One of our all time favorite ornamental grasses, Little Giant Feather Grass stays a bit smaller than the typical Giant Feather Grass, growing only 3-5′ tall when in flower. One of the best grasses for watching blow in the wind and a real stunner when backlit at sunset!

Latin Name: Stipa gigantea  syn. Celtica gigantea ‘Little Giant’
Site and Soil: A variety of soils, so long as they’re well draining in full to part sun
Hardiness: Hardy to about -5ºF.
Size at Maturity: 3-5′ tall when in flower
Bloom Time: April-July but flowers hold into fall and winter
Pests & Diseases: None that we have observed
USDA Zone: 6a

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The mon, the myth, the legend, Thai Constellation is a stunningly variegated form of Monstera deliciosia that has a stable variegation and is easy to care for. One of the most sought after house plants and certainly one of the most beautiful and unique.

Latin Name: Monstera deliciosa ‘Thai Constellation’
Site and Soil: Bright light and even watering, but not too much or it will cause brown spots
Hardiness: Hardy to approx. 45º F, but looks its best if kept in warmer temperatures
Size at Maturity:  Depends how much space you have!
USDA Zone: 10a

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Perfume Princess is a fantastic new daphne introduction selected by crossing Daphne odora with Daphne bholua, it is one of the most floriferous and fragrant daphnes to come around in some time. It naturally maintains an excellent dense and upright shape and requires very little maintenance. Begins blooming mid winter and continues through the spring. Evergreen, fragrant, and sure to relieve those late winter blues.

Latin Name: Daphne odora x bholua ‘Perfume Princess’
Site and Soil: Half-day to full-day sun, and well-drained soil. A bit drought resistant once established.
Hardiness: Hardy to about 5° F
Size at Maturity: 3-4′ tall & 3-4′ wide
Bloom Time: January-April
USDA Zone: 7a

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An interesting member of the Mulberry family that is native to the Southeastern United States. The Osage Orange produces very large and peculiar looking fruits that have earned it names such as monkey brains and Irish snowball. They resemble a large Che fruit, and can indeed be used as a rootstock for that species. They are also useful for their wood which is prized by bow makers for its flexibility and is how we were first introduced to the species by bow maker and naturalist extraordinaire, Teage O’Connor. It’s also thought that the giant fruits evolved as such to be spread by the Pleistocene megafauna.

Latin Name: Maclura pomifera
Site and Soil: A wide range of soil and grows well in full sun to light shade.
Hardiness: Hardy to about -30° F.
Bearing Age: 4-5 years before significant harvest
Size at Maturity: 25-5o feet tall at maturity
Bloom Time: Spring
USDA Zone: 4-9
Pests & Diseases: We have not observed pest or disease damage on Osage Orange

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A bold and beautiful magnolia with massive, tropical-looking leaves that immediately gives the feeling of lower latitudes to any garden where it’s planted. The Big Leaf Magnolia subspecies ashei stays shorter, usually around 15-25 feet and is endangered in its native habitat down in Florida. The flowers are as oversized as the leaves with huge white petals that are fragrant, and still somehow elegant despite their gargantuan size. A great small garden tree that we rarely grow.

Latin Name: Magnolia macrophylla ssp. ashei
Site and Soil: Half day to full sun, well draining soil
Hardiness: At least 0° F.
Size at Maturity: 15-25 ft.
Flower Color: White
Bloom Time: Spring
Pests & Diseases: none that we have seen
USDA Zone: 6

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Add some home grown ginger to your next home made sushi rolls with our Hawaiian Yellow Ginger! Gingers are beautiful ornamentals to grow with their grass-like foliage and gorgeous flowers in summer, and they’re also quite easy to grow too. For growers in northern climates wanting to grow this unique edible ginger, you can easily grow them in pots and bring them indoors in the fall. Hilling up the the plants like you would potatoes often causes the ginger plant to make larger rhizomes. They can be harvested in late summer when they are still tender and don’t have the fibrous skin or bring them inside and wait until December when the above ground part of the plant dies back and you can then harvest the thick ginger that you’re used to seeing in the grocery store. A lovely, beautiful and delicious plant to try at home!

Latin Name: Zingiber officinale
Site and Soil: Prefers well draining soil and full sun
Hardiness: 32º Fahrenheit 
Size at Maturity: 5’x3′
Ripening Time: October
Pests & Diseases: None that we’ve seen while growing them here
USDA Zone: 9b-12

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San Jose Osmanthus is a lovely hybrid tea olive that we adore for its winter flowering fragrance and use as a drought tolerant broad leaved evergreen shrub. The world could use a few more Osmanthus hedges and a few less arborvitae which is why we carry this gorgeous variety of Osmanthus. The perfume of the flowers can be smelled a mile away and is intoxicatingly sweet at a time of year when the skies are usually grey.

Latin Name: Osmanthus fragrans x heterophyllus
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil
Hardiness: Hardy to about 5° F.
Size at Maturity: 10-15 ft. in height. x 5-6 ft. wide, but can be easily shaped with pruning
Bloom Time: October-December
Yield: 3-5 lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Not bothered by pests or diseases
USDA Zone: 7

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A lovely and valuable Australian native that grows about 8 feet tall and features glossy evergreen leaves with gorgeous bright red stems. An absolutely gorgeous ornamental, the Tasmanian Mountain Pepper also produces delicious peppery berries that can add some unique pizzaz to your culinary creations. We were first turned on to this plant by some chefs in the area and decided we must grow this edible and ornamental beauty from down under!  The Mountain Pepper is not quite drought tolerant so be sure to give it some summer water.

Latin Name: Drimys lanceolata
Site and Soil: Sun to part shade.
Pollination Requirements: Though reportedly dioecious our clone is self fertile
Hardiness: Likely hardy to at least 0F.
Bearing Age: 2-4 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: typically 6-8 ft. in height
Bloom Time: April-May
Ripening Time: June-July
Yield: 20+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: No diseases seen so far on this plant
USDA Zone: 7

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The Dawn Redwood is one of North America’s oldest native trees, dating all the way back to the Mesozoic Era! Up until the 1940’s it was thought to be extinct and was only known through the fossil record until it was “rediscovered” in rural China in the 1940’s when a forestry official named Zhan Wang collected samples from a tree in the wild. He connected the dots between that living tree and what was seen in the fossil record. In 1948 the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University sent a team of botanists to collect seed and bring it back to the United States. Seedlings were then distributed to different universities and the dawn redwood has since been somewhat widely planted, though it deserves much wider distribution, hence why we are now carrying Dawn Redwoods!

This tree has a very special place in our hearts and we would love to see it planted more in the landscape. Plants are very adaptable and even make great street trees. Dawn Redwood can tolerate wet soils better than most conifers, though it would still prefer to have somewhat well draining soils, and the growth rate is very fast on these, growing to 30 feet very quickly and to at least 150 ft. in time.  What’s even more unique is the Dawn Redwood is a deciduous conifer! So it actually drops its needles in fall after turning a beautiful golden yellow and then puts out new needles in the spring that are lime green, delicate and incredibly beautiful. On top of all that it makes one of the best climbing trees with its wide buttressed trunk and smooth arching limbs. Take a climb into the dawn redwood and let it take you back to the days when giant lizards roamed North America.

Latin Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Site and Soil: Dawn Redwood prefers half to full sun and can tolerate a wide variety of soils.
Hardiness: Dawn Redwood is hardy to minus 20 or below.
Size at Maturity: 150-175 feet high.
Pests & Diseases: N/A
USDA Zone: 5-9

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