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Botanical/Common Image Description Price
Abies lasiocarpa

Subalpine Fir

This tree has beautiful gray bark, smooth when the tree is young, but with resin blisters & cracks as it ages. Slow growth as it tends to stay dwarf and in the garden rarely gets taller than 20 feet. Will remain a charming miniature evergreen, which makes them very popular garden specimens.
Stock #: 857-002
Zone: 5-8     Height: 20'     Full-Sun Native Americans
$10.99 each
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Abies procera

Noble Fir

The ultimate Christmas Tree! Noble fir is a native conifer with pretty, dark blue-green needles. Grows very symmetrical with short, stiff branches. Great landscape evergreen. It likes full sun and dry sites
Stock #: 857-001
Zone: 5-8     Height: 90-200'     Full-Sun Native Americans
$6.99 each
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Acer circinatum

Maple, Vine

A versatile NW native that's very useful in the small garden. Fresh light green leaves turn orange and red in Fall often holding their beautiful leaves a long time. Grows 18 inches per year when young. Rugged, graceful truck and very easy to grow.
Stock #: 723-005
Zone: 5-9     Height: 15-20'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Full-Shade Low-Water-Req Native Americans
$6.99 each
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Acer griseum

Maple, Chinese Paperbark

The wonderful peeling bark is copper-orange and reveals a silky smooth, light tan-orange trunk. Deep dark green foliage changes to a deep red in the fall. Often said the favorite tree of those that have them. A true four seasons of interest with this beautiful tree. Wonderful subject for Bonsai.
Stock #: 723-007
Zone: 4-7     Height: 20-40'     Full-Sun Part-Shade
$16.99 each
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Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum'

Maple, Japanese

These are 2 yr old, seedlings 10-12'' tall. The most affordable and one of the hardiest of the Japanese maples. An excellent tree in city gardens where shade and space limitations can be a challenge and a wonderful Bonsai subject. Rarely attacked by insects or bothered by air pollution. Impossible to beat for the price.
Stock #: 723-004
Zone: 5-9     Height: 12-16'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Bonsai Species
$6.99 each
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Arbutus menziesii

Pacific Madrone

A lovely, native, evergreen tree with beautiful cinnamon, red brown, exfoliating bark. Greenish-white, sweetly fragrant flowers are followed by pea-sized red fruits that remain on the tree well into winter. Birds love the berries. Photo by Derrick Ditchburn
Stock #: 782-001
Zone: 7-10     Height: 20-50'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Native Americans
$16.99 each
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Arbutus x 'Marina'

Strawberry Tree

A pleasant, evergreen, shrubby tree on which both red and yellow edible 'strawberry-like' fruit hang at the same time in fall. 'Marina' has large leaves, rosy pink flowers and peeling bark revealing smooth, reddish new bark. Beloved by birds. These plants have been cut to promote more branching so the mature plants will be half the height of the typical 'tree' form. Drought resistant and practically disease resistant, the strawberry tree is easy to care for. An excellent, tough evergreen shrub / tree that can tolerate a range of difficult locations and is also a good firescaping plant.
Stock #: 507-004
Zone: 8-10     Height: 25'     Full-Sun Part-Shade
$8.99 each
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Betula hybrid 'Royal Frost'

Birch, Red-Leafed

Royal Frost is an improved red-leaved birch which maintains a stronger central leader and faster, straighter growth. The fabulous burgundy leaf color holds well through the summer. Fall is a festival of colors ranging from bright red, orange, yellow and purple. Truly a spectacular all season tree. The bark is white with cinnamon hues.
Stock #: 392-002
Zone: 4-8     Height: 30-40'     Full-Sun Part-Shade
$7.99 each
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Betula jacquemontii

Birch, Whitebarked Himalayan

A magnificent birch with excellent peeling chalky-white bark that develops on 2 to 3 year-old trees. Graceful in the summer and very interesting in the winter landscape. Beautiful yellow fall foliage.
Stock #: 392-001
Zone: 5-9     Height: 30-50'     Full-Sun Part-Shade
$6.99 each
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Carpinus japonica

Japanese Hornbeam

This beautiful tree has wide spreading branches and beautiful pleated foliage. It produces hop-like catkins and seed pods. Fall color is faintly orange to yellow Has nice flowers in spring and smooth pink-gray fluted bark. A truly outstanding Bonsai tree!
Stock #: 869-001
Zone: 4-9     Height: 20-30'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Bonsai Species
$6.99 each
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Chaenomeles 'Cameo'

Quince

Romantic, fully double, peach colored flowers in May. Very nice.
Stock #: 776-003
Zone: 5     Height: 2-3'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Bonsai Species
$8.99 each
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Chaenomeles 'Crimson & Gold'

Quince

The richest, most exciting quince we've ever seen. Large, velvety, crimson red flowers with bright golden stamen and a low spreading habit. A vast improvement in quince!
Stock #: 776-004
Zone: 5     Height: 2-3'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Bonsai Species
$8.99 each
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Chaenomeles 'O'Yashima'

Quince

Spectacular pure white flowers are large, doubled and very showy. Light up the garden.
Stock #: 776-005
Zone: 5     Height: 2-3'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Bonsai Species
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Chaenomeles 'Texas Scarlet'

Quince

An old time favorite with bright red flowers in May. Very popular for hedging and prized for bonsai, jam making and for its large colorful blooms.
Stock #: 776-002
Zone: 5     Height: 3-4'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Bonsai Species
$7.99 each
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Chamaecyparis nootkatensis

Alaska Yellow Cedar

It has dark green foliage with downsweeping branches that droop enough to give it a wilted appearance. Leader is often drooping, similar to western hemlock. Often found in moist to wet sites and often in rocky areas. Native Americans prized the wood of this cedar for canoe paddles, and is still used today for poles, paddles, and boat construction.
Stock #: 860-001
Zone: 4-8     Height: 60-120'     Full-Sun Native Americans
$6.99 each
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Chamaerops humilis

Mediterranean Fan Palm

This lovely palm is grown widely throughout the Mediterranean. A hardy, clumping palm tree, growing slowly to 20 feet high. Multiple trunks 4 to 5 inches in diameter with triangular, fan-shaped blue-gray to green leaves, 1 to 2 feet long and wide. Very attractive and exotic looking. They frequently produce several trunks which may be short and straight, long and thin or hidden altogether by the leaves. Also see: Trachycarpus
Stock #: 796-001
Zone: 7-10     Height: 20'     Full-Sun Part-Shade
$16.99 each
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Citrus limon 'Variegata'

Lemon Tree, Variegated

Striking variegation to both the leaves and the fruit! Will reach 8-feet tall in 5 years. Zones 9-10 so most of us will pull it inside for the winter where it's fruit will ripen and new flowers will bloom and then back out on the patio in the spring. Young leaves emerge with pink tints among the green. The pink matures to a rich cream. Flowers are numerous, extremely fragrant and are followed by striped fruits that are very flavorful. This is a 2 year old tree.
Stock #: 390-001
Zone: 9-10     Height: 8-10'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Fragrant Holiday Plants and Greens
$14.99 each
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Eucalyptus 'Silverdrop'

Eucalyptus

Amongst the hardiest. Its delicate small circular leaves surround the stems and this variety has strong side-branching. Fragrant leaves are silvery green in color. Can grow into a very large tree or be kept pruned as a shrub. Very popular silver-cast material for florists and wreath makers and has a useful place in the herb garden.
Stock #: 417-003
Zone: 7-10     Height: 30-40'     Full-Sun Cut-Flower Low-Water-Req Fragrant
$3.49 each
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Heptacodium miconioides

Seven Son Flower

Profuse clusters of fragrant, creamy white flowers in late summer and showy rosy-red fruit in fall over dark green foliage. This 15-20' large Chinese arching shrub can be trained into a small tree to show off the attractive exfoliating bark. Considered to be the Crape Myrtle of the North. No pest or disease problems.
Stock #: 558-001
Zone: 4-8     Height: 15-20'     Full-Sun Butterfly-Hummingbird Low-Water-Req
$14.99 each
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Laurus nobilis

Bay Tree

A slow-growing, aromatic, evergreen tree that can reach 30' tall. The bay tree is often grown in pots to control its size and also to move to protection in colder areas. It is sometimes topiaried into formal shapes or pruned as a shrub. Pick leaves early in the day throughout the year and use fresh or dried. A very attractive and valuable addition to the kitchen or herb garden.
Stock #: 486-001
Zone: 7-10     Height: 10-30'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Deer-Resistant
$8.99 each
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Picea sitchensis

Spruce, Sitka

Unsurpassed in majestic beauty. Northwest native conifer commonly found at low to middle elevations on moist, sandy or swampy soils. It's particularly valued for its fast growth on poor soils and exposed sites where few other trees can be grown successfully; in ideal conditions young trees may grow 4 feet per year. Good choice for winter cover, nesting areas, and wildlife food. The most disease and insect resistant spruce available.
Stock #: 858-001
Zone: 5-8     Height: 90-140'     Full-Sun Native Americans
$6.99 each
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Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'

Flowering Cherry

Kwanzan' is considered by many to be the most beautiful Japanese Flowering Cherry. Hardy and well-known, this popular cultivar combines show-stopping flowering display with great foliage and habit. Double pink flowers are abundant and appear before the foliage. New foliage comes out a bronze color, quickly changing to dark green. Fall color is excellent for a cherry, with bronzy orange or orange-red hues. The strongly vase-shaped habit is also very useful as a structural element in the landscape.
Stock #: 693-002
Zone: 5-8     Height: 20-30'     Full-Sun
$7.99 each
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Rhus typhina 'Tiger Eyes'

Tiger Eyes Sumac

Wow! A big departure from the typical staghorn sumac. This striking foliage plant offers a long season of interest with deeply-cut, almost lacy leaves. The new growth starts out a vivid chartreuse, but soon changes to a bright yellow with fuzzy deep pink leaf stems. It remains that color throughout the growing season, without burning even in full sun. In autumn the plants turn a brilliant scarlet-orange layered over the yellow, for an impressive, luminous show. This new variety is a dwarf that is non-invasive.
Stock #: 871-001
Zone: 4-8     Height: 6'     Full-Sun Part-Shade
$19.99 each
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Sequoiadendron giganteum

Giant Sequoia

Very elegant, symmetrical evergreen that will typically grow a foot a year. Has a silvery cast to its very attractive foliage. Can withstand higher elevations and colder winters. Good windbreak tree but needs room to spread.
Stock #: 781-001
Zone: 7-9     Height: 20-250'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Native Americans
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Stewartia monodelpha

Orangebark Stewartia

A true four-season plant with exceptional qualities. A fairly heat tolerant tree, prefers partial shade, but will take full sun. It has 2-inch white flowers in June and a deep red fall color. It slowly reaches a height of 20'-25'. Also sports lovely orange cinnamon bark all winter. A much sought-after tree for Bonsai. Drought tolerant once established. We ship young, well branched trees at least 14'' tall.
Stock #: 725-002
Zone: 6-8     Height: 25-30'     Full-Sun Part-Shade Great-Plant-Pick
$14.99 each
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