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Cunninghamia lanceolata
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Tho widly grown in China for its rot resistant timber, this species is rarely seen here in the west except in botanical gardens. Lovely enough to draw comment. Elongated flat blue green evergreen needles/leaves gradually become bronze with advanced age before falling. Pyrimidal form and graceful... |
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Cydonia oblonga
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| Large edible golden fruit hang on sturdy stems on this small hardy trouble free tree. Great ornamental value with its 5 cm pale pink flowers. Round dark green leaves are smooth on the upper and very downy on the underside. Don't confuse this with Japanese quince as a single fruit can perfume an... |
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Daphne mezereum
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| In late winter to early spring pink flowers clothe the thin branching stems filling the air with its sweet perfume. What a great herald to Spring! Best in a shady location as an understory plant or among the shade loving perennials. A shrubby multibranched semi evergreen can grow to 2 meters in... |
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Davidia involucrata
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ca$ 5.50 |
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| Beautiful flowering shade tree. Its spreading branches are covered with white silk hankerchief like flowers that dance in a breeze somewhat resembling a flock of doves fanning their wings. Plan accordingly when seating your Davidia as it WILL become a focal point. Known to start blooming at 10... |
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Decaisnea fargesii
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| A broad bushy multistemmed shrub with arching branches. In Spring, purple coloured foliage unfurls into dark green pinnate leaves with the main leaf stem reaching 1 meter in length. Nodding yellow green clematis like flowers hang in loose clusters in 45 cm long appear in early summer to give way... |
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Deutzia pulchra
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Hillier claims this species the best Deutzia in cultivation. Large clusters of white flowers adorn the plant in late spring. Sometimes the blooms are touched with pale shell pink. If there is a perfume, it escapes my nose. Nice leathery lanceolate leaves with a serrated edge. Pale tan peeling... |
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Diospyros virginiana
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| An unusual fruit tree from the Americas. Worthy as an ornamental with its luxurious leathery dark green foliage, thick petaled bell like creamy white flowers, but its sweet fruit is much prized and considered tastier than its Asian (D. kaki) cousins. How good is it? When translated the genus means... |
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Drimys winteri
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| An unusal evergreen shrub with leathery smooth leaves with a silvery reverse. Dense clusters of sweetly fragrant blossoms bring in the nectar seekers. Fruits ripen to a dark blue in clusters at the end of pale stalks...reminds of of fireworks! There is the occasional rebloom in the late... |
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Empetrum nigrum
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| Native evergreen dwarf evergreen with tiny robust lance shaped leaves. Tiny magenta bee magnet flowers are followed by 5-6mm round edible black glossy berries. Forms dense colonies that choke out weeds. Plants are seen in various sites from damp peat bog sites, rocky slopes to sunny dry roadsides... |
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Enkianthus campanulatus
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ca$ 3.25 |
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| From delicate stems hundreds of creamy white striped red bells are suspened under lovely green foliage. Brilliant scarlet autumn colour before leaf drop. Grows to 2.5 meters tall with a 2 meter spread at maturity. Profuse bloom attracts many pollinators and nectar seekers. |
