Our Plants
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Common Name: Rain Lily
This bulb produces grass-like foliage and following summer rains it bursts forth with many lovely pink trumpet like flowers on tall stems. The base of the flower tube is red. This plant can spread from seed in the garden. We belive this is Habrant...
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Common Name: Rain Lily
This bulb produces grass-like foliage and following summer rains it bursts forth with many lovely pink trumpet like flowers on tall stems. The base of the flower tube is green. This plant does not seem to spread from seed in the garden. We belive ...
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Common Name: Copper Lily
Sometimes classified as Habranthus tubispathus var. texensis, this little bulb with grass-like leaves is native to Texas. It produces small copper colored to orange flowers like summer crocuses after a rain. Naturalizes nicely in sunny or semi-shad...
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Common Name: Southern Witchhazel
Southern Witchhazel is not recognized by all botanists as being distinct from Hamamelis virginiana (which see). It is similar in that it is a large deciduous shrub with fragrant yellow flowers in late fall and is likewise a woodland... |
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Common Name: Vernal Witchhazel
Medium size rounded deciduous shrub native to the Ozark region of south central U.S. This Witchazel produces abundant small reddish or yellow strap petal fragrant flowers on the bare branches in late winter or very early spring. Usually has excellen...
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Common Name: Common Witchhazel
Witchazel is a large deciduous shrub or small tree found in woodlands over much of eastern North America. It is interesting in the landscape for its fragrant yellow flowers with little strap-like petals which cover the branches in November. Novembe...
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Common Name: Firebush
A shrub in the tropics and south Florida. Perennial to 4 feet or more in the Deep South. Very heat tolerant. Reddish leaves and tubular red flowers. Has become very popular in Texas. Cut back plants after the frost kills the tops. Mound 10 inche...
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Common Name: Ivy, Algerian
Evergreen vine similar to the common Ivy (Hedera helix) but with much larger leaves, less tendency to climb, and less cold-hardy. Makes an excellent ground cover in Deep South gardens. Plant in semi-shade....
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Common Name: Persian Ivy
The Persian Ivy is an evergreen vine with larger more leathery leaves than the common Ivy. The leaves are somwhat heart shaped and slightly lobed and toothed and with a celery-like odor when crushed. Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants mentions...
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Common Name: Scarlet Ginger Lily
Tall herbaceous perennial spreading by rhizomes. Showy spikes of reddish flowers on terminals of tall plants with long corn-like leaves. Spreads in rich moist soil in sunny or semi-shady areas. Woodlanders obtained this Asian native ginger as seed...
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Common Name: Butterfly Ginger
Tall herbaceous perennial spreading by rhizomes. Showy spikes of very fragrant white flowers with greenish or yellowish blotch. Blooms in summer on terminals of tall plants with long corn-like leaves. Spreads in rich moist soil in sunny or semi-sh...
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Common Name: Kahli Ginger
Tall herbaceous perennial spreading by rhizomes. Spikes of very showy and fragrant yellow flowers with striking red stamens. Blooms in summer on terminals of tall plants with broad bluish green corn-like leaves. Spreads in rich moist soil in sunny...
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Common Name: Willow-leaf Heimia
A spreading and much-branched smooth shrub looking very much like a Hypericum but not related. Actually related to Crepe Myrtle! Flowers yellow and axillary followed by a dry capsule. Plant is said to have medicinal and mildly narcotic properties....
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Common Name: Swamp Sunflower
Swamp Sunflower is a tall robust perennial that can be an aggressive spreader in a moist sunny location. A good perennial plant for the garden with ample space. In late summer and fall the plants are smothered in 2 1/2 inch wide bright yellow flowers...
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Common Name: Narrowleaf Sunflower
This rare native sunflower is found in Alabama and Georgia on sandy, well-drained soils. It has rather long narrow basal leaves from a creeping rootstock. The yellow daisy-like flowers are borne on branched stems about two feet tall. A little-know...
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Common Name: Whorled Leaf Sunflower
Very rare perennial with whorls of lanceolate leaves up the tall stems and clusters of yellow sunflowers at the top. Thought to be extinct until re-discovered in northwestern Georgia and adjacent Tennessee in recent years. A vigorous, spreading, an...
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Common Name: Lenten Rose
The Lenten Rose is not a rose but it does flower around Lent. It is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with attrative palmate leaves with leathery toothed leaflets. The attractive flowers are a couple inces across and are white or purple tinged or st...
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Common Name: Seven Sons Tree
Large deciduous shrub or small tree attractive in flower, seed, and with exfoliating bark. Relatively recent introduction from China much publicized due to ornamental nature and hardiness in the north. ...
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Common Name: Red Yucca
Yucca-like stemless plant with 2-3 foot long narrow gray-green leaves and tall flowering stalks bearing pinkish red tubular flowers. Plant in sunny location with well-drained soil. A Texas native that is rare in the wild but widely cultivated in the...
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Common Name: Wild Ginger
Excellent evergreen groundcover....
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Common Name: Pineland Hibiscus
Pineland Hibiscus is a perennial species native to the southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain where it grows in flatwoods and damp roadside ditches, etc. It is more spreading, branched, and prickly than other native Hibiscus. The leaves are deeply lobed a...
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Common Name: Red Rose-Mallow
Tall open perennial with maple-like (or Marijuana-like !) leaves and bright red 3-5 inch flowers. Stamens extend from flowers. A striking ornamental Hibiscus that grows naturally in very wet sites in the southern U.S. but is widely cultivated in any ...
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Common Name: Scarlet Rose Mallow - White form
Tall perennial Hibiscus with maple-like or marijuana-like leaves typical of the species but this selection has pure white flowers. A little-known cultivar but very attractive. Wet to average soil. Sun....
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Common Name: Cuban Rose Mallow
Tall perennial hibiscus with gray-green foliage and slightly prickly stems. Flowers fairly large purplish pink. Grows naturally in marshy places but fine in ordinary garden soils in sunny location. Little known but garden worthy Hibiscus perhaps f...
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Common Name: Neches River Hibiscus
A very rare and endangered perennial Hibiscus found on the Neches River in east Texas where it is threatened by hybridizaton with Hibiscus militaris. This species has multiple stems from a thick base. It is readily distinguished by the narrow linea...
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Common Name: Great Rose Hibiscus
Tall perennial Hibiscus with gray-green soft pubescent foliage. The large pink flowers are very showy. This Hibiscus is native to very wet habitats in the Deep South but grows well in ordinary garden soil that is moist or irrigated. Should have a ...
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Common Name: Wooly Mallow
A perennial Hibiscus native to central and southern U.S. This species has rather wooly grayish leaves. Adaptable to ordinary garden soil in sunny location with ample moisture, this species has 4-5 inch wide pink or white flowers with a red center. It...
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Common Name: Swamp Rose Mallow
This common perennial Hibiscus or Marsh Mallow is found in wet areas, including brackish marshes, throughout the eastern U.S. It has relatively large broad and lobed leaves and showy white flowers with a dark center. This species makes a good garde...
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Common Name: Confederate Rose
Confederate Rose is neither Confederate nor Rose. It is a shrub Hibiscus native to China. A wonderful big multi-stem deciduous shrub with leaves like a cotton plant and large double peony-like showy flowers in the fall that open white and change to ...
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Common Name: Single Red Confederate Rose
This Hibiscus mutabilis has slightly smaller and smoother leaves than the "Confederate Rose" and the bright red Hibiscus flowers that are single, not double, and do not change color. It is a warm climate shrub so will freeze back some or a lot depen...
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Common Name: Hibiscus Hybrid
This Hibiscus is a hybrid between the species H. paramutabilis and the familiar Rose of Sharon (H. syriacus). It is a relatively hardy deciduous shrub Hibiscus with ruffled orchid to magenta flowers with carmine eye that are larger than Rose of Shar...
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Common Name: Hibiscus 'Nagoya Pink'
Shrub hibiscus resembling H. mutabilis ("Confederate Rose") but with 4" single pink flowers. This and 'Nagoya White' were introduced by Woodlanders after growing them from seed we obtained from James Sharpe who collected it in Nagoya, Japan. Plant i...
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Common Name: Rose-of-Sharon 'Diana'
'Diana' is a hardy shrub Hibiscus (H. syriacus) that was a U.S. National Arboretum introduction. It is a triploid so the large white frilly flowers are long-blooming and produce very few, if any, seed capsules. It is stiffly upright and multi-stemme...
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Common Name: 'Freedom' Rose-of-Sharon
A highly recommended selection from Shadow Nursery in Tennessee; this variety has semi-double red flowers. Flowers close in rainy weather. Non-stop flowers. Use in border or grouping. Good accent in summer garden. (See DIR) Prune old branches in ...
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Common Name: Hibiscus, Peppermint Flare
This perennial Hibiscus hybrid is a 2010 Texas Superstar award winner. It was selected by Greg Grant and is floral sport or perhaps a seedling of 'Flare' a H. moscheutos hybrid developed by Dr. Sam McFadden... |
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An attractive evergreen vine with unusual purplish flowers in spring followed on female plants by purple sausage-like fruits. This fairly vigorous vine is an interesting subject for fences, arbors, etc. in the southern garden. We have not yet determ...
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Holboellia coriacea is a very nice evergreen twining vine native to western China. Little-known in cultivation but well worth growing on a shady or semi-shady arbor or pergola in the southern garden. Our plants were propagated from the Charlotte, N...
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Common Name: Plantain Lily
Hostas come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and varieties with immaginative names. We wouldn't begin to tackle these! This small growing Hosta is a neat little green leaf species from Japan that flowers in fall and adds a nice touch to the woodland ga...
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Common Name: Yinger's Plantain Lily
A species introduced from an island off Korea by our plantsman friend Barry Yinger for whom this previously undescribed species was named. It is distinctive for its very glossy leaves. It has grown well here in South Carolina and deserves to be bet...
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Common Name: Hydrangea, Willow leaf
This deciduous shrub is a Hydrangea but has willow-like leaves. Flowers are tiny yellowish fertile flowers with scattered marginal white fading to yellowish fertile florets. This is a new and little-known introduction which we obtained from Tony Av...
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Common Name: Smooth Hydrangea 'Annabelle'
A selection of our native Hydrangea arborescens. A deciduous shrub to 5 or even 6 feet with very showy white snowball flower clusters in early summer. Selected by Dr. J.C. McDaniel at the University of Illinois who Dr. Michael Dirr describes as "a ...
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Common Name: Hydrangea 'All Summer Beauty'
This popular Macrophylla Hydrangea is a compact, 3 to 4 foot deciduous shrub with sterile mophead flowers supposedly produced on new growth. Flower color will vary according to soil. Pink flowers (Alkaline soil) or Blue flowers (Acid soil) If old fl...
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Common Name: Lacecap Hydrangea Cultivar
This lacecap Hydrangea grown from Korean seed and selected by Dr. Richard Lighty of Mount Cuba Gardens in Delaware has blue flowers (in acid soil)and has shown good bud hardiness in colder zones. If old flowers are removed, hydrangea may flower again...
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Common Name: Lacecap Hydrangea Cultivar
This fine Hydrangea produces large, graceful, lace-cap flowers which can be pink (alkaline soil) or blue (Acid soil) It can grow to 6 feet. If old flowers are removed, Hydrangea may flower again in August. Choose planting site with shade from the h...
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Common Name: Bigleaf Hydrangea 'Nigra'
A distinct of the Mophead Hydrangea notable for the conspicuous black stems. As with most other Hydrangea macrophylla varieties the flowers may be pink on alkaline soil or blue on acid soil. If old flowers are removed, hydrangea may flower again in A...
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Common Name: Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Alice'
Large deciduous shrub with large oak-like leaves, panicles of white flowers, and exfoliating bark, this species is native almost exclusively to rich woods in Alabama but is very widely grown as a favored ornamental shrub. Plant in fertile well-draine...
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Common Name: Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Snowflake'
.Large deciduous shrub with large oak-like leaves, panicles of white flowers, and exfoliating bark, this species is native almost exclusively to rich woods in Alabama but is very widely grown as a favored ornamental shrub. 'Snowflake' is one of our ...
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Common Name: Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Harmony'
Large deciduous shrub with large oak-like leaves, panicles of white flowers, and exfoliating bark, this species is native almost exclusively to rich woods in Alabama but is very widely grown as a favored ornamental shrub. Plant in fertile well-draine...
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Common Name: Oakleaf Hydrangea 'Alison'
Large deciduous shrub with large oak-like leaves, panicles of white flowers, and exfoliating bark, this species is native almost exclusively to rich woods in Alabama but is very widely grown as a favored ornamental shrub. 'Alison' was selected by Dr...
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Common Name: Hydrangea, Oakleaf 'Sikes Dwarf'
Sykes Dwarf is a relatively dwarf clone of the popular Oakleaf Hydrangea. It was introduced by Louisiana Nursery, Opelousas, LA. This variety should be considered where space is limited. The foliage and flower... |
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Common Name: Serrated Hydrangea Cultivar
This Woodlanders introduction was grown from seed tht we obtained from Chollipo Arboretum in Korea. This Hydrangea serrata is a small-leafed selection that has been much admired here. The serrated deciduous leaves display a purplish cast and the bl...
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Common Name: Arcadian St. Johnswort
Colony forming shrub with upright stems bearing gray-green small leaves. Stems are topped with 4 petal yellow flowers with numerous stamens. Generally rare, this shrub is restricted to a few central Florida counties whe... |
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Common Name: Kalm Hypericum
Evergreen shrub to 3 feet tall with bright yellow 1 inch+ flowers. Leaves are bluish green. We are able to offer this attractive and very hardy St Johnswort thanks to Mr. Richard Lynch of Staten Island, NY. It is native to the northeastern U.S. and a...
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Common Name: Smooth-barked St. Johnswort
Woodlanders was probably the first nursery to offer this rare tree-like hypericum native to a limited area in the Florida Panhandle. It is a graceful evergreen to 10 feet with needle-like leaves and outstanding copper-colored exfoliating bark. Native...
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Common Name: Myrtle Hypericum
*Evergreen shrub with small bluish-green triangular leaves and yellow flowers. A small tree-like shrub that grows in sandy wet pinelands but makes a good garden shrub for sunny locations in the South. Another southern native Hypericum probably firs...
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Common Name: St. Johnswort
Slender medium size shrubby St. Johnswort with relatively wide light green leaves. Rather uncommon along streams and swamps in the Southeast. Long oval leaves are light green and flowers are golden with many stamens as is typical for the Hypericums....
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Common Name: Shrubby St. Johnswort
This Hypericum is a dense evergreen shrub with arching branches, narrow shiny leaves and abundant showy yellow flowers in summer. It is a good shrub for the garden border in sunny dry sites. Like many Hypericums introduced by Woodlanders it ... |
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Common Name: Atlantic St. Johnswort
A low heatherlike needle-leafed evergreen shrub with yellow flowers, this St. Johnswort is native to open sites with deep sandy soils in coastal plain of the southeastern U.S. One of our favorite Hypericums. A good garden plant for sandy open sites w...
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