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Magnolia sieboldii
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| This spreading heavily branching deciduous tree/shrub grows 7 meters tall with equal spread. Sweet fruity fragrance wafts from ivory white thick petaled flowers. Pink-crimson boss of stamens giving quite a contrast of colour. Nodding blossoms are cup shaped and appear with the leaves in late... |
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Magnolia tripetala
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Aptly named for the terminal whorl of leaves arranged like spokes of an umbrella. An unfortunate unimaginative common name for such a lovely North American native species. If your looking for a magnolia with huge lush tropical looking leaves and large fragrant ivory white flowers for a shady... |
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Magnolia virginiana
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Sure it has smooth gray bark and lovely oblong leaves that are green above and white below, but its the sweet clear scent from the 7 cm blossoms that haunts my mind. Flowers appear in abundance in June then sporatically until frost, so plant this near a well used garden path as you'll find yourself... |
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Mespilus germanica
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| An uncommon self fertile small fruit tree from antiquity. White rose like flowers appear after the dark green leaves have emerged. Fruits resemble greenish giant rosehips until the autumn where the russet skins takes on a glowing golden hue. Leaves take on a blazing bronze-scarlet colour before... |
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Picea orientalis
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Short greenish black needles resemble bristle brushes on this species are quite a contrast compared to other conifers. Narrow pyrimidal shape packed with branches that act as a unit to shed snow loads. In spring, male flowers look like miniature strawberries whereas the female cones are reddish... |
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Pinus koraiensis
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| One of the five species used and sold as PINE NUTS. Resistant to White Pine Blister Rust. An extremely cold hardy 5 needle pine that reliably produces oil and protein rich excellent tasting nuts, delicious raw or toasted. Fist sized cones produce 50-70 of 2cm sized seeds. Can start producing... |
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Quercus garryana
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Our only native oak to the Pacific Northwest. A lovely strong tree that deserves more attention with its pale gray rough textured bark and unique smooth rounded lobed thick dark green leaves that have a leathery texture on top and a silvery reverse. New growth and buds are charmingly fuzzy. Slow... |
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Ribes nigrum
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| A wonderfully pratical shrub with lovely lobed maple like leaves, trusses of nectar bearing flowers for the wildlife and massive trusses of glossy black extremely edible fruits. Makes a multistemmed deciduous shrub to 2 meters tall with equal spread. I wish these would sucker, but cuttings root... |
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Ribes sanguineum
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| Bright pink and white bicoloured flowers hang in dense clusters in early Spring followed by sweet edible blue berries. Deeply veined maple like lovely green leaves turn orange, yellow and scarlet in Autumn. Suitable as specimen planting, hedges or wildscaping. Sorry, the USDA doesn't allow Ribes... |
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Rosa gymnocarpa
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ca$ 3.50 |
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| A shade loving species from our coastal forests. Small pink 2-3 cm diameter flowers are strongly scented with a sweet spicy perfume that shames most of my other roses (modern and antique). Small delicate well formed leaves. Fine prickles clothe older wood. Grows well under open Douglas fir... |
