Abelia chinensis 'White Surprise'
Chinese abelia

Early and long blooming shrub with white flowers that are larger and more fragrant than other Abelia varieties.

• evergreen shrub to 3'–4' tall and wide
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 6–9
• white flowers in summer–fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• great pollinator plant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Abelia ×grandiflora 'Kaleidoscope'
glossy abelia

Bright yellow variegated leaves change to red, orange, and golden yellow in winter. Attractive white flowers are held by rosy calyces which last long after the flowers have faded.

• evergreen shrub to 30"
• plant in sun to light shade
• zone 6–9
• white flowers in summer–fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• great pollinator plant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Abelia ×grandiflora 'Little Richard'
glossy abelia

More compact than other Abelia varieties.

• evergreen shrub to 3' by 3'
• plant in sun to partial sun
• zone 6–9
• white flowers in May until frost
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 14

Abelia ×grandiflora 'Radiance'
glossy abelia

A brand new abelia with creamy white edges leaves that emerge with a hint of gold. Pure white flowers attract hummingbirds. Red stems on new growth. Sun to shade. 3' tall by 4' wide.

• evergreen flowering shrub to 3'–4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 6–9
• white flowers in summer to fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• white variegated foliage

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Abelia ×grandiflora 'RNTOM'
Twist of Mango golden glossy abelia

Bright yellow new leaves that fade to gold in summer. Red stems contrast nicely.

• evergreen shrub to 2'–3' tall and 4'–5' wide
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 6–9
• white flowers in summer–fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• vibrant yellow foliage, bronzing in winter

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Abelia 'SRPabeper' (Peach Perfection)
glossy abelia

Tricolor foliage on red stems. A compact form that does not produce long whip-like shoots like other Abelia varieties.

• evergreen shrub to 3'–4' tall and 2'–3' wide
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 6–9
• white flowers in summer–fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• foliage emerges orange, turning yellow then green

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Abies koreana 'Alpin Star'
dwarf Korean Fir

This selection starts off as a tiny round conifer with short dense needles. In 10 years it can grow to 1'-3' tall but with great age it eventually spreads out (don't we all) from a sphere to a short 3' tall by 10' wide flat bun. In the hot humid south, this species will appreciate some protection from summer heat and heavy clay soils. This gorgeous addition to a rock garden is hardy to USDA zone 5. Sometimes sold as 'Alpine Star'.

• shrub to 1'–3'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Abies koreana 'Gait'
columnar Korean fir

Very slender, this upright fir reaches just 5' in 10 years, making it an enticing addition to a rock garden. In the hot humid south, this species will appreciate some protection from summer heat and heavy clay soils. A prolific producer or upright cones, Abies koreana 'Gait' is hardy to USDA zone 5.

• narrow, columnar to 5'
• plant in sun to part sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Abies koreana 'Kohouts Icebreaker'
Ice Breaker dwarf Korean fir

An award winning dwarf conifer with needles that curve upward to reveal their white waxy underside, creating a 2-toned effect. Very slow growing to around 4' tall and wide in 10 years. Eventually, a leader will form but the tree will always be squat. Good for a rock garden, along a path or in a container. Winner of the American Conifer Society‘s Conifer of the Year award in 2014. Usually sold under its trademark name of 'Ice Breaker', its actual name, 'Kohouts Icebreaker', is named for nurseryman Jörg Kohout of Germany who found it as a witches broom on a specimen of 'Horstmann's Silberlocke'. Needs well drained soil and will do better with a bit of protection from summer heat. (grafted onto A. firma)

• dwarf conifer to 4'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Abies koreana 'Vengels'
Korean fir

Silvery, blue green needles highlight blue to purple cones. An unusual feature of this conifer is that the needles not only grow on along the branches but can also grow in between the scales of the cones Plus a stem can grow from the tip of the cone! Given 10 years of growth, Abies koreana 'Vengels' can reach 4 to 5' tall and 2' wide. Hardy to USDA zone 6.

• broad conical shape to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Abutilon 'Orange Hot Lava'
flowering maple

From spring until fall this die-back shrub produces wild bicolor flowers consisting of dusky red calyces and orange petals decorated with red veins.

• woody perennial to 3'–4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 7b
• orange flowers in spring–frost
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 16

Acanthus 'Whitewater'
variegated bear's breech

Tall flower spikes of white and pink rise to 4' topping the heavily splashed foliage. This is a hybrid with the extra heat and humidity tolerant form, 'Summer Beauty' and retains the toughness of that parent.

• herbaceous perennial to 36"
• plant in part sun to part shade
• hardy
• pink/white flowers in late spring
• brightly variegated foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Acer saccharinum 'Born's Gracious'
cut-leaf silver maple

• shade tree to 45'–60'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• cut foliage

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $55.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Achillea 'Moonshine'
yarrow

'Moonshine' is a classic hybrid with a smaller habit and ferny foliage that adds to the appeal. If your plant looks shabby in summer, shear it back and it will reflush as the weather moderates.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• lemon-yellow flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• silvery-grey foliage, drought tolerant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Achimenes 'Harry Williams'
orchid pansy

Dark green, deeply lobed leaves on this 3' wide herbaceous perennial make an interesting replacement in the garden for the ubiquitous hosta. Flowers in summer with 4' tall stalks lined with many purple and white spiny flowers.

• herbaceous perennial to 12"
• plant in shade
• semi-hardy
• fuchsia flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Acorus calamus
sweet flag

A wetland plant with fragrant iris-like leaves and small spadix flower clusters. Mentioned in poetry by Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau. The rhizome has long been used in herbal medicine.

• deciduous wetland herb to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• greenish yellow flowers in spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 32

Adiantum ×mairisii
hybrid maidenhair fern

No shade garden is complete without a maidenhair fern. The delicate, pale green fronds are held on thin black stems (rachis) and are completely deer resistant.

• fern to 14"
• plant in shade and moist soil
• hardy zone 6–9
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Adiantum pedatum
American maidenhair fern

Maidenhair fern is a native southeast U.S. fern. Like all ferns, this is quite deer resistant while looking delicate and elegant.

• native deciduous fern to 24"
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 4–9
• deer resistant
• native

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Agapanthus 'MDB001'
Ever Twilight bicolor agapanthus

A 2019 Chelsea Flower Show winner. Early bloomer. Rebloomer. Also sold under the trademark name Fireworks.

• herbaceous perennial to 30"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• bicolor blue and white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Agastache foeniculum 'Golden Jubilee'
anise hyssop

Chartreuse leaves set this variety apart from the rest. Same fragrant foliage though. A 2003 AAS award winner. Pollinators love the lavender flowers.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• blue lavender flowers in early summer–fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• yellow to chartreuse colored foliage with a minty scent

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Agave schidigera 'Royal Flush'
century plant

Spectacularly variegated cultivar with its very wide yellow margins to its leaves. This one is very slow growing.

• evergreen rosette to 12" tall × 20" wide
• plant in sun and good drainage
• tender, zone 9a–10b
• drought tolerant, variegated

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Ajuga 'Cordial Canary'
Feathered Friends carpet bugle

Narrow foliaged creeping ground cover with chartreuse leaves.

• evergreen herbaceous perennial to 1" tall
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy
• blue flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• bright yellow foliage

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Ajuga incisa 'Blue Enigma'
giant bugle

Lovely toothed leaves topped by spikes of cobalt blue flowers in spring. This is a clump forming perennial and not a spreader like other ajuga. It also disappears in winter, returning each spring.

• herbaceous perennial to 6"
• plant in part sun
• hardy zone 5–8
• dark blue flowers in April–June
• deer resistant
• a rare Japanese native

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Ajuga 'Petite Parakeet'
Feathered Friends carpet bugle

This cultivar has gold and red leaves. We've been astonished by this plant's vigor and beauty. Great as an individual plant or massed as a ground cover.

• herbaceous evergreen perennial to 4"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• blue flowers in early spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Amelanchier ×grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
serviceberry

The fruit looks like rose hips, but tastes like blueberries. You'll have to choose whether to leave them for the birds (who love them) or eat them yourself. Excellent fall color. This cultivar is quite disease resistant. Serviceberry will tolerate a wide range of soil types but appreciates regular watering.

• deciduous tree to 25'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–9
• white flowers in early spring
• dark blue fruit in May–June
• attracts birds
• excellent fall foliage

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $95.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Amsonia 'Blue Ice'
hybrid bluestar

This 2013 blue-star introduction is proving to be a winner. In spring it has large clusters lavender-blue flowers that are more striking than other blue stars.

• herbaceous perennial to 15"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• avender-blue flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• gold fall color

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Amsonia 'Starstruck'
bluestar

A hybrid distinguished by its relatively late bloom time and compact size.

• native herbaceous perennial to 2'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• blue flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• gold fall color

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 14

Anemone hupehensis 'Cinderella'
Japanese anemone

This variety was bred for its compact (non-flopping) habit. Spreads via rhizomes into a colony and in particularly ideal habitats may be considered a bit of a garden thug.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• light pink flowers in late summer
• great cut flower

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Anemone hupehensis 'Pretty Lady Diana'
Japanese anemone

Glorious floral display in late summer/early fall for the lightly shaded garden. Compact habit.

• herbaceous perennial to 1.5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• dark pink flowers in late summer–fall

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Anemone 'Whirlwind'
Japanese anemone

Glorious white floral display for the lightly shaded garden. Compact habit.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in late summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Antirrhinum hispanicum
Spanish snapdragon

Fuzzy gray leaves are evergreen and deer resistant. This heat lover from Spain blooms in summer.

• evergreen perennial to 18"
• plant in sun; well-drained soil
• hardy
• pink and yellow flowers in summer
• deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Aquilegia caerulea
Kirigami Light Blue & White bicolor columbine

Great for Carolina fans, these light blue and white flowers are among the earlier blooming columbines.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white and light blue flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 48

Aquilegia caerulea
Kirigami Red & White bicolor columbine

NC State fans also have a columbine to support their school. Early bloomer.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white and red flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 41

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nora Barlow'
columbine

Double flowered spurless pink and white variety blooms a bit later than normal.

• herbaceous perennial to 2.5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• pink and green flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• double flowers

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Ardisia japonica 'Hakuou'
White King variegated marlberry

This form emerges pink before becoming pale green with a broad white margin.

• evergreen ground cover to 12"–18"
• plant in shade
• zone 7b
• pale pink to white flowers in summer
• red fruit in late summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Arisaema triphyllum
Jack-in-the-pulpit

A native woodland wildflower.

• native herbaceous perennial to 24"
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• green, purple, and white flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Aristolochia griffithii (DH 16082)
Griffith pipevine

A climbing pipevine from the Himalayas with large flowers which vary from yellow to burgundy. The smell is at best described as 'musky'. Best in part shade. Hardiness in Raleigh and ultimate size is unknown.

• deciduous vine
• plant in part sun
• tender
• yellow flowers in summer

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $45.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Aronia melanocarpa 'UCONNAM012'
Ground Hug dwarf chokeberry

This dwarf variety of the native shrub grows as a dense, weed suppressing ground cover. Low maintenance and good in tough sites. Red fall foliage and edible purple berries too. suckers to form a colony.

• dwarf native deciduous shrub to 14"
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• black fruit in fall
• attracts birds
• red fall foliage

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $38.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Aruncus dioicus
goat's beard

Resembles a giant, white-flowered astilbe. Native. Dioecious, so you need a male and female to produce seed.

• native herbaceous perennial to 6'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Arundo donax 'Golden Chain'
golden variegated giant reed

Gold never looked so good. Golden reed grass makes a restrained clump of tall stems which hold their bright variegation all summer. 'Golden Chain' is a colorful, undemanding, specimen plant. Its gorgeous, golden, variegated color remains constant in our hot summers.

• grass to 10'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow'
yellow butterfly weed

A yellow-flowered form of butterfly weed. A larval food for Monarch butterfly caterpillars.

• herbaceous perennial to 1.5'–3'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5–9
• yellow flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• native

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Aspidistra sichuanensis 'Dappled Expectation'
cast iron plant

• to 28"
• plant in part sun to shade

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Asplenium scolopendrium
hart's tongue fern

An easy fern which forms tight rosettes of mid-green leaves. It is very easy in a moist, well-drained, partly shaded spot and is 100% deer proof!

• evergreen perennial to 18"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Aster laevis 'Bluebird'
smooth aster

This late summer blooming aster is covered in pale blue blooms. Pollinators love it.

• herbaceous perennial to 36"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• blue flowers in fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Astilbe japonica 'Rheinland'
Japanese astilbe

A moisture and shade loving perennial. Deer and rabbit resistant yet attracts butterflies. Suffers in our N.C. summers if grown in too much sun.

• herbaceous perennial to 2'
• plant in shade
• zone 4–7
• pink flowers in spring–summer

Container size: bareroot
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 25

Athyrium 'Ghost'
painted fern

Silvery white new fronds darken to green creating a great backdrop for newly emerging foliage. The upright fronds add great texture to the shade garden.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"–24"
• plant in light shade to shade
• zone 5–9
• deer resistant
• silvery foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Athyrium 'Lady In Red'
lady fern

This striking selection from the New England Wildflower Society has unique, dark red stems. Each spring, there is a fresh flush of lacy new fronds. Lady ferns are slowing spreading (3' in about five years), dependable, and easy to grow garden plants.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 4–9
• deer resistant
• light green fronds with red stipe

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Athyrium niponicum 'Crested Surf'
Japanese painted fern

The tips of the silver-brushed fronds are double-crested.

• deciduous fern to 20"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• crested fronds

Container size: 4 qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Athyrium niponicum var. pictum
Japanese painted fern

Best in some shade where it will make lovely deer resistant patches in the garden.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in partial to full shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• deer resistant
• colorful foliage with tints of burgundy and silver

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Athyrium niponicum 'Regal Red'
Japanese painted fern

The stunning fronds are ruffled with frosty silver edges and burgundy-red stems. It makes a bright addition to shady areas in your garden.

• fern to 12"–20"
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• deer resistant
• silver edged fronds with burgundy stems

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Aucuba japonica 'Hosoba Hoshifu'
Japanese aucuba

This selection bears conspicuously narrow foliage heavily speckled with gold. The variegation is much brighter than most other forms of aucuba. Burgundy flowers give rise to large red fruits on this female form. Great for brightening up a shady spot where it will tolerate significant drought once established.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• burgundy flowers in spring
• red fruit in fall
• the best gold spotted aucuba

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Baptisia australis
blue wild-indigo

Herbaceous perennial; rich blue stately spikes of flowers above emerald-green, three-parted foliage.

• native herbaceous perennial to 3'–4'
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• blue flowers in late spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Baptisia 'Grape Taffy'
dwarf wild-indigo

A dwarf cultivar for smaller gardens.

• herbaceous perennial to 30"
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• purple flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 4 Qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Baptisia 'Purple Smoke'
wild-indigo

An older cultivar that still stands up to the newer ones. Pale lavender flowers and gray stems.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'–4' tall and wide
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• smokey purple-violet flowers in mid spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Baptisia 'Solar Flare'
Prairieblues wild-indigo

Flowers emerge brilliant yellow and fade to deep orange as they age.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 4 Qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Bauhinia grandidieri
blue orchid tree

This Madagascar native small tree is not hardy for us in Raleigh, but it is pretty enough to put into a potted plant or bonsai collection. Tiny leaves and pale blue flowers late in the warm season.

• deciduous tree to 10'
• plant in sun
• tender
• pale blue flowers in late summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Beschorneria septentrionalis
false red agave

Exotic flowers are a bright fuchsia-red tipped in emerald green on a red spike that reaches 5' tall. All year, the evergreen rosette makes an attractive clump to 3' wide. Although it is an agave relative, the rosette has no spines. It's drought-tolerant, but it can take moisture if the location is well-drained. Dramatic and easy. Sun.

• succulent to 24"
• plant in sun
• hardy semi-hardy
• red flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Bletilla striata
Japanese ground orchid

An easy to grow woodland perennial from Asia with pleated foliage and pink orchid flowers. This is one of the toughest and most reliable of perennials for shade. Will spread to form full clumps over time.

• herbaceous perennial to 12"–15"
• plant in part sun to light shade
• hardy zone 6
• pink flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Bletilla striata 'Albostriata'
variegated ground orchid

This showy Japanese ground orchid has a very subtle white edge to each of the 20" pleated leaves. Deep magenta-purple flowers brighten the garden in early spring. This plant will clump up quickly in the garden.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• magenta-purple flowers in spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 28

Boehmeria spicata 'Chantilly'
spike false nettle

This is a brightly variegated foliage plant for the shade garden. With more sun, the foliage becomes more green. Foliage is also edible. Unusual pink pipe-cleaner like flowers.

• herbaceous perennial to 3 to 4'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• pinkish fuzzy pipecleaner-like flowers in summer
• deer resistant
• beautifully variegated

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 7

Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'
Siberian bugloss

Large frosted and veined heart-shaped leaves. Bright blue forget-me-not flowers in spring.

• herbaceous perennial to 1'
• plant in shade
• hardy
• blue flowers in spring
• 2012 Perennial Plant Association's Plant of the Year

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Buddleja cordata
Mexican butterfly bush

In Mexico where this plant hails from, it makes a sizable tree used in tough spots like parking lots and hell strips. In central North Carolina, it won't form a tree but instead makes a lovely shrub with gorgeous large silvery foliage. Fragrant white flowers in late fall, though not particularly showy, add to the plant's appeal and provide nectar for a variety of pollinators.

• large evergreen shrub to 12'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white, fragrant flowers in late fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Buddleja davidii 'Potter's Purple'
butterfly bush

This 6' tall shrub is a perfect addition to the back of a sunny perennial border. Purple summer flowers are honey-scented and attract lots of pollinators.

• woody perennial to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• deep purple fragrant flowers in late summer–fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly, attracts birds, deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Buddleja 'Miss Molly'
butterfly bush

The former JC Raulston Arboretum director, Denny Werner, bred this brightly colored beauty. Functionally sterile and noninvasive in areas like the northeast where others can be a problem.

• deciduous flowering shrub to 4'–6'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• wine-red flowers in summer to frost
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• attracts tons of pollinators

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Buddleja 'Purple Haze'
compact butterfly bush

This compact butterfly-bush from Denny Werner's breeding program is compact without being stiff. It grows as a low plant with horizontal branching and loads of long, deep purple, functionally sterile flower spikes.

• deciduous flowering shrub to 24"–36"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 6b–9
• purple-blue flowers in summer to frost
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Buddleja 'SMNBDB'
Pugster Pinker butterfly bush

You read that name right ... it is pinker than the other pink Pugster butterfly bush. Gotta hand it to those marketing geniuses for this name.

• decidous shrub to 2'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• rich pink flowers in summer to fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 16

Buddleja 'SMNBDD'
Lo & Behold Ruby Chip butterfly bush

A dwarf version of 'Miss Molly' bred by Spring Meadows Nursery.

• deciduous shrub to 30"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• magenta pink flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Buxus harlandii 'Goliath'
Harland's boxwood

Buxus harlandii is one of our favorite boxwoods with distinctive foliage and growth habit. This form popped up in the Southeast and looks like the species on steroids. There is no better group of plants for dry shade than boxwoods and they are woefully underutilized for providing year-round color and structure. Sun to shade, zone 6.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 7

Buxus sempervirens 'Wanford Page'
variegated boxwood

'Wanford Page' is a dwarf variegated B. sempervirens from the National Arboretum (NA 82677).

• variegated evergreen shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 6–8
• deer resistant
• new growth lemon yellow aging to green and gold

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai'
purple beautyberry

This small shrub is a show stopper when in fruit and more refined than our native beautyberry. Lavender flowers are followed by violet fruits which persist into fall, but not long into winter, since birds love them. 'Issai' flowers at a younger age and stays smaller than the species.

• deciduous flowering shrub to 4'–6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• pink-lavender flowers in late summer
• purple fruit in fall to winter
• attracts birds

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Callirhoe bushii
Bush's poppy mallow

An slightly more upright form of Callirhoe which blooms for many months.

• native herbaceous perennial to 2' × 2'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5–8
• magenta flowers in all summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Callirhoe involucrata
winecup

A lovely low growing perennial with bright magenta flowers in late spring. Looks great crawling through other perennials or draping over a wall or container.

• herbaceous perennial to 12" tall by 36" wide
• plant in sun
• hardy
• magenta flowers in spring to early summer
• deer resistant
• drought tolerant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 64

Calycanthus floridus var. glaucus 'Burgundy Spice'
purple-leaf sweetshrub

Purple foliage color is retained throughout the growing season, even in shade. Colorful fall foliage is yellow and orange. Tolerant of a wide variety of soil conditions.

• deciduous shrub to 8'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• maroon flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• purple foliage

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $38.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 16

Camellia rosiflora
rose-flowered camellia

This is one of the woefully underused small-leafed, small-flowered species of camellias. It makes a delicate shrub with pink flowers dangling all along the branches.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• pink flowers in late winter

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Campanula cochleariifolia 'Alpine Breeze Blue'
bellflower

A compact variety that blooms earlier with delicate, blue, bell shaped flowers.

• herbaceous perennial to 6"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• blue flowers in late spring into summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Campanula cochleariifolia 'Bavaria Blue'
bellflower

A compact variety that blooms delicate, dark blue, bell shaped flowers. Forms a low growing, spreading cushion.

• herbaceous perennial to 6"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• dark blue flowers in late spring into summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Campanula glomerata
clustered bellflower

Clusters of upward facing bell-shaped flowers atop 2' stalks. This species does well in the N.C. Piedmont area.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"–24"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• violet to red-violet flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 48

Campsis radicans 'Red Sunset'
trumpet vine

A vigorous clinging woody vine with a huge number of red trumpet-like flowers grace this large vine late summer to fall. This native is perfect for bringing hummingbirds to the garden.

• deciduous woody vine to 30'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• red flowers in summer
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Carex 'ET CRX02'
Ribbon Falls sedge

This hybrid between three species is a cascading mound of evergreen, glossy emerald green foliage.

• grass-like perennial to 18"–24" tall by 2'+ wide
• plant in part sun to light shade
• hardy
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 32

Carex muskingumensis
palm sedge

A native sedge useful for wet sites. Gently spreading, it is useful for erosion control

• grass-like perennial to 12"–18"
• plant in sun to part shade in damp soil
• hardy zone 4–7
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 14

Caryopteris ×clandonensis 'Gold Crest'
bluebeard

With chartreuse leaves in spring, and blue flowers in late summer and early fall, this plant prefers moist, well-drained soil, but tolerates drier soil once established. Deer and rabbit resistant. Cut to within 6" of ground in mid-spring to promote fresh growth and blooms on new wood.

• deciduous shrub to 24"–30"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 6–9
• blue flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• chartreuse foliage

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Ceanothus 'Minmarose'
Marie Rose summer lilac

Finally, a hardy ceanothus with real pink flowers! Numerous rich pink flowers appear in midsummer and again in early fall, followed by attractive red seed capsules. It is a compact plant with glossy foliage, great drought tolerance and is simply adored by butterflies.

• flowering shrub to 2'–4'
• plant in sun to part sun
• hardy
• pink flowers in mid-summer to fall

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 7

Cedrus libani var. brevifolia 'Kenwith'
dwarf Cypriot cedar

Bonsai-like branching makes this dark green, miniature, upright cedar a must have for a rock garden or container. Winner of the American Conifer Society's Conifer of the Year award in 2012. Loves heat. Needs good drainage. Grows to just 1' tall and 8" wide in 10 years. Hardy to USDA zone 7.

• rounded shrub to 1'
• plant in sun
• semi-hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Cephalotaxus harringtonia
Golden Dragon golden plum yew

This low and wide golden conifer makes a somewhat low, vase-shaped shrub growing to about 3' tall by 5' wide in about five years. It makes the perfect bright, year-round accent to the landscape or a vivid low hedge. Color is brightest in spring and with more sun.

• evergreen shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 13

Chaenomeles 'NCCS4'
Double Take Peach Japanese flowering quince

Another in the popular Double Take series, this flowering quince is a compact, rounded, deciduous shrub with abundant clusters of large, double, pale peachy-pink flowers. Plus, it is thornless.

• shrub to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• peach flowers in early spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Chaenomeles 'Orange Storm'
Double Take hybrid flowering quince

New breeding breakthrough from NC State's
Tom Ranney! Huge orange, frilly, doubled flowers on thornless stems in very early spring will wake you from the winter blues. Great for shrub borders, foundation plantings, and slopes.

• deciduous shrub to 3'–5'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• orange flowers in late winter–early spring
• thornless and disease resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 7

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gemstone'
dwarf Hinoki cypress

‘Gemstone‘ is a very slow growing, sculpted selection of Hinoki cypress with a narrow, conical upright form, like a wizard's hat. As it matures, occasional side branches develop, adding even more interest. Hardy to USDA zone 5.

• evergreen perennial to 2'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Kosteri'
dwarf Hinoki falsecypress

A dwarf selection with a squat pyramidal habit (like short fat Christmas tree) that is slightly irregular which provides artistic texture to the garden.

• evergreen shrub to 2'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Snowkist'
variegated Hinoki cypress

A low growing, spreading Hinoki cypress with creamy variegation against the dark green foliage. Proper siting is important for this cultivar. Provide consistent moisture and moderate sun for best color. Hardy to USDA zone 5.

• compact shrub to 1.5'–2' tall – 2.5' wide
• plant in part sun
• hardy

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue Ice'
Sawara cypress

Thick, tight foliage that shines blue like ice combined with its small, pryamidal form make this dwarf a must-have accent plant in the garden. A sport of 'Baby Blue', this cultivar is even bluer than its parent. Hardy to zone 4.

• conical shrub to 6' tall × 4' wide
• plant in sun to part sun
• hardy

Container size:
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Chelone lyonii 'Armitpp02'
Tiny Tortuga dwarf turtlehead

Bronzy green to black green leaves help show off the pink blooms. A compact and upright selection. Spreads slowly by rhizomes. In the hot summers of the south make sure it gets a spot protected from afternoon sun with good air circulation.

• native herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• deep pink flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Chilopsis linearis 'Angel White'
desert willow

One of our favorite plants this summer has been 'Angel White' desert willow growing in Plantsmen Woods. It is a drought tolerant deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. White, sweetly fragrant flowers from spring to fall are trumpet shaped, reminiscent of catalpa blossoms. Flowers are very popular with pollinators, especially bees. Deciduous leaves are narrow and willow-like, giving the plant its graceful appearance. Easy to grow with little to no problem if planted in full to part sun in a site with good drainage.

• deciduous shrub or small tree to 20'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring–fall

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Chionanthus henryae
Alabama fringetree

A rare southeastern U.S. native shrub that is almost unknown in gardens unlike its relative, the classic C. virginicus (grancy gray-beard). Yellow fall foliage. The fruit is basically a small olive and can be pickled and eaten. This is smaller and slower growing than C. virginicus but larger than the dwarf Florida species C. pygmaeus.

• deciduous shrub or tree to 9'–12'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• black fruit in winter
• attracts birds

Container size: 7 gal
Price: $45.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Chionanthus retusus 'Tokyo Tower'
upright Chinese fringe tree

Few flowering trees can match the dazzling display and uber-tough constitution of Chinese fringe tree. This 18' tall upright form makes a broad column of deep green, rounded leaves which can turn buttery yellow in fall. Masses of white, frothy flowers stand out against the foliar backdrop. This is the ideal plant where space is at a premium. Sun to part shade; 18' tall.

• columnar flowering tree to 18'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in early summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Chrysogonum virginianum 'Eco Lacquered Spider'
green-and-gold

A native ground cover in forested areas. This variety grows rapidly on long stolons, so stand back and let it cover your natural areas.

• native evergreen ground cover to 4" tall
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy zone 6–9
• yellow flowers in spring

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 42

Cladrastis kentukea 'Perkins Pink'
pink flowered American yellowwood

'Perkins Pink' is an uncommon pink-flowered cultivar of American yellowwood. Intensely fragrant wisteria-like pink flowers on drooping panicles flower in late spring. It was originally discovered in the 1930s at the Perkins Institute for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts. Yellowwood is a desperately under-appreciated native species that deserves much wider usage. Sun to light shade; 50' tall.

• deciduous tree to 30'–50'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pink flowers in May–June

Container size: 7 gal
Price: $75.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Clematis armandii 'Snowdrift'
evergreen clematis

This vigorous evergreen vine makes a handsome addition to any garden arbor, fence, or low-limbed tree where the long, narrow, deep green foliage shines all year. In very early spring, March in Raleigh, 3" pure white flowers cover the plant. It will grow to 20' tall if given space but can be cut back after flowering to control the size.

• evergreen vine to 20'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• 3" white flowers in early spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• fragrant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Clematis 'Belle of Woking'
clematis

Developed in England in the late 1800s. Still a stunner.

• deciduous vine to 8'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–8
• fully double, pale silvery-mauve flowers in summer
• 6" wide flowers

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Clematis 'Carnaby'
clematis

A compact vine with two-toned pink flowers up to 6" across.

• deciduous vine to 6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• pink flowers in mid-spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Clematis cirrhosa
winter flowering clematis

Pendant white, bell shaped flowers start in October and continue into December on this vine. Though evergreen through most of the year, it loses its leaves in midsummer, an adaptation to its native Mediterranean's dry summers.

• evergreen vine to 20'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• cream with small spotted flowers in fall to winter
• fluffy fruit in late winter
• summer dormant growing in winter

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 7

Clematis 'H.F. Young'
clematis

Large 6" pale blue flowers.

• deciduous vine to 8'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• pale blue flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Clematis integrifolia 'Blue Boy'
clematis

Nodding bell-shaped blue flowers in summer.

• deciduous vine to 7'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• blue flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Clematis 'My Angel'
clematis

A small flowering clematis with 1.5" bell shaped flowers that dangle down. Long blooming. Flowers on new growth.

• deciduous vine to 6'–9'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• yellow inside and red outside flowers in summer to fall
• fluffy fruit in fall
• deer resistant

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Clematis 'Prince Charles'
clematis

A profusion of single, semi-nodding violet-blue flowers, 3" across from early summer to early autumn. Pruning Group 3: prune in February.

• herbaceous perennial to 8'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pale violet-blue flowers in summer

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Clematis 'The Vagabond'
clematis

Large flowered variety that reblooms if cut back.

• deciduous vine to 8'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• purple flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Clethra alnifolia 'Crystalina'
Sugartina dwarf summersweet clethra

A selection of the U.S. native species with a more garden-friendly compact habit.

• deciduous shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'
dwarf summersweet clethra

Superb pollinator plant. Yellow fall foliage. Tolerant of wet-sites. Attractive form and seed heads in winter.

• native deciduous shrub to 3'–5'
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy
• white fragrant flowers in summer–mid-fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Clethra fargesii
Farges clethra

Rare in the trade and a gem in the garden! This Chinese plant is packed with spikes of pure white fragrant flowers in mid- to late summer. Flowers occur on on 5"–7" upright panicles. Leaves are a lustrous dark green over cinnamon barked stems. Grows 6'–10' tall and prefers partial shade.

• deciduous shrub to 10'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Clinopodium georgianum 'WAH/SS'
Sweet Savannah calamint

A southeast U.S. native with pale lavender flowers and fragrant minty leaves. A compact, wide growing variety.

• native evergreen shrub to 12" tall and 30" wide
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 7
• lavender flowers in late summer to fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• minty scented foliage

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Clinopodium grandiflorum 'Variegata'
variegated calamint

A spreading perennial with tubular purple-pink summer flowers and foliage that is speckled with white.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• purple flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• variegated foliage

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 32

Clivia (variegated)
Natal lily

A houseplant with strappy leaves and orange winter flowers. This variegated form is quite rare.

• evergreen perennial to 24"
• plant in sun to part shade
• tender
• orange flowers in winter
• Houseplant

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Colocasia 'Black Ruffles'
elephant ear

Black leaves with a ruffled edge. Grows well in garden soil or in shallow water.

• herbaceous perennial to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Colocasia esculenta 'Aloha'
elephant ear

Greenish-black leaves on green stems. Compact habit.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 7–10

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Colocasia esculenta 'Blue Hawaii'
Royal Hawaiian elephant ear

Dark green leaves with an undulating margin. Prominent black-purple veins and stem (petiole).

• herbaceous perennial to 5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 7–10

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Coniogramme intermedia 'Rasha'
bamboo fern

A bizarre form of slowly spreading fern with narrow, irregular fronds.

• deciduous fern to 18"
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• deer resistant
• extremely distorted fronds

Container size: 6" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Coreopsis major
greater tickseed

Two inch yellow aster-like flowers top this southeast U.S. native perennial. Once established, tickseed is drought tolerant and prefers soil a bit on the dry, rocky, and lean side. Cut back hard in summer if foliage sprawls or becomes unkempt (caused by rich soil). Divide every three years or so to rejuvenate the clump.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly, attracts birds, deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Cornus alba 'Garden Glow'
Tatarian dogwood

Red stems clothed in golden-yellow leaves with red and burgundy tones in fall.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• pale blue fruit
• attracts birds
• gold leaves and red stems

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Cornus kousa 'Rutpink'
Scarlet Fire pink kousa dogwood

The first kousa dogwood selection with consistently dark pink to fuchsia bracts. Introduced by Rutgers University, it is a medium-sized eye-catching tree combining disease and pest resistance with cold and heat tolerance. It features unique, deep pink shimmering bracts that last six to eight weeks.

• flowering tree to 8'–10' in 10 years
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• pink flowers in late spring

Container size: 5 gal
Price: $40.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun'
kousa dogwood

Leaves emerge with a pink and white margin around a green center. Red-orange fall color is also variegated with pink.

• flowering tree to 10'–20'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• white margined leaves

Container size: 5 gal
Price: $95.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Cornus 'Porlock'
hybrid dogwood

A seedling found in Somerset, UK, in the late 1950s. It forms a lovely small tree with creamy white bracted flowers—often with a tinge of pink in cooler climates. Large red fruits and often brilliant fall color make this as useful in autumn as spring.

• flowering tree to 25'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in late spring
• red fruit in fall
• attracts birds
• red fall color

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Cornus wilsoniana 'White Jade'
Wilson's dogwood

The much coveted Cornus wilsoniana makes an upright tree to 40’ with elongated, deep green leaves. White late spring flowers are carried in flat panicles. The bark of these seed grown plants varies from grey to white. Easy in sun to part shade, zone 7 at least.

• tree to 40'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• white flowers in late spring
• white bark

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $45.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Corylus avellana (contorted)
contorted hazelnut

Twisted stems and green leaves on a clone of unknown parentage. Probably quite similar to the well known Harry Lauder's Walking Stick, Corylus avellana 'Contorta'.

• deciduous tree to 8' guessing
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 7 gal
Price: $115.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Corylus avellana 'Red Dragon'
red-leaf contorted hazelnut

Twisted stems and burgundy-red leaves.

• deciduous shrub to 6'–8' tall × 3'–5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• great winter interest

Container size: 7 gal
Price: $115.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Cotinus coggygria 'SMNCCPP3'
The Velvet Fog smokebush

Very floriferous with much more "smoke" than other varieties.

• deciduous shrub to 8' tall and 6' wide
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–9
• billowy pink flowers in late spring
• deer resistant
• a very floriferous cultivar. drought tolerant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $38.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Cryptomeria japonica 'Butterball'
Japanese cedar

This cultivar is a bit of a mystery. We can't find any information on it. It was received by the JCRA in 2014 and planted in October of 2014 as a one-gallon plant. As of January 2019 it is 3.5' tall and 4.5' wide, of a broadly conical growth habit, and with a yellow cast to the needles.

• broadly conical evergreen shrub to 6' to 8' in 10 years
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• deer resistant
• yellow cast to needles

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Cryptomeria japonica var. radicans
Japanese cedar

'Radicans' is a fast-growing tree with a columnar to pyramidal growth habit.

• evergreen fconifer to 30'–40'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• deer resistant
• dense, blue green, feathery foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Cryptomeria japonica 'Ryoku-gyoku'
dwarf Japanese cedar

A dwarf mounding shrub whose deep green summer foliage takes on a bronze glow in winter. Originally discovered as a witch's broom on C. japonica 'Tansu'. Hardy to USDA zone 6.

• clumping shrub to 1.5' tall × 3' wide
• plant in sun to part sun
• hardy

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Cupressus arizonica 'Sulfurea'
yellow Arizona cypress

This is an old French clone of Arizona cypress that bears creamy-yellow suffused foliage, creating a warm-toned appearance to older plants that contrasts wonderfully with blue-leaved counterparts. Full sun is necessary. Zone 7a.

• woody evergreen to 15'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Cupressus nootkatensis 'Sparkling Arrow'
weeping Nootka falsecypress

This exceptionally narrow, upright conifer provides an exclamation point in the landscape. Despite growing straight up, its branches weep, and the creamy white variegated foliage sparkles in the landscape. Hardy to zone 5.

• evergreen tree to 30'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 10 gal
Price: $245.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Cyrilla racemiflora var. parviflora (Franklin, SC)
American cyrilla

A small southeastern native deciduous tree from the coastal plain and piedmont of North Carolina and points south. Shrubby when young but eventually grows into a small tree with contorted stems and cinnamon colored bark. The flowers are long, narrow white clusters of tiny flowers in summer. Orange-red fall color. Attracts pollinators. Tolerant of both damp and quite dry soils making this a great specimen for almost any garden spot.

• deciduous tree to 30'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Cyrtomium fortunei
Fortune's holly fern

A fine addition to the list of hardy ferns that are suitable for southern gardens. This 30" tall fern is related to but much hardier than the "common holly fern" of coastal North Carolina and Deep South gardens. Glossy, fronds make an elegant contrast with other shade perennials and the deer won't touch them. Shade; 30" tall.

• evergreen perennial to 30"
• plant in shade
• hardy

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Cytisus 'Burkwoodii'
Scotch broom

A nearly leafless shrub with evergreen-stems and fragrant spring pea-like flowers. Tolerates poor soil and seashore plantings.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5–8
• garnet red flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• fragrant blooms

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Cytisus 'Lena'
Scotch broom

A nearly leafless shrub with evergreen stems and fragrant spring pea-like flowers. Tolerates poor soil and seashore plantings. This variety is a hybrid that produces few viable seed and is a bit more compact.

• evergreen shrub to 3'–4'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5–8
• lemon yellow and ruby red flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• fragrant flowers

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Dactylicapnos scandens
yellow bleeding heart vine

Delicate fern-like leaves on this vine and yellow bleeding-heart-like flowers.

• deciduous vine to 6'
• plant in part shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer–fall

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Daphne tangutica
sweet daphne

This is one of the easiest of the evergreen daphnes to grow. Pinkish-purple flower buds open to reveal white flowers with purple backs in April. Additional flowers often appear in mid-late summer. Not quite the olfactory treat of D. odora, the fragrant flowers are still quite remarkable. Red fruits follow flowering adding another season of interest. Full sun to part shade in a well-drained soil.

• shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• fragrant white flowers in April
• red fruit in May–June

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Davidia involucrata 'Lady Sunshine'
dove tree

A stunningly variegated selection of the handkerchief or dove tree. Leaves open with a yellow edge that fades to creamy white.

• deciduous tree to 40'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• large white bracts with tiny red flowers in spring
• attracts birds
• broad creamy edge to leaves

Container size: 10 gal
Price: $225.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Delosperma cooperi
hardy ice-plant

Excellent succulent ground cover for pots, flowering lawns, rock walls, etc.

• ground cover to 6"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• purple flowers in all summer long
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• needs good drainage

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 21

Deschampsia cespitosa
tufted hair grass

This small handsome grass with pleated foliage has a clean look in the garden. Does well in moist spots with light shade. Flowers emerge in May in shades from yellow to purple, and are showy well into the summer.

• grass to 1'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer–early fall

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 26

Deutzia 'Ncdx1'
Yuki Snowflake Japanese snow flower

Yuki Snowflake Deutzia is a very showy, compact shrub adorned in hundreds of tiny white, fragrant, star-shaped flowers in the spring. Red fall foliage adds color to autumn gardens.

• dwarf shrub to 1'–2'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in late spring–summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Deutzia 'Ncdx2'
Yuki Cherry Blossom pink dwarf Japanese snow flower

The compact, mounding habit of Yuki Cherry Blossom is loaded with dainty pink blooms in the spring—a fragrant addition to your spring garden from NC State University's Tom Ranney. In the fall you will enjoy the burgundy-purple foliage color. Deer resistant.

• flowering shrub to 1'–2'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• pink flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Dianthus gratianopolitanus 'A12231-0'
Mighty Mini Miss Rose Cheddar pink

A compact and especially floriferous selection.

• evergreen perennial to 4" tall and 16" wide
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5–8
• pink with white center flowers in spring–summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Dianthus plumarius 'Itsaul White'
white feathered pink

Pure white semi-double flowers are heavily fringed.

• evergreen perennial to 8"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 33

Disporopsis 'Opsis Attract'
hybrid evergreen Solomon's seal

An evergreen foliage plant for dry shade. Spreads very slowly.

• evergreen perennial to 15"
• plant in shade
• hardy 6b–9
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 32

Disporopsis pernyi
evergreen Solomon's seal

Perny's evergreen Solomon's seal is a slowly spreading, evergreen ground cover that is perfect for the woodland garden. Small, white flowers are born along the 1' tall stems in spring. Excellent in a woodland garden where it tends to be quite deer resistant. This is the most common and easiest species in commerce. Shade, 12" tall.

• evergreen perennial to 1'
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy zone 7
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9

Disporum smilacinum 'Aureovariegata'
Japanese fairy bells

A variegated (mostly green with irregular soft gold edge) shade-loving ground cover.

• deciduous ground cover to 8"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• golden margin to each leaf

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Distylium myricoides 'Spg-3-007'
Spring Frost white-flush isu tree

Spring Frost is a compact, spreading evergreen shrub with white new growth held by red stems. In late winter, burgundy red flowers are interesting in the winter landscape.

• evergreen shrub to 3' tall × 4' wide
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• red flowers in winter
• spring foliage is pinkish-white becoming green

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Distylium 'Piidist-I'
Emerald Heights isu tree

Emerald Heights is an attractive dense and compact selection with an upright habit. Foliage is dark green and glossy. It has small reddish-maroon flowers in winter.

• evergreen shrub to 5' tall × 5' wide
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy
• red-maroon flowers in winter

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Distylium 'Piidist-III'
First Editions Coppertone isu tree

This rounded evergreen shrub's blue-green foliage emerges with a rich, coppery-red glow. In winter, look for the small red flowers which adorn the stems.

• evergreen shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• red flowers in winter

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Dryopteris ×australis
Dixie wood fern

Although perfectly content in average garden soil, in damp spots it can reach nearly 4' tall. Like other ferns, this one is pretty much deer proof.

• native evergreen fern to 3'–4'
• plant in light shade to full shade
• hardy
• deer resistant
• tolerant of both moist and dry shade

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Dryopteris erythrosora 'Brilliance'
autumn fern

Autumn fern is a colorful fern with pink fiddleheads that turn coppery orange as they unfurl. Fronds age to a lustrous dark green and remain well into winter. New growth continues through the season, giving a colorful tapestry effect of copper and green into late fall.

• evergreen fern to 18"–30"
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy
• deer resistant
• new growth is brilliant coppery-orange

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Dryopteris wallichiana 'Hollasic'
Jurrasic Gold wood fern

A selection whose new spring growth is golden orange. Like many ferns, this one prefers rich, moist woodsy soil along with shade.

• evergreen fern to 24"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• deer resistant
• bright yellow-gold new foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Echinacea 'Parrot'
Fine Feathered coneflower

A bicolored coneflower with golden petals and a orange central halo. An extremely floriferous variety.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• bright yellow with a pumpkin halo flowers in summer
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9

Edgeworthia chrysantha
golden paperbush

Small deciduous shrub with nodding terminal clusters of very fragrant yellow flowers clothed with silky hairs. Flowers in winter. Plant in sun to shade in a site with moist, rich, well-drained soil.

• deciduous shrub to 4'–6' tall
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy zone 7
• fragrant yellow/white flowers in winter–early spring

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $38.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 14

Epimedium ×rubrum
fairy wings

A deciduous Epimedium whose leaves emerge with a red flush and fade to green.

• herbaceous perennial to 2'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• red and white flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 23

Epimedium ×versicolor 'Sulphureum'
yellow epimedium

This is a reliable and long lived perennial for the shade garden where it will form patches of mostly evergreen foliage. Spikes of yellow flowers emerge in spring and are followed by delicate appearing but very tough foliage.

• herbaceous perennial to 14"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Epimedium ×warleyense 'Orange Queen'
fairy wings

A lighter coppery orange flower than the typical E. ×warleyense. Slightly more compact too. This variety spreads slowly on rhizomes to make a colony.

• herbaceous perennial to 15"
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• orange flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Epimedium wushanense 'Sandy Claws'
fairy wings

'Sandy Claws' has large leathery lance-shaped maroon leaves with spiny margins. Plants are topped with creamy yellow flowers. Leaf color mellows to dark green by summer.

• evergreen herbaceous perennial to 16"
• plant in shaade, tolerates dry soils
• hardy to zone 5
• creamy yellow flowers in spring
• new foliage emerges red

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 11

Erica ×darleyensis 'Kramer's Rote'
winter heath

A dense ground cover mounding, evergreen shrub. Thrives in rocky, unimproved soils, and needs little to no care when established. Needs excellent drainage.

• herbaceous perennial to 1'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• red flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Erigeron 'Azurfee'
Azure Fairy fleabane

Narrow-rayed flowers on long stems above a low clump of foliage.

• herbaceous perennial to 12" to 30" tall
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• semi-double blue flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 64

Erigeron pulchellus var. pulchellus 'Lynnhaven Carpet'
robin's plantain

This tough, spreading ground covering perennial makes mats of silvery foliage. Palest lavender flowers rise above the leaves in late spring. An excellent choice for those tough dry shade spots.

• evergreen perennial to 12"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• pale lavender to white flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Erysimum linifolium
Sunstrong Orange alpine wallflower

Clusters of bright orange flowers for a long time make this wall flower stand out in a crowd.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• deep orange flowers in spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Euphorbia 'KM-MM024'
Miner's Merlot wood spurge

Dark foliage varies with age from wine-red to dark-purple to olive-green.

• herbaceous perennial to 24"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• deer resistant
• drought tolerant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Euphorbia ×martinii 'Ascot Rainbow'
variegated wood spurge

Variegated leaves emerge with reddish tones and age to chartreuse and blue-green variegated. Very colorful.

• evergreen perennial to 18"
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• gold and lime flowers in spring–summer
• deer resistant
• drought tolerant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Euscaphis japonica
sweetheart tree

A deciduous tree from China and Korea to 30' with dark green, thick, leathery compound foliage in summer, white flowers, and spectacular panicles of red fruit with contrasting exposed black seeds.

• deciduous flowering tree to 30'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 6–9
• white flowers in summer
• red fruit in fall

Container size: 7 gal
Price: $110.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Farfugium japonicum 'Aureomaculatum'
leopard plant

A semi-evergreen perennial for part-sun with large glossy green leaves spotted with yellow. In fall, yellow flowers rise up over the clump. A great hosta replacement. Grown as a houseplant in colder parts of the country.

• evergreen herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• yellow flowers in October–November
• irregular gold spots on leathery leaves

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Ficus carica 'Strawberry Verte'
fig tree

This cultivar has been around for hundreds of years which attests to its enduring popularity. Green fruit with purple flesh.

• deciduous shrub to 10'–20'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• green fruit in late summer
• fruit has excellent flavor

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Forsythia ×intermedia 'Lynwood'
forsythia

This forsythia is very heavy blooming with larger-than-usual bright yellow flowers in early spring.

• deciduous flowering shrub to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5–8
• yellow flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Forsythia koreana 'Sunny'
Flying Machine Korean forsythia

Very large flowers for a Forsythia.

• deciduous shrub to 8'×6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 6–8
• yellow flowers in late winter–early spring
• deer resistant
• very large flowers

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Fothergilla ×intermedia 'Mount Airy'
fothergilla

Fantastic native. All the fothergillas have simply spectacular fall color, but this selection is one of the most consistent with orange-yellow leaves. Two-inch honey scented flowers are borne on branch tips before the leaves in spring.

• native deciduous flowering shrub to 5'
• plant in full sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in early spring
• deer resistant
• fragrant flowers, excellent fall color

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Freesia laxa 'Joan Evans'
freesia

AKA Anomatheca or Lapeirousia. This is a white flower form of the normally red-flowered species. Likes hot, dry conditions. The tiny bulbs offset rapidly and the flowers produce lots of viable seed so you may have to weed out escapees from neighboring beds.

• herbaceous perennial to 15"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white with a red eye flowers in spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Galium odoratum
sweet woodruff

A lovely low ground cover with star-shaped leaves beneath clusters of tiny flowers. Leaves are fragrant and commonly used as a flavoring agent.

• herbaceous perennial to 6"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• white flowers in late spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Gardenia jasminoides 'Frostproof'
gardenia

A somewhat upright growing gardenia with creamy-white, semi-double fragrant flowers. It is among the most sun tolerant of gardenias and its early-season flowers resist late frosts.

• evergreen shrub to 5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• fragrant white flowers in summer
• 2"–3" wide fragrant double flowers on an upright plant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Gardenia 'PS-2013-3'
Sweetheart single-flowered gardenia

Evergreen shrub that offers fragrant blooms in spring and fall. This is a nice compact plant to 4' tall and wide with single, white flowers.

• evergreen shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Gardenia 'PS-2013-4'
Celestial Star double-flowered gardenia

Compact evergreen shrub that offers fragrant double flowers in spring and fall.

• evergreen shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Gaura lindheimeri 'Walsilfou'
Walberton's Silver Fountain variegated wand flower

White flowers and variegated green and white foliage mark this variety.

• native herbaceous perennial to 24"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 6–9
• white flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• leaves edged in white

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 19

Geranium 'Azure Rush'
cranesbill

A compact (at 18" tall), less aggressive and neater in form than 'Rozanne' with a lighter blue 2.5" flower. Fragrant foliage too. 'Azure Rush' is a long blooming perennial effective in a border or spilling over a rock wall.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• light blue flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Geranium ×cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'
cranesbill

This geranium prefers shade over sun and is great as a small scale ground cover with attractive evergreen foliage year round. White flowers in spring for about six weeks.

• evergreen herbaceous perennial to 8" × 24"
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy
• white to very pale pink flowers in April–May
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Geranium ×cantabrigiense 'Karmina'
cranesbill

Six to eight weeks of gorgeous flowers in spring on a tidy, evergreen, small-scale ground-cover plant. It will shed a small percentage of its leaves in the fall but only after turning bright red.

• semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial to 8"
• plant in shade to part shade
• hardy
• rose flowers in spring to early summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• great fall color

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 41

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart'
cranesbill

This geranium is mat-forming and covered in spring with white flowers blushed with the palest pink. Spreading slowly by rhizomes, some of the oldest leaves turn bright red and yellow during autumn.

• evergreen herbaceous perennial to 12"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• white with pink blush flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• a superb small scale ground cover for shade

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Geranium maculatum 'Chatto'
cranesbill

An early blooming variety. May rebloom if you cut it back after the first flush.

• herbaceous perennial to 24"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• light pink flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Geranium sanguineum 'Album'
white bloody cranesbill

A white flowered perennial geranium that will spread up to 3' wide. Flowers appear in late spring. The foliage may turn reddish in the fall. 'Album' is a winner of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.

• herbaceous perennial to 12"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in late spring–early summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'
maidenhair tree

Winner of the Award of Garden Merit by the RHS. This is a full-sized cultivar with excellent yellow fall color. And a male so no putrid smelling fruit of a female ginkgo.

• deciduous tree to 35'–50'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• a male selection with great yellow fall color

Container size: 15 gal
Price: $180.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Ginkgo biloba 'Tschi Tschi'
maidenhair tree

A ginkgo that features globular protrusions (called chichi's in Japan) along the main trunk and large branches. An ancient Japanese selection, this slow-growing cultivar was imported to Europe in the 1970s where it received its germanized name 'Tschi Tschi'. It is frequently sold in the United States as 'Chi Chi'. And these days in Europe, they cheekily call it 'Tit'. Most ginkgoes will form chchis with great age or when stressed out. This cultivar expresses them even when young and healthy. The word chichi is a Japanese term for nipple, teat, or breast. Hardy to zone 4.

• tree to 15'–20' in 10+ years
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Gleditsia caspica
Caspian honeylocust

A medium sized (35') deciduous tree with 6" long branching thorns (you read that right!) that emerge from both the trunk and branches of this ferocious tree. Caveat emptor. The flowers are not showy but the 8" long twisted bean pods are nice looking and the beans are supposedly edible. The foliage is a bit late to emerge and a bit early to color up (yellow) and drop in the fall. Sun to light shade, zone 5.

• deciduous tree to 36'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• very thorny; edible seeds; attractive seed pods

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Hamamelis 'Amethyst'
witch hazel

Here is a color breakthrough in witchhazels. Amethyst-purple flowers appear on bare stems in winter, filling the garden with fragrance. Fall color is golden.

• deciduous shrub/tree to 10'–15'
• plant in sun to partial shade
• hardy
• amethyst-purple flowers in late winter

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $65.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Hemerocallis 'Bela Lugosi'
daylily

A tetraploid. Dark purple flowers have a yellow throat.

• herbaceous perennial to 33"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–9
• dark purple flowers in summer

Container size: 4 Qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Hemerocallis 'Black Arrowhead'
daylily

A spider-form flower that is mauve-purple with a plum purple middle star-shaped section that outlines a green throat. Midseason.

• herbaceous perennial to 34"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–9
• 7.5" purple flowers in summer
• huge flowers

Container size: 4 Qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Hemerocallis 'Double Pardon Me'
daylily

A double flowered sport of 'Pardon Me', reliably repeated through summer.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun to part sun
• hardy
• double fuchsia flowers in summer
• a repeat bloomer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 19

Hemerocallis 'Purple de Oro'
daylily

A compact form that reblooms throughout the summer. Flowers have a chartreuse throat and a ruffled pie-crust edge.

• herbaceous perennial to 14"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• 2.5" lavender-purple flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Hemerocallis 'Sunday Gloves'
daylily

Loosely ruffled, 5" wide, white flowers have a pale yellow eye and a tiny celery green throat.

• herbaceous perennial to 27"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–8
• white with pale yellow eye flowers in summer, reblooming

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Heptacodium miconioides
seven-son's tree

A deciduous small tree with great beauty from the September white fragrant flowers; pink to red bracts in October, and white to tan flaking bark on trunks in winter.

• tree to 15'–25' tall
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• white flowers in summer
• red calyces fruit in fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• fragrant flowers followed by pink to red calyces

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 26

Heuchera americana 'Dale's Strain'
coral bells

An old fashioned, but still popular seed strain that has silver leaves with green veins.

• native herbaceous perennial to 12"
• plant in part sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 48

Heuchera 'Glitter'
coral bells

A new variety with purple and silver variegated leaves and topped with stalks covered in small hot pink flowers.

• herbaceous perennial to 10"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• deep pink flowers in early to mid summer
• silver with black veined foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple'
coral bells

An oldie but a goodie. The original purple leaved-heuchera and the 1991 Perennial Plant of the Year.

• herbaceous perennial to 12"
• plant in part sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Heuchera 'Southern Comfort'
coral bells

Huge cinnamon-peach leaves and a lush habit. This plant makes a bold foliage statement. Creamy white flowers erupt in late summer. Foliage color changes from cinnamon peach to burnished copper to amber.

• herbaceous perennial to 14"
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy
• white flowers in summer
• glowing copper to amber colored foiage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Hibiscus syriacus 'Gandini van Aart'
White Pillar white pillar rose-of-Sharon

White Pillar rose-of-Sharon makes a 12' column of green foliage highlighted with semi-double white flowers over a long period in summer. Easy to grow in a sunny spot, very tough and drought tolerant once established, and deer resistant.

• upright flowering shrub to 12'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer up to frost
• deer resistant

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Hibiscus syriacus 'Rosina'
Pollypetite dwarf rose of Sharon

A dwarf rose of Sharon with pale pink flowers.

• deciduous shrub to 4'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pink flowers in summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 7

Holboellia brachyandra (HWJ 1023)
sausage vine

Collected by Dan Hinkley and Bleddyn Wynn Jones in Vietnam in 2003. Dan is a big fan of this 20' long evergreen vine stating "proving to be one of the most sensational of the genus, with large white, scented flowers born on bright red scapes amidst glossy green foliage." Blooms in spring. The fragrant flowers are followed by edible purplish sausage-like fruits. Grow in full sun with regular watering. Hardy in zone 8.

• evergreen vine to 20'
• plant in sun
• semi-hardy
• white flowers in spring
• purple fruit in summer
• edible fruit

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Holboellia (DJHV 14528)
sausage vine

An evergreen vine with small early summer flowers followed by large edible fruit. Full sun. To 10'. Hardy to zone 8.

• evergreen vine to 10'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Hosta 'Humpback Whale'
hosta

A massive sized hosta of blue-green corrugated leaves that fade to green in summer.

• herbaceous perennial to 3' tall–7' wide
• plant in part sun
• hardy zone 4–9
• near white flowers in summer

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Huodendron tibeticum
evergreen false snowbell

A Styrax relative from Tibet forming a small 25' tall evergreen tree. In spring large pearl-earring buds swell before opening up and developing into white flowers with petals that curl backwards and long exposed stamens resembling the legs of a tiny white octopus. The deep red bark exfoliates to a smooth cream color underneath.
New leaves emerge pinkish before turning green. Sun to part shade.

• evergreen tree to 25'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $50.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Hydrangea arborescens 'Abetwo'
Incrediball smooth hydrangea

Incrediball is an improved 'Annabelle' just 4' tall with huge 12" white flower clusters in summer on sturdy stems that do not flop over.

• flowering shrub to 4'–5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Hydrangea arborescens 'Ncha6'
Invincibelle Garnetta smooth hydrangea

From NC State University's Tom Ranney comes this selection with garnet colored flowers that bloom a bit later than the species and on a slightly smaller plant. Reblooms if deadheaded.

• deciduous shrub to 3'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• dark pink flowers in summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Hydrangea chinensis
Chinese hydrangea

• hardy

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailmacfive'
Summer Crush bigleaf hydrangea

Summer Crush is a dwarf 3' hydrangea with either pink or purple 5" wide flowers depending on soil pH. Blooms on both old wood and new wood and so it blooms all summer long.

• deciduous shrub to 3'
• plant in part sun
• hardy zone 6–9
• raspberry red flowers in summer–fall

Container size: 5 gal
Price: $45.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Lindsay Ann'
L.A. Dreamin' bigleaf hydrangea

Multicolored pink, mauve and blue flowers no matter the soil pH. Compact habit, too.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• pink to blue flowers in early summer
• may rebloom in late summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Hydrangea macrophylla 'McKRed'
Grateful Red bigleaf hydrangea

A red-flowered variety. In acidic soils they will tend to be purplish. Burgundy fall foliage.

• deciduous shrub to 3'
• plant in part sun
• hardy zone 7–9
• red to purple flowers in early summer
• best red color in neutral pH

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Piihm-I'
Twist-n-Shout bigleaf hydrangea

Twist-n-Shout boasts beautiful deep pink or periwinkle blue hydrangea flowers (depending on soil pH) from late spring through fall.

• flowering shrub to 3'–5'
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy zone 6b–9
• pink-blue flowers in late spring to fall
• lace-cap flowers

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Hydrangea macrophylla 'SK2DAMA'
Akadama bigleaf hydrangea

A heavy bloomer with striking flower color. Flowers open deep pink and darken as they age. Foliage will turn burgundy in cooler fall and spring temperatures.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in part sun
• hardy zone 7–9
• deep pink flowers in early summer
• burgundy fall foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Hydrangea paniculata 'Bailpanone'
Little Hottie compact panicle hydrangea

A compact form with large flowers. A heat tolerant cultivar bred for the south. Flowers emerge green, turn pure white, then fade to pink in the fall.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Hydrangea paniculata 'Bokrathirteen'
Sweet Summer panicle hydrangea

This medium-sized panicled hydrangea was selected for the sheer number of conical flower heads it produces each year in midsummer. Expect the flower panicles to age to rose on the plant.

• deciduous shrub to 4'–5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white changing to pink flowers in summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Hydrangea paniculata 'Jane'
Little Lime dwarf panicle hydrangea

This compact form of one of our favorites ('Limelight') bears soft green flower panicles which become white before drying to pink on the plant over summer. Panicled hydrangeas are very sun tolerant and tough shrubs.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–8
• lime to cream white flowers in summer–early fall
• flower heads remain attractive through winter

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Hydrangea paniculata 'Renba'
Berry White panicle hydrangea

Flower heads start off white in July and progress to pink, intense raspberry red and finally wine red.

• deciduous shrub to 7'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white to pink flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Hydrangea paniculata 'Rensun'
Strawberry Sundae panicle hydrangea

Flowers emerge creamy white in midsummer, change to pink and finally to strawberry red. The fantastic flower color lasts well into fall.

• flowering shrub to 4'–5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–9
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Hydrangea paniculata 'SMNHPPH'
Limelight Prime panicle hydrangea

An improvement over the popular cultivar Limelight. More compact size. Blooms earlier and longer. Flowers show brighter pinks as they age, and stronger stems prevent flopping over.

• deciduous shrub to 6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 3–8
• white to pink flowers in summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey'
golden oakleaf hydrangea

• dwarf deciduous shrub to 3'–4'
• plant in partial shade
• hardy
• white flowers in summer
• gold foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Hydrangea quercifolia 'PIIHQ-I'
Jetstream compact oakleaf hydrangea

Jetstream is a compact plant which won't flop. The leaf-spot resistant leaves turn rich orange-red in fall and the long flower panicles held on strong stems fade from pure white to pink and finally rose. The orange bark is exceptional in winter.

• native flowering deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy zone 5
• white flowers in early summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Hydrangea serrata 'SMNMAKTSR'
Tuff Stuff Red reblooming mountain hydrangea

Compact size fits small gardens. Florets are doubled with the small inner set having a creamy color.

• deciduous shrub to 3'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• pink-red lacecap flowers in summer
• reblooms all summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Hymenocallis choctawensis
Choctaw spiderlily

A Florida panhandle wetland species collected by Vic Lambeau. Large shiny leaves and flower spikes with as many as eight flowers on them. Prefers moist sites.

• herbaceous perennial to 28"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Hymenocallis (ex. puntagordensis OP)
Punta Gorda spiderlily

Avid bulb collector Vic Lambeau sowed some open pollinated seeds of H. puntagordensis that he collected from among the hundreds of Hymenocallis selections at his nursery. No telling who the daddy is, but the momma has extraordinarily long sepals with a central cup-like membrane which is the source of its other common name, summer daffodil. Momma is also a very rare native species only found near Punta Gorda, Florida.

• herbaceous perennial to 26"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Hymenocallis cf. rotata (Lower Suwannee form)
streambank spiderlily

A fragrant spiderlily native to Florida and collected in the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge by Vic Lambeau. The central corona is more open and flat in this species than in other Hymenocallis. The white flowers may also have narrow green stripes and a small green central eye. Prefers moist soil.

• herbaceous perennial to 30"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Hypericum calycinum 'Crowthyp'
Fiesta St. John's wort

A ground cover with chartreuse yellow, cream, and green variegated foliage with some pink tinges.

• herbaceous perennial to 1'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Hypericum 'Cfflpc-1'
Blue Velvet St. John's wort

Attractive blue foliage on a compact mounded shrub and abundant golden-yellow flowers in midsummer make Hypericum Blue Velvet a winner.

• flowering shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Hypericum ×inodorum 'Kolmiglow'
Magical Midnight Glow St. John's wort

Bright yellow flowers are followed by long lasting red berries atop bronze-green foliage. This hybrid is commonly grown in the cut flower market and the berried-stems are used in floral displays.

• shrub to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 6–9
• yellow flowers in early summer
• red fruit in summer into fall
• deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 14

Hypericum ×moserianum 'Tricolor'
variegated St. John's wort

A semi-evergreen shrub with showy variegated cream, green and pink foliage on red stems. Large orange-yellow flowers are beloved by pollinators

• flowering shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy zone 6–9
• yellow flowers in June–September
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Ilex 'Sadie Scudder'
variegated holly

This is a very choice evergreen holly with an upright growth habit and creamy yellow mottled foliage. The intensity of the variegation shifts as the season progresses. This is a reputed Ilex cornuta × Ilex pernyi hybrid.

• evergreen shrub to 8'–12'
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• creamy yellow mottled leaves and upright growth habit

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy'
male winterberry holly

A male clone with a rounded form.

• native deciduous shrub to 5'–6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'
winterberry holly

A female clone which will produce copious red berries in winter if pollinated that provide food for over wintering birds.

• deciduous shrub to 3'–4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• white flowers in spring
• red fruit in winter
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman'
male winterberry holly

A male clone with a rounded form.

• deciduous shrub to 8'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'
winterberry holly

A female clone which will produce copious red berries in winter if pollinated that provide food for over wintering birds.

• deciduous shrub to 8'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• white flowers in early spring
• red fruit in winter
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Illicium floridanum 'Pink Frost'
variegated Florida anise

'Pink Frost' has variegated white and green foliage that highlights the maroon-red spring flowers. Variegated foliage turns a pink-rose in cold weather. Prefers moist, but well drained soils. Highly deer resistant like all Illicium.

• native evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy
• burgundy flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 14

Illicium 'Ncih1'
Scorpio red flowered compact anise

Another NC State University/Tom Ranney, Ph.D., introduction, selected for compactness and winter-hardiness (zone 6). A superb selection for sun or shade, with red star flowers which re-bloom all season. Highly deer resistant like all Illicium.

• evergreen shrub to 3'–5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• red flowers in all season
• deer resistant
• new NC State University introduction

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Illicium parviflorum 'Florida Sunshine'
yellow anise

Brilliant yellow foliage brightens up gardens year round. Fragrant foliage.

• native evergreen flowering shrub to 8'
• plant in part shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• pale yellow flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9

Iris ensata 'Darling'
Japanese iris

Iris ensata grow best in a rich, moist to wet soil, in full sun or partial shade. During the growing season, they thrive with their roots submerged, however, the water should be removed during the winter months to avoid root rot.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–9
• pale lilac-pink flowers in summer
• deer resistant

Container size: 4 Qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 13

Iris ensata 'Jell-O'
Dinner Plate Japanese iris

Ruffled dark purple flowers with yellow and white eye-zone. Iris ensata grow best in a rich, moist to wet soil, in full sun or partial shade. During the growing season, they thrive with their roots submerged, however, the water should be removed during the winter months to avoid root rot.

• herbaceous perennial to 36"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–9
• grape purple flowers in summer
• double flowers

Container size: 4 Qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 28

Iris ensata 'Variegata'
variegated Japanese iris

A deer resistant iris equally at home in average soils to bog gardens. Violet flowers appear in late spring.

• herbaceous perennial to 32"
• plant in sun to partial shade
• hardy zone 4–9
• lavender-blue flowers in late spring
• deer resistant
• striking white margined foliage

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $34.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Iris 'Frisky Frolic'
intermediate bearded iris

Standards are pinkish and the falls are purple with a slight speckling of peach.

• herbaceous perennial to 26"
• plant in sun to partial shade
• hardy
• pink and purple flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Iris germanica 'Rosalie Figge'
German iris

A reblooming iris. Bicolor flowers have violet standards and dark violet falls with a smattering of white.

• herbaceous perennial to 30"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• purple flowers in late summer–fall

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Iris 'Hemstitched'
tall bearded iris

A reblooming iris. White standards and falls with a violet stitched edge.

• herbaceous perennial to 32"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white and violet flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9

Iris 'Immortality'
tall bearded iris

Pure white blooms in late spring and again in late summer.

• perennial to 30"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer–early fall

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Iris 'Jump Start'
intermediate bearded iris

Purple-red standards with burgundy black falls and an orange beard.

• herbaceous perennial to 23"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• purple flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Iris spuria 'Fontanelle'
flag iris

One of the best of the flag iris making a tidy, upright silhouette topped with large, elegant flowers of violet-blue and pale lavender falls with a bright yellow spot in late spring. Grow in average to wet soils in plenty of sun.

• herbaceous perennial to 30"
• plant in sun
• zone 5
• violet blue, lavender with gold flowers in late spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Iris 'Starting Fresh'
tall bearded iris

The standards clean white suffused with yellow at base, the falls are white with a light purple rim, and the beards are orange.

• herbaceous perennial to 37"
• plant in sun
• zone 5
• white and lavender flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Iris 'Well Endowed'
tall bearded iris

Large yellow blooms have white highlights beneath the beard. Reblooms in fall.

• herbaceous perennial to 40"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Isotoma fluviatilis
blue star creeper

A tiny spreading ground cover perennial to just 1" tall with tiny blue flowers. Great for between stones.

• herbaceous perennial to 2"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• blue flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Itea oldhamii
Oldham sweetspire

A compact (6') evergreen shrub from Taiwan and Japan whose young leaves are holly-like but mature to be spineless. White flowers in spring. Prefers rich soil and regular water.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'
Virginia sweetspire

Deciduous shrub reaching 4'–6' high, with long white racemes of fragrant flowers in spring and brilliant reddish-purple fall color. Native to wet or moist soils, does well in full sun to shade.

• native deciduous shrub to 4'–6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• white flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• brilliant fall color, tolerant of wet sites

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Itea virginica 'Sprich'
Little Henry dwarf Virginia sweetspire

Spreading habit makes it a great ground cover shrub. tolerant of wet sites. More compact than 'Henry's Garnet'.

• native deciduous shrub to 2'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• fragrant white flowers in summer
• deer resistant
• good fall color, wet site tolerant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $34.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Itea yunnanensis
Yunnan sweetspire

Yunnan sweetspire is a rarely encountered cousin to our own native sweetspire but differs in several major ways. This 6' shrub produces dark leathery, evergreen leaves that serve as a foil for 4"–8" long dangling racemes of tiny white flowers much loved by pollinators. Hardy in zone 7. Grows best in sun to partial shade.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Jasminum mesnyi 'Gold Tip'
variegated primrose jasmine

This hardy jasmine can be grown as a mounding shrub or trained up like a dense vine if given support.

• evergreen shrub to 4'–10'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in spring
• irregularly gold margined leaflets

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Jasminum officinale 'Frojas'
Fiona Sunrise golden poet's jasmine

This very exciting, gold-leaf flowering vine has attracted attention from us ever since we acquired it. Besides the attractive foliage, mature plants bear clusters of white, sweetly-scented flowers in summer.

• deciduous shrub to 10'
• plant in sun or shade
• hardy to zone 7

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Jasminum parkeri
Parker's jasmine

Compact prostrate evergreen shrub. Handsome tiny foliage with bright yellow flowers. An overlooked gem. This plant represents a new strain that obtained from Far Reaches Farm that is very superior to the typical ones on the market.

• evergreen shrub to 1' tall × 2.5' wide
• plant in sun
• hardy to zone 7

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Juncus effusus f. spiralis 'Big Twister'
corkscrew rush

Thrives in wet site or average moisture.

• herbaceous perennial to 12"–18"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–10
• deer resistant
• corkscrew leaves

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Juncus inflexus 'Blue Arrows'
European meadow rush

• evergreen perennial to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Juniperus cedrus
Canary Islands juniper

A wonderfully variable juniper that is native around the Mediterranean area from Portugal through France to Iran, Israel, and back east to Morocco. In the wild it grows from a shrubby mound to an upright tree. These seedlings from Portugal are likely shrubby forms to 10'. The overall color is silvery blue on tough plants. Best in well drained soils. Sun, zone 7b.

• coniferous tree to 28'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• Best in well drained soils.

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Juniperus communis var. depressa 'Hitchcock'
Southern common juniper

Juniperus communis is a widespread evergreen coniferous shrub in northern climates. The cultivar 'Hitchcock' is from an unusually southern extant population called Hitchcock Woods in Aiken, SC bearing blue-green foliage made of awl-shaped needles. The cones are used for gin-flavoring.

• evergreen conifer to 3' tall × 10' wide
• plant in sun
• hardy
• silvery-blue cones (juniper berries) in winter

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Juniperus horizontalis 'Golden Wiltonii'
gold creeping juniper

This slow spreading, ground-hugging carpet juniper features lemon-yellow spring growth, green foliage in summer and slight orange bronzing in winter. In 10 years it may only be 4" tall and 2' wide. A great rock gerden plant. Hardy to USDA zone 3.

• ground cover to 4" tall × 2' wide
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Juniperus procumbens Nana Group
dwarf Japanese garden juniper

A very handsome evergreen small scale ground cover to just 4' to 5' wide. Great for sunny dry spots.

• ground cover to 6"–12" tall by 4'–5' wide
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–9

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Juniperus scopulorum 'Sparkling Skyrocket'
variegated Rocky Mountain juniper

A variegated form of 'Skyrocket' which is a narrow cultivar with blue scale-like foliage. This cultivar features creamy, variegated branches. Like its parent, it is a slow-growing shrub to 6' tall by 3' wide in 10 years in our heat and humidity...faster out west. Terrific when massed along a border. Hardy to USDA zone 2.

• upright shrub to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Juniperus virginiana 'Royo'
dwarf eastern redcedar

'Royo' is a low-growing, spreading form of our Eastern red cedar. It's frosty blue foliage is intricate with long tips at the ends of branches. Especially beautiful in winter with pale blue fruit. Plant in full sun in a well-drained location and provide room for it to spread.

• evergreen shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Kalimeris yomena 'Shogun'
golden false-aster

A variegated aster relative whose leaves are green centered, with a creamy yellow edge. Easy to grow.

• herbaceous perennial to 2'
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 4–8
• pale purple flowers in midsummer–early fall
• variegated foliage

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 22

Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'
double flowered Japanese kerria

A double flowered form of this spring blooming shrub. An RHS Award of Merit winner. Green stems carry orange-yellow pompoms.

• deciduous shrub to 10'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• yellow (orange-yellow) flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Lagerstroemia 'DJ 01-14'
Indulgence Vanilla Gelato crepe myrtle

Shiny burgundy leaves provide a dramatic foil to the the light pink flowers which are borne most of the summer.

• large deciduous shrub to small tree to 10'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 7–10
• pale pink and white flowers in summer
• shiny burgundy foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Lagerstroemia 'DJ 05-14'
Indulgence Strawberry Gelato crepe myrtle

Dark leaves. Compact habit. Pink flowers in summer.

• small tree to large shrub to 10'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 7–10
• bright pink flowers in summer
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Lagerstroemia 'DJ 06-14'
Indulgence Raspberry Gelato crepe myrtle

Dark leaves. Compact habit. deep rose-red flowers in summer.

• large shrub to small tree to 10'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 7–10
• deep rose flowers in summer
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 7

Lagerstroemia 'Piilag-VII'
Ruffled Red Magic crepe myrtle

This crepe myrtle bears carnation-like, ruffled red flowers. Fall foliage is fiery orange-red. It is quite disease resistant as well.

• deciduous tree to 12'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• red flowers in all summer long

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $45.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Lagerstroemia 'Purple Magic'
crepe myrtle

A compact crepe myrtle with exciting burgundy-purple foliage, darkest in spring and fading a bit over summer. The flowers are deep lavender-purple. This is reported to be extremely disease resistant and long-blooming.

• dwarf tree to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• lavender-purple flowers in summer

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Lavandula stoechas 'Silver Anouk'
Spanish lavender

This lavender is a standout in the garden with its stunning, bright white-grey foliage. Abundant purple flowers contrast beautifully with the leaves. A great evergreen plant for year-round interest. Quite tolerant of Southern summers.

• evergreen sub-shrub to 30"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 6–9
• violet flowers in late spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Ledebouria cooperi
Cooper's false scilla

This cool little South African bulb will quickly form sizable clumps of diminutive foliage streaked with burgundy. In early spring, short stalks of pink flowers are dazzling amidst the foliage.

• bulb to 5"
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• pink flowers in early spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'
brass buttons

A low growing ground cover with black-tinted ferny leaves and an indefinite stoloniferous spread. Flowers are insignificant.

• herbaceous perennial to 4"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Leptospermum scoparium 'Gaiety Girl'
tea tree

A small-leaved 10' tall evergreen New Zealand shrub covered with 1/2" pink/purple flowers in winter and spring. Drought tolerant once established. Leaves are fragrant when crushed. This shrub has a nice habit ... naturally rounded. Prefers some protection from summer humidity ... good airflow and part shade.

• shrub to 5'–10'
• plant in sun
• 8a/7b
• pink/purple flowers in winter/spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Leptospermum scoparium 'Kiwi'
tea tree

A small-leaved 10' tall evergreen New Zealand shrub covered with 1/2" red/pink flowers in summer. Drought tolerant once established. Leaves are fragrant when crushed. This shrub has a nice habit ... naturally rounded. Prefers some protection from summer humidity ... good airflow and part shade. But otherwise easy to grow.

• shrub to 4'
• plant in sun
• 8a/7b
• deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Liatris spicata
blazing star

A native summer flowering bulb with grassy foliage and tall spikes of purple flowers in summer.

• native herbaceous perennial to 30"–40"
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• purple flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Liatris spicata 'Floristan Weiss'
blazing star

A pure white version of this native perennial.

• native herbaceous perennial to 24"–30"
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Lilium martagon 'Claude Shride'
Turk's cap lily

A dark red, downward facing turks-cap lily with up to 40 flowers per stalk. An early blooming lily (May). Lilium martagon is prone to rot in water retentive soils. Drought tolerant. Prefers to be dry in the summer.

• herbaceous perennial to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• dark burgundy reflexed flowers in late spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Lindernia grandiflora
blue moneywort

A ground hugging 1" tall perennial with tiny blue flowers. Great for in between stones, in containers, etc. Prefers moist soil.

• herbaceous perennial to 1"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• blue and white flowers in spring to summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Lobelia ×speciosa 'PAS1302716'
Starship Scarlet Bronze Leaf cardinal flower

The clear-red flowers of cardinal flower are set off by the bronze to black foliage of this hybrid selection. Thrives in moist soils.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun to part shade, moist soil
• hardy
• red flowers in summer
• bronze/black foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Lonicera 'Mandarin'
orange honeysuckle

Outstanding flowering vine for arbor or fence. The long tubular flowers, deep orange-red on the outside and paler orange inside are produced in masses in May and early June. This hybrid is a prolific bloomer, vigorous grower, and heat and cold tolerant. Hummingbirds will thank you too.

• vine to 20'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• orange flowers in late spring–summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Loropetalum chinense 'Irodori'
Jazz Hands variegated Chinese fringe flower

Foliage highly spattered with white and fuchsia colored flowers make for one knockout show.

• flowering evergreen shrub to 4'–6' × 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• bright pink flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• variegated foliage

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum 'Darkfire'
purple-leaf Chinese fringe flower

A purple-leaved clone that holds its color better throughout the summer. The main bloom is in spring but plants may bloom sporadically almost all year.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• hot pink flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Lotus corniculatus 'Plenus'
bird's-foot trefoil

A double flowered version of this ground cover. Excellent in hot, sunny areas, this will even thrive in poor soil.

• herbaceous perennial to 6"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 64

Lychnis coronaria 'Blood Red'
rose campion

Lychnis coronaria is a short-lived perennial that reseeds if you let it. 'Blood Red' has vivid, rose-red flowers that standout against the fuzzy silvery foliage.

• herbaceous perennial to 8"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• magenta-red flowers in spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Lychnis ×haageana 'Lumina Bronze Leaf Red'
campion

Dark bronze- green leaves contrast with the saturated red flowers. Short-lived, but self sows.

• herbaceous perennial to 15"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• red flowers in spring–summer
• bronze green foliage

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 48

Lysimachia 'Midnight Sun'
creeping Jenny

Deep purple to almost chocolate-brown foliage trails well over stones or a pot edge and is followed by bright yellow flowers in summer.

• herbaceous perennial to 4" tall, 24" spread
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 6–10
• yellow flowers in spring–summer
• chocolate-brown foliage is its strong point

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 34

Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'
golden creeping Jenny

Golden creeping Jenny is a low-growing evergreen ground cover with rounded, golden yellow leaves. In summer, it produces many cup-shaped, bright yellow flowers.

• evergreen ground cover to 2" × 30"
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer
• wet-site tolerant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Machilus thunbergii
Japanese machilus

Japanese machilus is a fast growing, large, evergreen tree with very attractive, green leaves. In warmer regions, it can reach 60' to 80' tall and 40' to 60' wide. Insignificant yellow-green flowers are followed by purple-black fruit. This was a J. C. lust-list plant for many years before he aquired it. This is a seedling from a plant growing at Juniper Level Botanic Garden. We used to distribute this as Persea thunbergii. Sun to part shade, zone 7.

• evergreen tree to 40'
• plant in sun
• semi-hardy
• small yellow-green flowers

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Magnolia 'Jane'
hybrid magnolia

The "little girl" hybrid magnolias from the US National Arboretum have been around the block but are still among the best available. Small stature and a long bloom period make this little girl—'Jane'—a winning plant. Reddish-purple petals are almost white on the interior.

• flowering tree to 8'–10'
• plant in full sun to light shade
• hardy
• pinkish-purple flowers in spring, intermittently through summer

Container size: 25 gal
Price: $215.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Magnolia 'Judy Zuk'
yellow flowered magnolia

'Judy Zuk' makes a narrowly upright tree (28' by 8' in 10 yrs). In spring, deep yellow flowers with plum tones at the base emerge just before or with leaves. Truly magnificent, perfect for gardens where space is at a premium.

• flowering tree to 35'
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• yellow flowers in spring

Container size: 15 gal
Price: $180.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Mahonia eurybracteata 'Narihira'
narrowleaf mahonia

An elegant foliage plant for the part-shade garden with fine-texture fern-like leaves.

• evergreen shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• gold flowers in fall

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Matteuccia struthiopteris
ostrich fern

A large deciduous fern with 3'–6' upright fronds in a shuttlecock shape. Spreads by runners to form a dense colony. Grow in shade in consistently moist, rich soil.

• native deciduous fern to 36"
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Metapanax davidii
David false-ginseng

We have been thoroughly impressed with the performance of this species in the garden where it makes an evergreen shrub with palmately compound to simple foliage. Sputnik-like flowers give rise to blue-black fruits. May need some winter protection.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in shade
• zone 7
• greenish-white flowers in summer
• black fruit in fall

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Mixed irises

Mixed color bearded irises that were delivered to us under the wrong name. They are named cultivars, just not ones that we can identify.

Container size:
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Monarda 'Balbalmose'
Balmy Rose beebalm

A dwarf (and thus less floppy) beebalm with rosy red flowers. Powdery mildew resistant.

• herbaceous perennial to 1'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• deep pink flowers in late spring–early summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Monarda 'Marshall's Delight'
beebalm

A medium sized beebalm with pink flowers. Spreads vigorously by rhizomes and so you may have to check its growth annually.

• native herbaceous perennial to 28"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• pink flowers in late spring–early summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 25

Muhlenbergia reverchonii
rose muhly grass

Like a smaller, earlier blooming version of purple muhly grass with very similar airy clouds of purple flowers. More cold hardy than M. capillaris.

• grass to 2'–2.5'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 32

Musa acuminata [AA Group] 'Siam Ruby'
red-leaved banana

Too bad it's not hardy in Raleigh. This zone 9 red-leaved banana makes a great tropical plant for your garden. Take it indoors for the winter and enjoy it for many years.

• herbaceous perennial to 8'
• plant in part sun
• tender
• red leaves

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Myriopteris lanosa
hairy lip fern

Also known as Cheilanthes lanosa in the trade. The native North American chelanthoids have been placed into the genus Myriopteris. A small sun-loving fern that likes full sun and well-drained, lean soil. A perfect foliage plant in a rock garden around your cacti and agave.

• evergreen fern to 12"
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Nandina domestica 'Murasaki'
Flirt dwarf heavenly bamboo

New foliage is plum purple (the Japanese cultivar name 'Murasaki' means purple) becoming blue-green as it matures. A colorful small shrub for sun or light shade. It is a sport of 'Harbor Dwarf' but superior in all ways.

• dwarf evergreen shrub to 1'–2'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• red fruit in winter
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Nandina domestica 'Senbazuru'
threadleaf heavenly bamboo

An unusual dwarf Nandina with distorted threadlike leaves (little to no leaf blade) that change color with the seasons: coppery red in spring, green in summer and red/purple in fall and winter. Produces red berries in the winter too. At only 10" tall, this would make a great container specimen for bonsai or koten engei. Hardy in zone 6.

• evergreen shrub to 10"
• plant in part sun
• hardy zone 6 hardy
• white flowers in spring
• red fruit in winter
• deer resistant
• threadleaf

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $38.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Nandina domestica 'Twilight'
heavenly bamboo

A largely non-fruiting selection so one can enjoy the graceful, fern-like foliage without seedlings. A very dependable showy shrub.

• evergreen shrub to 5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7
• white flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• non-fruiting normally

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $40.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Nassella tenuissima
Mexican feather grass

Compact clumps of hair-fine emerald green blades. Equally fine, goldish early spring flower age to buff. Ethereal.

• grass to 1'–2'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• platinum blonde flowers in spring–summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Neolepisorus fortunei
Fortune's ribbon fern

Fortune's ribbon fern is a striking, non-frilly fern with long, narrow fronds 18" long but only 1.5" across. It is marginally hardy for us in Raleigh and is best sited where it receives some winter protection. It makes a slowly, slowly creeping clump to a few feet wide after many years.

• evergreen fern to 18"
• plant in shade
• hary zone 8a/7b
• deer resistant

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Nepeta 'Psfike'
Little Trudy catmint

A drought tolerant dwarf form of catmint with a low spreading habit and a long blooming season. Atop a finely textured, aromatic, silvery foliage, its profuse purple-violet flowers are on permanent display from late spring to late summer.

• herbaceous perennial to 10"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• purple flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• fragrant foliage

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 13

Oenothera speciosa 'Siskiyou'
showy primrose

Nearly ever-blooming delicate, light pink flowers. Thriving with little to no care, it makes a great ground cover for dry slopes and other low maintenance areas.

• herbaceous perennial to 8”–10” tall
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pink and white flowers in summer
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Ophiopogon umbraticola
Chinese mondo grass

A narrow leaved, clumping mondo grass. The summer flowers just barely grow above the foliage and are followed by blue fruit in fall.

• evergreen perennial to 8"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in all summer
• blue fruit in fall

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Osmanthus fragrans
fragrant osmanthus

Among the most fragrant of all landscape plants is the tea olive a large evergreen shrub with white flowers produced in spring and fall and occasionally at other times of the year.

• broadleaf evergreen to 12'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–10
• white flowers in spring and fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• fragrant flowers

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Osmanthus fragrans f. aurantiacus
orange sweet olive

This orange flowering form of sweet-olive has a floral display that will stop traffic. It is extremely fragrant and rare in southern landscapes although more cold hardy than the white form. It begins flowering when it reaches around 5' tall. A rare treasure when it reaches peak bloom and fragrance.

• evergreen shrub to 10'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• orange fragrant flowers in fall
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Kaori Hime'
fragrant princess holly tea-olive

This little tea olive is perfect choice for a rock garden, hypertufa trough, bonsai, or border front. Its small white flower is highly fragrant giving it the Japanese name "fragrant princess." A JC Raulston Arboretum Choice Plants selection. Growing quickly to the height of 1'–2' feet, it then slows to its mature height of 6' or so.

• evergreen shrub to 6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• fragrant white flowers in spring and fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• tiny holly-like leaves

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $27.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Osmunda cinnamomea
cinnamon fern

Hardy fern for shade. Spore-bearing fronds appear in rich, handsome, cinnamon tints.

• native herbaceous perennial to 36"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Osmunda japonica
Japanese royal fern

Rich, moist soils will produce the largest clumps.

• deciduous fern to 3'
• plant in part sun to light shade and moist soil
• hardy zone 6 –9
• deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 38

Paeonia 'Jacorma'
peony

A late blooming double (rose form) pink. Fragrant.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pink flowers in spring

Container size: 8"
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Paeonia lactiflora 'Leslie Peck'
peony

A single pink flower (Japanese form) in midseason. Produces lots of side buds for a long bloom season.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pink flowers in spring

Container size: 4 Qt
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Paeonia lactiflora 'Mother's Choice'
peony

Fully double flowers that are creamy white with a faint pink blush. Fragrant. Strong stems are less likely to flop over. Late season peony. Gold Medal winner from the American Peony Society.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• creamy white flowers in spring

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Paeonia lactiflora 'Victoire de la Marne'
peony

Strong fragrance. This selection was created just after WWI and named after the battle of Marne, France. Flowers late in the season.

• winter hardy herbaceous peony to 30"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• fuchsia full double flowers in spring
• deer resistant
• great cutflower

Container size: 4 Qt
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Paeonia 'Pink Hawaiian Coral'
peony

An early-season bloomer with semi-double coral-pink flowers which fade to apricot-pink. Fragrant. To 32" tall. Winner of the American Peony Society gold medal and landscape merit award. Peonies tend to be deer and rabbit resistant and good for butterflies. They make long-lasting cut flowers. Best in full sun but tolerant of light shade.

• herbaceous perennial to 32"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• coral flowers in spring

Container size: 8"
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Paeonia 'Sword Dance'
peony

A Japanese form (single) flower. Late season.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• magenta-red flowers in spring

Container size: 8"
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Papaver rupifragum
Spanish poppy

A short-lived perennial with crinkled blooms. Self sows.

• herbaceous perennial to 20"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• orange flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• summer dormant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

×Pardancanda norrisii 'Dazzler'
candy lily

Dazzler is a dwarf seed strain the produces a variety of flower colors that vary from plant to plant ... yellow, orange, coral, red, purple ... often with spots. (syn. Iris ×norrisii)

• herbaceous perennial to 14"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• various flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Parrotia persica 'Persian Lace'
variagated Persian ironwood

A variegated tree with splashes of white and cream on the leaves. An excellent small tree that can be either single or multi-trunked. Fall foliage is yellow, orange, and red. In winter, the smooth bark exfoliates leaving a patchwork of multicolor sections.

• deciduous tree to 25'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• red flowers in winter
• beautiful variegated foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Passiflora 'Inspiration'
purple passion flower

• herbaceous vine to climbs 10'
• plant in sun
• root hardy
• violet flowers in all summer long
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• supports Gulf fritillary and Julia butterflies

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Peltophorum dubium
yellow poinciana

From South America comes this deciduous tree. In summer the umbrella-shaped canopy is covered with clusters of bright yellow flowers that smell like grapes. These are followed by seed pods that are coppery red. It is not hardy in Raleigh (it is a zone 9b plant) but could be a container plant or you can grow it at your Florida beach house.

• deciduous tree to 50'
• plant in sun
• tender
• yellow flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Penstemon barbatus 'Novapenrub'
Rock Candy Ruby golden-beard penstemon

A compact penstemon with red flowers.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun and well drained soil
• hardy zone 6–9
• red flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Penstemon 'Delfts Blue Riding Hood'
beard tongue

Beautiful, pure blue tubular flowers rise 1' above the basal foliage. Drought tolerant, well drained soil and a sunny location are recommended

• winter-hardy perennial to 1'
• plant in sun and well drained soil
• hardy zone 5–9
• blue to lavender flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Perovskia 'Little Spire'
compact Russian sage

Have you always admired the look of a large Russian sage bush with its spikes of blue flowers and silvery leaves, but thought you didn't have space? Check out 'Little Spire', which has all the same characteristics in a mini size! Bonus—it is also drought-tolerant, deer-resistant, and low-maintenance!

• herbaceous perennial to 2'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• blue-purple flowers in mid to late summer
• deer resistant
• drought tolerant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Persicaria amplexicaulis 'Golden Arrow'
mountain fleece

A compact selection that is grown for its golden foliage and cardinal red summer flowers.

• herbaceous perennial to 24"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• red flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 19

Philodendron 'Hope'
hardy philodendron

Normally a tropical houseplant, this selection has proven to be able to survive outside in North Carolina gardens. Very late to emerge from dormancy ... at least June.

• perennial to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 7b–10

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Phlomis fruticosa
Jerusalem sage

A 4' tall shrubby evergreen perennial with curious clusters of curved yellow sage–like flowers and felty silver-green leaves. Prefers full sun and well drained soils. Cutting the stems back after bloom may stimulate a second round of flowers. Deer proof.

• evergreen shrub to 3'–4'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 7–9
• yellow flowers in summer
• handsome silver foliage

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon'
woodland phlox

An essential flower for the spring shade garden and much visited by early butterflies.

• native herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun to shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• blue flowers in mid-spring to early summer
• very fragrant flowers

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 16

Phlox paniculata 'Bartwelve'
Flame Pink garden phlox

A dwarf selection of summer phlox, indispensable for months of showy flowers and pollinator support.

• native herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• pink flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Phlox paniculata 'David'
garden phlox

A classic mildew resistant Phlox with clusters of pure white flowers in summer.

• native herbaceous perennial to 40"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Phlox paniculata
Flame Pro Violet Charme garden phlox

A compact selection. The flowers are bicolor purple with a white eye.

• native herbaceous perennial to 15"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4 –9
• purple and white flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Phlox paniculata 'Franz Schubert'
garden phlox

A mildew resistant cultivar with fragrant flowers.

• native herbaceous perennial to 36"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• soft pink flowers in summer
• fragrant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Phlox paniculata 'Starfire'
garden phlox

Brightly colored flowers. The new leaves are burgundy-bronze and age to green.

• native herbaceous perennial to 36"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• cherry red flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 16

Phlox stolonifera 'Sherwood Purple'
creeping phlox

A mat-forming species for part sun locations.

• native herbaceous perennial to 8"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• purple flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Phlox subulata 'Emerald Cushion Blue'
moss phlox

An evergreen mat-forming perennial with lavender blue flowers. Prefers well drained soil.

• native evergreen perennial to 6"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• lavender flowers in spring
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Phlox subulata 'Fort Hill'
moss phlox

The evergreen mat of needle-like foliage is covered in spring by fragrant rosy pink flowers. Perfect for edging, slopes, and rock gardens.

• native evergreen perennial to 6" × 30"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• rosy pink, snowflake like flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Phlox subulata 'Red Wing'
moss phlox

The fine evergreen foliage provides the perfect foil for the brilliant deep red-pink flowers. This is an easy and reliable native for sunny banks or shady nooks.

• native evergreen perennial to 6"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• deep red-pink flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Phlox subulata 'Snowflake'
moss phlox

The fine evergreen foliage provides the perfect foil for the white flowers. This is an easy and reliable native for sunny banks or shady nooks.

• native evergreen perennial to 6"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Physocarpus opulifolius 'Tuilad'
Lady in Red ninebark

Redder foliage than the older cultivar 'Diabolo', the red-bronze foliage adds color to the garden all summer.

• native deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 3–8
• pink to white flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• red-bronze foliage all summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Picea abies 'Häsin'
dwarf Norway spruce

This diminutive Norway spruce has tiny, medium-green needles and a cushion form. It grows at a glacially slow pace to 8" tall and wide in 10 years. Often sold as 'Hasin' by marketers whose keyboards lack umlauts and who do not know that the English translation is 'Haesin'. May scorch in strong hot sun. Hardy to zone 4.

• cushion-shaped shrub to 8"
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Picea abies 'Perry's Gold'
gold-tipped Norway spruce

This compact Norway spruce grows to about 8'–12' tall in Southern gardens where the new foliage emerges bright gold before darkening to green as the season progresses. The screaming bright spring growth makes a big statement in the garden and this plant should be more widely known and grown. Best in sun to part shade.

• dwarf conifer to 8'–12'
• plant in sun to part shade
• zone 3
• deer resistant
• gold new growth

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Picea breweriana 'Emerald Midget'
dwarf Brewer spruce

This slow-growing, dense pyramid of silvery-blue needles topping out around 4' tall and slightly less wide in 10 years. Hardy to zone 6.

• conical to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Picea breweriana 'Wüstemeyer'
Brewer spruce

A low growing, globe or squat pyramid with blue needles. Slow growing. With age, branchlets may start to weep. This eponymous cultivar was discovered as a witch's broom in 1978 by German nurseryman Werner Wüstemeyer and is sometimes sold as 'Hexenbesen Wüstemeyer' or 'H.B. Wüstemeyer'.

• pyramidal conifer to 5' x 4' wide
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $98.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Picea morrisonicola
Taiwan spruce

For several years now, the JCRA has been growing a number of spruces (Picea) to assess heat tolerance and adaptability to our climate and soils. In 2001, we received seed of this Taiwan endemic species, Picea morrisonicola, named for the mountain (Mt. Morrison) on which it occurs in Taiwan. Many plants from Taiwan are well adapted to our southern heat and humidity, we think this species may let us expand our palette of spruces that can be grown throughout North Carolina.

• evergreen conifer tree to 50'–75'
• plant in sun
• hardy to zone 7

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 7

Picea omorika 'Golden Midget'
dwarf Serbian spruce

Greenish gold needles, slow growth and a wide pyramidal form make this conifer a rock garden standout. 2' tall and wide in 10 years. Prefers well-drained soil. Hardy to USDA zone 4.

• shrub to 2.5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Picea pungens 'Donna's Rainbow'
dwarf Colorado spruce

A dwarf blue spruce to just 3' in 10 years. A squat, conical habit with short needles. New growth emerges silver-blue and fades to a blue-green color. Prefers well-drained soil and full sun. Hardy to zone 3.

• shrub to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $72.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Picea pungens 'Gebelle's'
Golden Spring Colorado spruce

An upright, pyramidal form with butter-yellow new growth for about six weeks before maturing to dark green. A beautiful contrast. Prefers well-drained soil. Roughly 6' tall by 4' wide in 10 years. Hardy to zone 3.

• conifer to 6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $105.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Picea pungens 'Hugo's Weeping'
weeping Colorado spruce

This rarely-seen Colorado spruce offers a narrow habit and blue-green foliage. The short side branches weep slightly. 10' tall by 6' wide in 10 years. Hardy to USDA zone 3.

• pyramidal evergreen conifer tree to 10'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 3 hardy
• weeping habit

Container size: 10 gal
Price: $170.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Picea pungens 'Spring Ghost'
Colorado spruce

An upright conifer features dramatic creamy white new growth that covers the entire tree. By summer, the needles mature to a lovely blue-green. Sometimes sold as 'Bailey's Variegated'. Prefers well-drained soil.

• evergreen shrub to 6' tall × 3' wide
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy to zone 3

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $115.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Pinus bungeana 'Silver Ghost'
lacebark pine

A selection from the Dawes Arboretum in Ohio, 'Silver Ghost' is features wonderful silver-mottled, smooth bark. Keep your plant limbed up to expose the bark. This is a multi-stemmed tree that can grow to 10' in just 10 years. Prefers well-drained soil. Hardy to USDA zone 5.

• small evergreen conifer tree to 10'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5

Container size: 15 gal
Price: $310.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Pinus bungeana 'Temple Gem'
lacebark pine

New growth on this multi-stemmed tree is greenish-yellow. Exfoliating orange gray and brown bark too which is nice if you limb up your tree. Slower growing than the typical species. Pyramidal when young and getting rounder as it ages. Grows to 10' tall in 10 years. Prefers well-drained soil. Hardy to USDA zone 4.

• evergreen conifer shrub to 10'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4
• colorful exfoliating bark

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Pinus cembra 'Blue Mound'
Swiss stone pine

A slow growing densely branched pine with bluish needles up to 1' to 5' in 10 years. Pyramidal in shape with upward angled branches. Needles appear soft in sunlight. Prefers well-drained soil. Hardy to USDA zone 3.

• shrub to 1'–5'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Pinus contorta var. latifolia 'Chief Joseph'
gold lodgepole pine

Bright golden needles in winter and yellowish green needles in summer. 'Chief Joseph' was found growing in the Wallowa Mountains, Oregon by a hunter who dug it up and moved it into cultivation. The cultivar name commemorates a 19th century chief of the Wallow Valley Nez Perce tribe. Prefers well-drained soil. Hardy to USDA zone 4.

• shrub to 5'–6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Pinus flexilis 'Long Arm'
dwarf limber pine

From the collection of the noted conifer collector and broom hunter, Jerry Morris, comes this witch's broom he found at the end of a long lower branch of a P. flexilis on the side of the road near Mt. Antero in Colorado. Full with short, thick branches and long (for this species) 2" needles. Just 1' tall and wide in 10 years. Hardy to zone 4.

• tree to 1'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 5 gal
Price: $115.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Pinus mugo 'Carsten's Wintergold'
gold mugo pine

Bright gold in winter, this dwarf's short needles turn light green in spring and summer. Cold intensifies the color change. Mugo pines prefer well-drained soil. To 2' tall and slightly wider in 10 years. Hardy to USDA zone 2.

• shrub to 1.5' tall × 2' wide
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Pinus parviflora 'Glauca'
Japanese white pine

Pinus parviflora 'Glauca' is a small, broadly upright tree form of Japanese white pine with silver-blue curved needles. In spring young seed cones appear like tiny red flowers at the branch tips. After 10 years, a mature specimen will measure 15' tall and wide. Full sun.

• evergreen conifer to 15'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Pinus parviflora 'Ogon'
variegated Japanese white pine

Needles are mixed gold and green on this variegated form. Winter color is especially nice. 5' tall by 3' wide in 10 years. Prefers well-drained soil. Hardy to to USDA zone 5.

• shrub to 5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Pinus parviflora 'Tanima-no-yuki'
variegated Japanese white pine

With a name that translates to "snow of the valley," this round evergreen fills the bill with needles that are variegated green and cream especially at the tip. A dwarf grower that reaches 3' tall by 3' wide in 10 years. A great candidate for bonsai. Winner of the American Conifer Society Conifer of the Year in 2015. Prefers well-drained soil and protection from afternoon sun. Hardy to USDA zone 5.

• shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Pinus strobus 'Golden Showers'
variegated eastern white pine

This broad pyramidal dwarf pine features an open habit and gold variegated needles. To 6' tall in 10 years. Hardy to zone 4.

• shrub to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 5 gal
Price: $115.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Pinus sylvestris 'Trollguld'
gold Scot's pine

The short needles of this round dwarf shrub remain golden year-round. 5' tall and wide in 10 years. A seedling selection of 'Vargguld'. Hardy to zone 4

• shrub to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Pinus thunbergii 'War Bonnet'
variegated Japanese black pine

The long needles are gold and green variegated. Irregular in shape. Hardy to zone 5.

• tree to 50'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 7 gal
Price: $150.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Pinus wallichiana 'Zebrina'
variegated Himalayan pine

A very popular cultivar of Himalayan pine. The 6" long, soft drooping needles are band-variegated cream and blue-green. A somewhat open habit with a normal growth rate that will reach roughly 30' tall in 10 years. This plant has the variegation pattern known as dragon’s eye because if you look at a branch from the tip with the needles splayed radially, you see a halo-within-halo effect that looks like the iris and dark center of a dragon's eye.

• evergreen conifer tree to 30'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $60.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Pittosporum tobira 'Spring Bouquet'
Japanese pittosporum

The new growth on this evergreen shrub emerges in the spring almost completely white, slowly turning green. The cultivar name was selected by Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana because from a distance the white leaves look like a flower bouquet. White flowers are fragrant as well. Sun to light shade, zone 7.

• evergreen shrub to 6'–8'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• fragrant white to yellow flowers in spring

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Platycladus orientalis 'Van Hoey Smith'
gold Oriental arborvitae

A narrow gold variegated oriental arborvitae that is somewhat slow growing to 10' tall by 3.5' wide in 10 years. This species is also called by an older name, Thuja orientalis 'Aureovariegata'. The cultivar name commemorates J.R.P. van Hoey Smith formerly director of the Trompenburg Arboretum in Rotterdam. Hardy to zone 5.

• pyramidal evergreen to 10'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Podocarpus acutifolius
needle-leaved totara

Needle-leaved totara is native to New Zealand and can reach up to 30' tall in its native habitat. Here, it is more of a shrub or small tree. Its leaves are straight, narrow, and needle pointed. They are green in shaded settings but yellow-green in open areas often turning orange-brown in winter.

• evergreen shrub to 4'–6' in 10 years
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Podophyllum peltatum
mayapple

A lovely woodland native plant that spreads by rhizomes.

• native herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in part sun
• hardy zone 4–8
• white flowers in spring
• showy umbrella-like leaves

Container size: 3 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Poecilanthe parviflora
lapachillo

An evergreen tree with dark shiny leaves from South America. Clusters of large pea-like flowers dangle from the stems. Fixes nitrogen. We are not sure if they will be hardy for us or not but its native range includes areas that are equivalent to the U.S. southeast. The common name is Spanish for "lancepod."

• evergreen tree to 21'
• plant in sun to part shade
• tender
• white and purple flowers in spring
• greenish yellow fruit in fall

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Polygonatum cirrhifolium (DJHC 695)
climbing Solomon's seal

Collected by Dan Hinkley in Yunnan, China, this unusual Polygonatum has climbing stems to 18' if given support using its tendril-like leaves to grasp and climb. Clusters of white flowers followed by large crops of glistening black fruit in autumn. Bright shade and rich soil is appreciated. Hardy to zone 7.

• deciduous vine to 18'
• plant in part sun
• hardy

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $40.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9

Polygonatum hirtum 'Heronswood'
Solomon's seal

An excellent Solomon’s seal with arching stems to 15” carrying glossy green foliage and pendulous bells of white flowers tipped with green in late spring. Bright shade is best but may be grown under brighter conditions in protected spots with evenly moist soil. Hardy to zone 5.

• herbaceous perennial to 15"
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• white flowers in May

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum 'Variegatum'
variegated Solomon's seal

A classic for the woodland garden, this tough spreading perennial. Pink tinted stalks erupt from the ground before unfurling their variegated foliage on arching stems. Perfect as a foil for hostas, ferns, and azaleas.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"–24"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Polystichum setiferum
soft shield fern

Evergreen to semi-evergreen fern with elegant glossy dark green fronds. Leaf stalks are covered with cinnamon brown scales.

• evergreen fern to 2'–3' × 3'
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Polystichum tsus-simense
Korean rock fern

A great smaller scale structural fern for the shade garden. Tight clumps of semi-evergreen foliage emerge purplish darkening to lustrous green. Great garden and container plant.

• evergreen fern to 12"
• plant in light shade to full shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Prunella grandiflora 'Bella Deep Rose'
self-heal

Small snapdragon-like flowers cover this plant for a long period.

• perennial to 1'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• rose pink flowers in summer–fall
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Pulmonaria 'Ocupol'
Opal opal lungwort

The pale blue flowers and dwarf habit make this cultivar unique.

• herbaceous perennial to 15"
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• pale blue flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Pulmonaria 'Raspberry Splash'
lungwort

Heavily spotted leaves with flowers that are bright pink and purple.

• herbaceous perennial to 12"
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• pink and purple flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Pulmonaria 'Shrimps on the Barbie'
lungwort

Bright pink flowers have dark purple calyces beneath them which contrast beautifully.

• herbaceous perennial to 10"
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• shrimp pink flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Pulsatilla vulgaris subsp. grandis 'Papageno'
pasqueflower

Must have well drained soil ... great for a rock garden.

• herbaceous perennial to 8"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• frilled double mauve flowers in spring
• fine textured fern-like foliage

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 32

Pycnanthemum flexuosum
Appalachian mountain mint

This native perennial spreads more slowly than other mountain mints. Similar fragrant foliage.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer–fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• attracts polliantors

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 64

Pyrrosia lingua 'Limon'
tongue fern

A yellowish green-leaved selection of this spreading fern. Color is best in open shade or morning sun. In full shade, it turns green.

• evergreen fern to 10"
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 7b–10

Container size: 6" pot
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 32

Quercus rubra 'Greg's Variegated'
red oak

A red oak with a leaf that looks like it has been spattered with white paint ... heaviest along the edges. Fall color is red to orange to yellow and is also flecked with white. Should grow at a nearly normal rate to about 24' in 10 years and then continuing to eventually top 75' tall and wide with great age. Oaks are excellent native shade trees and tremendous pollinator plants that can support hundreds of species of insect. They tolerate drought and air pollution too which makes them good urban trees. Hardy to zone 3.

• deciduous tree to 50'
• plant in sun
• z3
• attracts birds
• native

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $80.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Rehmannia elata
Chinese foxglove

From a low rosette of leaves arise 3' spikes of foxglove-like flowers in summer. Spreads rapidly when happy.

• perennial to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–10
• magenta to purple flowers in midsummer–early fall

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 41

Reineckea carnea 'Variegata'
Variegated Chinese lucky grass

Grass-like leaves are variegated with white stripes. Pink flowers are attractive but held under the canopy so you have to root around to see them.

• evergreen perennial to 6" × 20"
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 7–10
• pink flowers in late spring or fall

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 26

Rhododendron 'Conlep'
Autumn Twist encore azalea

Encore azaleas are hard to beat with flowers in the spring, summer, and fall. These azaleas have BIG color and require little maintenance. Autumn Twist has white, single flowers with purple stripes that measure 3" across. Plant in well-drained, slightly acidic soil. Attracts butterflies.

• semi-evergreen flowering shrub to 4.5'
• plant in sun to partial shade
• hardy
• bicolor pink and purple flowers in spring & fall

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Rhododendron 'Mandarin Lights'
deciduous azalea

A deciduous azalea with a massive display of bright, mandarin orange blooms in the spring before the foliage emerges. To 5' tall. Part sun to shade.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• orange flowers in spring
• attracts birds

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Rhododendron 'Ncrx3'
Perfecto Mundo Double Pink reblooming azalea

Another phenomenal introduction from NC State plant breeder Tom Ranney, Ph.D. Spring bloom is followed by a brief rest and then more flowers from summer up to frost.

• compact evergreen shrub to 3' × 3'
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy zone 6–9
• pink flowers in spring repeating in summer and fall
• lace bug resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 14

Rhododendron 'Ncrx6'
Perfecto Mundo Orange azalea

From NC State University's Tom Ranney comes this orange spring flowers on a compact shrub. Like all the Perfecto Mundo series, this one is a rebloomer.

• evergreen shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• orange flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Rhododendron 'Pat Ryan'
Aromi hybrid deciduous azalea

Ruffled, multi-color petals in shades of peach, pink, orange and golden yellow. A native deciduous azalea that brightens up the woodland garden. Fragrant too.

• deciduous shrub to 7'
• plant in part sun
• hardy

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Rhododendron viscosum
swamp azalea

A native deciduous azalea with fragrant white flowers. Tolerates moist soils.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• white to pale pink flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Rhododendron yedoense var. poukhanense 'Abloom'
Amelia's Treasure Korean azalea

This cultivar seems to be so new that there is no info on it online other than the nursery source saying that it is new. Korean azalea is a very cold hardy azalea.

• semi-evergreen shrub to 3'–6'
• plant in shade
• hardy zone 4–9
• purple to lavender flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Rhodoleia henryi 'Scarlet Bells'
evergreen rose hazel

Rounded evergreen foliage is quite attractive on its own with dark tops and pale bottoms. The flowers are 2"–3" brilliant rose-pink bells that will knock your socks off in spring.

• evergreen shrub to 8'–15'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• rose-pink flowers in early spring

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $38.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Rosa 'Horcogjil'
At Last floribunda rose

Compact, disease resistant cultivar. Fragrant flowers are self-cleaning.

• woody shrub to 3'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• apricot orange flowers in summer
• fragrant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Rosa 'Meibenbino'
Petite Knock Out dwarf shrub rose

The Petite Knock Out rose is the first miniature Knock Out. Only 18" tall and wide so plant it in a decorative containers for your porch or patio, or in mass in the garden.

• deciduous shrub to 18"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• raspberry red flowers in summer up to frost

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 28

Rosa 'Meidrifora'
Coral Drift ground cover rose

Incredible, vibrant coral-orange blooms cover this small mounding shrub starting in late spring. Flowers continue until to mid-fall. Drift roses are a cross between full size ground cover roses and miniature roses. They are tough, disease resistant, and virtually maintenance free.

• deciduous flowering shrub to 2'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5–9
• coral flowers in late spring–mid-fall

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Rosa 'Meigalpio'
Red Drift ground cover rose

The Drift series of roses are low care spreading roses ideal for using as a tall ground cover. This form bears showy red flowers.

• flowering shrub to 18" tall by 30" wide
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–11
• red flowers in all summer long
• disease resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Rosa 'Meiswetdom'
Sweet Drift ground cover rose

This very low growing rose is a perfect choice for use along pathways, hillsides or at the front of a border. Clear pink double flowers float in clusters atop dark green glossy foliage. This variety is the most double-flowered of all the Drift roses.

• flowering shrub to 18"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–10
• pink flowers in spring to fall

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Rosa 'Novarospop'
Popcorn Drift ground cover rose

The Drift series of roses are low care spreading roses ideal for using as a tall ground cover. This form bears showy yellow flowers fading to cream, like buttered popcorn.

• flowering shrub to 18" tall by 30" wide
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–11
• yellow/cream flowers in summer
• disease resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Rosmarinus officinalis 'Arp'
rosemary

'Arp' is one of the most cold hardy rosemaries and is the one most recommended for the Raleigh area.

• evergreen shrub to 40"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• blue flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Rubus fruticosus 'Navaho'
thornless blackberry

A self-fruitful thornless shrub. Canes are short and the plant does not require support. Fruit is produced on last year's canes. In late winter remove at ground level all canes that produced fruit the previous year. In summer, pinch new canes at 3' to encourage branching and increased fruit production the following year.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• black fruit in summer
• attracts birds

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'
black-eyed Susan

The classic summer herbaceous perennial black-eyed Susan (or orange coneflower) for months of bloom and pollinator support. Leave seed heads for the finches and their beautiful structure all winter long.

• native herbaceous perennial to 24"–30"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• yellow flowers in late summer–fall
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Rudbeckia maxima
great coneflower

A giant among coneflowers, this plant produces flower stalks that are 6'+ in height atop a tuft of large bluish leaves. The leaves themselves are an ornamental feature.

• native perennial to 6'–8' in flower
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 6–9
• yellow flowers in early summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly, attracts birds, deer resistant
• pest resistant

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9

Rudbeckia missouriensis
Missouri orange coneflower

Native to the midwest United States. Uncommon in gardens. The ray petals stick straight out instead of curling down as other Rudbeckia species do.

• herbaceous perennial to 24"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Ruprechtia salicifolia
viraró

This dioecious tree from South America has narrow, glossy green leaves on somewhat contorted branches. In spring it produces clusters of greenish white (male) or pinkish white (female) flowers along the stem. Hardy only to zone 9 so it is tender here in Raleigh. Its common name, viraró, is Spanish for veered, relating to its contorted shape.

• deciduous tree to 15'–30'
• plant in sun
• semi-hardy
• cream flowers

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 13

Sabia schumanniana subsp. pluriflora (DJHS 3008)

A largely unknown genus of vines related to Actinidia. These were collected in NE Sichuan, China by Dan Hinkley. They possess a highly textural semi-evergreen leaf along a 10' stem and produce terminal clusters of tiny yellow flowers in spring followed by blue fruit in fall. Full sun to partial shade.

• vine to 10'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 2 qt
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Sagina subulata
Irish moss

Grow on gravely soils. In Raleigh, cultivation may be difficult due to our heat and humidity so some protection is required.

• herbaceous perennial to 1"
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• insignificant white flowers in spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 36

Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'
bicolor baby sage

Shrubby salvia possessing flowers in shades of solid white, red and white bicolors, and solid red. Flower colors change with the spring and summer temperatures.

• semi-evergreen sub-shrub to 3'–5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• red & white flowers in spring–frost
• attracts birds and deer resistant

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Sambucus nigra 'Jandeboer001'
Golden Tower black elderberry

Narrow upright growth. Offers both height and color to a small space. Leaves have a funky odor when bruised.

• deciduous shrub to 9' tall by 2.5' wide
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in summer
• glossy dark purple fruit in autumn
• butterfly/pollinator friendly, attracts birds, deer resistant
• bright yellow foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna 'Sarsid1'
Fragrant Valley Himalayan sweet box

Fragrant Valley has a low, spreading habit with glossy deep green foliage. Sweetly scented white blooms tipped with pink appear in late winter. It's an excellent shade plant with much more vigor than other varieties of Sarcococca. It's ideal for shady, dry sites and is deer resistant.

• evergreen shrub to 1'–2' tall × 3'–4' wide
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy zone 6
• fragrant white flowers in late winter

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $24.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 16

Sarcococca wallichii
Wallich's sweetbox

Large, glossy, bright evergreen leaves and masses of sweetly scented white flowers in winter. Marginal in Raleigh but good as a houseplant or in a protected spot.

• evergreen shrub to 4'
• plant in shade
• semi-hardy
• white flowers in winter

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium 'Blaze'
common little bluestem

Blue-green foliage in summer turns reddish in fall. A small clumping native grass that remains tremendously attractive through winter.

• native perennial grass to 2'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 3–9
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 32

Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Minsnow3'
Flirty Girl Japanese climbing hydrangea

This selection blooms at a much smaller size than normal. Blooms on old wood so do not prune until just after blooming is done.

• woody vine to 50'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• white lacecap flowers in summer
• new leaves emerge purple

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $34.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Scutellaria longifolia 'Purple Fountains'
skullcap

This compact perennial has a trailing habit and works great in hanging baskets. Hardy to zone 8a, it may need winter mulch in some areas near Raleigh.

• herbaceous perennial to 12"
• plant in sun
• semi-hardy
• fuchsia purple flowers in summer

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 26

Sedum grisebachii
stonecrop

Tiny, bead-like leaves. Leaf color can vary from green to red during the year. Excellent drainage required.

• creeping succulent to 3"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Sedum japonicum 'Tokyo Sun'
stonecrop

Leaves are more yellow in full sun and turn pale green in shade. Excellent drainage required.

• creeping succulent to 3"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer
• bright yellow foliage

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 29

Sedum sieboldii 'Variegata'
variegated stonecrop

Excellent drainage required.

• creeping succulent to 6"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pink flowers in fall
• variegated foliage is blue green with a cream center

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Sedum spathulifolium 'Harvest Moon'
stonecrop

Excellent drainage required.

• creeping succulent to 6"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer
• silver foliage

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 28

Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Fire'
tall sedum

Considered to be an improvement over the industry standard 'Autumn Joy' with taller stems, larger flower heads and a longer period of bloom.

• succulent to 24"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• rose pink flowers in late summer

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $8.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Sedum takesimense 'Nonsitnal'
Atlantis Takeshima stonecrop

Spectacular variegated foliage is a pretty as most any flower, each leaf with a wide cream border in whorls around the gently sprawling stems

• ground-covering perennial to 6" by 18"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–9
• yellow flowers in summer

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9

Sedum tetractinum
Chinese sedum

Round, flattened leaves are medium green throughout the growing season, then turn a bronzy-red in the fall. In summer, plants are speckled with clusters of bright yellow flowers held on tiny stalks above the foliage.

• evergreen ground cover to 3"
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer

Container size: 1 pt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 8

Selaginella pallescens
moss fern

The feathery fronds of this prehistoric plant from the mountains of Mexico make a long-lived semi-evergreen ground-cover for the shade garden. Once established, they are quite drought tolerant and typically not bothered by deer or rabbits.

• herbaceous to 4"–10"
• plant in shade
• hardy

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 20

Sempervivum heuffelii 'Apache'
hens and chicks

Rosettes of green leaves tipped with burgundy.

• clumping evergreen herbaceous perennial to 3"
• plant in part to full sun
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Sempervivum heuffelii 'Gold Bug'
hens and chicks

Whorls of chartreuse leaves tipped with burgundy are attractive year round. Good drainage and protection from summer heat are the keys to survival. A great rock garden plant.

• evergreen herbaceous perennial to 4"
• plant in sun to part sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Sempervivum heuffelii 'Sundancer'
hens and chicks

Formerly classified as a Jovibarba, Sempervivum heuffelii is a small, rosette-forming, succulent about the size of a tennis ball. Sundancer is a selection with bright red-tipped light green leaves. Good drainage and protection from summer heat are the keys to survival. A great rock garden plant.

• ground cover to 4"
• plant in sun to part sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 15

Sempervivum 'Ruby Heart'
hens and chicks

This plant is particularly effective when planted in the cracks and crevices of stone walls or walkways. It is also very attractive in containers. Prefers some protection from Raleigh's summer heat and humidity.

• herbaceous perennial to 3"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pinkish flowers in summer
• red leaves with a green tip

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 23

Silene uniflora 'Druett's Variegated'
sea campion

A mat-forming perennial perfect for rock walls and containers.

• herbaceous perennial to 6"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 4–8
• curious white flowers in summer
• variegated leaves are gray-green with a cream edge

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Sinningia sellovii
hardy red gloxinia

We love the hardy gesneriads (African violet relatives) from South America. This lovely plant for full sun, well-drained spots makes a lovely mound of textured foliage to 24". It is topped from early June until frost by tall, loose spikes of orangey-red tubular flowers which attract hummingbirds by the dozens. (3 plants)

• Upright herbaceous perennial to 24"
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy
• coral red flowers in all summer long
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Sinocrassula yunnanensis (crested form)
Chinese jade

This form elongates into a crest-like shape. Not cold hardy in Raleigh. Must have excellent drainage. The main plant dies after blooming and is replaced by offsets. Aka Sedum indicum var. yunnanense

• succulent to 5"
• plant in part sun
• tender

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 16

Solidago shortii 'Solar Cascade'
Short's goldenrod

This 32" tall selection of the federally endangered native makes a slowly clumping mass of arching stems topped in late summer through fall with panicles of gold. It is easy in any garden soil in sun to light shade and rarely bothered by deer.

• native herbaceous perennial to 32"
• plant in sun
• zone 5
• gold flowers in late summer to fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly, attracts birds, deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Sorbus 'Eastern Promise'
mountain ash

We really like mountain ash trees but most of them cannot tolerate Raleigh's heat and slow draining soils. We are always on the look out for tough selections that might make it. Eastern Promise is a dwarf mountain ash (to 15' in 10 years) with amazing orange/red fall color and pink/red berries. It is marketed as being more tolerant of tough soil conditions than is typical. but we have not tested it in our garden yet. This tree won the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit in 2012.

• deciduous tree to 16'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• pink/red fruit in fall and winter
• orange-red fall foliage color

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $65.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Spiraea japonica 'Matgold'
Rainbow Fizz Japanese spirea

Foliage emerges copper, changes to yellow with red tips in spring, and then finishes with copper-red in fall. Flower buds start red and finish with a pink bloom.

• deciduous shrub to 4'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• pink flowers in summer
• deer resistant
• coppery to yellow foliage

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Spiraea japonica 'Ncsx1'
Double Play Candy Corn Japanese spirea

The foliage emerges brilliant red before becoming pumpkin orange and then bright gold. Red flowers start in early summer and are great for pollinators Deer will leave this candy corn alone as well.

• deciduous shrub to 2'–2.5'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• red flowers in all summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Spiraea japonica 'Ncsx2'
Double Play Doozie Japanese spirea

Bred by NC State University plant breeder Tom Ranney, Ph.D. It is sterile so it flowers continuously. A great small scale flowering shrub. Drought tolerant once established.

• deciduous shrub to 2'–3' tall and wide
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy to zone 3
• red-pink flowers in summer through frost
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• reddish new growth

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Spiraea japonica 'Odessa'
Poprocks Petite Japanese spirea

Pink flowers for several months in summer above clean green foliage.

• deciduous flowering shrub to 2'–3' × 2'–3'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 3–8
• lavender-pink flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $30.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Sporobolus heterolepis
prairie dropseed

Tussocks of very slender emerald green leaves swirling outward from the crown. Attractive seed heads in summer, which are also fragrant. A long lived, well behaved native ornamental grass.

• native grass to 2'–3' in flower
• plant in sun
• hardy
• attracts birds and deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 26

Stachyurus salicifolius
willow leaf spiketail

Truly one of the most striking plants throughout the year at the Aboretum. In winter, elegant, pendulous chains of white to greenish white blooms tantalize for a long time from bud to bloom. Leaves are long and narrow, measuring up to 6" in length on arching branches.

• evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub to 6'–12'
• plant in part sun to shade
• hardy zone 7b–9
• yellow flowers in spring

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 23

Stewartia pseudocamellia
Japanese stewartia

Japanese stewartia is stunning throughout the year. Late spring white flowers are reminiscent of camellias, hence the botanical name. Its multicolored, exfoliating bark is among the most beautiful in the entire plant kingdom. This small tree is the perfect addition to any lightly shaded yard.

• small tree to 20’–30’
• plant in partial shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• white flowers in late spring
• very showy bark

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $55.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Stokesia laevis 'Mel's Blue'
Stoke's aster

The 4" wide flowers are larger than typical Stoke's aster.

• native herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• large blue flowers in summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $22.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Stokesia laevis 'Peachie's Pick'
Stokes' aster

Its superior traits include an abundance of 18" tall blue flowers in summer and it is sterile. Stokes' aster tolerates a wide variety of soil conditions and is easy to grow. We would have picked a newer selection to offer, but this is still the best in our minds.

• native herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• lavender-blue flowers in midsummer to fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $15.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 24

Stylophorum diphyllum
celandine poppy

A splash of yellow for woodland gardens. If pollinated, charming fuzzy pods will appear. Threatened in the wild.

• herbaceous perennial to 18"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in spring
• lovely lobed foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 12

Styrax japonicus 'Fragrant Fountain'
Japanese snowbell

We've fallen in love with this awesome pendulous snowbell. It is not only the strongest weeper we've encountered, but the masses of white spring flowers are fragrant as well.

• weeping deciduous tree to 6'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–9
• fragrant white flowers in spring

Container size: 5 gal
Price: $160.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Styrax japonicus 'JFS-D'
Snowcone Japanese snowbell

Clusters of flowers dangle like earrings from the branches. Yellow fall foliage. Snowcone has a dense symmetrical structure.

• deciduous tree to 25'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 5
• fragrant white flowers in spring

Container size: 7 gal
Price: $145.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Symphoricarpos doorenbosii 'Kolmatrea'
Treasure Doorenbos snowberry

Promised to be a petite snowberry just 3' by 3' with bright pink berries in fall and likely all winter too.

• deciduous shrub to 3' × 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• bright pink fruit in all fall and winter

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Symphyotrichum novae-angliae 'Grape Crush'
New England aster

Naturally dense mounding habit needs no staking. Covered in dark purple flowers in early fall. Very showy and a superb pollinator plant.

• native herbaceous perennial to 26"–30"
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 3–8
• dark purple flowers in early fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 19

Syringa 'Grecrimdoll'
Crimson Doll lilac

Reddish buds open to fragrant reddish-pink flowers on this lilac and rapidly fade to pink. Crimson is a bit of a stretch. A bit shorter than other lilacs at just 5' tall and wide. Sometimes reblooms in summer, we are told this is quite heat tolerant but haven't grown it ourselves.

• deciduous shrub to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• reddish pink flowers in spring

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 6

Syringa pubescens subsp. patula 'JN Upright Select'
Violet Uprising Manchurian lilac

We look forward to trying this new selection with its 12" upright panicles of violet flowers.

• deciduous shrub to 6'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 3b–8
• 12" panicles of violet flowers in late spring–summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Tanacetum coccineum 'Robinson's Crimson'
painted daisy

Ornamental ferny foliage, too.

• herbaceous perennial to 36"
• plant in sun
• hardy
• large 2.5" scarlet-red flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly and deer resistant

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 64

Taxus baccata 'Amersfoort'
English yew

Featuring short, round, dark brownish green needles, this irregular evergreen doesn't look like the typical yew. Asymmetrical branches are artistically slanted upward like antlers. 4' tall in 10 years. Hardy to USDA zone 6.

• shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Taxus ×media 'Maureen'
columnar yew

A columnar form that will grow to 8' tall by 15" wide in 10 years. Can be pruned to stay lower. Prefers rich, evenly moist soil. Maureen is named for the wife of the nurseryman who discovered this sport.

• evergreen shrub to 8'
• plant in shade
• hardy
• deer resistant

Container size:
Price: $50.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Telekia speciosa
heart-leaved oxeye

Flowers on 5' stalks tower above the 3' tall plant. A coarse textured plant with large leaves. Looks best at the back of the border or in a meadow. Large central discs are surrounded by dozens of narrow ray petals.

• herbaceous perennial to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• yellow flowers in summer
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 17

Thalictrum delavayi
meadow rue

An upright habit with small flowers and ferny leaves make it a see-through plant that combines well with almost everything.

• herbaceous perennial to 5'
• plant in part sun
• hardy
• hundreds of tiny lavender flowers in summer

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 64

Thelypteris noveboracensis
New York fern

Native to the eastern United States including North Carolina. Forms a spreading colony in woodland conditions.

• native deciduous fern to 24"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Thuja occidentalis 'Brobeck's Tower'
western arborvitae

Twisted fans of rich green foliage draw your attention to this lovely pillar-shaped arborvitae. 7' tall by 3' wide in 10 years. Hardy to USDA zone 2.

• shrub to 7'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Thuja occidentalis 'Congabe'
Fire Chief orange arborvitae

Scarlet-red foliage in fall and all winter long that is gold during the warmer months on this compact globe shaped, very fine textured shrub.

• conifer to 4'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $34.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Thuja occidentalis 'Trompenburg'
American arborvitae

Beautiful upright evergreen with greenish-yellow fans of foliage that darken in winter. Slow growing, considered dwarf.

• evergreen conifer to 5' or more
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Thuja plicata 'Whipcord'
threadleaf arborvitae

The Cousin Itt of western arborvitae, 'Whipcord 'makes a low mound of long, threadlike glossy tendrils that arch and droop from the center. Needles turn coppery-bronze in winter before greening again in spring. this bizarre cultivar was found as a seedling at Drakes Crossing Nursery in Oregon. To 5' tall and wide in 10 years.

• evergreen shrub to 5'
• plant in sun
• hardy

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Tiarella 'Fingerpaint'
foamflower

This exceptional selection of foamflower puts out bright lime-green spring foliage with a darkly contrasting blotch along the veins. This tiarella will slowly spread to form a nice patch in a shady garden. Foamy white flowers dance over the spring leaves.

• herbaceous perennial to 12"
• plant in shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $14.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 30

Tsuga canadensis 'Horsford Contorted'
contorted Canadian hemlock

Tiny, gray-green needles cover branchlets that twist and turn, giving this roundish conifer a curious look. Slow to establish it may only be 28" tall and wide in 10 years. This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in 1970 by William C. Horsford who found a batch of unique and unusual dwarf seedlings growing in the vicinity of a large, contorted hemlock growing in pasture in Vermont. This cultivar is sometimes sold as 'Pigtail' or 'Horsford Contorta.' Hardy to USDA zone 3.

• shrub to 2'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy

Container size: 2" pot
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Vaccinium corymbosum 'FL09-216'
Hello Darlin highbush blueberry

This is a compact cultivar. Blueberries do double duty producing top quality edible fruit and as ornamental shrubs with multiple seasons of interest: flowers, fruit, red fall foliage and interesting winter twigs. Plant more than one cultivar for cross pollination.

• native fruiting shrub to 5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• white flowers in spring
• blue fruit in early summer
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds
• red fall foliage

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Vaccinium 'ORUS-61-1'
Perpetua blueberry

Perpetua produces two crops. The first fruit with the spring bloom in midsummer, then it reblooms in summer, providing a late season crop in the fall.

• fruiting shrub to 5'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring and summer
• blue fruit in spring and summer
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds
• red fall foliage

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Vaccinium 'Zf06-043'
Peach Sorbet blueberry

A highly compact blueberry with stunning peach, pink, orange and emerald green leaves.

• fruiting shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• edible blue fruit in summer
• attracts birds
• red fall foliage

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Vaccinium 'Zf08-095'
Berrybux / Blueberry Glaze compact blueberry

Grow multiple selection of blueberries for best fruiting. Blueberries are one of the easiest fruiting plants to grow. And blueberries

• fruiting shrub to 3'
• plant in sun to light shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• white flowers in spring
• edible blue fruit in summer
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds

Container size: 2 gal
Price: $28.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 4

Veronica 'Blue Skywalker'
speedwell

Slender 30" tall spikes of blue and color and verticality to the summer garden. Great cut flower and pollinator plant as well

• herbaceous perennial to 30" in flower
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 4–8
• blue flowers in summer
• butterfly/pollinator friendly

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $16.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 25

Viburnum ×burkwoodii 'Duvone'
American Spice dwarf Burkwood viburnum

Every garden needs either a Burkwood viburnum or one of its parents Viburnum carlesii. Super fragrant white flowers in spherical heads perfume the air and attract early butterflies.

• deciduous shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 5–8
• fragrant white flowers in spring

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Viburnum dilatatum 'Smnvdmdo'
Tandoori Orange orange fruited linden viburnum

The first orange fruited linden viburnum. Great for fall and early winter displays. Good fall color. Plant with Cardinal Candy for even better fruit set.

• deciduous shrub to 6'–8' × 6'–8'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• orange fruit in fall
• butterfly/pollinator friendly, attracts birds, deer resistant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 1

Viburnum erosum
Japanese arrowwood

• hardy

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $25.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Viburnum foetidum (variegated)
stinking viburnum

• evergreen shrub to 10'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• white flowers in spring
• red fruit in winter

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $10.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Viburnum 'Fugitive'
hybrid viburnum

A Rare Find Nursery Exclusive introduction. As they best describe it, "It comes out of hiding in May, rife with white flowers. With the first frosts, the semi-evergreen leaves develop a lustrous burgundy wine color that persists.

• semi-evergreen shrub to 8'–10'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy to zone 6
• white flowers in spring
• excellent fall foliage color

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $38.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 3

Viburnum macrocephalum
Chinese snowball

Large round flower clusters emerge green and quickly turn white.

• deciduous shrub to 15'
• plant in sun
• hardy zone 6–9
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $35.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 5

Viburnum 'Nantucket'
hybrid viburnum

'Nantucket' is a 2008 release from the U.S. National Arboretum’s breeding program. Selected for large, mildly fragrant, abundant flowers that cover it in spring, dark semi-evergreen leaves, and upright form. Its size is easily controlled by pruning after it finishes flowering.

• semi-evergreen flowering shrub to 12'
• plant in sun to part sun
• hardy zone 5–8
• white flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• fragrant

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $36.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Viburnum opulus 'Roseum'
European cranberry bush

Still charming gardeners after more than 6 centuries of cultivation. (It was first described in the 16th century) the classic snowball viburnum with 3" heads of chartreuse flowers which mature to cream and occasionally pink in old age.

• deciduous shrub to 6' tall
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 3–8
• white fading to pink flowers in early spring to summer

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $26.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Viburnum plicatum 'Popcorn'
Japanese snowball viburnum

Good plant for borders or rock gardens. Also does well in mixed container gardens. This shade loving species spreads by rhizomes and has half-inch wide green leaves with silvery white edges. Prefers some shade and well drained soils.

• flowering shrub to 5'–8'
• plant in sun to partial shade
• hardy
• white flowers in spring

Container size: 5 gal
Price: $45.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 2

Viburnum ×pragense
Prague viburnum

Gorgeous lustrous evergreen foliage much like its leatherleaf viburnum parent but better with smaller leaves. A good flowering screening plant. Needs to be sheared to be kept tightly branched. Fruit persists all winter.

• evergreen shrub to 8'
• plant in sun
• hardy
• fragrant spherical clusters of small white flowers in late spring
• red to black fruit in fall
• deer resistant

Container size: 1 gal
Price: $20.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 10

Viburnum prunifolium
blackhaw viburnum

Glossy dark green leaves turn to attractive shades of red and purple in fall. Berry-like fruits which often persist into winter and are quite attractive to birds and wildlife.

• native deciduous shrub to 12'–15'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 3–9
• white flowers in late spring
• blue-black fruit in fall
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds
• great fall foliage color

Container size: 3" pot
Price: $12.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 18

Viburnum prunifolium 'Summer Magic'
blackhaw viburnum

New foliage emerges bright red, turns pink and then green through summer, then red and yellow in fall. This selection is more compact than the wild type and tends not to set fruit. Combine with a native red honeysuckle.

• native deciduous tree to 8'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy
• creamy white flowers in spring
• butterfly/pollinator friendly
• red new growth and fall foliage

Container size: 1 qt
Price: $18.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 14

Viburnum 'Spg-3-02'
Moonlit Lace hybrid viburnum

This hybrid between the laurustinus and Father David's Viburnum makes an outstanding evergreen shrub with white spring flowers. The deep green foliage takes on burgundy tones. Expect a low, wide plant 4' tall by 5' wide.

• compact evergreen shrub to 4'
• plant in sun to part shade
• hardy zone 7–9
• white flowers in spring
• blue fruit in fall
• butterfly pollinator friendly, attracts birds
• new foliage burgundy to violet in color

Container size: 3 gal
Price: $32.00
Quantity available at the start of the sale: 9