(Jan Iseli Red Enkianthus, Redvein Enkianthus)

The slow-growing and colorful flowering cultivar 'Jan Iseli Red' displays bright green foliage on red stems and offers a profusion of bell-shaped, drooping deep coral-red blossoms in very early summer. In fall this redvein enkianthus' leaves turn vivid shades of orange and red before dropping away. The shrub's habit is upright but spreading. This cultivar was released in 1990, the result of breeding efforts by the Iseli Nursery in Oregon. Jan Iseli is the nursery founder's wife.

A tree-like deciduous...

(Red Bells Enkianthus, Redvein Enkianthus)

The slow-growing and picturesque Red Bells enkianthus displays bright green foliage on red stems and offers bell-shaped, drooping red and pink blossoms in early summer. In fall its leaves turn warm orange-red.

A tree-like deciduous shrub from Japan, redvein enkianthus has simple and elliptical leaves with bristles on the edges and red leaf stems. In late spring to early summer, small, pendent, bell-shaped blossoms dangle from the branch ends. These oddly fragrant blooms are reddish pink with...

(Red Velvet Enkianthus, Redvein Enkianthus)

Architecturally picturesque and colorful in two seasons, cultivar 'Red Velvet' displays bright green foliage on red stems and bell-shaped, drooping, fuchsia-red blossoms in very early summer. In fall this redvein enkianthus' leaves turn vivid shades of red before dropping away. The shrub's habit is upright but spreading.

A tree-like deciduous shrub from Japan, redvein enkianthus has simple and elliptical leaves with bristles on the edges and red leaf stems. In late spring to early summer, small,...

(Redvein Enkianthus, Renoir Enkianthus)

Subdued beauty encapsulates redvein enkianthus cultivar 'Renoir'. It displays bright green foliage on red stems and bell-shaped, drooping, light yellow and pink blossoms in very early summer. In fall the leaves turn bold shades of yellow, orange and red before dropping away. The shrub's habit is upright but spreading. 'Renoir' originated in 1923 and was grown from seed from the University of Edinburgh. The cultivar name was assigned in the early 1980s by Rob Nicholson of the Arnold Arboretum, where...

(Redvein Enkianthus, Showy Lantern Enkianthus)

A robust and wide habit are worthwhile features of the redvein enkianthus cultivar 'Showy Lantern'. It displays deep green foliage on red stems and produces bell-shaped, drooping, rose-red blossoms in very early summer. In fall the leaves turn a spectacular red-orange before dropping away. The shrub's habit is upright but with dense, spreading branches. 'Showy Lantern' was selected and named by Ed Mezitt of Weston Nurseries in Massachusetts in the 1980s.

A tree-like deciduous shrub from Japan,...

(Redvein Enkianthus)

An unusual and hard-to-find selection of redvein enkianthus, 'Sikokianus' is regarded for maroon flower buds and brick-red blossoms that appear about a week later than other cultivars. It displays deep green foliage on red stems and produces bell-shaped, drooping blossoms in very early summer. In fall the leaves turn an attractive scarlet before dropping away. The shrub's habit is upright but with spreading branches. Newly emerging leaves in spring display a pretty reddish color, too.

A tree-like...

(Redvein Enkianthus, Variegatus Enkianthus)

A narrower, upright habit and green and white leaves occur on the red enkianthus cultivar 'Variegatus'. It produces bell-shaped, drooping, white blossoms by very early summer. In fall the leaves turn shade of yellow, red and orange before dropping away. This shrub' has many branches are are oriented vertically.

A tree-like deciduous shrub from Japan, the variegated redvein enkianthus has simple and elliptical leaves with bristles on the edges and green leaf stems. In late spring to early summer,...

(White Redvein Enkianthus)

A tree-like deciduous shrub from Japan, redvein enkianthus is extremely slow-growing but develops a picturesque habit with age. Its leaves are simple and elliptical in shape with bristles on the edges and red leaf stems. The natural form albiflorus, called the white redvein enkianthus, produces pure white flowers lacking any veins. The bluish green foliage contrasts beautifully with the greenish-pink twigs they grow from. In late spring to very early summer, small, pendent, bell-shaped...

(Trailing Arbutus)

The sweetly fragant, waxy, pale-pink bell-flowers of trailing arbutus are one of the highlights of spring in the eastern North American woods, and in any garden that is blessed with this delightful broadleaf evergreen. Creeping stems bear loose mats of oblong, wavy-edged, slightly fuzzy leaves, held stiffly on relatively long stalks. The flowers cluster among the leaves at the tips of the stems. Forms with double or deep-pink flowers are sometimes available.

This lovely little woodlander likes...

(Hummingbird Trumpet)

The fiery, late-season flowers of this shrubby perennial are irresistible to hummingbirds. It is native to dry rocky canyons and uplands from northwestern Mexico to the Northwest United States.

The bright green to gray-green, lance-shaped to linear leaves of this variable perennial alternate or are paired along brittle, upright to arching stems that may be calf- to waist-high. Leaves often persist year-round in mild climates, but plants are deciduous where sub-freezing temperatures are frequent....