(Common Boxwood, Variegated Boxwood)

Hostas are herbaceous perennials prized for their leaves, habit, toughness and tolerance of shade. This one, ‘Heartleaf,’ is a medium-sized hosta that forms spreading mounds of heart-shaped, deeply-ribbed green leaves. The flowers are numerous, large, lavender, and funnel-to-bell-shaped. They appear on leafless stems held above the foliage in summer.

Like most hostas, ‘Heartleaf’ grows best in full to partial shade and tolerates a wide range of fertile well-drained soil types. It prefers average,...

(Korean Boxwood)

Korean boxwood is known for excellent winter hardiness and its tolerance to pruning, making it great plant for hedges and topiary. Native to the mountains of the Korean Peninsula and northern and eastern China, this is a dense, rounded broadleaf evergreen shrub to small tree. It has tiny, oval, deep green foliage which turns yellow or brownish (bronze) in winter. The tiny, green-yellow, fragrant flowers are visited by bees in spring.

Resilient to a wide range of soils (acidic to slightly alkaline),...

(Korean Boxwood)

The robust Korean boxwood is known for its excellent winter hardiness and tolerance to pruning and shearing. It is a dense, rounded broadleaf evergreen shrub native to the mountain forests of the Korean Peninsula and northern China.

Small, oval, deep glossy green foliage covers this shrub all season but may turn yellow or bronzy brown in winter. In spring it offers tiny, fragrant, green-yellow flowers that are visited by bees. The fruit is inconspicuous.

Resilient to a wide range of soils...

(Justin Brouwers Boxwood, Korean Boxwood)

The Korean boxwood 'Justin Brouwers' has excellent winter hardiness, a compact stature and is tolerant of heavy soils. This broadleaf evergreen shrub has a dense, rounded habit and takes well to pruning and shearing. Buxus sinica var. insularis originates from the mountain forests of the Korean Peninsula and northern China.

Small, oval, deep glossy green foliage covers this shrub all season but may turn yellow or bronzy brown in winter. In spring it offers tiny, fragrant, green-yellow...

(Korean Boxwood, Tide Hill Korean Boxwood)

The robust Korean boxwood is known for its excellent winter hardiness and tolerance to pruning and shearing. It is a dense, rounded broadleaf evergreen shrub native to the mountain forests of the Korean Peninsula and northern China.

Small, oval, deep glossy green foliage covers this shrub all season but may turn yellow or bronzy brown in winter. In spring it offers tiny, fragrant, green-yellow flowers that are visited by bees. The fruit is inconspicuous.

Resilient to a wide range of soils...

(Korean Boxwood, Winter Beauty Korean Boxwood)

The compact Korean boxwood 'Winter Beauty' is one of the hardiest boxwoods around and maintains a better green color in winter. It is also notably pest and disease resistant. This broadleaf evergreen shrub has a dense, rounded habit and takes well to pruning and shearing. Buxus sinica var. insularis originates from the mountain forests of the Korean Peninsula and northern China.

Small, oval, deep glossy green foliage covers this shrub all season but may turn yellow or bronzy brown...

(Korean Boxwood, Wintergreen Korean Boxwood)

The compact Korean boxwood 'Wintergreen' is very hardy and maintains good green color in winter. It is also noted for its resistance to the three worst boxwood insect pests, boxwood leaf miner, boxwood mite and psyllids. This broadleaf evergreen shrub has a dense, rounded habit and takes well to pruning and shearing. Buxus sinica var. insularis originates from the mountain forests of the Korean Peninsula and northern China.

Small, oval, deep glossy green foliage covers this shrub all...

(Bird-of-Paradise Bush)

Delicate and absolutely striking in bloom, this tough desert shrub is a chameleon in the dry garden and equally good in the tropical border. It is native to Argentina and Uruguay where it thrives in dry washes and rocky hill country, just like its North American kin. Bird-of-paradise bush is so well adapted to the low desert it has naturalized in Texas and is even hardy across most of the American Southeast. This open upright shrub has a feathery appearance, with its light pinnate leaves, and is...

(Mexican Bird-of-Paradise, Mexican Holdback, Mexican Poinciana)

This lovely desert shrub fills many roles in the subtropical, water-conserving garden. It is native to the dry washes and rugged landscape of the northern Mexican hill country. It has an upright habit and open branching, but its foliage is dense. The rich green compound leaves have small oval leaflets are look crisp and pretty. It naturally becomes quite large, but cultivated specimens are typically pruned to remain shorter or single-trunked.

Mexican holdback has deep yellow flowers held in...

(Dwarf Poinciana, Paradise Flower, Pride-of-Barbados)

Pride-of-Barbados is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is evergreen in locales with mild winters. Leaves are dark green and compound with many small leaflets. In warm weather this shrub bears colorful flowers in combinations of orange, red and yellow with showy, long, curving, red stamens. Butterflies find these flowers irresistible.

Pride-of-Barbados prospers in moist, well-drained soil in a location with full to partial sun. Responding strongly to any necessary pruning for tidiness, be aware...