Quercus robur 'Fastigiana' S. P. -1@ $19.00

Want truffles but don’t have space for a wide spreading crown, we have you covered (pigs and fungus not included). I think the fastigiate form of robur is one of the best columnar trees. Picture a pair at your castle gates, or maybe just at the end of the driveway or entrance to your garden.

 

Rhamnus frangula 'Fineline' S. P. -1@ $8.00

An apparently sterile form with lovely ferny foliage and a dense upright columnar habit, it is great for screens and hedges or just as a landscape accent.

 

Rhamnus pallasi  #264 .... Bap.-  1@ $19.00

Mojmir Pavelka collected this extremely slow growing species from sunny stony slopes near Tortum, Turkey at 1,700m, after countless years, it can produce a 1.5m-gnarled spiny bush with short linear leaves and black fruits.

 

Rhamnus thymifolius ..... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Only a single seed from Piatek’s 1997 collection germinated but its a winner, a bonsai shrublet with small thyme like foliage its taken us a while to propagate enough to list and the wait has been worth it.

 

Rhododendron 'Jericho' S. P. -1@ $15.00

A low growing plant with very dense foliage and pale yellow flowers six to a truss it is the result of a Leach cross between R. keiskei ‘Mt. Kuromi’ and R. Minus var. ‘Epoch’.

 

Rhododendron 'Jill' .......... S. P. -1@ $12.00

Dick brought in cuttings of this, I don’t remember seeing it in his garden but if it didn’t look great, he wouldn’t have cut it.

 

Rhododendron 'Joshua Huddy' S. P. -1@ $15.00

R. rupicola x R mucronulatum ‘Pink Panther’, a dazzling plant, with deep violet buds opening to mid purple flowers in trusses of 6 to 10, it is tolerant of a wide range of conditions and is a generally good grower.

 

Rhododendron 'Lemon Twist' S. P. -1@ $12.00

Obviously yellow, I’m sure it must be nice otherwise why would Dick have bothered to cut it.

 

Rhododendron 'Mindaura' S. P. -1@ $15.00

Minus var compacta x dauricum var sempervirens, evergreen foliage, turning purple in winter, pinkish white flowers a week or so after pjm, its a good grower with a fairly wide spreading habit and is very hardy.

 

Rhododendron mucronulatum 'Select Pink'         S. P. -1@ $15.00

These are selections dick got years ago the pink form is vastly superior to cornell pink indeed dick says it is the best pink he has seen.

 

Rhododendron mucronulatum 'Select White'      S. P. -1@ $15.00

A white selection this is an excellent white form again dick cant remember it’s origins but a lot of people gave him seedling over the years, I doubt either of these are in the nursery trade.

 

RHODODENDRON 'PIONEER SILVERY PINK FORM'             S. P. -1@ $15.00

Low growing plants with attractive red fall color and clear pink flowers early in the season

 

Rhododendron 'Red Quest' S. P. -1@ $15.00

The quest is for a red flowered PJM, and this Weston introduction is certainly a step in the right direction, like most of the Mezzitt crosses, it has excellent cold tolerance.

 

Rhododendron 'Shamrock' S. P. -1@ $12.00

Compact plants are supposedly hardy to -25F-not likely but it does well for Dick and the chartreuse blooms are quite unusual.

 

Rhododendron 'Too Bee' S. P. -1@ $12.00

To bee or not to bee depends on whether you are alergic, actually I prefer “beetle headed flap eared knave” or a “fusty nut with no kernel”, “Not so much brain as ear wax” is also good, thanks to Bill Comai I have a cupful of great shakespear quotes. As to the Rhodo it’s a foot high mounded lepidote with bell shaped pink flowers with dark spots, great for the rock garden.

 

Rhodotypos scandens ... S. P. -1@ $12.00

For some reason we always seem to forget to cut this, it’s rosaceous and native to China and Japan bearing 2” 4 petaled white flowers (unusual in the Rosacaea) followed by terminal clusters of 4 jet black shining fruits that persist until the following summer. Strangely ignored by plant breeders I know of no named cultivars 

 

Ribes alpinum aureum ... bap -  1@ $29.00

A slow growing form with golden foliage in spring that gradually fades to yellowish green, it was found in Belgium around 1878. Krussman who is notoriously conservative in his hardiness assessments ranks this as zone 2 hardy.

 

Ribes alpinum 'Green Mound' bap -  1@ $29.00

A good compact mounded form with very clean foliage from Synnesveldt Nursery; this is a male form lacking berries with racemes of 20-30 yellowish flowers in spring.

 

Ribes gordonianum ........... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Discovered in Ipswich England in 1837 it is apparently a chance hybrid between Ribes odoratum and Ribes sanguineum flowers reddish yellow in racemes followed by edible black fruit.

 

Ribes odorata ........................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Extremely fragrant clove scented yellow flowers followed by edible black fruits

 

Ribes sanguineum 'Hannamans White'   G. -1@ $19.00

A good white selection of this most ornamental of currents, this aromatic western American native is garden worthy though a bit marginal here.

 

Rosa sp. very dwarf ex Jacques S. P. -1@ $15.00

Actually, I gave this to Jacques originally but was forced to beg back a piece years later after the bunnies grazed mine into oblivion. (They apparently even ate the tag since neither Jacques nor I seem to have a name anymore; no matter, even nameless this is a gem, forming a spiny cushion a few inches across and bearing multitudes of single pink roses. by far the dwarfest rose i have ever seen.

 

Rostrincula dependens guiz 18 G. -1@ $19.00

A weird and obscure little dwarf shrub related to Elsholtzia with 5” pendulous racemes of fragrant lavender flowers on dwarf 3’ plants this was collected by the Sino-British expedition to Guizho Provence.

 

Rubus arcticus...................... S. P. -1@ $12.00

Zone one hardy, if there is such a thing, this little pink flowered creeping blackberry is cool, in the literal sense. Its a refined little bramble and quite easy to please, considering it comes from the great white north. For good fruit set even kinky hermaphroditic sex helps, however this birds and bee’s stuff works best when there are plenty of bees, alas the mites have trashed most of our local honeybee colonies.

 

RUBUS CALYCINOIDES  ............. G. -1@ $19.00

Ground cover with dark green, pubescent leaves, pretty but berries aren't fit to eat.

 

Rubus fruticosa variegata G. -1@ $24.00

Incredibly slow to propagate for a Rubus, this is as fine a variegated plant as any we grow, beautiful wide white edged dark green leaves, in cold weather tricolored with pink; edible blackberries, utterly fantastic.

 

RUBUS HENRYI VAR. BAMBUSARUM G. -1@ $19.00

Hinkley calls it extremely hardy and rates it a zone 4 while Krussman considers it zone 7, and that is precisely why we dislike zone maps. A scandent species from the bamboo forests of Hueph Province; flowers are pink and berries are black and typical but other than that its very unrubus-like. Looking more like the bamboo it grows with (Lamarckian evolution? its more plausible than the creationists, but I’ll stick with Darwin).

 

Rubus himalaicus ............... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A excellent low growing plant, Dick and Jacques have been passing it around of late, it is rarely offered but well worth growing, himalaicus is our favorite dwarf Rubus. The lush green crinkled foliage makes a superb mat. It is an excellent non-weedy ground cover that deserves much wider attention.

 

Rubus odoratus 97NO11W ex Beal Garden    G. -1@ $19.00

Flowers are among the best in the genus 2” fragrant pink roses, this Appalachian native is one of my favorites, it has been slow for us which is a good thing at least when it comes to Rubus, these are a Beal clone.

 

RUBUS SPECTABILIS 'OLYMPIC DOUBLE' G. -1@ $19.00

Double pink rose flowers are unrivaled, followed by normal looking and most delicious salmon berries. This was collected on the Olympic Peninsula back in 1963, its a great plant but give it plenty of room.

 

Ruscus aculeatus 'Wheeler's Variety'           bap.-  1@ $24.00

Everyone needs a hermaphroditic Butchers broom, but cuttings don’t root and we feared we would never produce enough to list, hacking to pieces with a machete did the trick, and now you too can sample this perverse pleasure. Wicked evergreen spine tipped cladophyls (pseudo-leaves) clothe the naked photosynthetic stems rendering a semblance of normalcy, until the twisted hermaphroditic flowers burst forth from their cladophyll prison, pregnancy follows this depraved act and soon luscious round firm red fruits erupt obscenely from the center of each leaf.  According to Dirr its shade tolerant, or perhaps such evil can’t stand the full light of day

 

Salix alba 'Babalonica' bap -  1@ $24.00

Cuttings from the huge specimen at Gees, it looks ancient but actually was planted when Gary and Kay got married. It is a landmark and too big to be bulldozed, if you haven’t seen gees lately you will be amazed, not only has Gary bulldozed masses of big stuff from the fields and built a huge waterfall and stream which will extend the arboretum to the south, the entire store has been flattened to make room for a new building it should look great once it’s done.

 

Salix alba 'Britzensis' .. bap -  1@ $24.00

A red stemmed willow useful in the winter landscape much like red twig dogwood, but with the added bonus of butterfly larva, for best stem color prune hard each spring.

 

SALIX arctica  ........................ bap. -1@ $24.00

Silvery-gray upright bushes, provide a nice foliage accent, and butterfly foodplant, left un-pruned they will rapidly grow into a large shrub ideal for informal hedges and such..

 

Salix caprea ‘French Pink Pussy’ bap -  1@ $24.00

Hey, that’s what the tag said, and who could pass up ‘French Pink Pussy’, certainly not the Nymphalids who love to eat it; they even spend the winter snug in a silken tube inside it. If you are not into butterflies you can always cut branches in mid winter and watch the fuzzy catkins swell and burst open prematurely, over the years the springy branches have been used for baskets and caning chairs not to mention some kinkier caning as well.

 

Salix caprea pendula ... bap -  1@ $24.00

Weeping Pussy Willow with large and showy catkins should be staked when young, it's another good choice for butterfly gardeners.

 

Salix cinerea tricolor  . S. P. -1@ $15.00

Another variegated form with streaky variegation it only shows tricolor during cool weather and tends to green out in summer.

 

Salix gilgiana ............................. G. -1@ $15.00

Recovered from the wreck of the Uss Minnow and woven into all sorts of improbable implements, actually I bought it from Talon based on the name but according to Newsholme, it is a very ornamental species, fast growing with beautiful foliage, native to Japan and Korea related to Salix miyabeana.

 

Salix integra 'Hakuru Nishiki'   bap.-  1@ $24.00

Probably the most beautiful of all the variegated willows the young foliage is pink and cream aging to green, an incredible plant (see Wayside catalog photo); however it needs to be pruned hard and sheared frequently to encourage new flushes of growth through the season

 

Salix koriyangi 'Rubykins' bap.-  1@ $24.00

A medium sized willow a bit like S. purpurea originating in Japan and Korea with attractive small red catkins.

 

Salix lapponicum ................ S. P. -1@ $12.00

Lapland willow is a widespread and variable thing, ranging from Europe to the Altai and anywhere from carpeting to a meter and a half tall. These are on the shorter side of things.

 

Salix magnifica ......................... G. -1@ $29.00

We only have a few of this spectacular willow, huge magnolia like leaves (when discovered they thought it was a magnolia) and catkins over a foot long, it is hardy but finicky.

 

Salix melanostachys .... bap.-  1@ $24.00

Black Pussy Willow, impressive black catkins and the best willow for rearing viceroy and red spotted purple larva on, plus tentacled prominents and several sphinxes.

 

Salix moupinensis EDHCH 97319 G. -1@ $29.00

A large leafed willow we got from Hinklley back in the day, it is nearly as cool as salix magnifica. Dick had it in the garden for years before losing it, well worth a try in a protected site.

 

Salix ‘Prairie Cascade’ . bap.-  1@ $24.00

An introduction from the Morden Research Station in Canada, it is apparently a hybrid between Salix pentandra and Salix x blanda, which is also known as Salix x pendulina ‘Blanda’ which itself is a hybrid between Salix babylonica and Salix fragilis; confused yet?  It has the glossy green laurel foliage of S. pentandra and the weeping habit of S. blanda.

 

Salix pentandra ................ bap.-  1@ $24.00

Commonly known in Europe as Laurel Willow, We saw this in Dale’s garden at Spring Meadow this fall and we were amazed at how clean the foliage was that late in the season, tropical looking leathery deep green laurel like leaves are the main feature although the catkins can be up to 5cm long.

 

Salix purpurea 'Canyon Blue'   bap. -1@ $24.00

Bluish leaves in summer and purple stems in winter, an improved selection of the Alaskan Blue Willow, more compact but still needs to be pruned quite hard to look its best.

 

Salix repens ‘Boyd’s Pendula’ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Low creeping form its a good plant, but not to be confused with Salix X Boydii, which we finally have reacquired but despair ever producing enough to list.

 

Salix repens var argentia   bap.-  1@ $24.00

A silvery leaved plant, its too large for the rock garden, and hardly resembles the Ionia form listed below, but still is very attractive in its place.

 

Salix repens ionia form .... G. -1@ $24.00

Essentially a smaller version of ‘Boyd’s Pendula’, very compact and flattened, a male clone forming a circle of gold when in flower.

 

Salix rosmarinifolius (S. eleagnos) S. P. -1@ $15.00

A large upright plant that can reach 9m in height with narrow gray Rosemary like leaves; it is a very graceful species that is particularly attractive reflecting off a pond.

 

Sambucus canadensis 'Aurea' bap.-  1@ $24.00

Foliage varies from lime green to golden depending on site and season, canadensis grows quickly on moist soils, and it hosts a lovely big cerambicid beetle, which I fondly remember collecting from the flowers as a child but have not encountered in years, it also makes tasty pies and fritters (the berries not the beetle).

 

Sambucus canadensis 'Laciniata' S. P. -1@ $15.00

One of the many cut-leaf Elders, the differences between which are rather subtle however, we think we finally have the names correct, thanks to Tim Woods.

 

Sambucus nigra pulverulenta S. P. -1@ $15.00

White leaves with small green polka dots, or is it the other way around, whatever this is my choice as the best Sambucus we grow, this really stands out in a landscape.

 

Sambucus nigra ‘variegata’ bap.-  1@ $24.00

One of several variegated forms; these have creamy white edging to the leaves which should let you immediately distinguish them from the other variegated forms that have white edging on the leaves, well maybe, but these things are pretty confused.

 

Sambucus nigra witches broom bap.-  1@ $24.00

Opinions vary on this one; it is either bizarre and very cool or ugly as hell depending on your taste, a conversation piece in any event.

 

Sheperdia argentea ........ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Buffalo Berry, not many buffalo left here, we have to make due with our local antlered rodent. I'm sure they will find these to their liking, there is little they pass up, and besides they provide so much sport; dodging them in cars and playing Lyme tick hide and seek, but I digress. Sheperdia is a cool silvery western shrub with attractive orange berries and according to Fred Case it is a favorite food plant of Hyalophora gloveri.

 

Sinocalycanthus chinensis S. P. -1@ $15.00

Fairly new to horticulture as well as to science, this Chinese Calycanthus relative is outstanding, big bold tropical looking foliage, huge Stewartia like white flowers, (Dick has a pink seedling) it has already been crossed to the American Calycanthus floridus with spectacular results.

 

Sinojackia xylocarpa .... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A fairly rare nearly monotypic Styrax relative from China (the genus contains only 2-3 species) with cymes of 1” fragrant white flowers at the tips of the branches are followed by large ornamental seeds. Highly desirable and worth a shot in a site with overstory protection here.

 

sollya heterophylla ..... S. P. -1@ $15.00

A strange Indo-Australian plant in the Pittosporacaea, nearly monotypic there being only one other species, heterophylla is a somewhat twining shrub that grows to 5’ or so and bears terminal cymes of blue flowers, definitely tender, but a cool tub specimen for the deck.

 

Sophora davidii ..................... S. P. -1@ $15.00

Rare dwarf shrub, seedlings from Tony Reznecek plant, blue flowers, Dick speaks very highly of it, as far as he's concerned it is the best Sophora species. 

 

Sophora flavescens HC 970082 S. P. -1@ $15.00

An unusual species that behaves more like a sub shrubby perennial in our climate it is a dieback that flowers on new wood producing cylindrical panicles if creamy yellow flowers on 3’ stems. There is currently a great deal of interest in Sophora flavescens as a medicinal species, extracts from it have been shown to be affective against chronic pruritus (itching) and has been found effective in hair growth. Both of these studies are apparently serious research not herbal craziness.

 

Sophora prostrata 'Little Baby' S. P. -1@ $19.00

Gnarled and twisted with showy yellow flowers this New Zealander is perfect for bonsai or troughs, in northern areas it will need cold greenhouse conditions. A Little baby with incredible cute appeal.

 

Sophora secundiflora .. S. P. -1@ $15.00

A western dryland tree known locally as Texas Mountain Laurel or Mescal Bean (no relation to mescaline which comes from cactus in the genus Lophophora) it has pendant racemes of 1-inch fragrant violet blue flowers followed by pods filled with red beans.

 

SORBARIA SP. AFF. AiTCHISONII EDHCH 97257         Bap.-  1@ $24.00

Another Heronswood collection, from Sichuan at 6,700’, it looks more or less like all the rest, but we are hopeless collectors and need them all, wait a minute maybe I should rephrase that, how about we have refined taste and appreciate the subtle differences of form and texture.

 

Spartium junceum ............... 2G. -1@ $19.00

A spectacular yellow flowered broom from Spain and the Mediterranean region, it can reach 3m or more in warmer areas, here it is a dieback at best although it makes a nice tub specimen for decks if wintered with protection.

 

Spirea betulifolia 'Tor' bap.-  1@ $29.00

Truth to tell I’m not all that taken with most Spirea, but this Scandinavian selection did stand out from the crowd. Neat 2-3 foot mounds of deep green birch leaves, exceptional in their purple autumn color and tightly packed clusters of snow-white flowers in spring combine to make one of the best new Spireas.

 

SPIREA BULLATA ‘CRISPA’ .. S. P. -1@ $12.00

Very choice, the best dwarf species, tiny dense bushlet to 8", deep pink flowers, it is often confused with Spirea x bumalda ‘Crispa’ which is a much larger far inferior plant 

 

Spirea decumbens ............ bap.-  1@ $24.00

Compact prostrate spreading mounds are covered in foamy white baby’s breath flowers from June to September; decumbens makes a great ground cover.

 

Spirea fritschiana ('Wilma') 'Pink Parasol'   bap.-  1@ $24.00

A new color for fritschiana, Tim Woods selected this outstanding pink spirea. The fluffy heads of flowers are a bit reminiscent of queen of the prairie grafted onto 2-3’ mounds of bluish green foliage that turns spectacular shades of yellow-orange-red in autumn.

 

Spirea japonica 'Flaming Mound' bap.-  1@ $24.00

Low spreading mounds of yellow foliage sprinkled with red new growth and aflame with clusters of dark pink flowers, this puts on an impressive display in the garden. Flaming mounds, burning bushes, talking burning bushes, (some think they talk to Bush which is a scary thought but rest assured its just Karl Rove which is also scary to some.) Actually they are just telling you to sell all your worldly goods and use the money to buy plants from Arrowhead. On the other hand, it is possible to modulate a charged plasma and generate sound, and someone even attempted a high frequency tweeter using this technology, perhaps Clark’s law applies. 

 

Spirea japonica 'Gold Mound' bap.-  1@ $24.00

There must be something politically incorrect or erotic in a name like Golden Mound, but since I can’t think of anything you are stuck with the lame description. One of the better gold forms of spirea japonica introduced by Perron Nursery, it has bright gold foliage and good pink flowers.

 

Spirea prunifolia 'Flora Plena' S. P. -1@ $15.00

These came from Hinkley, who claims this is the true Bridal Wreath, nomenclatural confusion reigns with x vanhoutii and thunbergii, I didn’t attempt to sort things out trusting Dan to have it right, fully double pompom flowers disdained by lepidoptera. I mostly remember playing hide and go seek behind foundation plantings of it as a kid and being eaten alive by mosquitoes, everyone else seems fond of it including Fred Case, even Dirr claims it an old favorite of his, but goes on to say its open, coarse, straggly, leggy and over the hill, having no use in modern gardens. This sort of reverse psychology is either very clever or incredibly stupid depending on how much we sell.

 

Spirea thunbergii 'Fujino Pink' bap.-  1@ $24.00

A delicate looking fine textured plant that produces masses of light pink flowers early in the spring before the leaves emerge.

 

Spirea thunbergii ‘Mt. Fuji’ S. P. -1@ $15.00

This looks to be a variegated form of spirea thunbergii, with willow like variegated leaves, these came to us from fanatic variegate collector Al Wojcik.

 

Spirea virginiana ................ S. P. -1@ $15.00

A rare native spirea, corymbs of white flowers atop meter high plants, it propagates easily from seed or cuttings and should be more widely grown.

 

Spirea x vanhouttei 'Pink Ice' S. P. -1@ $15.00

S. triloba x S. cantoniensis, Vanhouttei is probably the most popular of all the spireas and normally would be a bit mundane for us, however ‘Pink Ice’ did catch our eye, the leaves emerge in spring mottled pink and white. This variegation does tend to green out in summer, however its still worthy of garden space.

 

Stachyurus chinensis v. latus BAP.-  1@ $29.00

This blooms a couple weeks later than praecox, the pendulous racemes of yellow flowers feature more outspread petals, other than that the general appearance is rather similar.

 

Stachyurus praecox ..... BAP.-  1@ $29.00

A choice Japanese winter flowering shrub Dirr calls it “Enigmatic with an element of mystery and beauty” flowers are in 6-8” pendant spikes composed of 15-25 1/3” wide yellow flowers. its best in moisture retentive but well drained acid soil in full sun or light shade, several local gardeners have this out and it has survived our recent mild winters.

 

Stachyurus praecox aureovariegata             S. P. -1@ $15.00

The variegation is excellent, deep green leaves with a broad creamy edge; this would be worth growing for the foliage alone although the pendant racemes of yellow flowers in the very early spring are always welcome. We consider it one of the finest flowering shrubs we grow.

 

Stachyurus praecox 'Leucotrichus'    bap.-  1@ $39.00

For those hair splitters out there who want every possible variation or are just into blonds we scrounged something new, don’t bother checking the roots, this will require peering into more intimate areas to see if its a bleach job.

 

Stachyurus praecox 'Rubriflora' S. P. -1@ $19.00

An outstanding clone distributed by J.C. Raulston, 6” pendulous scapes of rich rose flowers at a time when not much else is in bloom.

 

Stachyurus salicifolia S. P. -1@ $19.00

Hardiness is untested here and I’m guessing it is on the tender side but published reports indicate that it may be hardier than praecox.  It is fantastic even as a winter bloomer in a cool conservatory. The combination of willow like leaves and pendant racemes of flowers is a definite winner.

 

Staphylea trifolia ............... G.-  1@ $19.00

The native American Bladderpod, these are from the plants growing wild in Punnetts woods. A shade tolerant shrub or small tree it can eventually reach 36’ in height but fifteen would be more common. Noted for its curious inflated seed pods, we like it for the fantastic bark.

 

Stephanandra incisa 'Crispa' S. P. -1@ $15.00

An award of merit plant, some find more merit to it than others. Low growing with maple-like leaves that are reddish bronze in spring, and small white flowers it’s useful for covering banks or cascading over a wall. Brigitta likes it Punnett remains unimpressed.

 

Stewartia pseudocamellia G.-  1@ $29.00

A classic from Japan with outrageous peeling bark and huge white flowers with orangish yellow stamens, it will eventually get huge, Dicks must be close to 60’ tall.

 

Stransvaesia (Photinia) davidiana 'Palette'          S.P.-  1@ $19.00

A large Chinese species that can reach 20’ or more after a great deal of time, it has been very slow for us with fantastic tricolor variegation, very showy but i doubt it will prove hardy here. 

 

Styrax americana .............. S.P.-  1@ $19.00

Cutting grown from a plant that has proven hardy for Punnett, it is more of a large shrub than a tree with typical white pendant bells. We find it quite attractive and much underused.

 

Styrax japonica ...................... G.-  1@ $19.00

It’s one of the most beautiful flowering trees with pendulous white bells dangling on 1.5” stalks.

 

Styrax japonica 'Emerald Pagoda' S.P.-  1@ $15.00

Supposedly the best of the japonica cultivars this is from Korea with larger leaves and flowers than the species, possibly a tetraploid, it lives here but struggles. I want to try it in a different spot, but for those of you a bit warmer it should be great.

 

Styrax obasia ........................ S.P.-  1@ $15.00

A broad-leafed plant quite different from Styrax japonica, I’ve always been rather fond of it, although it takes a beating in during very hard winters if it is planted in the open.

 

Styrax occidentalis ........ S.P.-  1@ $19.00

Ratko’s collections from rocky dry slopes covered with grey pine/ chaparral in the Santa Ynez mts at 2650’, upright trees to 10’ with horizontal branching and clusters of fragrant pendant white bells. These are small and we only have a few.

 

Styrax officianalis var. redivivus G.-  1@ $29.00

The American form is exceedingly rare in cultivation with fragrant clusters of white pendent bells dangling seductively from the horizontal branches of this exciting multi stemmed small tree. Seldom exceeding 10’ in height, it is perfect for a small garden. Ron’s collections from dry rocky chaparral slopes of the North Coast Ranges near Kilpepper Creek at 1700m. The plant has an odd distribution and the Asian version has been tapped and the resin used for incense, hardiness from this location is uncertain, I’m guessing zone seven or warmer.

 

Sycoparrotia semidecidua bap.-  1@ $69.00

Bigeneric crosses are rare, and this one has some interesting parents, both members of the Witch Hazel family, the familiar Parrotia persica and the rather obscure Sycopsis sinensis. Flowers are dark reddish browns with vermilion anthers and intermediate between the parents.

 

symphoricarpos albus ‘aureovariegata’     S. P. -1@ $15.00

Seems to be identical to Symphiocarpos orbiculatus 'Variegata' Dick planted 'em side by side and can detect no difference. A cool variegated snowberry whatever the name, large leaves with neat golden yellow margin, shy fruiting plant.        

 

Symphoricarpos orbiculatus ' variegata'   S. P. -1@ $15.00

See Symphoricarpos albus ‘aureovariegata’  

 

Symphoricarpos x chenaultii 'Hancock'        S.P.-  1@ $15.00

Orbiculatus x microphyllus, prostrate mounding habit 2ft x 12ft' wide after 12 years, pink flowers and rosy red fruit, leaves quite small ovate, blue green, pubescent beneath.

 

Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii Amethyst    S.P.1@ $15.00

A great new coralberry from Germany, this produces abundant crops of vivid purple pink fruit in late summer Spring Meadow considers it superior to all other Coralberries.

 

Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'White Hedge'       S.P.-  1@ $15.00

Developed by Dorenbos in the Hague prior to 1940, ‘White Hedge’ is stiffly upright with age and bears a tremendous crop of somewhat alien looking lumpy white fruits that are huge for a Symphiocarpos, actually it looks like someone superglued mini marshmallows to all the branches, ours fruited for the first time this summer and created quite a stir.

 

symphoricarpos x ‘magic berry’ S.P.-  1@ $15.00

Bluish green lvs, compact plants, large quantities of eye catching pink berries in fall.

 

SYRINGA amurensis japonica (reticulata)  'IVORY SILK'           G.-  1@ $19.00

Catchy name, I’d rave about it if only I knew how it was supposed to be an improvement over the species, bigger flowers, better bark, whatever, if it wasn’t better why name it.

 

Syringa julianae 'George Eastman' S.P.-  1@ $12.00

I saw this In Dale Deppe’s garden and was very impressed, it is distinctly different from any other lilac we grow with wine red buds opening to incredibly long tubed cerise pink flowers. If you lay a flower head in the rock garden, it could pass for a Dionysia.

 

Syringa lacinata (protolacinata) G.-  1@ $19.00

Finely cut and dissected leaves, it is like no other lilac and when is out of flower a great plant for testing the taxonomic skills of garden visitors, if you like lilacs this is a must.

 

SYRINGA SWEGIFLEXA 'JAMES MCFARLANE'          bap.-  1@ $29.00

Reflexa crossed to sweginzowii or reflexa x villosa; James Mcfarlane has been listed as both a Preston and a swegiflexa. Late blooming, flowers are long tubed and a good clear pink; Swallowtail butterflies and Sphinx moths love them

 

Syringa sweginzowii albida hyb 'Summer Renaissance’       G.-  1@ $19.00

This may eventually be marketed by Spring Meadow under the name ‘Summer Renaissance’ or perhaps something not yet announced. A plant with immense potential for Lilac breeders it produces a massive spring display of fragrant fleshy pink colored flower heads and it continues to set new flower buds throughout the season producing a continuous parade of flowers from spring until fall. Indeed even after the leaves have fallen it usually still has open flowers perfuming the fall garden like the ghost of spring. Our plants have an almost broom like habit, very dwarf and conjested. The bad news is the flower clusters are relatively small in the manner of microphylla, a dedicated breeder could make this the foundation for a completely new series of lilacs.