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Plant Info


NOT ALL LISTED PLANTS ARE IN STOCK

Deciduous (Leaf-Dropping) Trees Evergreen Trees

Small Trees (Less than 20' high)

  • Red Laceleaf Japanese Maple

  • Green Laceleaf Japanese Maple

  • Bloodgood Japanese Maple

  • Oshi Beni Japanese Maple

  • Weeping Birch

  • White Fringetree

  • White, Pink, or Japanese Dogwood

  • Saucer, Star & Sweet Bay Magnolia

  • Thundercloud Plum

  • Weeping & Snow Fountain Cherry

  • Redbud

  • Crabapple

Medium Trees (20-30' high)

  • Amelancher

  • Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

  • Franklinia

  • Southern Magnolia

  • Crabapple

  • Sourwood

  • Mt. Fuji & Autumnalis

Tall Trees (More than 30' high)

  • Ash White & Red

  • Sargent, or Kwanzan Cherry

  • Yoshino Cherry

  • Red or Pin Oak

  • Weeping Willow

  • Chinese Scholar Tree

  • Greenspire Linden

  • Village Green Zelkova

  • Sweetgum

  • Norway, Sugar, Red & Crimson King Maple

  • White Birch, Heritage, Jacquemonti & White Spire Birch

  • Katsura Tree

  • European or Weeping Beech Fernleaf, & Weeping Purple Beech

  • Honeylocust

Small Trees (Less than 20' high)

  • Hinoki Cypress

Tall Trees (more than 20' high)

  • Fraser Fir

  • Blue Atlas Cedar

  • Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar

  • Weeping Alaskan Cypress

  • Cryptomeria

  • Norway Spruce

  • Weeping Norway Spruce

  • Colorado Blue Spruce

  • Hoopsi Spruce

  • Moerheim Spruce

  • Serbian Spruce

  • Bristlecone Pine

  • Swiss Stone Pine

  • White Pine

  • Columnar White Pine

  • Douglas Fir

  • Canadian Hemlock

Tall Shrubs (Mature size of 10-15 feet)

Medium Size Shrubs (Mature size of 3-10')

  • American Boxwood
  • Burning Bush
  • Ilex - San Jose or Dragon Lady Holly
  • Ilex - Dr. Kassab, Cherokee Holly, Blue Boy/Girl, Blue Maid Blue Prince, Princess, Blue Stallion, or American Holly
  • Foxtail Spruce
  • Tanyosho Pine
  • Japanese White Pine
  • Pyrancantha
  • Tallhedge Buckhorn
  • Native Rhododendron
  • Purple or White Liliac
  • Cap Yew
  • Gold Arbovitae
  • Pyramidalis, Emerald Green or Nigra Arborvitae
  • Dentatum, or Prunifolium Viburnum
  • Abelia
  • Azaleas
  • Exbury Azalea
  • English Boxwood
  • Clethra
  • Red Twig Dogwood
  • Var. Red Twig Dogwood
  • Gold Thread Cypress
  • Scotch Broom
  • Duetzia
  • Enkianthus
  • Dwarf Burning Bush
  • Gold, Gold Spot, Silver King, & Manhatten Euonymus
  • Forsythia
  • Fothergillia
  • Witchhazel
  • Hibiscus - Ardens, Jeanned d'Arc, Lucy
  • Hydrangea
  • Ilex - 8 varieties
  • Winterberry Holly
  • Junipers - 4 Varieties
  • Leucothoe - 2 varieties
  • Mountain Laurel
  • Oregon Grape Holly
  • Northern Bayberry
  • Mockorange
  • Pumila Spruce
  • Dwarf Blue Spruce - 2 varieties
  • Montgomery Blue Spruce
  • Andromeda
  • Mugo Pine
  • Dwarf White Pine
  • Dwarf Scotch Pine
  • Spirea
  • Cherry Laurel or Skip Laurel
  • Sand Cherry
  • Flowering Almond
  • Rhododendron - 18 varieties
  • Red & Dwarf Lilac
  • Brown, Densiforma, Hicksii, Hatfieldi, or Wardii Yew
  • Globe, Golden Biota or Rheingold Arborvite
  • Weeping Hemlock
  • Burkwoodi, Juddi, Opulus, Carlessi, Doublefile, Leatherleaf, Pragenese, or Viburnum
  • Weigela & Var. Weigela
Small Shrubs (Mature size of less than 3') Plants For Heavy Clay Soils
  • Bog Andromeda
  • Azaleas
  • Barberry
  • Boxwood Winter Gem, and Green Beauty
  • Cotoneaster
  • Dwarf Hinoki Cypress
  • Euonymus
  • Dwarf Forsythia
  • Hydrangea
  • Junipers
  • Luecothoe Lovita
  • Liriope
  • Microbiota
  • Birdsnest Spruce
  • Potentillia
  • Skimmia
  • Spirea
  • English & Dwarf Yew
  • Dwarf Arborvite
  • Dwarf Hemlock
  • Bright Edge, Gold Sword, Adams Needle or Weeping Yucca
  • Chamaecyparis filifera aurea
  • Cercis - Redbud
  • Doublefile Viburnum
  • Burkwood Viburnum
  • Korean Spice Viburnum
  • Buxus microphylla - Korean Boxwood
  • Forsythia
  • Spirea napponica 'vanhouttei'
  • Spirea bumaldo 'Anthony Waterer'
  • Quercus palustris - Pin Oak
  • Wisteria sinensis
  • Berberis thunbergii
  • Picea omorika
  • Magnolia soulangiana
  • Cornus alba 'elegantissima' - Variegated Reg Twig Dogwood
Plants That Attract Birds & Butterflies Salt Tolerant Plants

(These plants work well in oceanside areas where aerial salt rather than soil salt is the primary concern)

Trees
  • Amelanchier - Shadblow
  • Chionanthus - White Fringetree
  • Cornus - Dogwood
  • Malus - Crabapple
  • Prunus - Cherry, Plum, Laurel
  • Quercus - Oak

Shrubs

  • Ilex - Holly
  • Rosa - Rose
  • Viburnum

Perennials

  • Allium - Ornamental Onion
  • Budlea - Butterfly Bush
  • Dianthus
  • Echinacea - Coneflower
  • Lavandula - Lavender
  • Lychnis - Catchfly
  • Lythrum - Loosestrife
  • Amelancher canadensis - Shadblow
  • Chamaecyparis pisifera - Goldthread Cypress
  • Clethra Alnifolia - Summersweet
  • Cotoneaster salicifolius - Willowleaf Cotoneaster
  • Fraxinus americana - White Ash
  • Hydrangea arborescens & macrophylla - all varieties
  • Ilex Glabra - Inkberry Holly
  • Juniperus - chinensis, conferta, virginiana all varieties
  • Myrica pennsylvanica - Northern Bayberry
  • Pinus parviflora - Japanese White Pine
  • Potentilla fruticosa
  • Pyracantha coccinea
  • Saphora Japonica - Japanese Scholar Tree
  • Spirea x bumalda 'Anthony Waterer' - Dwarf Red Spirea
  • Spirea x vanhouttei - Bridalwreath Spirea
Quick Growing Privacy Screens For A Wet Location
Trees
  • Acer platanoides
  • Amelanchier canadenis
  • Salix
  • Tsuga canadensis
  • Pinus strobus
  • Picea abies
  • Thuja occidentalis nigra

Shrubs

  • Abelia grandiflora
  • Forsythia intermedia
  • Ilex opaca
  • Ligustrum ovalifolium
  • Lonicera
  • Pyracantha
  • Viburnum
Trees
  • Acer rubrum
  • Amelanchier canadensis
  • Ilex opaca

Shrubs

  • Andromeda prolifolia
  • Salix
  • Calluna vulgaris
  • Clethra alnifolia
  • Ilex glabra
  • Ilex verticillata
  • Kalmia latofolia
  • Viburnum dentatum
  • Viburnum opulus
For A Formal Clipped Hedge For A Dry Location
Trees
  • Pinus strobus
  • Thuja occidentalis nigra
  • Taxus capitata
  • Tsuga canadensis

Shrubs

  • Abelia
  • Berberis thunbergi
  • Buxus sempervirens
  • Buxus suffruticosa
  • Ilex crenata varieties
  • Ilex opaca
  • Ligustrum ibolium
  • Lonicera tatarica
  • Pyracantha coccinea
  • Spirea van houtei
  • Taxus in variety
  • Thuja in variety
Trees
  • Pinus sylvestris
  • Gleditsia varieties
  • Pinus strobus
  • Sophora japonica Regent

Shrubs

  • Juniperus chin sargenti
  • Juniperus conferta
  • Juniperus horiz. varieties
  • Ligustrum in variety
  • Lonciera tatarica
  • Myrica pennsylvania
  • Rosa rugosa
  • Yucca filamentoso
For Partially Shaded Locations Deer-Resistant
Trees
  • Amelanchier canadensis
  • Cornus florida and rubra
  • Ilex opaca (Evergreen)
  • Magnolia virginiana
  • Oxydendrum arboreum
  • Tsuga canadensis

Shrubs

  • Abelia grandiflora
  • Cercis canadensis
  • Clethra alnifolia
  • Cornus mas
  • Euonymus fortunei varieties
  • Hamamelis*
  • Hedera helix*
  • Hex crenata varieties
  • Hex glabra & compacta
  • Hydrangea quercifolia
  • Kalmia*
  • Mahonia aquifolium*
  • Pachysandra terminalis*
  • Pieris japonica
  • Pyracantha coccinea
  • Rhododendron max*
  • Rhododendron hybrids*
  • Taxus baccata
  • Taxus cuspidata
  • Taxus densformis
  • Vinca minor

* Tolerates dense shade

Ornamental Plants - Common Names
  • Boxwood
  • Cotoneasters
  • Fir
  • Scotch Broom
  • Liliac
  • Magnolia
  • Pieris
  • Periwinkle
  • Pines
  • Redbud
  • Rhododendron
  • Smoke Tree
  • Spruces
  • Yucca
  • Leucothoe
For Colorful Autumn Foliage  
Red
  • Acer palmatum
  • Acer rubrum + cvs.
  • Acer saccharum
  • Berberis
  • Cornus
  • Cotoneaster horizontalis
  • Euonymous alata
  • Oxydendrum arboreum

Purple

  • Acer platanoides 'Crimson King'
  • Prunus cerasifera 'Thundercloud'
  • Ginkgo biloba

Yellow

  • Acer platanoides
  • Acer saccharum

Bronze to Gold

  • Abelia grandiflora
  • Cryptomeria japonica
  • Fagus sp.
  • Gleditsia sp.

 

 

PLANTS TOLERANT OF HEAVY CLAY SOIL

TREES

Acer campestre Gleditsia triacanthos inermis Pyrus (majority)
Acer rubrum Koelreuteria paniculata Salix (majority)
Betula nigra Liquidambar styraciflua Taxodium distichum
Celtis occidentalis Malus (majority) Ulmus
Crataegus Picea Tilia
Fraxinus pennsylvanica Platanus acerifolia  

SHRUBS

Aronia Juniperus (some) Salix
Berberis (majority) Kolkwitzia amabilis Thuja occidentalis
Chaenomeles Ligustrum Viburnum dentatum
Cornus alba Lonicera Viburnum lentago
Deutzia (majority) Myrica pennsylvanica Viburnum opulus
Euonymus (majority) Pyracantha (majority) Viburnum prunifolium
Forsythia Rhus (majority)  
Hamamelis Rosa rugosa  

 

PLANTS TOLERANT OF MOIST AREAS

TREES

Acer rubrum Gleditsia Quercus bicolor
Acer saccharinum Laburnum vossii Quercus palustris
Alnus Liquidambar styraciflua Salix
Amelanchier Magnolia virginiana Taxodium distichum
Betula nigra Nyssa sylvatica Ulmus americana
Fraxinus pennsylvanica Platanus occidentalis  

SHRUBS

Andromeda polifolia Forsythia Lindera benzoin
Aronia Hamamelis Myrica pennsylvanica
Chaenomeles Ilex glabra Rhododenron maximum
Chionanthus virginicus Ilex verticillata Salix
Clethra alnifolia Itea virginica Thuja occidentalis
Cornus alba Kalmia latifolia Viburnum dentatum
Cornus sericea & stolonifera Leucothoe Viburnum lentago
Deutzia Ligustrum Viburnum opulus

 

PLANTS TOLERANT OF SHADE

TREES

Acer campestre Chionanthus virginicus Oxydendrum arboreum
Acer ginnala Cornus florida Parrotia persica
Amelanchier Cornus mas Stewartia
Carpinus Halesia Styrax
Cercis canadensis   Tsuga canadensis

SHRUBS

Abelia Hamamelis Microbiota decussata
Aronia Hydrangea quercifolia Pieris
Aucuba Ilex glabra Pyracantha
Calycanthus floridus Itea virginica Rhamnus
Clethra alnifolia Kalmia latifolia Rhododenron maximum
Cornus sericea Leucothoe Skimmia
Corylopsis Ligustrum Taxus
Daphne Lindera benzoin Tsuga
Euonymus fortunei (some) Lonicera Viburnum (majority)
Fothergilla Mahonia aquifolium