All Plants
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Perennial | GERANIUM wlassovianum | Cranesbill | Soft gray-green foliage emerges burgundy in spring. Violet flowers from midsummer into fall. Another Rocky Dale favorite. Widespreading. |
18-20 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | GERANIUM cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’ | Cranesbill | Charming flowers white, tinged pink, in June. Fragrant foliage turns red in the fall. A hybrid of G. macrorrhizum and G. dalmaticum. Makes a great groundcover. Attracts bees and butterflies Clay soil tolerant Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | GEUM ‘Alabama Slammer’ | Avens | Blooms of deep orange with red highlights and edges with burgundy stems. Late-spring/early-summer. Deer/rabbit/pest/disease resistant. Attracts bees/butterflies/hummingbirds. |
18-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | GEUM ‘Tequila Sunrise’ | Avens | Single to semi-double yellow blooms with rose-colored tips on dark burgundy stems. Late-spring to mid-summer. Velvety, semi-evergreen foliage. Great as a cut flower. Attracts bees/butterflies. Some deer resistance. |
18-24 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Anny’s Zebra’ | Ginkgo | Unique foliage on a slow-growing plant. Large leaves are lobed and distinctly veined. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Gold Spire’ | Maidenhair Tree | Bright green foliage on a narrow upright tree. Brilliant yellow fall color. |
12-15 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Buddy’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | Dwarf cultivar with large, prominent buds. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Chase Manhattan’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | The smallest leaves of the upright male ginkgos. Bright yellow in fall. Multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit. |
3-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Everton Broom’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | A dwarf, densely branched globose selection. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Fan Dancer’ | Ginkgo | Very rare selection, so some information is yet to be confirmed. Not dwarf. Hardy to at least zone 5, perhaps more. Horizontal to slightly pendant branches with an upright terminal leader. Leaves are irregularly variegated with bold, rich yellow and noted for not reverting. |
TBD | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Folkert’s Select’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | Small leaves on upward angled branches. Narrow habit. Excellent yellow fall foliage. |
15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Grindstone’ | Ginkgo | A very narrow columnar form found at at a roadside rest stop. |
25 feet tall by 5 feet wide | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Jaded Jester’ | Ginkgo | A slow growing ginkgo with variegated, gold and green foliage. |
4' | Full sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Jagged Jade’ | Ginkgo | A sport of Jade Butterflies, this rare selection has dark green, very ruffed leaf edges, and irregular habit, and bright yellow fall color. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Joe’s Great Ray’ | Maidenhair Tree | Irregular bands of cream & green stripe each leaf on this beautiful cultivar. This neat tree is a very new introduction so the ultimate size is unknown at this time. |
? | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Mariken’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | A low spreading cultivar, 3′-6′ in 10 years. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Misa Ishi’ | Ginkgo | This tree is so new is has yet to be described! Once we have a description from the grower we will post it. |
Unknown at this time | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Pragense’ | Ginkgo | Pendulous, contorted branches with leaves are similar to the species. |
6-12' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Rocky’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | Leaves have a blue-cast early season, maturing to yellow edges before golden fall color takes over. Horizontal branching and low-spreading habit. |
3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Sari’ | Ginkgo | Slow-growing Ginkgo found as a witch’s broom. |
30-36" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Sky Tower’ | Maidenhair Tree | A densely-branched, narrow growing form. Grows 15-20’ tall, but only 5-8’ wide. |
15-20 feet | Full sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Slovakian Princess’ | Dwarf Ginkgo | Listed often as a miniature, but possibly larger. Slow-grower with dark green foliage and dense habit. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GINKGO biloba ‘Snowcloud’ | Ginkgo | Leaves emerge a soft cream, then develop yellow tones, and then mature to defined green with white blotches and streaks. Broad upright, oval shrub-like habit. A new selection, so height is uncertain. Variegated varieties need a site protected from afternoon sun. |
8-10 feet | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Annual | GLADIOLUS callianthus ‘Murielae’ | Abyssinian Sword Lily | Fragrant white blooms marked with purple in late summer. Attractive sword-like foliage. Corms easy to store in the north. Syn. Acidanthera |
2-4 feet | Sun | 7 | ||
Annual | GLADIOLUS ‘Mirella’ | Miniature Sword Lily | Bright red blooms with slightly ruffled edges in late summer. Corms are easily dug and brought inside to overwinter. |
18-24 inches | Sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
Perennial | GLAUCIDIUM palmatum | Glaucidium | Palmate leaves in dense dome, charming single lavender flowers in spring. One of our favorite woodland plants. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | GLEDITSIA tricanthos f. inermis ‘Skyline’ | Honey Locust | A thornless variety featuring a pyramidal habit up to 45 feet tall. Leaves turn a nice yellow in fall. Deer resistant |
35-45 feet | Full sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | GLOBULARIA cordifolia | Globe Daisy | Evergreen mats of shiny oval leaves with 4-5″ stems of blue button flowers in spring. |
6-8 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | GLOBULARIA repens | Matted Globe Flower | A small creeping rock garden plant with blue button flowers in summer. |
2-6" | Full sun | 4 | ||
Annual | GOMPHRENA ‘All Around Purple’ | Gomphrena | Spherical 1 inch rich-purple flower heads are both excellent cut and dried flowers. Blooms through the summer. |
16-18 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | GOMPHRENA ‘Fireworks’ | Gomphrena | Spherical 1 inch hot pink flower heads tipped in yellow on strong stems are excellent cut flowers. Forms a large, bushy plant by the end of the summer. |
3-4 feet | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | GOMPHRENA globosa ‘Red Selection’ | Gomphrena | Easy and free-flowering with spherical 1-2 inch red flower heads that are excellent both cut and dried. |
16-18 inches | Sun | Tropical | ||
Annual | GRAPTOSEDUM ‘Alpenglow” | Graptosedum | A Graptopetalum and Sedum hybrid. A bronze/pink succulent that trails as it grows. The rosettes grow tightly along the stem. Syn. Vera Higgins |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Succulent | ||
Perennial | GYPSOPHILA cerastoides ‘Pixie Splash’ | Creeping Baby's Breath | Very low alpine with white flowers splashed with pink in spring over woolly blue-gray foliage. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Grass | HAKONECHLOA macra ‘Albovariegata’ | Japanese Forest Grass | Elegant, slow growing, graceful mounds of narrow rich green leaves with slim bands of creamy white. Clay tolerant. Slow-spreading but long-lived. |
1-2 feet | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Grass | HAKONECHLOA macra “All Gold’ | Japanese Forest Grass | Graceful, bright golden-yellow foliage that mellows in fall and has the effect of a tiny bamboo. Low maintenance and long-lived, but spread slowly. |
12-18 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Grass | HAKONECHLOA macra ‘Aureola’ | Japanese Forest Grass | Low, arching bamboo-like foliage of yellow with a green line. One of the best grasses for shade. Spreads slowly. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Grass | HAKONECHLOA macra ‘Beni Kaze’ | Red Wind Forest Grass | A graceful mound of green foliage that turns a lovely red in the fall. |
28-30 inches | Part Shade | |||
Grass | HAKONECHLOA macra ‘Sunflare’ | Japanese Forest Grass | A sport of H. ‘All Gold’ with chartreuse gold foliage tipped in crimson. Becomes more orange and burgundy in the fall. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | HAMAMELIS intermedia ‘Jelena’ | Witch Hazel | A cultivar with coppery orange flowers. |
10-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | HAMAMELIS intermedia ‘Strawberries and Cream’ | Witch Hazel | Bicolor spidery blooms have red petals tipped in yellow. |
10-12 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | HAMAMELIS virginiana ‘Harvest Moon’ | Witchhazel | A selection from Broken Arrow Nursery with large, lemon yellow flowers in closely spaced clusters. Provides a showy display in late fall. |
12-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | HAMAMELIS virginiana ‘Little Suzie’ | American Witch Hazel | More compact and densely branched than the species, this selection is covered with fragrant yellow flowers in late autumn. The foliage also turns butter yellow. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Annual | HEDERA helix -general | English Ivy | We’ve rooted cuttings from a few resident ‘mother’ ivy plants- ‘Filigran’, Henriette’, and ‘Ingobert’. Treated as a houseplant or for hanging baskets. Solid green ivies are tolerant of shade, while variegated ivies prefer part sun. |
12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | Tropical | ||
Perennial | HELENIUM autumnale ‘Moerheim Beauty’ | Helen's Flower | Mahogany red daisies in late summer. Very floriferous. Good cut flower Deer resistant |
36-42 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | HELENIUM autumnale ‘Salsa’ | Helen's Flower | Spicy red flowers and dark chocolate centers will remind you of fresh Pico de gallo. One of the new compact Mariachi Heleniums. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | HELENIUM autumnale ‘Salud Embers’ | Sneezeweed | Red and yellow bicolor flowers from mid-summer into fall. Pinching back in early summer makes for a sturdier plant with more branching/blooms. Attracts butterflies/bees. Deer resistant. |
14-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | HELENIUM autumnale ‘Salud Yellow’ | Sneezeweed | Compact sneezeweed bearing bright gold flowers with a dark red center summer to autumn. Attracts butterflies/bees. Deer resistant. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | HELENIUM ‘Bandera’ | Sneezeweed | A profusion of gold-tipped, brick-red flowers that lasts from late summer into fall, often until first frost. Shallow-rooted; needs regular moisture. |
12-15 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | HELIANTHEMUM ‘Ben More’ | Rock Rose | Deep orange saucer-shaped flowers on trailing stems. Perfect for the rock garden or as groundcover. Deadhead to promote additional blooms. Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies. |
4-6 inches | Sun | 5 |