Plant Guide

The word “deciduous” comes from the Latin root meaning “fall”. The leaves that sprout in summer fall in autumn. Deciduous trees are known for yielding beautiful fall colors including red, orange, yellow and purple. Deciduous trees and shrubs are some of the most beautiful additions to the home landscape.

Weeping Cherry

Ruby Falls Redbud

Tamukeyama Japanese Maple

Coral Bark Japanese Maple

Bloodgood Japanese Maple

Forest Pansy Redbud

Stellar Pink Dogwood

Kousa Dogwood

Crape Myrtle

American Hornbeam

American Sycamore

River Birch

Bosque Elm

Trident Maple

Willow Oak

October Glory Maple

Autumn Blaze Maple

Evergreen trees can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Unlike deciduous trees that shed their foliage during winter, evergreen trees keep their leaves year-round. Thousands of species are considered evergreens, including conifers, palm trees and most trees found in the rainforest. In general, evergreens require full sun to thrive, but many species are shade tolerant. Evergreens vary widely in their watering requirements, with some able to survive drought conditions and others needing daily rainfall, particularly those found in the rainforest.

Little Gem Magnolia

Hinoki Cypress

Weeping Deodar Cedar

Horstmann Blue Atlas Cedar (dwarf)

Blue Atlas Cedar Serpentine

Nellie Stevens Holly

Oakleaf Holly

Savannah Holly

Degroot Spire

Emerald Arborvitae

Brodie Cedar

Blue Atlas Cedar

Green Giant Arborvitae

Yoshino Cryptomeria

Carolina Sapphire

Deodar Cedar

Deciduous Shrubs, like deciduous trees, are plants which shed their leaves when their season ends. Deciduous shrubs are known for their beautiful changing of color throughout the seasons. Many offer seasonal color in their spring and summer flowers, fall leaves and colorful twigs. Deciduous shrubs are often at their best in fall when their colorful foliage highlights the garden.

Miscanthus Zebra Grass

Butterfly Bush

Limelight Hydrangea (Tree-Form)

Limelight Hydrangea

Evergreen shrubs bring life to dreary winter landscapes with their lush greenery. Like coniferous evergreens, evergreen shrubs create an everlasting framework for seasonal garden plantings. Some spring-flowering evergreen shrubs also produce attractive colorful berries in the fall, broadening their year-round appeal.

Dwarf Hinoki Cypress

Ligustrum

Hicksii Yew

Upright Japanese Plum Yew

Podocarpus

Ruby Red Loropetalum

Japanese Anise

Camellia

Tea Olive

Perennial flowers are plants that live for more than two years and return year after year blooming on their own. This is due to the flowers’ far-reaching roots which allow for better access to nutrients meaning a longer lifespan and less upkeep. Dwarf Ornamental Grasses provide contrasting color, texture and interest in the landscape without the sprawling size and height of their full-size cousins. Shade Plants prefer to grow in less than six hours of direct sunlight per day with most of that being the less intense morning sun. Many shade plants are grown more for their decorative foliage.

Variegated Liriope

Big Blue Liriope

Carex Everillo

Sweetflag Grass

Guacamole Hosta

Blue Angel Hosta

Cast Iron Plants

Lenten Rose

Japanese Painted Fern

Autumn Fern

Astilbe

Miss Huff Lantana

Peonies

New England Aster

Coreopsis

Siberian Iris

Autumn Joy Sedum

Tall Verbena

Black-eyed Susan

Cheyenne Spirit Coneflower

Purple Coneflower

Yarrow

Purple Flame Phlox

Shasta Daisy

Groundcover plants are any plants that grow over an area of ground. Groundcover provides protection of the topsoil from erosion and drought. In an ecosystem, the ground cover forms the layer of vegetation below the shrub layer known as the herbaceous layer.

Fig Ivy

Asiatic Jasmine

Spicata Liriope

Pachysandra

Creeping Jenny

Sedum

Chocolate Chip Ajuga

Mazus Reptans

Dianthus

Creeping Phlox

Dwarf Mondo Grass

Mondo Grass