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Those of you who live close enough to shop at the nursery know how much our shrub selection has changed, the bulk of the
nursery is now occupied with shrubs, many in rather large heavy pots (BAPs the acronym is obvious). Over the years we have
grown fond of shrub gardening. We never set out to be a woody plant nursery, concentrating instead on rare herbaceous
materials and rock plants. But in the last few years, we have acquired quite a collection, partly because we are hopeless
plantaholics and partly because Dick keeps bringing in new treasures. If you have the room, shrub gardens are great, with a
heavy initial mulching they are very low maintenance and look fantastic all year long while providing excellent wildlife habitat.

ABELIA „EDWARD GOUCHER. ................................................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A hybrid produced at Glen Dale by Edward Goucher in 1911 between Abelia x grandiflora and
Abelia schumannii the foliage takes after grandiflora; however, the dark pink flowers reflect
schumannii. It is showier than grandiflora but perhaps a bit more tender.

ABELIA GRANDIFLORA 'SHERWOOD' ................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A compact form this may be synonymous with „nana., 'Sherwood' is lovely, small leaved and
much more refined than most grandiflora types.

ABELIA MOSANENSIS ................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

A deciduous Korean species with fragrant pink tubular flowers, white on the inside giving a
unique two tone effect in spring. Fall color is an excellent orange red which tends to develop
late. Mosanensis is supposed to be considerably hardier than the other evergreen species we
offer.

ABELIA X GRANDIFLORA 'CONFETTI' .................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A striking variegated plant with a creamy margin that turns pinkish red in autumn; fragrant white
flowers are produced for many months, it is a sport of „Sherwood. but is even dwarfer, growing
18-24” high with a greater spread, it is ideal for massing and ground cover applications.

ABELIOPHYLLUM DISTICHUM ............................................................................ G- $24.00

White Forsythia from Korea, early blooming, intensely fragrant white flowers from mauve buds
one branch will perfume an entire room. This is a great winter cut flower.

ACANTHOPANAX SIEBOLDIANUS „VARIEGATUS. .............................. G.- 1@ $24.00

Now known under the hideous name Eleutherococcus sieboldianus, which sounds like
something terrorists would use as a biological weapon, it is an extraordinary variegated plant
that will eventually grow to 8. or more, providing an excellent focal point in a shady border and
perfect as a spiny hedge to exclude trespassers.

ACER AFF RUFINERVE ................................................................................. 2G. -1@ $39.00

Urihadakaede roughly translated as “melon skin maple” it is in the snakepark group related to
capillipes and native to mountain forests in japan. Fall color is orange to red; this is one of the
commoner snakebark maples and can reach 15m high.

ACER CAPILIPES .......................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $12.00

Known as the Red Snakebark Maple or Kyushu Maple this is a wonderful snakebark that
typically grows 10-15m high and is often multitrunked, fall color is a beautiful red which
contrasts well with the striped bark. In the wild in southern Japan it is often found along
mountain streams

ACER HENRYI ................................................................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

Related to Acer cissifolium but with much better cold tolerance. Visitors to the nursery always
comment on this, many of them think we have trained poison ivy into a dwarf tree. Bizarrely
unmaplelike, it does bear an uncanny resemblance but we guarantee it itch free.

ACER PALMATUM V. ATROPURPUREUM ............................................ S.P.. -1@ $24.00

One of the toughest Japanese Maples at least when they are on their own roots which these
are, it is fully hardy here with exellent reddish purple color that get.s even better in fall. Grafted
maples are chancy in the north because you never know how hardy the understock is which is
why we prefer them on there own roots. Also there is no understock to cut off.

ACER RUBRUM 'SUN VALLEY' ................................................................... 2G. -1@ $49.00

Selected by the National Arb „Sun Valley. is a cross between Acer rubrum „Red Sunset. and
Acer rubrum „Autumn Flame.. It is tolerant of wet soils and has exceptionaly long lasting red fall
color. It is also genetically leafhopper resistant and hardy to at least zone 4.

ACER TRUNCATUM EX KROSSA ............................................................ S. P. -1@ $12.00

A Chinese and Korean species known as the Purpleblow Maple, it is generaly adaptable and
easy to grow. The sap is milky which is somewhat uncommon in maples. it is closely related to
Acer mono and Acer cappidocicum. These are from seed collected in the late Gus Krossa.s
garden and still very small one year plants.

AESCULUS CALIFORNICA .......................................................................... 2G. -1@ $29.00

Fast growing from its huge nuts we had to pot them in two gallon pots the first year. They should
eventially grow to 15. or more with fragrant white flowers that butterflies find attractive. It is very
tolerant of summer drought. Hardiness zones are all over the place but Siskiyou calls it zone 6
and they are usually pretty reliable.

AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM .................................................................... G. -1@ $24.00

Horsechestnut can be spectacular in the right setting they get huge 100. tall and nearly as wide
with very showy panicles of flowers. They are best viewed from a distance and planted in moist
soils to avoid the late summer ugly leaf problems. The nuts are pretty much useless but kids do
love to throw them, mostly at each other.

AESCULUS PAVIA ............................................................................................ G. -1@ $19.00

My favorite dwarf Buckeye and an important parent of many of the red hybrids. It is quite
variable even in the wild. Most specimens are under 20. in height however specimens over 60 ft
are known to exist.

AESCULUS PARVIFLORA V. SEROTINA ................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

A long racemed form of Bottlebrush buckeye it prefers moist shady sites and is one of the best
summer flowering shrubs.

AESCULUS PARVIFLORA (SEEDLING OF ROGERS) ............................. G. -1@ $29.00

Considered to be the largest flowered of all the bottlebrush types rodgers comes quite true from
seed, culture is the same as for the species. This is one of my faverite shade plants.

ALNUS GLUTINOSA 'IMPERIALIS' .............................................................. G. -1@ $24.00

An elegant and refined cut leaf selection of black alder, old plants are spectacular. This is an
excellent choice for wet sites, even growing in standing water although it will tolerate dry sandy
upland sites as well. Like many plants that fix their own nitrogen it is a relatively fast grower. It is
also a good place to search for Feniseca tarquinius, our only carnivorous butterfly larva which is
rather fond of alder aphids, camouflaging itself by gluing on the sucked dry carcasses of it.s
victims.

AMELANCHIER GRANDIFLORUM ........................................................... BAP. -1@ $39.00

A hybrid between A. arborea and A. laevis. Notable for the large flowers and attractive bark, fruit
starts out red and gradually turns purplish black.

AMELANCHIER LAEVIS ............................................................................. BAP. -1@ $39.00

The Allegheny Serviceberry often forms several trunks and grows in shade or partial shade.and
can be used to attract birds. The main ornamental feature is the white flowers born in drooping
clusters in mid-spring. The purplish, black berries are sweet and juicy. The fall color is yellow to
red..

AMELANCHIER LAMARKII ........................................................................ BAP. -1@ $39.00

Amelanchier lamarckii is of unknown origin. Although generally considered to be a distinct North
American species, some experts believe it to be a naturally occurring hybrid that comes true
from seed and designate it as A. x lamarckii. Some claim the parentage to be A. canadensis x
A. laevis, others assert the parentage to be A. arborea x A. laevis. This serviceberry is a
deciduous, understory tree or tall shrub that typically grows 15-25. tall. It is very similar in
appearance to A. laevis, It features showy, 5-petaled, slightly fragrant, white flowers in drooping
clusters that appear in early spring before the leaves. Flowers give way to small, round, edible
berries which ripen to dark purplish-black in June and resemble blueberries in size, color and
taste. Berries are often used in jams, jellies and pies. Fall color is red-orange

AMORPHA FRUTICOSA ............................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Bastard Indigo, the perfect gift for that special someone Flowers are generally purple pea things
although pale blue or white is possible, on plants that can reach 4m in height.

AMORPHA NANA .......................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Attractive miniature shrublets that may reach 18” with age, with doubly pinnate olive green
leaves and spikes of blue-violet pea flowers in summer. They mix nicely with dwarf conifers and
rock plants; Bradshaw.s collections from Boulder Co, Co at 5800..

ANDROMEDA GLAUCOPHYLLA ................................................................ SP.- 1@ $19.00

A highly desirable ericaceous shrublet also known as Andromeda polifolia v. angustifolia.
Andromeda either is a monotypic genus or has two species depending on how you split this. It is
distinguished by the covering of dense white hairs on the underside of the leaves and is native
to Greenland and northeastern North America in bogs, flowers are pink.

ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA „NANA. ............................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

An essentially monotypic ericaceous genus (there are two if you count the dubious
glaucophylla) with a circumpolar distribution; „Nana. makes a dwarf green-leaved twiggy
shrublet less than a foot tall with small white bell shaped flowers. It survived for a number of
years in full sun in a rather dry slightly alkaline rock garden, however a sunny peat bed would be
better.

ARALIA: HERBACEOUS FORMS .................................. SEE PERENNIAL LISTING

ARALIA SPINOSA ......................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Dick brought us a big plant of this Eastern American native a few years back, the above ground
part at least, most of the roots remained in his garden; it hardly mattered. It has grown with
incredible vigor, suckering wildly and producing immense clusters of frothy white flowers atop
20-30. stems. Honeybees are drawn as if by magic (you can hear the honeybees halfway
across the nursery).

ARCTOSTAPHLOS UVI URSI „SELECTED FORM. ............................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

An outstanding ground cover forming dense mats of foliage, it's resistant to leaf gall.

ARONIA MELANOCARPA 'AUTUMN MAGIC' ......................................... S.P. -1@ $19.00

More compact than the species with brilliant red and purple autumn foliage and clusters of
persistent purplish black fruits. I suspect it is actually a hybrid with arbutifolia since pure
melanocarpa does not display good fall color.

ARONIA MELANOCARPA 'IROQUOIS BEAUTY' ....................................... G. -1@ $19.00

Black chokeberry is an open, upright, spreading, somewhat rounded but leggy, suckering,
deciduous shrub that typically grows 3-6. tall and is noted for its clusters of 5-petaled white
spring (May) flowers, glossy obovate dark green leaves (to 3” long), black autumn berries
(blueberry size) and purple/red fall color. „Iroquois Beauty. is a somewhat more compact cultivar
that typically grows to 2-3. tall and to 4-5. wide. It was selected by the Morton Arboretum. The
common name of chokeberry is in reference to the tart and bitter berries which are technically
edible but so astringent as to cause choking in those who try. Fruits are sometimes used to
make tasty jams and jellies.

ARONIA PRUNIFOLIA 'HUGIN' ................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A Scandinavian selection with a good compact habit, the attractive white flowers are followed by
large black fruits that persist until spring, and superb red fall color


ASIMINA TRILOBA ........................................................................................ S.P. -1@ $19.00

Pawpaw, grown for its tropical looking foliage, large flowers, edible tasty fruits and most of all to
attract Zebra Swallowtail butterflies. These amazingly long tailed butterflies eat nothing else as
larvae. If they don't find you, go out and net a few females, bring them home and release them.
They are seldom virgins when you catch them and will usually start a colony as long as
sufficient food is available and you introduce a bit of genetic diversity. Releasing a single female
is not likely to be successful. Don.t panic unduly about upsetting ecosystems, butterflies are
often blown hundreds of miles outside their natural range, netting a few and moving them
changes little.

AUCUBA JAPONICA 'SEVEN HILLS' ...................................................... S. P. -1@ $24.00

A great little cornaceous plant from Japan, evergreen with attractive red berries, these were
sent to us by a customer from a hardy northern source.

AZALEA „BOUDOIR. .................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Dick Punnett brought us this outstanding Gable hybrid, one of his old favorites, and a proven
good performer. The watermelon pink flowers are immense and bear a prominent dark blotch; it
seems very disease resistant and forgiving of poor site selection.

AZALEA YEDOENSE V. POUKHANENSE ALBA .................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A white flowered form of this very hardy Korean deciduous azalea. Poukhanense is the wild
type, straight yedoense apparently does not occur in the wild. Poukhanense is reported to be
one of the most Phytophthora resistant species.

BACCHARIS MAGELLANICA „BACA. ...................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A named form we got from Spring Meadow a few years back. I believe this was originally from
Pieter Zwijnenburg, a fantastic plantsman (one of the few to walk around Arrowhead and
recognize most everything at a glance). Like us he is a fanatic grower of everything, his catalog
is most impressive, and his reputation for quality is legendary. Native from sea level at the
straights to high elevations in Chile, this forms prostrate mats only a few inches tall that can
spread to several feet. Baccharis is noted for the silky white bracts that surround the seed,
these being showier than the flowers.

BERBERIS

Berberis present an odd dichotomy; the crappy species are mass planted by
every wanna-be landscape architect in the country while all the really cool
species languish in obscurity. It is not so much that Berberis thunbergii is bad,
indeed some of the forms are quite nice however they pale when compared to
many of the other species we offer, both in terms of floral display and foliage
effect. The brilliant orange seen in many of the evergreen species is
unmatched by any other shrub. We urge you to try a few of the species
Berberis and see what you have been missing.

BERBERIS GAGNEPAINII DJHC 140 ......................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

Hinkley collected this from 10,500. near the Jade Dragons, it is similar to the Wilson
introductions and appears to be var. lanceifolia. In any event it is one of the best Chinese
Barberries and an important parent of many hybrids.

BERBERIS GYALAICA ................................................................................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A deciduous shrub native to Tibet and closely related to B. aggregata v. prattii, it is a very
beautiful species reaching 2-3m in height, with panicles of 20-30 flowers followed by cm wide
blue-black fruit. This should be zone 5 hardy.

BERBERIS LEMPERGIANA ........................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

A rarely encountered evergreen species from China, Hinkley calls it “sadistically spined” it is
closely related to B. juliae but with larger flowers and leaves that are more grayish green.

BERBERIS SHERRIFFII .............................................................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Collected by Sheriff in S.E. Tibet in 1938 (if he really was a spy he sure took his cover seriously)
this resembles B. gyalaica but the twigs are not pubescent, leaves are entire, occasionally with
a small thorn on one side, flowers in panicles of 10-20 followed by red fruits.

BERBERIS SIBIRICA ................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Holubec.s wild collections of this seldom-available deciduous species, which superficially
resembles B. aetnensis with nodding 12mm light yellow solitary flowers. These should be
unkillably hardy.

BERBERIS THUNBERGII 'SILVER MILE' ............................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Burgundy foliage irregularly splashed with white variegation it is not particularly dwarf but can be
sheared into hedges if you so desire.

BERBERIS WILSONII ................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A gorgeous species with rather small gray green reticulate veined foliage that takes on a bluish
cast, flowers are yellow followed by scarlet fruit, this is the AGS form. Wilsonii has been
extensively crossed at Wisley to produce some outstanding hybrids.

BERBERIS X HYBRIDO-GAGNEPAINII 'PARK JEWEL' ..................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Berberis gagnepainii x Berberis verruculosa, also known as Berberis x chenaultii, the hybrids
are generally more luxuriant than Berberis verruculosa with lustrous dark green leaves that turn
a brilliant red in autumn. Its cold hardiness rivals Berberis julianae, one of the few zone 5
evergreen Berberis.

BERBERIS X FRIKARTII 'AMSTELVEEN' ............................................. BA.P. -1@ $29.00

Berberis candidula x Berberis verruculosa, 'Amstelveen' takes after the candidula parent with
attractive leaves bluish white beneath yellow flowers and good winter hardiness.

BERBERIS X STENOPHYLLA 'COROLINA COMPACTA' ................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A fantastic fine textured evergreen plant that only reaches 30cm or so in height with brilliant
orangish yellow flowers and a charming compact habit. It.s a cross of Berberis darwinii x
Berberis empetrifolia; with parents like that it.s no surprise that it is a standout.

BETULA PLATYPHYLLA EX „WHITESPIRE. ......................................... S. P. -1@ $12.00

Whitespire is resistant to bronze birch borer and has withstood -30f and hightemps of 120f the
original plant is now 27 years old and 10m high bark is very white and does not peel. It comes
very true from seed.

BUDDLEJA (BUDDLEIA)

Buddlejas get a bad rap (actually all rap is bad I can.t stand that hip hop
crap). Yes their habit is a bit open and except for alternifolia and hemsleyana
all are die-back shrubs in the North, but they do have their charms. Most are
fragrant, they flower for months, and if you like cut flowers a hedgerow will
provide endless material for cutting; flowers last almost 2 weeks in water.
Best of all they attract butterflies, hundreds of butterflies. On my top ten list of
butterfly nectar plants 9, maybe 10 are Buddleja. Just provide some larval
food plants and you have an instant butterfly garden. Below find some of the
common ones as well as a few rarities for the collector.

BUDDLEJA ALTERNIFOLIA ...................................................................... BAP. -1@ $29.00

Wild type green leaved form of alternifolia, which is actually much less common in gardens than
„Argentea..

BUDDLEJA ALTERNIFOLIA „ARGENTEA. ............................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Lovely silvery foliage form of this Chinese species, the arching stems of silvery leaves are beset
in spring with fragrant clusters of flowers in the leaf axils, producing an inflorescence several
feet long. It blooms on the previous seasons wood and is not a dieback. Butterflies flock to it in
unbelievable numbers more even than davidii.

BUDDLEJA CRISPA ...................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Silvery gray foliage and fragrant orange-throated lavender lilac flowers this can reach 15. in
warmer climates. It is one of the more tender species barely surviving outdoors here but great
as a cool greenhouse plant.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII 'BICOLOR' ..................................................................... G. 1@ $19.00

Bicolor is unique, one could even call it indescribably beautiful, I.m certainly struggling to explain
its charm. The two-tone flowers change constantly as they age, moreover young plants do not
show their full potential. I was unimpressed by our plants the first season but last year they were
knockout. Pictures do not do it justice.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII „DARTMOOR. ................................................................ G. 1@ $19.00

The branching flower spikes set this apart from the other davidii forms, it has by far the largest
panicles and even though the color is a bit mundane I prefer it to all the other Buddleja davidii
forms we grow; an outstanding nectar plant for butterflies.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII 'PINK DELIGHT' ..................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

What passes for pink in davidii most of the pictures you see have been photoshoped but the
butterflies don.t seem to care.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII „PURPLE PRINCE. .................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

A good purple, very free blooming and long lived here it doesn.t die back as much as some of
the cultivars.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII 'SANTANA' ............................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

The best variegated Buddleja we grow, it is not nearly as reversion prone as White Harliquin.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII V. NANHOENSIS 'NANHO ALBA' ...................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A highly attractive white dwarf, gravitational puns aside; it is a good clean white with a neat
compact habit.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII V, NANHOENSIS „NANHO BLUE. ...................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

as above but blue

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII V, NANHOENSIS NANHO PURPLE ................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Compact, very free blooming, July to frost, dark purple flowers with an orange eye.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII 'WHITE BALL' ......................................................... S. P. -1@ $12.00

This was a standout in the Spring Meadow Buddleja trials, very compact and free flowering with
nice silvery foliage, it is quite unlike any other Buddleja we have seen.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII „WHITE HARLEQUIN. ........................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A white-flowered variegated form from Heronswood, that we find superior to the regular
Harlequin; its a better grower for us at least.

BUDDLEJA DAVIDII „WHITE PROFUSION. ............................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Large white flower clusters, this is the best large white cultivar.

BUDDLEJA HEMSLEYANA .............................................................................. G. 1@ $19.00

A wonderful plant with a much finer texture than most Buddleja, this Japanese species has
showy clusters of two tone light and dark purple flowers and very dark green foliage, at least the
plant we grow looks like this, the literature surrounding the name is rather confused. This
receives more favorable comments than any other Buddleja in our collection, the original plant
in Punnett.s garden is now 9. tall, fully evergreen and suckering, it is unlike any other Buddleja
we have ever seen.

BUDDLEJA JAPONICA ................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

We raised these from seed collected from an amazing plant in Dale Deppe.s garden. It was in
seed when we saw it, absolutely covered with 3-4. arching seed heads; from a distance I
thought it was some mutant woody chenille plant. By far the longest flower spike we have ever
seen on a Buddleja. We expect some variation (Dale has quite a Buddleja collection and some
cool hybrids are possible). However, the leaves look identical to Dale.s plant and we have high
hopes for the same insane flower heads.

BUDDLEJA KNAPPII ....................................................................................... G.- 1@ $19.00

Very unusual with narrow, almost willow like leaves and short racemes of lavender flowers;
apparently South African you are unlikely to find much mention of it in Gardening for Dummies.

BUDDLEJA LONGIFLORA ........................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Closely related to forrestii and now considered conspecific with pterocaulis, a rare and choice
Buddleja for the collector, with fragrant lilac flowers in long racemes.

BUDDLEJA LORICATA ................................................................................... G.- 1@ $19.00

Attractive rugose foliage and heads of creamy orange eyed flowers here is another weird one,
almost certainly top tender. I.m sure it will persist as a die-back in many areas, the question of
course is which ones, let us know how it does for you.

BUDDLEJA MACROSTACHA ..................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Chinese species that is quite new in cultivation, with gray felted leaves and long panicles of
fragrant lavender flowers.

BUDDLEJA MARRUBIIFOLIA 'PRESIDIO' .............................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A love-hate plant, love the brilliant orange flowers, hate the tiny flower heads love the gray fuzzy
B. utahensis like foliage, hate that it is a crappy grower and croaks nearly as easy as utahensis.
Someone really needs to cross this to a white form of B. davidii. (I think Peter Podaris has done
that, look for his cool sterile triploids and bigeneric hybrids in the future)


BUDDLEJA SALVIFOLIA ............................................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Here's an odd one for the serious Buddleja nut. From Lake Tanganyika no less, felted sage like
leaves and typical Buddleja flowers; it's hardier than I would have guessed surviving
unprotected and growing into a huge plant in Dick.s garden.

BUDDLEJA STENOSTACHA ......................................................................... S.P.. 1@ $15.00

Native to Western Sichuan and similar to B. nivea but less floccose-tomentose, bearing 15-
40cm panicles of orange throated lilac flowers densely pubescent inside and out.

BUDDLEJA X PIKEI 'HEVER CASTLE' (alternifolia x crispa) ................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Originating at 'Hever Castle' in England in 1950, the plant resembles B. alternifolia in foliage;
flowers are lavender with an orange throat and are very fragrant, making their appearance in
autumn unlike alternifolia, which is a spring bloomer.

BUDDLEJA X WEYREANA 'GOLDEN GLOW' ...................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

One of several new weyreana hybrids making the rounds of late, each claiming to be the best
globosa x davidii cultivar. We leave it to you to decide.

BUDDLEJA X WEYREANA „SUNGOLD. .................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

The original davidii x globosa cross „Sungold. bears terminal panicles of yellow flowers. It is
considerably hardier than globosa but lacking the skewed ball floral display.

BUXUS LATIFOLIA „AUREA VARIEGATED. ......................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

This came from Glasshouse ; it has proven much hardier than we would have thought surviving
–20F in a pot above ground with only wind protection. The variegation is outstanding perhaps
the best of any Buxus we grow.

BUXUS MICROPHYLLA MORRIS DWARF ................................................... G. 1@ $29.00

Dwarf somewhat irregular form that makes a nice bonsai or rock garden shrub.

BUXUS 'EMERALD PRINCESS' ................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Medium sized with good green color even in winter, it is quite burn resistant and generally a
good grower.

BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS COOLIE GARDEN ......................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

An upright growing plant not as narrow as „Graham Blandy.. The plant at Coolie Gardens is
ancient and is never damaged in winter.

BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS GRAHAM BLANDY ....................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

An extremely narrow, upright plant. It is fast growing when established. When 20' tall, it will be 4'
wide, a striking plant that will surely catch your eye in the landscape.

BUXUS SINICA V. INSULARIS 'CASTLE PARK' .................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

We got this along with „Leo.s Jewell, again selected for lack of winter damage.

BUXUS SINICA V. INSULARIS 'LEO'S JEWEL' ................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

One of our local landscapers brought us this; he claims no winter damage, works for me.

BUXUS SINICA V. INSULARIS 'TIDE HILL' .......................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A tough form with good year round green foliage. It will be 15” tall by 5. wide after twenty years.
Although is more of a ball when young. Thanks to Tim Woods and Dale Deppe who were kind
enough to share this with us even though they had not yet cataloged it (give.em a call it you are
looking for wholesale quantities).

CALLICARPA GIRALDII (BODNIERI) 'PROFUSION' ........................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Cutting grown from a plant labeled Bodnieri Profusion from Heronswood. It has extremely large
leaves and is quite unlike Callicarpa „ex bodnieri Profusion., Langhammer re- keyed it and
insists that this is actually a form of Callicarpa giraldii, a yellow glanded species which is the
Asian counterpart of Callicarpa americana and I can believe it. Very large leaved, it tends to
behave as a dieback shrub here. Berries are great looking and overall it is the most distinctive
looking Callicarpa we offer.

CALLICARPA DICHOTOMA .......................................................................... S. P.1@ $19.00

Arching deciduous shrub to 4. in height, Langhammer hates it because it touches nearby plants
(he has a thing about worms too but we won.t go there), but the abundant metallic purple berries
are great and it never fails to fruit heavily.

CALLICARPA JAPONICA .......................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Seedling grown, Rothmans stock, coming from him I would expect good fruiting forms.

CALLICARPA JAPONICA 'LEUCOCARPA' ........................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

The white-fruited form of Japonica, cut stems hold their berries well and are great in dried
arrangements. 'Leucocarpa' is lovely in the landscape combined with the purple forms.

CALLICARPA DICHOTOMA 'SPRING GOLD' ........................................... G.- 1@ $19.00

A Japanese cultivar with bright gold spring growth that gradually becomes green as the season
progresses, typical arching stems of metallic purple berries.

CALLISTEMON RIGIDUS ............................................................................... G.- 1@ $29.00

A spectacular red Bottlebrush from Australia, the name Callistemon means beautiful stamens
and they certainly are. We grow it as an exotic looking tub plant for the patio, but with another
few hundred years of global warming who knows?

CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS .......................................................................... S. P.1@ $19.00

Sweet shrub, curious anise scented red flowers will perfume your garden in May and
sporadically throughout the summer; its one of our best native shrubs.

CALYCANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS ................................................................ S. P.1@ $19.00

Relatively rare in cultivation, this is the western counterpart of the above with reddish brown
flowers and large leathery almost magnolia-like leaves. It's a streamside plant that Ratko
collected at relatively low altitude. It has been hardy for us with a bit of protection and is
extremely vigorous producing 6. shoots in a year with flowers that are larger than floridus.

CALYCANTHUS (ATHENS X FLORIDUS) .................................................. G.- 1@ $19.00

Open pollinated seedling of Athens, which is yellow growing side by side with a normal red
floridus. We did the cross both ways but the two batches got mixed, however, that may not
make much difference. These could be cool. And backcrosses may be even better.

CAMPYLOTROPIS MACROCARPUS ....................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A seldom-encountered Chinese legume a bit reminiscent of Lespedeza, in late summer it
produces clusters of purple pea flowers in terminal racemes.

CARAGANA PYGMAEA ............................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Dwarf spiny subshrub with yellow pea flowers from China and Siberia we find it much easier
than C. jubata, which is hard for us to keep alive.

CARAGANA SINENSIS ................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Punnett likes Caragana so we scrounged another species to add to the list. The name probably
should be sinica, but don't count on me I suffer from Caragana Dyslexia, a rare disease where
all those little pea things look alike (except for Clitoria of course).

CARMICHAELIA ADPRESSA ..................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A bit of a mystery, it.s a bad sign when Google draws a blank but hey all the Carmichaelias are
cool with their little pea flowers and seeds that are suspended in neat little rings.

CARPINTERIA CALIFORNICA ..................................................................... S.P. 1@ $19.00

Ratko.s collection of this monotypic gem, at 2700. on the Sierra Nevada, an evergreen shrub
with 4” glossy narrow leaves and pure white flowers up to 3” across that resemble a Stewartia or
Anemone, scented of honey lemon. Seed supposedly requires fire or GA3 to germinate
although in our experience this is not true. Carpinteria is in the Hydrangeaceae and probably
closest to Philadelphus, but more then weird enough to be classed monotypic. Rix calls it hardy
to –15c.

CARYA OVATA ................................................................................................ S. P.1@ $19.00

Shagbark hickory is great, the nuts are delicious ( flying squirrels adore them and have a
signature chewing pattern. luna moth caterpillers feed on the leaves, the wood is amazingly
strong the exfoliating bark is delightful in winter, it is an all around great tree.

CARYOPTERIS DIVERICATA .................................................................. BAP.- 1@ $24.00

Japanese species, large blue flowers with prominent stamens in late summer, 5' very showy,
and unlike the better-known species, seldom offered. We like to grow it in our large mixed
perennial border. It really is more of a woody based perennial than a shrub. The curled blue
flowers with their strongly exerted stamens never fail to catch a passing eye.

CARYOPTERIS DIVERICATA „SNOW FAIRY. ........................................... G. -1@ $24.00

A new variegated form of divericata with bold variegation, it is one of the best new variegated
shrubs we have seen. Typical blue flowers and exciting foliage, hey something must like it our
stock plant in the garden came up missing. Fortunately it is in tissue culture and we now have
plenty. We wondered a bit about hardiness but we are now convinced that it is fully hardy once
established.

CARYOPTERIS CLANDONENSIS 'GRAND BLEU' .................................... G. -1@ $24.00

An induced mutation of „Heavenly Blue. it is about half the size and very free flowering. This is
the best of the newer hybrids in my estimation.

CARYOPTERIS CLANDONENSIS 'SUNSHINE BLEU' ......................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Vastly superior to Worchester Gold, „Sunshine Blue. is simply the best gold leafed Caryopteris
flowers are nearly as dark as „Dark Knight..

CARYOPTERIS CLANDONENSIS 'SUMMER SORBET' ....................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Clusters of brilliant deep blue flowers in late summer into the fall and neatly yellow edged foliage
that is attractive all season long make 'Summer Sorbet' hard to beat..

CASTANEA DENTATA ................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

These look to be mostly pure American Chestnut (it is possible they are hybrids) from a
plantation that has been resistant to chestnut blight. I was eating these as we planted them and
can attest to the fact that they are delicious, far better than the chestnuts you buy at the grocery
store. Please help reforest the American Chestnut (check out the board foot price for wood).

CASTANEA MOLLISIMA ............................................................................ BAP. -1@ $29.00

Don.t roast these by an open fire they are much better eaten raw, the roasted ones are
disgusting. Trees are chestnut blight resistant and will reach 60. high with a wide spreading

crown.

CASTANEA PUMILA .................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Alleghany chinkapin, flowers are Monoecious; male flowers are small and pale yellow, borne on
semi-upright catkins 4 to 6 inches long; female flowers are borne on the base of some of the
same catkins, 1/8 inch long, appear in late spring. The nuts are small, in a bur covered with
sharp spines, 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches in diameter, often the burs occur in clusters on stems; each
bur contains a single, shiny chestnut brown, ovoid nut. Nuts are edible and quite sweet when
mature in the fall. The plant's habitat is dry sandy and rocky uplands and ridges mixed with oak
and hickory. It is a spreading shrub or small tree, reaching 2-8 m in height at maturity. The bark
is red or gray brown and slightly furrowed into scaly plates. it is fairly resistant to Chestnut blight.

CATHA EDULIS .............................................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A vile tasting shrub that is chewed in some quarters as a mild stimulant, cocaine has nothing to
fear. This tastes putrid and is suitable only for ornamental use. On the other hand, there are
cultures that drink the pee of shamans stoned on mushrooms from the skulls of reindeer. This
ranks with Tony Reznicek pouring three fingers of Southern Comfort for Ron McBeath (he now
has a good single malt on hand for such occasions and the rock garden plant auction may have
changed forever).

CEANOTHUS „GLOIRE DE VERSAILLES. ............................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

I used to think the only hardy Ceanothus were on the ugly side, not so, this has lovely fluffy
powder blue plumes that are showy indeed. The foliage texture is outstanding as well, and
better still it flowers mid to late summer when there aren't a lot of flowering shrubs in bloom.

CEANOTHUS THYRSIFLORUS 'EL DORADO' ......................................... S. P.1@ $19.00

A lovely variegated form of thyrsiflorus, we doubt it will prove hardy here but should be great in
warmer climates.

CEANOTHUS GREGII ......................................................................................... G.1@ $24.00

Bradshaw.s collections from rocky limestone slopes in Otero Co. NM at 6500., twiggy subshrubs
3. to as much as 6. in height with umbels of white flowers and tiny leaves; these look promising
and from 6500. should be reasonably hardy.

CEANOTHUS PROSTRATUS EX HERONSWOOD .................................. S. P.1@ $19.00

This appears to us to be var. gloriosus, which many botanists consider a distinct species. It is
more erect growing than the Ratko form typically a bit over a foot tall but some inland
populations can reach 1-2m in height. An evergreen creeping shrub with Ilex like leaves that will
eventually reach 8. wide with inch wide clusters of deep blue to violet flowers at the ends of the
stems followed by very ornamental red fruit.

CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS 'SPUTNIK' ................................... BAP.- 1@ $35.00

Another gift from Tim and Dale at Spring Meadow, as far as I know this is the only dwarf
Buttonbush. Actually, this may be the only named form. Very compact with good glossy foliage
and globular heads of creamy white flowers with prominent protruding sexual parts. It will grow
in standing water.

CERCIS CANADENSIS. MICHIGAN FORM ............................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Michigan forms from near the northern limits of the species these are far tougher than most of
the plants in general cultivation, if you want an indestructible redbud look no further.

CHAENOMELES SPECIOSA 'CAMEO' ..................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

The only Flowering Quince in Dirr.s garden, high praise indeed, an outstanding disease
resistant plant with incredible double peachy pink flowers.

CHAENOMELES SPECIOSA 'CONTORTA' ................................................. G. -1@ $24.00

Warped and twisted this has great potential for piercing body parts, the Dee Snyder of Quinces
(What you don.t remember Twisted Sister?).

CHAENOMELES SPECIOSA 'JET TRAIL' .................................................... G -1@ $24.00

A white sport of „Texas Scarlet., it grows to 3. or so with a wide spreading compact habit

It is very free blooming and indestructibly hardy.


CHAENOMELES SPECIOSA 'NIVALIS' ................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Another good white, „Nivalis. is larger growing and more upright than „Jet Trail..

CHAENOMELES SPECIOSA 'TOYO NISHIKI' ....................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Multicolored flowers, individual branches contain pure white, pink and red flowers, along with all
sorts of intermediates and blotchy streaky flowers. This trains into an exceptional bonsai if you
have the patience.

CISTUS SALVIFOLIUS ................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Huge white flowers with brilliant yellow stamens on compact 2-3. mounded plants with attractive
sagelike leaves. This is a classic plant for a Medditerranean garden.

CLEMATIS HERACLEIFOLIA ................................................................. SEE VINE LISTING

CLERODENDRON BUNGEI DJHC 725 .................................................... BAP. -1@ $29.00

This may be hardier still although perhaps not quite as showy as the previous form; but one
thing is certain it is much faster when it comes to suckering, given sufficient room, lots and lots
of room it is spectacular, both in flower and in fruit. We suggest a lawn planting where mowing
will keep it contained. On the aggression scale, it is right up there with the running bamboo
species. Hinkley collected this from a canyon in Sichuan at 5,500..

CLERODENDRON TRICHOTOMUM VARIEGATA ('CARNIVAL') ........... G 1@ $29.00

Harlequin Glorybower, a member of the Verbenacaea, not as stunning as C. bungeana its still a
pretty plant in its own right. Dirr was a bit hard on it trichotomum is much more well behaved in
the garden than bungeana. 'Carnival' is a good variegate with wide creamy margined leaves,
the fragrant white flowers and blue berries are an added advantage. It is a dieback here except
in the mildest of winters.

CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA „RUBY SPICE. ......................................................... G. -1@ $24.00

Cutting grown from the original Broken Arrow stock. „Ruby Spice. offers the deepest pink non-
fading flowers we have seen in a Clethra. Fragrance is outstanding and the plants are vigorous
growers, performing at their best in moist acid soils in part shade.

CLETHRA BARBINERVUS ......................................................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

A huge shrub or small tree from China and Japan with beautiful exfoliating bark that can rival
the finest Stewartia, with 15cm terminal panicles of fringed white fragrant flowers, and good fall
color to set it off, this can reach an imposing 10m in height.

CNEORUM TRICOCCUM ............................................................................ S.P..- 1@ $15.00

A 60cm tall evergreen shrub with leathery gray green leaves from the Mediterranean, flowers
are yellow, followed by red olive like fruits, turning black when ripe.

CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM ...................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A tall silky silvery plant with pink Morning Glory flowers, from Heronswood. Its beautiful but very
different from the silver leaved dwarf thing we had under this name years ago, this is easy by
comparison.

COPROSMA X KIRKII „VARIEGATA. ....................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

An outstanding variegated form with small glossy green leaves neatly bordered with white, the
stems are horizontal making it ideal as an elegant ground cover. Coprosma is hardy here only
under a lot of snow, but this should be great for the sissies in zone 7. The name refers to the
alleged dung like fragrance of the foliage. I know this sounds dismal but maybe it will attract
hordes of metallic horned scarab beetles.

CORNUS ALBA „ELEGANTISSIMA. ......................................................... BAP. -1@ $24.00

Well known; taxonomically confused, a red twig dogwood with creamy edged leaves.

CORNUS ALBA 'SIBIRICA VARIEGATED' ............................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A variegated form with eye popping variegation, foliage is very deep green and the white
variegation provides a particularly sharp contrast.'

CORNUS KOUSA CHINENSIS ................................................................. G. -1@ $39.00

A seed grown strain chinensis comes fairly ture from seed, vigorous with sweet fruits, I agree
with Dirr that they will never replace Snickers bars and that it is indeed one of the most beautiful
flowering trees.

CORNUS KOUSA EX MILKY WAY ......................................................... G. -1@ $39.00

Milky Way originated as a seedling of Kousa chinensis indeed not one seedling but fifteen
(selected from several thousand C. kousa chinensis seedlings) all called Milky Way and
distributed by Wayside. These are seedlings of one of the fifteen, and they look pretty much the
same as the original, or at least one of the originals.

CORNUS KOUSA 'WITCHES BROOM SEEDLINGS' ....................... G. -1@ $24.00

These are seedlings from the high grafted witches broom in our front garden. I suspect size will
be variable but they could porduce some stuff worth propagating clonally. If you decide to do
that please use only one clone per name, the Milky Way thing is insane.

CORNUS MAS 'VARIEGATA' ..................................................................... S. P. -1@ $29.00

Excellent bold variegation, these are cutting grown first year plants, like alternifolia they do
much better on there own roots and there is no understock to clip off.

CORNUS STOLONIFERA 'SILVER AND GOLD' .................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A Dick Lighty selection of Yellow Twig Dogwood, its nicely variegated, and considered superior
to argenteo-marginata; stolonifera is hardly my favorite dogwood but I.m quite taken by this.

CORYLOPSIS PAUCIFLORA ........................................................................ G. -1@ $29.00

Native to Western Japan and Taiwan, it is a dense, spreading, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub
that typically grows 4-6. tall and features small drooping clusters (racemes to 1 1/4” long) of
mildly fragrant primrose yellow flowers in early spring. Each raceme usually has 2-5 flowers,
with abundant racemes per shrub. Flowers appear before the leaves unfold. It is best grown in
acidic, light but organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. It
appreciates some afternoon shade and protection from high winds. Flower buds are susceptible
to damage from early spring frosts. Prune as needed immediately after flowering.

CORYLOPSIS SINENSIS V. VIETCHIANA ................................................. G. -1@ $29.00

Dwarfer than straight sinensis it only reaches about ½ the height (2.5m) with shorter racemes of
6-10 flowers it is fairly common on forest edges in western Hubei at 1300-2000m.

CORYLUS AMERICANA ............................................................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

American filbert (also commonly called hazelnut) is a deciduous, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub
which typically grows 8-16' tall in dry or moist thickets, woodlands and wood margins, valleys,
uplands and prairies. Monoecious (separate male and female flowers on the same plant). In
spring, male flowers appear in showy, 2-3" long, yellowish brown catkins and female flowers
appear in small, reddish, inconspicuous catkins. Female flowers give way to small, egg-shaped,
1/2" long, edible nuts (maturing July-August) which are encased in leafy, husk-like, ragged-
edged bracts. Nuts are similar in flavor to the European filbert, and may be roasted and eaten or
ground into flour, Fall color is quite variable, ranging from attractive combinations of orange,
rose, purplish red, yellow and green.

CORYLUS CORNUTA ................................................................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Native from British Columbia to Quebec south to Illinois and Georgia, beaked hazel is a small,
suckering, deciduous shrub that grows 4-8. tall and as wide. It is typically found in rich thickets,
woodland borders, along streams and in clearings. Female fruit is a hard edible nut (to 1/2”
long) enclosed in a leafy, hairy, light green husk. It is believed to be the primary food plant of
the exceedingly rare Early Hairstreak Erora laeta. Caterpillars feed on nuts, initially the husk in
early instars and later boring inside. Most of the year is spent as pupae, probably in the leaf litter

COTINUS COGGYGRIA 'PINK CHAMPAGNE' ....................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

An outstanding cultivar that Dirr ranks with Daydream (this sets a high standard), new growth is
bronzy purple maturing to green and in summer smothered in fabulous fluffy feathery floating
flowers, fantastically pink pubescent from the pedicels and peduncle in the panicles.

COTINUS 'GRACE' ........................................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

A cross between Cotinus coggygria 'Velvet Cloak' and Cotinus obovatus made in 1978 by Peter
Dummer of Hillier Nurseries. 'Grace' is a spectacular thing (named for Dummer's wife) with
massive pink flower panicles 14”h x 11”w. Leaves are 6” long emerging light red in spring and
darkening to blue green in summer finally turning red orange and yellow in fall. Mature height
will probably be 20.+, in terms of overall appearance it resembles C. obovatus; cuttings are a
royal pain to root.

COTONEASTER APICULATUS 'TOM THUMB' ........................................... G 1@ $24.00

One of the smallest of all Cotoneasters with very tiny leaves, this makes a beautiful bonsai, and
is great in a trough or rock garden.

COTONEASTER BULLATUS ...................................................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

We tucked this in the garden a few years ago and more or less forgot about it, this year it
screamed for attention with clusters of large bright red fruits. The plant is upright and neat and
has a fantastic fruit display. We highly recommend it.

COT. HORIZONTALIS „VARIEGATA. ....................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

We were thrilled when we found this cool little variegated plant at Gee's. At last, we found
something that Punnett didn't already grow. We were wrong of course but the neatly margined
tiny leaves are still cool.

CYTISUS AUSTRAICUS .............................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

An eastern European species growing 2-4. tall bearing terminal clusters of showy yellow pea
flowers.

CYTISUS PROCUMBENS ............................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Native to Eastern Central Europe and the Balkans procumbens is as the name suggests a mat
former with stems ascending to a foot or so. Flowers as one might expect are yellow peas; if
you like yellow brooms you will love it.

CYTISUS „ALLGOLD. .................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

All blue would have been more exciting, but Dick loves yellow pea flowers, anything to keep him
happy.

CYTISUS PRAECOX 'PAULETTE' ............................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

Light red flowers with hints of yellow, Paulette is one of the best.

CYTISUS PRAECOX „WARMINSTER BROOM. ...................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Multiflorus x pungans, abundant yellow flowers; densely mounding plants can reach 10'.

CYTISUS X KEWENSIS ............................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Jim Jermys from Scotland was out recently and we had some interesting discussions about
Kew, which have nothing to do with this broom; I.m just easily distracted. More to the point x
kewensis is a cross between C. ardoinii and C. multiflorus, only 12-18” high and spreading to 6
feet or more 1-3 creamy yellow flowers in the axils.

DAPHNE

Once again we have an extensive list of Daphne to offer, there are a few first time offerings this
season and we have a number of exciting new plants that we plan to add to the catalog once we
build up sufficient numbers. We treat plants and frames with a biological fungicide called
Rootshield that uses a protective mycorhizza. It seemed to work very well, one batch of
Silveredge rooted in about 1/10th the normal time and we suspect this may have played a role.
Probably our favorite genus of flowering shrubs, Punnett.s too; you simply never can have too
many Daphne. Always expensive because they are not always easy to propagate and tend to
grow on poorly in pots. They only come into their own when dropped in the ground where they
quickly form beautiful plants. Potted ones always seem to have a scraggly look. Many have
phenomenal fragrance and are perfect for smaller gardens. Resist the temptation to purchase
large plants as they resent disturbance and do not transplant well when they get large. There
are many recipes for success but a sandy well-drained soil in full sun seems best. They dislike it
too wet, ours grow well in pH 7-8 and Punnett grows them to perfection in the acid sand his
Rhodo's thrive in. There has been an ongoing discussion on the net, which we have followed
with some amusement, since they seem not cognizant as to why they die; here it is in a nutshell.
They are very sensitive to Phytophthora cinnamonea and related fungi, control it and you will
have no problems. Phytophthora likes high organic fertile soils and wet conditions, and grows
better at certain pH levels and temperatures (Dirr.s advice to provide moist soils and mulch is
the kiss of death, Daphne.s like it dry.) Subdue is the primary fungicidal control but is no
substitute for good culture. If you are a Daphne Phreak please join Daphne Society, you get an
interesting video and a chance to meet others as crazy as yourself. Contact Daphne society,
John Bieber, 185 8th St., Bethpage, NY. 11714 ph 516-681-4885. Don.t forget to check out
Robin Whites new book on Daphne from Timber Press, it is excellent however the hardiness
ratings make no sense in the US. Virtually all of the daphne listed below have withstood –20F
with no snow cover and survived and most of the older cultivars have survived –29F. I would
guess most of the newer ones would have lived as well, however, it wouldn.t break my heart if it
never gets that cold again.

DAPHNE CALCICOLA .................................................................................. S. P. -1@ $24.00

A legendary yellow flowered plant from China see plate 142 in the AGS Encyclopedia. Our
clone is upright and may actually be Daphne aurantica; however the names work out it is a
legendary Daphne native to Yunan and on the tender side here. Plan on it as an alpine house
plant in the north. I would say more but quantities are limited and far too many lust after it
already.

DAPHNE CAUCASICA VARIEGATED TRANSATLANTICA? .............. S. P. -1@ $19.00

This is similar to Summer Ice and Beulah Cross and we are a bit uncertain as to wheather it is a
caucasica or a x transatlantica. Whatever the taxonomy it is a good variegated plant that tends
to rebloom.


DAPHNE CIRCASSICA #1 BEST .............................................................. S. P. -1@ $29.00

Endemic to the western Caucasus in the region of Mt Fist and Mt. Osten at altitudes from 1800
to 3200m, this cool little Daphne is still very rare in cultivation; it was first introduced by Halda in
1998. Circassica is closely related to sericea and collina and has been fully hardy here. The
compact clone we offer is the best of the seedling forms we have seen and will probably
eventually be named; I am toying with „Fist of God. after the mountain on Niven.s Ringworld.

DAPHNE JASMINEA 'DELPHI FORM' ..................................................... S. P. -1@ $29.00

Native to Greece and Libya on limestone cliffs from sea level to 1000m the AGS Encyclopedia
call it unreliably hardy and recommends alpine house treatment in deep containers. Fortunately
we never read that and stuck plants outside, they winter fine in the open garden, but can be
displayed to best advantage in a trough. Foliage is fine with a glaucous blue cast, terminating in
heads of long purple tubes, which open to starry white flowers. This is a true gem that Farrer
lusted after and ranked with petraea.

DAPHNE OLEOIDES .................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $24.00

Synomous with D. buxifolia oleoides ranges widely from S.E Spain through Asia Minor to
Afghanistan and the Himalayas, it can reach over two feet in the wild but is generally half that in
cultivation, flowers are creamy white and fragrant followed by red fruits.

DAPHNE SERICEA COMPACT FORM ..................................................... S. P. -1@ $24.00

Closely related to collina, (Halda lumped collina into sericea but I doubt if anyone will take it
seriously I agree with Robin that the two are distinct and the Turkish forms are quite different
from the Cretan ones) the heads of sweetly scented lilac flowers, are produced in spring and it
generally reblooms later in the summer. In the garden it will make neat rounded mounds 2-3. in
height.

DAPHNE X BURKWOODII .......................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

These are from a green reversion of „Silveredge. the grex is cneorum x caucasica. Fragrant
reblooming exceptionally hardy the burkwood crosses are amoungst the best garden Daphne.

DAPHNE X BURKWOODII 'G.K. ARGULES' .......................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Introduced by a Devon Nursery, its origins seem obscure; it is rather broad leaved for a
burkwoodii with deep green gold edged leaves and pink flowers with a deeper pink perianth
tube.

DAPHNE X BURKWOODII 'GOLD DUST' ................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

A chance mutation of „Silveredge. that showed up in Punnett.s garden the leaf is internally
misted with gold flecking, not all that impressive when viewed up close but form a distance it
really stands out. „Carol Mackie. and „Silveredge. pale in its presence. Habit is compact growing
at about 2/3 the rate of „Silveredge., it almost looks sheared. As with all variegated plants
reversions are possible however, it has been incredibly stable to date, by far the best burkwoodii
we grow.

DAPHNE X BURKWOODII „SILVEREDGE. .............................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

If not the best known (Punnett scrounged this from somewhere in Canada although it apparently
originated with Grootendorst in Holland in the 1950.s) certainly the best performing of the
variegated Burkwoodii clones, in fact its no contest. This is much more upright and taller in the
garden, does not flop over and crack under snow load, cuttings root easier and it re-blooms
even better than Carol Mackie with less of the tendency to die without warning, that Carol
Mackie is so famous for. We grow them side-by-side in the garden and the verdict is
overwhelming.

DAPHNE X HENDERSONII (BRICKEL 11660) ............................................ S. P. -1@ $29.00

The grex is Daphne petraea x Daphne cneorum, plants occur naturally in the wild in the region
around Lake Garda. The original plant being discovered in the wild by Henderson in 1930, this
clone is in all likelihood the one Chris Brickel collected in 1981.

DAPHNE X HENDERSONII 'EARNST HAUSER' ................................... S. P. -1@ $35.00

A selected form of the above found in the Val di Bondo near Lake Garda by Harry Jans in 1991,
buds are deep purplish red opening shell pink and later fading to near white.

DAPHNE X HENDERSONII 'KATH DRYDEN' ........................................ S. P. -1@ $35.00

Robin.s 1997 cross of D. cneorum Velky Kosir and an early flowering petraea clone collected by
Peter Erskin. He named the deepest colored seedling in honor of Kath who is a horticultural
legend.

DAPHNE X HENDERSONII 'ROSEBUD' .................................................. S. P. -1@ $29.00

Margaret and Henry Taylor.s 1991 introduction, Rosebud is bright reddish purple in bud opening
to pale pink and fading to near white. Robin says it is finiky on it.s own roots but it has been a
good grower for us, doing far better on it.s own roots than the graft we originally got from him.

DAPHNE X KAZBALI (ROLLSDORFII) 'ARNOLD CIHLARZ' ............ S. P. -1@ $35.00

A 1979 Fritz Kummert cross of petrea x collina, rather similar to 'Wilhelm Schacht' with deep
reddish purple strongly fragrant flowers, this is the original cross that defines the grex.

DAPHNE X KAZBALI (ROLLSDORFII) 'WILHELM SCHACHT' ......... S. P. -1@ $29.00

The grex is collina x petraea with collina as the seed parent, according to Halda Kazbali has
precedence over Rollsdorfii. 'Wilhelm Schacht' was raised by Fritz Kummert in 1979; it is very
free flowering with fragrant pinkish purple flowers, an exciting small Daphne, surprisingly easy
despite the petraea parentage.

DAPHNE X MANTENSIANA 'AUDREY VOCHINS' .............................. S. P. -1@ $35.00

A gold edged sport of Manten, found in the Berkshire garden of Audry Vochins in the late
1990.s. It is vigorous and a good rebloomer. We are excited to offer it for the first time this
season, as usual for new introductions (Kath Dryden, Rosebud, Meon, 'Benaco' etc) supplies
are limited plants are small and prices are high.

DAPHNE X MANTENSIANA 'MANTEN' ................................................. S. P. -1@ $39.00

The result of a 1941 cross by Jack Manten of Daphne x burkwoodii „Somerset. and Daphne
retusa. It is an evergreen plant with clusters of fragrant pink flowers reblooming three times
throughout the season, indeed it is virtually everblooming here.

DAPHNE X MEDFORDENSIS „LAWRENCE CROCKER. ................................. S. P. 19.00

One of the best small Daphne hybrids, Medfordensis (Susannae) „Lawrence Crocker. is a
vigorous cross between arbuscula and collina and taking after the former, from the garden of
the legendary plantsman and Siskiyou nursery founder of the same name.

DAPHNE X NAPOLITANA 'MEON' .......................................................... S. P. -1@ $29.00

A 1988 Robin White cross between cneorum „Eximia. and collina, this will eventually form a
dome nearly a meter wide and 40cm high with abundant rose pink intensly fragrant flowers. It
reblooms and has been an excellent grower. These came directly from Robin and we highly
recommend it.

DAPHNE X NAPOLITANA „STASEK. ....................................................... S. P. -1@ $29.00

A Romanian cultivar introduced by Harry Jans „Stasek. is an outstanding variegated form, this
has been a good grower so far showing little suscepability to phytophora and a reblooming
habit, the plant at the corner of our patio always catches visitors eyes.

DAPHNE X ROSSETII ................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $29.00

A naturally occurring hybrid between Daphne laureola philippii and D. cneorum found in the wild
in the Pyrenees by M. Rosset of Correvon Nursery in 1927. Later re-collected and described by
Halda. An interesting plant with a reputation for being shy flowering; flowers are green tinged
pink and honey scented, moreover the foliage is excellent even when out of flower.

DAPHNE X TRANSATLANTICA 'JIM'S PRIDE' ..................................... S. P. -1@ $35.00

According to Brickell and White, 'Jim's Pride' belongs with this grex which is caucasica x
sericea, however I have seen it listed as straight caucasica and Robin White considers it
caucasica x collina., I suspect Robin is correct. A great plant very free blooming and
exceptionally fragrant, but like caucasica quite Phytophthora prone.

DAPHNE X TRANSATLANTICA 'SUMMER ICE' ................................... S. P. -1@ $35.00

A variegated version of Jim.s Pride fantastic looking exceptionally free flowering. It is confused
in the nursery trade with other variegated caucasica forms, Daphnes in general seem very
prone to throwing variegated shoots.

DAPHNE X WHITEORUM 'BEAUWORTH' ............................................... S. P. -1@ $35.00

Jasminea x petraea grandiflora, foliage is darker green than „Kilmeston. with sweetly scented
pink flowers a bit larger than Kkilmeston.., Robin white has introduced some fantastic plants and
this is one of his finest efforts.

DAPHNE X WHITEORUM „KILMESTON. ................................................. S. P. -1@ $35.00

Robin White.s fantastic hybrid between D. Petraea grandiflora and D. jasminea (serious Daphne
fanatics need read no further) with purple flushed foliage that resembles jasminea and deep
pink flowers that are produced over a very long period. Despite its elite parentage it has proven
an easy and vigorous plant both in troughs and in the open garden where it has wintered with
no problem.

DAPHNIPHYLLUM MACROPODUM HC 970612 ................................... S. P. -1@ $35.00

A strange Rhododendron like plant from Japan and Korea, it has leaves unlike any Daphne I
have ever seen. Rhododendrophyllum might have been more descriptive, there is supposed to
be a variegated form, which could be fantastic, but alas I.ve never seen it. Flowers aren.t much
but worth growing for the foliage and just to say you grow something in the Daphniphyllacaea,
which contains 14 other even more obscure species.

DEINANTHE BIFIDA PINK EX KII PENINSULA JAPAN ..................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Kudos to Hinkley for making this available, it is vigorous and extremely free flowering, far
exceeding any blue flowered form that I have ever grown. Essentially a Hydrangea that dies
down to a woody crown each fall; this shade-loving gem deserves much broader garden
exposure.

DEUTZIA GRACILIS ................................................................................ B.A. P. -1@ $35.00

Multitudes of white flowers on compact plants, Dicks are only 2', but literature says a bit more.

DEUTZIA GRACILIS 'CHARDONNAY PEARLS' .................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Myriads of pure white pearly buds explode into fragrant stars above mounds of lime green
foliage eye catching and unlike any other Deutzia we have seen.

DEUTZIA X 'KALMIIFLORA' .......................................................................... G.- 1@ $29.00

Introduced by Lemoine back in 1901, this cross between D. purpurescens and D. parvaflora it
still ranks among the very best with a graceful arching habit and a fantastic floral display. The
flowers are deep pink on the outside and light pink on the inside.

DEUTZIA SCABRA VARIEGATA ............................................................... BAP. -1@ $29.00

Punnett likes this better than „Summer Snow. because the variegation doesn't fade, which is
true but the thing still looks spider mite infested to me, to each his own.

DEUTZIA SETCHUENSIS V. CORYMBIFLORA ........................................ G.- 1@ $19.00

Definitely different, with rather small gray-green leaves, this summer flowering shrub produces
multitudes of rather small star like flowers in large corymbs, from a distance its reminiscent of
baby.s breath. This long blooming plant was distributed in cultivation by the late J.C. Raulston.

DICHROA FEBRIFOLIA BSWJ 2367 .......................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A rare Hydrangea relative with large glossy evergreen foliage and terminal clusters of blue
lacecap flowers followed by spectacular iridescent indigo blue fruits this clone is from a high
altitude Sikkim collection by Bleddyn and Sue Wynn-Jones.

DIERVILLA SESSILIFOLIA 'BUTTERFLY' .............................................. S.P.- 1@ $19.00

A selection by the great Dutch plantsmen Pieter Zwinenburg, (one of only a handful of people
who can walk around the production houses at Arrowhead and recognize virtually everything
without reading the labels) rich yellow flowers held in upright clusters above neat well branched
foliage that does not flop. This is a great shrub for dry shady locations.

DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA ........................................................................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Our native persimmon is an interesting tree far too seldom seen in the North, it is a member of
the Ebenacae, (the ebony of commerce is Diospyros ebenum) and as one might expect the
wood is very heavy and close grained. Fruits are edible and generally best after the first frost, it
prefers moist well drained sandy soils but is adaptable to quite a wide range of conditions. Dirr
considers it hardy to zone 4 but this may be a bit generous

DIPELTA SP. DJHC 98399 ........................................................................ S. P. -1@ $24.00

From Hinkley.s 1996 Emei Shan collection in Sichuan at high elevations these should eventually
reach 10. in height with somewhat felted leaves and fragrant Kolkwitzia-like pink flowers spotted
with yellow and followed by attractive papery wafer like seeds.

DISCARIA SERRATIFOLIA HCM980 98 ........................................................ G.- 1@ $24.00

Hinkley.s collection from the base of a volcano at 3740. associated with Nothofagus and climax
Aurucaria forest; an evergreen member of the Rhamnaceae with narrow glossy foliage and
paired spines at the nodes with fragrant white flowers on 4. plants, although the species can
reach 5 meters.

ECHINOSOPHORA KOREENSIS ............................................................... S. P. -1@ $12.00

Echinosophora koreensis, is an endangered small shrub belonging to a monotypic genus in
central Korea that reproduces both sexually and vegetatively via rhizomes. It has showy clusters
of yellow pea flowers. The extract of Echinosophora koreensis can be used for an anti -
hangover agent because it can reduce alcohol density and acetaldehyde density in blood by
promoting in vivo alcohol metabolism through improving activities of alcohol dehydrogenase
(ADH) and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH).

ELAEAGNUS PUNGENS MACULATA ...................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

I find myself strangely drawn to this plant; I.m not sure whether it.s the gold centered leathery
leaves or the drifting gardenia fragrance, whatever I like it. Dirr on the other hand classes it
something of an overdone weed, over planted in the south and climbing by means of hooked
spines to 30.. It.s nothing like that in the North, very well behaved and nearly spineless.

ELAEAGNUS PUNGENS 'HOSOBA FUKURIN' ........................................ G.- 1@ $35.00

Neatly yellow edged leaves set this apart from the others, how, like all the pungens clones it
needs a protected spot to succeed here.


ELAEAGNUS 'QUICKSILVER' ................................................................... BAP. -1@ $39.00

Metallic solid silver leaves, „Quicksilver. lives up to its name, if the knockout foliage were not
enough it produces intensely fragrant creamy white flowers. Hinkley calls this zone 4 from which
I infer that it is not an Elaeagnus pungens cultivar. Roy Lancaster suggests that it may be a
hybrid between Elaeagnus angustifolius and Elaeagnus commutata.

ENCELIA FARINOSA ................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Encelia farinosa, or Brittlebush, is a common desert shrub of the southwestern United States. Its
common name comes from the brittleness of its stems. It is also called incienso because its
fragrant dried stems were burned by early Spanish settlers as incense.

ERICA X DARLIENSIS 'GHOST HILLS' ................................................... S. P. -1@ $12.00

Thought to be a sport of Erica x darliensis „Darley Dale., it blooms early sometimes starting in
September and continuing through April.

ERICA ERIGENA 'GOLDEN LADY' ........................................................... S. P. -1@ $12.00

Fairly dwarf as erigena cultivars go „Golden Lady. is only 10-20”('W.T Ratcliff' can reach 60”), it
is a sport of 'W.T Ratcliff' with golden foliage.

ERICA ERIGENA 'W.T. RATCLIFF' ........................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Large pure white flowers, a great improvement over alba, it is generally under 24” in the garden
but well grown specimens can reach 60”, an unlikely event here in Michigan.

ESCOLLONIA PINK PRINCESS ................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

A rather dwarf selection with pink flowers, it.s a broad leafed evergreen from the Andes, and a
bit tender in our exposed garden here, but handsome enough to make an attempt to please it.

EUONYMUS 'WOLONG GHOST' DJHC 691 ............................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Hinkley collected this in Panda country; its unique for a Euonymus with narrow dark green
foliage veined a ghostly white. This has the potential to be one of his most commercially
successful introductions, with great mass market potential, for now it still has snob appeal.

EUONYMUS FORTUNEI 'HARLEQUIN' ..................................................... G.- 1@ $19.00

If you like your variegation white and splashy you.ll love 'Harlequin', its a bold looking but
somewhat unstable clone that has been heavily featured in the national press the last few years.

EUONYMUS FORTUNEI 'BLONDY' ............................................................. G.- 1@ $19.00

Normally I couldn.t get very excited about a Euonymus fortunei cultivar, however Blondy is
something special. Discovered in the Netherlands as a sport of Sunspot, Blondy features
brilliant yellow foliage neatly edged in dark green. Great year round color, its destined to
become way over planted but at least initially it.ll knock your socks off.

EUONYMUS JAPONICUS 'CHOLLIPO' ................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

This will get big 12. tall with a 6. spread, deep green leaves with a creamy margin and a vairly
dense growth habit.

EUONYMUS JAPONICUS 'VARIEGATA NANA' ................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A dwarf variegated selection, it was tagged Euonymus f. variegata nana in John.s hieroglyphics
but it appears to be a japonica. Nice white edges not as congested as the variegated „Rykujo.,
but very dwarf.

EVODIA DANIELLII ...................................................................................... BAP. -1@ $49.00

Very interesting lovely small tree good for small landscapes and too seldom seen. Excellent
summer foliage, flowers white in broad flat umbels very showy, clusters of black fruit in autumn
and fast growing, 25-30' under landscape conditions.

EVODIA HUPHRENSIS ................................................................................ BAP. -1@ $49.00

Similar to the above, also rare, and can reach 60'h, fruit is more reddish than black.

EXOCHORDA X MACRANTHA 'THE BRIDE' ......................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Clonal material, you see a lot of seed grown stuff offered under the name as cuttings are
somewhat difficult to root and seed germinates easily. This is the true Lemoine plant named
from the 1902 cross of E. korolkowii x E. racemosa. Plants are compact, 4-6. (both parents can
reach 20.) with extremely large pure white flowers in dense racemes. The true plant is still rarely
encountered in gardens, despite being easy to grow and extremely showy.

FABIANA IMBRICATA „VIOLACAEA. ...................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A strange little Andean solanaceous plant that masquerades as a Heather, stumping all but the
best botanists. „Violacaea. is also known a „Combers Variety., supposedly from Combers
collections in Southern Chile many years ago and hardier than the species. Upright branches of
scaly silvery gray foliage and tubular lavender flowers, the species can reach 2 m in habitat but
„Violacaea. seems to be considerably shorter.

FALLUGIA PARADOXA ................................................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

Known as Apache Plume, this underused monotypic (not to be confused with monocarpic)
Western American rosaceous shrub features inch wide white flowers from June until August
followed by attractive clematis like feathery seed heads and an attractive exfoliating bark in
winter. A great plant and besides we just love this one-of-a-kind stuff.

FORSYTHIA 'FORD FREEWAY' ....................................................................... BAP.- $24.00

A streaky variegated form discovered by a customer of ours Al Wojcik along the Ford Freeway
in Detroit. (He also discovered a variegated form of Euphorbia polychroma that is flat out
spectacular, but very reversion prone)

FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA „ARNOLD DWARF. ........................................... BAP.- $29.00

From a 1941 cross-made at the Arnold Arb between Forsythia x intermedia and Forsythia
japonica v saxitilis this is a great cover for banks but does not flower well when young.

FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA 'GOLDLEAF' ................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Gold all season long not just a couple weeks in spring, the color stands out and the plants lack
the sickly sprayed with herbicide look some yellow plants posses.

FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA 'GOLD TIDE' ...................................................... BAP.- $24.00

A mutation of „Spring Glory. with attractive feathery textured foliage and a dwarf spreading habit
this French import has great potential as a shrubby groundcover for mass plantings

FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA 'MINIGOLD FIESTA' .................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

From Duncan and Davies in New Zealand, this flashy variegated variety ranks among the best.
Heavily photographed with lots of hype if you don.t already grow it or know it finding a picture
shouldn.t pose much of a problem.

FORSYTHIA INTERMEDIA „TREMONIA. ................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

A cut leaf clone, we have had this in the garden for years and I confess somewhat ignored it.
However Jenkins saw it and had to have it, go figure, in any event we rooted a batch and once
again have it for sale.

FORSYTHIA VIR. KOREANA 'KUMSON' ................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

A unique plant, the deep green leaves are netted with white veins, flowers are the typical yellow
borne on arching stems. The Spring Meadow guys brought this back from Korea, not a bad trip,
there were a few other goodies and they certainly had the red carpet treatment.

FORSYTHIA VIRIDISSIMA KOREANA 'SUWAN GOLD' ...................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Another great plant that Dale Deppe brought back from Korea, „Suwan. is shade tolerant with
excellent golden foliage and clear yellow flowers; bud hardiness is excellent.

GENISTA DALMATICUS .............................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

A small spiny subshrub, now lumped by some into sylvestris these are distinct from the plants
we grow as sylvestris pungens.

GENISTA PILOSA 'VANCOUVER GOLD' ................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

An excellent compact growing clone seldom exceeding a foot in height (the species can reach
4.) but with much wider spread with yellow flowers in great abundance. This is a great
landscape plant for dry sandy sites.

GYMNOCLADUS DIOICA ........................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Kentucky coffeetree or coffeetree is a tall deciduous tree with rough, scaly gray-brown bark and
large bipinnate compound leaves. It grows 60-80. (less frequently to100.) tall with an irregular
open oval to obovate crown. bluff bases and along streams (Steyermark). Large leaves to 3.
long, As the specific epithet suggests, the species is dioecious (separate male and female
trees). Native Americans and early American settlers, especially those in the Kentucky territory,
roasted and ground the seeds to brew a coffee-like beverage (albeit no caffeine), hence the
common name. Native Americans roasted the seeds for food. Seeds are very toxic prior to
roasting, and should never be eaten fresh off the tree.

HAMAMELIS VERNALIS ............................................................................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A deciduous, winter-blooming, shrub with a rounded habit which typically grows 6-10' tall with a
somewhat larger spread. Noted for its extremely early (January to February-March) and lengthy
(to 4 weeks) bloom period. Fragrant, globular flower clusters (to 3/4" wide) have variable
coloration, but flowers most frequently have yellow petals and reddish inner calyxes. Extract
obtained from the leaves, bark and stems was formerly used medicinally by native Americans It
is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Best flowering in
full sun. Prefers moist, acidic, organically rich soils. Tolerates heavy clay soils. Prune in spring
after flowering to control shape and size.

HEBE 'BABY MARIE' .................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Also known as Hebe buxifolia „Nana., a compact bush with lilac flowers, it is possibly a hybrid
with Hebe odora, named for Marie Turnbull a New Zealand botanical artist.

HEBE BUXIFOLIA 'PATTY'S PURPLE. ................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Neat looking little bushes, very free flowering with many short spikes of deep purple Veronica-
like flowers, it is not hardy here.

HEBE BUXIFOLIA „VARIEGATA. .............................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Nice variegated foliage good-sized clusters of flowers on medium sized plants, not a hope of
wintering outside here.

HEBE CUPRESSOIDES 'BOUGHTON DOME' ........................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

A neat grey leaved shrublet growing 18” high and nearly twice as wide found in scotland in 1970
by Valerie Finnis grown primarily for it.s excellent foliage it rarely if ever flowers.

HEBE 'EMERALD GREEN' ........................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A tight dome of minute imbricated foliage this is almost certainly a hybrid with one of the
whipcoards. It apparently does not flower but the foliage is wonderful in a trough.

HEBE 'HARDY IN TORONTO' .................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A compact growing plant with neatly ranked glaucous grayish green leaves, that has proven
hardy in Marion Jarvie.s Toronto garden, an exceptional feat for a Hebe.

HEBE HINDERUA .......................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A naturally occuring hybrid found by grahm Hutchens in 1985 on the Hinerau Ridge in the
Ruahine Range on North Island. The parents are suspected to be H. odora and H. subsimilis.
Flowers are white in clusters on the branch tips in late summer.

HEBE LOGANOIDES ..................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A whipcoard hybrid with a heather like habit collected in 1869 by Armstrong near the upper
Rangitata River and named after Logania depressia a now extinct shurb which it resembles

HEBE MCKEANII ........................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

An emerald green dwarf shrublet with white flowers perfect for the rock garden, it was found in
the wild by McKean.

HEBE PARVIFLORA ANGUSTIFOLIA ...................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A native of South Island this is surprisingly hardy, forming a medium sized shrub with neatly
ranked foliage and terminal spikes of white to pale lavender flowers in summer

HEBE PINGUIFOLIA ..................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Hebe pinguifolia is a low growing evergreen plant that needs little or no pruning. It has purple
stems with blue-green, leathery leaves and from late spring to early summer the shrub is
covered in a profusion of white flowers. All hebes can tolerate shade, but arebest in full sun.

HEBE RECURVA ............................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Grayish curled foliage, bushy to 3'; its one of the hardiest of the larger species.

HEBE SALICIFOLIA ...................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Native to both Chile and New Zealand, with narrow willowy leaves on shrubs that can reach 5m;
topped by numerous 20cm conical racemes of lavender tinged white flowers.

HEBE 'SILVER DOLLAR' ............................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

A low growing variegated form, grey green leaves with creamy margins, and mauve flowers that
fade to white.

HEBE YOUNGII CARL TESCHNER JOY CREEK CLONE ................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Primuloides x elliptica; the hardiest Hebe we grow, actually we have more then one clone under
this name but all are quite hardy low mat forming plants with violet purple flowers. It has
wintered with no protection here.

HEIMIA MYRTIFOLIA ................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $12.00

A tender South American subshrub related to Lythrum (the closely related Heimia salicifolia
ranges north to Texas) with spikes of showy yellow flowers. It is a dieback shrub at Kew.

HELWINGIA JAPONICA (CHINENSIS BROADLEAF) ............................. G.- 1@ $24.00

Rates an 11 on the weird meter, a cornaceous shrub in which the flowers are born from the
center of the leaves, actually they're not, it just looks that way but that's another story. More of a
curiosity than an outstanding ornamental plant, it's great for playing stump the botanist. They'll
never even guess the family. If worst comes to worst you can always eat it, they do in Japan,
(it'll never replace lettuce).


HEPTOCODIUM MICONOIDES ..................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

A cool new plant introduced from China in 1980, although Wilson found it back in 1907.
Ornamental peeling Crepe Myrtle-like bark, fragrant white flowers in late summer in six flowered
whorls terminated by a single flower (hence Heptocodium). Followed by showy cherry red
calyces surrounding the fruits, giving the impression of still being in flower in autumn when the
leaves turn purple. We observed several large specimens trained as tree forms in Dale Deppe.s
garden this fall and were blown away by the bark. Despite what Dirr says it seems to thrive in
full sun, and struggles in the shade at least in the North.

HIBISCUS MUTABILIS X SYRICUS 'TOSCA' .......................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

An interesting wide hybrid from Jim Snyder, orchid flowers with a darker eye that are
considerably larger than Rose of Sharon; 'Tosca' shows considerable hybrid vigor and can
easily reach 10. in height.

HIBISCUS SYRICUS PURPUREA VARIEGATA .................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

We saw a small plant in Hammer's garden and have since been begging every shoot he can
spare for cuttings, on the premise that we are helping prevent it's touching nearby plants. Jim
has a thing about that. A traffic stopper, the bold variegation is perhaps the best of any shrub I
know. Flowers are strange double purplish things that never fully open, giving a sort of carnation
bud effect.

HIBISCUS 'CRANBERRY CRUSH' ........................................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

An outstanding new Hibiscus courtesy of Walters Gardens. Walters has one of the best plant
breeding teams on the planet, especially after the recent addition of Hans Hanson formerly of
Shady Oaks, Clarence, Kevin and Hans should make quite a team. Cranberry Crush is
fantastic, Compact 2-3. clumps of deep green leaves with purple overtones, this flowers for
months forming near black buds at every node. These open to display a continuous succession
of 7-8” deep scarlet fully rounded flowers...

HIBISCUS 'JAZZBERRY JAM' .................................................................. S.P.- 1@ $19.00

Walters evaluated thousands of Hibiscus seedlings ( we donated a few plants to this effort), and
from these many seedlings they selected this large pinkish magenta plant with a red eye and 9”
heavily ruffled round flowers and overlapping petals. A stunning landscape specimen this grows
4-5. in a single season. If you live in areas that have Hibiscus Sawfly a single spray will usually
control them. If you don.t want to spray plants will look a bit moth-eaten until they grow new
leaves but will survive unharmed. My impression is this and some of the other new cultivars are
less bothered by pests than some of the older varieties, I never spray ours in the landscape and
they still manage an impressive floral display.

HIBISCUS 'SUMMER STORM .................................................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

Yet another excellent selection from Walters, a compact clone with deep wine purple foliage and
huge 10” rose pink flowers bloodshot veined with deeper pink radiating from a deep magenta
eye. This is one of the longest blooming cultivars and extremely floriferous.

HIBISCUS SEEDED FROM NAMED FORMS .......................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Seedlings from various dieback types expect huge flowers, bee crossed in assorted colors.

HYDRANGEA

A genus we are particularly fond of Hydrangeas are perfect for a wide range of garden sites.
Depending on the species they will tolerate anything from full sun to rather deep shade.
Besides, the shrubby species listed below we also offer a number of interesting vining types and
several related species. For those wanting to delve more deeply into the genus I highly
recommend Dirr.s, Hydrangeas for American Gardens, and not just because he gives us a nice
bit of free publicity. The book is excellent and if you need more photos, there is a CD available
with 900 images.

HYDRANGEA ARBORESCENS 'ANNABELLE' ........................................... G - 1@$19.00

Featuring big heads of sterile white florets that are great for drying. This old favorite is very
popular here at the nursery so much so that we did not have enough left over to list the last few
years. We hope to have a couple of wonderful new arborescens clones to offer in the next few
years thanks to the generosity of E.B. Jenkins.

HYDRANGEA ASPERA VILLOSA .............................................................. BAP - 1@$39.00

Thick fuzzy velvety leaves make this a textural wonder in the garden and all to often a rotting
mess in the cutting frames. The two toned lilac and white lacecap flowers are as remarkable as
the nomenclature is confused. We have several essentially identical plants under various
permutations of the name.

HYDRANGEA LUTEOVENOSA ................................................................... G. -1@ $19.00

Hinkley.s introduction from Japan, Krussman considers this conspecific with H. scandens ssp
liukiuensis which he calls zone 8 (Hinkley calls luteovenosa zone 5) personally I.d guess 7
Scandent stems to 5. with small white lace cap flowers, and rare in cultivation.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA 'CAERULEA' ....................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

This has been kicking around the nursery since the mid 90.s and we have not offered it in a
while, however we took another look at it this summer and decided it was worthy of propagation.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA „DOMOTOI. .......................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Semi-double, pink to blue in rounded heads, depending on soil, grows about 3' tall.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA 'DOOLEY' ............................................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Dirr collected this in Coach Vince Dooley.s back yard (cheaper than a trip to China?); its a frost
resistant variety with little or no tip dieback and robust clusters of blue or pink flowers depending
on soil pH. We suspect its been previously circulated under a different cultivar name but if Dirr
couldn.t put a name to it, we won.t even attempt to.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA „GOLIATH. ........................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Huge pink to blue flowers depending on soil pH, blue in acid soils, it flowers young.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA 'HARLEQUIN' ..................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A somewhat confusing name, the plant we grow under this name is a white edged form that we
acquired from Mitch years ago. There is also apparently a picotee petaled thing that is also
called „Harlequin..

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA 'LEMON WAVE' ................................... BAP- 1@ $29.00

Marked with huge splashes of white and bright yellow this is utterly lacking in subtlety (it is also
damned unstable) nevertheless 'Lemon Wave' will rival any variegated plant for stop you dead
in your tracks impact.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA 'PINK BEAUTY' ................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

An outstanding Hortensia; it has almost fluorescent pink flowers; 4-5' tall.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA 'SUN GODDESS' ................................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

This yellow leaved plant circulates under a number of different names including „Lemon Zest.,
„Ogonba., „Yellow Leaf. and possibly others. Blue with enough aluminum, it is not particularly
free blooming and definitely on the tender side here, but the foliage does stand out in the
garden.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA NORMALIS BLAUMIESE ................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Blue Tit, British bird or frozen boobs its up to you, an indigo lacecap that is a classic.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA NORMALIS „MARIESI. ..................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Excellent lacecap, usually pink, blue only in very acid soils, grows 4-5' tall.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'AMAGI AMACHAI' .............. G - 1@$29.00

An elegant and rather un-hydrangea like plant, with narrow almost bamboo like leaves and flat
clusters of white lacecap flowers with unique elongated sepals.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'BENI GAKU' .................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Reddish pink lace-cap flowers, the serrata forms are among the hardiest of the macrophylla
types and are excellent garden performers here.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA „BLUE BILLOW. .................. G.- 1@ $24.00

Perhaps the hardiest of all the lacecap this was selected from seed that Dick Lighty collected in
the mountains of Korea.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'BLUE BIRD' ................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Another outstanding cultivar, the blue lacecap flowers really stand out in a wooded setting.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'CHISIMA' .............................. G - 1@$29.00

Heads of deep pink fertile flowers surrounded by large round light pink sterile flowers, this
lacecap shows tremendous contrast and is a standout in the garden.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'DIADEM' ......................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

We are excited, „Diadem. is a great Hydrangea with lacy blue or pink flowers the dwarf low
mounding habit and reliable serrata bud hardiness is a winning combination.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'GRAYSWOOD' .............. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Unusual lacecap, pink or blue fertile flowers surrounded by sterile flowers that open white and
change to red in sun.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA „IZU NO HANA. ............. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A remarkable plant, with a traditional Japanese form; the central fertile flowers are pink and
surrounded by a ring of immense fully double sterile flowers, another of the spectacular clones
that Hinkley introduced.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'JOGASAKI' ..................... BAP - 1@$29.00

Named for a town in the Izu Peninsula of Japan, 'Jogasaki' features flat heads of fertile florets
surrounded by a floating ring of silvery pink fully double Waterlily flowers.

HYDRANGEA MAC. SERRATA 'MIDORIBOSHI-TEMARI' ........................ G - 1@$29.00

A prolific blooming pink lacecap with a ring of double florets that are held away from the center
on particularly long pedicels. Like the double Hepaticas, these have cult like status in Japan.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'MIRANDA' ..................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

The other woman, this one is less inclined to wrap herself around you and squeeze, never
insinuating her tendrils under your skin, no gold picotee, not that she.s unattractive she.s really
quite lovely in an un-anomalous fertile lacy sort of way; radiating pink or blue depending on the
mood, her petite domes are ringed with large outer florets.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'PIA' ......................................... G - 1@$29.00

Very dwarf, the smallest Hydrangea we grow, only 1-2' tall, pink flowers in round heads we even
have a heavily pruned one in a trough (I can see the purists cringing).

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'SHINONOMEI' ................ BAP - 1@$29.00

One of Heronswood's new Japanese introductions with double sterile florets, pink to blue
depending on pH. Dan thinks highly of it, as do we, more hype to come when we have built
larger stocks.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'TIARA' .............................. BAP - 1@$29.00

Raised by Maurice foster of Kent in 1990 with blue to pink lacecap flowers and a distinctive
feddish purple foliage that becomes mor prominent in autumn.

HYDRANGEA MACROPHYLLA SERRATA 'YAE-NO-AMACHA' ......... BAP- 1@$29.00

Many layers sweet tea, well, the name will never beat dark nipples in a popularity contest but
the plant is fantastic and you actually can make sweet tea out of the leaves. The 10 amacha
cultivars apparently lack the toxin hydrangin a cyanogenic glycoside, hence the yae. Maybe it.s
best just to pour it on Buddha.s statue on April 8. , 'Yae-no-Amacha' is a lacecap with double
pink sterile florets ringing the small heads of fertile flowers. Yet another of the fantastic
Hydrangeas that have become available through Dan.s efforts, I doubt Heronswood still lists it.

HYDRANGEA PANICULATA 'THE SWAN' ................................................... G - 1@$29.00

Another fantastic introduction courtesy of Spring Meadow, 'The Swan' has by far the largest
individual florets (photo.s of a single flower the size of the palm of your hand will definitely get
your attention) of any Hydrangea we have ever seen. Picture a Hydrangea crossed to Davidia
and you get the general idea.

HYDRANGEA QUERCIFOLIA 'SIKES DWARF ' .......................................... G - 1@$29.00

A Louisiana Nursery introduction it has been fairly slow here, it is reported to only grow 2.5. high
however I suspect it will get bigger,

HYDRANGEA SEEMANII .................................................................................. G - 1@$29.00

A great stump the botanist plant, almost no one will guess Hydrangea (actually it is in section
Cornidia). The glossy thick textured leaves look more like an evergreen Magnolia than a
Hydrangea; this is supposed to climb by self-clinging stems but to date ours have remained
upright and shrub like with no hint of adventitious rootlets. Flowers are white in flat clusters, and
only produced on older plants; it can also be used as an evergreen ground cover in warmer
areas. Hinkley optimistically calls it zone 7, colder areas grow it in a tub and winter it frost free, I
can believe it would do well as a house plant, its weird enough to make it worth the hassle of
hauling around.

HYPERICUM BALEARICUM ....................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

An evergreen shrub from the Balearic Islands that can reach 2m in the wild but is seldom half
that in gardens, tiny 1cm leathery leaves and large yellow flowers to 4cm wide.

HYPERICUM BUCKLEII .................................................................................... G - 1@$24.00

Deciduous shrublet to 30cm or so with blue-green leaves and solitary one inch yellow flowers,
native to Georgia and North Carolina, in mountain habitats.

HYPERICUM 'HIDCOTE' .............................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

'Hidcote' is something of a mystery but the current thinking has it (H. calycinum x H.
cyathiflorum 'Gold Cup'), it tends to be something of a dieback shrub here but the 3.. yellow
flowers are produced on new wood and it never fails to bloom heavily. A spectacular plant,
flowering heavily in late spring and early summer and sporadically until frost.

HYPERICUM FRONDOSUM „SUNBURST. .............................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A Dick Lighty Mt. Cuba selection, with bluish semi-evergreen leaves and a long succession of
yellow powderpuff flowers that age to an unusual orange shade; it is a drought tolerant shrub
eventually reaching 3.. I love this one, and for the most part, I find Hypericum not worth a
second glance.


HYPERICUM KALMIANUM .......................................................................... SP - 1@$19.00

Originally from Tony, it is native around the Great Lakes, Dick considers it rather choice.

HYPERICUM LISSOPHLOEUS .................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

A rare shrubby plant or small tree to 10. in height that we got from Woodlanders. It has a
graceful semi-weeping habit with needle like evergreen leaves and coppery exfoliating bark,
with typical yellow Hypericum flowers. I suspect it will be tender here but should be fantastic a
bit farther south however you never know until you try it outdoors. There are other Florida Sand
Hills plants that it grows near that are indeed hardy here.

HYPERICUM MOSERANUM TRICOLOR ..................................................... G. -1@ $19.00

We seem to be acquiring a lot of variegated stuff lately, but this stands out as one of the best,
rates a 10 on the eye-catching scale.

HYPERICUM PSEUDOHENRYI ..................................................................... G. -1@ $19.00

A Chinese species related to forrestii, presumadly it looks a bit like henryi. It magically appeared
on our inventory and I have no idea where it came from. One of Dicks little jokes perhaps.

ILEX CRENATA 'BEEHIVE' ........................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

A compact male clone selected at Rutgers from over 21,000 sister seedlings it is an outstanding
plant forming an dense mound a bit wider than tall.

ILEX HYBRID „AUTUMN GLOW „ .............................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

I. verticillata x I. serrata; more erect than „Harvest Red., 20 year old plants was 10. x 12., red
fruits persist into winter.

ILEX HYBRID 'ROCK GARDEN' ................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Glossy holly leaves on tiny plants, popular with discriminating gardeners and small enough for
larger troughs, ex Rutgers.

ILEX HYBRID „SPARKLEBERRY. ............................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

An outstanding plant introduced by the National Arboretum with 3/8” brilliant red fruits that can
persist until March; it is distinctly upright and can reach 15. at maturity. The verticillata x serrata
crosses can usually be distinguished from pure verticillata by the plum purple new growth.

ILEX VOMITORIA 'STOKES DWARF' ...................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

The sight of this won.t make you puke unless of course you really hate dwarf Hollies. It is really
a neat little plant, apparently much hardier than the species that has survived for many years in
Punnett.s garden (it was buried for a time by other plants), eventually growing 18” tall by 3' wide.

ILEX VERTICILLATA 'SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN' ............................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

What kind of a gentleman is this, boinking both of the winter sisters? That whole red and gold
ménage a twa with „Sparkleberry. is just to strange and the Neil Young bullwhip Cacapon (isn.t
that some kind of a castrated chicken) thing is just altogether too weird.

ILEX VERTICILLATA 'SUNSPLASH' ........................................................... G. -1@ $24.00

A female clone with respectable berry set and splashy golden variegation. I suspect this could
throw some excellent edged forms eventually.

ILEX VERTICILLATA 'WINTER GOLD' .................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A branch sport of winter red fruit is yellowish tinged with pinkish orange, a good grower and free
fruiting (I wrote this last year and am just too lazy to rewrite it in keeping with the sex among the
Ilex theme).

INDIGOFERA HETERANTHA ........................................................................ G.- 1@ $24.00

Mojmir.s collections from 2300 m in the Kulu Valley in India, showy racemes of bright purple
flowers in 1-2m tall shrubs. It has proven hardy at the Arnold Arb and Dirr gives it rave reviews,
despite the fact or perhaps because most who see it have no earthly idea what it is.

ITEA VIRGINICA 'MERLOT' .......................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

Itea Virginica 'Merlot' features fragrant white flowers in June and red fall color resembling
French red wine. Compact dwarf only growing to 3-3.5' tall.

ITEA VIRGINICA 'SARAH EVE' .................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

It.s main claim to fame are the pink sepals and pedicels, however the petals are white. Fall color
is not outstanding nor is the hardiness, of interest primarily to breeders seeking a pink flowered
Itea.

ITEA VIRGINICA SHIRLEY'S COMPACTA' ........................................... S. P. -1@ $29.00

A tiny witches broomy thing congested enough for a trough, flowers aren.t much but the bun is
cool. It was discovered by Shirley Speight from the Biltmore estate.

JASMINUM BEESIANUM ........................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $24.00

A deciduous climbing vine from Western China with small clusters of fragrant pinkish red flowers
followed by black berrylike fruits; its pretty and besides I like things beesianum.

JASMINUM FRUTICANS HARDY ............................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

This is a hardy form from Toni Reznecek, terminal cymes of up to 5 yellow flowers; fruticans is
native to Asia Minor and Southern Europe,

JASMINUM NUDIFLORUM ......................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Winter blooming vine, it's mostly hardy here, very fragrant yellow flowers on bare stems.

JASMINUM NUDIFLORUM 'MYSTIQUE' VARIEGATED ..................... SP.- 1@ $19.00

Lovely delicate plant, the tiny leaves are neatly emargined in white the only thing this winter
flowering gem lacks is a strong scent. It should be hardy here in protected sites.

JASMINUM PARKERI .................................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

Evergreen shrub 6" high with an 18" spread, tangled mass of fine greenish stems, tubular yellow
flowers are generally produced in June this needs a protected site to survive.

KALOPANAX PICTUS ( SEPTEMLOBUS) .............................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

An excellent large tropical looking shade tree, hardy to zone 4 and reaching up to 90. in height.
Flowers are typical of many members of the Araliaceae, white in small clusters grouped to form
2. terminal panicles which are displayed well above the foliage, and are loved by bees. Fruits
are a small black drupe which the birds quickly devour. The leaves are huge and Castor Bean-
like hence the common name Castor Aralia, the forms with more notched leaves are often
referred to as septempoba, the genus is monotypic which automatically raises it several notches
on the desirability scale. Does anyone know of a variegated form?

KARWINSKIA SP. ........................................................................................ S. P.- 1@ $15.00

A really cute alpine laurel (Rhamnaceae) from Alan Bradshaw, compact leathery foliage and
large red flowers followed by clusters of purplish black berries, these are extremely cute and
should make a great small shrub for a trough when young although they will eventually outgrow
it and need to. These were collected at 7000. so they should be reasonably hardy.

KERRIA JAPONICA VARIEGATA PROSTRATE FORM ...................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Floppy picta, floppy disk, I was going somewhere with this but the thought has left me. Use your
imagination if you come up with something creative I.ll put it in next years catalog.

KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA FASTIGIATA ..................................... S. P.- 1@ $15.00

An upright form of Golden rain tree, perfect in small gardens that can.t accomedate the normal
wide spreading form

LABURNUM ALPINUM ................................................................................ S. P.- 1@ $15.00

Scotch laburnum is the most cold hardy species with 10-15 inch pendant clusters of yellow
flowers. Try twining a wisteria up the trunk for the weeping U of M effect

LABURNUM ANAGYROIDES ..................................................................... S. P.- 1@ $15.00

Native to the mountains of southern Europe anagyroides has yellow pea-flowers in pendulous
racemes 10–30 cm (4–12 in) long in spring, which makes them very popular garden trees. In L.
anagyroides the racemes are 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long, with densely packed flowers.

LEPTODERMIS OBLONGA ....................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $35.00

A Daphne by another name, outstanding small shrub, with long tubed, pink flowers produced for
months, one of our stock plants in the greenhouse was in bloom for over 10 months
continuously. Hardy outside, it makes a low shrub that suckers moderately. Yet another of the
seemingly endless supply of wonders that Punnett keeps showing up with, much talked about
here. Even Peter Erskine had never seen it. This form appears to be a dwarf clone, I was
promised a cutting of the tall form that is described in the literature but it has yet to materialize.

LESPEDEZA THUNBERGII DWARF ........................................................ BAP.- 1@ $35.00

Japanese arching shrub, wonderful for its late season bloom and nice fall color on compact
plants.

LIGUSTRUM SINENSIS .VARIEGATUM. .............................................. BAP.- 1@ $35.00

I'm not a big fan of Privet (I grew them to feed my saturnid moths) but Hinkley spoke highly of
this and he's right the variegation is outstanding and sinensis is noted for its abundantly
produced fragrant flowers.

LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA ...................................................................... G.- 1@ $35.00

A nearly monotypic genus related to Magnolia, Tulip Trees are ancient with one species in the
U.S. and one in China, these can approach 200. in height with an immense girth. It is one of our
most spectacular native trees. The flowers are lovely but so high on mature trees that they are
often overlooked. We like it as a food plant for tulip tree silk moths and Promethia as well as
Tiger Swallowtail.

LONICERA CRASSIFOLIA SEH085 ............................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

Steve Hootman from the Rhododendron Species Foundation collected this in China; it forms a
dense prostrate evergreen mat of tiny round dark green fleshy leaves which is smothered in
masses of white flowers that age golden and are followed by blue berries. Its very different from
any other Lonicera we have seen and has a high cute quotient.

LONICERA FRAGRANTISSIMA ................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

Winter Honeysuckle from Northern China, extremely fragrant lemon scented flowers, one of the
first shrubs to bloom. From Hammer, who always likes to extend the gardening season, -
considered one of the most fragrant woody shrubs.

LONICERA HENRYI DJHC 070 ................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A scandent evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub from China, with glossy oblong leaves and
maroon/yellow bilabiate flowers followed by black fruits. This really stood out at Spring Meadow,
after walking for hours through greenhouse after greenhouse it takes something cool to break
the plant zombie trance. Lonicera henryi zapped us from a distance.

LONICERA HETEROTRICHA ..................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A rare species (its listed in the Tadjikistan red data book of rare and endangered plants) these
are surely not in western cultivation we grew these from Jurasek.s wild collected seed I can.t tell
you much. Hell I can.t even come up with a good hairy hetero joke.

LONICERA NITIDA 'LEMON BEAUTY' .................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Nitida is a somewhat tender plant often confused with Lonicera pileata, the boxwood like leaves
of 'Lemon Beauty' are neatly edged in yellow, this may be the prettiest of the various nitida
clones we have grown over the years.

LONICERA NITIDA 'TWIGGY' .................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Bears little resemblance to the skinny flat chested model, which is fine by me.

LONICERA PILEATA 'SILVER BEAUTY' VARIEGATED ..................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Absolutely the coolest honeysuckle, tiny little leaves each perfectly edged in silvery white, this
year plants will be small. Dick has been cutting it to the bone because everyone who has seen it
begs.

LONICERA STANDISHII ................................................................................. G.- 1@ $19.00

A fragrant winter blooming Chinese species that has been in cultivation since 1845 but still
remains rare. It will hybridize with Lonicera fragrantissima. Although considered semi evergreen
it is generally deciduous here; these are courtesy of Langhammer who collects plants that
bloom at odd seasons.

LONICERA STENANTHA ............................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Jurasek collected this medium sized fine textured species from a scree in the Tien Shan at
2200m. It will eventually grow 80-150cm tall with creamy flowers followed by large blue-black
berries. Stenantha is apparently new to cultivation and should prove a good garden specimen.

MORE LONICERA ............................................................ IN THE VINE SECTION

LOROPETALUM CHINENSE ....................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A Chinese Witch Hazel relative fragrant flowers usually creamy white but can range to pink
shades ours are from seed and may produce anything but the ones that flowered last year were
mostly cream. Hardiness varies all over the place depending on whom you read; the exfoliating
bark on mature specimens is most attractive.

MAACKIA AMURENSIS ............................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Native to Mandchuria this small ornamental tree is related to cladastris foliage is clean, and
being a pea it fixes it.s own nitrogen but it still is rather slow growing eventually reaching 45. and
wider than tall. The late summer flowers are creamy and fragrant in erect clusters.

MAESA JAPONICA .......................................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

An obscure thing that Punnett got as a cutting from Mike Lehman years ago, it is on the tender
side and has set flower buds for the first time this fall. The foliage is attractive enough on its own
and who knows maybe it will turn out to be showy, if anyone has a photo let me know.

MAGNOLIA KOBUS V. BOREALIS .............................................................. G.- 1@ $29.00

A Japanese species that can grow to 80. in height and is absolutely covered with flower in
spring, perhaps the most cold hardy of any magnolia, it is slow to reach flowering age but more
than worth the wait. Stick a few out in the fencerows for the grandkids to appreciate.

MAGNOLIA KOBUS V STELLATA 'EDWARD A. KEHR' ........................ G.- 1@ $35.00

A chromosome doubled version of the outstanding tetraploid Magnolia kobus v. stellata „Two
stones. fast growing and large leaved for a stellata to the best of our knowledge this is the only
octoploid Magnolia in cultivation every serious Magnolia collector will want it in his garden.

MAGNOLIA KOBUS VAR STELLATA 'KIKUZAKI' ............................................ G $29.00

A small shrubby plant that blooms profusely from an early age, 'Kikuzaki' has 2” light pink
flowers with 20-30 tepals. Its one of the first Magnolias to bloom and a favorite here.


MAGNOLIA LILIFLORA 'NIGRA' ................................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

Probably the hardiest cultivar of this long cultivated species, nigra dates back to Vietch in 1861.
Flowers are very dark on small trees to 15., while a bit tender flowers are produced rather late
and often miss the hard frosts. With careful placement, it.s growable here although not as hardy
as the soulangiana (liliflora x denudata) hybrids.

MAGNOLIA LILIFLORA ................................................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

Probably a seedling from nigra.

MAGNOLIA SIEBOLDII X MACROPHYLLA ............................................... G. -1@ $35.00

An unlikely cross, not surprisingly it is intermediate in leaf size. There is a photo up on the
website, flowers are like a huge sieboldii. This cross would be worth repeating with one of the
huge flowered clones of macrophylla and a good red stamened sieboldii.

MAGNOLIA TRIPETALA ............................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Exotic and tropical looking with leaves that rival macrophylla, flowers are white and up to 10”
across followed by ornamental seed heads on trees to 50.; despite the name tripetala has six or
more tepals, the name refers the three outer reflexed ones); seedlings from the spectacular
specimen in Punnett.s garden.

MAGNOLIA VIRGINIANA ............................................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

Cuttings from our deciduous clone of virginiana in the front garden, a nice early blooming form
that has never taken any damage despite its somewhat exposed placement. Scent is hard to
define but I am particularly fond of our clone.s strong lemony fragrance, which carries well in the
garden.

MAGNOLIA VIRGINIANA 'MOONGLOW' .................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

A semi-evergreen plant with a distinctive upright habit and excellent cold tolerance we are
struck by how clean the foliage always looks.

MAGNOLIA X BETTY ....................................................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

Another from the girl series, flowers deep purple red outside, white inside; plants are rather
large reaching 10-15..

MAGNOLIA X 'GALAXY' .................................................................................. G. -1@ $29.00

Upright, almost columnar in habit, this would make it a natural for Elkins, or anyone else with a
crowded city lot, it flowers young and produces great quantities of 8-9” rich reddish purple
flowers.

MAGNOLIA X 'GOLD STAR' ........................................................................... G. -1@ $35.00

The late Phil Savage (Phil died from West Nile complications) crossed Magnolia acuminata
„Miss honeybee x magnolia stellata „Rubra. to produced this wonderful plant. Its fast growing, as
much as 2. per year, with the habit of an open growing stellata. The 4” yellow star like flowers
appear before the leaves, which unfurl bronze red, and change to green as they mature.

MAGNOLIA X KEWENSIS 'WADA'S MEMORY' ........................................ G. -1@ $29.00

Kewensis is the grex for the cross kobus x salicifolia, Wada has been around since 1959 and is
a classic, precocious flowering with 7” white flowers and new leaves that emerge red and
gradually change to green. This will eventually become a large tree.

MAGNOLIA X 'LEONARD MESSEL' .............................................................. G -1@ $29.00

Thought to be the result of crossing kobus with stellata rosea, Colonel Messel.s plant has dark
purple buds composed of 12-15 tepals opening 6” wide, dark purplish pink outside and white
inside. Its been around since the fifties and is something of a classic; Dirr considers it one of the
truly great Magnolias and is particularly fond of its lovely fragrance.

MAHOBERBERIS NEUBERTII ..................................................................... G. - 1@ $35.00

A weird bigeneric cross between Mahonia aquifolium and Berberis vulgaris produced in France
in 1854. Dirr was a trifle too hard on it, if find myself strangely drawn to the open spiny leaved
silhouette. Ours have never flowered but the semi evergreen what the hell is that foliage
qualifies it for garden space.

MARGYRICARPUS PINNATUS HCM 98192 ......................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Hinkley collected this from the dunes on Chiloe Is., Chile. It makes a cute little twiggy ground
cover with attractive white berries. Unlike so much of the South American temperate flora, this
has proven easy and not disease prone.

MORUS ALBA 'ITSOGUMA' .......................................................................... G.- 1@ $19.00

AKA Morus alba „Nuclear Blast.. Actually this came to us as 'Itsoguma' but seems
indistinguishable from plants we have seen as „Nuclear Blast. with incredibly twisted thread
foliage that resembles Betula pendula „Trost.s Dwarf„ more than a Mulberry. It may foreshadow
future plant introductions from several places in the Middle East if the “Nuke em till they glow
and shoot em in the dark” faction has its way.

MORUS ALBA 'NUCLEAR BLAST' ........................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Its The Sum of All Our Fears, we can.t tell this apart from 'Itsoguma' but just in case we have
kept them separate and while we are on the subject of mass weapons here.s a troubling
question. Do you really need a Krytron to trigger one, or is a fast high current solid-state switch
good enough if you pay attention to the wire lengths going to the compression charges; and how
hard can it be to build a gas centrifuge, export restrictions would seem to be useless?

MORUS RUBRA SUPER DWARF EX TONY ........................................... S. P. -1@ $49.00

A witches broom off of red mulberry found by Tony Reznicek. It is incredibly tiny and slow and
perfect for the rock garden, these are year old cuttings not grafts so be prepared to spend some
time growing them on. This is there first commercial offering and supplies are limited.

MORUS ALBA 'PAPER DOLLS' ................................................................. S. P. -1@ $35.00

A beautiful variegated form this is sadly tender here but lovely as a conservatory plant, the
variegation is outstanding.

NANDINA DOMISTICA V CAPILLUS 'TAMA SHISHI' ........................... SP. -1@ $24.00

Another compact mutation from Japan although this one at least has leaves and looks a bit
more conventional, a tight bun covered in glossy reddish green leaves.

NEILLIA AFFINIS ............................................................................................. G.- 1@ $19.00

Introduced from China in 1908, Neillias are rosaceous shrubs rather similar in general
appearance to Physocarpus with typical racemes of pink flowers in spring.

ORIXIA JAPONICA ...................................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $49.00

A strange monotypic Rutaceous shrub that is native to Japan and Korea. We are hopeless; if it
is monotypic, we grow it. I lusted after it in the hope that Giant Swallowtails who eat only
Rutaceous plants would find it attractive. I was thrilled when the Royal Botanic Gardens in
Hamilton offered cuttings, Punnett casually pointed out that he had grown it for years but never
thought it worthy of propagating. This sort of thing will make you crazy. However, I have a new
quest now, there is a cream edged variegated form, if anyone happens to grow it give us a call.

OSMANTHUS 'GULFTIDE' .............................................................................. G. -1@ $29.00

One of the hardiest clones with extremely glossy solid green foliage heavily spined at the leaf
margins; it is supposed to be compact however Dirr reports it can reach 15..

X OSMAREA BURKWOODII ......................................................................... SP. -1@ $19.00

A rare bigeneric cross between Osmanthus delavayi and Phillyrea vilmoriniana made before
1919 by Burkwood and Skipworth in England, milky white flowers are fragrant in axillary clusters
of 5-7, foliage is glossy and evergreen.

PAULOWNIA TOMENTOSA ......................................................................... 2G.- 1@ $29.00

Dragon tree is highly prized for its wood in the orient, it can grow to 75. in just 15-18 years if left
un-pruned but in the U.S. it is generally coppiced (cut to the ground each year). It will then
produce a shoot with immense 3-4. wide leaves, reaching 20. in a single season. Planted near a
house it is supposed to attract the Phoenix and bring good luck (don.t tempt fate plant one just
to be on the safe side). It flowers young often in as few as three years if fertilized well, big
clusters of lavender centered white foxglove flowers. The wood is highly prized in Japan and
China. Empress Tree is traditionally planted when a daughter is born and cut to make a dowry
box when she marries. It is probably the most asked about tree in our display gardens.

PAXISTIMA CANBYI NANA ......................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A creeping member of the Celastracaea, grown primarily as a groundcover for shaded areas, it
may not be stunning but anything is better than Vinca this is the Siskiyou clone.

TREE PEONIES .................................... SEE PERENNIAL LISTING

PETTERIA RAMENTACEAE ...................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $24.00

Yet another monotypic genus, Petteria is related to Laburnum, differing primarily in the upright
racemes of fragrant yellow flowers, cultivation is as for Cytisus, judging by the black and white
photo in Krussman this should be quite showy.

PHILADELPHUS X 'BURKWOODII' .......................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

„Etoile Rose. X „Virginal. developed by Burkwood in England in 1929, the moderately fragrant
flowers resemble Clematis montana but with a pinkish basal blotch.

PHILADELPHUS CORONARIA „VARIEGATA. ........................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

This is another of the fantastically variegated new plants we have been madly working to
propagate and finally have enough to list; very broad snow-white emargined leaves. Who cares
about the fragrant white flowers?

PHIL. DELAVAYI VAR PURPURESCENS DJHC 98087 ......................... G.- 1@ $24.00

Perhaps the showiest of the genus but alas far from the hardiest I plan to try one outside next
spring but even if it is hardy I will probably never see flowers which are snow white with reddish
purple calyx and stems.

PHILADELPHUS 'INNOCENCE' .................................................................... G.- 1@ $19.00

Very different from the above, the variegation here is of the irregular splashy sort, however the
main attraction is the fragrance. 'Innocence' may be the most heavily scented of all the
Mockoranges.

PHILADELPHUS LEWISII 'SNOW VELVET' ............................................ S.P. -1@ $19.00

A repeat bloomer selected from the Cascade Mountains, Tim Woods spoke so highly of this that
we decided we simply had to acquire it. He rates it by far the best mockorange.

PHILADELPHUS X LEMOINEI 'MANTEAU D' HERMINE' .................... S.P. -1@ $19.00

Low mounds covered with myriads of creamy white fragrant double flowers, this is one of the
best.

PHOTINA VILLOSA H&S 92 424 ............................................................ BAP.- 1@ $35.00

A Chinese and Korean species in the large shrub small tree size range it is quite hardy and
easy to please.

PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS „DART'S GOLD. ................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

No connection to the local Styrofoam Billionaire I used to work for, thank god. A nice plant
despite the name, its gold fading to lime green as the season progresses.

PHYSOCARPUS OP. 'DIABLO SEEDLINGS YELLOW LEAF' ............. S. P. -1@ $19.00

We raised a group of open pollinated seedlings from Diablo, the pollen parent may have been
Diablo or Dart.s Gold or possibly Summer Wine, or all three from this batch we have sorted out
two groups. This one with greenish gold foliage and the following.

PHYSOCARPUS OP 'DIABLO SEEDLINGS PURPLE LEAF' .............. BAP. -1@ $24.00

More seedlings from the above cross, these have leaves in various shades of purple. Yours to
name, they make great gifts, everyone wants a one of a kind plant in their garden.

PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS 'SUMMER WINE' ................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

A miniature version of „Diablo.. A result of Spring Meadows uncontrolled cross between Diablo
and a dwarf form of opulifolius, compact growing with excellent dark purple leaves. It is the best
Physocarpus currently in the nursery trade (Dale has a couple sister seedlings that are every bit
as nice if not nicer).

PLATANUS X 'BLOODGOOD' ................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $39.00

London Planetree is a large tree to 85. that becomes more spreading than pyramidal as it ages.
It tolerates dry soil and is resistant to the anthracnose that afflicts Sycamore. The main
ornamental trait is the patchy bark. The patches range from creamy-white to olive-green. The
tree is a hybrid whose parents are P. occidentalis and P. orientalis.

PLATYCRATER ARGUTA ................................................................................. G 1@ $29.00

Great name, imagine a silvery platypus smashed flat by a meteor, got a mental image, well
chuck it, this is different, more like a cross between a Hydrangea and a Deutzia. A monotypic,
(can you believe it) Hydrangea relative from Shikoku, with flat clusters of four petaled white
flowers, the fertile ones with a powderpuff of yellow stamens in the center.

POLYGALA ................................................................ SEE PERENNIAL SECTION

PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA 'FLYING DRAGON SEEDLINGS' ................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

These are seedlings raised from Langhammer.s tree, all show varying degrees of contortion.
Out of the hundreds of seedlings in this batch there were 12 nearly identical incredibly tiny
genetic dwarfs. We plan to introduce these twelve clones in a few years if we manage to
propagate them. We suspect some of their siblings may carry this gene as a recessive and urge
you to grow a few and criss cross them. I suspect Hammer would send pollen if you want to do
a back cross. We also selected a single variegated seedling for future introduction. Poncirus can
be sheared into tall impenetrable hedges so tough you can actually walk on top of them. I see a
great wall of citrus, complete with gun turrets to protect against marauding deer.

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA „ABBOTTSWOOD. ................................... BAP.- 1@ $24.00

Considered one of the best white clones with excellent disease resistance and abundant pure
white flowers produced over an extended season on low compact plants.

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA 'BEAR TOOTH PASS' .............................. BAP.- 1@ $24.00

A dwarf Siskiyou selection with good sized yellow flowers, choice enough for the larger rock
garden.

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA 'CASCADE CUSHION' ............................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Rick Lupp.s dwarf selection from the Cascades, it is one of the best dwarf forms we have seen
and ideal for rock garden or edging use.


POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA „HOLLANDIA GOLD. ................................ BAP.- 1@ $24.00

A low mounded plant with large dark yellow flowers

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA 'KATHERINE DYKES' .............................. BAP.- 1@ $24.00

No jokes about dykes or Catherine the Great, of course that thing with the swans, or was it
stallions, is tempting, but no, I'm still getting crap over that Isle of Lesbos thing. Whiter shade of
pale yellow flowers minus the vestal virgins.

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA „MT. TOWNSEND. ....................................... S.P. -1@ $19.00

An outstanding plant, it was originally collected on Mt. Townsend, and is one of the few double
forms of Potentilla fruticosa that have ever been found. This should make it of great interest not
only for its considerable ornamental value but also as a source of double genes for plant
breeders.

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA 'ORANGEADE' ................................................ G. -1@ $24.00

Mix with tequila for the perfect Potentilla sunset. That.s right, drink enough and you will love this
thing. Hell your entire garden will look great, even the weeds.

POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA „PRIMROSE BEAUTY. ............................ BAP.- 1@ $24.00

Small shrub having gray green foliage arching branches, & primrose yellow flowers from late
spring until frost.

PRUNUS DEPRESSA 'GUS MELQUIST' .................................................. S.P. -1@ $19.00

A creeping cherry courtesy of Punnett, this neat groundcover has white flowers and good red
fall color a sure cure for mild to moderate depression.

PRUNUS 'HALLY JOLIVETTE' .................................................................. BAP. -1@ $39.00

A complex hybrid this is P. subhirtella x P. x yedoensis backcrossed to P. subhirtella, made by
Karl Sax at the Arnold Arboretum in 1983. The 1 ¼” flowers are double, pink in bud opening
white. It is one of the most spectacular flowering cherries.

PRUNUS 'KOJO NO MAI' ........................................................................... S. P. -1@ $24.00

We got this as a gift and it has kicked around the nursery for years without being propagated,
(Dick is not a big fan of flowering cherries), however when it was in flower this spring he agreed
that it was indeed exceptional and worthy of whacking.

PRUNUS PADUS COLORATUS ................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

Dick cut this from Harry Elkins garden, it has stunning purple foliage all season long. In the
spring the 6” drooping racemes of light pink flowers are quite impressive. Given the general
popularity of flowering cherries I.m surprised that you so rarely encounter this plant.

PRUNUS SUBHIRTELLA PENDULA ............................................................... G 1@ $39.00

A widely grown weeping cherry, there are multiple clones grown under this name as it comes
fairly true from seed. Mature plants are extremely impressive, and while these are small they
grow reasonably fast.

PRUNUS TENELLA ...................................................................................... BAP. -1@ $49.00

These are seeded but one look at the picture of 'Firehill' in the Rix book will show you their
potential, this is one of my favorite cherries.

QUERCUS CHRYSOLEPIS ......................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Canyon live oak makes a spectacular bonsai as well as a good garden specimen in many parts
of the country reaching 100. after 300years or so. Canyon Live Oak is found in the Coast
Ranges and Cascade Range of Oregon and in the Sierra Nevada in California. Realistically it is
zone 6-7 but Gary has a plant in the arboretum at Gee.s.

QUERCUS COCCINEA ................................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Scarlet oak, For fall color this oak is hard to beat, varies some from plant to plant but is indeed
scarlet, even our one year plants were brilliant this fall. Eventually reaching over 100. tall and
hardy to at least zone 4 it is a great oak.

QUERCUS ELLIPSOIDALIS ........................................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Northern Pin Oak occurs on dry, sandy, usually acidic soils, A midwestern native it can rival
scarlet oak for fall color.

QUERCUS FALCATA PAGODAFOLIA ..................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

The Cherrybark Oak tree, or swamp red oak, It is larger and better formed than southern red
oak and commonly grows on more moist sites.It has heavy strong wood which makes it an
excellent timber tree for furniture Many wild animals and birds use the acorns as food. This
tree is also a pleasant shade tree and fast growing.

QUERCUS GAMBELLII ................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Also known as Rocky Moutain White Oak. Small tree to 6 m (20 ft) tall, or a thicket-forming
shrub. Bark light gray, furrowed into scaly ridges. Leaves alternate, elliptical or oblong, deeply 7-
11 rounded-lobed about halfway to midvein, tapering to base, 5-15 cm (2-6 in) long and 3-8 cm
(1.2-3.1 in) wide, shiny dark green above, pale green and hairy below. Fruits are acorns
maturing in the first year, egg-shaped, about 15 mm (0.6 in) long, with cup covering about 1/3.

QUERCUS LOBATA ...................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Valley oak is a wstern sort of white oak, a beautiful tree that needs careful siting north of zone 7
to succeed, It is rather obscure in gardens (Dirr doesn.t list it). Lobata will eventually reach 35m
in height.

QUERCUS MONGOLICA ............................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Don.t bother checking Dirr for this one, it.s a big tree reaching 35m in height, just the thing for
your Berkut to perch in when hunting wolves from horseback (those suckers get heavy to carry
on your fist)

QUERCUS PRINUS ...................................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $69.00

Chestnut Oak (also commonly called Basket Oak, Rock Oak) is a medium to large sized
deciduous Oak of the White Oak group that typically grows 50-70. (less frequently to 100.) tall
with a rounded crown. It is native to wooded slopes in dry upland areas, often with poor soils,
from Maine to Indiana south to South Carolina and Alabama. It grows tallest in rich, well-drained
soils. Fruits are oval acorns (to 1 1/4” long) with warty cups that extend to approximately 1/2 the
acorn length. Obovate, coarsely-toothed, almost leathery leaves (to 7” long) are dark green
above and pubescent gray-green beneath.

QUERCUS ROBUR 'FASTIGIANA' ................................................................ G. -1@ $24.00

Want truffles but don.t have space for a wide spreading crown, we have you covered (pigs and
fungus not included). I think the fastigiate form of robur is one of the best columnar trees.
Picture a pair at your castle gates, or maybe just at the end of the driveway or entrance to your
garden.

QUERCUS ROBUR 'FASTIGIANA' X BICOLOR .................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

From the same cross that produced regal prince these are mostly columner and we expect them
to be extremely fast growing as much as two or three feet a year if happy.

QUERCUS ROBUR X ALBA ........................................................................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

I don.t know if you can grow truffles under these but they will make imposing specimens, take a
look at old white oaks and Truffle oaks and think what a bit of hybrid vigor could do.

QUERCUS EX „REGAL PRINCE ................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Seedlings from this narrow fastigiate robur x bicolor cross they look very narrow. and should be
fast growing and mildew resistant.

QUERCUS VETULINA .................................................................................. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Black oak is native here, reaching over 100., they are popular nest trees for red tailed hawks
and scratchy things to climb.

RHAMNUS FRANGULA 'FINELINE' ......................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

An apparently sterile form with lovely ferny foliage and a dense upright columnar habit, it is
great for screens and hedges or just as a landscape accent.

RHAMNUS PALLASI #264 ........................................................................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Mojmir Pavelka collected this extremely slow growing species from sunny stony slopes near
Tortum, Turkey at 1,700m, after countless years. It can produce a 1.5m-gnarled spiny bush with
short linear leaves and black fruits.

RHAMNUS THYMIFOLIUS .............................................................................. G. -1@ $29.00

Only a single seed from Piatek.s 1997 collection germinated but its a winner. A bonsai shrublet
with small thyme like foliage its taken us a while to propagate enough to list and the wait has
been worth it.

RHODODENDRON KOTSCHYI ................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Nearly extinct in the wild this European Rhododendron is similar to hirsutum, 1m; from Punnett
of course and despite it.s rarity in the wild we find it by far the easiest of the European
Rhododendrons to grow. It.s free flowering with exceptionally clean foliage and seems to be
more lime tolerant than R. ferrugineum.

RHODOTYPOS SCANDENS ............................................................................ G. -1@ $19.00

For some reason we always seem to forget to cut this, it.s rosaceous and native to China and
Japan bearing 2”, 4 petaled white flowers (unusual in the Rosacaea) followed by terminal
clusters of 4 jet black shining fruits that persist until the following summer. Strangely ignored by
plant breeders I know of no named cultivars.

RIBES ALPINUM AUREUM ....................................................................... BAP - 1@ $29.00

A slow growing form with golden foliage in spring that gradually fades to yellowish green, it was
found in Belgium around 1878. Krussman who is notoriously conservative in his hardiness
assessments ranks this as zone 2 hardy.

RIBES ALPINUM 'GREEN MOUND' ........................................................ BAP - 1@ $29.00

A good compact mounded form with very clean foliage from Synnesveldt Nursery; this is a male
form lacking berries with racemes of 20-30 yellowish flowers in spring.

RIBES GORDONIANUM ................................................................................. SP. -1@ $19.00

Discovered in Ipswich England in 1837, it is apparently a chance hybrid between Ribes
odoratum and Ribes sanguineum flowers reddish yellow in racemes followed by edible black
fruit.

RIBES SANGUINEUM 'HANNAMANS WHITE' .......................................... G. -1@ $19.00

A good white selection of this most ornamental of currents, this aromatic Western American
native is garden worthy though a bit marginal here.

ROSA .SI. EX JACQUES ................................................................................. G. -1@ $24.00

Actually, I gave this to Jacques originally but was forced to beg back a piece years later after
the bunnies grazed mine into oblivion. Bred by Pedro Dot of Spain and introduced in 1957, this
rose is still regarded as being "the world's smallest rose". Breeding: 'Perla de Montserrat' X
('Anny' X 'Tom Thumb')

ROSTRINCULA DEPENDENS GUIZ 18 ........................................................ G. -1@ $19.00

A weird and obscure little dwarf shrub related to Elsholtzia with 5” pendulous racemes of
fragrant lavender flowers on dwarf 3. plants this was collected by the Sino-British expedition to
Guizho Provence.

RUBUS ARCTICUS ........................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Zone 1 hardy, if there is such a thing, this little pink flowered creeping blackberry is cool, in the
literal sense. Its a refined little bramble and quite easy to please, considering it comes from the
great white north. For good fruit set even kinky hermaphroditic sex helps, however this birds and
bee.s stuff works best when there are plenty of bees.

RUBUS HENRYI VAR. BAMBUSARUM ....................................................... G. -1@ $19.00

Hinkley calls it extremely hardy and rates it a zone 4 while Krussman considers it zone 7. That
is precisely why we dislike zone maps. A scandent species from the bamboo forests of Hueph
Province; flowers are pink and berries are black and typical but other than that its very unrubus-
like. Looking more like the bamboo it grows with. (Lamarckian evolution? It.s more plausible
than the creationists, but I.ll stick with Darwin).

RUBUS HIMALAICUS .................................................................................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A excellent low growing plant, Dick and Jacques have been passing it around of late. It is rarely
offered but well worth growing, himalaicus is our favorite dwarf Rubus. The lush green crinkled
foliage makes a superb mat. It is an excellent non-weedy ground cover that deserves much
wider attention.

RUBUS ODORATUS 97NO11W EX BEAL GARDEN ................................ G. -1@ $19.00

Flowers are among the best in the genus 2” fragrant pink roses, this Appalachian native is one
of my favorites. It has been slow for us which is a good thing at least when it comes to Rubus,
these are a Beal clone.

RUBUS SPECTABILIS 'OLYMPIC DOUBLE' .............................................. G. -1@ $19.00

Double pink rose flowers are unrivaled, followed by normal looking and most delicious salmon
berries. This was collected on the Olympic Peninsula back in 1963, its a great plant but give it
plenty of room.

RUSCUS ACULEATUS 'WHEELER'S VARIETY' ................................. BAP.- 1@ $39.00

Everyone needs a hermaphroditic Butchers broom, but cuttings don.t root and we feared we
would never produce enough to list, hacking to pieces with a machete did the trick, and now you
too can sample this perverse pleasure. Wicked evergreen spine tipped cladophyls (pseudo-
leaves) clothe the naked photosynthetic stems rendering a semblance of normalcy, until the
twisted hermaphroditic flowers burst forth from their cladophyll prison, pregnancy follows this
depraved act and soon luscious round firm red fruits erupt obscenely from the center of each
leaf. According to Dirr its shade tolerant, or perhaps such evil can.t stand the full light of day.

SALIX ALBA 'BABALONICA' .................................................................... BAP - 1@ $35.00

Cuttings from the huge specimen at Gee.s, it looks ancient but actually was planted when Gary
and Kay got married. It is a landmark and too big to be bulldozed, if you haven.t seen Gee.s
lately you will be amazed. Gary bulldozed masses of big stuff from the fields and built a huge
waterfall and stream which will extend the arboretum to the South. The entire store has been
flattened to make room for the new building, it looks great.


SALIX ARCTICA ........................................................................................... BAP. -1@ $29.00

Silvery-gray upright bushes, provide a nice foliage accent, and butterfly foodplant. Left un-
pruned they will rapidly grow into a large shrub ideal for informal hedges and such.

SALIX CAPREA „FRENCH PINK PUSSY. .............................................. BAP - 1@ $29.00

Hey, that.s what the tag said, and who could pass up „French Pink Pussy., certainly not the
Nymphalids who love to eat it. They even spend the winter snug in a silken tube inside it. If you
are not into butterflies you can always cut branches in mid winter and watch the fuzzy catkins
swell and burst open prematurely. Over the years the springy branches have been used for
baskets and caning chairs not to mention some kinkier caning as well.

SALIX CINEREA TRICOLOR ..................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Another variegated form with streaky variegation it only shows tricolor during cool weather and
tends to green out in summer.

SALIX INTEGRA 'HAKURU NISHIKI' .................................................... BAP.- 1@ $35.00

Probably the most beautiful of all the variegated willows the young foliage is pink and cream
aging to green, an incredible plant (see Wayside catalog photo); however it needs to be pruned
hard and sheared frequently to encourage new flushes of growth through the season.

SALIX LAPPONICUM ................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Lapland willow is a widespread and variable thing, ranging from Europe to the Altai and
anywhere from carpeting to a meter and a half tall. These are on the shorter side of things.

SALIX PENTANDRA ........................................................................................ G.- 1@ $24.00

Commonly known in Europe as Laurel Willow. We saw this in Dale.s garden at Spring Meadow
this fall and we were amazed at how clean the foliage was that late in the season, tropical
looking leathery deep green laurel like leaves are the main feature although the catkins can be
up to 5cm long.

SALIX PURPUREA 'CANYON BLUE' ...................................................... BAP. -1@ $29.00

Bluish leaves in summer and purple stems in winter, an improved selection of the Alaskan Blue
Willow, more compact but still needs to be pruned quite hard to look its best.

SALIX REPENS VAR. ARGENTIA .......................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A silvery leaved plant, its too large for the rock garden, and hardly resembles the Ionia form
listed below, but still is very attractive in its place.

SALIX REPENS IONIA FORM ........................................................................ G. -1@ $29.00

Essentially a smaller version of „Boyd.s Pendula., very compact and flattened, a male clone
forming a circle of gold when in flower.

SALIX ROSMARINIFOLIUS (S. ELEAGNOS) ......................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

A large upright plant that can reach 9m in height with narrow gray Rosemary like leaves; it is a
very graceful species that is particularly attractive reflecting off a pond.

SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS 'LACINIATA' ............................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

One of the many cut-leaf Elders, the differences between which are rather subtle however, we
think we finally have the names correct, thanks to Tim Woods.

SINOCALYCANTHUS CHINENSIS ........................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Fairly new to horticulture as well as to science. This Chinese Calycanthus relative is
outstanding, big bold tropical looking foliage, huge Stewartia like white flowers, (Dick has a pink
seedling). It has already been crossed to the American Calycanthus floridus with spectacular
results.

SOLLYA HETEROPHYLLA ......................................................................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A strange Indo-Australian plant in the Pittosporacaea, nearly monotypic there being only one
other species. Heterophylla is a somewhat twining shrub that grows to 5. or so and bears
terminal cymes of blue flowers, definitely tender, but a cool tub specimen for the deck.

SOPHORA DAVIDII ....................................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Rare dwarf shrub, seedlings from Tony Reznecek plant, blue flowers. Dick speaks very highly of
it, as far as he's concerned it is the best Sophora species.

SOPHORA FLAVESCENS HC 970082 ..................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

An unusual species that behaves more like a sub shrubby perennial in our climate it is a dieback
that flowers on new wood producing cylindrical panicles if creamy yellow flowers on 3. stems.
There is currently a great deal of interest in Sophora flavescens as a medicinal species, extracts
from it have been shown to be affective against chronic pruritus (itching) and has been found
effective in hair growth. Both of these studies are apparently serious research not herbal
craziness.

SORBARIA SP. AFF. AITCHISONII EDHCH 97257 .................................... G.- 1@ $19.00

Another Heronswood collection, from Sichuan at 6,700., it looks more or less like all the rest, but
we are hopeless collectors and need them all. Wait a minute maybe I should rephrase that, how
about we have refined taste and appreciate the subtle differences of form and texture.

SORBARIA SORBIFOLIA ............................................................................... G.- 1@ $19.00

Picture a five to ten foot woody Astilbe with attractive dark green pinnate foliage that does
indeed resemble Mountain Ash, hence the name. It suckers to form large colonies and produces
masses of ten inch white Astilbe plumes in July and August when flowering shrubs are in short
supply. A wonderful False Spirea that is native from the Urals to Japan but all too infrequent in
gardens.

SPARTIUM JUNCEUM ................................................................................ BAP. -1@ $29.00

A spectacular yellow flowered broom from Spain and the Mediterranean region, it can reach 3m
or more in warmer areas, here it is a dieback at best although it makes a nice tub specimen for
decks if wintered with protection.

SPIREA BETULIFOLIA 'TOR' .................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Truth to tell I.m not all that taken with most Spirea, but this Scandinavian selection did stand out
from the crowd. Neat 2-3 foot mounds of deep green birch leaves, exceptional in their purple
autumn color and tightly packed clusters of snow-white flowers in spring combine to make one
of the best new Spireas.

SPIREA BULLATA „CRISPA. ...................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Very choice, the best dwarf species, tiny dense bushlet to 8", deep pink flowers, it is often
confused with Spirea x bumalda „Crispa. which is a much larger far inferior plant

SPIREA DECUMBENS ................................................................................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Compact prostrate spreading mounds are covered in foamy white baby.s breath flowers from
June to September; decumbens makes a great ground cover.

SPIREA FRITSCHIANA ('WILMA') 'PINK PARASOL' ......................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A new color for fritschiana, Tim Woods selected this outstanding pink spirea. The fluffy heads of
flowers are a bit reminiscent of queen of the prairie grafted onto 2-3. mounds of bluish green
foliage that turns spectacular shades of yellow-orange-red in autumn.

SPIREA JAPONICA 'FLAMING MOUND' ............................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Low spreading mounds of yellow foliage sprinkled with red new growth and aflame with clusters
of dark pink flowers, this puts on an impressive display in the garden. Flaming mounds, burning
bushes, talking burning bushes, (some think they talk to Bush which is a scary thought but rest
assured its just Karl Rove which is also scary to some.) Actually they are just telling you to sell
all your worldly goods and use the money to buy plants from Arrowhead. On the other hand, it is
possible to modulate a charged plasma and generate sound, and someone even attempted a
high frequency tweeter using this technology, perhaps Clark.s law applies.

SPIREA PRUNIFOLIA 'FLORA PLENA' .................................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

These came from Hinkley, who claims this is the true Bridal Wreath. Nomenclatural confusion
reigns with x vanhoutii and thunbergii, I didn.t attempt to sort things out trusting Dan to have it
right. Fully double pompom flowers disdained by lepidoptera. I mostly remember playing hide
and go seek behind foundation plantings of it as a kid and being eaten alive by mosquitoes,
everyone else seems fond of it including Fred Case, Even Dirr claims it an old favorite of his, but
goes on to say its open, coarse, straggly, leggy and over the hill, having no use in modern
gardens. This sort of reverse psychology is either very clever or incredibly stupid depending on
how much we sell.

SPIREA THUNBERGII 'FUJINO PINK' .................................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A delicate looking fine textured plant that produces masses of light pink flowers early in the
spring before the leaves emerge.

SPIREA THUNBERGII „MT. FUJI. ........................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

This looks to be a variegated form of Spirea thunbergii, with willow like variegated leaves, these
came to us from fanatic variegate collector Al Wojcik.

SPIREA VIRGINIANA ........................................................................................ G -1@ $24.00

A rare native Spirea, corymbs of white flowers atop meter high plants, it propagates easily from
seed or cuttings and should be more widely grown.

SPIREA X VANHOUTTEI 'PINK ICE' ........................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

S. triloba x S. cantoniensis, Vanhouttei is probably the most popular of all the Spireas and
normally would be a bit mundane for us, however „Pink Ice. did catch our eye, the leaves
emerge in spring mottled pink and white. This variegation does tend to green out in summer,
however its still worthy of garden space.

STACHYURUS PRAECOX AUREOVARIEGATA ........................................ G. -1@ $29.00

The variegation is excellent, deep green leaves with a broad creamy edge; this would be worth
growing for the foliage alone although the pendant racemes of yellow flowers in the very early
spring are always welcome. We consider it one of the finest flowering shrubs we grow.

STACHYURUS SALICIFOLIA ......................................................................... G. -1@ $29.00

Hardiness is untested here and I.m guessing it is on the tender side but published reports
indicate that it may be hardier than praecox. It is fantastic even as a winter bloomer in a cool
conservatory. The combination of willow like leaves and pendant racemes of flowers is a definite
winner.

STAPHYLEA TRIFOLIA ............................................................................. BAP.- 1@ $24.00

The native American Bladderpod, these are from the plants growing wild in Punnett.s woods. A
shade tolerant shrub or small tree it can eventually reach 36. in height but fifteen would be more
common. Noted for its curious inflated seed pods, we like it for the fantastic bark.

STRANSVAESIA (PHOTINIA) DAVIDIANA 'PALETTE' ..................... BAP.- 1@ $39.00

A large Chinese species that can reach 20. or more after a great deal of time. It has been very
slow for us with fantastic tricolor variegation, very showy but I doubt it will prove hardy here.

STYRAX AMERICANA .................................................................................... S P 1@ $29.00

Cutting grown from a plant that has proven hardy for Punnett, it is more of a large shrub than a
tree with typical white pendant bells. We find it quite attractive and much underused.

STYRAX JAPONICA ........................................................................................ G.- 1@ $29.00

It.s one of the most beautiful flowering trees with pendulous white bells dangling on 1.5” stalks.

STYRAX JAPONICA 'ISSAI' ..................................................................... BAP.- 1@ $59.00

An outstanding selection, 'Issai' is extremely free flowering and fast growing. it is exceptionally
hardy blooming in great profusion on horizontal branches.

STYRAX OFFICIANALIS VAR. REDIVIVUS .............................................. G.- 1@ $35.00

The American form is exceedingly rare in cultivation with fragrant clusters of white pendent bells
dangling seductively from the horizontal branches of this exciting multi stemmed small tree.
Seldom exceeding 10. in height, it is perfect for a small garden. Ron.s collections from dry rocky
chaparral slopes of the North Coast Ranges near Kilpepper Creek at 1700m. The plant has an
odd distribution and the Asian version has been tapped and the resin used for incense,
hardiness from this location is uncertain, I.m guessing zone 7 or warmer.

SYMPHORICARPOS ORBICULATUS ' VARIEGATA' ........................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

See Symphoricarpos albus „aureovariegata.

SYMPHORICARPOS X DOORENBOSII „AMETHYST. ............................. S.P.1@ $19.00

A great new coralberry from Germany, this produces abundant crops of vivid purple pink fruit in
late summer Spring Meadow considers it superior to all other Coralberries.

SYMPHORICARPOS X DOORENBOSII 'WHITE HEDGE' .................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

Developed by Dorenbos in the Hague prior to 1940, „White Hedge. is stiffly upright with age and
bears a tremendous crop of somewhat alien looking lumpy white fruits that are huge for a
Symphiocarpos. Actually it looks like someone superglued mini marshmallows to all the
branches, ours fruited for the first time this summer and created quite a stir.

SYMPHORICARPOS X „MAGIC BERRY. .................................................. S.P.- 1@ $19.00

Bluish green lvs, compact plants, large quantities of eye catching pink berries in fall.

SYRINGA AMURENSIS JAPONICA (reticulata) 'IVORY SILK' ............... G.- 1@ $29.00

Catchy name, I.d rave about it if only I knew how it was supposed to be an improvement over
the species, bigger flowers, better bark, whatever, if it wasn.t better why name it.

SYRINGA JULIANAE 'GEORGE EASTMAN' ............................................. G.- 1@ $29.00

I saw this In Dale Deppe.s garden and was very impressed. It is distinctly different from any
other lilac we grow with wine red buds opening to incredibly long tubed cerise pink flowers. If
you lay a flower head in the rock garden, it could pass for a Dionysia.

SYRINGA LACINATA (PROTOLACINATA) ............................................... G.- 1@ $29.00

Finely cut and dissected leaves, it is like no other lilac and when is out of flower a great plant for
testing the taxonomic skills of garden visitors. If you like lilacs, this is a must.

TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA 'RUBRA' ............................................................. G.- 1@ $24.00

As above but darker pink, it is about as red as Tamarix gets and very showy.

ULMUS CARPINIFOLIUS 'JACQUELINE HILLIER' .............................. S. P. -1@ $19.00

A densely branched slow growing plant that may eventually reach 6., it may in fact be a hybrid
with glabra. We stumbled on this down at Gee.s and immediately grabbed it.


VIBURNUM

"A garden without Viburnum is akin to life without music or art"-Dirr. He has a
special fondness for them and so do we. In case you hadn.t heard, he just
wrote a Viburnum book and it is excellent. We urge you to buy it, without a
doubt, one of the best garden books in recent years. And no I.m not getting
paid to plug it although a cutting or two would not be turned down, there are
some spectacular things I had never seen pictures of. A large and diverse
genus it contains some of the most useful and handsome flowering shrubs.
For fragrance, only Daphne can rival them. Wonderful in fruit as well as in
flower, the fruits come in a range of colors from yellow to red to black to blue
and every shade in between. Birds and wildlife love them and indeed a few
species make delicious jam or can be eaten out of hand. We are putting in a
large mixed border of them to screen the house from the nursery and give us
at least a bit of privacy. The fast growing ones are ideal for this. Heights can
range from 18" to 30' trees. Actually they're a lot like potato chips, once you
have one ya gotta have em all. Of the 150 or so species and hundreds of
cultivars, we've selected an elite group for your gardening enjoyment. Your
mission if you decide to accept it is to plant all of them. Viburnum leaf beetle
is a pest in some areas but not here, we are completely free of it.

VIBURNUM X „ALLEGHANY. ........................................................................ G.- 1@ $24.00

Rhytidiophyllum x lantana Mohican; globose growth habit, dark green, coriaceous rugose
leaves, disease resistant, abundant flowers in the spring, brilliant fruit later.

VIBURNUM „ANNE RUSSELL. ..................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

Carlesii x Burkwoodii backcross 6'h x 8'w, compact, fragrant early flowering hybrid.

VIBURNUM BODNANTENSE „PINK DAWN. ............................................. G.- 1@ $24.00

Grandiflorum x farreri; deciduous, winter blooming, well-branched shrub with densely clustered
fragrant pink flowers from deeper buds; may be zapped by late frosts.

VIBURNUM X „BURKWOODII. ................................................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

Carlesii x utile semi-evergreen 8-10' high with very fragrant, pink buds open to white flowers that
are longer lasting than carlesii, with an intense Daphne odora fragrance, works well with
Rhododendron.

VIBURNUM X BURKWOODII 'CHENAULTII' ....................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Essentially an improved Burkwoodii 'Chenaultii' is semi-evergreen and produces its fragrant
flowers about a week later than Burkwoodii.

VIBURNUM X „CONOY. ............................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

An Egolf backcross of Viburnum X Burkwoodii „Park Farm Hybrid. x Viburnum utile; a low
spreading evergreen plant with glossy dark green leaves, clusters of dark pink buds open to
slightly fragrant white flowers, foliage is exceptionally clean.

VIBURNUM DENTATUM 'BLUE MUFFIN' .................................................. G. -1@ $24.00

There is a plethera of dentatums all with a good display of blue berries, blue muffin I think is one
of the best.

VIBURNUM DENTATUM 'PERLE BLUE' ..................................................... G. -1@ $24.00

Showy clusters of creamy white non-fragrant flowers are only part of the deal; it is a heavy
fruiter with large clusters of attractive blue berries. Not to be confused with blueberries, these
blue berries are suitable for avian winter munchies. If you are in need of pie you.ll have to
fashion some arrows from the nice straight stems and shoot four and twenty of those pesky
blackbirds.

VIBURNUM FARRERI (FRAGRANS) „CANDIDISSIMUM. ...................... G.- 1@ $24.00

The rarely offered white flowered form, I believe these are from a Roy Lancaster collection in
Gansu (the species was introduced by Purdom and Farrer back around 1910). It blooms in
winter in mild climates and very early in spring here. The clusters of berries are also quite
ornamental as they change from red to black.

VIBURNUM FARRERI „NANUM. ................................................................... G. -1@ $24.00

The dwarf form of this fragrant early blooming species; boldly collected by the master himself, it
takes balls to dress up like a monk and sneak in to steal cuttings and seed from a Chinese
monastery garden especially back in 1910. Flowers may be zapped by late frosts some years
but it is generally reliable here.

VIBURNUM FOETIDUM F. RECTANGULATUM ...................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

A gift from the nice folks at Spring Meadow, this may actually go back to a Crug Farm collection.
It is a tall evergreen shrub with branches spreading geometrically at right angles, the tubular
white flowers are in terminal cymes followed by brilliant red fruits. I suspect it will prove tender
here but should be a great plant a bit further South.

VIBURNUM NUDUM 'WINTERTHUR' .......................................................... G. -1@ $24.00

Oh no a naked Viburnum, call out the censors and bleep it from the landscape. Well with the
Winterthur name, maybe we can pass it off in the guise of art and trick the rubes. Creamy white
flowers in may, which give rise to a spectacular fruit display, the berries slowly changing from
hot pink to bright blue; the deep green leaves turn a lovely wine red in autumn. The species has
a distinct preference for acid sites.

VIBURNUM PLICATUM „SHASTA. ........................................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

Perhaps the best of the large Plicatum types Shasta will get big and spread twice as wide as it
is tall, with large flowers smothering the horizontal branches. It needs to be grown where the
layered habit can be properly displayed.

VIBURNUM PLICATUM „SHOSHONE. .................................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

Compact shrub with fine textured foliage, masses of small flowers, and persistent fruit, a
seedling of Shasta every bit as nice but on a smaller scale 5'x 8'w.

VIBURNUM X „PRAGENSE. ........................................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

A hybrid made in Prague around 1955, rhytidophyllum x utile, the lustrous rugose leaves, glossy
above and stellate tomentose beneath, are a bit smaller than rhytidophyllum, and almost
evergreen here. The clusters of pink buds open to reveal creamy white flowers, it is an imposing
specimen that can reach 8-10 feet in size.

VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM ....................................................................... S.P.- 1@ $19.00

A childhood favorite, we always used to eat the fruit, which is more raisin like than prune, with
flat watermelon seed to spit out, this is more tree than shrub, reaching 9m.

VIBURNUM X LANTANAPHYLLUM 'EMERALD TRIUMPH' ............ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

An extremely hardy (it has withstood –38F) plant selected by the University of Minnesota
Landscape Arboretum. This V. lantana x V. rhytidophyllum cross has outstanding emerald green
foliage and clusters of white flowers that are followed by red fruit that changes to black when
ripe.

VIBURNUM SARGENTII 'CHIQUITA' .......................................................... G.- 1@ $24.00

A rare bigeneric hybrid with Musa basjoo with fleshy clusters of 8” yellow fruit, just kidding, how
about white pinwheel flowers with prominent purple stamens and scarlet berries in fall along
with yellow-orange fall color.

VIBURNUM SARGENTII 'SUSQUEHANNA' ......................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Yet another National Arb plant, selected from Japanese seed, it can reach 15. with a corky trunk
and abundant flat-topped clusters of flowers followed by striking clusters of scarlet fruit. It is one
of the most commented on of all the Viburnums in our garden.

VITEX AGNUS CASTUS ................................................................................. G.- 1@ $24.00

A dieback shrub here but top hardy a little further south, with blue flowers attractive to butterflies
and aromatic foliage that looks a bit like Cannabis. We have a mix of both pink and blue forms,
see picture in Wayside catalog.

VITEX INCISA ................................................................................................ S. P. -1@ $19.00

Similar to Vitex negundo but more deeply cut, incisa is wide ranging, however this is a form that
is hardy here.

VITEX ROTUNDIFOLIUS ................................................................................. G. -1@ $24.00

A cool new plant for this season native to the beach dunes of Korea, Spring Meadow calls it
zone 5 hardy but it sure looks tropical and exotic. A spreading plant with attractive round
glaucous silvery blue fleshy leaves and light blue flowers.

WEIGELA FLORIDA 'CARNIVAL' ............................................................ BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A French tetraploid introduction you may have seen it in Europe under the name „Courtalor.,
being tetraploid, the azalea-like flowers have a thick texture and true to its name come in red,
pink and white.

WEIGELA FLORIDA „FLORIBUNDA VICTORIA. ................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A shrub with dark rose colored flowers and attractive dark green to maroon leaves.

WEIGELA FLORIDA 'FRENCH LACE.
' .................................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Perhaps the best variegated Weigela, with bright yellow edged leaves and dark red flowers,
developed by Andre Briant Nursery.

WEIGELA FLORIDA 'NEWPORT RED' .................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Vigorous growing form, with purple red flowers and greenish winter stems to 5-6' tall.

WEIGELA FLORIDA 'PINK PRINCESS' .................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

An Iowa State University selection with excellent cold hardiness and abundant lavender pink
flowers on 5-6. tall shrubs, it is an older selection but still well worth growing.

WEIGELA FLORIDA 'RUBIDOR' ............................................................... BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Another Andre Briant introduction, this was found as a branch sport of „Bristol Ruby. with the
same red flowers but with bright neon yellow foliage.

WEIGELA FLORIDA 'SUNNY PRINCESS' ............................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

A variegates sport of „Pink Princess. clean and neat narrow bands of gold encircle each leaf, its
considered hardier than variegata.

WEIGELA FLORIDA 'WINE AND ROSES' .............................................. BAP.- 1@ $29.00

Developed by Herman Geers of Holland its a great improvement over „Java Red.; dark
burgundy purple foliage and electric rose pink flowers, this has gotten a lot of press and rightly
so. Herman was in the states last year visiting Spring Meadow and wanted to come see
Arrowhead, he.s quite a plantsman, we spent the day looking at plants in a cold windy drizzle
(he collects dwarf woody stuff) we could easily have spent days talking.

WEIGELA MAXIMOWICZII .......................................................................... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Maximowiczii looks quite similar to middendorffiana, and subsessilis, all three are yellow
flowered and very different from the Weigela florida cultivars you generally encounter in
gardens. Weigela will cross with Diervilla although I don.t know if any of the yellow species has
been attempted.

WEIGELA SUBSESSILIS 'CANARY' .............................................................. G -1@ $24.00

Subsessilis is a Korean species, relatively new to western cultivation; with yellow flowers that
fade to pink, producing a multicolor effect. 'Canary' is a free flowering selection that I believe
originated with Dick Lighty from the Mt. Cuba Center.

WEIGELA SP. AFF FLORIBUNDA HC 970509 ........................................... G. 1@ $24.00

Hinkley.s collections from N. Honshu in 1997, 8. plants with 8” leaves and whorled racemes of
pink flowers; we have been particularly impressed by the size and quality of the flowers, a nice
change from your typical Weigela.

WIKSTROEMIA GEMMATA .......................................................................... S. P. 1@ $29.00

What can I say once again we have a few cuttings to offer, it has been a challenge to container
grow but has recently come into its own, producing bright yellow clusters of Daphne flowers for
months on end. This was originally collected by Jim Waddick in Wen Chuan, Sichuan in 1989
and is probably the hardiest member of a largely tropical genus of 70 or so species. For now, I
would only recommend it to those who can grow the elite Daphnes; if you can make it happy, it
will knock your socks off. Since I wrote the above, I have talked to Jim; he collected it from a
crumbling rock wall with barely an inch of soil. He says Kew determined it to be Gemmata no
hedging about aff. It survived outside in his zone 5 garden for a number of years but eventually
lost it.