{"title":"Fast-Growing Plants","description":"\u003cp\u003eFast-growing plants are the ones that make up ground quickly, trees, shrubs, and vines that put on noticeable size year after year rather than inching along. In a new or replanted garden they are invaluable: they screen a view, shade a window, or fill an empty bed in a fraction of the time a slow grower takes, turning a raw site into something established while patience does the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the landscape speed solves the awkward early years. A quick screen buys privacy at once; a fast shade tree cools a new house within a few summers; vigorous fillers knit a young border together while the choicer, slower plants find their feet. Used well, fast growers are the scaffolding of a garden, giving instant effect and, often, the shelter that helps everything around them establish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe offer fast-growing plants because a garden that rewards quickly is a garden that gets loved and kept, and because quick coverage has real practical value: shade that cuts cooling bills, screens that soften a hard boundary, and roots that hold a raw slope while slower plantings take hold. Many are also generous to wildlife from their first season, flowering and fruiting young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive them room and remember that vigor cuts both ways, so match the plant to the space and be ready to prune or thin as the garden matures. Pair fast screening with the permanence of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/canopy-trees\"\u003eCanopy Trees\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/large-shrubs\"\u003eLarge Shrubs\u003c\/a\u003e, and lean on our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/drought-tolerant-plants\"\u003eDrought-Tolerant Plants\u003c\/a\u003e for quick, water-wise coverage on hot, dry sites.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"abelia-chinensis","title":"Abelia chinensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eA seldom-seen species with old-world charm, Abelia chinensis is a deciduous shrub native to China and one of the foundational parents of the widely grown Abelia x grandiflora. Far less common in American gardens than its hybrid offspring, the true species offers its own quiet distinctions: larger foliage, a fuller habit, and a long summer season of bloom that makes it a thoughtful choice for collectors and pollinator gardeners alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt grows upright to gently arching, reaching four to six feet in height and spread, with leaves notably larger than those of the typical hybrid Abelias. In summer it covers itself in a profusion of small white, lightly fragrant flowers that draw butterflies, bees, and other pollinators in real numbers. The tubular blooms appear in clusters along the stems and carry on well into early fall, each one cradled in a rosy calyx that lingers after the petals drop and gives the shrub a soft pink haze late in the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a surprisingly hardy plant, flowering reliably into USDA zone 5, though in the coldest winters it may die back toward the ground and return from the base in spring. In warmer zones it holds a fuller above-ground form and takes well to light pruning for shape or renewal. Give it full sun to part shade and well-drained soil; it prefers steady moisture but shows good drought tolerance once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden its graceful habit and long bloom suit it to an informal hedge, a mixed border, or a naturalistic planting where pollinators are welcome. Set it where the late-summer flowers and lingering pink calyces can be enjoyed up close, and where its history as the parent of a garden mainstay can be quietly appreciated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057804972147,"sku":"ABEL-CHIN-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Abelia_chinensis_peganum_CCBYSA20.jpg?v=1748735441"},{"product_id":"abutilon-megapotamicum","title":"Abutilon megapotamicum","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbutilon megapotamicum is the trailing one of the flowering maples, a slender, half-vining deciduous shrub that drapes and clambers rather than standing stiffly upright. Its species name means \"of the big river,\" for the Rio Grande basin of southern Brazil where it grows wild, and like the rest of its tribe it belongs not to the maples its leaves suggest but to the mallow family, in company with hibiscus and hollyhock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are its whole charm: curious hanging lanterns, each a swollen red calyx from which a skirt of yellow petals and a dark tuft of stamens protrude, swinging along the branches from late summer well into fall. Hummingbirds and bees find them readily. A Victorian favorite for the conservatory and the hanging basket, it has never quite gone out of fashion among gardeners who like a plant that does something unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt can be used in several ways: left to spill several feet across a bed in a single season, trained up a support or trellis, or planted in a basket where the lanterns can dangle. Give it full sun to part shade and well-drained soil. In zone 8 it behaves as a dieback shrub, cut down by frost and returning from the base; in warmer zones it holds more of its frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite it where the hanging flowers can be read at eye level or above, against a wall, over the edge of a raised bed, or from a basket on the porch, where its long season of quirky bloom can be enjoyed up close.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805234291,"sku":"ABUT-MEGA-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-265.jpg?v=1720136098"},{"product_id":"abutilon-pictum","title":"Abutilon pictum","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eTwo things the common names get wrong: it is not Chinese, and it is not a maple. Abutilon pictum comes from the warm river country of southern Brazil and its neighbors, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and the maple lives only in the leaves, which are lobed and toothed enough to have fooled people into \"flowering maple.\" It belongs instead to the mallow family, in good company with hibiscus, hollyhock, okra, and cotton, and it carries that resemblance in every five-petaled bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003epictum means painted, and the painting is in the veins: bell-shaped flowers of warm orange, each petal overlaid with fine crimson lines, hung on long thin stalks like lanterns strung along the branch. They open from spring well into fall, are sweet enough to eat, and hummingbirds find them without being told. The Victorians kept this as a parlour plant, a tender thing for the conservatory shelf, and a century and a half on it still has that faintly old-fashioned, hothouse charm. One confession from the family album: several of its speckle-leaved cousins owe their gold-dusted foliage to a virus, kept on purpose and passed plant to plant. This one stays honestly green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eIn zone 8 they behave as a dieback shrub, cut hard after the first frost, mounded against the cold, rising again with the heat to hang lanterns from May clear through October. A sheltered corner and a little sun are the whole of the asking. For all the misnamings, it is still one of the surest ways to keep a hummingbird returning to the same warm wall, summer after summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStanding on:\u003c\/em\u003e It is native to southern Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, in the family Malvaceae; \"Chinese-lantern\" and \"flowering maple\" are common names, and pictum means \"painted.\" The flowers attract bees and hummingbirds and are edible with a sweet flavor; A. striatum\/'Thompsonii'-type relatives develop prized variegated foliage from Abutilon mosaic virus, while A. pictum itself does not. It is in the mallow family alongside hibiscus and is grown as a greenhouse or conservatory plant in cooler climates.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805332595,"sku":"ABUT-PICT-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Abutilon_pictum_Woodlanders_2.jpg?v=1731858115"},{"product_id":"abutilon-pictum-souvenir-de-bonn","title":"Abutilon pictum ‘Souvenir de Bonn’","description":"\u003cp\u003eCall it a flowering maple if you like, but there is not a drop of maple in it. \u003cem\u003eAbutilon pictum\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to the mallow family, alongside hibiscus, hollyhock, okra, and cotton, and only the lobed, maple-shaped leaves account for the nickname. What the leaves of 'Souvenir de Bonn' actually do is carry a wide, irregular margin of cream around their green, a variegation bold enough to earn the plant its place on looks alone. The flowers settle the matter. All season they dangle from the branches like small paper lanterns, apricot to salmon, each bell veined through with crimson, swinging on thin stalks where the hummingbirds find them. 'Souvenir de Bonn' is among the oldest abutilons still in gardens, a parlor plant out of the conservatory age, when a variegated flowering maple was the sort of thing one kept in a bright room through winter and carried out to the terrace each summer. The species hails from Brazil; the cultivar name is a keepsake of Bonn, a souvenir that outlasted whoever first carried it home. They are tender, frost being their one real enemy, and in our climate they may sail through a mild winter outdoors or die to the ground and return from the root. Either way they earn their keep, blooming spring to frost and beyond, asking only for sun, rich soil, and water enough to keep the show going. Set them where you pass close, on a patio or against a warm wall, where the lanterns can be read at eye level.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805430899,"sku":"ABUT-PICT-SOUV-BONN-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/FB4414F2-02FF-489A-9968-C12C6A4FC2C8.jpg?v=1725542880"},{"product_id":"adiantum-hispidulum","title":"Adiantum hispidulum","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaidenhairs take their English name from their stems, those fine black wiry stalks like strands of dark hair, and their Latin name from a quieter trick. \u003cem\u003eAdiantum\u003c\/em\u003e comes from the Greek \u003cem\u003eadiantos\u003c\/em\u003e, the unwetted one, because water will not cling to the fronds. Hold a maidenhair under a running tap and the frond comes out dry, the droplets beading and rolling off a surface built to refuse them. That is the sort of small marvel ferns keep to themselves until you go looking. This particular maidenhair breaks the family mold in one telling way. Where the rest are a byword for fragility, all lace and apology, the rosy maidenhair is faintly hairy and unbothered. Run a fingertip up the stipe and you will feel the bristles that named the fern: \u003cem\u003ehispidulum\u003c\/em\u003e, minutely hairy, set down by the Swedish botanist Olof Swartz in 1802.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe show is in the new growth. Fronds unfurl a vivid rosy pink, almost startling against the older leaves, before they harden off to a leathery dark green edged in bronze. They come up in hand-shaped, branching fans, the segments radiating like fingers from a point, which is how the plant earned the other name, five-fingered jack. Twelve to eighteen inches, clumping in neat tufts from short rhizomes rather than running off anywhere. Beneath the fertile fronds, along the very edges of the leaf, the spore cases hide under little folded-down flaps, false hems turned over the leaf margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey come from a long way off, and from almost everywhere: the shaded rainforests and rocky riverbanks of Australia, New Zealand, tropical Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, a genuinely pantropical fern. They have found the American South agreeable enough to slip out of a few gardens and naturalize along the Gulf, from Louisiana to Florida, which tells you most of what you need to know about siting them. Give them humus-rich, moist, well-drained ground in part shade, sheltered from wind, with the better-than-average humidity the whole tribe prefers. They take a little more sun than most maidenhairs without scorching, though they look their best in dappled light. Hardy in zones 8 to 10, deciduous through a Southern winter, semi-evergreen where the cold stays mild, and the most forgiving maidenhair of all on an east-facing windowsill. In a cold-edge garden the plants may sulk until midsummer before pushing the first pink fronds, so do not write them off in May.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA maidenhair that comes up pink, sheds the rain, and wears the bristles without apology. Tougher than the lacy looks suggest, softer in color than any fern has a right to be, and green wherever the winters allow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806807155,"sku":"ADIA-HISP-01Q","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Adiantum-hispidulum-MB-Woodlanders1.jpg?v=1750346704"},{"product_id":"adiantum-capillus-veneris","title":"Adiantum capillus-veneris","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe southern maidenhair has a way of choosing impossible places. Look for this fern on a shaded limestone bluff where water seeps through the rock, or in the spray zone of a spring-fed creek, and you will likely find the fronds growing sideways out of a crevice as if that were the most natural thing in the world. The wiry black stems hold up fan-shaped pinnules so thin they seem almost translucent in morning light, and the whole plant trembles at the slightest breath of air. Few native ferns carry this much delicacy with so little fuss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe range runs across the southern half of the country, scattered but loyal to one kind of habitat: damp ledges, dolomite outcrops, calcareous seeps, the cool faces of boulders near moving water. Offer something close to those conditions and the southern maidenhair will reward you by spreading into slow, civilized colonies. Bright filtered shade, steady moisture, a soil sweetened with limestone chips or crushed oyster shell, and air that actually moves. This fern resents stagnation almost as much as drought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA deciduous species, so the fronds die back in winter and return each spring with that same impossibly soft green. Wonderful tucked at the base of a north-facing wall, draped over the edge of a stone trough, or naturalized along a shaded path where a hose can reach. A fern that asks you to read those preferences honestly, then thrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is history in those fronds. Across ancient Greece, Persia, and southern Europe the maidenhair was steeped into capillaire, a sweet syrup of fronds, licorice, and sugar that physicians prescribed for coughs and chest complaints from the Renaissance into the nineteenth century, and that later became a fashionable drink flavoring. The Latin name, the hair of Venus, and the old use as a hair tonic both nod to those glossy dark stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotos courtesy of Alan Cressler.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806839923,"sku":"ADIA-CAPI-VENE-01Q","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Adiantumcapillus-venerisAlanCresslerWoodlanders2.jpg?v=1750346407"},{"product_id":"allium-cernuum","title":"Allium cernuum","description":"\u003cp\u003eA graceful native onion, \u003cem\u003eAllium cernuum\u003c\/em\u003e, the nodding onion, lifts loose clusters of pink to lavender, bell-shaped flowers that bend over in a soft arc at the top of slender stems, swaying through mid and late summer above tufts of grassy, blue-green foliage. The nodding habit gives the plant a particular charm, and the flowers draw native bees, butterflies, and other pollinators in good numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative across much of North America, including the piedmont and mountains of the mid-Atlantic, the nodding onion thrives in well-drained soil and full sun to part shade, tolerating rocky slopes and dry hillsides once established. Deer and rabbits leave the oniony foliage alone. The mildly oniony leaves and bulbs are edible, with a long record in Indigenous cooking and folk medicine, and the city of Chicago is thought to take the name from an Algonquin word for this wild onion. Our most ornamental native onion, easy and long-lived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"1 Quart","offer_id":43055335800947,"sku":"ALLI-CERN-01Q","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"1 Gallon","offer_id":43055335833715,"sku":"ALLI-CERN-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AlliumcernuumMBGWoodlanders5.jpg?v=1747170635"},{"product_id":"aloysia-virgata","title":"Aloysia virgata","description":"\u003cp\u003eSweet almond verbena is grown for one glorious thing above all: scent. From midsummer until hard frost, \u003cem\u003eAloysia virgata\u003c\/em\u003e tips every branch with slender spikes of small white flowers that pour out an intoxicating vanilla-almond fragrance, strongest in the late afternoon and evening and carrying clear across a garden. Butterflies and hummingbirds work the spikes all season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vigorous, shrubby plant native to Argentina, sweet almond verbena can be trained as a small multi-stemmed tree in subtropical gardens or grown as a dieback shrub farther north, cut to the ground by winter and returning from the roots in spring. The dark green leaves are sandpapery to the touch, and the loose, open frame reaches eight to fifteen feet where the season is long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive sweet almond verbena a sunny spot with well-drained soil, near a path, a patio, or an open window where the evening perfume can be enjoyed. Drought tolerant once established and seldom troubled by deer, the shrub pairs well with other pollinator plants in a sunny border. In zones 8 and 9 expect a return from the roots after a hard winter; farther south, a standing small tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdditional photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057808773235,"sku":"ALOY-VIRG-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AloysiavirgataMBG.jpg?v=1784163067"},{"product_id":"anredera-cordifolia","title":"Anredera cordifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003eMadeira vine is a fast, twining, deciduous climber with fleshy, heart-shaped leaves and sprays of tiny, fragrant cream-white flowers in late summer and fall. \u003cem\u003eAnredera cordifolia\u003c\/em\u003e climbs by winding tuberous stems, and a warty crop of aerial tubers along the stems, some as large as a small potato, is the surest mark of the plant and a ready means of increase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to South America despite the name, Madeira vine has been grown for centuries across warm regions, both as an ornamental and as a leaf-and-tuber vegetable, the leaves and tubers being edible. The vine is vigorous, and in some warm regions, notably parts of Australia, has naturalized aggressively enough to be treated as a weed; in the southern United States, as far as we know, the plant has not caused that kind of trouble. Where winters turn cold, give a deep mulch to carry the roots through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross Southeast and East Asia the same vine is the famous binahong, long valued in folk medicine, above all for healing wounds. Grown here for the fragrant flowers and lush, fast cover on a trellis, an arbor, or a fence, where the sweet scent and quick screen earn a place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos courtesy of Forest and Kim Starr.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057810608243,"sku":"ANRE-CORD-01G","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/andredracordifoliaMauiHawaiiForestandKimStarr.jpg?v=1752075764"},{"product_id":"aster-carolinianus","title":"Ampelaster carolinianus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmpelaster carolinianus\u003c\/em\u003e is a woody, scrambling, semi-evergreen vine that climbs through shrubs and over stream banks along the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, opening lavender-blue flowers in November and December when every other aster has long since finished. The climbing aster keeps a private schedule, and that contrary timing is the whole charm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe common name describes the habit accurately enough but undersells the effect. Given something to climb, the stems can reach fifteen feet or more, the woody structure persisting through winter as no other aster manages. In late fall the display is generous and sustained, hundreds of small lavender-blue heads with yellow disc centers borne on arching stems that drape and weave through whatever the plant has found to lean against. Subtle the climbing aster is not, and few natives are still feeding bees and butterflies so close to the year's end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmpelaster carolinianus\u003c\/em\u003e grows in scattered localities along the southeastern coastal plain, scrambling over shrubs at the sunny margins of streams and wetlands, a plant of edges and transitions rather than interiors. In the garden the vine wants something to climb or a structure to lean against, and repays the accommodation handsomely. Woodlanders was among the first nurseries to offer the climbing aster, which says something about both the obscurity and the merit of the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos courtesy of Alan Cressler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057814442099,"sku":"AMPE-CARO-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Ampelaster_carolinianus_Alan-Cressler.jpg?v=1724694681"},{"product_id":"begonia-grandis-pink","title":"Begonia grandis (pink)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardy begonia is the surprise of the shade border: a true begonia that survives a cold winter. \u003cem\u003eBegonia grandis\u003c\/em\u003e carries large, pointed, olive-green leaves lit with red veins and flushed deep rose-red beneath, and in late summer and fall hangs loose clusters of soft pink flowers on red-tinted stems, a cool, luminous note when most shade plants have finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to eastern Asia, hardy begonia rises each year from tuber-like roots and spreads gently, dropping tiny bulbils that grow into slow, well-behaved colonies. The plant wants moist, rich soil in shade or part shade, though with steady moisture it takes some sun. A winter mulch protects the roots at the cold edge of the range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant hardy begonia in a shaded border, a woodland bed, or a courtyard, where the red-backed leaves and pink fall flowers can be enjoyed against ferns, hostas, and other shade companions. Easy, long-lived, and quietly spreading, one of the few begonias that returns reliably outdoors year after year, and lovely backlit, when the red leaf veins and undersides glow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057817358451,"sku":"BEGO-GRAN-PINK-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/WoodlandersBegoniagrandis_pink_2.jpg?v=1758741468"},{"product_id":"bignonia-capreolata-tangerine-beauty","title":"Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrossvine is a high-climbing, semi-evergreen native vine, and 'Tangerine Beauty' is the famous tangerine-orange selection, opening a spring blaze of bright orange, trumpet-shaped flowers and blooming again, more lightly, through the season. Climbing high by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts, the crossvine shows to best effect on a fence, a wall, or a trellis in sun or part shade, where the early trumpets draw hummingbirds in numbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrossvine was virtually unavailable from nurseries when Woodlanders began offering the plant in the early 1980s. 'Tangerine Beauty' was introduced by Hines Nursery, quite possibly selected from stock supplied by Woodlanders, and is now widely grown, one of the most popular flowering vines for the South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive 'Tangerine Beauty' a sturdy fence, wall, pergola, or large arbor and room to climb, where the spring flush of orange trumpets feeds hummingbirds and the semi-evergreen leaves screen year round. Like all crossvines, the plant suckers from the roots and can spread, so site where the roaming can be managed. Native to the southeastern United States: fast, tough, and reliable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818013811,"sku":"BIGN-CAPR-TANG-BEAU-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-809.jpg?v=1720136649"},{"product_id":"bignonia-capreolata-helen-fredel","title":"Bignonia capreolata 'Helen Fredel'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrossvine is a high-climbing, semi-evergreen native vine with bright trumpet flowers, and 'Helen Fredel' is a large-flowered selection in red-orange with a yellow throat, a shade between the old varieties 'Atrosanguinea' and 'Tangerine Beauty'. Climbing high by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts, the crossvine flowers heavily in early summer and again, more lightly, later, and shows to best effect on a fence, an arbor, or a trellis in sun or part shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow widely grown, crossvine was virtually unavailable from nurseries when Woodlanders began offering the plant in the early 1980s. 'Helen Fredel' comes from the garden of Helen Fredel in College Station, Texas, where the vine apparently grew first on an old two-story house in the neighborhood, and was shared with us by Greg Grant, who saw the larger flowers and good ornamental quality. A native vine with a real story behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive 'Helen Fredel' a sturdy support and room to climb, on a fence, a wall, a pergola, or a large arbor, where the early flush of trumpets draws hummingbirds. The crossvine suckers freely from the roots and can spread into nearby beds, so site where the roaming can be managed, or grow against a wall away from open ground. Native to the southeastern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818046579,"sku":"BIGN-CAPR-HELE-FRED-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-2063.jpg?v=1720136652"},{"product_id":"bignonia-anisostichus-capreolata-var-atrosanguinea","title":"Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea","description":"\u003cp\u003eCrossvine is a vigorous, semi-evergreen native climber that ascends by tendrils and adhesive holdfasts, and var. \u003cem\u003eatrosanguinea\u003c\/em\u003e is the red one: where the typical crossvine flowers orange, this striking selection, introduced by Woodlanders, carries abundant deep red to red-purple trumpets, often over narrower, longer leaves. The flowers even smell faintly of mocha on a warm day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine vine for a wall, a fence, or a trellis in sun or part shade, where the red spring trumpets draw hummingbirds in numbers. Like all crossvines, this red form suckers from the roots and can spread in beds, and is best planted on an isolated support where the roaming can be managed. Native to the southeastern United States, fast and tough once established.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818144883,"sku":"BIGN-CAPR-VAR-ATRO-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-807.jpg?v=1720136655"},{"product_id":"bouvardia-ternifolia","title":"Bouvardia ternifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBouvardia ternifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the firecracker bush, is a compact, heat-loving shrub of the southwestern United States and Mexico, hung from late spring to frost with clusters of long, slender, scarlet-red tubular flowers. Few plants pull hummingbirds in like this one: the bright tubes are pitched exactly for their bills, and the bloom keeps coming through the hottest months when little else holds color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhorls of narrow leaves clothe a tidy, two-to-three-foot frame. A creature of sun and lean, dry, well-drained ground, the firecracker bush shrugs off heat and drought and thrives where water is scarce. Native to the desert Southwest, root-hardy in zone 8 and a year-round shrub in frost-free gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant firecracker bush in a hot, sunny border, a rock or gravel garden, a dry bank, or a xeric planting, where the scarlet tubes draw hummingbirds and butterflies all season. Pairs naturally with salvias, agastache, and other sun-and-drought lovers, and earns a place as one of the best heat-tolerant flowering shrubs for the warm garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818374259,"sku":"BOUV-TERN-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Bouvardia_turnifolia_Woodlanders_1.jpg?v=1737245785"},{"product_id":"buddleia-davidii-attraction","title":"Buddleia davidii ‘Attraction’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia davidii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Attraction' is a more compact butterfly bush than the usual run of the species, forming a rounded shrub of arching branches lined with gray-green leaves. From summer into fall, royal red, fragrant flowers gather in nodding panicles six to ten inches long, drawing butterflies and bees in profusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast and easy in full sun and well-drained, moist, fertile soil, 'Attraction' can be cut back hard in spring before new growth, since the bloom comes on the current season's wood. As with the species, deadhead the spent flowers before they set seed: this keeps the rebloom coming and keeps the self-sowing in check, which matters where the common butterfly bush is unwelcome. Native, in the species, to China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 'Attraction' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the deep red panicles draw butterflies through the heat of summer. Compact at four to six feet, and a strong red in a genus mostly given to purples and pinks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818636403,"sku":"BUDD-DAVI-ATTR-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/0D0AA9F4-DA1B-4E53-B86F-DB6F7570DF21.jpg?v=1772026729"},{"product_id":"buddleia-alternifolia","title":"Buddleia alternifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia alternifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the fountain or alternate-leaf butterfly bush, stands apart from the usual butterfly-bush crowd. A deciduous shrub native to northwestern China, the fountain butterfly bush is the most cold-hardy of the genus, and is grown above all for a weeping form and an early-season flood of fragrant, lavender-purple bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn shape the shrub recalls a small weeping willow, the long, arching branches cloaked in narrow, silver-green leaves set alternately, a key difference from other butterfly bushes. In late spring and early summer the branches erupt into a waterfall of softly scented blossoms, densely packed along the previous year's wood, an elegant cascade and a magnet for butterflies and bees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the flowers come on old wood, prune right after bloom to protect the next year's display. Left unpruned, the fountain butterfly bush settles into a naturally flowing eight-to-fifteen-foot fountain, a striking specimen for a cottage garden, an informal border, or a naturalistic planting. Tough and drought-tolerant once established, and reliably hardier than the modern butterfly-bush hybrids.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818734707,"sku":"BUDD-ALTE-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/0B9E2FF4-06DE-4F18-A79F-BF748D95DA4C.jpg?v=1772275407"},{"product_id":"buddleia-lindleyana","title":"Buddleia lindleyana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia lindleyana\u003c\/em\u003e, Lindley's butterfly bush, is the elegant outlier of the genus, an open, arching shrub from China hung in summer with long, slender, gracefully curved racemes of purple-violet flowers. Where most butterfly bushes carry stiff cone-shaped panicles, this one drapes, the curving spikes nodding from the tips of the branches from June until frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTough and fast, Lindley's butterfly bush thrives in full sun or part shade in well-drained soil and shrugs off heat and drought. The flowers, though unscented, draw butterflies and hummingbirds all season. One caution: the shrub spreads by underground suckers and can colonize over time, so site where the roaming can be managed or where a thicket is welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Lindley's butterfly bush at the back of a sunny border, along a fence, or in a naturalistic planting where the arching, dark-leaved form and curved violet racemes can be appreciated. Eight to ten feet, with a wilder, more graceful habit than the common butterfly bushes. Deer tend to leave the foliage alone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818833011,"sku":"BUDD-LIND-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-290.jpg?v=1720136691"},{"product_id":"buddleia-x-weyeriana-honeycomb","title":"Buddleia x weyeriana ‘Honeycomb’","description":"\u003cp\u003eA yellow-flowered butterfly bush, \u003cem\u003eBuddleia\u003c\/em\u003e x \u003cem\u003eweyeriana\u003c\/em\u003e 'Honeycomb' is a vigorous hybrid of \u003cem\u003eBuddleia globosa\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBuddleia davidii\u003c\/em\u003e that the late Dr. Michael Dirr judged better than the older 'Sungold'. The plant came to Dirr from Crathes Castle Garden in Scotland, bought as the variety 'E.H. Wilson' but proving to be a very different and superior yellow butterfly bush, named 'Honeycomb' and a standout in Georgia trials, flowering as late as Thanksgiving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe honey-scented, creamy-yellow to golden-orange flowers gather in rounded clusters, like little globes, from midsummer well into late fall, on both new and old wood, a long and generous nectar source for butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. As a hybrid, 'Honeycomb' sets little or no viable seed, a well-behaved, non-self-sowing alternative to the common butterfly bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant 'Honeycomb' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the unusual gold flowers and long season earn a place; the blooms are good for cutting too. Six to eight feet, fast and tough, deer-resistant, and drought-tolerant once established. Cut back in late winter to keep the shrub bushy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818898547,"sku":"BUDD-X-WEYE-HONE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1217.jpg?v=1720136694"},{"product_id":"buddleia-davidii-x-fallowiana-lochinch","title":"Buddleia davidii x fallowiana 'Lochinch'","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Lochinch' is one of the most refined of the butterfly bushes, a cross of \u003cem\u003eBuddleia davidii\u003c\/em\u003e and the silvery \u003cem\u003eBuddleia fallowiana\u003c\/em\u003e that takes the best of both: dense, fragrant panicles of soft lavender-blue, each tiny flower lit by a small orange eye, over handsome gray-green, almost silver foliage. Compact and rounded, the shrub blooms all summer into fall on the new growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasy and tough, 'Lochinch' wants full sun and well-drained soil, takes heat and drought in stride once established, and draws butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds the length of the season. Deer tend to pass the gray foliage by. Deadhead spent panicles to keep the bloom coming and to limit self-sowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 'Lochinch' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the silvery leaves and lavender-blue flowers cool a hot summer scheme. Cut the shrub back hard in early spring before new growth, since the flowers come on the current season's wood. Five to seven feet, fragrant, and reliably floriferous.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818996851,"sku":"BUDD-DAVI-FALL-LOCH-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/9E08DEB6-2752-4A0F-A693-D65CF078CCB3.jpg?v=1724938156"},{"product_id":"buddleia-madagascariensis","title":"Buddleja madagascariensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eEndemic to the mountain scrub of Madagascar, where the plant scrambles along slopes between two and six thousand feet, \u003cem\u003eBuddleja madagascariensis\u003c\/em\u003e throws out long arching canes that will climb to ten feet given a wall to lean on. The flowers come in late winter and spring on terminal panicles up to ten inches long, opening deep yellow and aging through orange to soft pink along the same spike, all of it carrying a honeyed fragrance strong enough to scent a courtyard. The leaves are narrowly ovate, dark green above, silvery and felted beneath, so the whole shrub seems to flicker when wind moves through the canes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA plant of the subtropics.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardy in USDA zones 9 and 10, where the shrub grows as a substantial evergreen, and reliably killed by frost below the high twenties. In zone 8 the plant can be sited against a south-facing wall and treated as a winter-dieback shrub, returning from the root each spring to flower on new wood. Elsewhere the Madagascar butterfly bush belongs in a cool conservatory or a generous greenhouse, where gardeners have grown the plant that way in English collections for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorth saying plainly: this species naturalizes aggressively in frost-free climates and is listed as invasive in Hawaii, parts of Florida, coastal Australia, and several other warm regions. We \u003cstrong\u003edo not\u003c\/strong\u003e ship to states where the plant is a documented problem. In its proper place, this is a beautiful and historically beloved garden shrub. In the wrong place, the canes form a thicket. Plant with that in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819127923,"sku":"BUDD-MADA-01G","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/IMG-1337.webp?v=1778101435"},{"product_id":"buddleia-salvifolia","title":"Buddleja salviifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleja salviifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the sage-leaf butterfly bush, is a medium to large evergreen shrub from the sun-soaked hillsides of South Africa, and despite the exotic origin the plant has proven remarkably hardy in southeastern gardens, coming through winters at the University of Georgia's Athens trials with quiet resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late spring and early summer the shrub carries airy clusters of pale lavender flowers, soft in tone and lightly fragrant. But the real draw is the foliage: long, sage-like leaves, softly textured and silvered beneath, a rare and quiet kind of beauty. As Dr. Michael Dirr once noted, \"All visitors to our trials have become enamored with the foliage.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSage-leaf butterfly bush also has a long life in South African folk medicine, an herbal tea and remedy in the home gardens of its native range. Grown here for the silvered foliage and the lavender bloom, the plant wants a sunny spot with well-drained soil and room to take its natural, upright, architectural form: a fine specimen, a texture contrast in a dry or Mediterranean-style garden, or a backbone for a wildlife planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos courtesy of Julian Sutton and John Wursten.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819226227,"sku":"BUDD-SALV-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/buddleja-salviifolia-1AndrewLargeWoodlanders2.jpg?v=1747576534"},{"product_id":"caesalpinia-gillesii","title":"Caesalpinia gilliesii","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew hardy shrubs put on a show like Caesalpinia gilliesii, the desert bird of paradise, whose summer flowers open clear yellow and send out a spray of long scarlet stamens like fireworks caught mid-burst. A legume from the dry country of Argentina and Uruguay, long naturalized across the American Southwest, the plant carries ferny, blue-green, mimosa-like foliage that sets off the flamboyant bloom. Botanists now place the species in the genus Erythrostemon, meaning red stamen, though gardeners still know the plant as Caesalpinia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe species name honors John Gillies, the Scottish physician who botanized in Argentina in the early nineteenth century. Borne in tall upright clusters through the heat of summer, the flowers draw hummingbirds and pollinators by day, and the long stamens and evening scent suggest a partnership with night-flying moths as well. Flat, curved seed pods follow, ripening until they twist open and fling the seeds free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a plant for hot, dry, difficult places, thriving in full sun and sharp drainage where heat and drought defeat softer shrubs. Fast-growing and root-hardy, Caesalpinia gilliesii stays evergreen in warm winters and dies back to the ground in colder ones, resprouting in spring, which lets the plant reach into the middle South and the high desert alike. A word of caution belongs on the label, since the green seed pods and seeds are toxic if eaten, worth keeping in mind where children and pets roam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse Caesalpinia gilliesii as a xeric specimen, an informal screen, or a background shrub in a hot, sunny border, water-wise landscape, or desert-style planting. The lacy foliage and spectacular summer flowers bring an exotic, almost tropical air to ground that stays bone dry, and the hummingbird traffic is a bonus. Give the plant full sun, excellent drainage, and room to show off, and expect little trouble in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotos courtesy of Miguel Gonzalez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819979891,"sku":"CAES-GILL-01G","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/CaesalpiniagilliesiiMiguelGonzalez.png?v=1784299361"},{"product_id":"callicarpa-americana","title":"Callicarpa americana","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe genus name says it: \u003cem\u003eCallicarpa\u003c\/em\u003e, from the Greek kallos, beauty, and karpos, fruit, beautiful fruit, a genus named for exactly what it does. \u003cem\u003eCallicarpa americana\u003c\/em\u003e, the American beautyberry, is the southeastern native that gives the genus a calling card. From late August into November, the plant sets dense clusters of small drupes in a luminous magenta-purple, a color that registers as almost unreal in the late-summer landscape, somewhere between fuchsia and amethyst, with no real precedent among native fruits. The berries gather in tight whorls around the stem at every leaf node, all the way down the arching branches, so that a mature shrub in October looks less like a shrub bearing fruit than a ribbon of purple glass beads strung along the branches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe species ranges across the southeastern coastal plain and Piedmont, west into Texas and northern Mexico, with outlier populations in Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Cuba, growing along forest edges, in pine flatwoods, on old-field margins, and in the dappled understory of mixed hardwood-pine canopies. So much a part of the southern landscape that to many southerners the beautyberry feels native to memory itself, the shrub has only really been embraced as a garden plant in recent decades. William Bartram, the eighteenth-century Quaker naturalist whose Travels (1791) remains the foundational botanical document of the American South, described Callicarpa in the Carolina and Georgia woods he walked, and the southern poet Kathryn Stripling Byer used the beautyberry in her poem Beautyberry as a figure for endurance, beauty in the face of adversity, a fair description of how the plant actually lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other story is more recent. In the rural Mississippi of his grandfather's generation, the USDA botanist Charles Bryson had been told that crushed beautyberry leaves, rubbed on the skin or stuffed under a farm animal's harness, kept biting insects away. Bryson passed the tip to Charles Cantrell, a chemist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Oxford, Mississippi, and Cantrell and colleagues isolated three terpenoid compounds from the leaves: callicarpenal, intermedeol, and spathulenol. In peer-reviewed testing against the mosquitoes that carry yellow fever and malaria, callicarpenal worked at roughly 79 percent the strength of DEET; against the blacklegged ticks that carry Lyme disease, and lone star ticks, callicarpenal was statistically equal to DEET; against fire ants, also effective. The USDA patented the compounds. The grandfather was right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, the American beautyberry is a forgiving, durable, slightly unruly deciduous shrub, four to six feet tall and as wide, with an open, arching frame that takes a light pruning in late winter to stay compact and fruit heavily. The shrub blooms and fruits on new wood, so cutting back to twelve or eighteen inches each spring sharply increases the show. The early-summer flowers are small and pale lavender-pink, pretty up close, easy to miss from a distance, and busy with native bees and small butterflies. But the fruit is the event: more than forty species of southeastern birds work the clusters in fall and winter, from bobwhite and cardinals to mockingbirds and thrashers, along with deer, raccoons, foxes, and opossums. The berries are mildly edible, long used for jelly, though the wildlife usually clears them faster than any cook could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the native gardener, the wildlife gardener, the ethnobotanist, or anyone who wants to plant a real piece of the flora of the American South: the plant Bartram saw, the plant Bryson's grandfather knew, the plant the USDA validated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/blogs\/news\/the-tale-of-callicarpa-americana-beauty-berries-and-botanical-magic\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for our in-depth article on this plant.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057820274803,"sku":"CALL-AMER-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Callicarpa_americana_close_up.jpg?v=1777573718"},{"product_id":"callicarpa-dichotoma-issai","title":"Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCallicarpa dichotoma\u003c\/em\u003e 'Issai', the purple beautyberry, is a compact, cold-hardy selection grown for a heavy crop of glossy, violet-purple berries that ring the stems from late summer well into fall. Smaller and tidier than the American beautyberry, 'Issai' fruits young and freely, often setting berries on a single plant, and holds the color long after the leaves have gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall pink-lavender flowers open in summer, an unobtrusive lead-in to the berries, which are the show. A four-to-five-foot shrub that keeps a neat, rounded shape, the purple beautyberry suits a small garden, a mixed border, or a mass planting where the fall fruit can light up the bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant 'Issai' in sun or part shade in average, well-drained soil. Like the rest of the genus, the shrub fruits on the current year's growth, so cut back hard in late winter for the heaviest crop and a compact frame. Easy, reliable, and a top choice for fall color where space is limited.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057820307571,"sku":"CALL-DICH-ISSA-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1518.jpg?v=1720136773"},{"product_id":"callicarpa-dichotoma-var-albifructus","title":"Callicarpa dichotoma 'Albifructus'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe white-fruited form of the Asian beautyberry, \u003cem\u003eCallicarpa dichotoma\u003c\/em\u003e 'Albifructus' is a quiet pleasure of the late-summer border: instead of the usual magenta, the arching stems hang with luminous, ivory-white berries in elegant clusters, cool and refined where the purple kinds are bold. Native to eastern Asia, in Korea, China, and Japan, the white beautyberry is smaller and more graceful than the American species, and all the more striking for the restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDainty pink-lilac flowers open along the stems in summer, an understated prelude to the pearl-drop fruit that follows, and birds work the white berries in late fall once they have had their season of show. A graceful, three-to-five-foot shrub for a woodland garden, a cottage border, or a soft, ghostly hedge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse white beautyberry massed for a luminous late-season effect, or set beside the purple-fruited beautyberries for a striking contrast. Like the rest of the genus, the white beautyberry fruits on the current year's growth, so a hard cut in late winter keeps the shrub compact and heavy with berries. Easy, adaptable, and cold-hardy to zone 5.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional photos courtesy of Oregon State University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057820799091,"sku":"CALL-DICH-ALBI-01G","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/CallicarpaAlbifructusWoodlanders1.jpg?v=1750865708"},{"product_id":"callicarpa-americana-bok-tower","title":"Callicarpa americana ‘Bok Tower’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCallicarpa americana\u003c\/em\u003e 'Bok Tower' is the white-fruited form of the American beautyberry, swapping the species' electric magenta for clusters of clean, pearly white berries that ring the arching stems in late summer and fall. The pale fruit is cool and luminous, lovely against the green leaves and a striking foil to the purple-berried kinds, and just as good for the birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selection comes from Polk County, Florida, chosen by Jonathan Shaw at Bok Tower Gardens, and performs best in warm southern zones where winters stay mild. Blooming a little later than the species, 'Bok Tower' carries small white flowers in summer before the white berries follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse white beautyberry in a shrub border, a naturalized planting, or a native garden, where the white fruit lights a shaded spot and plays against darker foliage and the purple beautyberries. Like the species, the leaves are the famous southern insect repellent, and the shrub fruits best cut back hard in late winter. A five-to-seven-foot native for warm gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057820962931,"sku":"CALL-AMER-BOK-TOWE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/9A3E38AB-C67C-49B2-B03E-690FBE66BD77.jpg?v=1727119296"},{"product_id":"callicarpa-acuminata","title":"Callicarpa acuminata","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCallicarpa acuminata\u003c\/em\u003e, the black beautyberry, is the Mexican cousin of the familiar American beautyberry, a deciduous shrub of arching branches that, in fall, lines the stems with clusters of small, shiny berries in glossy black rather than the usual purple. The dark fruit is a quiet, sophisticated turn on the beautyberry idea, set off by the green leaves and lingering into the cool months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollected in Mexico by the late, great Texas plantsman Lynn Lowery, the black beautyberry was perhaps first offered to the international market by Woodlanders. Easy and undemanding, the shrub wants good garden soil in sun or semi-shade, and like other beautyberries fruits best on the current year's growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse black beautyberry in a shrub border, a woodland edge, or a wildlife planting, where the unusual black berries draw the eye and feed the birds. A six-to-eight-foot shrub, fast and adaptable, and a collector's alternative to the purple-fruited kinds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057820995699,"sku":"CALL-ACUM-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-292.jpg?v=1720136801"},{"product_id":"callicarpa-formosana","title":"Callicarpa formosana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCallicarpa formosana\u003c\/em\u003e, the Taiwan beautyberry, is a handsome deciduous shrub that lines the stems with vivid purple berries in fall, the clusters glowing against the fading leaves for strong late-season color. Native to Taiwan and southern China, the Taiwan beautyberry is built for warm climates and keeps a fuller, more robust frame than the smaller Asian beautyberries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall pink-lavender flowers open in summer before the purple fruit follows, and birds work the berries through fall and winter. Easy and undemanding, the shrub wants full sun to light shade and well-drained soil, and holds a compact shape once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Taiwan beautyberry in a shrub border, a mixed bed, or a wildlife planting, where the purple fall fruit suits both formal and naturalistic schemes. Like the rest of the genus, the shrub fruits on new wood, so a hard late-winter cut keeps the shrub compact and fruitful. A five-to-six-foot beautyberry for the warm-climate garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos courtesy of the JC Raulston Arboretum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057821192307,"sku":"CALL-FORM-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/JMW4199.jpg?v=1720557306"},{"product_id":"calycanthus-floridus-athens","title":"Calycanthus floridus 'Athens'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCalycanthus floridus\u003c\/em\u003e 'Athens', also circulated under the name 'Katherine', is a yellow-flowered selection of the Eastern sweetshrub, a deciduous native of the Southeastern woodlands long grown for fragrance, adaptability, and strange, many-tepaled flowers. Where the wild plant blooms a deep maroon, 'Athens' opens soft, buttery yellow, an unexpected and elegant turn on a familiar shrub.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pale flowers carry a ripe, almost tropical perfume, closer to melon and pineapple than the strawberry scent of the maroon forms. Bloom comes in mid to late spring and returns here and there through summer, the flowers tucked among glossy mid-green leaves that furnish the shrub densely from spring to the clear yellow of autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection was shared with the plantsman Dr. Michael Dirr by Jane Symmes of the now-closed Cedar Lane Farms in Madison, Georgia. Dirr named the plant 'Katherine' for his daughter, but the name 'Athens', honoring the University of Georgia town where the selection took hold, became the one most gardeners use. Dirr rated this group among the most sun and heat tolerant of all the sweetshrubs he trialed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing six to eight feet tall and wide, 'Athens' sweetshrub takes part shade to full sun and a wide range of well-drained soils, spreading slowly by suckers into a loose colony over time. 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Richard Hartlage made the cross as an undergraduate at North Carolina State University in 1991, pairing the Southern native Carolina allspice (\u003cem\u003eCalycanthus floridus\u003c\/em\u003e) with the refined Chinese sweetshrub (\u003cem\u003eCalycanthus chinensis\u003c\/em\u003e); the seedling first flowered in 1996, and the hybrid name honors J.C. Raulston, the arboretum's late director.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom late spring the branches open deep wine-red blooms touched with gold at the center, each broad and open like a small magnolia, nearly three inches across and lightly sweet. The show begins in May and lingers through summer, with flowers returning here and there into early fall above lush, glossy, deep green leaves that close the season in soft gold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing upright and full, eight to ten feet tall and wide, 'Hartlage Wine' asks for little more than good soil and a touch of shade from the hottest sun. 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A cross between the autumn-blooming Japanese Camellia sasanqua and the big, tender, large-flowered Camellia reticulata of Yunnan, this hybrid opens wide light-pink blooms, semi-double to loose peony form, the petals crimped and waved like crepe paper. The flowers arrive in fall and early winter, when the garden has mostly finished, and this camellia has grown and performed well in the Woodlanders garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant is a registered cultivar with a clear pedigree: raised by Nuccio's Nurseries of Altadena, California, the seedling first bloomed in 1982 and was registered in 1989. From the sasanqua side come the early, autumn flowering and an easy tolerance of sun; from the reticulata side, the sheer size of the bloom and a measure of tenderness. The name reticulata means net-veined, for the fine netting on the leaves; sasanqua comes straight from the Japanese sazanka. The genus itself honors Georg Josef Kamel, the Jesuit botanist whom Linnaeus commemorated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive 'California Dawn' the standard camellia treatment with one nod to the reticulata blood: dappled shade to a fair amount of sun, acidic and humus-rich soil kept moist but well-drained, a cooling mulch, and shelter from hard winter wind, since the large-flowered Chinese parent makes this hybrid best in USDA zones 8 and 9. Growth is vigorous and upright, filling in faster than most camellias, so allow room for a substantial evergreen shrub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA large pink camellia in bloom in November is a genuinely useful thing, and 'California Dawn' plays the part well: an evergreen specimen or informal screen that flowers when the borders have gone quiet, handsome against a sheltered wall, and easy in the company of azaleas, pieris, and other acid-soil evergreens. 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The parentage is unrecorded, though the flowers point to 'Leslie Ann', one of the nursery's long-time favorites, as the likely mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bloom is the charm. Tight buds show a deep reddish-pink while closed, then open to a white, softly ruffled, semi-double interior that keeps a reddish cup at the base, the color bleeding out to pink before it meets the white. The effect is fresh and a little old-fashioned at once, carried on glossy evergreen foliage and the easy autumn-into-winter habit that makes the sasanquas such dependable garden shrubs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the rest of the clan, 'Julia Mackintosh' takes sun more readily than the japonicas and asks only for a sheltered spot in well-drained, acidic soil. 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'Madame Galen' is less rampant than the wild American species, but the plant can still sucker and spread, so site the vine where that vigor is welcome and prune hard each year to keep the display in bounds. A note for sensitive gardeners: the foliage and sap can irritate skin, the source of the old folk name cow-itch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive Campsis x tagliabuana 'Madame Galen' full sun for the heaviest bloom and any reasonable, well-drained soil, and expect fast, exuberant growth. Train the vine up a hot wall, along a fence, or over a sturdy arbor where the summer trumpets and their hummingbirds can be enjoyed at close range. 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Heat that flattens lesser things does not faze this vine, which still comes back through a Zone 8 winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe habit is a conversation in itself. Call this a shrub that never quite committed to standing alone, or a vine that forgot to fully climb. Given something to lean on, the plant scrambles four to six feet, clothed in soft trifoliate leaves that look borrowed from a green bean. The payoff is the bloom: long racemes of coral-orange flowers rising straight from the leaf axils, the kind of color that reads from across the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArturo Burkart named the species in 1970, and botanists have since shuffled the plant toward a new genus, \u003cem\u003eCerradicola\u003c\/em\u003e, though it will answer to either name at the nursery. Our friends at Yucca Do grew it first in Texas and called it tough enough for the worst of their summers. 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Where the heavy garden cannas read as bedding, this species keeps a looser, wilder grace, the petals thin and almost orchid-like, opening in the morning and lasting a day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wild the plant runs through marsh edges, ditches, and shallow water, spreading freely by rhizome in moist to wet ground, yet it takes ordinary garden soil in stride as long as the roots do not bake dry. Plant \u003cem\u003eCanna flaccida\u003c\/em\u003e in a sunny, damp spot, a pond edge, a rain garden, a bog, or simply a bed that stays moist, and the yellow flowers will draw bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds through the heat of summer. 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Cloudless Sulphur and Sleepy Orange butterflies find the shrub irresistible as both nectar source and larval host, and tend to arrive in numbers when the flowers open, a fact that either delights or mildly alarms a gardener, depending on how attached one is to the foliage. The caterpillars, for the record, are a vivid chartreuse and genuinely handsome. That is the bargain on offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe taxonomists, characteristically, cannot agree on the name. \u003cem\u003eCassia bicapsularis\u003c\/em\u003e appears in the older literature; current consensus leans toward \u003cem\u003eSenna bicapsularis\u003c\/em\u003e, though the debate continues in the way botanical debates do, at length, and largely among people who care deeply. Woodlanders lists the plant as \u003cem\u003eCassia\u003c\/em\u003e here in the old tradition, without taking sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn zones 9 and warmer the shrub behaves as a large, fast evergreen reaching eight feet or more. 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Where the species blazes a saturated gold, 'Buttercream' carries clusters of cool, buttery cream-yellow flowers through autumn and into early winter, the same butterfly-like blooms at the ends of fast, arching branches, and the same draw for Cloudless Sulphur and Sleepy Orange butterflies that feed and breed on the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodlanders had not seen this pale form before it was shared by Joann Breland of Charleston, and it has proven a lovely, quieter companion to the bright species. In zones 9 and warmer 'Buttercream' grows as a large, fast evergreen; in zone 8 the plant dies back in hard winters and returns from the roots in spring. 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The broad, bamboo-like blades are wider than most grasses can claim, and the plant carries them in a loose, arching mound that takes deep shade without sulking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glory is the seed heads: flat, drooping spikelets shaped like flattened oats that dangle from thread-fine stems and set the whole plant nodding at the least breath of air. Green through summer, they ripen by way of bronze and coppery tan into autumn, then dry to warm straw that holds well into winter and longer still in a vase, which has long made river oats a favorite for cut and dried arrangements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, use this grass to bring movement and light to the places few grasses will grow: a woodland edge, a shaded border, a streamside, or the ground beneath open-canopied trees. Mass for a naturalistic, prairie-meets-woodland effect, or thread among ferns, hostas, and other shade companions for a contrast of texture. 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From that single Central Asian introduction descend the chitalpas grown across America today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough late spring and summer the plant carries upright clusters of ruffled, trumpet-shaped flowers in soft pink and lavender, larger and showier than the desert willow's and borne over a long, reblooming season. Being a sterile hybrid, chitalpa sets little or no seed, so the messy bean-like pods of a true catalpa never appear, leaving a cleaner, tidier tree. Hummingbirds and bees work the flowers through the warm months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe desert willow parent gives chitalpa real toughness, a fast-growing, drought-tolerant constitution that thrives in full sun and sharp drainage once established. The willow-like leaves, long and narrow, fall somewhere between the two parents, and the tree suits hot, dry, water-wise gardens as well as an ordinary sunny border. In the arid Southwest, growers should know that chitalpa can be affected by a bacterial scorch disease, so healthy, well-sited plants and good culture matter most there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Chitalpa tashkentensis as a flowering specimen or small patio tree in a sunny, well-drained spot, where the long season of pink trumpets and their pollinators can be enjoyed. Fast to establish, undemanding, and free of catalpa's litter, the plant brings a soft, tropical-looking bloom to lean, dry ground that would defeat showier trees. 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The result is a precocious, compact plant that combines the zesty lime tang of the limequat parent with the tiny, ornamental charm of the wild kumquats, all on a frame small enough for a patio pot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is small, bright orange, and marble-sized, ripening abundantly on even the youngest plants. The thin rind is edible and the aromatic juice pleasantly tart, which makes the procimequat a favorite of culinary adventurers and a natural citrus garnish for cocktails, marinades, or a cold cerveza on a hot afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA naturally dwarf citrus, the procimequat is ideal for containers, small gardens, patios, and sunny kitchen courtyards. The plant flowers and fruits prolifically, often within the first year or two, and stays easily at two to four feet with minimal pruning. Fragrant white flowers, attractive foliage, and heavy fruiting make the plant a joy to grow even in tight spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the procimequat in full sun and sharp, acid, well-drained soil, in the ground through zones 8 to 10 or in a large container that can shelter under cover from hard frost farther north. Keep a plant near the kitchen door for fruit and fragrance close at hand, and water steadily through the growing season while never letting the roots stand wet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057838526579,"sku":"CITR-CITR-FORT-HIND-01G","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-973.jpg?v=1720137397"},{"product_id":"clematis-armandii","title":"Clematis armandii","description":"\u003cp\u003eClematis armandii is the evergreen clematis, a bold, glossy-leaved vine that breaks nearly every rule of the genus. Where most clematis drop their leaves and climb daintily, this one holds large, leathery, dark green trifoliate leaves the year round and grows with real vigor, then smothers itself in fragrant white flowers at the very start of spring. Few vines open so much bloom so early, and fewer still carry evergreen foliage handsome enough to grow for the leaves alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late winter and early spring the vine bursts into wide clusters of small, starry white flowers, sweetly scented of vanilla and almond, an early feast for bees drifting out on the first warm days. The species honors Pere Armand David, the French missionary-naturalist who botanized across nineteenth-century China and lent his name to the dove tree and to Pere David's deer as well. Bloom comes on the previous year's wood, so any pruning is best done right after flowering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmand clematis wants the classic clematis compromise, roots cool and shaded, top in the sun, in moist, rich, well-drained soil. Shelter matters too, for the evergreen leaves can burn in harsh, drying winter wind, so a warm wall or a sheltered corner suits the vine best. Vigorous and fast, hardy through about zone 7, the plant can grow heavy and tangled over time and rewards a strong support and a yearly tidy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrain Clematis armandii up an arbor, a pergola, a stout trellis, or a fence, where the early flowers and their fragrance can be met at close range and the glossy foliage screens the year round. A vine for southern and mild gardens, this is one of the finest evergreen climbers for scent and early bloom. As with all clematis, the leaves and sap are mildly toxic if eaten and can irritate skin, a small caution worth noting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057838788723,"sku":"CLEM-ARMA-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-814.jpg?v=1720137414"},{"product_id":"clematis-crispa","title":"Clematis crispa","description":"\u003cp\u003eClematis crispa, the swamp leather flower, is a small and delicate native vine that trades the flat, showy face of a garden clematis for something quieter and stranger. The flowers hang solitary and nodding, little urns of thick, leathery blue-purple, paler within, their four recurved sepals frilled and crimped at the tips like curled ribbon. Slightly fragrant and endlessly charming, this is a clematis scaled for a small garden rather than a barn wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the common names swamp and marsh leather flower suggest, this vine belongs to the wet places of the southeastern United States, the floodplains, swamps, wet woods, and ditch banks from Virginia to Florida and west to Texas. That wetland heritage makes the plant unusually tolerant of moist and even soggy ground, where few flowering vines will grow. The species name crispa means curled, for those wavy, crisped sepal margins that give the flower its curly-clematis nickname.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a herbaceous vine that climbs politely by twining leaf-stalks and dies back to the ground each winter, returning fresh each spring, so the plant never overwhelms a small trellis or a shrub the way a woodier clematis might. Bloom runs from late spring well into summer, followed by silky, feathered seed heads that carry the interest on. Give full sun to part shade and moist, fertile soil, keep the roots cool, and the swamp leather flower asks for little else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet Clematis crispa on a small trellis, an arbor, or a low fence, or let the vine scramble through a shrub at the edge of a rain garden or pond, where the nodding bells can be met at eye level. Bees and other pollinators work the flowers through the long season, and the plant fits happily into native, pollinator, and water gardens. As with all clematis, the leaves and sap are mildly toxic if eaten and can irritate skin, worth a note where children play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057839149171,"sku":"CLEM-CRIS-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1667.jpg?v=1720137430"},{"product_id":"clerodendrum-indicum","title":"Clerodendrum indicum","description":"\u003cp\u003eClerodendrum indicum, the Turk's turban, is a bold, tropical-looking perennial that stages two very different shows in a single season. First come tall, nearly unbranched stems, ringed with long narrow leaves and topped in summer by great airy sprays of long-tubed white flowers, shooting outward like a burst of fireworks, which earns the plant its other names, tube flower and skyrocket. Then, as the blooms fade, the real surprise arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach spent flower leaves behind a shining, blue-black berry cradled in an enlarged, star-shaped calyx that flushes deep red, and it is this jewel-like fruit, not the flower, that gives the Turk's turban its name and its longest season of beauty. Native to India, Myanmar, and tropical Asia, the plant has an exotic, almost theatrical presence, and has naturalized here and there across the warm Southeast. Butterflies and bees work the white summer flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn frost-free gardens Turk's turban grows woody and shrub-like, but through most of the South the plant behaves as a die-back perennial, cut down by frost and resprouting vigorously each spring to bloom by late summer. Given full sun, rich soil, and ample water, the stems shoot up fast in the heat. One caution belongs on the label: the plant spreads by suckers and can colonize a bed if left unchecked, so site the Turk's turban where that vigor is welcome, or contain the roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Clerodendrum indicum at the back of a sunny border or as a bold tropical accent, where the skyrocket flowers and the red-and-blue fruit can carry a planting from midsummer into fall. In its native range the leaves have long been used in traditional medicine for asthma and other complaints of the chest, a piece of the plant's history rather than any advice for the garden. For drama on a big scale in a hot, sunny spot, few perennials deliver quite like the Turk's turban.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057840984179,"sku":"CLER-INDI-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/ClerodendrumindicumForestKimStarr2.jpg?v=1784304362"},{"product_id":"clethra-barbinervis","title":"Clethra barbinervis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese clethra is grown for bark as much as bloom. \u003cem\u003eClethra barbinervis\u003c\/em\u003e is a tall, tree-like deciduous shrub or small tree from the mountains of Japan and Korea, carrying somewhat fragrant terminal racemes of white flowers in summer, in the same sweet-scented family as the native summersweets. But the real distinction is the bark: smooth and polished, gray to warm brown, and exfoliating in age to a handsome patchwork that makes this one of the finest small trees for the winter garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong valued in East Asian gardens, Japanese clethra brings a quiet, four-season presence: fragrant white summer flowers when little else is blooming, clean green foliage, and the polished, peeling trunk that becomes the main event once the leaves fall. Give the plant room to show the bark, and site where a winter path or window can take in the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, plant Japanese clethra in part shade to full sun and moist, acid, well-drained soil, at a woodland edge, in a shaded border, or as a specimen where the bark can be read at close range. Keep the roots cool and evenly moist, underplant with ferns and shade lovers, and let the polished trunk carry the cold months.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057842720883,"sku":"CLET-BARB-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-42.jpg?v=1720137473"},{"product_id":"cliftonia-monophylla-berry-pink","title":"Cliftonia monophylla 'Berry Pink'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCliftonia monophylla\u003c\/em\u003e 'Berry Pink' is a rare, pink-flowered selection of the Black Titi, a native evergreen shrub or small tree of the southeastern coastal plain that normally blooms in white. The species haunts the acid bogs, pond margins, and titi swamps from the Carolinas to the Gulf, where the early flowers make the buckwheat tree one of the first and most important nectar sources of the southern year, the source of the prized titi honey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exceptional pink form was found by the noted plantsman Jim Berry in the Florida Panhandle, and we named the clone in his honor. 'Berry Pink' carries delicate rosy-pink flowers in early spring, warmed by orange anthers, in such profusion that the whole crown becomes a soft cloud of color above glossy evergreen leaves. As a garden plant the shrub is graceful and substantial, lovely as a specimen or a flowering backdrop in the moist, acidic ground where the roots run happiest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is a further curiosity for the collector: \u003cem\u003eCliftonia\u003c\/em\u003e is a monotypic genus, meaning \u003cem\u003eCliftonia monophylla\u003c\/em\u003e stands alone as the only species in the whole lineage, with no close cousins anywhere. 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Sometimes called the Jet Black Wonder, this dramatic taro cultivar has become a garden sensation across the South, beloved for bold color and architectural form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith rich, moist soil and generous watering, 'Black Magic' can reach a towering five to six feet, the leaves unfurling like silk flags in the humid breeze. This is a plant that thrives in the Southern heat, through the long, sultry months from May into September, and brings a tropical elegance to pond sides, borders, and bold container plantings. Few plants make such a powerful visual statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to tropical Asia, \u003cem\u003eColocasia esculenta\u003c\/em\u003e has been cultivated for thousands of years as taro, grown for both beauty and food. In this dark-leaved selection, though, nature outdid herself. As summer fades and frost finally claims the top growth, cut the stalks back cleanly and mulch well for winter. 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'Illustris' was first described in 1873 by William Bull, the Chelsea nurseryman, who listed the plant as \u003cem\u003eAlocasia illustris\u003c\/em\u003e in his catalogue of new and rare plants and sold them out of his glasshouses at 536 King's Road. Nobody knows quite where they came from. \u003cem\u003eColocasia esculenta\u003c\/em\u003e is a restless, variable species, and Bull had rivers of tropical material moving through the place, so the likeliest story is that he caught a dark-leaved sport among the green, liked what he saw, and kept dividing the stock. Every 'Illustris' in cultivation descends from that one Victorian decision. A 150-year-old clone, still in production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drama is all in the leaves. They come up an ordinary bright green and then darken through the season to a deep brownish-purple that reads near-black, the veins left behind in vivid green as though someone traced the architecture and never filled it in. Broad and heart-shaped on long petioles, they hang slightly downward, and in a stand of three or five they stop looking like plants and start looking like set dressing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey want what taro has always wanted: heat, full sun, and far more water than seems decent. Rich soil and a root run that never dries will carry them to full size through the worst of summer, and they're entirely content grown aquatically, at a pond margin or standing in a few inches of water. Hardier than the tropical look lets on, too. Across the Southeast the corms will often sit out the winter under a blanket of mulch and return on their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy August, when the rest of the border has thrown in the towel, this is the one still unrolling new leaves the size of dinner plates, exactly as they did in Bull's glasshouses a century and a half ago. 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