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 pl...

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 Ma...

This is a medium to large deciduous shrub resembles and is related to our native Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis).  It has smaller leaves and similar but smaller ball-like flowers in early summer.  The flowers could give i...

This small bright green Agave with a white center stripe on the short, broad, toothed leaves is a selection of a species native to south Texas and Mexico.  This smaller more compact clumping selection was found some years ago near J...

Tung Oil tree is a medium size deciduous tree.  It is ornamental with large (to 10 in) dark green heart shaped or lobed leaves and white to pink flowers in showy panicles in spring. Large inedible seeds are source of tung...

This deciduous shrub with oval toothed leaves can be trained as a small tree in subtropical regions or treated as a die-back perennial in some temperate climates.  It has spikes of white fragrant flowers in terminal panic...

This "Shadbush" or "Serviceberry" is an upright colony forming deciduous shrub. White flowers in the spring followed by blue-purple fruit. An attractive low growing species that is much less common in cultivation compared to the larger species and...

Like Anisacanthus wrightii (which see) but with yellow flowers. This clone from San Antonio Botanic Garden is probably the variety 'Pumpkin'

This subtropical vine has somewhat heart shaped leaves and clusters of small papery hot pink showy flowers summer to fall. This vigorous grower is evergreen only in frost-free areas.  In most of the Deep South it freezes to the grou...

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...

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 relativel...

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 hu...

This evergreen shrub with narrow serrated leathery leaves was originally received from U.S. National Arboretum as Aucuba himalayica but it may be a form of Aucuba japonica called "Longifolia". As with other Aucuba...

This rare semi-evergreen shrub is similar to our common Baccharis halmifolia but quite distinct.  In 1979 just before Hurricane Frederick did tremendous damage to the Mobile, Alabama area, we discovered...

This is a small leafed version of better-known Baptisia australis and is often classified as Baptisia austrials var. minor. This plant is lower growing and more compact with abundant blue flowers in spring held well above the att...

Crossvine is a high climbing semi-evergreen vine with bright orange trumpet shaped flowers.  It is a good flowering vine that climbs high by tendrils and hold-tights and is effective if planted on fence or trellis in sun or se...

Buddleia davidii 'Attraction' is a more compact shrub than typical for the species and ultimately forms a somewhat rounded outline. Its arching branches are lined with gray-green leaves which have no fall color. Royal red ...

'Lochinch' is a hybrid Butterfly Bush blooming on new growth with showy panicles of small fragrant lavender blue flowers that have an orange "eye".   This is a vigorous and fast-growing decidous shrub with gray-g...

This is a medium to large South African shrub which has proven surprisenly hardy in trials at Athens, GA. Flowers of pale lavender are not particularly fragrant but Dr. Dirr says: "All visitor's to our trials have become enamored with the foliage"...

This yellow-flowered hybrid butterflybush (B. globosa x B. davidii) is better and more vigorous than  'Sungold'.   It was obtained by Dr. Mike Dirr from Crathes Castle Garden in Scotland and named 'Honeycomb'.  It was purchased...

Bumelia (Sideroxylon) thornei is a rare small tree with small oval leaves, rather crooked or pendulous thorny branches, and black raisin size fruits. It grows naturally in moist to wet soil but is adaptable and appears to ...

This small boxwood with narrow, bright green leaves and abundant and noticible bloom is apparently the true Buxus harlandii.  The boxwoods commonly sold in the South as B. harlandii,&...

For complete information click on:   https://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/horticulture/introductions-and-promotions/choice-plants/buxus-sempervirens-unraveled.php

This deciduous Mexican shrub is somewhat like Callicarpa americana.  The arching branches bear clusters of small shiny berries that are black instead of the more common purple of other Beautyberries.   It was collected...

American Beautyberry is a deciduous multi-stemmed shrub with rather large velvety leaves that are coarsely toothed and opposite on the stems.  . The flowers are small, purple, and in clusters around stems at the leaf nodes.  Th...

Like Callicarpa americana (which see) but with white berries. This selection from Polk County, FL by Jonathan Shaw, former director of Bok Tower Gardens is late flowering and fruiting. Perhaps the best white-fruited selection for the Deep...

This Callicarpa americana (which see) is a selection with pink berries. It was found in east Texas by plantsman Matt Welch and introduced through the Mast Arboret um at Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, Texas.  The sho...

Purple Beautyberry is, according to Dirr ( Manual of Woody Landscape Plans) is the "most graceful and refined of the species". It is also the most cold-hardy. This selection fruits heavily as a young plant and abundant small violet b...

Callicarpa dichotoma is, according to Dirr, the "most graceful and refined of the [various] species". It is also the most cold-hardy. This variety has white berries instead of typical purple and may get a bit taller than the typical form....

Deciduous shrub with showy purple fruits.  This species of beautyberry is a good choice for gardens in warmer climate zones.   For detailed informaion see:   More Info

This Beautyberry is a large deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub native to Taiwan and little known in the U.S. It has large, 10-12 inch long fuzzy leaves and clustered small white berries. It is a striking novelty shrub for mild clima...

A spontaneous hybrid Beautyberry we grew from seed collected from one of our large-leafed subtropical Callicarpa pilosissima. The pollen parent could be any of a number of other Callicarpa species in our collection. This plant has rather ...

This sun-loving low spreader has bright purple cup-shaped blooms with white throats.  It flowers from spring through summer.  The attractive foliage is deeply lobed.   It is most common as a native in the eastern edge...

This small to medium sized evergreen shrub with bright red "bottlebrush" flowers is a native of Australia.  Callistemons are generally considered subtropical plants but this one has survived outside for years at Clemson, SC., an area generall...

This bottlebrush is a medium, arching, evergreen shrub with bright red "bottlebrush" flowers in late spring. Originally offered by us as C. sieberi, but that species should have yellow flowers. Has proven winter hardy in Raleigh, NC. ...

(AKA 'Katherine') As with the species Calycanthus floridus (which see) but flowers are yellow and with good fragrance. One of several clones which have been found with yellow flowers. 'Athens' was provided to Dr. Mike Dirr by Jane Sy...

Two species of Camellia are commonly grown in American gardens. They are Camellia japonica and Camellia sasanqua. There are countless varieties of each. Many varied and quite different species of Camellia occur in...

Two species of Camellia are commonly grown in American gardens. They are Camellia japonica and Camellia sasanqua. There are countless varieties of each. Many varied and quite different species of Camellia occur in the Far East an...

This seedling selection of Camellia sasanqua which occurred here at Woodlanders was selected and propagated by George Mitchell and named for the late Julia Mackintosh who with her husband Robert founded Woodlanders.  I...

Two species of Camellia are commonly grown in American gardens. They are Camellia japonica and Camellia sasanqua. There are countless varieties of each. This is an unusual selection of Camellia japonica with rather tubul...

Two species of Camellia are commonly grown in American gardens. They are Camellia japonica and Camellia sasanqua. There are countless varieties of each. Many varied and quite different species of Camellia occur in the Far East an...

A selection of Camellia saluensis with abundant pink flowers. Originally acquired from the Norfolk, VA garden of the late Fred Huette, a great plantsman and first director of Norfolk Botanical Garden.

Two species of Camellia are commonly grown in American gardens. They are Camellia japonica and Camellia sasanqua. There are countless varieties of each. This Camellia sasanqua variety is a relatively new selection of thi...

Two species of Camellia are commonly grown in American gardens. They are Camellia japonica and Camellia sasanqua. There are countless varieties of each. This Camellis saaanqua variety is unique for the flowers which are ...

Two species of Camellia are commonly grown in American gardens. They are Camellia japonica and  Camellia sasanqua. There are countless varieties of each. Among the many other species, this one is of great economic importance as the s...

A pink flowered form of Camellia sinensis (which see). The foliage is also somewhat reddish.

Two species of Camellia are commonly grown in American gardens. They are Camellia japonica and Camellia sasanqua. There are countless varieties of each. This one is a beautiful hybrid between Camellia japonica and a Chin...

A shrubby but somewhat vine-like leguminous plant (pea family) with deciduous leaves resembling the leaves of the common green bean or soybean. Notable for the long spikes of coral orange flowers. A new introduction which we collected in Argentina...

This Canna is a natibve perennial with light green broad tropical looking leaves typical of Canna. This native species has yellow flowers and spreads freely in moist to wet soil or in shallow water but also grows well in ordinary garden soil....

This hickory is a large deciduous tree with compound leaves which turn bright yellow in fall.  The hickory nuts are thick shelled,  hard to crack, and tedious to pick out but very tasty.  The tree has a narrow to broadly rounded cro...

'First Choice' is a long-blooming compact form of this favorite shrub or subshrub.  It is a hybrid between Caryopteris incana and Caryopteris mongolica.  It produces dark purple densly clustered flowers ...

This bushy Chinese deciduous tree is widely grown as a substitute for the once widepread American Chestnut tree (C. dentata) that was essentially eliminated by the chestnut blight brought in from China in 1904. It produces large edib...

Smaller than our native Catalpas, this Chinese species is an attractive and precocious to flower small tree.  It has the same heart-shaped leaves and long slender pods as other Catalpa trees.  The large upright clusters of one inch ...

New Jersey Tea is a small hardy deciduous shrub that is widespread in eastern North America where it occurs in a variety of habitats.  It has small rather elm-like leaves and short showy panicles of small white flowe...

This "Plumbago" is a small shrub with small bristly leaves which turn reddish in fall. It has rich blue flowers in summer and fall.  It should have sunny or semi-shady site with well-drained soil and good air circulation.  It is native t...

Erect or arching perennial freezing to the ground in zone 8 but a woody shrub in the tropics.  It produces showy purple tubular flowers in terminal clusters late in the growing season. Cut back plants after the frost kills the tops. Mound 10 ...

Described as a silvery, soft textured juvenile foliage form of  Atlantic Whitecedar, this plant was originally presumed to be Chamaecyparis thyoides. It now appears to be a Chamaecyparis pisifera. It was found as a seedling ...

Chamaedaphne is a thicket forming low evergreen ericaceous shrub with leafy racemes of small white bell-like flowers.  It is native to the eastern U.S. where it grows in sandy, acid bogs.  It is a very cold-hardy evergreen shrub...

Chasmanthium (Uiola) latifolium is a luxuriant and shade tolerant perennial grass with relatively wide leaf blades and taller spikes of drooping seed heads much like "Sea Oats". Attrative in the garden and seed stalks a great component fo...

One of many kinds of "Rockrose" native to the Mediterranean region, this low evergreen thornless shrub has abundant white 2 inch flowers resembling single roses.  These plants are not true roses.  Plant in sunny or very lightly...

This Rockrose is a low evergreen shrub to 4 feet.  It is a hybrid with showy 2-3" wide purple flowers blotched with maroon.  Rockroses are not roses and are not related.  Plant this shrub in full sun and in well-drained so...

Woodlanders has been a leader in offering a wide range of Citrus and Citrus hybrids which are hardy outdoors beyond the normal Citrus growing areas.The Gou Tou Sour Orange is reported to be widely grown in southeast Asia.  The fruit is like a...

Woodlanders has been a leader in offering a wide range of Citrus and Citrus hybrids which are hardy outdoors beyond the normal Citrus growing areas.  'Chinotto' is a dense compact ornamental shrub or small tree with small pointed myrtle-like ...

NuClem is a type of the familiar Clementine mandarin or tangerine that is rather special in our lineup of relatively cold hardy citrus fruits.  Our friend and citrus guru Tom McClendon who shared this with  us offers the following i...

Small evergreen tree with fragrant purple tinted white flowers and large lemon-like fruits. A favorite container-grown citrus. The Meyer Lemon is probably a hybrid between a lemon and some other citrus. It was discovered near Peking, China in 1908...

Woodlanders has been a leader in offering a wide range of Citrus and Citrus hybrids which are hardy outdoors beyond the normal Citrus growing areas.  'Benton', like most other Citranges is cold hardy, not very edible, but ornamental...

Rose Glorybower is a suckering shrub with usually unbranched stems and relatively large heart-shaped toothed leaves.  I has large flat terminal clusters of fragrant rosy pink flowers.  It may freeze to the ground in cold weather but...

Cinnamon Clethra is a deciduous shrub that becomes a small tree. Valued for it's tall form, white racemes of fragrant flowers, and exfoliating cinnamon colored bark. A plant of well-drained mountain slopes where moisture is us...

Clethra alnifolia and the southern Clethra tomentosa are stoloniferous deciduous shrubs commonly called Summersweet or Sweet Pepperbush. They form colonies in moist acid soil and make good garden subjects. They are valued for their termin...

This evergreen shrub is related to Camellia.  This species is known only in the variegated form cultivated in Japan. The narrow leaves have a white margin. Grow in well-drained fertile soil with ample moisture. Sun or semi-shade. This is...

This Cliftonia monophylla (which see) is a very attractive pink flowered selection of this normally white flowered plant. Selected in the Florida Panhandle by Jim Berry for whom we named this clone. Cliftonia is ...

Clinopodium (Satureja) georgianum hybrid is a chance hybrid of uncertain parentage that was introduced by Woodlanders. It occurred here in the garden of Robert Mackintosh. It is possibly a Clinopodium geo...

This is a vigorous evergreen vine related to our native Crossvine.  It bears glossy leaves and 5" long purple trumpet flowers in spring.  It climbs by tendrils.  It is relatively care free in warm climates but needs water in prolong...

This is a somewhat viney shrub grown in warm climates chiefly for its beautiful glossy polished leaves with three prominent parlallel veins. It is worthy of protected spot in zone 9 or even 8. Makes a good espalier plant on a sheltered wall. It is...

This large tropical "Elephant Ear" is also listed as Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum 'Illustris'. It is perennial in most of the South. The vivid green leaves are atriking being splashed with deep brownish purple color. Colocasias are...

Colquhounia is a showy shrub with simple medium size leaves that are downy and rather rough.  It produces spikes of reddish or scarlet flowers in summer or fall. Plant it in a sunny, well-drained site with good soil.  It can be...

Conradina canescens is a low dense evergreen mint shrub with short, soft, needle-like leaves and white to blue-gray tubular flowers about 3/4 inch long.  The plant is highly variable with respect to growth habit and foliage color.
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Some years ago we introduced two selections of Conradina collected on Styx River in southern Alabama.  We called these "Low Gray" and "Low Green" and hope these clones may still be in cultivation somewhere.  In re-visitin...

This little perennial native to most of the Northern Hemisphere has wide lily-like leaves and very fragrant white flowers in spring.  It is a long time favorite flowering groundcover in the North where it spreads freely.  It is not ...

Chipola River Coreopsis is a relatively rare species known from only a few counties from southern South Carolina to north Florida.  It is a choice perennial with basal leaves that are opposite, dark green, and with entire edges....

This clump-forming native perenennial has thread-like leaflets and abundant yellow to orange daisy like flowers over long period in summer.  It is a popular garden perennial for the sunny border and is a good plant for a well-draine...

'Suwanee Squat' Dogwood is a most unusual form of this favorite flowering tree. It has typical white Dogwood blossoms in spring. Growth habit is very low and spreading, almost prostrate. Would spill down over wall or bank. There are lots of dogwoo...

This evergreen dogwood native in southeast Asia is probably cloeely related to Cornus capitata and C. kousa angustata.  There seem to be several botanical forms of this species but it is little known in cultivation in the U....

This Chinese dogwood is a spreading small to medium size deciduous tree with nice foliage and showy white-bracted flowers. Unlike our native American Dogwood, the bracts are pointed. It flowers about a month later than ou...

Mayhaw is a small rather thorny deciduous tree with small leaves and abundant white flowers in very early spring.  These are followed by attractive cranberry size red fruits in May.  These fruits yield the Deep South's famous Mayhaw...

The Parsley Haw is a distinctive and attractive small tree with shiny green dissected parsley-like leaves.  The white flowers with red stamens appear in spring and are followed by red fruit.  It is native to Piedmont and Coastal Pla...

Chinafir is a large, pyramidal, often multi-trunked coniferous evergreen tree with rather long flattened needles in more or less two dimensional arrangement on twigs.  It bears interesting small cones and is an attrative and somewhat curious ...

Scrub Titi is a very rare shrub discovered in the early 20th century by J.K. Small.  It occurred in desert-like scrub habitat in central Florida but was lost and taxonomically questioned for years. With Kenneth Wurdack we redis...

Cyrilla parvifolia is considered by some botanists to be a form of Cyrilla racemiflora but it is very distinct in having much smaller evergreen leaves and finer branching habit. It is found in northwest Florida. This selection is...

Winter Daphne is a favorite southern garden plant with very fragrant flowers in late winter.  It is not and easy plant to produce in nurseries and is consequently not readily available.  It becomes a dense evergreen shrub ...

Winter Daphne or February Daphne is a delightful evergreen shrub with deliciously scented pink or white flowers in late winter. It is native to China and Japan and has long been a beloved plant in southern gardens.  Unfortunately it is n...

This large Rhododendron-like evergreen shrub with large lustrous leaves is not related to Rhododendron and the flowers are not conspicuous.  It is however a choice evergreen shrub for the moist semi-shady garden. Daphiniphyllum humil...

Dendropanax is a most unusual small dense evergreen tree with ivy-like leaves.  This plant grew in our garden here in Aiken, South Carolina for years.  It is a Japanese native tht is indeed related to ivy.  It bears simila...

This bold strap leaf perennial has nice variegated foliage and small star-shaped bright blue to purple flowers which are followed by glossy, deep blue berries. Plant it in good soil in sun to partial shade. Native to Tasmania.

This medium size evergreen shrub has small blue flat topped clusters of flowers in spring followed by iridescent blue berries in fall. It is a relatively recent introduction from China. It is related to Hydrangea and soil condition...

This South American native is a good garden plant in the South.   It is a mounding subshrub with velvety grey leaves and tubular orange/red flowers.  It can be planted in a sunny perennial border with good soil and could also b...

Persimmon is a medium size deciduous tree that is pyramidal to oval-rounded in outline. It has dark green leaves and gray-black checkered bark. Male & female flowers (not showy) are on separate trees. Edible 1-2 inch fruit are orange when ripe...

This evergreen Witchhazel relative is similar to D. racemosum (which see).  It becomes a small tree.  It was introduced by the Arnold Arboretum from a collection they made in China. 

This very different form of Distylum myricoides is called 'Lucky Charm Witchhazel'. This evergreen shrub has leaves which are blue-green. The leaf arrangement and branching are quite horizontal. It probably remains a relatively low s...

Autumn Fern is a medium to large evergreen fern with broad somewhat triangular fronds. The new growth is copper colored. This Asian fern is a handsome and dependable fern for the shady or semi-shady garden.

 This fern with shaggy stems and delicate broad 2-3' fronds and is an easy fern to grow.  It is a natural semi-evergreen hybrid of D. affinis and D. expansa.  Fern guru Dr. John Mickel proclaims in "F...

Related to Duranta repens, the "Skyflower" or "Golden Dewdrop" sometimes seen in Florida gardens. This species is a shrub which can become scandant or vine-like or can become a small tree.  It is deciduous with leaves turning purple ...

This ginger relative produces attractive foliage from rhizomes. Here it can stay under 2 feet but it gets much larger in tropics where it is grown for the exspensive spice Cardamom.  . Leaves have a delightful fragrance wh...

The Epimediums are excellent groundcover plants for shade. Slow but steady spreaders once established they are tolerant of dry shade under trees but much happier with moist, organic rich soil. This hybrid has bright yellow flowers. Evergreen in al...

This desert Coralbean can be a small tree in frost-free regions. Otherwise, it is a coarse perennial shrub growing from a large tuber-like root. Ith has three rounded leaflets, and showy tubular red or pink flowers.  The open s...

This striking plant is a woody shrub in frost-free climates but otherwise a perennial from a massive root.  It has very showy tubular red flowers in spikes followed by decorative (but poisonous) red seeds which remain on plant ...

This very showy Coralbean is a hybrid between the Argentine E. crista-galli and our native E. herbacea. Perennial in zone 8 from large root stock. Large spikes of vivid red flowers in summer. Cut back plants after...

This is an attractive dense evergreen shrub with small glossy leaves. Flower color unknown. A Woodlanders introduction from our collection at high elevation in the Sierra San Luis, San Luis Province, Argentina.

This attractive evergreen groundcover Euonymus was introduced by Heronswood Nursery having been collected by Dan Hinkley above the Wolong Panda Preserve in western China.  It has long dark green pointed leaves with prominent a...

This yet to be identified Euonymus is probably E. fortunei.  It is a low trailing evergreen shrub with long-pointed, toothed, leaves about 2 inches long.  A new introduction, it was collected by Frank Bell o...

Called "Snakeroot" this plant occus in praires and open woodlands of the eastern U.S. The normal form has green leaves but this unique form with chocolate colored foliage was selected at Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware.  It is a n...

The common Fig, a large deciduous shrub originally from the Mediterranean and Middle East region has been cultivated since ancient times for its edible fruit.  There are many named varieties.  This may be the variety 'Celeste' which...

A curious hybrid between the climbing fig (vine) and the edible fig (shrub) which is intermediate between the very different parents. This mostly deciduous and semi-vining shrub is grown mostly as a botanical or garden curiosity.&n...

A curious hybrid between the climbing fig (vine) and the edible fig (shrub) which is intermediate between the very different parents. This mostly deciduous and semi-vining shrub is grown mostly as a botanical or garden curiosity.&#...

A neat groundcover or vine with small shiny evergreengreen leaves similar to a (totally unrelated) evergreen blueberry. This choice little vine is native to Taiwan and probably came to us from the J.C. Raulston Arboretum at NC State which got it f...

Fontanesia is a deciduous shrub with narrow lanceolate opposite leaves which are several inches in length.  It in the olive family, related to privet, and apparently likewise tolerant of conditions.  It seems questionable as to...

Swamp Privet is a large deciduous shrub or small tree with small lance shaped opposite leaves.  Yellowish small flowers are borne in the leaf axils in early spring.  Male and female flowers are on separate plants.&nb...

Some years ago in the company of Texas native plant legend the late Lynn Lowery we found this intricately branched deciduous shrub in Calhoun County on the Texas gulf coast.  We took cuttings and propagated this distinct pendulous f...

Godfrey's Forestiera is a deciduous shrub or small tree. The ovate leaves have pubescent lower surface and yellow fuzzy flowers appear in early spring on last season's twigs.  Female plants may bear small dark blue berries. Th...

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This somewhat privet-like deciduous shrub has rather small oval leaves and intricate branching.  Fragrant fuzzy yellow flowers very early in spring are small but abundant.  This Texas native is we...

The native Fothergilla species were choice but scarcely available garden shrubs when Woodlanders first began to offer them in 1980. This selection found by Dr. Mike Dirr in Mt. Airy Arboretum in Cincinnati, OH is now widely grown and available. It...

This is the native wild strawberry of eastern North America. The plants have trifolate leaves and produce runners which form new plants at their ends. White flowers are followed by small but sweet tasty strawberries once commonly enjoyed by countr...

Evergreen shrub with fairly large glossy leaves and 3 inch double white flowers, the standard extremely fragrant Gardenia flower. Gardenia is a long time garden favorite throughout the South. This variety from the late Virginia Beach, VA nurseryma...

 Gardenia 'Rosedown Star' is an evergreen shrub with glossy leaves and fragrant single star-like white flowers followed by showy orange fruits (hips). We obtained this plant years ago from the former Cedar Lane Farms Nursery in Madison, Georg...

A small tight evergreen shrub similar to Gardenia 'Klein's Hardy' but with small dark green leathery leaves that are quite rounded and with small single fragrant white flowers. Gardenias grow well in relatively fertile acid soil in semi-shade...

A Woodlanders introduction, this Gardenia was grown from seed collected by Frank Bell on Emei Shan, China's sacred mountain in Sichuan. It is a vigorous, single stem upright plant with very glossy dark green leaves that are long and narrow. It bea...

This evergreen vine is closely related to Gelsemium sempervirens (Which see).  It is a rare species is found in wet habitats in the coastal plain of the southeastern U.S. It is floriferous and flowers both in spring and fall but the ...

Evergreen twining vine with bright yellow fragrant flowers in spring. This species produces few variants but this selection with double flowers was probably introduced many years ago by the famous but now defunct Fruitland Nursery of Augusta, Geor...

Delight a loved one or a gardening friend with a Woodlanders Gift Certificate. When checking out select "Pickup at Woodlanders" as your delivery method. In the Special Instructions window on the confirmation page, please provide the name of t...

Gordonia lasianthus is a handsome evergreen tree native to moist acid soils in the coastal plain of the southern U.S. It is in the tea family and related to Camellia and Franklinia. Trees in the wild reach large size. The summer flowers a...

A medium size rather slow growing deciduous tree native to the midwestern U.S.  Hillier's Manual of Trees and Shrubs says: "one of the most handsome of all hardy trees". The large compound leaves are pink tinted when unfolding and tu...

Rarely available small to medium size deciduous tree highly prized for large white bell-like flowers clothing the branches in spring. This large flowered variety of Two-wing Silverbell is found native in a limited area of the Flori...

This Witchhazel is a medium size rounded deciduous shrub native to the Ozark region of south central U.S. It produces abundant small reddish or yellow strap petal fragrant flowers on the bare branches in late winter or very early spring. Usually h...

This plant is a shrub in the tropics and south Florida.  It is a perennial to 4 feet or more in the Deep South.  This heat tolerant bush has reddish leaves and tubular red flowers and has become very popular in Texas.  Cut back plan...

This tall herbaceous perennial spreads by rhizomes.  It bears showy spikes of very fragrant white flowers with a greenish or yellowish blotch.  It blooms in summer on terminals of tall plants with long corn-like leaves and spreads in ric...

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 flow...

'Summer Sun' is a selection of our native perennial False Sunflower, a relative of the true sunflower and with similar showy bright yellow 2" blossoms consisting of the yellow ray flowers surrounding the darker disc flowers in the center.  It...

This Yucca-like stemless plant has 2-3 foot long narrow gray-green leaves and tall flowering stalks bearing pinkish red tubular flowers. Plant it in a sunny location with well-drained soil.  This Texas native is rare in the wild but wide...

Redwing (Heteropterys glabra) is a vining or scandent deciduous shrub with small lanceolate leaves and clusters of yellow flowers followed by red winged fruits that look just like maple "keys".  It is not related...

This tall perennial Hibiscus with maple-like or marijuana-like leaves typical of Hibiscus coccineus (which see) but this little-known cultivar has pure white flowers rather than red.   Grows well in wet to moist soil i...

This tall perennial hibiscus has gray-green foliage and slightly prickly stems.  The flowers are fairly large purplish pink.  It grows naturally in marshy places but is fine in ordinary garden soils in sunny location. This litt...

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 na...

This is a 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. It s...

This woody Hibiscus is a tall branching shrub to 15 feet or more It bears single yellow flowers with a crimson spot at the base. This large shrub has wide rounded deciduous leaves. The bright yellow hibiscus flowers are produced in the summer. Thi...

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 ...

The Pink Rose-mallow is a close relative of Hibiscus moscheutos and occupies similar wetland habitats, mostly in the northeastern U.S. It is likewise an attractive garden perennial when grown in good soil with ample moisture and a sunny l...

The Hibiscus 'Tosca' 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...

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, Jap...

This highly recommended selection of Althea or Rose of Sharon was from Shadow Nursery in Tennessee.  It has semi-double red flowers which close in rainy weather but it is long flowering in summer.   Can be used in border or gro...

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...

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 Ch...

Oakleaf Hydrantgea is a large deciduous shrub with large oak-like leaves, big panicles of white flowers, and exfoliating bark,  It is native almost exclusively to rich woods in Alabama but is very widely grown as a favored ornamental shrub. &...

'Alison' is a large deciduous shrub with large oak-like leaves, big 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...

A 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-d...

Oakleaf Hydrangea is a 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. 'S...

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...

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 ...

This Hypericum is 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. and is one of our favorite Hypericums.  It...

Dahoon Holly is an evergreen shrub or small tree with bright green oval, slightly toothed leaves and abundant small bright red berries(on female plants). Usually found in swampy conditions but grows well on ordinary garden soils that are acid...

This Japanese cultivar of the familiar Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata) was distributed by Sylvester March of the U.S. National Arboretum.  It is a dense plant with small evergreen leaves and black berries typical of Ilex crena...

Smooth Winterberry is similar to the common Winterberry (Ilex verticellata) but is much less common in cultivation.  The finely toothed deciduous  leaves are glossy above and not dull as with common Winterberry.  Femal...

Upright evergreen shrub similar to Japanese Holly (I. crenata) and sometimes considered a variety of it found on Okinawa. The small evergreen leaves have marginal teeth but no spines. A little known shrub with open graceful habit and black fruit o...

This evergreen holly from South America resembles Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine) of the southeastern U.S.  It is the source of Yerba mate, the popular and traditional hot beverage in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina where it is ...

This holly is a small to medium size evergreen tree native to eastern Asia. The leaves are not spiny and more like Kalmia than "Holly-like".  It is noteworthy as a beautiful but slow growing tree that is one of the hardiest evergreen hol...

 This is the male pollinator for female Ilex pedunculosa (which see).

This hybrid deciduous holly was developed and released by the U.S. National Arboretum as a pollenator for their variety 'Sparkleberry'.  Apollo is not unattractive but is best planted as a background plant in proximity to poll...

'Apollo' is a hybrid deciduous holly that is not especially ornamental itself but is needed as a pollenator for berry set on the female plants, especially the variety 'Sparkleberry'.  Both 'Apollo' and 'Sparkleberry' are ...

This evergreen holly is a dense large shrub or small tree.  The leaves are relatively small, oblong, glossy, and spine margined . Female plants have red fruit. This holly native to Iran is very rare in America. It is related to English Holly ...

Winterberry Holly is a small to medium size multi-stem decidous shrub found in moist to wet soils over much of the eastern U.S. The female plants produce masses of very showy red berries on the bare stems and make a striking effect in late fall an...

Our native Winterberry Holly (Ilex verticellata), its Japanese equivalent (Ilex serrata) and the hybrids between the two are small to medium size multi-stem decidous shrubs.    The female plants produce masses...

Yaupon Holly is a common evergreen shrub or small tree with small leaves and red berries on female plants. It is found from southeastern Virgina to Texas. It is a popular and adaptable ornamental and there are a number of named varieties including...

Yaupon Holly is a common evergreen shrub or small tree with small leaves and red berries on female plants. It is found from southeastern Virgina to Texas. It is a popular and adaptable ornamental and there are a number of named varieties including...

'Alagold' is a yellow-berried seedling of Ilex x attenuata Foster #2, a popular evergreen hybrid holly popular in southern landscape plantings.  This holly has dark olive green leaves and a pyramidal growth ...

Japanese Anise is a glossy leaf upright evergreen shrub or small tree with aromatic leaves and pale yellow starfish-shaped flowers in early spring. This species is uncommon in American gardens but our native Illicium parviflorum has been ...

Florida Anise is an evergreen ahrub with elliptical leaves that are aromatic when crushed. This is an uncommon white-flowered selection of a normally maroon flowered plant. The flowers which appear in spring are starfish shaped and about 1 inch in...

This anisetree is an upright evergreen Chinese shrub with leathery lanceolate leaves that are aromatic when crushed.  It is somewhat like Illicium henryi and with similar small pink flowers. The star shaped seed capsules are not edib...

This medium to large shrub bears rosy purple flowers in 5 inch long racemes produced from axils of the compound leaves summer through fall. The leaves are made up of many small leaflets along a midrib.  Dr. Michael Dirr in his Manual...

Indigofera incarnata (decora) is a low spreading deciduous shrub legume with compound leaves. It makes a groundcover with summer racemes of pink pea flowers.  It is suited to sun or part shade. It is native to China

Indigofera incarnata (decora) is a low spreading deciduous shrub legume with compound leaves. It makes a groundcover with summer racemes of pink pea flowers. Suited to sun or part shade. It is native to China. Indigofera incarnata (de...

Also known as Ipomoea carnea this essentially tropical "Morning Glory" from South America is not a vine but a perennial that grows to 8 feet or more.  It has big pink Morning Glory flowers and from a distance may be mi...

 Iris cristata is a dwarf woodland Iris found in interior of eastern U.S.  It has rather broad leaf blades arranged in typical Iris fans. The lovely 1 1/2 to 2 inch blue flowers are borne on stems only a few inches high in spring. It is ...

Iris japonica is a native of China growing in open forest edges and grasslands, at elevations from 500 to 800 m (1,600 to 2,600 ft). One population at 2,400 to 3,400 m (7,900 to 11,200 ft) in Southwest China is belie...

This dwarf iris with blue to purple flowers in spring is native to the southeastern U.S. with outliers in surrounding states.  It is sometimes confused with Iris cristata but has more upright narrower leaves and grows in drier habita...

This now popular and widely grown selection of our native deciduous Sweetspire or Virginia Willow was first offered by Woolanders in 1985 as "Selected Form". We had propagated it from a plant obtained from the Henry Foundation in Gladwyne, Pennsyl...

Introduced by Woodlanders, this is an excellent, long-spired (6 to 8 inches) selection of our native Sweetspire or Virginia Willow (not a willow !) selected along the Augusta Canal near the Savannah River in Georgia by our late founders, Robert an...

This Woodlanders introduction is the first pink Itea. The flowers are essentially white but the pink pedicels make the racemes distinctly pale pink. This selection found by Nancy Bissett of The Natives in central Florida and was named for...

Dense tiny mounding deciduous shrub with small congested leaves. This little mutant was found at Biltmore House and Gardens in North Carolina. It is basically a curiosity suited for the rock garden or small space where it would not...

This Itea from Yunnan, China is an evergreen shrub similar to Itea chinensis except more low and spreading and with more leathery and darker green leaves that are somewhat holly-like on juvenile plants but with smooth edges on mature plan...

Wild Jasmine is a semi-evergreen shrub with attractive but odorless yellow flowers and black fruits.  It is native to southern Europe and is best planted in sunny or semi-shady locations with good soil that is well-drained.  It seem...

Deciduous or semi-evergreen vine similar to Jasminum officinale but less vigorous, less hardy, but with larger white fragrant flowers. In southern Europe it is grown to make perfume. Recommend planting on a trellis in a very sheltere...

Jasminum x stephanense (Jasminum beesianum x Jasminum officinale)is a rather vigorous semi-evergreen vine or scrambling shrub with small pinnate or incompletely compound leaves Flowers small, pink, fragrant. Hybri...

This low-branched and shrubby Juniper, (commonly called Cedar) is a medium sized evergreen tree native to the southwestern desert grasslands.  Its species name relates to the border state of Coahuila, Mexico.  Like other Junipers the mal...

Justicia carnea (Jacobinia carnea)is a South American native that is a shrub or sub-shrub in tropical areas but perennial here in zone 8.  It is an upright bushy plant to 5' with glossy leaves and showy pink tubular flowers in dense ...

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 moi...

This low shrub with tiny evergreen leaves grows in moist peaty sand in the southern pine flatwoods from South Carolina to Florida and Alabama.  The pink summer flowers may be needed to convince some people that this is indeed&#...

This evergreen shrub is sometimes amost tree-like.  It has glossy oval leaves reddish bark and showy clusters of white to pink cup-shaped flowers in late spring. . A choice shrub for sunny or semi-shady moist but well-drained acid soil usuall...

'Willowood' is a Woodlanders introduction.  We found  this Kalmia in Aiken County, SC.  It is notable for its narrow willow-like leaves and pink, banded, flowers.  A similar variety called 'Willowcrest' is from a nort...

This seemingly unlikely hybrid between the common Mountainlaurel (Kalmia latifolia) and the diminutive, less well-known, and very different Sandhill Laurel (Kalmia hirsuta) of the Deep South was probably first mad...

Kerria is a monotypic genus from eastern Asias. The "old fashioned" Kerria 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 y...

This fast-growing upright medium size ornamental tree of coarse structure casts medium shade.  It may become more spreading with age. This tree has large twice pinnate compound leaves and showy large yellow flower clusters in late s...

Golden Raintree is a small to medium size deciduous tree with compound leaves.  It is grown for the abundant panicles of showy golden flowers in early summer (later northward).  It is an excellent adaptable tree for lawn areas.  It ...

Goldenrain tree is a medium size deciduous tree with compound leaves and showy panicles of small yellow flowers.  We originally received this variety from Chollipo Arboretum in Korea where it grew near coastal beaches as a shrubby f...

This large deciduous shrub has showy pink flowers in spring. Dr. Michael Dirr in his "anual of Woody Landscape Plants says: "E.H. Wilson considered it one of the finest plants he introduced into cultivation" and that is saying a lot ...

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 selec...

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') i...

'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...

There are now many named varieties of dwarf Crepemyrtle.  'New Orleans' is a purple-flowered clone in the "Dixie Series" which Dirr (Manual of Woody Landscape Plants) calls "minature weeping crapemyrtles".  As with other Crepemy...

This Lantana is a creeping and drought tolerant hybrid that is hardy in a sheltered spot in zones 8 and 9.  It makes a low groundcover and procuces showy yellow flowers over a long time period in summer.   Given rich soil and ample ...

'Miss Huff' is 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, 'Miss Huff' Lantana is a good warm climate shrub ...

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...

Obtained as cuttings from the J. C. Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, NC this large shrub or small tree has evergreen foliage that is is highly aromatic as are both parents. We expect this to become a small tree. NOTE: This may be 'Saratoga' a p...

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 Sout...

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 s...

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 ...

This is an uncommon deciduous shrub to 12 feet.  It is much like some other "Privet" species but is much more showy in flower.  Krussmann in Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees and Shrubs says: "Muc...

Bog Spicebush is a rare native deciduous shrub similar to Lindera benzoin. It differs in having somewhat more leathery leaves that are more blunt tipped and only very faintly lemon scented rather than strongly aromatic spicy foliage. Also...

This evergreen oak relative can become a medium size tree with dense, leathery dark green foliage. This form brought in from Japan by the late Dr. Fred Meyer of the U.S. National Arboretum has beautifully variegated leaves. Almost surely firs...

Winter Honeysuckle is an "Old Fashioned" wide-spreading deciduous shrub to 6 to 10 feet.  It is 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 ...

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 has clear yellow flowers. It is a compact repeat bloomer selected by the...

This honeysuckle vine is a hybrid of our native Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) and the Chinese L. tragophylla. Hillier (Manual of Trees and Shrubs) calls it "A superb hybrid".  It has larg...

This Chinese evergreen shrub in the Witchazel family 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...

Chilean Myrtle is also known as Myrtus luma. It is a neat shrub or even a tree to 20 to 25 feet tall. 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. ...

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...

This tree is similar to it's more familiar relative Maackia amurensis.  It is a deciduous small tree with pinnately compound leaves that have 11 to 13 leaflets that are smaller than those of M. amurensis.   It...

Machilus is a handsome broadleaf evergreen tree from eastern Asia.  It is in the Laurel family and related to Avocado. It has large glossy leaves but the flowers are greenish yellow, small, and not conspicuous. They are followed by peanu...

This subtropical Hibiscus relative is herbaceous in zone 8 but a shrubby evergreen in frost free areas.   It produces bright red flowers 2-3 inches long. The petals do not open out flat like Hibiscus but it is a showy garden subject for ...

This subtropical Hibiscus relative is herbaceous in zone 8 but a shrubby evergreen in frost free zones.  Flowers are normally bright red and 2-3 inches long but this is the uncommon pink-flowered form.   The petals do not open out f...

This Hibiscus relative is native to the Gulf Coast states and southward but widely grown elsewhere. It is a shrubby plant with bright red flowers less than two inches long but showy over a long period during the hot months and attractive to hummin...

Small Turkscap is a hibiscus relative native to the Gulf Coast states and southward but widely grown elsewhere. It is a shrubby plant with bright red flowers less than two inches long but showy over a long period during the hot mon...

This shrubby plant has showy red flowers and leaves that are intermediate between the parent species (which see). A relatively recent Texas introduction by Greg Grant, this should prove a garden worthy plant that is likely to be a bit more cold-ha...

This perennial succulent is a member of the Amaryllis Family native to Texas.  It has 1 foot long soft fleshly, often dark spotted, leaves like the related Agave but they are not evergreen. The tall flower spikes produce spidery creamy white ...

"Evergreen Wisteria" is not a Wisteria but it is related.  It is only really evergreen in the mildest areas.  It is an attractive Asian vine that does resemble Wisteria but has dark purple-red flower clusters that are held above the...

Monarda didyma is a fine clump or patch forming perennial native to eastern North America. It is a lovely red-flowered plant that produces flowers in terminal whorls on tall stems. Plant in rich moist soil with full sun or afternoon shade...

Also known as Dietes bicolor, this clump forming rhizomatous subtropical Iris relative has long narrow grass-like leaves about 2'long. The flat yellow flowers have brown spots at the base of the petals.  This is a very striking plan...

Red Mulberry is a medium size decidous tree native to the eastern U.S.  It has large dark green leaves that are rough to the touch.  The female trees have sweet purple fruit attractive to birds and children.  It is best grown in ric...

Simpson Stopper is a neat evergreen small tree or shrub with small leaves, white flowers, orange fruit, and nice exfoliating bark.  It is native to central and southern Florida.  It has surprisied us by being perfect...

Simpson Stopper is a neat evergreen small tree or shrub with small leaves, white flowers, orange fruit, and nice exfoliating bark.  It is native to central and southern Florida.  It has surprisied us by being perfectly hardy here in...

This is the Northern Bayberry, the berries are the source of the wax once used to make Bayberry candles.  It is native in the northeast and along the immediate coastline to North Carolina.  It is a deciduous shrub growing to around ...

The dwarf waxmyrtle native to frequently burned pinelands in the southern U.S. is also known as Myrica cerifera pumila or Myrica pusilla. It is a dense spreading evergreen shrub with small aromatic leaves that can form patches or...

Morella is the now preferred name for the genus.  The dwarf waxmyrtle native to frequently burned pinelands in the southern U.S. is also known as Myrica cerifera pumila or Myrica pusilla.    It is a dense spreading eve...

Nandina domestica is an Asian shrub which has long been popular in the South. There are various named varieties including dwarf forms. The typical form is an upright multi-stem plant with minimal branching but with large glossy fern-like ...

Oleander is a large sun-loving evergreen Mediterranean shrub cultivated since ancient times. It has dark green leathery lance shaped leaves in whorls around the long sparingly branched stems. The fragrant flower clusters, in various colors, are sh...

This Beargrass or Smallseed Sacahuista is an essentially stemless clump-forming desert plant with narrow, stiff grass-like leaves from a central rosette.  It is often multi crowned.  Tall spikes of very small fl...

The Ogechee Tupelo is a medium sized deciduous tree with rather large leaves and large red fruits on the female plants. The sour fruits have been used for jelly.  It grows in creek and river swamps but is adaptable to well-drained s...

Similar to Odontonema stricta, the Cardinal Spear, but leaves perhaps somewhat larger and more fleshy and the large colorful spikes of flowers are purple rather than red. Obtained from JoAnn Breland at Hampton Park in Charleston, SC and s...

This Evening Primrose is a perennial native to eastern North America.  The bright yellow flowers in summer are very attractive.  Plnat in full sun for best performance. . It is tolerant of dry soils and may spread to...

Olive is an evergreen Mediterranean small tree or large shrub with gray-green leathery leaves and small white fragrant flowers in axillary racemes in late summer. Fruits produced in dry climates are the source of commercial olives and olive oil. W...

Olive is an evergreen Mediterranean small tree or large shrub with gray-green leathery leaves and small white fragrant flowers in axillary racemes in late summer. Fruits produced in dry climates are the source of commercial olives and olive oil. W...

Olive is an evergreen Mediterranean small tree or large shrub with gray-green leathery leaves and small white fragrant flowers in axillary racemes in late summer. Fruits produced in dry climates are the source of commercial olives and olive oil. W...

Olive is an evergreen Mediterranean small tree or large shrub with gray-green leathery leaves and small white fragrant flowers in axillary racemes in late summer. Fruits produced in dry climates are the source of commercial olives and olive oil. W...

Osmanthus americanus is an evergreen shrub or tree with smooth margined elliptical leaves and small white flowers in spring. It is native to the southeastern U.S., primarily in coastal plain woodlands. 'Devilwood', so named for it's diffi...

'Gulftide' Holly Osmanthus is a medium to large evergreen shrub with dark green spiny, holly-like foliage and small fragrant white flowers.  It grows to 10 to 15 feet and makes a good hedge in sun or partia...

Holly Osmanthus is a large evergreen Asian shrub with holly-like leaves and fragrant white flowers. It is a long time favorite in southern gardens and is useful for hedges, borders. screen, or barrier plantings. It is best in sun or semi-shade wit...

This large evergreen shrub is a hybrid between Holly Osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus) and Tea Olive (O. fragrans).  'San Jose' has thinner, more finely toothed leaves, and more upright growth habit th...

Persian Parrotia is a small to medium sized deciduous tree related to Witchhazel.  It is valued for its form, rich fall color, and attractive exfoliating bark. Dirr, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants says:  "outstanding orna...

This yellow-flowered Japanese native is a tough perennial with oval rough leaves. The small flowers are persistent and held in inflorescenses above the foliage. It is good for cutting and a good perennial for sunny irrigated beds and borders ...

This shrub native to Argentina is a rather open growing semi-evergreen plant with narrow hastate leaves 2 to 3 inches long. Trimming or shearing will result in a more compact plant. Early blooms are cleistogamous ie. forming seed without opening b...

Penstemon digitalis is a fine perennial native the eastern United States. It has tubular white flowers on a panicle held above the leaves in early to mid-summer. 'Husker Red' is a selection developed at the University of Nebraska. It is s...

This fine garden perennial is nativee to the southern Appalachians where it grows in woods edges and sunny to semi-shady spots on rocky slopes.  It has showy pink to magenta tubular flowers, is easy to grow, and while relatively sho...

The Amur Corktree is a medium sized deciduous shade tree with pinnate compound leaves that are shiny deep green in summer and yellow in fall.  Old trees have very interesting and attractive corky bark.  Adaptable to various soils an...

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Broadleaf evergreen tree in the Laurel family is related to Persea.  The genus Persea includes Redbay and Avocado. This species was recieved as seed from Nanjing, China as Phoebe neurantha, an apparently invalid name. This species seems ...

Related to the Chinese Photinia (Photinia serrulata) this small evergreen tree is widespread in southeast Asia but virtually unknown in the U.S.  It is probably less cold hardy but maybe better than other Photinia in warmer zones.
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This evergreen shrub has glossy slightly toothed leaves which emerge bronze and turn dark green.  Dense clusters of hanging bell-like small white flowers in spring.  This species of Pieris is native to the Ryuku Isla...

Spruce Pine is a choice ornamental pine with dense dark green needles and most unusual bark for a pine. The trunk looks like a hardwood tree trunk! Usually found in mixed stands just upslope from stream bottomlands in coastal areas...

This Woodlanders introduction is a semi-evergreen vine related to our native Crossvine (Bignonia capreolata). It is somwhat similar and climbs with tendrils, but has white flowers. We collected this in Cordoba Province, Argentina and it h...

This Woodlanders introduction is a spreading evergreen shrub with small eliptical leaves less than one inch long. It has small yellow fragrant flowers followed by yellow fruits. It was grown from seed collected in China by Frank Bell who mist...

Japanese Pittosporum is a popular landscape plant in mild climate areas where it is a durable evergreen shrub with rounded glossy leaves and fragrant small white flowers.  It is quite salt tolerant and often used in seashore plantin...

A low-growing selection of this popular southern conifer with flat needle-like evergreen leaves which spiral the stem. Woodlanders obtained cuttings of this form years ago from a plant at Tom Dodd Nurseries in Semmes, Alabama but have not met with...

This Japanese perennial is a great plant for the woodland or shaded border. Polygonatum falcatum ( aka Polygonatum odoratum var. thunbergii) 'Variegatum' has striking summer foliage. It is easy to grow in shady or semi-shady area...

Prunus incisa, the Fuji cherry gets its scientific name from the deep incisions on the leaves. A dainty slow-growing, early white-flowering cherry, it is a century-old cultigen from Hondo, Japan. It is hi...

Portugese Laurel is a large evergreen shrub or small to medium size tree. It has ovate leaves which are dark green with reddish petioles. It bears racemes of small white flowers in late spring followed by small reddish to dark purple fruits. A fin...

Small to medium size deciduous tree with dark green firm toothed leaves and gray, green and brown bark which flakes off to produce mosaic patterns.  Fall color is yellow to red.  In spring it has attractive soft pink flowers on old ...

Hop Tree is a small bushy decidous tree that is quite adaptable. It has trifoliate leaves and very fragrant small yellowish flowers in spring followed by persistent wafer-like winged seeds. It is a larval food plant sought by butterflies and butte...

x Pyracomeles vilmorinii is a (Pyracantha x Osteomeles) bi-generic hybrid    It is a semi-evergreen shrub with arching thornless branches and deeply cut small leaves. Corymbose white flowers in spring are followed by coral...

This beautiful selection of a Japanese/Korean epiphyte/lithophyte is not a typical fern.  It is not "ferny" but has leathery leaves that are is deeply lobed with some of the lobes having a secondary pointed lobe. Underside of the leaf is silk...

Sawtooth Oak is a medium to large deciduous tree with leaves like a Chestnut tree.  It gives good yellow fall color and produces abundant large acorns with curious fuzzy acorn caps used in crafts.  It is an excellent shade tree or street...

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Scarlet Oak is a large deciduous tree with deeply lobed glossy foliaged often with excellent scarlet fall color..  It is a highly ornamental shade tree tolerant of dry soil.  It has a growth habit similar to Pin Oak ...

Sand Liveoak is similar to the larger Liveoak (Quercus virginiana) but is found on deep sandy soils in the southeastern coastal plain and especially in Florida.  It had dark evergreen leaves which are rolled under on the edges.&...

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This deciduous oak thrives in dry sandy soils where it can form an attractive small to medium sized tree.  It is like a smaller version of Post Oak (Quercus stellata) with more rounded lobes on the leaves.  Plant in well-draine...

Quercus marilandica, or Blackjack Oak, is a small normally broad crowned tree.  It is slow-growing and often gnarled in appearance.  It has thick nearly black bark and attractive deep green glossy leaves which widen toward the tip i...

A large deciduous oak with dentate leaves and big acorns similar to Chestnut Oak but with bark like White Oak.  This oak is a bottomland hardwood and while native to floodplains it is an excellent shade tree or street tree on fertile upl...

Myrtle Oak is a small evergreen tree with small glossy leaves.  Growth habit is irregular and often shrubby.  This is a fine little ornamental oak for deep sandy soils in mild climate areas.  It is native to scr...

This large native oak is a popular shade tree and street tree which grows 40 to 60 feet tall.  It has narrow willow-like leaves which are deciduous and give good yellow fall color.  It is native to the Atlantic coastal region from L...

Cork Oak is a spreading medium size tree with dull evergreen leaves about 2 inches long and with slight marginal serrations. It is native to the Mediterranean region where it's bark is harvested as the source of commercial cork in Spain and Portug...

Live Oak is a magnificent broadspreading, massive, and long-lived evergreen tree that is beloved and well-known in the southern U.S. where it is native from Virginia to Texas.  This iconic oak is the state tree of Georgia.  Live Oak...

Indian Hawthorn and Yeddo Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica and R. umbellata) have become very popular landscape plants in the southern U.S.  These dense evergreen shrubs come in many named varities which vary in...

The leaves of this handsome Asian evergreen shrub are resistant to leaf spot   They are gray-green when they first open, and later mature to a dark green or blue-green color.  In winter the leaves may turn a subdued purple-green. The whi...

'Frosty' is a named cultivar of Rhododendron alabamense (which see).  Cuttings of this form were shared with us by our "Plant Nut" friend Dean Jolly.  It is said to have been selected years ago in southwest Georgia by Terry...

Rhododendron arborescens is a tall deciduous native azalea with fragrant white flowers with red stamens.  This form of the Sweet Azalea is from a disjunct population of this shrub discovered by Woodland...

Rhododendron atlanticum is a dedciduous azalea of suckering habit (stoloniferous). The leaves are bluish-green. The white, clove -scented flowers occur with or slightly before the leaves. The corolla is covered with sticky glands.  T...

This fragrant early pale yellow flowered hybrid azalea is from a cross of two native azaleas which do not occurs together in the wild. Made some years ago by the late Robert Mackintosh it was introduced by Woodlanders. The flowers are si...

The Florida Azalea is a large growing deciduous azalea.   The fragrant golden yellow flowers appear very early.  It blooms here in South Carolina in late March to early April.  It is one of the best native ...

The Florida Azalea is a large growing deciduous azalea.   The fragrant flowers very early and typically yellow. The flowers of this clone are a unique coral color.  This selection was ...

This deciduous native azalea is possibly a hybrid between R. canscens x R. flammeum though we consider it the deepest red-pink selection of Rhododendron canescens (which see). We found this Woodlanders introduction in Effingham C...

A Japanese plant breeder crossed our endangered Florida native Rhododendron chapmanii with the very hardy white flowered form of Rhododendron dauricum, a species native to eastern Asia.  This resulted in this ...

The Red Hills Azalea is a recently recognized species of native deciduous azalea first described in 2008.  It had previously been confused with Rhododendron alabamense which flowers earlier and has consistently white flowers with a y...

Maywhite Rhododendron is a rather recently described species from the South Carolina midlands.  It was probably first found by Mike Creel of Lexington, SC a retired Dept of Natural Resources employee who was our source.   It has whi...

'Florence' is a robust selection or possibly hybrid of Rhododendron flammeum (which see).  It was selected and named by our friend Charles Webb of Superior Trees in Florida.  Florence, for whom it is named, is the wife...

This spreading open-branched evergreen azalea has dull green to yellowish-green fuzzy leaves.  The deep pink to rust colored flowers may appear sporadically through summer, but typically this species flowers in the fall, which is a uniqu...

Rhododendron periclymenoides was formerly known as Rhododendron nudiflorum. a medium sized multi-branched, stoloniferous decidious shrub. This normally pink-flowered species is widespread in the eastern U.S.  This unusu...

This native deciduous azalea is considered one of the finest of the American Azaleas. It has orange-red to red flowers in July and August, much later than most native azaleas. It is a rare species found only in western Georgia and ...

A large growing native deciduous azalea that ranges farthest south into central Florida.  It is one of the latest flowering of the azaleas, sometimes blooming in Setember.  It has rather small fragrant white flowers and grows in swampy a...

A spontaneous hybrid probably including  Rhododendron. alabamensis, R. canescens and R. flammeum. Blooms in mid-spring. A happy blend of colors which adds interest to any garden. Woodlanders regularly offers several numbered selectio...

'Addison' is a tall-growing, open deciduous native azalea from Rhododendron alabamense (which see) seed.  It is surely a hybrid but exact parentage is unknown.  It was first named 'Stunning' because that describes the large dens...

This upright deciduous shrub with large flowers that are orange marked with yellow. This hardy azalea is a large flowered cross made by Woodlanders founder the late Robert Mackintosh who crossed our native Roseshell Azalea (Rhododend...

'Cassile' is a spontaneous hybrid between R. alabamensis, R. canescens and R. flammeum. This azalea blooms in mid-spring with flowers that are an exciting blend of colors.  This exclusive Woodlanders' introduction was named by George Mitchell...

Rhodoleia is a large evergreen shrub or small tree native to China.  It is a beautiful plant with thick, shiny, somewhat rounded  leaves that are glaucous underneath.  It has drooping rose-colored flower clusters in ...

This sumac is a fine textured deciduous shrub with leaves remarkably like poison oak but harmless, somewhat blue green, and aromatic.  Female plants produce clusters of hairy red fruit persistent into winter. Can be used for massing on b...

Smooth Sumac is a colony-forming large tree form deciduous shrub that is good for mass planting in sunny sites with dry soil.   It could be grown as a single tree-like specimen if root suckers are controlled.  The long pinnate leave...

Granite Gooseberry is a rare shrub found on rocky soils in widely scattered localities from Georgia to Texas.  It is a deciduous shrub with arching branches which root where they contact the ground.  It has rath...

Rohdea makes a bold groundcover grown for its dark almost black tufted evergreen leaves.   This plant should be planted in the shade where it adds interest to a winter landscape.  The rather sizeable red berries are somewhat hidden ...

Lady Banks Rose is an old southern Garden favorite.  This thornless climber has abundant but small lightly fragrant double yellow flowers in the typical form but this the form with double white flowers

Lady Banks Rose is an old southern Garden favorite.  This thornless climber has abundant but small lightly fragrant double yellow flowers in spring. This rose is very adaptable and vigorous and requires much less special care ...

'Louis Philippe' Rose, also known as Cracker Rose is a long time favorite in the Deep South where it thrives and is quite trouble free.  It was introduced into Texas from France in 1834.  The 2-3 inch wide double flowers are re...

'Magic Dragon' is a small-flowered deep red rose that is trailing or semi climbing, long blooming, and trouble free. Its leaves are small, dark green, and leathery. It blooms from mid spring to mid fall and should have full sun. George Mitchell go...

We don't usually sell a lot of roses but we love this old fashioned trouble free southern favorite with medium semi-double pink flowers in clusters. It is a rambling climber that is ideal for arbors, etc.  William Welch (P...

This familiar and highly aromatic shrub has evergreen needle-like leaves and blue flowers.  It is a standard culinary herb native to the Mediterranean region  It requires full sun and well-drained, preferably neutral to slightly alk...

This is a low trailing form of the Common Rosemary. It likewise has blue flowers, and aromatic needle-like evergreen leaves.  It is a Mediterranean native which should have full sun and a well-drained, preferably alkaline, soil...

Rostrincula is an unusual deciduous shrub recently introduced from south China and not widely available.  It is in the mint family and resemblea a Butterfly Bush (Buddleia) but the unusual flowers which appear in summer are pinkish ...

This raspberry relative is an attractive trailing vine with large rounded evergreen leaves (6' or more diameter) and weak prickles.  It is a rare and handsome groundcover plant that can live in full shade to full sun. This plant is also attra...

This southeastern U.S. native perennial is called "Wild Petunia" and makes a good garden plant. It has beautiful blue or violet petunia-like flowers that appear in the spring, summer, and fall. The informative and entertaining book Passalong P...

This dwarf stemless palm has blue-green fan shaped leaves. Fruiting stalks extend well above foliage and bear black 1/4 inch in diameter.  This is a very hardy palm native from northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Oklahoma southward. ...

This scandent deciduous shrub with small leaves and fragrant small white flowers has long a favorite for Bonsai but is little known otherwise. We came across this plant in Houston, Texas and found that while it did well in our area it was vir...

This is an elegant small willow with glossy bright green leaves which are beautifully variegated pink and white when unfolding.  It is fast growing and makes a wonderful water-side cover.  This is a cultivar of a species native to Japan....

This willow is a vigorous deciduous shrub suited for moist site in sunny location.  The narrow leaves have a white back and midrib.  The slender branches bear small red catkins in spring.  It was received from Dr. Michael Dirr who i...

'Indigo Spires' is a half hardy perennial hybrid sage that occurred as a chance seedling at Huntington Botanic Garden in California.  This Salvia is a large colony-forming perennial plant with rich blue spikes of flowers from summer through f...

 This tall sage has spikes of purple flowers with white corollas.  It flowers in summer.  It is a clump forming perennial sage that prefers rich garden soil and benefits from light fertilization. It thrives in full-sun exp...

 This tall sage has spikes of purple flowers and in this selection the flowers are all purple withoug the white corollas of the common kind.  It flowers in summer.  It is a clump forming perennial sage that prefers rich ga...

This plant is a chance hybrid from the garden of our friend Frances Parker, gardener extraordinaire, in Beaufort, SC.  She named this wonderful tall bushy perennial for her grandson.  It has spikes of dark blue to purple flowers from lat...

Forsythia Sage is a big robust perennial from the mountains of Mexico.  It has large triangular leaves and late season terminal clusters of showy yellow flowers which give it it's common name.  This plant likes sun and good soi...

Salvia mexicana is a robust perennial to 8 feet tall and with heart-shaped leaves and deep blue tubular flowers in fall. Prefers good gardening soil or sandy loam and thrives in full sun to half shade.  It attracts hummingbirds and is best fo...

This handsome vigorous perennial has bright sky blue flowers that blooms from mid summer on.  It is good for average to moist soil.  Fertilize with lime or humus to optimize conditions. Prefers full-sun to half-shade.  The...

Sarcandra is a highly decorative evergreen shrubby groundcover.  It grows to 1 to 2 feet and should be planted in  moist, acidic soil.  It is especially valued for it's orange-scarlet berries.  This plant is a woodland nat...

This species of Sweet Box is a relatively recent introduction and is still rare in cultivation.  Like other Sarcococca species it is an attractive evergreen shrub with glossy foliage on arching stems and with fragrant small white flowers....

Little Bluestem is a relatively tall perennial bunch grass native to most of the U.S and southern Canada.  It thrives in hot dry areas and is relatively common as a prairie grass.  This selection called 'Prairie Blues' is descr...

This plant native to eastern Asia is a low, ferny, bright green groundcover from creeping rhizomes.   It often reproduces from small cone-like plantlets which form on the fronds.  Try it in moist woodsy sites with good soil.
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This subtropical Senecio is an herbaceous vine with glossy green nearly succulent leaves. It is evergreen in frost free areas but otherwise a die-back perennial for a protected area with winter mulch.  Wonderful orange-red flowers with yellow...

These are seedlings of the glaucous blue form of this small palm that is common in Deep South pinelands. The glaucous blue form is found on the east coast of Florida.  It grows in full sun to light shade and is well adapted to warmer areas of...

'Kowloon' is a Highly variegated form of this adaptable evergreen shrub. Non-fragrant white star-like small flowers bloom in May and June. This Asian shrub is a nice border plant for southern gardens and landscapes. Grow in well-drained soil in su...

Silene caroliniana is native in woodlands locally but this selection from our friends at North Creek Nurseries is excellent.  Let North Creek tell it:  "More Info

This Smilax is a curious deciduous groundcover with small leaves and twiggy stems. A Woodlanders introduction that we obtained years ago from Brookside Gardens in Maryland. They had obtained this unusual plant as Smilax fragrans. We offer...

This vigorous evergreen vine blooms from mid summer to mid fall.  The showy star shaped white flowers are tinged with blue and  produce a wonderful fragrance.  It can grow in sandy soil, clay, or rich gardening soil and ca...

This South American shrub is perhaps correctly Lycianthes rantonetti. It is a scrambling vine-like shrub which is best trained up as a trellis or espalier plant where it can get up to 15 feet in mild areas. It is valued for the loose clus...

Texas Mountainlaurel is no relation to the eastern Mountainlaurel (Kalmia).  It is a legume and forms an evergreen shrub or small tree with glossy foliage and clusters of fragrant purple flowers followed by seed pods with...