Our Plants
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Common Name: Chinese Abelia
Upright to spreading deciduous shrub native to China and one of the parents of the much more commonly grown Abelia x grandiflora. A good hedge plant with abundant white flowers in summer and with leaves larger than the common Abelia. It is a great ...
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Common Name: Hibiscus, Sunset
Abelmoschus manihot (Hibiscus manihot) is a perennial in the warmer zones, and an annual elsewhere. It bears large showy yellow Hibiscus-like flowers with a maroon eye. It grows well in warmer areas of the U.S. and is easily grown in any well-drain...
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Common Name: Trailing Abutilon
Abutilon megapotamicum is a slender branched, somewhat vining deciduous shrub with curious showy hanging lantern-shaped flowers with two tone red and yellow parts. Flowering occurs from late summer into fall. Sometimes used for hanging baskets. Thi...
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Common Name: Flowering Maple
A shrub in warm areas with maple-like leaves and orange mallow-like flowers in leaf axils. A showy, fast grower for a sunny protected spot. Given rich soil and ample water, these plants will thrive during hot summers. May not freeze back every yea...
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Common Name: Variegated Flowering Maple
Abutilon pictum 'Souvenir de Bonn' is a shrub in warm areas. Maple-like leaves are variegated with white. Orange mallow-like flowers in leaf axils. A showy, fast grower for a sunny protected spot. Given rich soil and ample water, these plants will...
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Common Name: Maple, Florida
Acer barbatum is a medium to large deciduous oval shaped tree related to the Northern Sugar Maple and sometimes classified as Acer saccharum ssp.floridanum or as Acer floridanum. More heat-tolerant than Northern Sugar Maple, it is smaller in all it'...
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Common Name: Maple, Chalkbark
Acer leucoderme is a small, often multi-stemmed deciduous tree. Related to the Sugar Maple is is sometimes classified as Acer saccharum ssp. leucoderme. It usually grows in the understory of hardwood forests on slopes and hillsides with circum-neut...
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Common Name: Maple, Red 'Candy Ice'
Acer rubrum 'Candy Ice' is a Woodlanders' introduction found by Norman Beal in Southwest Virginia. Pyramidal in youth, it develops an irregular rounded crown with age. This is an unusual variegated form with pink, white and green leaves. Sunburns ...
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Common Name: Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava ( syn. A. octandra) is a large deciduous tree with typical buckeye characteristics of palmate compound leaves and large smooth nuts. This species has upright terminal clusters of yellowish flowers in spring. Yellow fall color. Bark r...
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Common Name: Shrub ohio buckeye
A rare dwarf form of the Ohio Buckeye found in a few locations in northern Alabama and northern Georgia. Decidious shrub with typical palmately compound leaves and upright clusters of greenish yellow flowers in spring followed by large brown "buckey...
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Common Name: Bottlebrush Buckeye
Wide spreading multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with large palmately compound leaves. Flowers in early summer are long upright white spikes. Showy flowers and bright yellow fall color make this a highly desirable ornamental far beyond it's natural habi...
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Common Name: Late-blooming Bottlebrush Buckeye
Wide spreading, suckering, multi-stemmed open deciduous slow growing shrub. Overall shape is irregular almost stratified in appearance. White bottlebrush flowers appear in summer two to three weeks later than typical for the species. Medium to dar...
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Common Name: Red Buckeye
Clump forming deciduous round topped shrub or small tree with handsome lustrous dark green foliage. Palmately compound leaves emerge very early and may drop in late summer. Produces six inch panicles of showy red flowers in spring which are attract...
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Common Name: Red Buckeye
As with normal Red Buckeye but these are seedlings from a distinct form that flowers several weeks later. Good foliage....
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Common Name: Lily of the Nile, 'Peter Pan'
A dwarf selection of this water loving perennial with narrow green leaves. Blue flowers on tops of 15-18 inch stems. A good poolside plant. Excellent in containers or dig and overwinter inside in colder zones. Native to South Africa....
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A relatively hardy medium size Agave with rosette of stiff spine margined gray-green leaves 2-3 feet long and 2-3 inches wide and with lighter center stripe. Tall center flower spike irregularly produced. Forms many offsets. Plant in well-drained s...
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Common Name: Tung-oil Tree
Deciduous ornamental tree. Large (to 10 in) dark green heart shaped or lobed leaves. White to pink flowers in showy panicles in spring. Large inedible seeds are source of tung oil. Formerly grown as a crop in Deep South. Sparingly naturalized ther...
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Common Name: Onion, Wild Nodding
Grass-like leaves and 18 inch tall spkes with nodding umbels of lilac-pink flowers in late spring. Good plants for landscape groupings. Tolerant of rocky slopes and dry hillsides. Our most ornamental native onion. Native to mid-Atlantic states pie...
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Common Name: Verbena, Lemon
Aromatic lemon-scented deciduous shrub with small lanceolate leaves in whorls on stems. Tiny white to lavender flowers in terminal clusters. An herb garden must. Plant in sunny but sheltered spot with good soil that is well-drained but with adequa...
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Common Name: Japanese Alpinia
Low growing perennial ginger. Root hardy and often evergreen in zone 8. Foliage is fragrant when bruised or crushed. Showy reddish flowers mostly hidden in the attractive Canna-like foliage. Given rich soil and ample water, these plants will thri...
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Common Name: Ginger, Evergreen
Evergreen Ginger produces many long lance-shaped leaves from the base. Spikes of clear yellow flowers extend above the foliage. Plant in part to full shade in moist fertile soil. From seed Collected in 1998 by Frank Bell above Baoguo Monastery on ...
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Common Name: Serviceberry
Large multi-stem deciduous shrub with small leaves which give good yellow to orange-red fall color. Flowers white in short spikes in very early spring. Very showy in flower. Fruit is raisin size red to purple berry which is tasty and makes good je...
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Common Name: Nantucket Serviceberry
A rare low-growing, thicket forming stoloniferous shrub which occurs on sandy soils in sun. . Mid spring white flowers have shorter petals than most Shadbushes. Edible red fruits like other Shadbush species. We are indebted to Richard Lynch of Swe...
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Common Name: Shadbush
Upright colony forming deciduous shrub. White flowers in the spring followed by blue-purple fruit. An attractive low growing "shadbush" that is much less common in cultivation compared to the larger species and varieties. A good choice for smaller s...
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Common Name: Porcelainberry, Variegated
High climbing deciduous woody vine with elegant ivy-like leaves which have green, pink, and white variegation. Climbs by tendrils and can be used to cover unsightly things. Porcelainberry vine produces showy berries that are varied in color as they...
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Common Name: Amsonia, Arkansas
This distinctive species of Blue Star native to the South Central U.S. We believe this now popular plant was first made available by Woodlanders. It is a strong perennial forming a large dense clump of upright stems clothed with very narrow leaves w...
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Common Name: Chalky Bluestem
A strikingly silvery-blue grass which is very ornamental when displayed against a dark background. Grows in a discrete clump. This selection from Marion County, FL by Charles and Alan Webb of Superior Trees, Inc. is similar to our selection 'Valdos...
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Common Name: Hummingbird Bush
Deciduous shrub with rather small pointed leaves and orange to red tubular star-shaped flowers attractive to hummingbirds. Flowers occur from late spring until frost. Drought tolerant as it is native to the southwestern U.S. It can be a good patio ...
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Common Name: Hummingbird Flower, Yellow
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Common Name: Madiera Vine
Anredera cordifolia (Boussingaltia basseloides)is a deciduous perennial vine with rather fleshy leaves and sprays of tiny white fragrant flowers. It has tuberous roots and climbs by twining. Will need a winter mulch in areas with colder winter temp...
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Common Name: Wild Columbine
The familiar red-flowered Columbine. A good garden perennial for fertile soil that is not too acidic. A beautiful vigorous grower on the right site. Perennial but seeds itself around. Native to eastern North America....
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Common Name: Holly Fern, Variegated
A bold and attractive evergreen fern evergreen to 10 degrees F. The large leaves dark green with a gold stripe down the center of each division. Plant in shade or partial shade with good soil and ample water. Native to eastern Asia but naturalized...
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Common Name: Devil's Walking Stick
A hardy but very tropical looking small tree with very large compound deciduous leaves atop a tall slender spiny trunk which is often unbranched. The huge round clusters of white flowers borne at the top of the plant are followed by purple fruits. ...
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Common Name: Strawberry Tree
Small tree or large evergreen shrub with urn-shaped pinkish-white flowers in small panicles in fall/early winter. Orange-red strawberry-like fruit. Fruit matures over a year and is present at same time as flowers. Edible but not wonderful ! Slow...
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Common Name: Strawberry Tree, Hybrid
Evergreen small tree similar to Arbutus unedo with white bell-like flowers and pink, strawberry-like fruit. On older plants the bark becomes a rich red-brown color. Salt tolerant. Dark green leaves are 1.5 to 4 inches long. Hybrid between A unedo ...
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Common Name: Coralberry
A low shrub with a single stem like a little tree. glossy dark green leaves with wavy edges. Small pink flowers in spring followed by clusters of persistent bright red fruit. A very ornamental plant for the southern garden where it will self-seed in...
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Common Name: Ardisia, Japanese
Stoloniferous evergreen groundcover with glossy green leaves and red berries. A choice groundcover plant for well-drained good soil in shade or semi-shade. Needs regular watering. Native to Japan...
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Common Name: Ardisia, Variegated Japanese
A variegated form of Ardisia japonica (which see) with silver edged leaves....
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Common Name: Ardisia. Variegated Japanese
A variegated form of Ardisia japonica (which see) with light silver-gray leaves with thin white margin....
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Common Name: Ardisia, Variegated Japanese
A variegated form of Ardisia japonica (which see). Ardisia japonica 'Nishiki' ('Hokan Nishiki') has gold and pink variegated leaves on new growth....
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Common Name: Ardisia, Variegated Japanese
A variegated form of Ardisia japonica (which see) with broad band of yellow variegation in the center of the leaves....
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Common Name: Southern Wiregrass
This is a fine textured bunch grass with dense wiry foliage and tall, narrow flowering spikes. It is historically the dominant groundcover in frequently burned longleaf pine forests in the southern U.S. It is now becoming rare because of the loss an...
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Common Name: Chokeberry, Red - 'Brilliantissima'
Thicket forming deciduous shrub with persistant red fruit. Fall color equal to or superior to burning bush. Adaptable to well-drained or wet soils. This selection has perhaps waxier more lustrous leaves than typical for species. Good ornamental. ...
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Common Name: European Ginger
Evergreen groundcover with glossy heart shaped leaves. Flowers inconspicuous at ground level. Urn shaped. Best in somewhat cooler areas with good soil, shade or semi-shade, and adequate moisture. Spreads and forms colonies....
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Common Name: Ginger, Yakushima
This is a "wild ginger" like our native Hexastylis species but with larger leaves which are likewise evergreen and beautifuly marbled. This plant is from Yakushima Island in Japan and is a sought after collector's plant for the woodland garden....
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Common Name: Dwarf Pawpaw
Similar to commom pawpaw but with smaller leaves, flowers and fruits. Shrub or rarely a small tree. Grows on drier sites, usually woodland hillsides. Native from southern Virginia southward. Rare in cultivation....
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Common Name: Pawpaw
Tropical looking deciduous small tree. Large leaves have distinctive odor when crushed. Largest native edible fruit. Perishable banana-like fruit in mid-summer has custard like pulp and large seeds. They are relished by raccoons and many people. S...
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Common Name: Cast Iron Plant
An evergreen groundcover with broad dark green leaves all arising directly from the ground. A great plant for very dark or shady corners and once used as a container plants in almost impossible environments hence common names. Fleshy flowers are vi...
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Common Name: Cast Iron Plant, Speckled
Smaller than typical Cast Iron Plant and with myriad small white spots on dark leaves (hence name). According to Plant Delights this is properly 'Ginga' but is more commonly called 'Milky Way' This interesting evergreen groundcover should have cult...
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Common Name: Aster, Climbing
A most unusual Aster as it is a vine or very scandent shrub with woody stems which do not die back in winter. Abundant late season flowerheads are about 1" diamenter. The ray flowers are blue to purple with yellow disc flowers. It occurs in scatter...
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Common Name: Aster, Georgia
Large bushy perennial Aster with abundant large flower heads with violet ray flowers. Somewhat like Aster grandiflorus but sometimes considered a variety of Aster patens.. This is a rare plant in the wild and known from relatively few localities in ...
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Common Name: Aster, 'Bluebird'
A selection of our native Smooth Aster made by Richard Lighty at Mt. Cuba Center in Deleware. Large vase shaped clumps bear abundant 1"+ flower heads with violet blue ray flowers surrounding golden disc flowers. This good perennial for the bed or b...
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Common Name: Aster, 'Raydon's Favorite'
A dense bushy plant smothered in fall with large blue-purple flowers. A selection from the former Holbrook Farm Nursery in N.C. A fine garden plant for sunny border with well-drained soil. Aromatic foliage. Native to dry prairies and rocky slopes...
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Common Name: Lady Fern, 'Lady in Red'
Selection of the Lady Fern with nice red stems. Lady Fern is easily grown in humus rich moist soil in shady locations. Lacy texture and very soft lovely new growth. Dies to ground in winter....
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Common Name: Lady Fern
Athyrium filix-femina (asplenioides) is an easy to grow lacy deciduous fern. Likes shade and humus rich moist soil. Native to Europe and Asia...
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Common Name: Lady Fern, Dwarf
A dwarf form of the Lady Fern (which see). Delicate light green leaves, dense. Easy to grow and perfect for shady spot where small fern is needed....
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Common Name: Fern, Japanese Painted
Athyrium nipponicum (goeringianum) 'Pictum' is a cool gray-green and silvery deciduous groundcovering fern. Best color when they receive some direct sunlight, preferably in the morning but like most ferns they should be planted in rich humusy and mo...
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Common Name: Lady Fern, 'Ghost' Hybrid
A cross between Lady Fern and Japanese Painted Fern. Strong grower. Will bring a silver accent to your shady garden. Originated in cultivation....
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Common Name: Aucuba, Chinese
A rare Chinese relative of the common Japanese Aucuba. Perhaps first offered in U.S. by Woodlanders. Evergreen shrub with broad coarsely toothed leaves with a few yellow dots. Possibly not as cold hardy as the Japanese species. Use in shady or se...
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Common Name: Golddust Plant
An evergreen shrub with rather large leathery leaves which in this clone are very heavily splashed with yellow. We obtained this male clone a few years ago from Dr. Michael Dirr who was then working with and evaluating a number of Aucuba varieties w...
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