Trees & Shrubs
Every year we try to expand our selection of trees and shrubs. Our most exciting introduction will be Stark Brothers Fruit Trees, of which we will stock varieties of apple, peach, cherry, plum, patio peach and nectarine.
We now stock several nice varieties of blueberries and raspberries, which have done very well. We will also for the first time offer grapes and blackberries.
We also have the ‘Endless Summer’ Hydrangea, which blooms continually in the growing season. They have lived up to their billing and we will be well stocked.
New Shrub and Tree Selection for 2010
(Click on a Plant Name below for more information)
| Plant | Variety Name | Latin Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashe magnolia | Magnolia macrophylla var. ashei | small tree; enormous, fragrant white flowers | |
| Buttonbush | Cephalanthus occidentalis | native shrub; ideal for damp locations | |
| Dogwood | "Aurora" | Cornus hybrid | available 9/2010 |
| Dogwood | "Celestial" | Cornus hybrid | available 9/2010 |
| Dogwood | "Ruth Ellen" | Cornus hybrid | available 9/2010 |
| Dogwood | "Venus" | Cornus hybrid | available 9/2010 |
| Edible fig | "Texas Everbearing" | Ficus carica | |
| Gardenia | "Chuck Hayes" | Gardenia jasminoides | hardiest of the double-flowered gardenias |
| Japanese crepe myrtle | "Fantasy" | Lagerstroemia fauriei | attractive bark |
| Japanese crepe myrtle | "Townhouse" | Lagerstroemia fauriei | attractive bark |
| Laurel cherry | "Zabeliana" | Prunus laurocerasus | open, wide-spreading, woodsy habit |
| Lilac | "Bloomerang Purple" | Syringa hybrid | repeat blooming lilac; available 9/2010 |
| Low bamboo | "Green View" | Sasa tsuboniana | Low growing running bamboo; ideal for hedge |
| Oyama magnolia | Magnola sieboldii | ornamental magnolia with pendent blossoms | |
| Panicle hydrangea | "Phantom" | Hydrangea paniculata | hydrangea for sun with enormous flowerheads; available 7/2010 |
| Pawpaw | "Mango" | Asmina triloba | mild flavored native fruit w/custard-like texture; available 5/2010 |
| Quince | "Cameo" | Chaenomeles speciosa | pink-peach flowers; early spring bloomer |
| Red chokeberry | "Brilliantissima" | Aronia arbutifolia | adaptable native shrub with brilliant fall color |
| Redbud | "Appalchian Red" | Cercis candadensis | darkest color of the native redbuds |
| Redbud | "Texas White" | Cercis candadensis ssp. Texensis | white blossoms |
| rose | "Easy Does It" | Rosa hybrid | AARS selection 2010 |
| rose | "Fragrant Spreader" | Rosa hybrid | Disease-resistant groundcover rose; available 7/2010 |
| Scuppernong grape | "Triumph" | Vitis rotundifolia | Bronze-skin Southern grape with mild pineapple flavor |
| Spicebush | Lindera benzoin | Native, spring-blooming shrub. Ideal for woodland and high shade. | |
| Sweetshrub | "Venus" | Calycanthus x | Large, white, magnolia-like blossoms in early summer |
| Sweetshrub | "Athens" | Calycanthus floridus | Fragrant chartreuse blossoms |
| Tea olive | "Fudingzhu" | Osmanthus fragrans | Hardiest of fragrans varieties. Apricot-scented blooms in fall |
| Viburnum | "Chesapeake" | Viburnum utile | largely evergreen viburnum with glossy leaves, fragrant blossoms |
| Wintersweet | Chimonanthus praecox | spicy winter blossoms | |
| Witch hazel | "Arnold Promise" | Hamamelis x intermedia | available 9/2010 |