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Ziziphus jujuba
Syn. Ziziphus zizyphus
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Famous Chinese fruit cultivated since antiquity. Fresh crabapple sized fruits are sweet yet tangy, but when dry taste of figs and dates without being overly sweet...and without the gritty seeds. Cooked to make jam, jelly, fruit pulp for cakes, puddings and more. Nice lance shaped leaves turn a... |
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Xanthoceras sorbifolium
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ca$ 4.95 |
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| An unusual shrub with lacy pinnate leaves (sorta like a Sorbus as the species name suggests but not nearly as coarse). The entire plant almost disappears under the heavy bloom in May. Flowers are borne in clusters and begin life nearly white with a yellow eye that ages to a deep pink. In fall,... |
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Weigela middendorffiana
Syn. Diervilla middendorffiana
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ca$ 4.25 |
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| A unique sweetly scented yellow flowered Weigela...whereas most Weigela have white to pink flowers, the trumpets on this species are primrose yellow with a contrasting orange blotch at its lower petal. Its larger diameter flowers allows a greater variety of nectar seekers to visit in mid to late... |
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Vaccinium parvifolium
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| A native deciduous shrub with bearing of juicy sweet/tangy red fruits. Used extensively by the Haida for countless generations as food. Awesome huckleberry pancakes! Can grow to 4 meters with equal spread. Very fine oblong paper thin leaves. Forms very hard woody stems over time. Wide bell... |
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Trochodendron aralioides
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ca$ 4.25 |
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| A lovely evergreen with thick glossy toothed edged rubbery leaves arranged in spiral whorls at the stem tips. Aptly named for the wheel like bright chartreuse coloured staemens that circle the stigma. Dense flowering with 15 cm long clusters along branches and twigs. Chocolate brown bark. ... |
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Toona sinensis
Syn. Cedrela sinensis
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ca$ 3.00 |
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| A more apt common name should be 'Spicy Onion Tree' for its new shoots taste somewhat like onions with schezwan pepper making useful as food and a spice...a useful addition for an edible landscape. If not harvested and left to mature, the young pinkish hued 30 cm long pinnate leaves become a lovely... |
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Syringa vulgaris 'Mme Lemoine'
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| A lovely columnar form of French lilac with intensely fragrant double white flowers. Flower clusters are very heavy and tend to weigh down the sturdy branches, making them easier to bury your nose in the soft petals and inhale the perfume. Grows to 4 meters in height and 2 meters in width. ... |
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Syringa vulgaris 'Congo'
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ca$ 3.00 |
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| Hardy deciduous suckering shrub with glossy heart shaped leaves and wonderfully sweet scented flower clusters. This variety has bright deep reddish/purple colouring that fades greyish. Excellent cut flower to perfume a room or to leave on the bush for the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. ... |
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Syringa komarowii ssp. reflexa
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| This rarity is not your everyday lilac. Open multibranched arching form grows to 4 meters in height with a 5 meter spread. In May, great clusters of sweetly fragrant pink flower trusses hang in abundance to scent the air...a great hummingbird magnet. Large dull green leaves. Does well growing... |
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Syringa josikaea
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| Open 20 cm clusters of mauve-purple sweetly fragrant flowers with ivory undertones cover the new growth starting late May. Multistemmed arching branches reach 4 meters in height and 4-5 meters in spread. Lovely when growing in a 'hedge' with similar sized shrubs. Hummingbird magnet. Problem... |
