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CAMELLIA

Evergreen much branched shrubs from 6-8’ plus tall and wide to small trees.  Shelter from strong sun and drying winds  Filtered sunlight setting in a northern exposure for best results.

Hiemalis ‘Kanjiro’  Profuse semi-double rose-pink blossoms  with edges of rose-red.  Upright – Mid Season.

japonica ‘Kramer’ – Deep red with a delightful fragrance.  Midseason blooms.

Sasanqua ‘Big Red’  - Red Blooms

Sasanqua ‘Sadie Manci’  -  Red Blooms

Sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ – Single brilliant blooms of fiery red centered with bright yellow stamens.  Upright. Late blooms.

CARYOPTERIS

clandonensis  ‘Blue Mist’                            USDA 6-9

Blue Mist Bluebeard

A low mounded attractive shrub with fragrant powder blue blooms.  It has a long blooming season.  It makes a pretty border around walks, perennial beds and entryways.  Moderate grower 2 ½’  tall, 2’ wide.  Deciduous.    Full sun.  

CEDRUS

atlantica ‘Glauca’                                            USDA 6-9

Blue Atlas Cedar

Pyramidal form with silvery-blue sparkling foliage.  Used for large landscape areas.  Slow grower up to 40-50’ tall, 20-25’ wide.  Full sun.

deodara                                                 USDA 7-9            

California Christmas Tree

Silvery gray-green foliage growing large in a pyramidal form.  Branches are large graceful.  Allow plenty of room for this plant in your landscape.  Moderate grower to 35-45’ tall, 25’ wide.  Evergreen.  Full sun.

CHAMAECYPARIS

lawsoniana  ‘False Blue Cypress’                 USDA 5-7

Lawson’s False Blue Cypress

A pyramidal to conical tree with rich green to deep green foliage with massive ascending branches, drooping at the tips and ending in flat sprays.   A good plant for gardens and plantations.  Prefers well-drained, moist soil.  Does not thrive well in excessive heat.  Grows in landscape 40-60’.  Prefers cool temperatures.   Full sun or partial shade.

obtusa ‘Crippsii’                                      USDA 4-8

Crippsi  False Cypress

Branches display foliage that is brightest gold when young. Mature foliage is dark green within plant with yellowish ends of spray. Superb large specimen 6-8’ that makes broad pyramid. Full sun or partial shade.

obtusa ‘Filicoides’                                   USDA 5-9

Fernspray False Cypress

Densely branched, slow growing broad pyramidal form.  Has gracefully curved limbs holding deep glossy green fern-like foliage.  A good planter item and useful in oriental garden settings or as a entryway accent.  8-10’  high, 3-4’ wide.  Full sun.  

obtusa ‘Gracilis’                                       USDA 4-8

Slender Hinoki False Cypress

Open-branched pyramidal form with graceful arching branchlets. Deep green tiny needles, new growth is reddish, turning to bronze in winter.  Excellent evergreen shrub for screens, hedges or background plantings. Slow-growing to 8-12’ high, 4-5’ wide. Full sun.

pisifera ‘filifera aurea’                              USDA 4-8

Gold Thread False Cypress

Thread-like branchlets, with yellow leaves droop to create a mop-like appearance. A slow growing mounding shrub  7-8’ high and 6-7’ wide.   Full sun.

pisifera filifera  ‘Sungold’                            USDA 4-8

Sungold Thread-branched Cypress

Shrub is cone-shaped with new foliage of golden yellow in full sun which creates a mop-like appearance.  This is an ideal accent plant for a border or small hedge.  A slow growing plant with mounding form 5-6’ high, 7-8’ wide.    

CLEMATIS

armandii  ‘Snowdrift’                                 USDA 7-9

Snowdriift  Clematis

A fast growing vine with large leathery glossy green leaves.  Large flowers are pure white blooming in March-May. Evergreen

Evergreen Clematis                                USDA 7-9

An evergreen vine with clusters of fragrant white star-like flowers against large, lustrous, glossy, leathery, dark green leaves.  Blooms appear in March-May. Great for trellises, arbors or a quick cover for patios.  Fast grower to 20-25’ long.  Partial sun. 

CLEYERA

   (See Ternstroemia)

COTONEASTER

apiculatus                                              USDA 4-7

Cranberry Cotoneaster

This is a wide spreading low growing shrub with dark glossy green foliage and pinkish flowers in May to early June.  It tends to mound upon itself forming a dense tangle of limbs resembling a herringbone pattern. It has cranberry-sized red berries in winter excellent for attracting birds.  Ideal plant for bank cover, foundation plant or near a wall where branches can cascade over side. It is a moderate grower to 3’ tall, 6’ wide and requires full to partial sun.  

dammeri ‘Coral Beauty’                            USDA 5-8

Coral Beauty Cotoneaster

An excellent evergreen ground cover with rich green    foliage. A profusion of coral-red berries are backed with a lovely fall foliage of purple tinge.  White flowers late April-May.  It is a fast  growing plant with  2-3’ in height , to 6’ in width.  Full sun.   

lacteus  (C. parneyi)                                  USDA 7-9

Parney’s Red Clusterberry

An evergreen shrub with beautiful white flowers followed by clusters of brilliant red fruit that is long lasting. Makes a good dense hedge or screen or can be trained into a small tree. Moderate growing 8-10’ high and wide.    Full sun.

CUPRESSUS

arizonica ‘Blue Pyramid’                             USDA 6-9

Blue Pyramid Cypress

One of the rapid growers, it retains a compactly branched, symmetrical pyramidal form with outstanding blue-gray foliage on compact branches.  Drought tolerant once established. Good accent plant for screen or windbreak. It grows  20-25’ high, 10-12’ wide.    Full sun.

arizonica ‘Carolina Sapphire’                      USDA 6-8

Carolina Sapphire Cypress  

A very broad symmetrical form of Cypress.  Foliage is lacy, steely blue-green with aroma when crushed.  A cone-shaped evergreen growing 20-30’  with age, 10-15’  wide.  Full to partial sun.

x. leylandii                                               USDA 6-10

Leyland Cypress

Fine, feathery, bluish green foliage on rapid growing pyramidal evergreen form.  Height reaches 60-100’ with growth as fast as 3’ per year in youth.  Is very useful as an ornamental evergreen as well as Christmas tree.   Full sun. 

x. leylandii  ‘Moncal‘                                   USDA 5-9

Emerald Isle Leyland Cypress

This elegant pyramidal form evergreen has soft, bright-green foliage on flat sprays.  It makes an excellent plant used to create a tall screen or windbreak when planted together.  growing 20-25’ tall, 6-8’ wide.  No trimming is necessary.  Evergreen.    Full sun. 

x. leylandii ‘Naylor’s Blue’                           USDA 6-9

‘Naylor’s Blue Leyland Cypress

Large pyramidal form evergreen is covered with bright grayish-blue feathery foliage with dense growth; coloring most intense in winter. Rapid growing 30-40’ high, 10-15’ wide.    Full sun.

DAPHENE

x. burkwoodi ‘Carol Mackie’                        USDA 4-9

Carol Mackie Daphene

Whorls of almost evergreen, cream-edged foliage makes this an excellent shrub for a specimen plant.  Very fragrant, pale pink flowers appear in spring and again often in the fall.  Does not like heavy fertilization. Grows 4’ tall, 4’ wide.  Sun or partial shade.

DEUTZIA

x ‘Monzia’                                                 USDA 5-8

‘Pink-A-Boo’  Deutzia

Luxuriant, thick textured, pendulous clusters of showy pink flowers  appear on multi-stemmed shrub.  This makes an attractive foundation plant or nice hedge. Grows to a  height  of   6-8’  with  6’ width at maturity.  Full sun  to partial shade.