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In autumn, the thin willow leaves glow w/ long-lasting, vibrant yellow leaves against the fiery orange stems. The stems remain flame colored all winter. The oval crown is dense and compact. The tips of the branches curl upward & inward. An improved,
dense, ornamental red-stemmed willow released by Bergeson Nursery, Fertile, Minnesota. Good windbreak.
AKA
S. matsudana 'Tortuosa, Salix matsudana 'Golden Curls'.
A smaller, upright female clone of Corkscrew willow, that's great
for bonsai or the smaller yard. Eventually after many years,
20-30' tall. (the species is 40-50' tall.) Golden new growth.
Both the 4" leaves and stems are twisted. 
Forms
a beautiful large trailing mound. Great as individual
landscape plant with dark red winter stems. Cutting grown
rather than grafted. 'Weeping Sally' is a female clone of
the species, left to crawl over the ground as opposed to upright
forms like 'Kilmarnock' which are grafted to a form of upright
Salix. 'Creeping Sally' is fabulous trailing over walls and
such. Needs moisture to get established but then will take
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A
stunning Weeping form of Goat/French Pussy Willow. Doesn't
require wet soil once established. Has an abundance of catkins
producing lots of pollen and nectar. This is truly a specimen tree
for any yard. Compact habit can fit in almost anywhere but
place it where the neighbors can drool and lust for it because it's very hard to
find in the trade! :-)
One
of the larger willows that doesn't require wet soil once
established. It's natural habitat is the woodland edge and in
lowlands. In early spring, Goat Willow produces lots of pollen
and nectar on an abundance of fat catkins. One of the
important pussy willows of the florist trade. The male catkins
mature yellow at pollen release, the female catkins pale green
turning grey. Maroon new growth. This is an improved
French clone.
A
smaller Sallow or Pussy Willow that's easily kept a manageable size
with a light autumn trim. Can be pruned to a 'standard'. It's
distinctive foliage starts out in spring with a rusty red color and
fades to a marbled pink and white over grey-green. Often all
green in hot weather. It's natural habitat is marshes and
fens. Will tolerate poor drier soil than some willows after
being established but appreciates regular moisture. Used in
the basket weaving trade. Classic gray pussy willow catkins.
Native to
China, Japan and Korea with cool bluish gray foliage, green stems and
HUGE 2" silver gray catkins are shaded coral and gold in early spring.
The anthers are reddish but when they start to open filling with gold
pollen, it's a sight to behold. The larger, more colorful
catkins are found a 'yard size' plant generally reaching no more than
10' in height. This lovely plant will fit in most yards where
the 'big willows' won't. Great in flower arrangements.
A
slow growing (in a fast genus) Pussy Willow with a rounded form and
showy black catkins in spring. Highly ornamental.
Tolerates a wide range of soil types and can be pruned to control
size. Often blooms (displays it catkins) before the snow melts
when the effect is dazzling. Jet-black catkins with red-orange
anthers puts it in a class by itself. The dwarf form of the
species (which is 23' feet tall).
A loosely branched shrub with bright pink shoots which open to mottled pink, cream & green variegated leaves. A real showstopper in our gardens. Red stems in winter. The Japanese name refers to the brocade coloring of the leaves. From Japan. Can be pruned into a Standard. (AKA,
S. integra 'Alba Maculata'. Needs shearing to maintain variegation.
A
small tree with amazing form -- everything about it looks like it went
to a beauty salon -- every branch, twig and leaf is curly! There
isn't a time of the year that it isn't attractive - even in the dead
of winter when you can really appreciate it's form and new yellow
limbs. Easy to grow and much cold hardier than it's one parent,
S. matsudana 'Tortuosa', Peking Willow. Beautiful golden leaf
color in Fall. Doesn't need soil as moist as the typical willow.
Does NOT show much curling as a year old plant. Takes a few
years.
Yezo Willow is a treasure is in a
class by itself! A groundcover Pussy Willow with gorgeous wide,
reticulate deep green leaves that emerge in spring with beautiful
silvery hair on top and bottom, much like you would find on a Pasque
Flower and, it has typical (and beautiful) Pussy Willow blooms on Mahogany
colored stems in early spring right after the snow melts.
Beautiful flowing over a slopping spots, especially with a rock or
two. Bright Yellow Fall Color. Doesn't like heat too much,
so plant in shade in warmer zone. A 
Zone 2-8
A
small to medium tree, variable based often on moisture, Native to
most of the East Coast found on riversides and stream banks
flowering with catkins from mid-April to early May. Leaves
start to emerge while the plant is flowering. Plants are not
sexed. It is the largest of the Native willows. Superb
for stabilizing eroding moist banks along rivers, streams or in
flood areas. 5" narrow leaves are green on top and underneath.
Browsed by deer but grows so fast they can't keep up! Larval
Host for Mourning Cloak, Viceroy, Red-spotted Purple, Viceroy and
Tiger Swallowtail. 
A
graceful plant with very slender blue-green leaves (yellow in Fall) on
young burgundy stems that thrives in poor soil and is somewhat drought
tolerant. Compact and refined, it can be easily shaped. It can
actually be pruned to a formal hedge or even a topiary. It actually
loves being shaped and is happy to be kept at 2-3 or even Bonsai
size! Sways beautifully in the breeze. Tremendous
design potential. Fast grower. Extremely cold hardy.
An
interesting form of Artic Willow. It can be left to grow as a
small weeping shrub or can be trained as a small weeping tree by
removing lower buds/branches. Thrives with deep watering but
can even stand periods of drought once established.
Purplish stems in new spring growth with blue foliage.
Insignificant light green blooms.
Contorted
willows are always popular. 'Erythroflexuosa' has a columnar
forms that cascades when mature. Long curly orange branches
when plant is naked of foliage just stops you in your tracks and
turn progressively more red toward Fall! Curly leaves and
curly branches (which great dried in arrangements.) Can reach
30' but not often and actually best if kept smaller.
A
highly ornamental, large, rounded multi-stemmed shrub with dark
maroon-black new growth and bright fall colors. 'Sekka' is
grown as an ornamental shrub and for the flower market. With a
very tropical summer look, fall brings rich yellow leaves and winter
finds it stark naked BUT with a very distinct shape unlike any other
willow. A 'male-only' cultivar it is noted for its flattened
and contorted branchlets. Silver-gray 1.5" long catkins
with yellow anthers along reddish-purple stems in early
Spring. Fast growing.
(also available in the trade as Sambucus nigra 'Black Beauty'
An
Elderberry that looks like Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Filagree
Lace' -- one of the best Japanese Maple. This small tree/shrub
has the most gorgeous, cut-leaf foliage. No one passes buy it
without taking a second look!
The hottest Shrub/Tree in the trade. The large green leaves have a clear white margin. This is a slower growing form which makes it a candidate for a small garden. White flat flowers borne in clusters in early summer followed by glossy black fruit. Looks great against a dark background (house or evergreens.)
Conical
clusters of creamy white flowers are followed by red, glossy
fruit. The deeply cut, bronze young leaves mature to golden
yellow with better ability to stand up to sun scorch than other gold
forms. The arching stems of this Elder makes a riveting
specimen. Like a gold Japanese maple! US Native Plant.
S.
confusa has a lot of things going for it: It blooms in winter
and when you walk by, the fragrance is wonderful in a season when
you expect to smell nothing in the garden. It's much more fragrant
than the more common, S. hookeriana. The white bloom is small
and is on the bush at the same time as the glossy black berries
which is just maturing from red from the previous year's
blooms! How cool! It was introduced in 1916 so
it's stood the test of time. It will take deep shade!
Spreads by underground shoots. 
Lustrous dark evergreen foliage with clusters of
fragrant white flowers in later winter to early spring followed by
1/2" round black fruit. A tall groundcover, perfect
for banks in shade spreading by underground runners with restrained
slow to moderate growth. Takes shearing. AKA, Himalayan Sarcococca
Lustrous
dark evergreen foliage with clusters of fragrant white flowers in
later winter to early spring followed by 1/2" round black fruit.
Makes a lush filler or medium height groundcover, spreading by
underground runners with restrained slow to moderate growth.
Takes shearing. Sarcoccoca are without peer for growing, blooming and fruiting in deep
shade. AKA, Himalayan Sarcococca 
An
attractive tree that can reach 80' but rarely tops 20-30' with a
rather slender, pyramidal shape and horizontal branches in distinct
tiers. This long lived tree starts flowering young and the
leaves are variable even on a single plant but remind one of
mittens! The blooms open before the leaves in early spring and
give way to fleshy dark blue drupes. In Fall, it turns
brilliant shade of yellow, orange and red. All parts have an
aromatic smell like root beer. Native from SW Maine to Iowa,
south to Texas and florida. VERY FAST it can grow 4' a
year. Tap rooted so plant it where you want it to stay!
Virtually unknown in
American gardens, Securinega/Flueggea is a shrub with upright,
arching habit and light green, almost chartruese leaves on stems
that are wand-like. In mid to late summer, greenhish white
blooms appear along the stem and those are followed by green fruit
capsules. However, it's not the blooms or the fruit that have
particular value! Yes, they're nice BUT it's the foliage and
the shape of this plant which can add a graceful look to the garden
or landscape. It's also a primary Chinese medicine.
Beautiful butter yellow Fall foliage. The only woody member of
the Euphorbia family.
Very tiny dwarf from of Yellow Rim with the smallest foliage in the Serissa family. Rarely grows over 12" high and is native to the holy city of Kyoto, Japan. Single white, trumpet-shaped flowers that appear heavily in May and only and off the rest of the season. Great in the rock garden, front of the border or outstanding as a Bonsai (which must be brought inside for winter.) Needs a break from the hottest part of the sun.
An absolutely beautiful shrub. Beautiful all summer, especially when the pink buds open to starry white flowers in late spring. Flowers profusely. Adaptable and adjusts to most any site except permanently wet.
Many
of the large spiraeas bloom white, but in the small ones, most are
pink, red or lilac. Tor is an exception -- a smaller, white
blooming Spiraea. Noted also for it's blue-green summer foliage
and great, mixed fall color. Iridescent green leaves turn
yellow, bronze and red in the fall. In May the plant bears
small, white flowers in showy clusters. Asian native. Very
cold hardy. 
A dwarf, compact plant with small blue-green leaves and dainty, pink, powder puff flowers. An excellent landscape plant that combines well with other plants. AWARDS: AGM, PSC
An
adorable little Spiraea for the rockery only 10" tall!
Pink blooms May - July. Perfect as an edging plant or in a
container because it's very cold hardy. U. of Connecticut says
24" on width, Dirr says 36" but either way, it can be used
as a groundcover.
From Holland, this selection has larger leaves and deeper pink flower color than the species as well as grows faster. Blooms for a very long time -- deadheaded shrubs can bloom all summer. Faster than the species, with larger leaves. A great, truly 'Timex' plant -- takes a lickin' and...
An
Anthony Waterer type with rich, red flowers, reddish new growth, dark green at maturity and no branch reversions. Introduced into the US from Japan by Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD (visit if you get a chance!) Better bloomer than most S. japonicas -- will bloom all summer if deadheaded or sheared after bloom
Admirable
Spiraea; better than similar Vanhouttei species because it maintains a neater, denser outline. Arching form displays dark, blue-green leaves and flowers, in white, hemispherical clusters. Easy & dependable.
Fine
feathery foliage with green and white variegation. Spectacular white
flowers in April on previous seasons growth before the wispy
willow-like leaves appear. Some of the leaves are twisted and
curled for additional interest to the variegated Spiraea.
Yellow-orange fall color on leaves that hold until late Fall. Open
airy growth habit. An absolute treasure. Drought tolerant;
requires pruning to maintain neat appearance.
A deciduous shrub with arching willowy branches and thin, Bright
Yellow spring leaves. In early summer the leaves green up and by
late summer they're russet to yellow-orange color! A veritable
rainbow of leaf color and they remain on late in the Fall.
Medium growth rate. The Spiraea to bloom in spring before it
leafs out. Branches are more 'wispy and delicate' than the species. 
Softy, furry
pyramidal panicles, rose-pink in color, are 4-8" long.
Bottlebrush-like, dense and fuzzy and almost iridescent when the sun
hits them. From afar, you might mistake it for a Buddleia with more
narrow blooms. A
hybrid between S. douglassi, a western North American species and S.
salicifolia, a Eurasian species -- it's a wonderful union.
Pruning is important for best results: The oldest and less productive
stems should be cut back to their base each year after
flowering. Needs ACID soil. In fairness, we will
mention that it does need to be deadheaded to maintain perfection
(blooms don't drop on their own) and it does colonize. If you're
a person who likes to 'fuss' with plants, deadheading and such, and
have some room or a space you need to cover, this is a great
plant. It is also capable of living in a large
pot due to its extreme hardiness if you have a small garden and don't
want a colonizing plant.
Very popular in England! Soft, butter yellow foliage is not as harsh as other yellow leafed selections. Pink flowers and compact mounded habit. Selected by Peter
Catt.
Your chance to buy one of the most amazing new
Spiraeas in history. Deep, carmine-red flowers fade to pleasing
pink. Similar to and a sport of Anthony Waterer in form but deeper in
color and doesn't produce albino (white) shoots. Selected by Darthuizer Nursery in Holland.
Ruffled
foliage with frilly serrated edges with deep purple-red new growth separate this unusual
Spiraea from others. This form is exceptional not only for its finely cut foliage, deep purple in new growth, but also for its abundant deep pink flowers produced most of the summer. Fall foliage is a rich red.
Similar to S. crispa, but apparently does not produce random
variegated foliage as does Crispa and grows smaller, to 3' tall and
wide.
Good source of summer color. New growth is pinkish, turning green with
maturity. Flat flower clusters of reddish blooms are borne at branch
ends. Excellent, low border creating colorful contrast. Low
maintenance. Best foliage in full sun. "Appears to be on fire
when the new foliage emerges." (Dirr) Leaves remain
late, usually into December. Awesome Fall Color!
Pale
pink blooms over softly variegated foliage of cream, green and pink
on dark stems. Foliage emerges pink, turns green and cream. Reminds
one of Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki' but with a more refined growth
and softer texture. 
An improved version of
our grandmother's favorite - Bridal Wreath Spiraea. Claimes to have
mildew and rust resistant foliage. A Bailey Nursery introduction with
blue green foliage and the cascading white 'Bridal Wreath' flowers in
Spring and turns orange red in Fall.
Books say this takes sun or
part shade but ours is great in fairly deep shade, too. Can be used for low hedges,
massing, or in the shrub border. Also great for a facer, bank cover or taller ground-cover plant. Slowly stoloniferous (spreading). We love this fairly unknown plant. Great delicate foliage effect. Pest free and easy, easy to grow. 
A
new species from Japan readily distinguished by its more succulent
growth and by it's larger, less divided leaves. The flowers
are small, green and few in early and mid-summer but the panicles of
tiny yellow-green flowers are of an undeniable subtle beauty.
BUT it's selling feature is the yellow, orange and red autumn hues
of a well-grown plant -- GORGEOUS to be exact. The stems take
on a bright rusty hue which it keeps all winter and gives it the
coveted 'winter interest' descriptor.
A
fairly heat tolerant tree that prefers part shade but will take full
sun. Small white cupped flowers in June over a 4 week period;
lovely cinnamon-brown bark is outstanding in the winter
landscape. The 2-4" long dark green leaves cast light
shade and remain on long in the fall after turning a wonderful deep
red color. Small, non-messy drupe fruit is attractive in
winter. Fabulous as a tree or large multi-stemmed shrub in the
middle of an evergreen ground cover. Spectacular in
winter. The BEST STEWARTIA for the deep South. 
The
well-known Japanese Stewartia has fall color that varies from yellow
to red to deep reddish-purple and always lovely. It reaches a
height of 20-40' and has large white Camelia like blooms in
July. The bark on older plants is wonderfully mottled. 
Perfect
white bell flowers in groups of 3-6 that are truly a thing of beauty!
One of the most delicately beautiful flowering trees.. Leaves are
perched like butterflies on the branches. Should be used much more.
(Can take full sun in Zone 5-6, otherwise, part shade.)
Lovely bell-shaped white reflexed petals 'drip' in clusters of 1 to
4 from the branches in mid spring are sweetly scented on this
American Native. Bark is grey to reddish brown and attractive.
Perfect along a stream. Best in part shade in warmer areas.
A
stunning, small, slender, upright tree with ascending branches and a
round crown. Depending on pruning, it can also be a large
shrub. Beautiful bell-shaped, FRAGRANT, white flowers with very
showy yellow stamens come in huge, 6-8", pendulous, terminal
racemes. This is pleasantly late for small trees, so this one
struts her stuff after the big spring display is finished!
Flowers give way to drupes which may persist into late autumn.
The exfoliating bark on older trees, is gray and smooth and reveals an
attractive orange inner layer which makes for great winter
interest. Disease and pest free. About the only Pest is a
man with a weedwacker -- the beautiful thin bark can be damaged by them!
From Japan. Growth rate 12" per year. 
A lovely
native to most of the country and Canada. With beautiful 1/2"
white berries from August through November (often longer) & are
great for flower arrangements & which follow clusters of spikey pink
flowers in spring, which while small, attract Hummers. Tends
to sucker some. Fall foliage color is yellow. Tolerates
dry shade (few plants do) and wind after being established.
The leaves of
Snowberry are a larval food plant of the Death's Head Hawkmoth,
Chalcedona Checkerspot, Euphydryas chalcedona
in the Pacific Northwest. Can be pruned to a hedge, used for
stabilizing a bank and for winter cover birds, food for quail and
grouse. Prune suckers back every couple of years if you want
to check growth. 
Developed for the Cut Flower Trade because it produces Berries in
Abundance! Has more uniform coloring of berries in a slightly
blue shade of pink (mauve). Makes a good short hedge and
stunning in mass. Blooms on current year's wood so prune late
winter/early summer.
Light Lavender flower clusters appear in spring and are wonderfully fragrant. Good shrub border or untrimmed hedge plant. Requires little maintenance. WE ALWAYS SELL OUT OF THIS
PLANT at the retail store when it's in bloom! One of the EASIEST to grow. Mildew is not a problems with this one.
Fast growing. 
