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Mahonia gracilipes
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ca$ 6.95 |
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| Pictures can hardly do this plant justice. The large compound leaves are dark green with lighter green veins, but it is their undersides that are so striking - almost pure white. The flowers are unusual for a Mahonia in that they are burgundy and white, rather than the more usual yellow. The widely... |
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Mahonia nervosa
Syn. Berberis nervosa
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| This evergreen shrub has short vertical stems, mostly under 30 cm (12 in), while the leaves reach higher, rarely up to 1 m (3 feet) tall. The leaves are compound, with 9-19 leaflets; each leaflet is strongly toothed, reminiscent of holly, and somewhat shiny, but less so than Tall Oregon-grape. This... |
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Mahonia repens
Syn. Berberis repens
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ca$ 4.25 |
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| This low-growing evergreen shrub has pinnate green leaves with up to seven wavy-margined, toothed leaflets and bears yellow flowers in spring followed by round, blue-black berries. Leaves take on bronze tints in cold weather. Height 12 inches;spread 3 feet. A good drought-tolerant ground cover. |
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Oplopanax horridus
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ca$ 4.50 |
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| This erect, spiny deciduous shrub related to ginseng is significant for aboriginal peoples for its medicinal and protective qualities. It has large maple-shaped leaves with many spines on the underside. The shrub's stems have numerous yellowish spines. Bears pyramidal terminal clusters of small... |
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Paeonia suffruticosa 'white'
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ca$ 4.25 |
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| Upright deciduous shrub with dark green leaves, blue-green beneath, deeply cut into pointed lobes. Bears single, cup-shaped, sometimes scented, white flowers 6-12 inches across. Height and spread is 7 feet. |
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Penstemon fruticosus
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ca$ 3.85 |
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| This evergreen subshrub has elliptic green leaves and bears funnel-shaped purplish-blue flowers in late spring to early summer. Height and spread is 16 inches. Suits a rock garden. |
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Phlomis fruticosa
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ca$ 3.75 |
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| This low-growing evergreen shrub is easy to mistake for a perennial in colder areas, where it may be cut to the ground by heavy frost. The sage green leaves are attractive and effectively show off the stems of whorled golden flowers in tiers rising above the foliage. Grows up to 1m (3ft) and as... |
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Rhodotypos scandens
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| This shrub is rarely seen in gardens or for sale at nurseries, but is well worth considering if you would like an unusual and attractive medium shrub. The four petals on the bright white flowers, which appear from spring to midsummer, are paired in such a way that it appears as if each bloom has... |
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Ribes sanguineum
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ca$ 3.95 |
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| This Western North American native was a favourite in Victorian temperate gardens around the world, and is slowly being rediscovered for its simple elegance. This upright deciduous shrub bears tubular pinkish-red flowers in pendent racemes in spring, followed by blue-black fruit. 6 foot... |
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Rosa canina
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ca$ 4.25 |
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| This deciduous shrub rose ranges in height from 3 to 10 feet, though sometimes it will climb higher into the crowns of taller trees. The leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets and flowers are single, pale pink with yellow stamens. Flowers are followed by attractive oval red-orange hips. |
