(Himalayan Birch)

Himalayan birch is a pyramidal, deciduous tree native from the Himalayas into southern China. A variable plant in height, habit, and bark color, it is best known for its variable white-barked selections, which provide year-round interest with their attractive, chalk-white bark. Throughout summer it has crisp, dark green leaves that turn yellow in fall. Himalayan birch prefers full sun or light shade and reasonably fertile, well-drained soil. In the landscape, it is best enjoyed as a specimen tree....

(Whitebarked Himalayan Birch)

White-barked Himalayan birch is a pyramidal, deciduous tree native from the Himalayas into southern China. Best known for its striking chalk-white bark, which provides year-round interest, it also features dark green leaves which turn yellow in fall. Several cultivars are available to include 'Grayswood Ghost', which has superior clean white bark and yellow fall color. Himalayan birch prefers full sun or light shade and reasonably fertile, well-drained soil. It works well as a specimen plant or in...

(Golden Eye Beggarticks)

A large, shrubby perennial with ferny leaves along wiry stems and yellow daisy-like broad-petaled flowers in profusion in fall. It is native from Mexico to South America and close kin to coreopsis and cosmos. Beggar’s tick is a short, spreading tender evergreen that is native from Arizona to Guatemala. The leaves are narrow, ferny or fennel-like. The flowers appear on long, nodding, wiry stems, which makes bidens a good plant to be used as an annual in a hanging basket or a container. It will...

(Bignonia)

This largely tropical plant family comprises some 800 species of often showy-flowered vines, trees, and shrubs. Most members of the Bignoniaceae inhabit South America, but a few are of North American or Old World origin. Many are cultivated as garden or greenhouse ornamentals, and a few are grown for timber.

The opposite or whorled leaves of these woody plants are palmately or pinnately compound (with leaflets in a finger- or feather-like arrangement), or sometimes simple. The showy, five-petaled,...

(Crossvine, Dragon Lady Crossvine)

Dragon Lady crossvine is a semi-evergreen vine with attractive red flowers appearing in spring. Sometimes a plant may rebloom sparingly during the summer months on this native of the central and southern United States and extreme southern Canada. The dark green summer foliage turns a purplish color in winter.

Crossvine should be placed in a sunny location with a moist, well draining soil. In the coldest zones leaves may drop during winter months. This cultivar will readily ramble over trellises,...

(Crossvine, Jekyll Crossvine)

The Jekyll crossvine is a semi-evergreen vine with attractive boldly orange flowers with a noticable yellow throat appearing in spring. IT also seems to carry excellent cold hardiness. Sometimes a plant may rebloom sparingly during the summer months on this native of the central and southern United States and extreme southern Canada. The dark green summer foliage turns a purplish color in winter.

Crossvine should be placed in a sunny location with a moist, well draining soil. In the coldest...

(Crossvine, Shalimar Red Crossvine)

Shalimar Red crossvine is a semi-evergreen vine with attractive red flowers appearing in spring. This plant reblooms sparingly during the summer months. A native of the central and southern United States and extreme southern Canada, its dark green summer foliage turns a purplish color in winter.

Crossvine should be placed in a sunny location with a moist, well draining soil. In the coldest zones leaves may drop during winter months. This cultivar will readily ramble over trellises, fences, and...

(Crossvine, Tangerine Beauty Crossvine)

Tangerine Beauty crossvine is a semi-evergreen vine with numerous pretty yellowy orange flowers appearing in spring. Sometimes a plant may rebloom sparingly during the summer months on this native of the central and southern United States and extreme southern Canada. The dark green summer foliage turns a purplish color in winter.

Crossvine should be placed in a sunny location with a moist, well draining soil. In the coldest zones leaves may drop during winter months. This vine will readily ramble...

(Purple Trumpet Vine)

Purple trumpet vine is a fast growing broad-leafed evergreen vine that blooms spring through autumn. It is native to Argentina and Brazil. The somewhat fragrant flowers are lavender, violet, or pale purple with throats of yellow.

Purple trumpet vine climbs easily over trellises, fences and walls. Plant it in a moist, well drained soil in partial shade to nearly full sun. It looks its best if given a break from the hottest midday sunrays. Prune the plant back in late winter if it becomes entangled...

(Bignonia Family)

This largely tropical plant family comprises some 800 species of often showy-flowered vines, trees, and shrubs. Most members of the Bignoniaceae inhabit South America, but a few are of North American or Old World origin. Many are cultivated as garden or greenhouse ornamentals, and a few are grown for timber.

The opposite or whorled leaves of these woody plants are palmately or pinnately compound (with leaflets in a finger- or feather-like arrangement), or sometimes simple. The showy, five-petaled,...