Pleasant Run Nursery Plant Catalog

Botanical Name     Common Name
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Magnolia ashei

Magnolia - Ashe
Magnolia ashei is a smaller version of our native Bigleaf Magnolia. It blooms at a younger age with huge fragrant creamy white flowers followed by showy rose-colored fruit.
Magnolia ashei

Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty'

Magnolia - Southern
Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty' is a Southern Magnolia with large fragrant white flowers in June and July, and glossy dark green evergreen leaves with rusty undersides. One of the most cold tolerant, introduced by Ray Bracken Nursery. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant. It is also salt tolerant.
Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty'

Magnolia grandiflora 'D.D. Blanchard'

Magnolia - Southern
Magnolia grandiflora 'D.D. Blanchard' has large fragrant white flowers in June and July, set off by lustrous dark evergreen leaves with beautiful orange undersides (indumentum). Introduced by Robbins Nursery of North Carolina. It is also salt tolerant.
Magnolia grandiflora 'D.D. Blanchard'

Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue'

Magnolia - Southern
Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue' has large fragrant creamy white flowers throughout Summer over glossy evergreen leaves. One the most reliably cold tolerant Southern Magnolias. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant. It is also salt tolerant.
Magnolia grandiflora 'Edith Bogue'

Magnolia grandiflora 'Kay Parris'

Magnolia - Southern
Magnolia grandiflora 'Kay Parris' is an upright, columnar smaller form of our Southern Magnolia, with dark green leaves backed by brown undersides and displaying white, fragrant flowers in July and August. A good evergreen tree for a tight location. It is also salt tolerant.
Magnolia grandiflora 'Kay Parris'

Magnolia grandiflora 'Spring Grove #19'

Magnolia - Southern
There are a number of seedling Magnolia grandifloras planted in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, OH, which have served as a laboratory for cold-hardiness. Number 19 is one of the 3 that have stood the test of time. 'Spring Grove #19' has large fragrant white flowers that are set off by the glossy evergreen leaves which have orange-tan undersides. Salt tolerant.
Magnolia grandiflora 'Spring Grove #19'

Magnolia grandiflora 'Victoria'

Magnolia - Southern
Magnolia grandiflora 'Victoria' has large white flowers in Summer that are set off by the glossy evergreen foliage which is dark green with orange-brown indumentum. 'Victoria' was found in Victoria, British Columbia, but is one of the hardiest selections available. 'Victoria' is salt tolerant
Magnolia grandiflora 'Victoria'

Magnolia macrophylla

Magnolia - Bigleaf
Magnolia macrophylla has large creamy white flowers in Spring, big rose-colored fruits in Summer, and huge tropical-looking leaves.
Magnolia macrophylla

Magnolia pyramidata

Magnolia - Pyramid

Magnolia pyramidata has greenish-purple buds that open to large, tropical looking green leaves. Simple white flowers in Spring have a strong turpentine-like scent.

Magnolia pyramidata

Magnolia tripetala

Magnolia - Umbrella
Umbrella Magnolia is very tropical looking with huge single white flowers in Summer, enormous leaves in an umbrella-like configuration, and showy rose-red fruit in September.
Magnolia tripetala

Magnolia virginiana

Magnolia - Sweetbay
Magnolia virginiana has fragrant white flowers starting in June that will bloom for much of the Summer. In Fall it has showy red fruit with orange seeds. It is also wet site tolerant.
Magnolia virginiana

Magnolia virginiana 'Green Shadow' (formerly 'Greenbay')

Magnolia - Sweetbay
The evergreen foliage of Magnolia virginiana 'Green Shadow' forms a tight oval tree with fragrant white flowers in Summer. This is a selection by the great Don Shadow from seedlings from the great Joe McDaniel. It is also wet site tolerant.
Magnolia virginiana 'Green Shadow' (formerly 'Greenbay')

Magnolia virginiana 'Henry Hicks'

Magnolia - Sweetbay
Magnolia virginiana 'Henry Hicks' has fragrant white flowers starting in June, evergreen foliage and is one of the hardiest forms of M.virginiana. It is also wet site tolerant.
Magnolia virginiana 'Henry Hicks'

Magnolia virginiana Moonglow® ('Jim Wilson')

Magnolia - Sweetbay
Magnolia virginiana Moonglow® has white fragrant flowers in the Summer and is very hardy, has rapid growth, is wet site tolerant and semi-evergreen. A great introduction by Earl Cully. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Magnolia virginiana Moonglow® ('Jim Wilson')

Magnolia virginiana 'Northern Belle'

Magnolia - Sweetbay
'Northern Belle' has larger than normal, fragrant, creamy white flowers that appear in June and July. Evergreen foliage and excellent cold tolerance make 'Northern Belle' and exceptional Sweetbay Magnolia. Attractive fruit is red with orange seeds in the Fall. Found in Ohio at Coles Nurseries (Former home of the Sunburst® Locust).
Magnolia virginiana 'Northern Belle'

Magnolia virginiana var. apalachee

Magnolia - Sweetbay Apalachee
The seed source for this upright, evergreen Sweetbay, Magnolia virginiana var. apalachee, is the highest elevation mountain of the Southern Appalachian mountain range. It has fragrant white Summer flowers and it is wet site tolerant. Selected and introduced by Keith Kilpatrick of Tennessee.
Magnolia virginiana var. apalachee

Magnolia virginiana var. australis

Magnolia - Sweetbay Southern
Magnolia virginiana var. australis has white fragrant flowers in Summer, and showy red fruit with orange seeds in August and September. It is semi-evergreen and wet site tolerant.
Magnolia virginiana var. australis

Magnolia virginiana var. australis Sweet Thing™

Magnolia - Sweetbay
Magnolia virginiana var. australis Sweet Thing&8482: is a very exciting find by George Dodson and FC Boyd III, and is truly dwarf evergreen Sweetbay Magnolia. Sweet Thing&8482: was noticed in a lock of seedlings at Boyd Nursery in Tennessee for its extremely dense, compact form, and even better, it turned out to be evergreen! Its habit is a little taller than wide, but it should be used as a big round shrub rather than a small tree. Like all virginianas, it has fragrant creamy white flowers in Summer and showy seed pods.
Magnolia virginiana var. australis Sweet Thing™

Magnolia x 'Butterflies'

Magnolia
Magnolia x 'Butterflies' has deep yellow fragrant flowers appearing before leaves emerge. It has an upright pyramidal habit, and is one of the best yellow Magnolias, from legendary Magnolia breeder Phil Savage of Michigan.
Magnolia x 'Butterflies'

Magnolia x 'Daybreak'

Magnolia
Magnolia x 'Daybreak' has extremely fragrant large glowing pink cup shaped flowers in May, on a narrow upright form. Hybridized by Dr. August Kehr, and said to be his favorite of all his many crosses. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Magnolia x 'Daybreak'

Magnolia x 'Elizabeth'

Magnolia
Magnolia x 'Elizabeth' is one of the original “yellow break through&8482: Magnolias which shows its M. acuminata parentage in its upright vigorous form. Flowers are large pale yellow and fragrant, coming before leaves are out far enough to obscure them. A wonderful addition to the Magnolia world from the prolific Brooklyn Botanic Gardens breeding program. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Magnolia x 'Elizabeth'

Magnolia x 'Gold Star'

Magnolia
Pale yellow medium-sized blooms of 'Gold Star' age to ivory. New growth is an attractive bronze. Hybridized by Phil Savage of Michigan, who originally called it 'Bronze Leaf Baby Shoes' and luckily changed his mind. M. acuminata is one of its parents.
Magnolia x 'Gold Star'

Magnolia x 'Judy Zuk'

Magnolia
Magnolia x 'Judy Zuk' is a spectacular and fitting tribute to the much missed former president of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden , Judy Zuk. Upward-facing fragrant flowers are a strong yellow, flushing to orange pink at the base. An extraordinary beautiful Magnolia coming from BBG's wonderful hybridizing work. M. accuminata is prominent in its ancestry.
Magnolia x 'Judy Zuk'

Magnolia x 'Rose Marie'

Magnolia
Magnolia x 'Rose Marie' has a very large flower that is a bright-rose-pink on the outside and a softer pink on the inside. A product of a cross involving M. 'Daybreak', Rose Marie blooms for an extended period in April and May.
Magnolia x 'Rose Marie'

Magnolia x 'Sunburst'

Magnolia
The canary yellow upright flowers on Magnolia x 'Sunburst' appear in April, later than many yellow Magnolias, thereby avoiding frost damage. The M. acuminata parentage is clear in its upright, tree-like habit. Another wonderful cross from Dr. August Kehr.
Magnolia x 'Sunburst'

Magnolia x 'Sunsation'

Magnolia
Magnolia x 'Sunsation' has large creamy yellow flowers are flushed with dark pink at the base of the petals. Blooms appear late enough in April to avoid most frost damage, but before the leaves emerge. Another lovely Dr. August Kehr hybrid from a cross between M. 'Woodsman' and 'Elizabeth'.
Magnolia x 'Sunsation'

Magnolia x 'Yellow Bird'

Magnolia
Magnolia x 'Yellow Bird' is a late flowering Magnolia with deep yellow fragrant flowers that are seldom damaged by frost. One of Brooklyn Botanical Garden's great introductions, and Rick Darke's favorite yellow.
Magnolia x 'Yellow Bird'

Magnolia x loebneri 'White Rose'

Magnolia
Magnolia x loebneri 'White Rose' has a great number of white petals that make this fragrant Magnolia look remarkably like its name. A seedling of JC McDaniel's 'Ballerina', it blooms in early April and is followed by bronzy new growth.
Magnolia x loebneri 'White Rose'

Mahonia bealei

Mahonia - Leatherleaf
Mahonia bealei has lemon-yellow fragrant flowers in early Spring, blue fruit in Summer, which attracts birds, and is evergreen. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Mahonia bealei

Mahonia x media 'Winter Sun'

Mahonia
'Winter Sun' Mahonia has stunning yellow upright flowers in January and February, over leathery dark green evergreen foliage. New growth in Spring emerges a bronze color, adding to the charm. Blue fruit may appear in Summer, to the delight of birds. Found and named in Ireland.
Mahonia x media 'Winter Sun'

Matteuccia struthiopteris

Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris has tall green foliage and edible fiddleheads. It is very wet site tolerant and is a deciduous rapid spreader. It is also relatively sun tolerant, if in a wet location.
Matteuccia struthiopteris

Matteuccia struthiopteris- See Ferns

Matteuccia struthiopteris-   See Ferns

Mazus reptans

Creeping Mazus
Mazus reptans has tiny green leaves that form a dense mat, covered with delicate, purple-blue flowers in late Spring. A great plant for rock gardens, walkways and walls.
Mazus reptans

Mazus reptans 'Alba'

Creeping Mazus
Mazus reptans 'Alba' forms a thick mat of tiny green leaves, topped by delicate white flowers in late Spring. Good for walls, walkways and rock gardens, does best in moist shade.
Mazus reptans 'Alba'

Mertensia virginica

Virginia Bluebells
Virginia Bluebells are pink in bud and the nodding bells turn a bright lavender-blue as they open above blue-green foliage. The leaves usually turn yellow and disappear by mid-Summer, so it is best to use these with other, later, shade perennials. In a moist setting they will slowly colonize a large area.
Mertensia virginica

Mertensia virginica- See Perennials

Mertensia virginica-   See Perennials

Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'

Dawn Redwood
Striking yellow foliage, Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' is a rapid growing, deciduous conifer with coppery fall color. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant. It is also wet site tolerant.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'

Microbiota decussata

Russian Arborvitae
Microbiota decussata is a soft, flat growing evergreen that has plum colored Winter foliage. Summer color is delicate fern-like green. Great in dry shade, where it spreads extensively.
Microbiota decussata

Microbiota decussata- See Woody Groundcovers

Microbiota decussata-   See Woody Groundcovers

Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'

Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio' has silver inflorescences in August, above green foliage. Fall color is bronzy. A Kurt Blumel introduction.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Adagio'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland'

Japanese Silver Grass
A more compact form of M. 'Variegatus' with vivid green and white leaves on a shorter, more upright form. Inflorescences emerge as a soft rose aging to silver.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Dixieland'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar'

Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar' is a compact Maiden grass that has horizontal yellow stripes on its leaves like M. 'Strictus', but the yellow stripes are much wider and, as a result, showier. The habit is upright, not floppy like 'Zebrinus', and the plant is smaller and slower growing. An introduction by Joy Creek Nursery.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gold Bar'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'

Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus' has rose-red inflorescences in late Summer over green foliage with thin, white mid-rib. The old classic form of the Maiden grasses.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'

Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella' produces silvery white inflorescences in August, above green foliage. An Ernst Pagels introduction from Germany.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Graziella'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Kitten'

Dwarf Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Kitten' has silver inflorescences in August, above short, delicate green foliage. Originated as a seedling of Yaku Jima.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Kitten'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'

Dwarf Porcupine Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra' has reddish plumes in late Summer. Its yellow and green horizontal stripes are showy all Summer and are an attractive tan in Winter.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Little Zebra'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus'

Maiden Grass
The early silver flowers of Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus' are held high above green foliage. The Fall color is a good orangey-tan. One of the earliest blooming Maiden grasses, introduced by Ernst Pagels of Germany.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Malepartus'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'

Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' has rose inflorescences in late Summer, above fine white and greenstriped leaves. The finest textured of the large Maiden Grasses.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberpfeil'

Maiden Grass - Silver Arrow
Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberpfeil' has rose inflorescences in September, above white and green striped foliage. It does not flop as much as Variegatus.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Silberpfeil'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'

Porcupine Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus' has reddish infloresences in September, above yellow and green horizontal striped leaves. Winter color is a soft tan.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Super Stripe'

Porcupine Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Super Stripe' is a new Porcupine Grass that has broader horizontal bands of gold on the green blades, making it more showy in the landscape. The inflorescences are held several feet above the foliage in late Summer into Winter. An introduction by Darrell Probst, the Epimedium King, chosen for its improved growth habit and showiness.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Super Stripe'

Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'

Japanese Silver Grass - Variegated
The reddish inflorescences of Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus' appear in September over white and green striped leaves.
Miscanthus sinensis 'Variegatus'

Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cabaret'

Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cabaret' has copper inflorescences in September and wide green and white striped leaves all Summer. It was introduced into this country by the US National Arboretum. Also beautiful in the Winter, when it is ivory-tan.
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cabaret'

Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan'

Japanese Silver Grass
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan' has copper-red inflorescences in September, and wide white and green striped leaves throughout the Summer. It was also introduced into this country by the US National Arboretum. Tall and showy in Winter.
Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus 'Cosmopolitan'

Miscanthus x giganteus

Miscanthus - Giant

Miscanthus x giganteus has silver inflorescences in Fall, above tall green foliage. Called "the poor man's bamboo" by a friend of ours - and that's what it looks like.

Miscanthus x giganteus

Molinia coerulea 'Skyracer'

Purple Moor Grass
Molinia coerulea 'Skyracer' has tall seed heads in mid-Summer that are very showy above short, green foliage which turns yellow in the Fall. Introduced by Kurt Bluemel.
Molinia coerulea 'Skyracer'

Monarda didyma 'Coral Reef'

Bee Balm
Monarda didyma 'Coral Reef' has coral to salmon-pink flowers from July until frost on disease-resistant foliage. A breakthrough in Bee Balms from the Morden Research Experimental Station in Manitoba, Canada. Attractive to bees and butterflies.
Monarda didyma 'Coral Reef'

Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline'

Bee Balm
Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' has bright red flowers in mid-summer that attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. A mildew-resistant introduction from Itsaul Plants, found originally in Georgia.
Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline'

Monarda didyma 'Petite Delight'

Bee Balm
'Petite Delight' Bee Balm has lavender-pink flowers in July and August on a compact disease-resistant plant. It is dry site tolerant when established. From Lynn Collicut of the Morden Research Station in Manitoba, Canada.
Monarda didyma 'Petite Delight'

Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine'

Bee Balm
Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine' has wine-red flowers from June through August on disease-resistant foliage. It is dry site tolerant when established. A White Flower Farm introduction. A great source of food for hummingbirds, bees and insects.
Monarda didyma 'Raspberry Wine'

Monarda didyma Grand Parade™ (ACrade)

Bee Balm
Monarda didyma Grand Parade™ is a new introduction from those tireless folks at the Morden Research Experiment Station, with large magenta-purple flowers in July and August, over short disease resistant foliage. Butterfly and bee attractant
Monarda didyma Grand Parade™ (ACrade)

Mondo Grass- See Ophiopogon in Per. Groundcovers

Mondo Grass-   See Ophiopogon in Per. Groundcovers

Muhlenbergia capillaris

Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris has deep rose-purple inflorescence in September, and the effect makes people stop in their tracks and stare. It must have a well-drained site, especially in the Winter.
Muhlenbergia capillaris

Musa acuminata 'Siam Ruby'

Banana
Musa acuminata 'Siam Ruby' has huge leaves that are a brick-red with many green flecks and stripes, making a stunning tropical effect. Lots of sun and moisture will make it grown amazingly in one Summer.
Musa acuminata 'Siam Ruby'

Musa acuminata 'Thai Black'

Banana
The lustrous large green leaves of Musa acuminata 'Thai Black' contrast with the purple-black stems and trunk. The colors darken as the Summer progresses. Adds a special tropical note to the garden.
Musa acuminata 'Thai Black'

Musa basjoo

Banana - Japanese Fiber
Glossy banana leaves up to 6' long in one season. The fruits are not edible, but the plant overwinters in a sheltered location if heavily, deeply mulched (the one time mulch volcanoes are appropriate...).
Musa basjoo

Musa- See Tropicals

Musa-  See Tropicals

Myrica pensylvanica

Bayberry - Northern
The dark green highly aromatic foliage of Myrica pensylvanica is semi-evergreen. It forms large colonies eventually. Especially useful in dry, salty sites. It is also wet site tolerant. Gray waxy fruit borne on female plants (dioecious).
Myrica pensylvanica

Myrica pensylvanica Silver Sprite™ ('Morton')

Bayberry

At last, a predictably female Bayberry! Silver Sprite, has all the qualities of seedling plants but with heavy fruit set as long as there are males nearby. According to Dr. Dirr, you need 20% male plants in the area to guarantee a heavy fruit set. From the Morton Arboretum in Illinois.

Myrica pensylvanica Silver Sprite™ ('Morton')

Nandina domestica

Heavenly Bamboo
The white flowers appear in June and July on Nandina domestica. They are followed by brilliant red fruit, persisting through the Winter, and red Fall foliage. Nandina is semi-evergreen, especially in a sheltered spot.
Nandina domestica

Nandina domestica 'Compacta'

Heavenly Bamboo - Compact
The white flowers of Nandina domestica 'Compacta' appear in June and July and are followed by brilliant red fruit. The leaves are shades of scarlet and burgundy in the Fall, and are semi-evergreen.
Nandina domestica 'Compacta'

Nandina domestica 'Fire Power'

Heavenly Bamboo
Nandina domestica 'Fire Power' has a nice compact habit. Its leaves have shades of green and red, and it is semi-evergreen.
Nandina domestica 'Fire Power'

Nandina domestica Gulfstream™

Heavenly Bamboo
Nandina domestica Gulfstream™ is a semi-evergreen with blue-green foliage that turns red in Fall. It has small white flowers in July. It has a very upright, tight habit.
Nandina domestica Gulfstream™

Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf'

Heavenly Bamboo
Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf' forms a dense mound with leaves all the way to the ground, white flowers in July and showy red fruit in the Fall and Winter when plants are older. It has good red Fall color, and is semi-evergreen.
Nandina domestica 'Harbour Dwarf'

Nandina domestica 'Royal Princess'

Heavenly Bamboo
The leaves of Nandina domestica 'Royal Princess' are more delicate than the other mid-sized Heavenly Bamboos, giving a lacy appearance to the plant. White flowers in June and July with bluish-green foliage in Summer, turning to shades of red and purple in Fall and Winter. Beautiful persistent red fruit in Fall and Winter, semi-evergreen.
Nandina domestica 'Royal Princess'

Nassella tenuissima

Mexican Feather Grass
Mexican Feather Grass has delicate, hairlike green foliage which is topped by delicate tan seed heads in early Summer. Not reliably Winter hardy below zone 7, but so beautiful in containers that it's worth it, even in the North. Formerly Stipa. Bruce Crawford of The Rutgers Gardens has had it survive in North Jersey, so maybe it's hardier in the ground in a well-drained site.
Nassella tenuissima

Nepeta subsessilis

Catnip - Japanese
Nepeta subsessilis has dark blue flowers over light green fragrant foliage. It has a compact habit and tolerates more moisture than other catmints. It blooms for a long time from early to mid-Summer, especially if deadheaded.
Nepeta subsessilis

Nepeta x faassenii 'Blue Wonder'

Catmint
Nepeta x faassenii 'Blue Wonder' has light blue flowers over grey-green aromatic foliage. It reblooms very well if cut back after it first blooms. Dry site tolerant.
Nepeta x faassenii 'Blue Wonder'

Nepeta x faassenii 'Dropmore'

Catmint
Nepeta x faassenii 'Dropmore' has blue flowers starting in May over gray-green aromatic foliage. Cutback after blooming to make it rebloom. Dry site tolerant
Nepeta x faassenii 'Dropmore'

Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low'

Catmint
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low' has blue flowers over gray-green aromatic foliage. It is dry site tolerant and named after the Irish Garden, 'Walker's Low', but it is also a low-growing catmint. 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year. Deadhead to make it rebloom.
Nepeta x faassenii 'Walker's Low'

Nipponanthemum nipponicum

Montauk Daisy

Montauk Daisy has single white daisies that are borne profusely in September and October over glossy succulent-like foliage. Very salt tolerant. We're playing the "Game of Many Names" here; this plant went from Nipponanthemum to Chrysanthemum and then to Leucanthemum but we are staying with Nipponanthemum, where it started, to avoid confusion!

Nipponanthemum nipponicum

Nyssa sylvatica Red Rage™ ('Hayman Red')

Black Tupelo or Sourgum
With excellent scarlet Fall foliage, larger glossy green leaves and an improved shape, Nyssa sylvatica Red Rage™ is an exciting native tree found by Michael Hayman of Seneca Gardens in Kentucky. This Sourgum, like most, is both wet site and salt tolerant.
Nyssa sylvatica Red Rage™ ('Hayman Red')

Nyssa sylvatica 'Sheri's Cloud'

Black Tupelo or Sourgum
Nyssa sylvatica 'Sheri's Cloud' is a lovely variegated form of Tupelo, with cream and white coloring in Summer turning to pink and red in Autumn. Found in Arkansas and named by someone for his deceased wife.
Nyssa sylvatica 'Sheri's Cloud'

Nyssa sylvatica 'Wildfire'

Black Tupelo or Sourgum
Nyssa sylvatica 'Wildfire' has spectacular red-tipped new growth into Summer, followed by excellent red Fall color. Introduced by Steve Hotevey of Beyond Green Nursery in Oregon. It is also wet site and salt tolerant.
Nyssa sylvatica 'Wildfire'

Nyssa sylvatica 'Zydeco Twist'

Black Tupelo or Sourgum
Nyssa sylvatica 'Zydeco Twist' is a stunning, contorted-branched Sourgum, found by Sherwood Akin in Louisiana. The form is amazing, especially after the vivid red fall foliage drops and the branches are more obviously zig-zaggy in Winter. It is also wet site and salt tolerant.
Nyssa sylvatica 'Zydeco Twist'

Oenothera fremontii 'Lemon Silver'

Evening Primrose
Oenothera fremontii 'Lemon Silver' has lemon yellow flowers from June to September, over silvery low foliage. Contrary to its common name, it blooms in daytime. Needs a dry, well drained site so it would be perfect with Lavender or Butterfly weed.
Oenothera fremontii 'Lemon Silver'

Oenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks' ('Fyrverkeri')

Evening Primrose
The bronzy leaves of Oenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks are topped by bright yellow flowers in June and July. This Evening Primrose forms a burgundy rosette in Winter.
Oenothera fruticosa 'Fireworks' ('Fyrverkeri')

Oenothera x 'Lemon Drop'

Evening Primrose
Oenothera x Lemon Drop has luminous yellow flowers that bloom all Summer on a compact plant. From the 'Proven Winners' program.
Oenothera x 'Lemon Drop'

Ophiopogon planiscapus Ebony Knight™ ('Ebknizam')

Mondo Grass
Ophiopogon planiscapus Ebony Knight™ has purple-black evergreen leaves, delicate lavender flowers in late Summer, and is a slow but excellent dry site groundcover.
Ophiopogon planiscapus Ebony Knight™ ('Ebknizam')

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Fastigiata'

Holly Tea Olive - Fastigiate
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Fastigiata' has shiny evergreen leaves that resemble prickly English holly leaves on a very upright plant. Flowers are fragrant but not conspicuous.
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Fastigiata'

Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki'

Holly Tea Olive
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' has stunning bronze new growth that changes to shiny Holly-like green leaves liberally speckled with creamy white. Late Summer fragrance. Introduction by the great plantsman Barry Yinger and Brookside Gardens. An evergreen that likes shady spots. P.H.S. Gold Medal Plant.
Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki'

Osmunda cinnamomea

Cinnamon Fern
Osmunda cinnamomea has medium green foliage. The fertile fronds are cinnamon-colored, and very upright. It is very wet site tolerant, and a deciduous creeper.
Osmunda cinnamomea

Osmunda regalis

Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis has tall, showy green foliage with fiddleheads that may be purple when emerging. It is very wet site tolerant, and a deciduous spreader. Relatively sun tolerant.
Osmunda regalis

Osmunda Varieties- See Ferns

Osmunda Varieties-   See Ferns

Oxydendrum arboreum

Sourwood
Oxydendrum arboreum has white flowers in mid to late Summer, brilliant red Fall foliage. Sourwood is is a wonderful tree for honeybees.
Oxydendrum arboreum
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