2012 Plant Catalogue
| Type | Botanical Name | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tree/Shrub | ABELIOPHYLLUM distichum | White Forsythia | Fragrant, early spring-blooming shrub with white forsythia-like flowers. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES alba ‘Barabit’s Star’ | Silver Fir | A spreading form with layered branches and dark green, downward-curving needles. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES alba ‘Pyramidalis’ | Silver Fir | Upright pyramidal form with dense dark green foliage. Great for a small garden or tight space. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES balsamea ‘Nana’ | Dwarf Balsam Fir | Very slow-growing globose form with lovely dark green glossy foliage. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES balsamea ‘Tyler Blue’ | Blue Balsam Fir | An attractive silver-blue selection. |
Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES concolor ‘Candicans’ | White Fir | This is probably one of the bluest conifers. Needles are very big and powder-blue. |
Large (over 12 inches/year) | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES concolor ‘Conica’ | White Fir | A compact, conical form with steel-blue, inch-long needles. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES concolor ‘Select’ | White Fir | An attractive blue selection from Bountiful Nurseries. |
Large (over 12 inches/year) | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES concolor ‘Wintergold’ | White Fir | An upright form with gold foliage in winter. |
Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana | Korean Fir | This beautiful evergreen has dark green foliage with silver undersides. Striking cones are held upright on the branches. |
Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Aurea’ | Korean Fir | A beautiful gold foliage form with a more compact habit than the species. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Blauer Pfiff’ | Dwarf Korean Fir | A dwarf low-spreading form with attractive blue-green needles. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Cis’ | Dwarf Korean Fir | A very tidy, attractive specimen with shiny dark green needles. Shape is a flattened sphere. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Glauca’ | Korean Fir | A selection with more intense blue-green color and conical form. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Golden Glow’ | Dwarf Korean Fir | A low spreading cultivar with chartreuse-yellow needles and an irregular habit. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Oberon’ | Dwarf Korean Fir | A very slow-growing form with dark green needles and an irregular to rounded habit. |
Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Silberlocke’ | Korean Fir | Needles are twisted to show silver undersides. Unique! |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Silberperle’ | Dwarf Korean Fir | Tiny dark green needles show a silver reverse. Short, stiff branches form a dense globe. |
Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES koreana ‘Tundra’ | Dwarf Korean Fir | A spreading, rounded dwarf with dark green needles with contrasting white undersides. Cool white buds in winter. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES lasiocarpa ‘Arizonica Glauca’ | Blue Rocky Mountain Fir | Needles are an attractive blue-gray. Bark is very light colored. Upright, compact habit. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES lasiocarpa ‘Glauca Compacta’ | Dwarf Blue Rocky Mountain Fir | Slow-growing dense, broad pyramid with stiff, very blue needles. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun | Zone 4 | |
| Conifer | ABIES nordmanniana ‘Golden Spreader’ | Caucasian Fir | A low spreader with bright golden yellow foliage. Appreciates some shade. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Perennial | ACAENA inermis ‘Purpurea’ | New Zealand Burr | A prostrate plant with lacy, dissected, deep plum foliage. Provides a delicate effect in the rock garden. |
2 - 4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACANTHOPANAX sieboldianus ‘Variegatus’ | Five-Leaved Aralia | Brightly variegated shrub reportedly to 8′ but very slow in our experience. Excellent for shady situations and tolerant of poor soils. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | Zone 4 | |
| Perennial | ACANTHUS hungaricus | Bear’s Breech | One of the hardiest Acanthus, this species has spikes of blush pink flowers backed with dark red bracts in the summer. Impressive, deeply cut, dark green, thistle-like foliage. Needs excellent drainage in the winter. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER campestre ‘Carnival’ | Variegated Hedge Maple | A variegated hedge maple with pink and white foliage. Plant in a protected site to avoid burning on the leaves. Great small specimen tree. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 4 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER griseum | Paper Bark Maple | Beautiful, exfoliating cinnamon bark and good fall color. Needs a protected site in Vermont. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Branford Beauty’ | Full Moon Maple | Unique monkshood-like leaves on a low wide-spreading tree. |
4 feet high by 10 feet wide | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Ed Wood’ | Full Moon Maple | Vigorous tree with extra large, deeply cut foliage and yellow to red fall color. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Green Cascade’ | Full Moon Maple | Deeply dissected leaves and pendulous habit. Wonderful fall color. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER japonicum ‘Ruby’ | Full Moon Maple | Olive green foliage is overlaid with burgundy and turns red in the autumn. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Bloodgood’ | Japanese Maple | Bright red new growth and purple-red foliage all season. One of the hardiest Japanese Maples. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Brandt’s Dwarf’ | Japanese Maple | A dense-growing dwarf tree with new growth emerging red and maturing to olive-green. Fall color is dark crimson. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Burgundy Lace’ | Japanese Maple | Beautiful deeply dissected dark burgundy foliage on a wide-spreading plant. This cultivar grows wider than tall. |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Crimson Prince’ | Japanese Maple | A cultivar that is faster growing than A. ‘Bloodgood’ and foliage is redder. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Crimson Queen’ | Japanese Maple | One of the most popular lace leaf Japanese maples with excellent burgundy foliage and attractive mounding habit. Grows wider than tall. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Filifera Purpurea’ | Japanese Maple | Narrow strap-like deep burgundy leaves- good fall color. Vase-like growth habit. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Grandma Ghost’ | Japanese Maple | Cream to yellow spring foliage with darker veins. One of the ghost series from Talon Buchholz. Orange to red fall color. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Hana Matoi’ | Japanese Maple | Striking dissected purple spring foliage is overlaid with pink and cream! Habit is dwarf and mounding. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Inabe Shidare’ | Japanese Maple | A lace-leaf Japanese Maple with deep purple spring foliage, turning more red in summer then to fiery red in fall. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Koto No Ito’ | Japanese Maple | Japanese for “harp strings” this cultivar has very narrow dissected bright green foliage turning yellow to red in the autumn. Habit is vase-shaped. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Mikawa Yatsubusa’ | Japanese Maple | A tight-growing dwarf with layered green foliage turning bright red-orange in the fall. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Orido Nishiki’ | Japanese Maple | Layered branches sweep toward the ground with lacy leaves variegated pink, white and green. Fall color is a spectacular red-burgundy. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Purple Ghost’ | Japanese Maple | A medium size tree with an upright habit. Spring leaves are a deep purple-red with prominent black veins that turn fiery red to orange in fall. |
7-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Red Dragon’ | Japanese Maple | An excellent lace leaf cultivar with outstanding burgundy foliage and mounding habit. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Red Emperor’ | Japanese Maple | Similar to A. ‘Bloodgood’, but leafs out later in the season avoiding spring frosts. |
15-20 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Seiryu’ | Japanese Maple | An upright vase-shaped form with dissected foliage. Green leaves turn purple in autumn. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Sister Ghost’ | Japanese Maple | Yellow-green foliage with darker veins is more dissected than others in the “ghost” series. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Summer Gold’ | Japanese Maple | Bright gold foliage matures to light green. Can be grown in full sun without burning. |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 | |
| Tree/Shrub | ACER palmatum ‘Ukigumo’ | Japanese Maple | A dense growing form with with foliage variegated white and pink. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Zone 5 |