Lespedeza thunbergii 'Pink Fountain'
SHRUB BUSH CLOVER
- Profuse with pink-purple flowers
- Sweet-pea-shaped flowers are held on small panicles
- Seed pods persist into the winter
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Rainbow'
RAINBOW DROOPING LEUCOTHOE
- Fragrant white bell-shaped flowers appear under the leaves
- Reddish stems bear green leaves mottled with pink and cream
- Leaves turn plum-purple in the fall
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Leucothoe fontanesiana Scarletta® ('Zeblid') (PP5195)
SCARLETTA® FETTERBUSH
- Fragrant white bell-shaped flowers appear under the leaves
- New leaves are scarlet-red, turning to glossy dark green
- Leaves turn burgundy-red in the fall
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Lewisia Longipetala 'Little Peach'
LEWISIA
- Apricot-peach-yellow star-shaped flowers
- Narrow evergreen succulent leaves
- Use in rock gardens, for rock walls, or scree(alpine) gardens
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Lewisia longipetala 'Little Tutti Frutti'
LEWISIA
- Apricot-peach-yellow star-shaped flowers
- Narrow evergreen succulent foliage
- Use in rock gardens, for rock walls, or scree(alpine) gardens
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Liatris ligulistylis
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BLAZING STAR
- Upright, clump forming habit
- Fluffy thistle-like deep rose-purple flower heads
- Lanceolate-oblong green leaves
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Liatris mucronata
NARROW-LEAF GAYFEATHER
- Clump-forming habit with upright spikes
- Fluffy thistle-like deep rose-purple flower heads at the ends of the spikes opening from the top down
- Narrow green leaves about 10cm long, held horizontally from the spike
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Liatris pycnostachya
PRAIRIE GAYFEATHER
- Clump-forming habit with upright spikes
- Fluffy thistle-like deep rose-purple flower heads at the ends of the spikes blooming from top down
- Narrow green leaves held horizontally on the sides of the spikes
HEIGHT: 60-140 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Liatris spicata Floristan White ('Floristan Weiss')
FLORISTAN WHITE BLAZING STAR
- AKA Liatris callilepis 'Floristan White'
- Round fluffy white flowers
- Blooms at the top of the spike open first, and then slowly open down the spike
HEIGHT: 25-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Ligularia palmatiloba
PALM-LEAF LIGULARIA
- AKA Ligularia palmatifolia
- Forms flat clusters of orange daisy-like blooms on tall stems
- Jagged, sharply lobed, green leaves
HEIGHT: 110-125 cm · SPREAD: 110-125 cm
Ligularia przewalskii
GOLDEN RAY
- AKA Senecio przewalskii
- Tall spikes of three-petaled yellow flowers
- Jagged, sharply lobed, green leaves
HEIGHT: 110-125 cm · SPREAD: 110-125 cm
Ligusticum scoticum
SCOTTISH LICORICE-ROOT
- Ornamental herb that is also grown for its edible leaves
- Leaves and flowers resemble celery
- Host plant for Swallowtail butterflies
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Ligustrum x ibolium
IBOLIUM PRIVET
- Profuse panicles of fragrant white flowers will attract butterflies and self-seed prolifically
- The black berries frequently persist into the winter
- Large, narrow to vase-shaped shrub
HEIGHT: 300-350 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm
Ligustrum x ibolium 'Variegatum'
VARIEGATED CALIFORNIA PRIVET
- Panicles of fragrant white flowers
- Black berries ripen in October
- Dark green leaves are edged with a creamy-yellow rim
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Lilium michiganense
MICHIGAN LILY
- Orange-red flowers with dark spots
- Petals that curve back toward the base of the flower
- Usually one terminal flower per stem: sometimes the stem branches at the tip
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Lindera benzoin
SPICEBUSH
- Yellowish-white flowers appear before the leaves
- Female plants display crimson berries contrasting with the gold fall colour
- Medium-green oval leaves
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Linum perenne
PERENNIAL FLAX
- Delicate sky blue five-petalled flowers
- Gray-green airy foliage
- Wiry stems of narrow linear leaves, 2.5 cm long
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 25-45 cm
Liquidambar styraciflua
SWEETGUM
- Densely branched pyramidal crown becoming oval with maturity
- Branchlets may have distinctive corky ridges
- Lobed glossy green leaves turn spectacular yellows, oranges, purples and reds in the fall
HEIGHT: 20-25 m · SPREAD: 18-20 m
Liquidambar styraciflua Emerald Sentinel® ('Clydesform') (PP10676)
EMERALD SENTINEL® SWEETGUM
- Columnar, developing into narrow pyramid
- Branchlets may have distinctive corky ridges
- Glossy dark green leaves are star-shaped
HEIGHT: 9-10 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Silver King'
SILVER KING SWEETGUM
- Glossy dark green leaves with irregular white margins are star-shaped
- Pyramidal habit when young, developing a rounded-oval crown
- Branchlets may display distinctive corky ridges
HEIGHT: 10-13 m
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Slender Silhouette'
SLENDER SILHOUETTE SWEETGUM
- Upright, narrowly columnar growth habit
- Branchlets may display distinctive corky ridges
- Glossy dark green leaves are star-shaped
HEIGHT: 15-16 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon'
WORPLESDON SWEETGUM
- Pyramidal crown
- Branchlets may display distinctive corky ridges
- Glossy dark green leaves are star-shaped
HEIGHT: 12-13 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Liriodendron tulipifera
TULIP TREE
- Pyramidal to broad, conical growth habit
- Yellow-green tulip-like flowers bloom after the leaves are fully developed, with some dried bracts persisting into winter
- Four-lobed bright green leaves turn golden-yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 20-25 m · SPREAD: 10-15 m
Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiata'
COLUMNAR TULIP TREE
- AKA Liriodendron tulipifera 'Arnold'
- Narrow, columnar habit with sharply ascending branches, becoming wider with age
- Yellow-green tulip-like flowers bloom after the leaves are fully developed, with some dried bracts persisting into winter
HEIGHT: 16-18 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Liriodendron tulipifera 'Little Volunteer' (PP19581)
LITTLE VOLUNTEER TULIP TREE
- Pyramidal to broad conical growth habit
- Cup-shaped tulip-like flowers bloom after the leaves are fully developed
- Flowers are yellow with an orange band at the base of each petal
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Liriope muscari 'Gold Band'
GIANT LILY TURF
- Showy whorled lavender flowers on short spikes, just proud of the body of the plant
- Flowers lead to dark blue to black berries, persisting into the winter
- Strap-like arching green leaves with creamy-yellow margins
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED LILY TURF
- Showy whorled lavender flowers on short spikes, just proud of the body of the plant
- Flowers lead to dark blue to black berries, persisting into the winter
- Semi-evergreen strap-like arching glossy variegated green and creamy-yellow leaves
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Liriope spicata 'Silver Dragon'
SILVER DRAGON LILY TURF
- AKA Liriope spicata 'Gin-ryu'
- Showy whorled lavender flowers on short spikes, just proud of the body of the plant
- Flowers lead to dark blue to black berries, persisting into the winter
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Livistona chinensis
CHINESE FAN PALM
- Over winter packages available
- See picks of the week for current selections
- A subtropical fan palm
HEIGHT: 15-16 m · SPREAD: 5 m
Lobelia siphilitica
GREAT BLUE LOBELIA
- Spikes of clear-blue flowers on unbranched stems
- Tubular flowers are two-lipped
- Finely-toothed oblong green leaves
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Lonicera canadensis
CANADIAN FLY HONEYSUCKLE
- Small paired light yellow fragrant flowers appear with the leaves
- Pairs of red berries are hidden under the leaves in early summer
- Upright rounded
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Lonicera involucrata
BLACK TWINBERRY
- Small yellow flowers appear with the leaves
- Black berries are encased in small red bracts in the spring
- Medium green glossy leaves
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Lonicera tatarica 'Arnold Red'
ARNOLD RED HONEYSUCKLE
- Small pink to red fragrant flowers appear with the leaves
- Bright red berries follow flowers
- Gray-green leaves
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Lonicera x 'Mandarin' (PP11083, COPF, CPBR2706)
MANDARIN HONEYSUCKLE
- Clusters of trumpet-shaped fragrant mandarin-orange coloured flowers with a paler orange centre
- Foliage emerges coppery-purple and turns a glossy green
- Paired ovate leaves 13 cm long
HEIGHT: 4-6 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Lonicera x brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet'
DROPMORE SCARLET TRUMPET HONEYSUCKLE
- Terminal clusters of fragrant narrow trumpet-shaped flowers
- Scarlet-red flowers with an orange flare
- Paired ovate blue-green leaves, 8 cm long
HEIGHT: 3-5 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Lonicera x xylosteoides 'Clavey's'
CLAVEY'S DWARF HONEYSUCKLE
- Small creamy-white fragrant flowers appear with the leaves
- Dark red berries follow flowers
- Gray-green leaves
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Lonicera xylosteum 'Emerald Mound'
EMERALD MOUND HONEYSUCKLE
- AKA Lonicera xylosteum 'Compacta'
- Small creamy-white fragrant flowers appear with the leaves
- Dark red berries in the fall
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Lupinus perennis
SUNDIAL LUPINE
- Other Common Names: Indian Beet, Old Maids Bonnets
- Compact spikes of showy flowers
- Blue-violet flowers with a white central streak
HEIGHT: 35-40 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Lupinus polyphyllus 'Gallery'
DWARF LUPINE
- Compact spikes of showy, sometimes bicolored flowers
- Range of flower colours include yellows, blues, reds, pinks, and white
- Black seed heads follow the flowers
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Lupinus polyphyllus Dwarf Minarette ('Minarette')
DWARF LUPINE
- Compact spikes of snapdragon-like bicoloured flowers
- Range of flower colours include yellows, blues, reds, pinks, and white
- Black seed heads follow the flowers
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Lupinus polyphyllus 'Russell Mix'
LUPINE
- Compact spikes of rich coloured flowers
- Range of flower colours include yellows, blues, reds, pinks, and white
- Black seed heads follow the flowers
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Lupinus x 'Popiscle Blue'
POPSICLE BLUE LUPINE
- Sturdy spikes of purple-blue sweetpea-like flowers
- Smooth palmate leaves are bright green
- Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Lupinus x 'Popsicle Pink'
POPSICLE PINK LUPINE
- Sturdy spikes of pink sweet pea-like flowers
- Some flowers emerge as a pink and white bicolour
- Smooth palmate leaves are bright green
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Lupinus x 'Popsicle Red'
POPSICLE RED LUPINE
- Sturdy spikes of red sweet-pea-like flowers
- Smooth palmate leaves are bright green
- Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Lupinus x 'Popsicle Yellow'
POPSICLE YELLOW LUPINE
- Sturdy spikes of yellow sweet-pea-like flowers
- Smooth palmate leaves are bright green
- Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Luzula nivea
SNOWY WOODRUSH
- Snow-white flowers on green stems
- Flowers can be dried for arrangements
- Semi-evergreen strap-like arching dark green blades
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Luzula x 'Ruby Stiletto'
RUBY STILETTO RUSH
- Semi-evergreen spiky arching red-tipped dark green blades
- Airy panicles hold white flowers above the foliage
- Bloom Time: Late spring
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Lychnis chalcedonica
MALTESE CROSS
- AKA Silene chalcedonica
- Scarlet-red flowers in dense terminal clusters
- Opposite lanceolate mid-green leaves, 5-10 cm long
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Lychnis flos-cuculi 'Nana'
FLOWER OF JOVE
- Finely-cut pink star-shaped flowers
- Glossy blue-green spoon-shaped leaves
- Tight dwarf compact habit
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Lychnis flos-jovis 'Peggy'
FLOWER OF JOVE
- AKA Viscaria flos-jovis nana 'Peggy'
- Bright deep pink daisy-like flowers rise slightly above foliage
- Rosettes of velvety silver-green foliage
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Lysimachia clethroides
GOOSENECK LOOSESTRIFE
- White flower spikes are made up of tiny saucer-shaped flowers
- Flower spike tips point downwards like a goose's neck
- Mid-green foliage turns red in the fall
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Lysimachia nummularia
MONEYWORT
- Solitary bright yellow cupped flowers
- Flowers rest on and throughout the foliage
- Dense mat-forming perennial
HEIGHT: 5-10 cm · SPREAD: 60-100 cm
Lysimachia punctata
YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE
- Clusters of cupped yellow flowers at each leaf axil
- Leaves are whorled, grouped in fours up the stems
- Hairy pointed-oval mid-green leaves up to 6 cm long
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Maackia amurensis
AMUR MAACKIA
- Small greenish-white fragrant flowers, with the fragrance of newly-mown grass, are inconspicuous amongst the leaves
- Seed pods follow the flowers
- Olive-green leaves
HEIGHT: 9-10 m · SPREAD: 9-10 m
Maackia amurensis MaacNificent® ('JFS-Schichtel1')
MAACNIFICENT® MAACKIA
- Upright branching, forming a vase-shaped crown
- Spike-like racemes of white flowers
- Early silvery leaves turn green by the summer
HEIGHT: 8-9 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Macleaya microcarpa 'Kelway's Coral Plume'
PLUME POPPY
- Airy panicles of creamy-white flowers
- Flowers age to a coral colour
- Deeply lobed large lily pad-like leaves are gray-green with whitish-green hairy undersides
HEIGHT: 180-240 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Maclura pomifera
OSAGE ORANGE
- Broadly rounded crown with thorny spreading branches
- Glossy oval dark green leaves turn golden-yellow in the fall
- Dioecious: insignificant greenish male and female flowers on separate trees
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 10-15 m
Maclura pomifera 'White Shield'
WHITE SHIELD OSAGE ORANGE
- Broadly rounded crown with thornless spreading branches
- Glossy oval dark green leaves turn golden-yellow in the fall
- Insignificant flowers
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Magnolia acuminata
CUCUMBERTREE MAGNOLIA
- Pyramidal when young, matures with a straight trunk and a rounded crown
- Greenish-yellow flowers bloom high in the tree
- Cylindrical bunches of seeds, (cucumbers) are green in late summer, ripening red, drying brown
HEIGHT: 20-25 m · SPREAD: 15-20 m
Magnolia sieboldii
OYAMA MAGNOLIA
- AKA Magnolia parviflora
- Fragrant white blooms with crimson stamens
- Vase-shaped, somewhat coarse-textured shrub
HEIGHT: 3-5 m · SPREAD: 3-5 m
Magnolia stellata 'Centennial' (PP22248)
CENTENNIAL STAR MAGNOLIA
- Double light pink many-petalled flowers, fading to white, appear just before or with the leaves
- Flowers lead to odd-shaped fruit
- Taller than wide habit
HEIGHT: 400-450 cm · SPREAD: 300-350 cm
Magnolia virginiana Moonglow® ('Jim Wilson') (PP12065)
MOONGLOW® SWEETBAY MAGNOLIA
- Cup-shaped sweetly fragrant creamy-white flowers
- A few flowers at a time, heavier in late spring, sporadic through summer
- Glossy semi-evergreen leaves are dark green and silvery-green underneath
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-5 m
Magnolia x 'Ann'
ANN MAGNOLIA
- Lightly fragrant deep purple-red blooms
- Flowers later than most magnolia
- Dark green foliage turns yellow to bronze in the fall
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm
Magnolia x 'Betty'
BETTY MAGNOLIA
- Large reddish-purple buds open to red-purple late in the season
- Blooms have white interiors
- Dark green foliage turns yellow to bronze in the fall
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Magnolia x 'Butterflies' (PP7456)
BUTTERFLIES MAGNOLIA
- Pyramidal when young, maturing to a straight trunk and a rounded crown
- Lightly fragrant yellow flowers at the ends of the twigs before the leaves appear
- Seldom pollinated and seldom fruiting
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Magnolia x 'Elizabeth' (PP4145)
ELIZABETH MAGNOLIA
- Pyramidal when young, maturing to a straight trunk and a rounded crown
- Fragrant yellow flowers at the ends of twigs appear before the leaves
- Infrequent bunches of seeds(cucumbers) are green in late summer, ripening red, drying brown
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Magnolia x 'Galaxy'
GALAXY MAGNOLIA
- Large reddish-purple buds open to reddish-purple flowers late in the season
- Dark green foliage turns yellow to bronze in the fall
- Strong, upright habit
HEIGHT: 7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Magnolia x 'Genie'
GENIE MAGNOLIA
- Stunning medium-large fragrant velvety double red-purple flowers in a flush in spring, sporadically in summer
- Flowers at an early age
- Compact plant, twice as tall as wide
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Magnolia x 'Golden Gala'
GOLDEN GALA MAGNOLIA
- Pale lemon-yellow cup-shaped blooms with overlapping tepals, flowering later than most cultivars
- Upright, pyramidal shape
- Rich green foliage
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Magnolia x 'Iolanthe'
IOLANTHE MAGNOLIA
- Abundant deep rosy-pink buds open to pink-purple flowers
- White centres and red stamens make it look like a large poppy flower
- Upright, rounded tree
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Magnolia x 'Ivory Chalice'
IVORY CHALICE MAGNOLIA
- Cream-coloured cup-shaped blooms with green eyes
- Dark green foliage turns to a coppery-bronze colour in the fall
- Pyramidal form
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Magnolia x 'Jane'
JANE MAGNOLIA
- Noted for its shrubby habit
- Large cup-shaped fragrant reddish-purple blooms have white interiors
- Ovate leaves emerge with coppery-red tints maturing to green
HEIGHT: 3-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Magnolia x 'Judy Zuk'
JUDY ZUK MAGNOLIA
- Fragrant tulip-shaped yellow blooms with plum tinges at the base
- Flowers have distinctive orange, apricot and pink highlights
- Well-branched upright habit will become oval with age
HEIGHT: 7-9 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Magnolia x 'Legacy'
LEGACY MAGNOLIA
- Very large flowers (up to 25cm across)
- Light pink with some purplish red at the base aging to pale pink but white inside
- Upright broad habit
HEIGHT: 5-7 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Magnolia x 'Randy'
RANDY MAGNOLIA
- Large fragrant reddish-purple buds open to red-purple
- Blooms have pink to white interior hues
- Dark green foliage turns yellow to bronze-copper in the fall
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Magnolia x 'Ricki'
RICKI MAGNOLIA
- Large fragrant cup-shaped reddish-purple buds open to red-purple blooms
- Dark green leaves turn to yellow, then bronze, in the fall
- Strong upright habit
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Magnolia x 'Susan'
SUSAN MAGNOLIA
- Large reddish-purple buds open to fragrant purple-red or fuchsia blooms
- Interiors of the flowers are lighter in colour
- Dark green foliage turns yellow to bronze in the fall
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Magnolia x brooklynensis 'Yellow Bird'
YELLOW BIRD MAGNOLIA
- Pyramidal when young, maturing to a straight trunk and a rounded crown
- Fragrant yellow flowers at the ends of twigs appear simultaneously with the leaves
- Infrequent bunches of seeds, (cucumbers) are green in late summer, ripening red, drying brown
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 8-9 m
Magnolia x loebneri 'Ballerina'
BALLERINA MAGNOLIA
- Large fragrant double white flowers
- Strap-like petals overlap
- Dark green foliage turns a yellow to bronze colour in the fall
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Magnolia x soulangeana 'Alexandrina'
ALEXANDRINA MAGNOLIA
- Large purplish-pink cup-shaped blooms with whitish-pink interiors
- Dark green foliage turns yellow to bronze in the fall
- Strong upright habit becomes more oval with age
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Magnolia x soulangeana Black Tulip™ ('JURmag1') (PPAF)
BLACK TULIP™ MAGNOLIA
- Rich deep burgundy-violet cup-shaped blooms
- Slender, upright selection
- May bloom later than the species
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Magnolia x soulangiana 'Rustica Rubra'
RUSTICA RUBRA MAGNOLIA
- Large spreading shrub
- Red buds open to huge fragrant goblet-shaped blooms
- Flowers are rosy-pink outside and pure white inside
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Mahonia aquifolium
OREGON GRAPE-HOLLY
- AKA Berberis aquifolium
- Clusters of fragrant yellow flowers early spring
- Green berries change to dark blue in the summer and persist into the winter
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Mahonia repens
CREEPING OREGON GRAPE-HOLLY
- AKA Berberis aquifolium repens
- Clusters of fragrant yellow flowers
- Green berries change to dark blue in the summer and persist into winter
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Malus Brandywine® ('Branzam') (COPF)
BRANDYWINE® CRABAPPLE
- Upright broadly rounded growth habit
- Fragrant rose-pink double flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by large showy yellow crabapples
HEIGHT: 5-7 m · SPREAD: 5-7 m
Malus 'Charlottae'
CHARLOTTAE CRABAPPLE
- Upright, and as tall as wide
- Fragrant light pink double flowers bloom before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by medium to large green crabapples
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Malus Coralburst® ('Coralcole')
CORALBURST® CRABAPPLE
- Round compact densely-branched crown
- Single pink buds to pinkish flowers bloom before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small bronze crabapples
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Malus 'Dolgo'
DOLGO CRABAPPLE
- Upright, broadly rounded to pyramidal habit
- Pink buds open to fragrant white flowers before the leaves emerge
- One of the earliest crabs to flower
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Malus 'Donald Wyman'
DONALD WYMAN CRABAPPLE
- Broad, spreading, rounded growth habit
- Fragrant single white flowers
- Flowers are followed by small bright red crabapples
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Malus 'Indian Summer'
INDIAN SUMMER CRABAPPLE
- Upright, rounded to pyramidal growth habit
- Crimson buds open to single deep pink flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by medium bright red crabapples
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Malus Emerald Spire® ('Jefgreen') (23863)
EMERALD SPIRE® CRABAPPLE
- Narrow, columnar habit with sharply ascending branches
- Pink buds open to fragrant single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small red crabapples
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 1.50-2 m
Malus Lancelot® ('Lanzam') (PP8056, COPF)
LANCELOT® CRABAPPLE
- Round, compact, densely branched crown
- Red buds open to single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small golden crabapples
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Malus Lollipop® ('Lollizam') (COPF)
LOLLIPOP® CRABAPPLE
- Round, compact, densely-branched crown
- Single white flowers bloom before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small golden crabapples
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Malus 'Louisa'
LOUISA CRABAPPLE
- Upright weeping growth habit with outward pendulous branches
- Red buds open to single pink flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small yellow crabapples
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Malus 'Moonstone'
TIPEI CRABAPPLE
- Upright erratic weeping growth habit with pendulous branches
- Pink buds open to fragrant single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small light yellow-red crabapples
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Malus 'Prairifire'
PRAIRIFIRE CRABAPPLE
- Upright, broadly oval to rounded habit
- Crimson buds open to fragrant bright pinkish-red flowers; among the latest crabs to flower
- Flowers are followed by medium-sized purple-red crabapples persisting into winter
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Malus 'Red Barron'
RED BARRON CRABAPPLE
- Columnar habit with nearly vertical branches
- Dark red buds open to fragrant single red flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small glossy red crabapples
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Malus 'Red Splendor'
RED SPLENDOR CRABAPPLE
- Upright open round spreading habit
- Rose-red buds open to single deep pink flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by medium to large red crabapples
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Malus 'Rinki'
RINKI CRABAPPLE
- Densely branched columnar habit with sharply ascending branches
- Pink buds open to fragrant single pale pink flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small red crabapples
HEIGHT: 6-8 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Malus 'Robinson'
ROBINSON CRABAPPLE
- Broadly oval upright growth habit
- Deep pink flowers bloom before the leaves emerge; among the first crabs to flower
- Flowers are followed by small to medium bright red crabapples
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Malus 'Selkirk'
SELKIRK CRABAPPLE
- Upright, broadly rounded growth habit
- Deep pink buds open to fragrant single pink flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by large red-purple crabapples
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Malus 'Snowdrift'
SNOWDRIFT CRABAPPLE
- Upright, spreading, rounded growth habit
- Pink buds open to single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small orange crabapples
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Malus 'Spring Snow' (PP2667)
SPRING SNOW CRABAPPLE
- Upright, densely branched, oval to pyramidal habit
- Fragrant single white flowers bloom before the leaves emerge; among the first crabs to flower
- Leaves are medium to light green in the summer, turning yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 6-7 m
Malus Sugar Tyme® ('Sutyzam') (PP7062, COPF)
SUGAR TYME® CRABAPPLE
- Upright spreading oval growth habit
- Deep pink buds open to fragrant single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small bright red crabapples
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Malus 'Winter Gold'
WINTER GOLD CRABAPPLE
- Upright, broadly rounded to pyramidal habit
- Dark pink buds open to single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small golden-yellow crabapples
HEIGHT: 6-8 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Malus baccata 'Columnaris'
COLUMNAR SIBERIAN CRABAPPLE
- Narrow columnar habit with sharply ascending branches
- Pink buds open to fragrant single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small yellow crabapples
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 2-2 m
Malus floribunda
JAPANESE CRABAPPLE
- Broadly rounded to horizontal habit
- Pink buds open to fragrant single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small yellow-red crabapples
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Malus ioensis 'Klehm's Improved Bechtel'
BECHTEL CRABAPPLE
- Upright, broadly rounded to pyramidal habit
- Rose-pink buds open to fragrant double pink flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by large green crabapples
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Malus sargentii
SARGENT CRABAPPLE
- Small dense spreading horizontal habit
- Pale pink buds open to fragrant single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small dark red crabapples persisting into winter
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Malus sargentii 'Rosea'
PINK SARGENT CRABAPPLE
- Small dense spreading horizontal habit
- Red buds open to fragrant single pale pink to white flowers
- Blooms are followed by small dark red crabapples
HEIGHT: 2-3 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Malus sargentii 'Tina'
TINA CRABAPPLE
- Round, compact, densely-branched spreading crown
- Pink buds open to single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small red crabapples
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 150-200 cm
Malus scheideckeri 'Red Jade'
RED JADE CRABAPPLE
- Upright weeping growth habit with outward pendulous branches
- Pale pink buds open to single white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small bright red crabapples
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Malus x zumi 'Calocarpa'
REDBUD CRABAPPLE
- Upright, dense to rounded to spreading habit
- Red buds open to fragrant single pink-white flowers before the leaves emerge
- Flowers are followed by small glossy red crabapples
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Malva moschata 'Rosea'
PINK MUSK MALLOW
- Abundant saucer-shaped rose-pink flowers
- Flower clusters form at the leaf axil
- Alternate leaves, palmately lobed, 5-8 cm wide
HEIGHT: 75-80 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Matteuccia struthiopteris
OSTRICH FERN
- AKA Matteuccia pensylvanica
- Upright clump of big green lacy fronds
- Smells like freshly-mown hay when fronds are broken
HEIGHT: 90-130 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Melica ciliata
SILKY-SPIKE MELIC GRASS
- Deciduous furled, folded, or flat medium green blades
- Foliage takes on shades of tan in the fall
- Produces satiny spires of pale yellow spikelets
HEIGHT: 50-70 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Melica transsilvanica 'Red Spire'
RED SPIRE MELIC GRASS
- Deciduous, furled, folded or flat medium-green blades turn purplish in the fall
- Profuse reddish-purple flowers are held on narrow panicles
- Bloom Time: Late spring
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Melissa officinalis
LEMON BALM
- Typically grown as a herb
- Medium green foliage is lemon-scented
- Tiny two-lipped white flowers
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-80 cm
Mentha piperita
PEPPERMINT
- Small sterile tubular pink flowers
- Ovate lance-shaped toothed mid-green leaves on red stems
- Plants are edible raw or cooked
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Mentha spicata
SPEARMINT
- AKA Mentha viridis
- Light purple flowers in interrupted terminal spikes
- Spearmint-scented lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Mentha suaveolens 'Variegata'
PINEAPPLE MINT
- AKA Mentha rotundifolia 'Variegata'
- Dense spikes of tiny mauve flowers in late summer
- Variegated green with irregular white-edged leaves, 3-5 cm long
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Mentha x villosa
MOJITO MINT
- Light purple flowers in interrupted terminal spikes
- Spearmint-scented round leaves
- Plants are edible raw or cooked
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Mertensia sibirica
JAPANESE BLUEBELLS
- AKA Mertensia pterocarpa
- Deep blue to purple funnel-shaped flowers
- Flowers hang in small clusters
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Mertensia virginica
VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS
- AKA Mertensia pulmonarioides
- Nodding trumpet-shaped sapphire-blue flowers
- New buds emerge pink and change to blue as they mature
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
DAWN REDWOOD
- Deciduous coniferous tree that grows in a conical shape
- Soft flat green needles turn bronze in the fall
- Use as a specimen, for screening, or in a group setting
HEIGHT: 20-25 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Chubby'
DWARF DAWN REDWOOD
- Compact broad pyramidal habit
- Rare slow-growing cultivar
- Bright green feathery foliage in summer turning bronze in autumn before falling for winter
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Jade Prince® ('JFS-PN3Legacy')
JADE PRINCE® DAWN REDWOOD
- Densely upright pyramidal form
- Strong central leader
- Bright green feathery foliage
HEIGHT: 20-25 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Matthaei Broom'
MATTHAEI BROOM DAWN REDWOOD
- A semi-dwarf compact form of dawn redwood
- Drooping light green foliage turns orange-bronze in the fall
- Use as a specimen in a rock garden
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Miss Grace'
MISS GRACE DAWN REDWOOD
- Deciduous conifer with gracefully weeping branches
- Soft gray-green foliage turns orange in the fall
- Use as a specimen in the rock garden or as a water feature
HEIGHT: 80-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'White Spot'
WHITE SPOT DAWN REDWOOD
- Deciduous conifer with a slightly weeping growth habit
- Soft green foliage has a subtle creamy-white variegation
- Black trunk provides winter interest
HEIGHT: 6-8 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Microbiota decussata
SIBERIAN CARPET CYPRESS
- Low-spreading trailing evergreen
- Fan-like foliage is dark green in the summer
- Turns a bronze-purple colour in the fall
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Mimulus ringens
MONKEY FLOWER
- AKA Diplacus ringens
- Lilac-purple tubular two-lipped flowers
- Individual flowers develop from the leaf axils of the upper stems
HEIGHT: 75-85 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Miscanthus purpurascens
PURPLE FLAME GRASS
- Forms a tight clump of arching green leaves on sturdy stalks
- M. purpurascens has softer-textured leaves than most miscanthus
- Grass turns a brilliant orange-red in the fall
HEIGHT: 120-150 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Miscanthus sacchariflorus
AMUR SILVER GRASS
- Long arching green leaves are 90 cm long and 3 cm wide with a distinct silver midrib
- Foliage turns a golden colour in the fall, lasting through the winter
- Bloom Time: August to November
HEIGHT: 150-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'
ADAGIO MAIDEN GRASS
- Fine silver-green arching leaves turn shades of orange and gold in the fall
- Bloom Time: August to late fall
- Flower Type: Feathery panicles
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 90-100 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Andante'
ANDANTE MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a loose clump of green arching leaves, wider than most other miscanthus cultivars
- Green blades with a distinct silver midrib turn shades of yellow in the fall
- Bloom Time: September to October
HEIGHT: 175-275 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Autumn Anthem' (PP27411)
AUTUMN ANTHEM MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a ball-shaped clump of arching leaves with silver midribs
- Grass turns golden-brown in late fall, remaining through the winter
- Bloom Time: Late summer
HEIGHT: 150-165 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Autumn Light'
AUTUMN LIGHT MAIDEN GRASS
- Long narrow arching green leaves with silver midribs turn gold in the fall
- Bloom Time: Early fall
- Flower Type: Feathery panicles
HEIGHT: 150-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis CP12511 ('Bandwidth') (TM CP12511)
BANDWIDTH MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of graceful arching leaves on upright stems
- Petite with rich green leaves featuring horizontal yellow bands
- Bloom Time: September to October
HEIGHT: 75-125 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Berlin'
BERLIN MAIDEN GRASS
- Long arching sharp-edged blue-green leaves with a silver midrib
- Bloom Time: Late summer
- Flower Type: Feathery panicles
HEIGHT: 175-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis Blooming Wonder ('Blutenwunder')
BLOOMING WONDER MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves arch gracefully on upright stems, forming a tight clump
- Foliage turns a golden-tan in the fall, remaining through the winter
- Bloom Time: Late summer
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland'
DIXIELAND MAIDEN GRASS
- M. 'Dixieland' is a dwarf form of M. 'variegatus'
- Graceful arching leaves are 2 cm wide and variegated with green and white vertical stripes
- Foliage turns a golden-tan in the fall, remaining through the winter
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Encore' (PP29070)
ENCORE MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of graceful arching leaves on upright stems
- Repeat bloomer, hence its name
- Bloom Time: August to October
HEIGHT: 150-185 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Flamingo'
FLAMINGO MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns golden-tan in the fall, remaining through the winter
- Bloom Time: September to October
HEIGHT: 125-180 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar' (PP15193, CPBR3114)
DWARF PORCUPINE GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of yellow and green horizontally-banded leaves
- 'Gold Bar' is shorter and more densely banded than Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
- Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar' is a slow grower and could take up to 4 years to reach its full size
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Goliath'
GOLIATH MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves with a silver midrib are 2.5 cm wide, arching gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns a golden colour in the fall and remains through the winter
- Bloom Time: September to November
HEIGHT: 200-275 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a tight vase-shaped clump of slender arching leaves
- Green leaf blades are sharp-edged with a silver midrib
- Foliage turns a golden-tan in the fall, remaining through the winter
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'
MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a tight vase-shaped clump of long slender arching leaves
- Green leaf blades have a silver midrib and are sharply serrated
- Foliage turns shades of orange and red in the fall
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 90-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Grosse Fontaine'
BIG FOUNTAIN MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns a golden colour in the fall and remains through the winter
- Bloom Time: September to November
HEIGHT: 150-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Huron Blush'
HURON BLUSH MAIDEN GRASS
- A smaller cultivar with broad green leaves with a white midrib
- Foliage turns a golden colour in the fall and remains through the winter
- Bloom Time: September to November
HEIGHT: 90-140 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Huron Star' (PP22468)
HURON STAR MAIDEN GRASS
- Green blades with a narrow white midrib
- It is earlier flowering than others of the species
- Foliage can develop a purplish tint and turns shades of red, orange and burgundy in the fall
HEIGHT: 150-250 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Huron Sunrise'
HURON SUNRISE MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves with silver midribs arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns a golden colour in the fall and remains through the winter
- Bloom Time: August to October
HEIGHT: 100-175 cm · SPREAD: 90-100 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Kirk Alexander'
KIRK ALEXANDER MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of bright yellow and green horizontally-banded leaves
- Leaves arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns a golden colour in the fall and remains through the winter
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Miscanthus sinensis Little Fountain ('Kleine Fontaine')
LITTLE FOUNTAIN MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves with silver midribs arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Compact cultivar that blooms earlier than most miscanthus
- Foliage turns a golden colour in the fall and remains through the winter
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis Little Silver Spider ('Kleine Silberspinne')
LITTLE SILVER SPIDER MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Narrow, upright clump blooms earlier than most miscanthus cultivars
- Foliage turns a bronze-red in the fall
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Kitten'
DWARF MAIDEN GRASS
- Narrow green leaves with a silver midrib
- Grass forms a tight mound
- Bloom Time: August to October
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 30-60 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Miss' (PP28849)
LITTLE MISS MAIDEN GRASS
- Narrow arching blades emerge green in spring
- Foliage transforms quickly to red and purple tones and intensifies in autumn
- Bloom Time: July to November
HEIGHT: 90-100 cm · SPREAD: 90-100 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra' (PP13008)
LITTLE ZEBRA MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of graceful arching leaves on sturdy upright stems
- Blades feature horizontal bands of yellow and green
- Bloom Time: September to October
HEIGHT: 80-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus'
MALEPARTUS MAIDEN GRASS
- Broad green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns shades of red and bronze in the fall
- Bloom Time: August to November
HEIGHT: 125-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'
VARIEGATED MAIDEN GRASS
- A compact form with thin silver-green wiry leaves on an upright arching habit
- Leaf blades are green with narrow white sharply serrated margins
- Foliage turns a golden-tan with a hint of red in the fall, remaining through the winter
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Nippon'
NIPPON MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns shades of red and bronze in the fall
- Grass forms a tight upright arching clump
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'November Sunset'
NOVEMBER SUNSET MAIDEN GRASS
- Narrow green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns shades of golden-orange after frost
- Bloom Time: September to November
HEIGHT: 100-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Oktoberfest' (PP27074)
OKTOBERFEST MAIDEN GRASS
- Wide green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns shades of red and purple in early autumn
- Bloom Time: September to November
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Positano'
POSITANO MAIDEN GRASS
- Narrow green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy, upright stems
- Foliage turns shades of red and orange in the fall
- Bloom Time: August to November
HEIGHT: 150-225 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis Little Dot ('Puenktchen')
LITTLE DOT MAIDEN GRASS
- Leaves are almost vertical, on sturdy, upright stems
- This cultivar is similar to M. 'Strictus', with a more upright habit and finer foliage
- Dull green foliage has irregular horizontal bands of creamy-yellow and a white midrib
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Rigoletto'
RIGOLETTO MAIDEN GRASS
- Leaves arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems, forming a loose, upright clump
- Foliage is variegated; creamy-white with green stripes
- This is a more compact cultivar of M. 'Variegatus'
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Roland'
ROLAND MAIDEN GRASS
- Broad green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns shades of golden-tan in the fall lasting through the winter
- Bloom Time: August to September
HEIGHT: 175-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis Red-silver ('Rotsilber')
RED-SILVER MAIDEN GRASS
- Green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns an orange-maroon in the fall
- Bloom Time: August to November
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Sarabande'
SARABANDE MAIDEN GRASS
- Narrow green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- This cultivar forms a tight upright clump similar to M. 'Gracillimus'
- Bloom Time: August to November
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis Silver Feather ('Silberfeder')
SILVER FEATHER MAIDEN GRASS
- Broad green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Foliage turns shades of golden-tan in the fall lasting through the winter
- Bloom Time: August to November
HEIGHT: 175-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis Silver Arrow ('Silberpfeil')
SILVER ARROW MAIDEN GRASS
- Leaves arch gracefully on sturdy, upright stems forming an upright vase-shaped clump
- Foliage is variegated with bright white and green stripes
- This cultivar has a more upright form than M. 'Variegatus'
HEIGHT: 125-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis Silver Spider ('Silberspinne')
SILVER SPIDER MAIDEN GRASS
- Narrow green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems
- Forms a tight upright clump similar to M. 'Gracillimus'
- Foliage turns a bright cinnamon colour in the fall
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Sirene'
SIRENE JAPANESE SILVER GRASS
- Narrow green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy, upright stems
- Foliage turns a copper colour in the fall
- Bloom Time: August to September
HEIGHT: 125-190 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Stardust'
STARDUST MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of graceful arching leaves on sturdy upright stems
- Petite with narrow green leaves with yellow flecks
- Bloom Time: September to October
HEIGHT: 90-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'
PORCUPINE GRASS
- Stiff leaves are held almost vertical on sturdy upright stems
- Similar to M. 'Zebrinus' forming a tighter, more upright clump
- Green leaves with horizontal bands of yellow turn tan and red in fall
HEIGHT: 175-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Super Stripe' (PP18161, COPF)
SUPER STRIPE MAIDEN GRASS
- Leaves arch gracefully on sturdy upright stems, forming a loose upright clump
- Foliage is densely banded with horizontal stripes of gold and green
- Bloom Time: September to October
HEIGHT: 100-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Undine'
UNDINE MAIDEN GRASS
- Narrow green leaves with a silver midrib arch gracefully on sturdy, upright stems
- Foliage turns shades of orange and yellow in the fall
- Bloom Time: August to September
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'
STRIPED EULALIA GRASS
- Leaves arch gracefully on upright stems, forming a loose clump
- Foliage is variegated with bright white and green stripes
- Bloom Time: September to November
HEIGHT: 175-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Yaku Jima'
DWARF MAIDEN GRASS
- Forms a tight clump of fine silver-green foliage with sharply serrated arching leaves
- Foliage turns golden-tan in the fall
- This is a good cultivar for the smaller garden
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
ZEBRA GRASS
- Leaves arch gracefully on upright stems, forming a loose clump and tending to flop with age
- Leaves have irregular horizontal bands of yellow and green, turning tan and red in the fall
- Bloom Time: September to November
HEIGHT: 150-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus
PURPLE BLOOMING JAPANESE SILVER GRASS
- AKA Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
- Forms a dense mounding clump of coarse green leaves with white midribs
- Flowers are formed on slightly arching stems
HEIGHT: 175-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cabaret'
CABARET JAPANESE SILVER GRASS
- Broad, variegated leaves form an arching clump
- Foliage has creamy-white centres with wide green margins
- Flowers are held on slightly arching stems
HEIGHT: 175-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Miscanthus x 'Giganteus'
GIANT MISCANTHUS
- AKA Miscanthus floridulus
- As the name suggests, this is a very large, robust grass in both height and spread
- Coarse green leaves are 90 cm long, gracefully arching on tall sturdy stalks
HEIGHT: 200-300 cm · SPREAD: 150-200 cm
Miscanthus x giganteus Alligator ('Lottum')
BANDED GIANT MISCANTHUS
- As the name suggests, this is a very large robust grass in both height and spread
- Long green leaves with yellow banding
- Bloom Time: August to November
HEIGHT: 200-300 cm · SPREAD: 150-200 cm
Molinia arundinacea 'Dutch Dreamer'
TALL MOOR GRASS
- Medium-sized variety with arching narrow green blades
- Green flowers with a tinge of purple in July-August
- Golden-yellow fall colour, fading only slightly into winter
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Molinia caerulea
PURPLE MOOR GRASS
- Low clump-forming grass with slightly coarse green foliage
- Slender flower stalks rise well above the foliage, giving this grass an airy appearance
- Purple flowers on flower stalks change to tan seeds as they age
HEIGHT: 40-70 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Molinia caerulea Heather Bride ('Heidebraut')
TALL MOOR GRASS
- Forms a low upright clump of narrow medium-green leaves
- Open panicles rise well above the foliage
- Slender flower stalks give the grass an airy appearance
HEIGHT: 75-120 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Molinia caerulea 'Moorflamme'
MOOR FLAME GRASS
- Forms a compact upright clump of narrow green leaves
- Purple flowers on spikes change to tan-brown seeds as they age
- Open panicles rise well above the foliage
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Molinia caerulea Moor-Witch ('Moorhexe')
MOORHEXE PURPLE MOOR GRASS
- Forms a compact upright clump of narrow green leaves turning yellow in the fall
- Dark purple flower spikes appear in July and change to brown-black seeds as they age
- The open panicles rise well above the foliage, giving the grass an airy appearance
HEIGHT: 50-90 cm · SPREAD: 75-80 cm
Molinia caerulea 'Strahlenquelle'
STRAHLENQUELLE MOOR GRASS
- Forms a compact upright clump of narrow green leaves turning yellow in the fall
- Dark purple flower spikes appear in July and change to tan seeds as they age
- The open panicles rise well above the foliage, giving the grass an airy appearance
HEIGHT: 60-110 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Molinia caerulea 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED PURPLE MOOR GRASS
- Forms a compact arching mound of creamy-white and green variegated foliage
- Slender flower stalks rise well above the foliage, giving this grass an airy appearance
- Flower spikes change to tan seeds as they age
HEIGHT: 50-80 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea
TALL MOOR GRASS
- AKA Molinia altissima
- Forms an upright clump of slightly arching medium-green leaves
- Slender flower stalks rise well above the foliage, giving this grass an airy appearance
HEIGHT: 100-200 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Karl Foerster'
KARL FOERSTER MOOR GRASS
- Forms a tufted upright clump of slightly arching medium green leaves turning yellow in the fall
- Long flower spikes on slender flower stalks give the grass an airy appearance
- Flowers change to tan seeds as the season progresses
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea 'Skyracer'
SKYRACER MOOR GRASS
- Forms a robust arching clump of wide medium-green leaves turning a golden-yellow in the fall
- Purple flower spikes appear in July and change to tan seeds as they age
- Open panicles rise well above the foliage
HEIGHT: 100-220 cm · SPREAD: 90-125 cm
Molinia caerulea ssp. arundinacea Wind Play ('Windspiel')
WINDSPIEL MOOR GRASS
- Forms a tufted upright clump of slightly arching medium green leaves turning yellow in the fall
- Long purple flower spikes appear in July, giving the grass an airy appearance
- Flowers change to golden-tan seeds as they age
HEIGHT: 100-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-120 cm
Monarda bradburiana
EASTERN WILD BERGAMOT
- Clump-forming perennial
- Two-lipped pale purple to whitish flowers in spring
- Each flower is nestled in showy purple-tinged bracts
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Monarda didyma
BEEBALM
- Tubular two-lipped bright scarlet-red blooms
- Coarse clump-forming perennial
- Deep green leaves have a minty fragrance when crushed
HEIGHT: 60-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-100 cm
Monarda fistulosa
WILD BERGAMOT
- Whorls of small tubular flowers are backed by leafy bracts
- Lavender-pink flowers appear on square stems just above foliage
- Matte-green toothed lance to oval-shaped leaves, 10 cm long
HEIGHT: 90-110 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Monarda punctata
SPOTTED BEE BALM
- AKA Monarda punctata ssp. villicaulis
- Pale yellow flowers with purple spots rest on narrow pink bracts
- Tiered flowers are just above foliage
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Morus alba
WHITE MULBERRY
- Fast-growing, rounded, with a wide, spreading crown
- Small drooping yellowish-green catkins
- Small edible blackberry-like fruit mature in June
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 10-15 m
Morus alba 'Pendula (fruiting)'
WEEPING FRUITING MULBERRY
- Mounding, spreading, weeping growth habit
- Greenish-white blooms
- Arching branches droop to the ground
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Morus alba 'Pendula (non fruiting)'
WEEPING MULBERRY
- AKA Morus alba 'Chaparral'
- Mounding, spreading, weeping growth habit
- Blooms are whitish-green
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Morus latifolia Zig Zag ('Spirata')
ZIG ZAG MULBERRY
- Irregular branches form a zigzag pattern
- Glossy, green foliage will turn a yellowish colour in the fall
- Flowers are greenish in colour
HEIGHT: 275-300 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Morus rubra
RED MULBERRY
- Upright-rounded to spreading tree; sometimes multistem
- Noted for its variably-lobed leaves, reddish-brown bark and edible fruit
- Dark green heart-shaped leaves on older branches, lobed leaves on new shoots
HEIGHT: 11-15 m · SPREAD: 11-14 m
Muehlenbeckia axillaris 'Nana'
CREEPING WIRE VINE
- Insignificant tiny white flowers
- Transparent attractive white fruit with black seeds appear after flowers finish
- Tiny round glossy leaves on wiry black stems
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Myosotis sylvatica 'Victoria Indigo Blue'
GARDEN FORGET-ME-NOTS
- Myosotis oblongata 'Victoria Blue'
- Tiny, light blue, five-petaled flowers with a yellow centre
- Flowers rise above foliage in loose, terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 8-10 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Myosotis sylvatica 'Victoria Rose'
GARDEN FORGET-ME-NOTS
- Myosotis oblongata 'Victoria Pink'
- Tiny pink five-petaled flowers with a yellow centre
- Flowers rise above foliage in loose, terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 8-10 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Myrica gale
SWEET GALE
- AKA Myrica palustris
- Upright, oval habit
- Waxy yellow catkins appear before the leaves
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Myrica pensylvanica
BAYBERRY
- AKA Morella pensylvanica
- Waxy yellowish-green catkins appear before the leaves
- Fragrant glossy grayish-green foliage
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Narcissus 'Chromacolor'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Early Blooming
HEIGHT: 40 cm
Narcissus 'Delnashaugh'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Mid-Blooming
HEIGHT: 35 cm
Narcissus 'Dutch Master'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Early Blooming
- Flower Color: Yellow
HEIGHT: 35 cm
Narcissus 'Geranium'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Mid-Blooming
- Flower Color: White and Orange
HEIGHT: 35 cm
Narcissus 'Golden Ducat'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Mid-Blooming
- Flower Color: Yellow
HEIGHT: 35 cm
Narcissus 'Ice Follies'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Early Blooming
HEIGHT: 40 cm
Narcissus 'King Alfred'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Early Blooming
- Flower Color: Yellow
HEIGHT: 40 cm
Narcissus 'Mount Hood'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Early Blooming
- Flower Color: White
HEIGHT: 35 cm
Narcissus 'Spring Mix'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Early Blooming
- Flower Color: Multiple Colors
HEIGHT: 40 cm
Narcissus 'Tahiti'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Mid-Blooming
- Flower Color: Yellow and Orange
HEIGHT: 40 cm
Narcissus 'Tete a Tete'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Early Blooming
- Flower Color: Yellow
HEIGHT: 15 cm
Narcissus 'Thalia'
DAFFODIL
- Very Early Spring or late winter flowers
- Early Blooming
- Flower Color: White
HEIGHT: 35 cm
Nectarine 'Fantasia'
FANTASIA NECTARINE
- Prunus persica 'Fantasia'
- Smooth reddish-pink skin
- Large yellow-fleshed freestone fruit
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Nectarine 'Flavortop'
FLAVORTOP NECTARINE
- Prunus persica var. nuciperica 'Flavortop'
- Large fruit with red skin and yellow flesh
- Sweet, tangy, rich flavour
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Nectarine 'Hardired'
HARDIRED NECTARINE
- Prunus persica 'Hardired'
- Smooth orange-red skin
- Cold hardy, disease resistant
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Nectarine 'Harovin Rouge'
HAROVIN ROUGE NECTARINE
- Prunus persica 'Harovin Rouge'
- Medium red to dark red over yellow colour
- Cold hardy, disease resistant
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Nepeta faassenii 'Cat's Meow' (PP24472, CPBR5098)
CATMINT
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Sky-blue flower clusters are sterile, producing no seeds
- Aromatic scalloped hairy gray-green leaves
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Nepeta faassenii 'Cat's Pajamas' (PP31127, CPBRAF)
CATMINT
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Sterile indigo flowers in clusters
- Rosy-purple calyxes extend the colour long after the blooms finish
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-60 cm
Nepeta faassenii 'Dropmore'
BLUE CATMINT
- Sterile violet-blue flowers in clusters rise slightly above the foliage
- Aromatic scalloped hairy gray-green leaves
- Drought-tolerant perennial
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Nepeta faassenii 'Purrsian Blue' (PP24788)
CATMINT
- Sterile hybrid, producing no seeds
- Low growing, compact, rounded habit
- Closely spaced violet-blue flower clusters rise slightly above the foliage
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Nepeta faassenii 'Six Hills Giant'
CATMINT
- Sterile periwinkle-blue flowers in clusters rise slightly above the foliage
- Aromatic scalloped hairy gray-green leaves
- Drought tolerant perennial
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Nepeta faassenii 'Walker's Low'
CATMINT
- Sterile violet-blue flowers in clusters above the foliage
- Aromatic scalloped hairy gray-green leaves
- Drought-tolerant perennial
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Nepeta grandiflora 'Dawn to Dusk'
SHOWY CATMINT
- Soft pink flower clusters rise above the foliage
- Scalloped aromatic gray-green leaves
- Drought tolerant perennial
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Nepeta mussinii
CATMINT
- AKA Nepeta racemosa
- Violet-blue flower clusters rise above the foliage
- Aromatic scalloped hairy gray-green leaves
HEIGHT: 35-40 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Nepeta subsessilis
JAPANESE CATMINT
- Short spikes of violet-blue tubular flowers with maroon spots rise above the foliage
- Aromatic toothed ovate light green leaves, 10 cm long
- Typically not as drought tolerant as other nepeta species
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Nepeta x 'Early Bird'
CATMINT
- Low growing compact habit
- Violet-blue flower clusters rise slightly above the foliage
- Aromatic scalloped gray-green leaves
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Nuphar lutea
YELLOW POND LILY
- AKA Nuphar luteum
- Hardy aquatic perennial
- Naturally found in shallow ponds and along stream borders
HEIGHT: 100-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-200 cm
Nymphaea odorata
WHITE WATERLILY
- Large fragrant white flowers with central yellow stamens
- Flowers are composed of numerous white petals and yellow stamens
- Fragrant flowers open at dawn and close by noon each day
HEIGHT: 10-15 cm · SPREAD: 90-200 cm
Nyssa sylvatica Green Gable™ ('NSUHH') (PP22951)
GREEN GABLE™ BLACK GUM
- Upright, pyramidal shape and uniform branching
- Small non-showy greenish-white flowers
- Seedless selection
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Nyssa sylvatica Tupelo Tower™ ('WFHI')
TUPELO TOWER BLACK GUM
- Upright, narrow habit
- Small non-showy greenish-white flowers
- Mainly dioecious: trees are male or female and sometimes both
HEIGHT: 10-13 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Ocimum basilicum
SWEET BASIL
- Erect bushy annual herb
- Small white blooms
- Narrowly oval to elliptic leaves
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Ocimum minimum
BUSH BASIL
- Small clusters of white to lavender coloured flowers
- Grown both for its ornamental appeal and culinary uses
- Uses fresh or dried to add flavour to soups, salads and pastas
HEIGHT: 15-30 cm · SPREAD: 15-30 cm
Oenanthe javanica 'Flamingo'
JAVA WATERDROPWORT
- Related to the parsley family
- Tiny creamy-white umbels
- Grown for its colourful foliage
HEIGHT: 25-40 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Oenothera biennis
EVENING PRIMROSE
- Fragrant yellow saucer-shaped flowers appear on tall stalks
- Blooms open at dusk and close by noon of the following day
- Lance-shaped, slightly serrated, mid-green leaves
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Oenothera fremontii 'Shimmer' (PP19663)
SHIMMER SUNDROPS
- Lemon-yellow saucer-shaped flowers appear just above the foliage
- Silver-green lance-shaped foliage on red stems
- Grows best on hot, dry sites
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 35-40 cm
Oenothera fruticosa Fireworks ('Fyrverkeri')
SUNDROPS
- AKA Oenothera tetragona 'Fireworks'
- Canary-yellow saucer-shaped flowers
- Individual flowers open for only one day
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Onoclea sensibilis
SENSITIVE FERN
- Broad smooth pale green fronds have deeply grooved wavy margined leaflets
- Fronds emerge along long creeping rhizomes
- In the spring, emerging fronds may have a coppery tone
HEIGHT: 30-50 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Ophiopogon japonicus
MONDO GRASS
- Almost invisible light lilac to white flowers
- Flowers lead to dark blue to black berries that persist into the winter
- Semi-evergreen strap-like arching glossy dark green blades are up to 4 mm wide, 30 cm long
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nana'
DWARF MONDO GRASS
- Small white flowers
- Flowers lead to dark blue berries that persist into the winter
- Semi-evergreen strap-like arching glossy dark green blades up to 2 mm wide, and 20 cm long
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Opuntia humifusa
PRICKLY PEAR
- AKA Opuntia compressa, Opuntia rafinesquei
- Waxy yellow flowers grow singularly or in small clusters along the top edge of the cactus pad
- Blooms last one day
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Origanum vulgare 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED MAJORAM
- Hardy herb used for culinary purposes
- Rhizomatous, woody perennial
- Spreading stems bear rounded to ovate foliage
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum
GREEK OREGANO
- Woody perennial with rounded to ovate foliage
- Tiny two-lipped white blooms
- Flavorful foliage when used fresh or dried
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Origanum x 'Bristol Cross'
ORNAMENTAL OREGANO
- Cascading stems hold lime-green to pink chain-like bracts
- Tiny tubular magenta flowers protrude from the tip of the chains
- Small ovate-rounded green-gray leaves, 2 cm long
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 35-45 cm
Osmunda cinnamomea
CINNAMON FERN
- AKA Osmundastrum cinnamomeum
- Erect mid-green lanceolate fronds
- Narrow cinnamon-coloured fertile fronds appear in the spring
HEIGHT: 70-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Osmunda regalis
ROYAL FERN
- Unique widely spaced oblong leaflets with a distinct central vein
- Pale green leaves in sunlight
- Deeper green in shade with reddish stems
HEIGHT: 90-150 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Ostrya virginiana
IRONWOOD
- Upright, rounded to oval crown
- Reddish-brown male flowers and greenish female flowers precede the leaves
- Dark green birch-like leaves increase in size toward the end of a twig
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 7-8 m
Oxydendrum arboreum
SOURWOOD
- Irregular habit, both in shrub or tree form, maturing pyramidal
- White urn-shaped flowers droop on one-sided panicles
- Developing ovaries extend flowering season
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 8-10 m
Pachysandra procumbens
ALLEGHENY SPURGE
- Greenish-white fragrant flower spikes
- Flowers bloom before the new foliage emerges
- Blooms appear on pinkish-red flower stems
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Pachysandra terminalis 'Silver Edge'
SILVER EDGE JAPANESE SPURGE
- White terminal spikes of flowers
- Shiny green foliage edged in creamy white
- Evergreen foliage forms a dense ground cover
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Pachysandra terminalis 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED JAPANESE SPURGE
- White terminal spikes of flowers
- Irregularly variegated white and green foliage
- Diamond-shaped leaves are coarsely serrated on the upper third
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Paeonia 'Goldmine'
GOLDMINE PEONY
- Late midseason double blooms
- Sweetly fragrant yellow creamy flowers
- One of the few herbaceous peonies that are true yellow
HEIGHT: 70-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-75 cm
Paeonia Patio 'Athens'
PEONY
- Deep pink fragrant semi-double blooms with a yellow centre
- Dark green compact foliage on very sturdy stems
- A prolific bloomer, excellent for containers
HEIGHT: 75-80 cm · SPREAD: 80-90 cm
Paeonia Patio 'Kiev'
PEONY
- Large single pink blooms with a cream centre
- Dark green compact foliage on very sturdy stems
- A prolific bloomer, excellent for containers
HEIGHT: 55-60 cm · SPREAD: 80-90 cm
Paeonia Patio 'London'
PEONY
- Large double raspberry-pink blooms
- Dark green compact foliage on very sturdy stems
- A prolific bloomer, excellent for containers
HEIGHT: 55-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Paeonia Patio 'Madrid'
PEONY
- Anemone-like white blooms with creamy stamens
- Dark green compact foliage on very sturdy stems
- A prolific bloomer, excellent for containers
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Paeonia Patio 'Moscow'
PEONY
- Semi-double red with yellow stamens
- Dark green compact foliage on very sturdy stems
- A prolific bloomer, excellent for containers
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Paeonia Patio 'Oslo'
PEONY
- Large single deep pink blooms with yellow stamens
- Dark green compact foliage on very sturdy stems
- A prolific bloomer, excellent for containers
HEIGHT: 40-55 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Paeonia Patio 'Rome'
PEONY
- Double pink with yellow stamens
- Dark green compact foliage on very sturdy stems
- A prolific bloomer, excellent for containers
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Paeonia tenuifolia
FERNLEAF PEONY
- Single ruby-red fragrant flowers with vibrant yellow stamens
- Mid-green deeply lobed narrow fern-like leaves
- Bloom Time: May to July
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Panicum virgatum
SWITCH GRASS
- Forms an upright, dense clump of medium-green foliage
- Flat leaf blades are 30 cm long, branching from upright stems
- Airy panicles rising above the foliage are reddish-pink changing to tan in the fall
HEIGHT: 120-200 cm · SPREAD: 75-100 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Apache Rose' (PP29142, CPBR5651)
APACHE ROSE SWITCH GRASS
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Dense upright columnar habit with grey-green foliage
- Tips become flushed with a hint of rosy-red in the fall and rose-coloured panicles appear
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 70-80 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Blood Brothers'
BLOOD BROTHERS SWITCH GRASS
- A Canadian introduction
- Forms a tight upright clump of blue-green foliage
- Airy burgundy-red cloud-like panicles, 30 cm long, rise above the foliage
HEIGHT: 80-150 cm · SPREAD: 50-70 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Cape Breeze' (PP24895)
CAPE BREEZE DWARF SWITCHGRASS
- A North Creek Nurseries introduction
- Upright compact habit
- Forms a tight upright clump of green foliage that remains green into fall
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Cheyenne Sky' (PP23209)
CHEYENNE SKY SWITCH GRASS
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Forms a tight upright clump of blue-green foliage
- Airy burgundy-red cloud-like panicles, 30 cm long, rise above the foliage
HEIGHT: 60-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-70 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues' (PP11202)
DALLAS BLUES SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a dense upright clump of steel-blue to green foliage
- This cultivar has a wider leaf blade, (2-4 cm wide) that arches from upright stems
- Purple-pink panicles about 50 cm long above the leaves
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 70-100 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Hanse Herms'
HANSE HERMS SWITCH GRASS
- AKA Panicum virgatum 'Haense Herms'
- Forms a loose upright clump of arching green leaves on sturdy stems
- Airy cloud-like silvery green panicles appear above the foliage
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Hot Rod' (PP26074)
HOT ROD SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of blue-green foliage, turning burgundy in early summer
- Foliage darkens even more in mid-summer before turning to beige-brown for the winter
- Airy red-burgundy flowers turn to tan
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 90-100 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Northwind'
NORTHWIND SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of gray-green foliage becoming vase-shaped with age
- Flat leaf blades are 30 cm long, branching almost vertically from upright stems
- Grass is topped with slender airy cloud-like green panicles
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 70-90 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Fire' (PP19367)
PRAIRIE FIRE SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a tight, upright clump of blue-green foliage
- Airy cloud-like pinkish panicles shimmer above the foliage
- Leaves turn a dark wine-red in early summer, starting at the tips
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 70-80 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Prairie Flame'
PRAIRIE FLAME SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a tight upright clump of blue-green foliage
- Airy cloud-like pinkish-red panicles rise above the foliage
- Leaves turn a dark wine-red and burgundy as the summer progresses
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 70-90 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Rehbraun'
BROWN DEER SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a dense upright clump of green leaves
- Airy cloud-like brownish panicles rise above the foliage
- Leaves turn dark red-brown in late summer, starting at the tips
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Rotstrahlbusch'
RED RAY SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a dense upright clump of green leaves with slight hints of red
- Airy clouds of pinkish panicles shimmer above the foliage
- Leaves turn an intense dark red in late summer, starting at the tips
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Panicum virgatum Ruby Ribbons™ ('RR1') (PP17944)
RUBY RIBBONS™ SWITCH GRASS
- A cross between Panicum 'Haense Herms and 'Heavy Metal'
- Blue-green blades develop wine-red tips as they mature
- Panicles of fine pinkish-red flowers are held above the blades
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 70-90 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Shenandoah'
SHENANDOAH SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a dense clump of green leaves arching slightly from upright stems
- Airy cloud-like pinkish panicles shimmer above the foliage
- Leaves turn an intense dark red in late summer from the tips downward
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Squaw'
SQUAW SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a dense upright clump of arching green leaves with slight hints of red
- Grass is topped with airy silvery-pink cloud-like panicles
- Leaves turn an intense purple-red in late summer, starting at the tips
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 75-90 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Strictum'
TALL SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a dense upright clump of blue-green leaves tinted with red tips
- Grass is topped with airy red cloud-like panicles
- Foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Totem Pole' (PP29951, CPBRAF)
TOTEM POLE SWITCH GRASS
- Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
- Forms a very upright column of steel blue foliage and powdery blue stems
- Golden seed panicles appear in early fall
HEIGHT: 170-180 cm · SPREAD: 70-80 cm
Panicum virgatum 'Warrior'
WARRIOR SWITCH GRASS
- Forms a dense upright clump of green leaves with slight hints of red
- Grass is topped with red airy cloud-like panicles
- Leaves turn a dark red in late summer, starting at the tips
HEIGHT: 120-150 cm · SPREAD: 90-110 cm
Papaver miyabeanum 'Pacino'
ICELAND POPPY
- Upward-facing lemon-yellow cupped flowers
- Attractive seed pods are left after the flowers fade
- Finely cut bluish-green foliage
HEIGHT: 12-15 cm · SPREAD: 15-20 cm
Papaver nudicaule 'Champagne Bubbles'
ICELAND POPPY
- Large bowl-shaped flowers
- Nodding hairy buds open to orange, pink, red, salmon and white with yellow stamens
- Flowers appear on wiry stems
HEIGHT: 15-25 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Papaver orientale 'Allegro'
ORIENTAL POPPY
- Bowl-shaped paper-like petaled flowers
- Scarlet-orange with near-black central markings and stamens
- Thistle-like hairy mid-green foliage
HEIGHT: 35-40 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermere'
ORIENTAL POPPY
- Large bowl-shaped paper-like petaled flowers
- Scarlet flowers with near-black central markings and stamens
- Thistle-like hairy mid-green foliage
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Papaver orientale 'Brilliant'
ORIENTAL POPPY
- Bowl-shaped paper-like petaled flowers
- Fire-red flowers with deep purple central markings and stamens
- Thistle-like hairy mid-green foliage
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Papaver orientale 'Pink Ruffles' (PP12712)
ORIENTAL POPPY
- Bowl-shaped paper-like petaled flowers
- Ruffled pink flowers with near-black central markings and stamens
- Thistle-like hairy mid-green foliage
HEIGHT: 35-40 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Papaver orientale 'Princess Victoria Louise'
ORIENTAL POPPY
- AKA Papaver orientale "Prinzessin Victoria Louise'
- Bowl-shaped paper-like petaled flowers
- Soft pink flowers with near-black central markings and stamens
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Papaver orientale 'Royal Wedding'
ORIENTAL POPPY
- Bowl-shaped papery-like petaled flowers
- Pure white flowers with near-black central markings and stamens
- Thistle-like hairy mid-green foliage
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Papaver orientale 'Turkenlouis'
ORIENTAL POPPY
- Bowl-shaped paper-like petaled flowers
- Scarlet-orange fringed flowers with near-black central markings and stamens
- Thistle-like hairy mid-green foliage
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Papaver rhoeas
FLANDERS FIELD POPPY
- Large bowl-shaped paper-like petaled flowers
- Brilliant crimson-red flowers with near-black central markings and stamens
- Thistle-like hairy mid-green foliage
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Pardancanda norrissii
CANDY LILY
- Unique multi-coloured star-shaped flowers
- Each flower has a distinct colour pattern
- After flowering, pods open to glossy black seeds
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Parrotia persica
PERSIAN IRONWOOD
- Red tassel-like flowers appear before the leaves
- Green leaves emerge reddish
- Newest growth on branch ends reddish all summer
HEIGHT: 10-13 m · SPREAD: 9-10 m
Parrotia persica 'Vanessa'
PERSIAN IRONWOOD
- More compact and upright than the species
- Red tassel-like flowers appear before the leaves
- Green leaves emerge reddish and turn yellow, orange and red in the fall
HEIGHT: 9-10 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Parthenium integrifolium
WILD QUININE
- Clusters of small woolly-looking white flowers
- Blooms appear as tiny ray flowers in broad terminal corymbs
- Serrated rough fragrant dark green basal leaves
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Parthenocissus inserta
WOODBINE
- AKA Parthenocissus vitacea
- Insignificant yellowish-green flowers
- Glossy green five-lobed leaves
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 15-20 m
Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Veitchii'
BOSTON IVY
- AKA Ampelopsis veitchii
- Insignificant tiny white flowers
- Clusters of dark blue berries can be seen after the leaves drop
HEIGHT: 15-20 m · SPREAD: 10-15 m
Paxistima canbyi
MOUNTAIN LOVER
- Inconspicuous greenish-red flowers
- Tiny dark green evergreen leaves
- Leaves take on copper-green to bronzy tones in the fall
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Peach 'August Rose™' (23,884)
AUGUST ROSE™ PEACH
- Prunus persica 'NJ 356 cltv.'
- Late season white-fleshed peach with consistent red skin
- 6-8 centimetres in diameter
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Peach 'Baby Gold 5'
BABY GOLD 5 PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Baby Gold 5'
- Fair-sized fruit, clingstone, with a reddish-orange skin
- Firm, yellow flesh
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Peach 'Bailey Hardy'
BAILEY HARDY PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Bailey Hardy'
- Medium-sized, semi-freestone, with a rose-blushed skin
- Sweet, juicy flesh
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Peach 'Elberta'
ELBERTA PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Elberta'
- Plump, freestone, with a rose-blushed skin
- Juicy, honey-sweet yellow flesh
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Peach 'Flamin' Fury®'
FLAMIN' FURY® PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Flamin' Fury'
- Large to extra large-sized fruit with a red blushed skin
- Prolific, early ripening, freestone fruit
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Peach 'Frost'
FROST PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Frost'
- Medium-sized, with a red blush over a greenish-yellow skin
- Prolific, early ripening, freestone fruit
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Peach 'Harrow Diamond'
HARROW DIAMOND PEACH
- Ontario-bred
- Self pollinating
- Medium sized fruit with red blush over yellow skin
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Peach 'Redhaven'
REDHAVEN PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Redhaven'
- The standard by which most peaches are judged
- Large red with a yellow-blushed skin
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Peach 'Reliance'
RELIANCE PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Reliance'
- Heavy crop of medium to large red-blushed yellow skin
- Early freestone
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Peach 'Veteran'
VETERAN PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Veteran'
- Medium to large, good quality fruit.
- Juicy sweet freestone, golden-yellow with a little red
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Peach 'Vivid'
VIVID PEACH
- Prunus persica 'Vivid'
- Bright red fruit with yellow flesh
- Juicy with a sweet flavour
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Peach 'White Lady'
WHITE LADY PEACH
- One of the best-tasting peaches
- Large, white-fleshed freestone
- Low acid and a full rich flavour
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Pear 'Anjou'
ANJOU PEAR
- Pyrus communis 'Anjou'
- Large, conical, clear greenish-yellow skin, with some russeting
- Fine-textured, sweet, aromatic and juicy
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pear 'Bartlett'
BARTLETT PEAR
- Pyrus communis 'Bartlett'
- Medium to large green fruit, turning yellow when ripe
- Rich, superb flavour, a popular choice
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pear 'Bosc'
BOSC PEAR
- Pyrus communis 'Bosc'
- Large and long-necked, yellow skin, with some russeting
- Fine-textured, sweet, and juicy
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pear 'Chojuro'
CHOJURO ASIAN PEAR
- Pyrus pyriolia 'Chojuro'
- An Asian pear cultivar producing round, brown-skinned fruit
- Mild, juicy, crisp and butterscotch-flavoured
HEIGHT: 7 m · SPREAD: 3 m
Pear 'Clapp's Favorite'
CLAPP'S FAVORITE PEAR
- Pyrus communis 'Clapp's Favorite'
- Medium-sized, yellow-green skin, with a red blush
- Sweet and juicy, with a slightly acidic flavour
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pear 'Flemish Beauty'
FLEMISH BEAUTY PEAR
- Pyrus communis 'Flemish Beauty'
- Large, roundish, thick, clear yellow skin, speckled with red when ripe
- Tender juicy flesh is flavourful
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pear 'Golden Spice'
GOLDEN SPICE PEAR
- Pyrus ussuriensis 'Golden Spice'
- Smaller fruit, medium-yellow skin, with dull red blush
- Spring flowers also give this fruit tree visual appeal.
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Pear 'John'
JOHN PEAR
- Pyrus communis 'John'
- Large, red, thin-skinned fruit
- Tart, firm and good for canning
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Pear 'Luscious'
LUSCIOUS PEAR
- Pyrus 'Luscious'
- Small to medium fruit, with a yellow skin and a red blush
- Very juicy with a sweet flavour
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Pear 'Nijisseiki'
20TH CENTURY PEAR
- Pyrus pyrifolia 'Nijisseiki'
- An Asian cultivar with round, yellow-skinned fruit
- Mild, juicy, crisp and flavourful
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Pear 'Red Bartlett'
RED BARTLETT PEAR
- Pyrus communis 'Red Bartlett'
- Medium to large dark red fruit, turning bright red when ripe
- Rich, superb flavour, a popular choice
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pear 'Shinko'
SHINKO ASIAN PEAR
- Pyrus 'Shinko'
- An Asian pear cultivar with medium to large fruit with a brown to golden-brown skin
- Yellowish-white flesh is juicy with a sweet flavour
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pear 'Shinseiki'
SHINSEIKI ASIAN PEAR
- Pyrus pyrifolia 'Shinseiki'
- An Asian pear with medium to large, pale yellow-skinned fruit
- White flesh is firm, crisp and juicy
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Pear 'Summercrisp'
SUMMERCRISP PEAR
- Pyrus communis 'Summercrisp'
- Medium fruit, with a yellow skin and a red blush
- Crisp flesh, juicy texture and mildly sweet flavour
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Peltandra virginica
GREEN ARROW ARUM
- AKA Peltandra undulata
- Tiny greenish-white flowers hidden by 20 cm spathes
- Flowers followed by green berries in late summer
HEIGHT: 50-75 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides
FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of bright green blades
- Soft reddish bottlebrush-like flower spikes age to tan for the winter
- Slender flower stalks can be upright or arching
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Burgundy Bunny' (PP21917)
DWARF FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of narrow bright green blades
- Summer foliage shows red turning almost completely red until frost
- Flowers rise slightly above the foliage on slender stalks
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Cassian'
CASSIAN FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of bright green blades
- Soft bottlebrush-like flower spikes are white with a slight pink tint
- Flowers rise above foliage on slender stalks
HEIGHT: 40-60 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Desert Plains' (PP20751)
DESERT PLAINS FOUNTAIN GRASS
- The narrow green blades form an upright vase-shaped clump
- Improved habit, flowering performance, and fall colour over 'Cassian' and 'Hameln'
- Tips of foliage begin to turn deep red midsummer and transitions to shades of orange and gold in fall
HEIGHT: 90-120 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Foxtrot'
FOXTROT FOUNTAIN GRASS
- AKA: Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Japonicum'
- Forms a dense mounding clump of bright green blades turning a rich golden-yellow in the fall
- Soft bottlebrush-like pink flower spikes sport white tips later in the season
HEIGHT: 120-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-150 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln'
DWARF FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of bright green blades
- Soft creamy-white bottlebrush-like flower spikes rise above the foliage on slender stalks
- Foliage turns a rich golden-yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Bunny'
MINIATURE FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of narrow bright green blades
- Miniature creamy-white bottlebrush-like soft flower spikes
- Flowers rise slightly above the foliage on slender stalks
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 20-30 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Little Honey'
LITTLE HONEY FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of bright green blades with narrow white margins
- Soft miniature creamy-white to tan bottlebrush-like flower spikes
- Flowers rise slightly above the foliage on slender stalks
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 10-15 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Love and Rockets'
LOVE AND ROCKETS FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Bred and grown for the thick greyish-red plumes rising above the blades on slender stalks
- The blade tips turn red in cooler temperatures
- Bloom Time: Late summer
HEIGHT: 60-75 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides JS Jommenik ('Lumen Gold') (PP27435)
FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Compact globe-shaped habit
- Bright golden foliage that persists throughout the summer, turning to light green in early fall
- An abundance of brown flowers appear in late summer
HEIGHT: 30-60 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Pure Energy' (PPAF)
FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Blades much wider than most Fountain grass cultivars
- Golden-yellow blades look best in full sun
- Wine-red flowers, fading to brown, rise mid summer
HEIGHT: 75-100 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Pennisetum orientale 'Karley Rose' (PP12909)
ORIENTAL FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Forms a dense mounding clump of gray-green blades
- Soft, dark pinkish-white bottlebrush-like flower spikes in early summer
- Upright and arching flower spikes rise above the foliage on slender stalks
HEIGHT: 90-100 cm · SPREAD: 90-120 cm
Pennisetum setaceum 'Sky Rocket' (PP21497, CPBR4208)
VARIEGATED FOUNTAIN GRASS
- Proven Winners™ Color Choice®
- Annual Grass
- Green leaves with white-striped margins form a vase-shaped clump
HEIGHT: 80-120 cm · SPREAD: 60-90 cm
Penstemon barbatus 'Elfin Pink'
BEARDTONGUE
- Mid-pink two-lipped tubular flowers
- Flowers form clusters on dark stems
- Narrow to ovate medium green leaves
HEIGHT: 35-45 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Penstemon barbatus 'Prairie Dusk'
BEARDTONGUE
- Pinkish-purple two-lipped tubular flowers
- Flowers form clusters on dark stems
- Lance-shaped to ovate medium green leaves
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Penstemon digitalis
FOXGLOVE BEARDTONGUE
- Clusters of tubular white five-lobed flowers
- Flowers grow in pairs on thick green stems
- Blooms May to June
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'
BEARDTONGUE
- Two-lipped pale pink to white tubular flowers
- Loose flower spikes on leafy red stems
- Foliage emerges deep burgundy
HEIGHT: 80-95 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Penstemon hirsutus
HAIRY BEARDTONGUE
- Tubular two-lipped lavender flowers with white throats
- Flowers grow in clusters on hairy green stems
- Narrow, toothed hairy green leaves, 5-10 cm long
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Penstemon mexicali 'Sunburst Ruby'
BEARDTONGUE
- Magenta-coloured tubular flowers with white throats rise above the leaves
- Bright glossy green thread-leaved leaves
- Bushy compact habit
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Penstemon x 'Prairie Twilight' (PP19893, COPF)
BEARDTONGUE
- Blooms of Bressingham®
- Tubular pink flowers with white throats and beards
- Flowers form clusters on dark stems
HEIGHT: 35-40 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Penstemon x 'Pretty Petticoat'
BEARDTONGUE
- Rich purple trumpet-shaped flowers with white throats
- Flowers are held densely on spikes
- Lance-shaped medium-green leaves
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Penstemon x 'Ruby Candle'
BEARDTONGUE
- Wine-red trumpet-shaped flowers
- Flowers form a dense spike
- Lance-shaped medium-green leaves
HEIGHT: 30-40 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Persicaria amphibia
WATER KNOTWEED
- AKA Polygonum amphibium
- Habitat includes shallow waters along lakes, ponds, ditches
- Adaptable to short periods of drought
HEIGHT: 30-125 cm · SPREAD: 0-0 cm
Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Firetail'
FLEECE FLOWER
- AKA Polygonum amplexicaulis 'Firetail'
- Dense magenta spikes appear on tall, wiry stems
- Large ovate green leaves with a prominent central vein
HEIGHT: 80-90 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Persicaria polymorpha
WHITE DRAGON
- AKA Polygonum polymorpha
- Numerous white flowers make up the large beard-like plumes
- Lance-shaped mid-green leaves on thick bamboo-like stalks
HEIGHT: 160-180 cm · SPREAD: 125-140 cm
Peucedanum ostruthium 'Daphnis'
VARIEGATED PEUCE MASTERWORT
- Leaves are dark green with a yellow margin
- Yellow margin lightens to a creamy-white during the season
- Heads of lacy white flowers resembling Queen Anne's Lace
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phalaris arundinacea 'Dwarf Garters'
COMPACT RIBBON GRASS
- Flat strap-like pink-tinted green and white leaves, 12 mm wide, 25 cm long
- Erect panicles of pink flowers turn white but are not showy
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 40-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-90 cm
Phalaris arundinacea Strawberries & Cream ('Feesey's Form')
STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM RIBBON GRASS
- AKA Phalaris arundinacea 'Strawberries and Cream'
- Flat strap-like pink-tinted green and white leaves, 15 mm wide, 30 cm long
- Erect panicles of pink flowers turn white and are not showy
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Phalaris arundinacea 'Luteo-Picta'
GOLDEN RIBBON GRASS
- Flat strap-like yellow-tinted green and yellow-cream leaves, 15 mm wide, 30 cm long
- Erect panicles of pink flowers turn to white in the summer, not showy
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 60-90 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phalaris arundinacea 'Picta'
VARIEGATED RIBBON GRASS
- Flat, strap-like, green and white leaves, 15 mm wide, 30 cm long
- Erect panicles of pink flowers turn to white and are not showy
- Seeds are sterile
HEIGHT: 70-100 cm · SPREAD: 70-150 cm
Phalaris arundinacea 'Tricolor'
TRICOLOR RIBBON GRASS
- Flat, strap-like, green and white leaves, with a pink tint, 17 mm wide, 30 cm long
- Erect panicles of pink flowers turn to white and are not showy
- Bloom Time: Summer
HEIGHT: 70-100 cm · SPREAD: 75-150 cm
Phellodendron amurense
AMUR CORKTREE
- Rounded, broad, spreading crown with horizontal branching
- Non-showy yellowish-green flowers
- Compound yellowish-green to green leaves in the summer
HEIGHT: 13-14 m · SPREAD: 9-10 m
Phellodendron amurense 'His Majesty'
HIS MAJESTY CORKTREE
- Upright, spreading with a vase-shaped crown
- Compound green leaves in the summer turning yellow in the fall
- Grayish-brown bark on mature trees is ridged and corky
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 9-10 m
Phellodendron lavallei Eye Stopper™ ('Longenecker')
EYE STOPPER™ CORK TREE
- A stately tree with an upright habit, spreading as it matures
- Glossy compound pinnate green leaves
- Showy corky bark
HEIGHT: 11-12 m · SPREAD: 10-11 m
Philadelphus x 'Buckley's Quill' (COPF)
BUCKLEY'S QUILL MOCKORANGE
- Very fragrant creamy-white double flowers
- Medium green leaves
- Seed capsules persist into the winter
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Philadelphus x 'Snowbelle' (COPF)
SNOWBELLE MOCKORANGE
- Very fragrant creamy-white semi-double flowers
- Dark green leaves
- Seed capsules persist into the winter
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Philadelphus x virginalis
MOCKORANGE
- Very fragrant creamy-white semi-double flowers
- Dark green leaves
- Seed capsules persist into the winter
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Philadelphus x virginalis 'Minnesota Snowflake'
MINNESOTA SNOWFLAKE MOCKORANGE
- Very fragrant creamy-white double flowers
- Dark green leaves
- Seed capsules persist into the winter
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Phlomis fruticosa
JERUSALEM SAGE
- Whorls of hooded yellow flowers
- Narrowly ovate velvety gray-green foliage
- The leaves are slightly cupped, exposing the silver undersides
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox carolina 'Bill Baker'
CAROLINA PHLOX
- Small upright clump forming deciduous phlox
- Clusters of flat fragrant five-petaled lavender-pink flowers
- Flowers appear 15 cm above the foliage
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Phlox divaricata
WOODLAND PHLOX
- Lilac, pink or blue flowers form loose clusters
- Clusters appear at the tips of each stem
- Lance-shaped to elliptic mid-green leaves are 5 cm long
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Phlox divaricata 'Blue Elf' (PPAF)
WOODLAND PHLOX
- Medium blue flowers form loose clusters
- Clusters appear at the tips of each stem
- Lance-shaped to elliptic mid-green leaves, 5 cm long
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon'
WOODLAND PHLOX
- Fragrant violet-blue flowers form loose clusters
- Clusters appear at the tips of each stem
- Lance-shaped to elliptic mid-green leaves, 5 cm long
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Phlox divaricata 'Blue Perfume'
WOODLAND PHLOX
- Medium blue flowers form loose clusters
- Clusters appear at the tips of each stem
- Lance-shaped to elliptic mid-green leaves, 5 cm long
HEIGHT: 35-40 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Phlox divaricata 'London Grove Blue'
WOODLAND PHLOX
- Powdery-blue flowers form loose clusters
- Clusters appear at the tips of each stem
- Lance-shaped to elliptic mid-green leaves 5 cm long
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Phlox divaricata 'May Breeze'
WOODLAND PHLOX
- Very pale fragrant blue flowers form loose clusters
- Clusters appear at the tips of each stem
- Lance-shaped to elliptic mid-green leaves, 5 cm long
HEIGHT: 30-35 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Phlox divaricata 'Parksville Beach'
WOODLAND PHLOX
- Magenta flowers form loose clusters
- Clusters appear at the tips of each stem
- Lance-shaped to elliptic mid-green leaves 5 cm long
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 35-40 cm
Phlox divaricata 'Plum Perfect'
WOODLAND PHLOX
- Purple flowers with dark purple eyes form loose clusters
- Clusters appear at the tips of each stem
- Lance-shaped to elliptic mid-green leaves, 5 cm long
HEIGHT: 20-25 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Phlox maculata x 'Minnie Pearl'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Dwarf, upright, clumping perennial
- Pure white fragrant five-petaled flowers
- Good mildew resistance
HEIGHT: 20-45 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Upright clumping perennial
- Flowers open pale blue and darken to a deep violet-blue
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Mid-sized upright clumping perennial
- Soft pink fragrant flowers with a contrasting red centre
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Cover Girl' (PPAF)
TALL GARDEN PHLOX
- Fragrant lavender-purple flowers with a lighter central halo
- Mildew resistant
- Re-bloomer
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'David'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Tall upright clumping perennial
- Large fragrant clear white flowers
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 75-85 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Phlox paniculata 'David's Lavender'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Tall, upright, clumping perennial
- Large fragrant lavender flowers
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 75-85 cm · SPREAD: 60-70 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Glamour Girl' (PP25778)
TALL GARDEN PHLOX
- Tall with large panicles of hot coral pink flowers on dark purple stems
- Bright green foliage on strong stems
- Mildew resistant
HEIGHT: 80-85 cm · SPREAD: 45-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Laura'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Mid-sized, upright, clumping perennial
- Fragrant rich purple flowers with contrasting white centres
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Miss Mary'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Mid-sized, upright, clumping perennial
- Cherry-red fragrant flowers
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Nora Leigh'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Tall, upright, clumping perennial
- Fragrant white flowers with contrasting deep pink eyes
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 60-70 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Party Girl' (PP32324)
TALL GARDEN PHLOX
- Upright clumping habit
- White flowers with star-shaped light pink centers
- Disease resistant dark-green lance-shaped leaves
HEIGHT: 70-80 cm · SPREAD: 70-80 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Peppermint Twist' (PP18196, COPF)
GARDEN PHLOX
- Mid-sized, upright, clumping perennial
- Bicoloured white and vibrant pink striped petals
- Individual fragrant flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 40-45 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Pina Colada' (PP19968, COPF)
GARDEN PHLOX
- Dwarf, upright, clumping perennial
- Clear white fragrant five-petaled flowers
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 25-30 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Pixie Twinkle'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Compact, upright, clumping perennial
- Soft pink fragrant flowers with a contrasting darker pink eye
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 45-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Prince of Orange'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Upright, clumping perennial
- Fragrant salmon-orange blooms with a darker eye
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Red Riding Hood'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Compact, clumping perennial
- Fragrant cherry-red flowers with a faint contrasting eye
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 50-55 cm · SPREAD: 45-55 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Shockwave' (PPAF)
GARDEN PHLOX
- Proven Winners®: ColorChoice®:
- Tall, upright, clumping perennial
- Fragrant lavender-pink five-petaled flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata 'Starfire'
GARDEN PHLOX
- Tall, upright, clumping perennial
- Fragrant cherry-red five-petaled flowers
- Individual flowers are densely arranged in large terminal clusters
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Phlox paniculata x 'Fashionably Early Flamingo' (PP29911)
TALL GARDEN PHLOX
- Taller hybrid Phlox
- Clusters of light-lavender pink flowers
- Broad dark-green leaves
HEIGHT: 75-90 cm · SPREAD: 65-80 cm
Phlox pilosa
DOWNY PHLOX
- The flowers may be white, pink, or lavender
- Individual flowers are loosely arranged in terminal clusters
- Narrow hairy lance-shaped mid-green leaves
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Phlox stolonifera 'Home Fires'
CREEPING WOODLAND PHLOX
- Low-growing species with a trailing habit
- Very fragrant deep pink flowers form loose clusters above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with oblong to oval green leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-55 cm
Phlox stolonifera 'Pink Ridge'
PINK RIDGE CREEPING WOODLAND PHLOX
- Low-growing species with a trailing habit
- Very fragrant deep pink flowers form loose clusters above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with oblong to oval green leaves
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple'
CREEPING WOODLAND PHLOX
- Low-growing species with a trailing habit
- Very fragrant purple flowers form loose clusters above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with oblong to oval green leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-55 cm
Phlox subulata Early Spring™ White ('Barseventythree') (PPAF)
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- White flowers appear just above the foliage
- Flowers appear two weeks earlier than most subulata cultivars
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Phlox subulata 'Coral Eye'
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- Blush-pink flowers with a coral-red eye
- Semi-evergreen foliage with dark green needle-like leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Phlox subulata 'Crimson Beauty'
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading low mounding habit
- Bright rosy-red flowers appear just above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with dark green needle-like leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- Lavender-blue flowers appear just above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with dark green needle-like leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Phlox subulata 'Emerald Pink'
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- Deep pink flowers appear just above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with dark green needle-like leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Phlox subulata 'Millstream Daphne'
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- Pink flowers with a deeper pink eye
- Blooms appear just above the foliage
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Phlox subulata 'Nice 'n White'
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- White flowers appear just above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with dark green needle-like leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Phlox subulata 'Red Wing'
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- Pinkish-crimson flowers with a deep red eyezone
- Blooms appear just above the foliage
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Phlox subulata 'Scarlet Flame'
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- Scarlet-red flowers with a tiny darker red eye
- Blooms appear just above the foliage
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'
SNOWFLAKE MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- White flowers appear just above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with dark green needle-like leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Phlox subulata Candy Stripe ('Tamaongalei')
MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- White flowers with pink stripes appear just above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with dark green needle-like leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 40-45 cm
Phlox subulata 'White Delight'
WHITE DELIGHT MOSS PHLOX
- Spreading, low, mounding habit
- White flowers appear just above the foliage
- Semi-evergreen foliage with dark green needle-like leaves
HEIGHT: 8-12 cm · SPREAD: 45-50 cm
Physocarpus opulifolius
COMMON NINEBARK
- Flat-topped cluster of white flowers
- Flowers give way to reddish fruit in the fall
- Green, three-lobed, textured leaves turn yellow in the fall
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Nanus'
DWARF NINEBARK
- Flat-topped clusters of white flowers
- Fruit reddish in the fall, turning to brown with maturity
- Dense shrub with smaller leaves than the species
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Physostegia virginiana
OBEDIENT PLANT
- Upright, clumping habit
- Dense spikes of pink to pale lilac, occasionally white, snapdragon-like flowers
- Each flower is surrounded by a small leaf-like bract
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Physostegia virginiana 'Variegata'
VARIEGATED OBEDIENT PLANT
- Upright, clumping habit
- Dense spikes of soft pink tubular snapdragon-like flowers
- Narrow lance-shaped serrated leaves
HEIGHT: 55-65 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid'
OBEDIENT PLANT
- Upright, clumping habit
- Dense spikes of deep pink tubular snapdragon-like flowers
- Narrow lance-shaped serrated green leaves
HEIGHT: 60-65 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Physostegia virginiana Crown of Snow ('White Crown')
FALSE DRAGONHEAD
- AKA Physostegia virginiana 'White Crown'
- Upright, clumping habit
- Dense spikes of white tubular snapdragon-like flowers
HEIGHT: 60-65 cm · SPREAD: 60-75 cm
Phyteuma scheuchzeri
HORNED RAMPION
- Violet-blue flowers form unique spiked ball-shaped clusters
- The spikes are very soft petals with rounded edges and delicate spirals at the tips
- Low, mounding habit with linear gray-green foliage
HEIGHT: 20-30 cm · SPREAD: 30-40 cm
Picea abies 'Big Wave'
WEEPING NORWAY SPRUCE
- Slightly longer needles than the species
- The strong leader can be trained vertically to a desired height
- Can be pruned to maintain shape and size
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Picea abies 'Fat Cat'
FAT CAT NORWAY SPRUCE
- Dwarf, mounding habit
- Compact and dense with stiff needles on short shoots
- Appearance of a rotund green cat rolled up in a ball
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Picea abies 'Frohburg'
FROHBURG'S WEEPING NORWAY SPRUCE
- Narrow weeping evergreen when staked; otherwise, prostrate
- Stiff fine short dark green needles grow close to the stem
- Compact, tidy appearance
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Picea abies 'Nidiformis'
BIRD'S NEST NORWAY SPRUCE
- Horizontal to slightly ascending branches
- Forms a dense shrubby flattened globe
- Short needles are gray-green
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Picea abies 'Rothenhausii'
ROTHENHAUS NORWAY SPRUCE
- Upright weeping selection with a strong central leader
- Youngest secondary branches very horizontal
- Older side branches sag
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 1-1.20 m
Picea bicolor 'Howell's Dwarf Tigertail'
HOWELL'S DWARF TIGERTAIL SPRUCE
- AKA Picea alcoquiana 'Howell's Dwarf'
- Forms a compact mound that may take on a pyramidal shape
- Unique colour combination
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Picea glauca
WHITE SPRUCE
- Dense medium-sized uniformly pyramidal conifer
- Stiff spirally arranged needles are blue-green
- Needles are aromatic when crushed
HEIGHT: 20-25 m · SPREAD: 6-8 m
Picea glauca 'Conica'
DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE
- Extremely compact and uniform
- Dwarf conifer with a pyramidal habit
- Dense green needles are soft to the touch
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Picea glauca 'Densata'
BLACK HILLS WHITE SPRUCE
- A slower-growing dense uniform pyramidal conifer
- Stiff spirally-arranged needles are bright green to blue-green
- Can be used as a specimen or for screening
HEIGHT: 12-13 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Picea glauca 'Echiniformis'
HEDGEHOG WHITE SPRUCE
- Compact dwarf mounding habit
- Blue-green to grey-green needles
- Slow growing: 2-3 cm per year
HEIGHT: 30-45 cm · SPREAD: 30-45 cm
Picea glauca 'Jean's Dilly®'
JEAN'S DILLY® ALBERTA SPRUCE
- Extremely compact uniform conifer with a pyramidal habit
- Short fine light-green needles
- Similar to Picea glauca 'Conica' but much slower growing
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Picea glauca 'Montrose Charm'
MONTROSE CHARM SPRUCE
- Narrow columnar spruce
- Compact, upright, dense branching
- Short "fuzzy" light blue-green needles; softer than P. g. Montrose Spire
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Picea glauca 'Montrose Spire'
MONTROSE SPIRE WHITE SPRUCE
- Slender, uniform growth habit with dense branching to the ground
- Stiff short needles are a dull blue-green
- Makes an ideal specimen or can be used as a privacy screen
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Picea glauca 'Pendula'
WEEPING WHITE SPRUCE
- Narrow and conical in shape with an upright central leader
- Secondary branches sweep down to create a layered look
- Short, tight, blue-green needles
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Picea glauca 'Pixie Dust'
PIXIE DUST ALBERTA SPRUCE
- Compact, slow-growing and extremely dense conifer
- A miniature selection
- Yellow foliage tips appear in the summer
HEIGHT: 40-50 cm · SPREAD: 40-50 cm
Picea glauca 'Rainbow's End'
RAINBOW'S END ALBERTA SPRUCE
- Extremely compact uniform conifer with a pyramidal habit
- The first spring needles are soft, short, and light green
- The second flush in the summer produces yellow-gold needles
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 80-125 cm
Picea mariana
BLACK SPRUCE
- Slow-growing medium-sized evergreen with a narrow spire-like shape
- Spirally-arranged needles are blue-green and blunt on the ends
- Descending branches have upturned ends
HEIGHT: 15-20 m · SPREAD: 8-12 m
Picea mariana 'Blue Teardrop'
BLACK SPRUCE
- Slow-growing compact teardrop habit
- Fine soft-blue needles emerge in spring
- Remains blue-green throughout the season
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Picea omorika 'Berliner's Weeper'
WEEPING SERBIAN SPRUCE
- Narrow upright form with weeping branches
- Blue-grey needles with silvery undersides
- Medium grower: 3-4 metres in 10 years
HEIGHT: 5-7 m · SPREAD: 4-4 m
Picea omorika 'Bruns'
BRUNS SERBIAN SPRUCE
- Narrow upright pyramidal habit
- Green needles have white bands on their undersides
- Branch ends are curled upwards
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Picea omorika 'Nana'
DWARF SERBIAN SPRUCE
- Spreading and round-topped with dense branches
- Develops into a dense dramatic broad pyramid with age
- Needles are dark green on top, silver-blue underneath
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Picea omorika 'Pendula'
WEEPING SERBIAN SPRUCE
- Narrow and columnar in shape with stiffly-held weeping branches
- Central leader is maintained and staking is not required
- Needles are dark green on top, silver-blue underneath
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Picea omorika 'Pendula Snezna'
WEEPING SERBIAN SPRUCE
- Narrow and conical in shape with erratic, somewhat pendulous branches
- Needles are dark green on top, silver-blue underneath
- A unique specimen for any landscape
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Picea omorika 'Peve Tijn'
GOLDEN DWARF SERBIAN SPRUCE
- Develops a broad upright shape with age
- Two-tone needles of yellow with silvery-blue undersides
- Use in a rock garden or small spaces
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Picea omorika Silver Blue ('Silberblue')
SILVER BLUE SERBIAN SPRUCE
- Upright narrow habit
- Two-toned needles, green with silvery-blue undersides
HEIGHT: 7-8 m · SPREAD: 4-5 m
Picea omorika 'Sky Trails'
SKY TRAILS SERBIAN SPRUCE
- Needles are two-toned
- Dark green on top with silver bands on the underside
- Needles grow at right angles to the stem
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Picea orientalis
ORIENTAL SPRUCE
- Dense conical form
- Horizontal to upward-sweeping branches with drooping lateral branches
- Glossy emerald-green needles have a hint of blue
HEIGHT: 14-15 m · SPREAD: 5-6 m
Picea orientalis 'Early Gold'
EARLY GOLD CAUCASIAN SPRUCE
- Broadly conical upright with horizontal branching that becomes pendulous
- Bright yellow new growth appears early in the spring
- Yellow colour lasts as long as six weeks before maturing to green
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 6-8 m
Picea pungens
COLORADO SPRUCE
- Medium to large narrow pyramidal conifer with horizontal branching
- Needles range from green to silver-blue year round
- Lends itself to both specimen or group plantings
HEIGHT: 15-18 m · SPREAD: 4-6 m
Picea pungens 'Blue Totem'
BLUE TOTEM BLUE SPRUCE
- Dense upright narrow habit
- Attractive bright blue spring growth
- Needles turn bluish-green and remain throughout the winter
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Picea pungens 'Mrs. Cesarini'
MRS CESARINI BLUE SPRUCE
- Densely-branched flat mound
- New foliage is bright green, before maturing to blue-green
- Slow-growing with profuse buds
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pieris japonica 'Cavatine'
CAVATINE DWARF JAPANESE PIERIS
- Panicles of slightly fragrant creamy-white bell-shaped flowers
- New leaves emerge yellow-green, changing to green
- Small, compact, mounding habit
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 60-80 cm
Pieris japonica 'Flaming Silver'
FLAMING SILVER JAPANESE PIERIS
- Panicles of slightly fragrant white bell-shaped flowers
- New leaves emerge pink and red, changing to green edged with white
- Upright, mounding habit
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Pieris japonica 'Karenoma'
KARENOMA JAPANESE PIERIS
- Strings of light pink buds open to white bell-shaped blooms
- New growth is bronze-red changing to light green
- Upright, oval habit
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pieris japonica 'Little Heath'
LITTLE HEATH JAPANESE PIERIS
- Panicles of slightly fragrant white bell-shaped flowers
- New leaves emerge bronze-red, changing to green edged with cream
- Very slow-growing in a mounding habit
HEIGHT: 50-60 cm · SPREAD: 50-60 cm
Pieris japonica 'Scarlet O'Hara'
SCARLET O'HARA JAPANESE PIERIS
- Strings of slightly fragrant white bell-shaped flowers
- Flower buds emerge light green on reddish stems
- New leaves emerge bright red, maturing green
HEIGHT: 150-175 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinellia tripartita 'Dragon Tails'
PINELLIA
- Tri-lobed green leaves are irregularly splashed in creamy-yellow
- Upright, lime-green and yellow fragrant hooded blooms
- Flowers resemble those of a jack-in-the-pulpit
HEIGHT: 15-20 cm · SPREAD: 25-30 cm
Pinus aristata 'Formal Form'
FORMAL FORM BRISTLECONE PINE
- AKA Pinus longaeva 'Formal Form'
- Narrow uniform shape
- Clusters of closely-held green needles with a spot of resin
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus aristata 'Jackson's Prostrate'
JACKSON'S PROSTRATE BRISTLECONE PINE
- Irregular mounding selection
- Unique form with horizontal and vertical branching
- Slow-growing with an interesting growth habit
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus banksiana
JACK PINE
- A scrubby pine with an open irregular shape
- Green needles in bundles of two
- Light brown cones will remain on the tree for several years
HEIGHT: 10-15 m · SPREAD: 6-9 m
Pinus banksiana 'Uncle Fogy'
UNCLE FOGY JACK PINE
- Erratic growth habit
- Pendulous, curvy branching lends a unique character to this plant
- Pairs of needles remain green throughout the year
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pinus cembra
SWISS STONE PINE
- Slow-growing medium-sized pine with a narrow pyramidal shape
- Candles are light green in the spring, aging to a deeper green
- A handsome mid-sized specimen for the landscape
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Pinus cembra 'Algonquin Pillar'
ALGONQUIN PILLAR SWISS STONE PINE
- Narrow pyramidal densely-branched habit
- Two-toned needles are held tightly along the entire branch
- Retains its foliage better than other pines
HEIGHT: 5-6 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Pinus cembra 'Chalet'
CHALET SWISS STONE PINE
- Narrow, dense, conical habit with ascending vertical branching
- Striking blue-green long feathery needles
- Ideal specimen for narrow locations or group together for larger areas
HEIGHT: 200-225 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus cembra 'Glauca Fastigiata'
COLUMNAR BLUE SWISS STONE PINE
- Upright narrow habit
- Blue-green needles with silvery white undersides
- Medium growing selection (3-4 meters over 10 years)
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Pinus cembra 'Glauca Nana'
DWARF SWISS STONE PINE
- Slow-growing medium-sized pine with a squat pyramidal shape
- Candles are light green in the spring, aging to a blue-green with green undersides
- A handsome mid-sized specimen for the landscape
HEIGHT: 3-4 m · SPREAD: 200-300 cm
Pinus contorta 'Poodle Pine'
SHORE PINE
- Height and width are dependent on pruning
- Typically pruned into a Hindu-pan or layered "poodle" shape
- Can have a "windswept look"
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst'
TAYLOR'S SUNBURST LODGEPOLE PINE
- Broad upright habit
- Brilliant golden-yellow new growth in spring
- Foliage darkens throughout the season
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus contorta var. latifolia 'Chief Joseph'
COMPACT TANYOSHO PINE
- Broad, upright habit
- Deep rich golden colour in winter
- Light to medium green during the summer
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus densiflora 'Golden Ghost'
GOLDEN GHOST JAPANESE RED PINE
- Dense upright habit
- Young needles are bright green banded with gold from spring to fall
- Foliage becomes light green in the winter
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow'
LOW GLOW JAPANESE RED PINE
- A dwarf cultivar with special colour and texture
- Dense, compact, rounded mound
- Slow-growing
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus densiflora 'Umbraculifera'
COMPACT TANYOSHO PINE
- Slow-growing with upright branching
- Forms a rounded crown when mature
- Produces small brown cones
HEIGHT: 3-6 m · SPREAD: 4-7 m
Pinus flexilis 'Prostrata'
CREEPING LIMBER PINE
- Prostrate weeping evergreen
- Long blue needles, in clusters of five, are slightly twisted or curved
- An excellent specimen in a rock garden
HEIGHT: 50-100 cm · SPREAD: 175-200 cm
Pinus flexilis 'Vanderwolf's Pyramid'
VANDERWOLF'S PYRAMID PINE
- Large, widely pyramidal with an open growth habit
- Long soft needles are green on top with silvery-blue undersides
- Great as an individual specimen or in group plantings
HEIGHT: 8-10 m · SPREAD: 3-4 m
Pinus hakkodensis
HAKKODA PINE
- Broad upright to oval growth habit
- Long twisted needles with powder-blue striations
- A slow-growing pine, suitable for rock gardens or bonsai
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Pinus heldreichii var. leucodermis 'Irish Bell'
IRISH BELL BOSNIAN PINE
- A broadly pyramidal form that stays compact
- Narrow at the top, broader near the ground; about as wide as tall
- At maturity, upright branches display tufts of straight green needles and white fascicles
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 150-175 cm
Pinus heldreichii var. leucodermis 'Mint Truffle'
MINT TRUFFLE BOSNIAN PINE
- Mint-green fine-textured needles
- Slow-growing with gently upward-curving branches
- Compact well-proportioned pear-shaped form
HEIGHT: 300-350 cm · SPREAD: 250-300 cm
Pinus koraiensis
KOREAN PINE
- Loose, pyramidal, rounded crown and horizontal branching
- Long, feathery, light green needles
- Great as an individual specimen or in group plantings
HEIGHT: 15-30 m · SPREAD: 6-8 m
Pinus koraiensis 'Oculus Draconis'
DRAGON'S EYE KOREAN PINE
- Broad, openly pyramidal growth habit
- Long curved needles have green and yellow bands
- Needle colour will be retained year round
HEIGHT: 6-7 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Pinus mugo 'Aurea Fastigiata'
UPRIGHT GOLDEN MUGO PINE
- Distinctive; upright with a broad pyramidal habit
- Needles are light green in the spring and summer
- Foliage turns a striking yellow in the winter
HEIGHT: 4-5 m · SPREAD: 2-3 m
Pinus mugo 'Laarheide'
LAARHEIDE MUGO PINE
- Dense rounded form
- Semi-dwarf cultivar
- Yellowish-green to light green bundles of two needles
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus mugo var. pumilio
DWARF MUGO PINE
- Mounding compact pine
- Short dark green needles
- Neither the flowers nor the fruit is ornamentally significant
HEIGHT: 100-150 cm · SPREAD: 200-300 cm
Pinus nigra 'Helga'
HELGA DWARF AUSTRIAN PINE
- Low rounded growth habit
- Dwarf evergreen
- Light coloured buds are a contrast to the dark green needles
HEIGHT: 125-175 cm · SPREAD: 125-175 cm
Pinus nigra 'Teardrop' (PP12806)
TEARDROP COLUMNAR AUSTRIAN PINE
- Dense, tightly branched, columnar growing evergreen
- Requires little to no pruning
- Long dark green needles held on upright branches
HEIGHT: 5-7 m · SPREAD: 1-2 m
Pinus parviflora 'Adcocks Dwarf'
ADCOCK'S DWARF JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Slow-growing dwarf dense globe with irregular branching
- Short needles in bundles of five are twisted, blue-green to gray-green in colour
- An interesting oriental accent for small areas
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Aoi'
AOI JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Narrow pyramidal habit
- Attractive blue-green short soft needles
- Showy brown buds
HEIGHT: 150-200 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Bergmani'
BERGMAN JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Slow-growing dwarf with multiple leaders
- Forms an irregular rounded shape
- Twisted blue-green needles
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 80-125 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Blauer Engel'
BLUE ANGEL JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Upright irregular pyramid with open branching
- Bluish slightly curved two-toned needles in clusters of five
- One of the lightest blue pines
HEIGHT: 250-300 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Catherine Elizabeth'
CATHERINE ELIZABETH JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Low, mounding form with slightly ascending branches
- Mature size will be wider than taller
- Short needles in bundles of five are light blue-green in colour
HEIGHT: 60-80 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Fukuzumi'
FUKUZUMI JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Broad spreading form, with slightly upright-angled horizontal branches
- Develops multiple leaders extending outward
- Short blue-green twisted needles
HEIGHT: 125-150 cm · SPREAD: 125-150 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Glauca'
JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Open broad pyramidal form with nearly horizontal branching
- Attractive bluish-green to gray needles are somewhat twisted or contorted
- A great specimen with its colour and irregular growth habit
HEIGHT: 8-12 m · SPREAD: 6-10 m
Pinus parviflora 'Glauca Brevifolia'
BLUE SHORT NEEDLE JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Open narrow pyramidal form with nearly horizontal branching
- Short bluish-green needles are curved upright
- A great specimen with its colour and irregular growth habit
HEIGHT: 10-12 m · SPREAD: 6-8 m
Pinus parviflora 'Goldilocks'
GOLDILOCKS JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Irregular semi-upright growth habit
- Unique blue needles are brushed with creamy-yellow
- Foliage overwinters a blue-green colour
HEIGHT: 200-250 cm · SPREAD: 200-250 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Gyoko sho hime'
GYOKO SHO HIME JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Informal upright form with open branching
- Light green new growth matures to twisted blue-green needles
- New growth is often adorned with small showy light purple juvenile cones
HEIGHT: 175-200 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Hagoromo'
HAGOROMO JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Densely branched mounding irregular evergreen
- Clusters of five tiny blue-green needles are slightly twisted
- Brown bark is flaky and coarse
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm
Pinus parviflora Ibokan ('Ibo can')
IBO CAN JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Dwarf irregular growth habit
- Slow-growing, and maintaining a spreading, densely branched upright form
- Attractive gray-green foliage emerges silver-blue in the spring
HEIGHT: 275-300 cm · SPREAD: 225-250 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Kinpo'
KINPO JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Irregular densely-branched growth habit
- Slightly twisted short blue-green needles in clusters along the stem
- Small oval to elliptical brown cones form on the branch tips
HEIGHT: 80-100 cm · SPREAD: 80-100 cm
Pinus parviflora 'Kokuho'
KOKUHO JAPANESE WHITE PINE
- Irregular densely branched growth habit
- Slightly twisted short green needles in clusters along the stem
- New buds show red against mature needles
HEIGHT: 100-125 cm · SPREAD: 100-125 cm