardy, and performs especially well in warm climates too. Compact, semi-dwarf, disease resistant, and...
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BURGUNDY/MOSSY CUP OAK Quercus macrocarpa
$29.95Named for its long, deeply-fringed acorn cups, this 50-80', broad-spreading oak has large fiddle-shaped leaves with purple-red fall color. S/M ...
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RED-BARKED WILLOW Salix alba (Chermesina)
$19.95A remarkably showy form of this 50' columnar and elegant tree, in winter its slender tip-drooping branches are a brilliant orange-scarlet (best color comes from coppicing, pruning or pollarding). The summer foliage is silky-haired and makes a billowy,...
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SIERRA LIVE OAK Quercus wislizenii
$29.95 - $49.00An interesting a variable specimen! Usually taking the shape of a large, upright tree of rounded habit reaching 40-75', but sometimes becoming an 8-10' multi-trunked shrub. Slow growing with glossy, leathery, holly-like leaves and elongated acorns. This...
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SCOTCH ROSE Rosa pimpinellifolia (spinosissima)
$19.95The only [rose] known to be native in Iceland” (Wyman); it makes a dense spreading mound 2-3' high and blooms profusely but with much variability; maroon-black hips. S/M ...
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SWEETBOX Sarcococca (Fragrant Mountain)
$19.95 - $39.00This fabulous compact 3' evergreen shrub spreads slowly by suckering, it has gleaming, leathery leaves that are wider, glossier and darker green than the species. Tiny-white flowers have a delightful and far-reaching fragrance and bloom from late winter...
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CUT-LEAF CHASTETREE Vitex negundo (Heterophylla)
$19.95A beautiful shrub/tree with highly dissected leaves resembling those of a cut-leaf Japanese maple and believed to have medicinal properties. Upwardly-pointing lavender blooms are fragrant and very attractive to bees and butterflies. Beautiful in a mixed...
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PINK YUNNAN LILAC Syringa yunnanensis (Rosea)
$39.00 - $79.00Its long panicles (clusters) of fragrant rose-pink flowers in May-June (later than most) extend the fragrance season; its distinctive and attractive foliage makes this 8-12' open-habited shrub handsome all season. S/M ...
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TREE LILAC Syringa reticulata (Ivory Silk)
$39.00A most attractive small flowering tree, more compact (to 25ft) than the species, with cherry-like bark, and large clusters of ivory-white flowers in summer (long after other lilacs). S/M Zone 4
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ARCTIC ROSE Rosa acicularis
$19.95From the high mountains, thickets and rocky slopes of Japan into Siberia and the cold north plains of Canada and the US, this 4-8' shrub is obviously tough! The blooms are so pretty in early summer when it produces its 2 inch single, fragrant, rose -pink...
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SOUTHERN LIVE OAK Quercus virginiana
$29.95 - $49.00The medium height (60-75') of these impressive trees doesnt indicate their massive spread (to 150') or dense texture; an excellent hardwood, they were the nations first publicly owned timber for Navy ships. S/M ...
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RED-FLOWERED PUSSY WILLOW (Salix gracilistyla) "Mt. Asama"
$19.95Hardiness zones 4-8 This spectacular cultivar was selected by florists in Japan for its incredible dark-pink pussy willow flowers. The large blossoms age to a beautiful soft silver. Reaching 6-8' it is a stunnng shrub. Named for Mt. Asama, which is a...
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LILAC (Syringa red) "Red Pixie"
$39.00Hardiness zones 3-8 Flowers opening dark red-purple, fading to soft-pink give a two-tone effect to this daintily-leaved, daintily-sized (to 4-6') Lilac.
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LILAC (Syringa vulgaris) "Katherine Havemeyer"
$19.95 - $39.00Hardiness zones 3-7 Beginning in late spring, lavender-purple double-flowered and dense panicles bloom for 3-4 weeks, sharing their delightful fragrance as well. As the blooms mature, their color fades to lilac-pink, attracting butterflies, bees and...
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VALLEY OAK Quercus lobata
$29.95 - $49.00These grand oaks, endemic to California's interior valleys and foothills, are the largest species of oak in North America (60-100ft tall and 50ft wide), and a host plant to a variety of butterflies. Adapted to wet, cool winters and hot, dry summers, but...
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WESTERN SPIREA Spiraea douglasii (menziesii)
$19.95This med (to 5') shrub from low-elevation, damp areas produces showy, 6" rose-pink pyramidal flower clusters in mid-summer, followed by the yellow fall color of its toothed leaves; larger in all respects than its mountain cousin. S/M-W ...
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RED GARDEN CURRANT Ribes sativum (Rovada)
$39.00Long pendant clusters of bright red currants (yummy in jams, jellies, and pies!) decorate this compact 3-5' tall shrub, making it a fine selection for a fruit orchard or as a small hedge. S/M ...
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TOMATO ROSE (Rosa rugosa)
$39.00Hardiness zones 3-9 A wonderful and very easy-going rose; large and exceptionally fragrant flowers that are generally pink, but sometimes white or red are followed by large edible hips giving it the common name of Tomato Rose. These 6' shrubs also have...