Pleasant Run Nursery Plant Catalog

Botanical Name     Common Name
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Iberis sempervirens

Candytuft - Evergreen
Evergreen Candytuft has white flowers in Spring, over dark green evergreen foliage. It is a slow spreading groundcover and prefers dry sites.
Iberis sempervirens

Ilex crenata 'Green Lustre'

Holly - Japanese
'Green Lustre' Japanese Holly is an evergreen with shiny small green leaves on its flat-topped shrub habit, making it excellent for low hedges. It does well at the seashore because it is salt tolerant.
Ilex crenata 'Green Lustre'

Ilex crenata 'Helleri'

Holly - Japanese
'Helleri' Japanese Holly is an evergreen with tiny green leaves. on a dwarf, stiffly mounding plant. Our landscaper friend Martin Blackman says this is the only Japanese Holly he can use with success in deer-infested Princeton.
Ilex crenata 'Helleri'

Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'

Holly - Japanese
'Sky Pencil' Japanese Holly has a very upright columnar form and glossy evergreen foliage. It looks like an exclamation point in the landscape. It is also salt tolerant.
Ilex crenata 'Sky Pencil'

Ilex crenata 'Soft Touch'

Holly - Japanese
'Soft Touch' Japanese Holly is an evergreen with shiny dark green tiny leaves on a dense beautiful shrub that needs little pruning. Branches are more flexible than I. c. 'Helleri', so it doesn't break easily (a better landscape choice).
Ilex crenata 'Soft Touch'

Ilex crenata 'Steeds'

Holly - Japanese
Ilex crenata 'Steeds' has an upright pyramidal form with dark green glossy evergreen foliage, excellent for hedging. It is also salt tolerant.
Ilex crenata 'Steeds'

Ilex crenata 'Beehive'

Holly - Japanese
The small dark green shiny leaves of Ilex crenata 'Beehive' form a tight, mounding shrub. A selection by New Jersey's own Dr. Elwin Orton, chosen from over 20,000 seedlings he evaluated at Rutgers University. 'Beehive' is salt tolerant.
Ilex crenata 'Beehive'

Ilex glabra 'Compacta'

Holly - Inkberry
Ilex glabra 'Compacta' is a compact, tight form of Inkberry which also has fairly large round evergreen leaves. Wet site and salt tolerant.
Ilex glabra 'Compacta'

Ilex glabra 'Densa'

Holly - Inkberry
Dark green leathery leaves of Ilex glabra 'Densa' are rounder and wider than I. g. 'Shamrock'. It will become a tall but dense-leafed shrub. Takes pruning well, evergreen. It is also wet site and salt tolerant. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Ilex glabra 'Densa'

Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'

Holly - Inkberry
Ilex glabra Shamrock is a compact upright form with small glossy leaves. It is wet site tolerant and great for evergreen hedges.
Ilex glabra 'Shamrock'

Ilex glabra 'Nigra'

Holly - Inkberry
The dark green glossy foliage of Ilex glabra Nigra Inkberry turns purplish in Winter. Wet site tolerant and evergreen.
Ilex glabra 'Nigra'

Ilex pedunculosa 'Female'

Holly - Longstalk
The smooth, lustrous evergreen leaves set off the beautiful red berries held on long peduncles throughout the Fall and Winter. A great cut green to bring into the house, especially since it's thornless. We've loved this Holly for years and our selection often has 3 berries per peduncle, making it very showy.
Ilex pedunculosa 'Female'

Ilex pedunculosa 'Male'

Holly - Longstalk
Ilex pedunculosa 'Male' is the proper pollinator for our female selection. In order to get the best fruit set possible, use at least 1 male for every 5 females.
Ilex pedunculosa 'Male'

Ilex verticillata 'Afterglow'

Holly - Winterberry
Ilex verticillata 'Afterglow' is a Winterberry with large orange-red fruit aging to bright orange, on a very compact plant.The pollinator is 'Jim Dandy'. Introduced by Simpson Nursery. It is also salt and wet site tolerant.
Ilex verticillata 'Afterglow'

Ilex verticillata 'Golden Verboom'

Holly - Winterberry
Ilex verticillata 'Golden Verboom' is the newest and brightest of the yellow-berried Winterberries, with vivid yellow fruit all Winter. It specifically needs 'Golden Verboom' male for pollination. Selected at Verboom Nursery in Holland. It is also salt and wet site tolerant.
Ilex verticillata 'Golden Verboom'

Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy'

Holly - Winterberry
Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy' is the early blooming pollinator for 'Afterglow', 'Maryland Beauty', 'Red Sprite' and 'Stoplight'.
Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy'

Ilex verticillata 'Maryland Beauty'

Holly - Winterberry
Ilex verticillata 'Maryland Beauty' has large red fruit which covers the branches thickly, and colors up early in the Fall. This Winterberry Holly is often used for commercial cut branch production. It has a compact habit. 'Jim Dandy' is the pollinator. It is also wet site and salt tolerant.
Ilex verticillata 'Maryland Beauty'

Ilex verticillata 'Oosterwijk'

Holly - Winterberry
Ilex verticillata 'Oosterwijk' is a selection from the Netherlands and is the one used most often in the florist trade there because it retains its bright red fruit longer than most other cultivars. 'Southern Gentleman' is the pollinator. This Winterberry Holly is also salt and wet-site tolerant.
Ilex verticillata 'Oosterwijk'

Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'

Holly - Winterberry
Profuse large red fruit all Winter on an extremely compact plant, Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' never needs pruning! The pollinator for this Winterberry Holly is 'Jim Dandy'. It is also wet site and salt tolerant.
Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'

Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman'

Holly - Winterberry

Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman' is the pollinator for 'Oosterwijk', Winter Red® and 'Winter Gold'.

Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman'

Ilex verticillata 'Stoplight'

Holly - Winterberry
Ilex verticillata 'Stoplight' has large shiny red fruit. The pollinator is 'Jim Dandy'. A Simpson Nursery introduction. It is also wet site and salt tolerant.
Ilex verticillata 'Stoplight'

Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold'

Holly - Winterberry
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold' has golden-yellow fruit well into Winter. An introduction by Simpson Nursery. The pollinator is 'Southern Gentleman'. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant. It is also wet site and salt tolerant.
Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold'

Ilex verticillata Winter Red®

Holly - Winterberry
Ilex verticillata Winter Red® has brilliant red long lasting fruit. An introduction by Simpson Nursery. Pollinator is 'Southern Gentleman'. It is wet site tolerant, as our son Hans Hesselein has proven by planting it in our own swamp. It is also salt tolerant. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Ilex verticillata Winter Red®

Ilex x 'Christmas Jewel' ('HL10-90')

Holly
Ilex x 'Christmas Jewel' is a small pyramidal female Holly with abundant red fruit at a very young age. Narrow dark shiny green leaves, evergreen, does not need a pollinator. It was introduced by Bob Head of Headlee Nursery.
Ilex x 'Christmas Jewel' ('HL10-90')

Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Holly
With shiny dark green leaves and plentiful fruit, Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens' is a fast-growing pyramidal shrub that comes from Oxford, Maryland, via G.A. Van Lennep, Jr.
Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens'

Ilex x Robin™ ('Conin')

Red Holly

Ilex x Robin™ is one of the best Red Holly selections, introduced jointly by Flowerwood and Evergreen Nurseries in the 1990's.  Large leaved new foliage emerges red and matures to a lustrous dark green.  The upright pyramidal plant becomes covered with bright red berries, and is self-pollinating, so it can stand alone as a striking specimen.  It is evergreen, and does best with some protection from winter winds. 

Ilex x Robin™ ('Conin')

Ilex x aquiperneyi Dragon Lady® ('Meschick')

Holly
Ilex x aquiperneyi Dragon Lady® is a very glossy, upright female plant, with an excellent Fall and Winter display of bright red fruit. Hybridized by Kathleen Meserve, evergreen.
Ilex x aquiperneyi Dragon Lady® ('Meschick')

Ilex x meserveae Blue Princess® ('Conapry')

Holly - Meserve
Shiny dark blue-green leaves, excellent fruit set of bright red berries and compact growth habit makes Ilex x meservae Blue Princess® one of the best broadleaf evergreen Hollies. 'Blue Prince' is the preferred pollinator.
Ilex x meserveae Blue Princess® ('Conapry')

Ilex x meserveae Blue Maid® ('Mesid')

Holly - Meserve
Blue Maid® is one of the hardiest Meserve Hollies, with bright red fruit in Fall and Winter, and shiny dark blue-green evergreen foliage. Hybridized by Kathleen Meserve, 'Blue Boy' is preferred pollinator. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Ilex x meserveae Blue Maid® ('Mesid')

Ilex x meserveae China Girl® ('Mesog')

Holly - Meserve
Ilex x meservae China Girl® has shiny light green leaves, excellent fruit set of bright red berries and rounded growth habit. Hybridized by Kathleen Meserve. China Boy® is the preferred pollinator. It is very cold hardy.
Ilex x meserveae China Girl® ('Mesog')

Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Boy'

Holly - Meserve
An early but good introduction by Kathleen Meserve. 'Blue Boy' is a pollinator for 'Blue Girl' and 'Blue Maid' and has dark blue-green lustrous foliage.
Ilex x meserveae 'Blue Boy'

Ilex x meserveae China Boy® ('Mesdob')

Holly - Meserve
China Boy® Holly is a pollinator for China Girl® and has similar bright green foliage. Very cold hardy.
Ilex x meserveae China Boy® ('Mesdob')

Illicium x 'Woodland Ruby'

Anise tree
Illicium x 'Woodland Ruby' has deep purple-red straplike flowers bloom for an extended period in mid to late Summer. Foliage is dark green and evergreen, somewhat reflexed in Winter. Needs protection from Winter winds and is happiest in some shade.
Illicium x 'Woodland Ruby'

Indigofera amblyantha

Indigo
Indigofera amblyantha becomes covered with pink flower spikes in early to late Summer, extended showy flowering season.
Indigofera amblyantha

Indigofera decora

Indigo - Chinese

Indigofera decora has clear pink flowers on slender racemes are produced from June through the Summer. The plant stays low but gets wide, because of its suckering habit.

Indigofera decora

Indigofera gerardiana (syn. heterantha)

Indigo - Himalayan
Indigofera gerardiana has panicles of purple-pink flowers from June to Fall, over delicate grayish-green foliage.
Indigofera gerardiana (syn. heterantha)

Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet'

Indigo
Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet' makes a tight green mat crowned with rose-pink spikes from June to September. Slow to break dormancy in Spring so be very patient and treat it like a sub-shrub. From the Scott Arboretum in Pennsylvania.
Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet'

Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet'- See Woody Groundcovers

Indigofera pseudotinctoria 'Rose Carpet'-   See Woody Groundcovers

Iris cristata 'Alba'

Iris - Dwarf Crested
The delicate white flowers of Iris cristata 'Alba' have yellow crests, blooming in May. Makes a slow-spreading ephemeral groundcover.
Iris cristata 'Alba'

Iris cristata

Iris - Dwarf Crested
Flowers of this native woodland plant are a soft delicate blue in May. They are displayed above the flat green leaves, and a have showy yellow crest. Foliage almost disappears by mid Summer.
Iris cristata

Iris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant'

Iris - Dwarf Crested
Powder blue flowers with yellow crests. 'Powder Blue Giant' is more vigorous than most Iris cristatas, with larger flowers and leaves, blooming in May. A slow spreading groundcover.
Iris cristata 'Powder Blue Giant'

Iris cristata 'Tennessee White'

Iris - Dwarf Crested
Iris cristata 'Tennessee White' is a long blooming, vigorous selection sent by Don Shadow to North Creek Nurseries. Lots of large white flowers accented by yellow crests appear in May. A moderate spreader and a real show-stopper in Spring.
Iris cristata 'Tennessee White'

Iris cristata- See Perennial Groundcovers

Iris cristata-   See Perennial Groundcovers

Iris ensata 'Crystal Halo'

Iris - Japanese
The large dark purple flat flowers with white edges and appear in June. All Iris ensata varieties are wet site tolerant.
Iris ensata 'Crystal Halo'

Iris ensata 'Flying Tiger'

Iris - Japanese
Iris ensata 'Flying Tiger' has large pale violet-white flat flowers with purple veins in June. It is wet site tolerant.
Iris ensata 'Flying Tiger'

Iris ensata 'Lion King'

Iris - Japanese
The white flowers of Iris ensata 'Lion King' have striking wide dark purple borders in June. Wet site tolerant.
Iris ensata 'Lion King'

Iris ensata 'Variegata'

Iris - Japanese Variegated
Iris ensata 'Variegata' has purple flowers in June, and striking white striped leaves. Does well in wet sites.
Iris ensata 'Variegata'

Iris ensata 'White Ladies'

Iris - Japanese
The large pure white flowers of Iris ensata 'White Ladies' have yellow signals and are wet site tolerant.
Iris ensata 'White Ladies'

Iris ensata 'Velvet Queen'

Iris - Japanese
Iris ensata 'Velvet Queen' has large dark purple flowers in June. Prefers wet sites.
Iris ensata 'Velvet Queen'

Iris germanica 'Autumn Circus'

Iris - German Bearded
'Autumn Circus' German Bearded Iris has large white flowers with purple edges and veining in May and June. It reblooms in Fall.
Iris germanica 'Autumn Circus'

Iris germanica 'Before The Storm'

Iris - German Bearded
The large flower of 'Before The Storm' German Bearded Iris is such a dark purple that it looks black. Blooms in May and June.
Iris germanica 'Before The Storm'

Iris germanica 'Beverly Sills'

Iris - German Bearded
The large coral-pink flowers of 'Beverly Sills' German Bearded Iris have ruffled edges and bloom in May and June.
Iris germanica 'Beverly Sills'

Iris germanica 'Fall Fiesta'

Iris - German Bearded
The large bi-color flowers of 'Fall Fiesta' German Bearded Iris have amber bronze falls and pale yellow standards in June.
Iris germanica 'Fall Fiesta'

Iris germanica 'Harvest of Memories'

Iris - German Bearded
The large bright yellow flowers of 'Harvest of Memories' German Bearded Iris appear in May and June, with the addition of reliable Fall blooms. An amazing flower to see in October!
Iris germanica 'Harvest of Memories'

Iris germanica 'Immortality'

Iris - German Bearded
'Immortality' German Bearded Iris has very ruffled pure white flowers in May and June, with reliable late Summer and Fall re-blooming. The large flowers turn heads in September and October.
Iris germanica 'Immortality'

Iris germanica 'Red Hawk'

Iris - German Bearded
'Red Hawk' German Bearded Iris has large ruffled flowers of bronze-red in May and June. A very striking color and form.
Iris germanica 'Red Hawk'

Iris germanica 'Savannah Sunset'

Iris - German Bearded
The large apricot-orange flowers of 'Savannah Sunset' German Bearded Iris are very ruffled, blooming heavily in May and June.
Iris germanica 'Savannah Sunset'

Iris louisiana 'Black Gamecock'

Iris - True Water
'Black Gamecock' has deep purple-black flowers in June over strap-like foliage. This Iris loves water and warm temperatures and does very well in bogs and on the edges of ponds.
Iris louisiana 'Black Gamecock'

Iris pallida 'Variegata'

Iris - Sweet Variegated
The soft lavender-blue flowers of Iris pallida 'Variegata' appear in May and are a lovely addition to the striking foliage. Broad leaves are striped with green and creamy yellow, making it a show all Summer.
Iris pallida 'Variegata'

Iris sibirica 'Caesar's Brother'

Iris - Siberian
The purple-blue flowers of 'Caesar's Brother' Siberian Iris appear in May. It is dry site tolerant.
Iris sibirica 'Caesar's Brother'

Iris sibirica 'Ruffled Velvet'

Iris - Siberian
'Ruffled Velvet' Siberian Iris has large dark purple ruffled flowers in May, and is dry site tolerant.
Iris sibirica 'Ruffled Velvet'

Iris sibirica 'White Swirl'

Iris - Siberian
The white flowers of 'White Swirl' Siberian Iris have a yellow throat. It blooms in May and is dry site tolerant.
Iris sibirica 'White Swirl'

Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'

Sweetspire
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet' has fragrant white flowers in June and burgundy-scarlet Fall foliage. It was named by the Scott Arboretum after Mary Henry. It is also wet site tolerant. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'

Itea virginica Little Henry® ('Sprich')

Sweetspire
Itea virginica Little Henry® has fragrant white flowers in June and burgundy-scarlet Fall foliage. Introduced by Richard Feist. It is also wet site tolerant.
Itea virginica Little Henry® ('Sprich')

Itea virginica 'Merlot'

Sweetspire
Itea virginica 'Merlot' is a Sweetspire with fragrant white flowers in June and has the most compact habit of our Iteas, with burgundy Fall foliage. A wonderful native plant from Mark Griffith. It is also wet site tolerant.
Itea virginica 'Merlot'
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