(Common Persimmon, Geneva Red Persimmon)

The exceptionally hardy 'Geneva Red' produces loads of sweet, red-blushed orange fruits in October. This female persimmon cultivar has very flavorful fruits said to taste of apricot.

The beautiful, fruit-bearing North American persimmon is a deciduous shade tree native across much of the eastern United States with some adjunct populations in the West. Mature specimens become quite large and attractive, but trees are slow to reach maturity and can be quite weedy when young forming dense thickets...

(Common Persimmon, Meader Persimmon)

Look no further is you seek an American persimmon with outstanding fruit! The orange persimmons of 'Meader' are very sweet, medium-sized, and trees are self-fruitful. Even better, if not pollinated by a male tree, the fruits are seedless, which means more pulp for the picking. The exceptionally hardy trees produce loads of fruit by early October.

The beautiful, fruit-bearing North American persimmon is a deciduous shade tree native across much of the eastern United States with some adjunct...

(Bush-monkey Flower)

perhaps not do this, as it is a synonym for Mimulus aurantiacus.

(Leatherwood)

A woodland shrub that is the perfect barometer for the start of spring, leatherwood's flexible stems, early spring yellow flowers make it lovely for planting among rhododendrons and shade trees. A deciduous, slow-growing rounded shrub, it is native from southeastern Canada to Missouri and Florida in the eastern United States. Its smooth, dark sandy brown bark is fibrous and spotted with white lenticels.

This shrub is among the first to flower and leaf-out each spring. Before any foliage, the...

(Fairybells, Japanese Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker 'Variegatum'.

Japanese fairybell grows and flowers best in partial shade and moist,...

(Awa-no-tsuki Fairybells, Japanese Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker 'Variegatum'.

Japanese fairybell grows and flowers best in partial shade and moist,...

(Japanese Fairybells, Kinga Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker 'Variegatum'.

Japanese fairybell grows and flowers best in partial shade and moist,...

(Japanese Fairybells, Tightwad Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker 'Variegatum'.

Japanese fairybell grows and flowers best in partial shade and moist,...

(Variegated Fairybells)

A native of East Asia, this spreading herbaceous perennial has glossy, lance-shaped leaves on smooth, compact, zig-zagging stems. Selections grown under the name 'Variegatum' have variably white-streaked veins and margins. Small clusters of pendent white or cream flowers dangle from the leaf axils in late spring and early summer. Black berries follow the flowers. Plants form an expanding clump via underground rhizomes. Many variegated cultivars have been selected, most of them lumped under the moniker...

(Blood Trumpet, Red-bignonia, Scarlet Trumpet Vine)

Beautiful in flower and lush in leaf, this native of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America is a coveted evergreen vine for gardens in mild climates. Its large blood-red trumpet-flowers with golden-yellow throats are the center of attention when in bloom, which is most of the year in the tropics. They open from yellow buds. The flowers are hummingbird magnets. Bean-like seed pods follow the blossoms. The large rich green compound leaves are equipped with grasping tendrils that cling...