All Plants
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘PJM Elite’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | A small leafed cultivar superior in all ways to the original with a later bloom time so those late frosts are not a worry. Purple flowers in early spring. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Pohjola’s Daughter’ | Finnish Evergreen Rhododendron | A University of Helsinki intro bred for large leaves, showy blooms and and very hardy flower buds. Lavender-pink buds open to light pink blooms that mature to white. Habit is compact. |
3-5 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Purple Passion’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Dark violet-purple flowers on large trusses in mid-to-late May. A large-leaved form with a dense, rounded habit. |
4-6 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Windbeam’ | Evergreen Rhododendron/ Hybrid Azalea | White flowers edged in apricot mid-spring, fading to pink over time. Lovely multicolored effect in spring. Small-leafed. We’ve found this selection to be evergreen in our climate, though some sites list this as deciduous. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Firestorm’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Hardy, large-leaved variety with big, bright red flowers late-spring. |
3-4 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4b | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Francesca’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Lightly-fragrant red trumpet-shaped flowers with maroon spots in mid-to-late spring. Large, narrow evergreen leaves. Broad, open habit. |
6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5b | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Lee’s Dark Purple’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Hardy, compact, rounded. Deep purple buds open to violet-purple flowers in May. Dark green, glossy, large leaves. |
6-7 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Maxecat’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Dense, vigorous, mound-forming, evergreen shrub. Large, narrow, shiny, dark green foliage. Pink flowers open in late spring. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Northern Hi-Lights’ | Deciduous Azalea | Very showy flowers are a bi-color of white and yellow. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Olga Mezitt’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Large trusses of clear pink flowers in late spring with small shiny evergreen leaves. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘PJM Compact’ | Small-leaved Rhododendron | Very hardy small-leaved, compact, evergreen Rhododendron with rich purple-pink clusters of flowers in spring. the foliage turns a beautiful shade of red in fall. |
4-4.5' | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON ‘Scintillation’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Dense-growing evergreen that’s covered with lightly-fragrant pink flowers with golden freckles in mid-to-late spring. |
4-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON canadense ‘Alba’ | White Rhodora | Star-like white flowers and gray-green foliage. Native to the swamps and bogs of the Northeast. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON cumberlandense | Cumberland Azalea | These are plants from seed collected by one of our customers from the mountains of Virginia. They’ve been growing in South Starksboro! Bright red-orange flowers in late June/early July. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON mucronulatum | Korean Rhododendron | Rosy purple flowers in early spring before the leaves emerge. Try with forsythia! |
4-8 feet | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON mucronulatum ‘Cornell Pink’ | Korean Rhododendron | Blooms in late April with clear pink flowers before the leaves emerge. A bright pop of color in early spring. Lovely with white narcissus. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON prinophyllum ‘Marie Hoffman’ | Roseshell Azalea | A triploid form of the Vermont native species with larger, clear pink fragrant flowers in May. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON schlippenbachii | Royal Azalea | Upright growing with the leaves in whorls around stems. Beautiful, fragrant soft pink flowers in spring just before the leaves. Doesn’t always bloom for us, but the foliage is worth it. |
6-8 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON viscosum | Swamp Azalea | A native azalea with delicate, fragrant lavender-pink blooms that open in June. Habit is loose and open. Great for wet locations. |
3-8 feet | Part Shade | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON viscosum ‘Pink Mist’ | Swamp Azalea | A form of a native azalea with delicate pink blooms. Fragrant flowers in June. Upright habit. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON yakushimanum ‘Ken Janeck’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | Considered one of the best ‘Yak’ hybrids. Heavily indumented large leaves. Pink flowers in mid-spring fade to white. Habit compact and mounding. |
2-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON yakushimanum ‘Smirnowii’ | Evergreen Rhododedron | Beautiful foliage with silvery indumentum on the new growth. Lovely pink flowers in mid/late spring. |
4-6 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON yakushimanum ‘Yaku Prince’ | Evergreen Rhododendron | This Yak hybrid has pink blooms with dark spotting in mid-to-late spring. Slender olive green leaves. |
3-4 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHODODENDRON viscosum ‘Lemon Drop’ | Swamp Azalea, Deciduous Azalea | Peach-hued buds open to small butter-yellow tubular flowers with a subtle lemon fragrance, in July. Attracts many pollinators. Red-orange fall color, and red stems for winter interest. Salt tolerant. |
5-7 feet | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHUS aromatica ‘Gro-Low’ | Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac | Excellent for bank control. Fast-growing groundcover. Glossy green foliage turns scarlet to orange in the fall. |
18-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHUS copallina ‘Lanham Purple’ | Shining Sumac | Purple-red leaves and stems with fabulous bright red fall color. Good for naturalizing large areas. Spreads. Drought/salt tolerant. |
8-10 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RHUS typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ | Cutleaf Sumac | Bright yellow cutleaf foliage contrasts with fuzzy purple-pink stems. Slow-spreading and great fall color. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | RODGERSIA henrici ‘Cherry Blush’ | Rodger’s Flower | This plant forms large clumps of dramatic, quilted foliage. Green leaves sport bronze hues in cooler spring and fall temperatures. Tall panicles of pink flowers in late spring. |
30-36 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | RODGERSIA podophylla | Rodger’s Flower | Large, glossy palmate leaves with jagged edges. Creamy white flowers. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | RODGERSIA podophylla Bronze Form | Rodger's Flower | New growth is dark chocolate on this cultivar. Typical jagged-edged, palmate foliage and white flowers. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | RODGERSIA podophylla ‘Rotlaub’ | Rodger's Flower | New growth is dark chocolate and the color holds longer than other cultivars. Typical jagged-edged, palmate foliage and white flowers. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Above and Beyond’ | Hardy Climbing Rose | A Bailey Nurseries First Editions introduction, this is a super hardy climber with profuse semi-double apricot blooms in spring. Some repeat bloom in summer. Disease-resistant. |
10-12 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Blanc de Coubert’ | Rugosa Shrub Rose | Fragrant double white flowers over typical rugose foliage. Repeat bloomer. |
4-5 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Carding Mill’ | English Shrub Rose | Blooms blend pink, apricot and yellow, giving the overall impression of orange. Lovely myrrh fragrance. Bushy, rounded shrub with quite straight stems. |
4 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Charles Darwin’ | English Shrub Rose | Blooms are yellow-gold in color, with a strong, delicious fragrance; a sturdy shrub with broad, spreading growth. Repeat bloomer. |
4-5 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Charlotte’ | English Shrub Rose | Exquisite soft yellow, lightly fragrant flowers that start off beautifully cupped, then open to rosettes. Repeat blooms from late spring to frost. |
4 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Cherry Frost’ | Climbing Rose | Beautiful clusters of slighty-fragrant, small red blooms. Repeat blooms throughout the season in abundance. Dark green, glossy foliage. Superior disease resistance. |
6-7 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Hansa’ | Rugosa Shrub Rose | Fragrant double red-violet blooms on a vigorous plant. Recurrent. Large meaty rose hips. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA ‘Lady of Shallot’ | English Shrub Rose | Reblooms from late-spring to first frost! Orange-red buds filled with loosely arranged, orange petals; surrounding outer petals are salmon-pink with contrasting golden-yellow undersides. Warm, tea fragrance, with hints of spiced apple and cloves. Quickly forms a bushy shrub. |
5 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA rugosa | Rugosa Shrub Rose | Flowers are single pink and fragrant followed by orange-red hips. Has great hardiness and durablility. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 2 | ||
Tree/Shrub | ROSA rugosa ‘Alba’ | Rugosa Shrub Rose | The white form of the hardy rugosa rose. Same great fragrance and large hips. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 2 | ||
Annual | ROSMARINUS ‘Tuscan Blue’ | Tuscan Blue Rosemary | Upright hedge of aromatic, needle-like evergreen foliage excellent in culinary and medicinal applications. Profuse clear blue flowers. Can be kept as a houseplant. |
6 feet | Sun | 8 | ||
ROSULARIA sempervivum ssp. glaucophyllum | Rosularia | Looking just like a Sempervivum with blue-green rosettes and white to pale pink flowers. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 5 | |||
Edibles | RUBUS idaeus ‘Boyne’ | Red Raspberry | An extremely hardy early-season red raspberry from Canada that is vigorous, disease resistant and productive. |
4-6 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RUBUS cockburnianus | White-stemmed Bramble | Self-fertile; flowers from June to July, and the inedible seeds ripen from August to September. Arching branches provide winter interest. |
9 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RUBUS cockburnianus ‘Golden Vale’ | Ghost Bramble | Grown for foliage rather than fruit, this cultivar has bright gold leaves through the summer on arching canes. Stems are a great silvery pink in winter. Cut to the ground in the spring to maintain size. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Edibles | RUBUS idaeus ‘Fallgold’ | Everbearing Raspberry | A deliciously sweet, rare self-fertile gold raspberry with the ability to produce two crops each season- late summer to fall harvest, and a second crop arrives the following late-spring/early summer on the same canes. |
4 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
Tree/Shrub | RUBUS thibetanus ‘Silver Fern’ | Ghost Bramble | White stems and silver tomentose foliage. Clusters of red/purple flowers are followed by black, blackberry-like inedible fruits. The stems also provide winter interest. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5b | ||
Perennial | RUDBECKIA fulgida ‘Deamii’ | Black-Eyed Susan | Similar to R. ‘Goldstrum’ with slightly smaller golden yellow blooms and taller habit. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | RUDBECKIA fulgida var. speciosa ‘Prairie Blaze’ | Black-Eyed Susan | A very floriferous, more compact variety with golden yellow blooms in the summer. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 4 |