SHRUBS
Winter Interest
Brighten your winter landscape with red, yellow, and orange Twig Dogwood, Flame Willow, Pussy Willow. Winter bloomers foretell the coming of spring: Pink Dawn Viburnum, Winter Jasmine - a yellow flowering rambling shrub, and Witch Hazel with yellow or orange strap-like flowers. Winter berries feed the birds and are the jewelry for your winter garden; Profusion Beauty Berry has metallic purple berries, Snow Berry and Coral Berry bow under the weight of white or pink berries. Deciduous Holly gets covered in red berries.
Hedging Shrubs
Laurel makes a great screen and comes in many types and sizes. English Laurel can get 20 feet tall and wide. Compact laurel grows to 10 feet and is easily kept smaller, Portuguese Laurel has red stems and berries, Otto Luyken Laurel grows to 3-4 feet tall and has very dark green leaves. Photinia is suitable for a large hedge and has striking red new growth. We stock a variety of boxwood for the more formal garden, as well as Japanese Holly which makes a nice dense hedge.
Laurel makes a great screen and comes in many types and sizes. English Laurel can get 20 feet tall and wide. Compact laurel grows to 10 feet and is easily kept smaller, Portuguese Laurel has red stems and berries, Otto Luyken Laurel grows to 3-4 feet tall and has very dark green leaves. Photinia is suitable for a large hedge and has striking red new growth. We stock a variety of boxwood for the more formal garden, as well as Japanese Holly which makes a nice dense hedge.
Summer Favorites
Potentilla is a little round shrub that blooms nearly all summer long. These come in yellow, white, pink and orange. Potentilla tolerate hot dry areas of the garden. Summer blooming spirea have bright pink blooms. Butterfly Bush perfume the summer breeze with a rich honey scent. Weigela’s Trumpet shaped red or pink flowers are the favorites of hummingbirds. Summer Sweet has a fragrant white flower that butterflies adore.
Potentilla is a little round shrub that blooms nearly all summer long. These come in yellow, white, pink and orange. Potentilla tolerate hot dry areas of the garden. Summer blooming spirea have bright pink blooms. Butterfly Bush perfume the summer breeze with a rich honey scent. Weigela’s Trumpet shaped red or pink flowers are the favorites of hummingbirds. Summer Sweet has a fragrant white flower that butterflies adore.
Broadleaf Evergreen
Flowery sun loving abelia has arching branches, colorful foliage, and soft pink fluted flowers. Ceanothus is a durable sun soaker that gets covered in blue fuzzy flowers. Escallonia makes a good tight hedge and blooms pink on and off all summer long. Spring bouquet viburnum forms dark purple buds in clusters before the blooms open white in summer.
Flowery sun loving abelia has arching branches, colorful foliage, and soft pink fluted flowers. Ceanothus is a durable sun soaker that gets covered in blue fuzzy flowers. Escallonia makes a good tight hedge and blooms pink on and off all summer long. Spring bouquet viburnum forms dark purple buds in clusters before the blooms open white in summer.
Spring Bloomers
Forsythia is one of the first shrubs to bloom in the spring with branch-covering yellow clusters. Some get 8 feet tall with arching branches and some stay less than 3 feet tall, full and round. We have a wide selection of very fragrant French Lilacs with names like Ludwig Spaeth, Klager’s Dark Purple, Mme Lemone, Montaigne, and Sensation: a dark purple Lilac with white rims on each petal. Deciduous Azaleas are a great addition to any landscape. They bloom in an array of warm colors in late spring. Some are fragrant like the Exbury Azaleas. Klondike has a thick dark orange flower, and Lemon Lights boast a soft twilight yellow with an elusive sweet fragrance. Spring blooming Spirea is a group of white flowering, arching branched shrubs that is available in several different cultivars with alluring names like Spring Snow, First Snow, and Snow Mound.
Forsythia is one of the first shrubs to bloom in the spring with branch-covering yellow clusters. Some get 8 feet tall with arching branches and some stay less than 3 feet tall, full and round. We have a wide selection of very fragrant French Lilacs with names like Ludwig Spaeth, Klager’s Dark Purple, Mme Lemone, Montaigne, and Sensation: a dark purple Lilac with white rims on each petal. Deciduous Azaleas are a great addition to any landscape. They bloom in an array of warm colors in late spring. Some are fragrant like the Exbury Azaleas. Klondike has a thick dark orange flower, and Lemon Lights boast a soft twilight yellow with an elusive sweet fragrance. Spring blooming Spirea is a group of white flowering, arching branched shrubs that is available in several different cultivars with alluring names like Spring Snow, First Snow, and Snow Mound.
Shade lovers
We carry a number of shrubs for the shady spot. Rhododendrons are a Northwest favorite. As we have an abundance of shade and acidic soil in the Pacific Northwest, they’re easy to grow, hardy, and tolerant. Rhodies enjoy a rich, acidic, and well-drained soil. There are nearly a hundred varieties of rhodies of every color, size and leaf texture. Camellias are another great evergreen for the shade. These garden delights bloom for months on end in the winter with big soft pink, white or red flowers. Aucuba is a tropical looking shade plant that can handle the darkest of corners. They come in dark green and variegated forms and the female varieties produce large bright red berries in winter.
We carry a number of shrubs for the shady spot. Rhododendrons are a Northwest favorite. As we have an abundance of shade and acidic soil in the Pacific Northwest, they’re easy to grow, hardy, and tolerant. Rhodies enjoy a rich, acidic, and well-drained soil. There are nearly a hundred varieties of rhodies of every color, size and leaf texture. Camellias are another great evergreen for the shade. These garden delights bloom for months on end in the winter with big soft pink, white or red flowers. Aucuba is a tropical looking shade plant that can handle the darkest of corners. They come in dark green and variegated forms and the female varieties produce large bright red berries in winter.
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