(Heather, Scotch Heather, Tib Heather)

Originating from Europe to Asia Minor, tib heather is a rounded, low-growing, evergreen shrub that forms a short mound with tiny, scale-like leaves and small bell-shaped flowers. This cultivar has a fairly open habit with many short, upright branches shoot up from its base to form an overall spikey appearance. Its unique rosy purple double flowers are the highlight of this plant, appearing on short racemes from midsummer to late autumn.

Tib heather prefers well drained, acidic soil in full sun....

(Incense Cedar)

The leaves of this beautiful, upright conifer are so fragrant when crushed it is known as the incense cedar. The species is native to mountain ranges from central Oregon to Baja California where winters are wet and summers dry. However, the species is adapted to sites from sea level to high desert so long as ample winter moisture is available. This round-topped tree features layers of flat branchlets with scale-like leaves that are dense and attractive year around. The bark is rough, dark brown...

(Cushion Bush, Silver Sand Cushion Bush)

This is a selection, prized for its leaf colors, of a mounding, dry-climate perennial native to coastal bluffs of south and western Australia as well as Tasmania. There it encounters persistent winds and salt spray, a regimen that has made it a near perfect coastal plant for water conservation. The foliage of ‘Silver Sand’ is composed of scale-like leaves on finely divided branchlets. The leaves are a a more intense silvery hue than the parent species and the plant’s habit is a dense mound, hence...

(Cowslip, Golden Marsh Marigold, Kingcup)

Brightening the streambanks or bogs in midspring with showy yellow buttercup flowers, marsh marigold is a lovely woodland wildflower. A deciduous, mounding aquatic perennial, it is native to the northern half of North America from Alaska to Newfoundland south to Iowa and North Carolina.

The thick, spreading, hollow stems carry lush green heart-shaped leaves with dull jagged teeth. In mid- to late spring, the branching stems bear small loose clusters of bright yellow flowers that are waxy. Shaped...

(Sweetshrub)

White, magnolia-like blossoms with yellow and violet make Venus sweetshrub a lovely plant for the mixed border. A spreading shrub that is deciduous, this hybrid was first grown from seed at North Carolina State University research facility in Fletcher in 2001, the result of complex crosses of three species of sweetshrubs.

The leaves are oblong ovals, glossy deep green in color. In late spring to midsummer, depending on warmth of the climate, small, plump, light green flower buds arise and open...

(Chinese Sweetshrub)

Lustrous, glossy green leaves and white blossoms with flecks of maroon make Chinese sweetshrub a lovely plant for the mixed border. A spreading shrub that is deciduous, it is native to moist mountain streambanks in eastern China. The leaves are oblong ovals, glossy mid- to dark green in color and with irregular edges. In spring or summer, depending on warmth of the climate, small, plump, wide strap-like petaled flowers arise from stem tips. They are white to palest pink in color, with inner petals...

(Sweetshrub)

Fragrant with scents of fruit and spice, the unusual flowers of Carolina allspice make this shrub an unusual specimen for the garden. A rounded and spreading deciduous shrub, it is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida.

Its leaves are oval with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and satiny-green to dark-green with a lighter gray-green underside. As the leaves begin to emerge in spring, the flowers appear on short stems. They open a rich, deep brownish-red...

(Athens Sweetshrub, Sweetshrub)

Late spring's fruit-and spice-scented, greenish yellow flowers makes 'Athens' a terrific selection of Carolina allspice for the garden. A rounded and spreading deciduous shrub, it is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida. Its foliage is pretty, oval with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and semi-glossy green to dark green with a lighter gray-green underside. As the leaves begin to emerge in spring, the flowers appear on short stems. They open a sheepishly...

(Edith Wilder Sweetshrub, Sweetshrub)

Fragrant with scents of fruit and spice, the unusual flowers and more rounded leaves of the Edith Wilder Carolina allspice make this shrub an unusual specimen for the garden. A rounded and slightly taller deciduous shrub than usual, it is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida.

Its leaves are rounded ovals with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and satiny-green to dark-green with a lighter gray-green underside. As the leaves begin to emerge in spring,...

(Michael Lindsey Sweetshrub, Sweetshrub)

Fragrant with scents of fruit and spice, the unusual flowers, and a dense, rounded shape of the Michael Lindsey Carolina allspice make this shrub perhaps the finest selections. A rounded, well-branched deciduous shrub, it is native to the extreme southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida.

Its leaves are ovals with a gracefully and elegantly pointed tip, and shiny dark green with a lighter gray-green underside. As the leaves begin to emerge in spring, the flowers appear on short stems....