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Jasminum beesianum
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This little Jasmine vine from western China has small deciduous leaves which are dull dark green and taper to a point. It develops a dense tangle of slender stems and is noteworthy for its flowers which while small are fragrant and of an unusual dee...

Jasminum mesnyi
Common Name: Primrose Jasmine
Jasminum mesnyi (primulinum) is a mounding or cascading evergreen shrub with showy pale yellow, semi-double flowers in spring and summer. At it's best in the Deep South where it's long viney stems can be used effectively to cascade down walls etc. Na...

Jasminum nudiflorum
Common Name: Winter Jasmine
Winter Jasmine produces a broad spreading rounded mass of trailing branches arising from a central crown. It could be trained on a trellis but is usually planted on slopes or embankments. It is one of the hardiest Jasmines and is valued for its yell...

Jasminum officinale
Common Name: Poet's Jasmine
"Common White Jasmine" is a scandant twining vine with pinnate compound leaves with five to nine leaflets. It is native to the Sino-Himalayan region but has been grown in Europe for centuries. It is not commonly seen in the eastern U.S. but is sati...

Jasminum officinale var. grandiflorum
Common Name: Spanish Jasmine
Deciduous or semi-evergreen vine similar to Jasminum officinale but less vigorous, less hardy, and with larger white fragrant flowers. In southern Europe it is grown to make perfume. Recommend planting on a trellis in a very sheltered spot in zone ...

Jasminum polyanthum
Common Name: Chinese Jasmine
This Jasmine is an evergreen twining vine with neat pinnate compound leaves and masses of fragrant white flowers that are pink in bud. A great vine for semi-shady location in very mild climate areas or as a conservatory plant in colder regions. Flo...

Juglans nigra
Common Name: Black Walnut
Black Walnut is a large tree native to eastern North America. It has rather open growth habit with compound leaves which leaf out late and drop rather early in fall. The large hard-shelled edible nuts are highly prized as is the valuable wood used ...

Juniperus virginiana 'Hancock Weeping'
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Medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree with pendulous branches. A distinctly pendulous form of the common Eastern Redcedar. A Woodlanders introduction in the 1980's from a tree found in the wild in Hancock County, Georgia. A specimen at the J.C. R...

Justicia brandegeana
Common Name: Shrimp Plant
Shrimp Plant is so called because of the shape and color of the terminal flower clusters. This subtropical plant is native of Mexico and is an evergreen shrub in frost free climates. In colder areas it is grown as an annual or in much of the Deep s...

Justicia carnea
Common Name: Brazilian Plume Flower
Justicia carnea (Jacobinia carnea)is a South American native that is a shrub or sub-shrub in tropical areas, perennial here in zone 8. Upright bushy plant to 5' with glossy leaves and showy pink tubular flowers in dense terminal clusters from summer ...

Justicia tweediana
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This shrub or sub-shrub from Salta Province, Argentina was introduced by Woodlanders. It has showy purple flowers in summer. It is from chapparal type vegetation area so is quite drought tolerant. Has proven root hardy here and should be tried in z...

Kadsura japonica 'Chirifu'
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Kadsura japonica is a twining evergreen Asian vine with handsome foliage and small fragrant white flowers in the leaf axils. Fruit, when produced, is red and in grape-like clusters. Plant in shady or semi-shady location with good rich moist soil. T...

Kadsura japonica 'Fukurin'
Common Name: Variegated Kadsura Vine
Kadsura japonica is a twining evergreen Asian vine with handsome foliage and small fragrant white flowers in the leaf axils. Fruit, when produced, is red and in grape-like clusters. Plant in shady or semi-shady location with good rich moist soil. Th...

Kadsura japonica 'White Fruit'
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Kadsura japonica is a twining evergreen Asian vine with handsome foliage and small fragrant white flowers in the leaf axils. Fruit, when produced, is red and in grape-like clusters. Plant in shady or semi-shady location with good rich moist soil. Th...

Kadsura longipedunculata
Common Name: Chinese Kadsura Vine
Evergreen twining vine with dark green slightly toothed oval leaves. . We have not found further information on this Chinese species as it may be new to this country first offered by Woodlanders. It appears neat, clean, and vigorous. Your neighbor wi...

Kalmia hirsuta x latifolia
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This seemingly unlikely hybrid between the common Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) and the diminutive, less well-known, and very different Sandhill Laurel (Kalmia hirsuta) of the Deep South was probably first made by the late great Alabama nurserym...

Kalmia latifolia
Common Name: Mountain Laurel
Evergreen shrub sometimes amost tree-like. Glossy oval leaves reddish bark. Showy flowers in late spring. Clusters of white to pink cup-shaped flowers. A choice shrub for sunny or semi-shady moist but well-drained acid soil usually on slopes. Plan...

Kalmia latifolia 'Pristine'
Common Name: Mountain Laurel Cultivar
Pure white, found in Aiken County, SC by Mrs. Ernestine Law. Tissue-cultured in WA. Woodlanders'introduction....

Kalmia latifolia 'Willowwood'
Common Name: Mountain Laurel 'Willowwood'
A Woodlanders introduction we found in Aiken County, SC. Narrow willow-like leaves and pink, banded, flowers. Similar to 'Willowcrest' but from a warmer climate area so should be better than northern cultivars for zones 8 and 9. Tends to be more co...

Kerria japonica 'Alba'
Common Name: White Japanese Kerria
Kerria is a monotypic eastern Asian genus. This "old fashioned" shrub has arching green stems and toothed leaves. It has abundant yellow flowers in spring which in the most commonly cultivated form are double and like little yellow roses. 'Alba' i...

Kerria japonica 'Shannon'
Common Name: Japanese Kerria Cultivar
Kerria is a monotypic eastern Asian genus. This "old fashioned" shrub has arching green stems and toothed leaves. It has abundant yellow flowers in spring which in the most commonly cultivated form are double and like little yellow roses. 'Shannon...

Koelreuteria paniculata
Common Name: Goldenraintree
Small to medium size deciduous tree with compound leaves. Grown for the abundant panicles of showy golden flowers in early summer (later northward). An excellent adaptable tree for lawn areas. Native to eastern Asia. ...

Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud'
Common Name: Beautybush
Large deciduous shrub with showy pink flowers in spring. Dr. Michael Dirr in his "Manual of Woody Landscape Plants says: "E.H. Wilson considered it one of the finest plants he introduced into cultivation." Somewhat of an old fashionedà plant in U.S...

Kosteletzkya virginica
Common Name: Seaside Mallow
Seaside Mallow is a medium size perennial with grayish leaves and showy 2 inch pink Hibiscus-like flowers in summer. It is a plant native primarily to brackish marshes in the eastern U.S. but it is good in sunny garden beds and borders....

Kosteletzkya virginica 'Alba'
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Seaside Mallow is a medium size perennial with grayish leaves and showy 2 inch pink Hibiscus-like flowers in summer. It is a plant native primarily to brackish marshes in the eastern U.S. but it is good in sunny garden beds and borders. This select...

Lagerstroemia fauerei
Common Name: Copper-barked Crape Myrtle
This species of Crepe Myrtle from Yakushima Island, Japan is tree-like, has white flowers. and spectacular copper-colored bark. It is one of the parent species for the "Indian Tribe" hybrids (including the very popular 'Natchez') introduced by the U....

Lagerstroemia fauriei x indica 'Muscogee'
Common Name: Muscogee Hybrid Crepemyrtle

'Muscogee' is a free flowering hybrid crepemyrtle with lavender-pink flowers over a long period in summer.  This deciduous shrub or small tree is one of many crepemyrtles developed and introduced by the U.S. National Arboretum...


Lagerstroemia indica 'New Orleans'
Common Name: Dwarf Crape Myrtle Cultivar
An unusual dwarf Crepemyrtle in the...

Lagerstroemia indica 'Pixie White'
Common Name: Dwarf Crape Myrtle Cultivar
A dwarf white Crepemyrtle probably the same as 'Dwarf White' or 'Snow'from Greenleaf Nursery or Hines Nursery. In any case a good white flowered selection that stays relatively small (perhaps six feet) and useful in smaller landscapes or in containe...

Lagerstroemia indica 'Bayou Marie'
Common Name: Crape Myrtle 'Bayou Marie'
A smaller Crepemyrtle selected by David Chopin of Washington, PA and introduced by Hines Nursery in California. Originator describes as:...

Lagerstroemia indica x fauerei 'Pocomoke'
Common Name: Dwarf Crape Myrtle Cultivar
'Pocomoke' is one of the first two minature hybrid crepemyrtles released by the U.S. National Arboretum. This selection with deep pink flowers is ideal for containers, small spaces, and rock garden type plantings. Retains dense mounded habit without...

Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei 'Chickasaw'
Common Name: Chickasaw Dwarf Crepemyrtle

'Chickasaw' is a very dwarf mounded, densely branched, disease resistant Crepemyrtle hybrid developed at the U.S. National Arboretum.  It has small oval deciduous leaves and pinkish lavender flowers in summer.  A goo...


Lantana camara 'Hybrida'
Common Name: Yellow Lantana
Creeping and drought tolerant. Hardy in a sheltered spot. Cut back plants after the frost kills the tops. Mound 10 inches of coarse sand over the stubs. Mulch over with pine straw. As weather warms, remove this covering to allow new shoots to emerge...

Lantana camara 'Miss Huff'
Common Name: Hardy Lantana
A now popular form of this very floriferous orange-flowered shrub attractive to butterflies. Discovered in cultivation near Athens, GA, and introduced by Goodness Grows Nursery. Lantana is a good warm climate shrub available in various color forms. ...

Lantana montevidensis
Common Name: Trailing Lantana
A small-leafed trailing Lantana with purple flowers. A good groundcover for sunny, well-drained sites in the Deep South. Cut back plants after the frost kills the tops. Mound 10 inches of coarse sand over the stubs. Mulch over with pine straw. As we...

Laurus nobilis
Common Name: True Laurel or Bay

Laurus nobilis is the culinary Bay whose bay leaves are used for seasoning. This European evergreen shrub or small tree has been cultivated since ancient times. It is a good garden plant in the Deep South and suited to pot...


Laurus nobilis x Umbellularia californica
Common Name: Hybrid Bay
Obtained as cuttings from the J. C. Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC. Evergreen foliage is highly aromatic as are both parents. We expect this to become a small tree. NOTE: This may be 'Saratoga' a plant introduced by the Saratoga Horticultural ...

Lavendula stoechas
Common Name: Spanish Lavender

Lavender is a gray-green evergreen Mediterranean shrub that is not always happy in the heat and humidity of the southern U.S.   Nevertheless it is a great favorite for it's flowers, fragrant plant parts, and for...


Leiophyllum buxifolium
Common Name: Sandmyrtle
Small evergreen to 2 to 3 feet, covered in spring with tiny white flowers. Dry soil, sun to part shade (See DIR)...

Leitneria floridana
Common Name: Florida Corkwood
Corkwood is an uncommon shrub which forms colonies of tall slender stems in moist to wet soil in a few places in the southeastern U.S. and the lower Mississippi valley. It is notable for the very light wood which has been used like cork for fishing f...

Leonotis leonurus
Common Name: Lion's Ear
Lion's Ear is a South African perennial or tender shrub to 6 or 7 feet. It has showy whorls of orange flowers in summer. The oblong leaves are frost tender and the whole plant may be killed back in cold weather. In much of the South it is a depend...

Lespedeza bicolor 'Little Buddy'
Common Name: Lespedeza
This shrub or perennial is usually listed as a cultivar of the perennial Lespedeza thunbergii but Missouri Botanic Garden says it is a dwarf cultivar of the shrub Lespedeza bicolor. In any case it is an attractive plant for the sunny, well-drained si...

Lespedeza thunbergii 'Alba'
Common Name: Thunberg Lespedeza
Lespedeza thunbergii is a shrubby perennial with many woody stems bearing trifoliate leaves and 6-8 inch long racemes of rose-purple or white flowers in summer. They should have full sun and well-drained soil which can be rather infertile. The dea...

Leucothoe populifolia
Common Name: Florida Leucothoe
Leucothoe (Agarista) populifolia is a superb broadleaf evergreen shrub or even small tree. It grows much larger than other Leucothoe species. The tall erect multiple stems with arching branches have creamy white small fragrant bell-like flowers in s...

Leucothoe racemosa
Common Name: Sweetbells
This Leucothoe is native to eastern U.S. where it occurs in acidic woodland soils that are damp but not flooded. It is a deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub with racemes of little bell-like white flowers in spring. The 1 x 2 inch oval leaves are fine...

Liatris spicata
Common Name: Spike Gayfeather
Liatris spicata is a perennial from a bulb-like root. It grows several feet tall with long narrow basal leaves and similar leaves reduced up the tall flower spike. The terminal flower spike is 6-15 inches long with myriad closely packed mauve flowe...

Licania michauxii
Common Name: Gopher Apple
Licania michauxii (Chrysobalanus oblongifolius) is a low colonial deciduous shrub that spreads by underground runners. It can become quite shrubby and semi-evergreen in southern Florida but may freeze to the ground in the more northern portions of i...

Ligularia tussilaginea
Common Name: Green Leopard Plant
Ligularia tussilaginea (Farfugium japonicum) (kaempferi) is a perennial plant with rounded glossy evergreen leaves. It produces spikes of yellow daisy flowers in fall. A good perennial for the shady southern garden bed. The most familiar form of th...

Ligustrum delavayanum
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A neat, small leaf "Privet" native to western China and Yunnan. It is a spreading evergreen shrub to 10 feet. White flowers with violet anthers in dense panicles may be followed by black fruit. This rarely offered Ligustrum may be ...


Lindera akoensis
Common Name: Taiwan Spicebush
This evergreen Spicebush is a shrub or small tree with glossy, alternate, eliptical leaves 1"-2" long. We obtained this as cuttings from the garden of Bobby Green of Green's Nursery in Fairhope, Alabama as "an evergreen Lindera from Taiwan". It mat...

Lindera benzoin
Common Name: Spicebush
Spicebush is an aromatic deciduous shrub common in rich, circumneutral, moist woodland soils in eastern North America. The plant produces small yellow flowers in early spring before the foliage is emerged and has good yellow fall foliage. Males and ...

Lindera fragrans
Common Name: Chinese Evergreen Spicebush
Lindera fragrans is an evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy, leathery, bamboo-like leaves. Originally obtained through the Arnold Arboretum, Woodlanders is probably the first nursery in the U.S. to offer this lovely spicebush. It has grown well...

Lindera obtusiloba
Common Name: Japanese Spicebush

Japanese Spicebush is a large deciduous shrub that is usually multi-stemmed but can become almost tree-like.  It has broad lobed or un-lobed leaves that are lustrous dark green.  It flowers in spring with small yellow flo...


Lithocarpus edulis 'Variegata'
Common Name: Variegated Japanese Tanbark Oak
This evergreen oak relative can become a medium size tree with dense, leathery dark green foliage. This form brought in from Japan by Dr. Fred Meyer of the U.S. National Arboretum has beautifully variegated leaves. Almost surely first offered in U....

Lithocarpus glaber
Common Name: Tan Oak

Lithocarpus are evergreen trees related to both oak and chestnut. The acorns are like oak and the clusters of white flower spikes are like chestnut. The flowers are showy but ill scented. This species is native to eastern Asia and ...


Livistona chinensis
Common Name: Chinese Fan Palm
Chinese Fan Palm is a beautiful, usually short trunked palm with large bright green fan-like leaves with segments that droop at the tips. It is widely grown in warm climates and is moderately cold hardy. It is being grown in coastal areas from Char...

Lobelia cardinalis
Common Name: Cardinal Flower
Cardinal Flower is a wonderful North American perennial native to wet areas but very easily grown in sunny sites with ordinary garden soils that are kept moist. It has a basal rosette of broad leaves from which arises a tall stem bearing a spike of ...

Lobelia siphilitica
Common Name: Great Blue Lobelia
This perennial Lobelia is similar to the red-flowered Lobelia cardinalis but the flowers are blue. These flowers are numerous, on tall spikes, and are about 1 inch long. The Big Blue Lobelia should be grown in moist soil in partial shade. Plants s...

Lonicera fragrantissima
Common Name: Winter Honeysuckle
An "Old Fashioned" wide-spreading deciduous shrub to 6 to 10 feet. Valued for the very fragrant creamy white flowers in mid-winter or early spring. This shrub is native to eastern China and makes a good border or background plant where the winter fl...

Lonicera sempervirens 'John Clayton'
Common Name: Yellow Trumpet Honeysuckle
Our native Coral Honeysuckle is a semi-evergreen vine of restrained habit. Leaves are blue-green with some encircling the stem. Flowers normally bright red but this selection a clear yellow. It is a compact repeat bloomer selected by the Virginia ...

Lonicera sempervirens 'Leo'
Common Name: Trumpet Honeysuckle 'Leo'
This semi-evergreen vine has blue-green leaves, some of which encircle the stems. Bright red tubular flowers over a long period attract hummingbirds. This is an excellent free-flowering clone of our native red honeysuckle. We have been unable to dis...

Lonicera x purpusii
Common Name: Winter Honeysuckle
This honeysuckle is a hybrid between Lonicera fragrantissima and the related Lonicera standishii. It is a large deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub with very fragrant creamy white flowers in winter or early spring. It is perhaps a neater and more attr...

Loropetalum chinense
Common Name: Evergreen Witchhazel
Chinese evergreen shrub in the Witchazel family. It can become almost tree-like. It has small dark green leaves and abundant white fragrant flowers in early spring. The flowers have little filamentous narrow petals giving a fringe like effect and ...

Loropetalum chinense 'Zhuzhou Fuchsia'
Common Name: Loropetalum 'Zhuzhou Fuchsia'
Chinese evergreen shrub in the Witchazel family. It can become almost tree-like. It has small dark green leaves and abundant white fragrant flowers in early spring. The flowers have little filamentous narrow petals giving a fringe like effect and ...

Luma apiculata
Common Name: Chilean Myrtle
Chilean Myrtle is also known as Myrtus luma. It is a neat shrub or even a tree to 20 to 25 foot. The evergreen leaves are small and glossy. It produces small white flowers and has cinnamon red bark. This Andean tree is not much known in U.S. exce...

Lygodium japonicum
Common Name: Japanese Climbing Fern
A very attractive climbing fern for a trellis or arbor. An attractive foliage vine but this species has become an invasive nuisance in some Deep South bottomlands. For this reason it should probably not be planted in zone 9. In zone 8 it is genera...

Lyonia ferruginea
Common Name: Rusty Lyonia
Rusty Lyonia is a tall evergreen shrub often becoming tree-like with contorted branches. New leaves are rusty red. Flowers are small fragrant, white bells. Plant in sunny or lightly shaded site with sandy acid soil and good drainage. This species i...

Lyonia lucida
Common Name: Fetterbush
Fetterbush is an upright somewhat arching evergreen shrub with glossy leaves that have a vein along the smooth leaf edge. It grows in damp acid soils in the southeastern U.S. from Virginia southward. The plants produce small white or pink bell-shap...

Lyonia lucida 'Morris Minor'
Common Name: Fetterbush 'Morris Minor'
Fetterbush is an upright somewhat arching evergreen shrub with glossy leaves that have a vein along the smooth leaf edge. It grows in damp acid soils in the southeastern U.S. from Virginia southward. The plants produce small white or pink bell-shap...

Lysiloma thornberi
Common Name: Feather Tree

Lysiloma is a shrub or small tree with fine pinnate ferny foliage.  The white flowers are in ball-like heads. It is a desert tree native to southern Arizona.  It is cold sensitive but will withstand brief periods of sub-f...

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