(Loquat)

(Coppertone Loquat, Loquat)

Prized for its handsome evergreen foliage and tasty fruits, loquat is a broad, spreading tree or large shrub from eastern Asia. The large, oval, deeply veined leaves of 'Coppertone' are pinkish tan when new. The mature leaves are glossy dark green above and pale and felted below. This hybrid bears steepled clusters of fragrant but unimpressive pink flowers in late autumn and fuzzy, peachy yellow, golfball-sized fruit in early spring. The tart-sweet fruits are used for preserves, baking, or eating...

(Japanese Plum Loquat, Loquat)

Prized for its tasty fruits, loquat is a broad, spreading evergreen tree or large shrub from eastern Asia. Its ornamental leaves are large, glossy dark green above and paler green or gray beneath with distinct veins. New growth is woolly. Loquat bears fragrant but unimpressive whitish flowers in late autumn and yellow-orange, edible fruit in spring. Fruits are either sweet or tart and used for preserves, baking, or eating fresh off tree.

Loquat does well in moist, well-drained soils in full sun...

(Advance Dwarf Loquat, Loquat)

Loquat is a rounded dwarf tree or small shrub producing flavorful fruits native to extreme eastern Asia. Its ornamental leaves are large, glossy dark green above and paler green or gray beneath with distinct veins. New growth is woolly. 'Advance' bears many fragrant but unimpressive whitish flowers in late autumn and yellow edible fruit in spring. Fruits are numerous, juicy, mildly acidic and have excellent flavor. This is a late season bearer, and needs another loquat for pollination.

Advance...

(Big Jim Loquat, Loquat)

Big Jim loquat is a broad, spreading evergreen tree producing tasty fruits native to extreme eastern Asia. Its broad leaves are large, glossy dark green above and paler green or gray beneath with distinct veins. New growth is woolly. 'Big Jim' bears fragrant whitish flowers in autumn and flavorful, oblong orange edible fruit with flesh tasting much like a very mild-flavored peach.

Big Jim loquat does well in moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade. Protect the tree from wind...

(Champagne Loquat, Loquat)

'Champagne' is a broad, spreading evergreen loquat tree producing tasty fruits native to extreme eastern Asia. Its narrow leaves are long, glossy dark green above and paler green or gray beneath with distinct veins. New growth is woolly. Loquat bears fragrant white flowers in late autumn and pale gold to deep yellow fruit in mid to late spring. Fruits are numerous but thick skinned, oval to pear-shaped and have a sweet mild flavor best used in jelly preserves. This cultivar's fruits are often misidentified...

(Gold Nugget Loquat, Loquat)

'Gold Nugget' is a broad, spreading evergreen loquat tree producing tasty fruits native to extreme eastern Asia. Its broad leaves are large, glossy dark green above and paler green or gray beneath with distinct veins. New growth is woolly. 'Gold Nugget' bears fragrant whitish flowers in autumn and flavorful, rounded yellow-orange edible fruit with sweet, firm, juicy orange flesh.

Gold Nugget loquat does well in moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade. This cultivar is better...

(Loquat, MacBeth Loquat)

MacBeth loquat is a broad, spreading evergreen tree producing large tasty fruits native to extreme eastern Asia. Its broad leaves are large, glossy dark green above and paler green or gray beneath with distinct veins. New growth is woolly. 'MacBeth' bears fragrant whitish flowers in autumn and flavorful, exceptionally large, rounded yellow-skinned fruit with firm, juicy, creamy flesh in mid-spring.

MacBeth loquat does well in moist, well-drained soils in full sun to partial shade. Protect the...

(Miss Willmott's Ghost, Seaholly)

Thistle-like leaves and blue flowers with starry collars of silvery green makes Mrs. Willmott's ghost, or seaholly a favorite perennial for sunny gardens. Eryngium giganteum is a hardy herbaceous biennial native to the moist, well-drained soils of Iran and the Caucasus of extreme westcentral Asia. It has a dense basal rosette of heart-shaped, coarse, spiny and teethed green leaves iwth white edges and veins. In summer it produces starry flowers with a barreled cluster of fertile, tiny blue...

(Leavenworth's Eryngo, Texas Seaholly)

Pineapple-like flowers that blush from green to rich violet-purple in very late summer makes Leavenworth eryngo one of America's most vibrant dryland wildflowers. Eryngium leavenworthii is an annual native to dry prairie soils across Texas and into Oklahoma and Arkansas. The plant has a basal rosette of oblong, coarse, spiny-lobed green leaves. In midsummer it produces pineapple-like flowers with a barreled cluster of green buds with a tuft of spiny leaves atop a tall branching stem. By...