(Old Fashioned Weigela)

The compact and vigorous 'White Knight' is an exceptional white-flowered form. Asian in origin, Weigela is a tough and easy to grow deciduous shrub. Its blooms are colorful, attract pollinators in droves and there are many wonderful varieties to choose from.

This deciduous shrub has arching branches and develops a fountain-like habit when left undisturbed. It has elliptical, medium green leaves that offer little to no fall color. A profusion of beautiful and white tubular flowers appear in...

(Leyland Cypress)

Originating in England around 1870, this intergeneric cross between the Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Alaskan cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) is a tall fast-growing coniferous tree. Its graceful branches bear feathery green foliage. There are many cultivars of Leyland cypress, including gold and silver leaved forms.

This vigorous tree prefers full sun to partial shade and tolerates salt spray, moderate drought, and a wide range of soil types. Keep its soil...

(Leyland Cypress)

Leyland cypress is a large, upright, evergreen tree, resulting from the intergeneric cross between Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Alaskan cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis). Its cultivar 'Castlewellan' (also known as 'Castlewellan Gold' and 'Galway Gold') bears feathery foliage which is golden-yellow in spring and summer and bronze in winter, providing year-round interest on a tight habit. In hot summer areas the summer foliage color is more green and then assumes the...

(Leyland Cypress)

Originating in England around 1870, Leyland cypress is a tall fast-growing coniferous tree resulting from the intergeneric cross between the Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Alaskan cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis). The cultivar 'David's Blue' forms a narrowly conical small tree with feathery blue-gray foliage.

This compact tree prefers full sun to partial shade and tolerates salt spray, moderate drought, and a wide range of soil types. Keep its soil moist until...

(Leyland Cypress)

Irish Eyes Leyland cypress is a pyramidal evergreen tree that has graceful, feathery branches with dense blue-green foliage. The original Leyland cypress was bred in England in 1888 as an intergeneric cross between the Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Alaskan cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis).

This fast-growing, pyramid-like tree prospers in full sun to partial shade, and tolerates a wide range of soil types. It has good drought tolerance once established but best...

(Leyland Cypress)

Originating in England around 1870, Leyland cypress is a tall fast-growing coniferous tree resulting from the intergeneric cross between the Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Alaskan cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis). The cultivar 'Moncal' (EMERALD ISLE™) forms a narrowly conical small tree with feathery bright green foliage.

This compact tree prefers full sun to partial shade and tolerates salt spray, moderate drought, and a wide range of soil types. Keep its soil...

(Leyland Cypress)

Originating in England around 1870, Leyland cypress is a tall fast-growing coniferous tree resulting from the intergeneric cross between the Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) and Alaskan cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis). The cultivar 'Naylor's Blue' forms a narrowly conical tree with tufted feathery gray-green foliage. The gray coloration increases in intensity in winter.

This vigorous tree prefers full sun to partial shade and tolerates salt spray, moderate drought,...

(Mt. Hiba Bamboo, Running Bamboo)

Sporadic light and dark green variegation gives this vigorous hybrid bamboo an ornamental foliage value in gardens, but beware of its tendency to spread. X Hibanobambusa tranquillans is a rare, naturally-occurring intergeneric hybrid resulting from crossing two bamboos from the genera Sasa and Phyllostachys. Around 1900, botanists discovered this new species growing on Mt. Hiba, Japan. The young, emerging foliage can display up to five colors at once, blending the cream...

(Running Bamboo, Shiroshima Bamboo)

Graphic white and green variegation gives the vigorous Shiroshima bamboo a high value in gardens, but beware of its tendency to travel. X Hibanobambusa tranquillans is a rare, naturally-occurring intergeneric hybrid resulting from crossing two bamboos from the genera Sasa and Phyllostachys. Around 1900, botanists discovered this new species growing on Mt. Hiba, Japan. The foliage can display up to five colors at once, blending the cream and green with streaks of red, purple...

(Dense Logwood)

This graceful, shiny-leaved, broadleaf evergreen from East Asia is a delightful and versatile foliage plant for mild-climate gardens. A large shrub or small tree, it became popular in mid-century California as a reliable, drought resistant evergreen for post-war housing. Bushy and easily sheared to shape when young, it can also be trained as a handsome small tree or left to grow into a large spreading shrub. Young plants are sometimes spiny. The leathery oval leaves are bronze tinted upon emergence,...