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Large deciduous tree with relatively small dark green leaves and smooth, later scaly gray trunk. Dirr states there is a magnificent specimen at Kew. (See DIR, KRU)

Virtually unknown large tree similar toZ. serrata, with dark green foliage developing wine-red fall color. (See DIR)

Hardiness

Zones 6–8

Bloom

Red

One of the finest shade trees for a hard place. Zelkova serrata, the Japanese zelkova, is a deciduous tree of the elm family, native to Japan, Korea, and eastern China, long valued as the sacred keyaki of Japanese temples and a prized timber and bonsai subject. In the West the tree has become a leading street and lawn tree, in no small part as a graceful, disease-resistant stand-in for the American elms lost to Dutch elm disease.

Hardiness

Zones 5–8

Light

Full Sun

Height

40–70 ft.

Spread

40–60 ft.

Bloom

Green

Plant type

Tree

A rare gem of the Southeastern coastal plain, chosen for the bluest foliage of the tribe. Zenobia pulverulenta 'Woodlanders Blue' is a semi-evergreen shrub of the heath family, native to the pocosins and pine savannas of the coastal Carolinas, and grown above all for striking powder-blue, glaucous foliage and hanging clusters of white, bell-shaped flowers in early summer. Woodlanders selected and introduced this exceptionally blue form, which has since won wider recognition.

Hardiness

Zones 5–9

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

2–4 ft.

Spread

3–4 ft.

Bloom

White

Plant type

Shrub

This is the green foliaged form of this fine semi-evergreen ornamental shrub native to the coastal Carolinas. Showy racemes of white bell-shaped flowers in spring. Moist sandy acid soil in sun or semi-shade. See also the 'Woodlanders Blue' selection with blue foliage which is becoming more widely available. Zenobia was virtually unavailable from nurseries when Woodlanders first began offering it.

Hardiness

Zones 6–9

Height

2–4 ft.

Spread

2–4 ft.

Bloom

Red

A native lily that answers the rain. Zephyranthes atamasco, the atamasco lily or rain lily, is a bulbous perennial of the amaryllis family, native to moist woods and meadows of the Southeastern United States. The name atamasco comes from the Powhatan people of the Virginia tidewater, an old word carried into botany, and the plant has also long been called Easter lily for the season of bloom.

Hardiness

Zones 6–9

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

6–12 in.

Spread

6–12 in.

Bloom

White

Plant type

Perennial

This fall blooming Rain-lily produces masses of white flowers from grass-like clumps of foliage. It is tolerant of a wide range of soils and conditions but likes moisture. It spreads and naturalizes nicely in the South. It is native to Argentina. The silvery flowers of this species along the Rio de la Plata may have inspired the Spanish to name the river and the country (Silver).

Hardiness

Zones 7–9

Height

10–12 in.

Spread

6–8 in.

The leaves on this rush-like yellow-flowered Rainlily are thick with blunt edges. The clear yellow crocus-like flowers can appear at various times but mostly in late summer. A fine garden bulb native to Central and South America.

Hardiness

Zones 7–9

Bright golden star like lilies through the summer. These bulbs produce grass like foliage which is somewhat persistent through the winter. Not difficult to grow but likes moisture. Native to Argentina and Brazil.

Hardiness

Zones 7–9

Height

12–15 in.

Spread

6–8 in.

A rain lily that flowers on a whim of the weather, and a plant that spent nearly forty years under the wrong name. Zephyranthes macrosiphon is a bulbous perennial of the amaryllis family, native to eastern Mexico, grown for vivid rose-pink flowers that open as if overnight after warm-season rain.

Hardiness

Zones 8–10

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

12–14 in.

Spread

6–8 in.

Bloom

Pink

Plant type

Perennial

A delicate wildflower similar to Habranthus tubispathus, but with a smaller leaf. (See HRT) Three inch container.

Hardiness

Zones 8–10

Zingiber mioga, or Japanese ginger, is a plant of quiet beauty and old-world usefulness. Native to the cool woodlands of Japan and Korea, it rises in summer on slender green stems, its foliage long and narrow—almost bamboo-like in its grace. In late summer to fall, just when most of the garden begins to settle, this hardy ginger offers its surprise: pale yellow flower buds that emerge right at soil level, modest and easily missed if you’re not paying close attention.

Hardiness

Zones 7–10

Rooted in the annals of ancient cultivation, the jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba) is a storied specimen—an upright, deciduous tree prized for its glossy foliage, graceful form, and richly flavored, edible fruit. Cultivated in China for more than 4,000 years, the jujube has earned its rightful place in both orchard and legend, where its fruit—often likened to a date in taste and texture, though botanically unrelated—has been cherished for its nutritive and medicinal value.

Hardiness

Zones 6–9

Height

20–30 ft.

Spread

12–15 ft.

A modern Franklin tree with year-round presence and late-summer perfume. ×Schimlinia 'Schima Lina Ding Dong' is a rare intergeneric hybrid bred to capture the romance of the lost Franklin tree while adding real garden durability. Raised by the Mountain Crop Improvement Lab at NC State, the selection crosses Franklinia alatamaha, the legendary Georgia native long gone from the wild and famous for luminous white flowers, with Schima remotiserrata, a broadleaf evergreen of the tea family from Asia. The result is an elegant evergreen carrying fragrant, white, camellia-like blooms in late summer, just when the garden most wants a fresh highlight.

Hardiness

Zones 7–9

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

10–15 ft.

Spread

6–10 ft.

Bloom

White

Plant type

Shrub