(Ascot Rainbow Martin's Spurge, Martin's Spurge)

Martin’s Spurge is a hybrid between the European native Euphorbia amygdaloides and the Mediterranean Euphorbia characias. The cultivar ‘Ascot Rainbow’ is a compact, tender, evergreen spurge with a clumping, upright habit and lance-shaped leaves with the pointed ends attached to the red stems. The leaves are multi-hued in shades of cream and green/blue with stunning red-pink blushing on the new growth throughout cooler months. Flowers appear above the foliage in many branched clusters....

(Blackbird Martin's Spurge, Martin's Spurge)

Martin’s Spurge ‘Blackbird’ is a hybrid between the European native Euphorbia amygdaloides and the Mediterranean Euphorbia characias. It is a tender, evergreen, spurge with a clumping, compact, upright habit and lance-shaped leaves with the pointed ends attached to the plant. The leaves are dark purple-red as are the plant stems; new leaves have a brighter reddish tone. Late winter through summer long-lasting flowers top the stems above the foliage. The flowers have circular yellow-green...

(Martin's Spurge, Rudolph Spurge)

Martin’s Spurge is a hybrid between the European native Euphorbia amygdaloides and the Mediterranean Euphorbia characias. The cultivar Rudolf is a compact, tender, evergreen spurge with a clumping, upright habit and lance-shaped leaves with the pointed ends attached to the plant. The leaves are green with red undertones as are the plant stems. Winter through summer, red bracts (modified leaves), reminiscent of a red “nose” top the stems and give way to flowers with circular bracts...

(Martin's Spurge, Tiny Tim Martin's Spurge)

Martin’s spurge is a hybrid between the European native Euphorbia amygdaloides and the Mediterranean Euphorbia characias. The cultivar ‘Waleutiny’ also known as Tiny Tim is a dwarf selection. It is a tender, evergreen spurge with a clump-forming, upright to rounded habit and lance-shaped leaves, the pointed ends attached to the plant. The small leaves and stems are green and burgundy. Flowers appear winter through summer and are composed of circular apple green bracts surrounding...

(Korean Sweetheart Tree)

Once the vivid rose-red fruits split open to reveal the black seeds, the Korean or Japanese sweetheart tree is a delightful sight. A small deciduous tree, its smooth, pale gray bark looks like striped snake skin all across the branches in the rounded canopy. It's native to mountain valleys and open forests across the southeastern half of China, Korea and Japan.

In spring, the compound leaves emerge glossy and light green. Each leaf comprises five to nine pointy ovals with scalloped edges. Crush...

(Shaggy Dwarf Morning Glory)

Fuzzy, silvery-green leaves on spreading stems are made lovely in summer with small blue and white flowers. The shaggy dwarf morning glory is a non-climbing plant that is a perennial that will become shrub-like with age and in regions free from winter frosts. Native to the western United States, it grows in prairies and intermountain plateaus.

The fuzzy stems are held somewhat upright before sprawling horizontally and rooting where they contact the soil. The small oblong oval leaves are light...

(Pearlbush)

(Girald's Pearlbush)

Pink-tinted new leaves accompany the bright white flower buds and blossoms on the redbud pearlbush towards late spring. From northwestern China, this deciduous shrub has a rounded, spreading mass of branches that can have a slightly arching habit. It naturally grows in rocky soils and scrubland.

As the young pinkish green leaves begin to unfurl in mid-spring, many white flower buds, resembling pearls, appear in short, upright spikes on the twigs. As the leaves enlarge and endure past the flowers,...

(Wilson's Pearlbush)

Pink-tinted new leaves accompany the bright white flower buds and blossoms on the redbud pearlbush towards late spring. From northwestern China, this deciduous shrub has a rounded, spreading mass of branches that can have a slightly arching habit. It naturally grows in rocky soils and scrubland.

As the young pinkish green leaves begin to unfurl in mid-spring, many white flower buds, resembling pearls, appear in short, upright spikes on the twigs. As the leaves enlarge and endure past the flowers,...

(Common Pearlbush)

Showy clusters of large snowy blooms deck the arching branches of common pearlbush in mid-spring. This large, rounded, deciduous shrub is native to shady hillsides in eastern China.

The dull green, elliptic leaves of this hardy shrub emerge in early spring, shortly before the white, five-petaled, silver-dollar-sized blooms appear. The flowers are borne in 6- to 10-flowered racemes along the outer branches. Five-lobed, turban-shaped seed capsules follow the flowers. The capsules persist long...