(European Beech)

Dwarf, naturally occurring forms of European Beech with twisted, gnarled, contorted branches, these trees are the stuff of haunted castles and griffins' lairs. Radiating from a stubby, crooked trunk, the zigzagging branches wander outward and downward, forming a domed crown. The glossy, elliptic, wavy-edged leaves are luminescent light green when new, dark green in summer, and rich gold or bronze in autumn. In winter, the gothic labyrinth of bare branches makes a striking sight. Inconspicuous flowers...

(European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. Distinguished by its cut or lobed leaves, variety heterophylla has given rise to several well-known cultivars, including the lacy-leaved 'Asplenifolia'. Glistening golden-green in spring, the leaves mature to dark green in summer. In autumn they turn shades of yellow, orange and bronze. Inconspicuous flowers...

(European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. Introduced around 1800, the cultivar 'Asplenifolia' has slender lacy leaves that are often deeply lobed. Shimmering golden-green in spring, the leaves mature to rich green in summer. In autumn they turn shades of yellow, orange and bronze. Inconspicuous flowers in spring give rise to bristly capsules that ripen to tan...

(European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. Introduced in 1795, the cultivar 'Laciniata' has elliptic leaves with deeply toothed margins. Glistening golden-green in spring, the leaves mature to deep green in summer. In autumn they turn shades of yellow, orange and bronze. Inconspicuous flowers in spring give rise to bristly capsules that ripen to tan in late summer...

(Silver Lace Vine)

Russian vine is a rampant, deciduous, woody vine that produces a profusion of small white flowers in summer and fall. Hailing from Afghanistan, Pakistan and nearby surrounds in central Asia, it likes to spread via rhizomes, or its underground stems. This twiner has glossy, mid-green, heart-shaped leaves that have bronze tones when young. Showy masses of greenish-white flowers appear from late summer to fall, followed by pinkish-white fruit. It is deciduous in cooler regions, and can be evergreen...

(Japanese Knotweed)

Japanese knotweed is an immense herbaceous perennial with attractive foliage and flowers but a rampantly invasive habit. Native to East Asia and naturalized worldwide, it is listed as a noxious weed in many areas including the eastern United States. It is known by several other botanical names including Reynoutria japonica, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Polygonum japonicum.

The vigorous underground rhizomes of this "super-weed" spread rapidly to form dense nearly ineradicable...

(Crimson Beauty Japanese Knotweed, Japanese Knotweed)

The Japanese knotweed cultivar 'Crimson Beauty' bears showy red late-summer flowers on tall, relatively slow-spreading plants.

Japanese knotweed is an immense herbaceous perennial with attractive foliage and flowers but an often invasive habit. Native to East Asia and naturalized worldwide, it is listed as a noxious weed in many areas including the eastern United States. It is known by several other botanical names including Reynoutria japonica, Polygonum cuspidatum, and Polygonum...