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Prunus serrula
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ca$ 5.75 |
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| The glossy, copper coloured bark is often considered to be this tree's greatest asset, but the white blooms in spring, and the golden leaves in autumn make this an invaluable addition to any garden. This deciduous tree has an ultimate height and spread of 30 feet. |
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Zanthoxylum simulans
Syn. Zanthoxylum bungeanum
Syn. Zanthoxylum bungei
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ca$ 5.75 |
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| A large deciduous shrub or small tree with bright green pinnate leaves. The trunk and branches are well armed with broad pyramidal spines, but otherwise sport smooth grey bark. Panicles of pale green flowers are produced in early summer, followed by clusters of aromatic pink fruit in the fall.... |
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Sciadopitys verticillata
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ca$ 5.25 |
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| This tree is a true living fossil and one of the oldest known conifers still surviving today. Slow growing, individual trees can live for centuries, if not millennia. Well suited to temperate coastal climates, this tree will be the focal point of any garden. Occurs in mixed middle altitude cloud... |
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Sorbus commixta
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ca$ 5.25 |
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| This is an elegant small to medium sized tree that may be single or multi-trunked. This seed was collected from a specimen with bright orange-red berries. |
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Trachycarpus fortunei
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ca$ 5.25 |
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| This palm is one of only two or three species hardy enough to grow in VanDusen Gardens, without any special winter protection, in the far south-western corner of Canada. These palms have been growing here long enough to have grown their second and third generations. This single-stemmed evergreen... |
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Pinus armandii
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ca$ 4.95 |
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| This broadly conical pine deep green leaves, borne in fives. Bears cylindrical female cones 5-8 inches long. Height 50 feet; spread 20 feet. |
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Ginkgo biloba
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ca$ 4.75 |
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| This is a living fossil, a tree thought to be long extinct, but now known to survive in the wild in a very small region of China. The tree is upright, columnar and has flat, fan-shaped mid-to yellow-green leaves which turn golden in the fall. Height to 100 feet; spread 25 feet. |
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Pinus densiflora 'Oculus Draconis'
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ca$ 4.75 |
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| This slow-growing conical pine becomes flat-topped with age. It features reddish-brown bark and each slender green leaf has two distinctive yellow bands. Bears blue-green female cones. Height 20-40 feet; spread 15-20 feet. |
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Pinus jeffreyi
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ca$ 4.75 |
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| This conical conifer has deeply fissured black bark and gray-green leaves 5-10 inches long. Bears ovoid female cones with rounded bases. Height 80 feet; spread 25 feet. |
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Pinus ponderosa
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ca$ 4.75 |
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| A pine of distinction, the Ponderosa pine, or Western Yellow Pine, grows to 50m ( 164ft ) but will remain somewhat smaller in most gardens. Long needles and an open branch structure make for an elegant silhouette. |
