{"title":"Plants That Start with \"P\"","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"citrus-x-citrus-fortunella-hindsii-x-eustis-limequat-procimequat","title":"Procimequat","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe procimequat is a rare and fascinating citrus hybrid, born from a botanical marriage of the Eustis limequat (itself a cross of kumquat and lime) and the Hong Kong kumquat (\u003cem\u003eFortunella hindsii\u003c\/em\u003e). 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":"parottia-persica","title":"Parrotia persica","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a moment in late winter, before anything else in the garden has stirred, when \u003cem\u003eParrotia persica\u003c\/em\u003e opens the first flowers. They have no petals, just a tight cluster of crimson stamens emerging from scaled buds along bare grey branches, small and startling against the cold. Most people walk past them. The ones who stop tend to become collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative to the forests along the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, Parrotia has been part of the horticultural conversation long enough that serious gardeners know the tree well, and yet Persian ironwood still has not found a way into nearly enough gardens. That seems like a problem worth solving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bark is the thing that stops people cold. On mature specimens the bark exfoliates in irregular plates the way a sycamore or stewartia does, revealing an understory of cream, grey, olive, and warm tan, a patchwork that grows more complex and more beautiful every year. The canopy is broadly spreading, often wider than tall, with a layered architecture that reads as sculpture in winter once the leaves have dropped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then the leaves turn in a manner worth discussing. Few trees offer fall color of this intensity across such a range, burgundy deepening to scarlet, orange bleeding into gold, sometimes all of it on the same branch at the same time. In a good autumn the display is, without exaggeration, one of the finest things growing in the temperate garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParrotia persica\u003c\/em\u003e is hardy, adaptable to a range of soils, and largely indifferent to urban conditions, qualities that, combined with everything else the tree offers, make the rarity genuinely hard to explain. We don't have an answer. We do have the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057934340211,"sku":"PARO-PERS-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-176.jpg?v=1720139958"},{"product_id":"parrotia-subaequalis","title":"Parrotia subaequalis","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor most of botanical history the genus \u003cem\u003eParrotia\u003c\/em\u003e was thought to hold a single species, the Persian ironwood (\u003cem\u003eParrotia persica\u003c\/em\u003e) of the Caspian forests. Then came a small Chinese tree with a long and tangled paper trail. A fruiting specimen gathered in Jiangsu Province in 1935 sat in a herbarium drawer until 1960, when the botanist H.T. Chang described the specimen as a witch-hazel under the name \u003cem\u003eHamamelis subaequalis\u003c\/em\u003e. The living tree, meanwhile, had vanished. The species was presumed extinct for half a century, until a 1988 expedition found the tree again, and only in the late 1990s did DNA settle the question once and for all: no witch-hazel at all, but a second \u003cem\u003eParrotia\u003c\/em\u003e, sibling to the Persian across some 3,500 miles of Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are genuinely rare in the wild, scattered across a handful of mountain sites in eastern China where barely a hundred mature trees still stand. A Tertiary relict, in other words, an old soul that outlasted the ice ages and very nearly did not outlast us. We may have been the first to offer them in the United States, and even now they pass through remarkably few hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden \u003cem\u003eParrotia subaequalis\u003c\/em\u003e reads as a refined medium tree or generous shrub in the witch-hazel family, smaller in leaf than \u003cem\u003epersica\u003c\/em\u003e and finer in proportion. The toothed, oval leaves carry a dark burgundy margin all summer that hints at what is coming: a long, unhurried autumn turn through burgundy, scarlet, orange and gold, often holding for weeks. As the leaves let go the bark takes over, exfoliating into a mosaic of gray, green, cream and brown that carries the tree through winter. In late winter, before the foliage returns, the bare branches flush with small crimson-stamened flowers, modest at arm's length and quietly luminous up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardy and forgiving for all their rarity, they have come through brutal cold at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston and ask little beyond sun to light shade and a soil that drains. Site them where low winter light can find the bark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo grow them is to keep company with a living fossil, one of only two \u003cem\u003eParrotias\u003c\/em\u003e on earth and very nearly none, a tree most botanists will only ever meet as a pressed sheet in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057934438515,"sku":"PARR-SUBA-01G","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/ParrotiasubaequalisNurCar.webp?v=1780330803"},{"product_id":"parrotia-persica-lamplighter","title":"Parrotia persica \"Lamplighter\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eParrotia persica\u003c\/em\u003e 'Lamplighter' is a rare variegated form of the Persian ironwood, grown above all for the foliage: each leaf carries a broad, irregular border of creamy white around a grey-green center, so the whole canopy reads as soft, dappled light through the growing season. New growth can flush pink and rose before the variegation settles, and the effect is luminous rather than loud, a tree that brightens a shaded corner the way a lit lamp does, which is presumably how the selection came by the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the leaves, 'Lamplighter' offers the same four-season virtues that make the species so admired. In late winter, petalless clusters of crimson stamens open on the bare grey branches before the foliage returns. With age the bark exfoliates into a patchwork of cream, grey, and tan, and in autumn the variegated leaves turn soft shades of yellow, orange, and red before they fall, so the tree earns a second and third look long after the spring flush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one thing to know about a white-variegated tree is that the pale leaf edges burn in fierce sun and drying wind. Site 'Lamplighter' in filtered light, or morning sun with afternoon shade, in a cooler garden with steady moisture, and the variegation stays clean and bright all season. Give fertile, well-drained, slightly acidic to neutral soil, water regularly through the first seasons to establish deep roots, and mulch to keep the shallow roots cool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlower and more compact than the plain green tree, 'Lamplighter' works as a specimen where the foliage can be read at close range, near a path, a patio, or a shaded courtyard, or as a luminous accent at a woodland edge set against darker evergreens that throw the cream margins forward. A collector's tree and a designer's alike, for anyone who wants year-round structure with a rare, light-catching twist and very little maintenance in return.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057934504051,"sku":"PARR-PERS-LAMP-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Parrotiapersica_Lamplighter_JohnGrimshaw.jpg?v=1725388191"},{"product_id":"passiflora-incarnata","title":"Passiflora incarnata","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew native plants look as improbable as the maypop. \u003cem\u003ePassiflora incarnata\u003c\/em\u003e, the wild passionflower of the American Southeast, opens intricate three-inch flowers of pale lavender and white, each ringed with a fringed corona of wavy filaments above a central column of stamens and styles. Spanish missionaries read the whole Passion of Christ into that structure, the corona for the crown of thorns, the five anthers for the wounds, the three styles for the nails, and gave the genus its devotional name. Common along field edges and roadsides from Virginia to Florida and west to Texas, the vine climbs by curling tendrils or sprawls across open ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name maypop comes from the fruit, a lime-sized, egg-shaped berry that turns from green to leathery yellow and pops underfoot with a soft report, or, some say, from the shoots that may pop up unexpectedly in May. Inside, a fragrant, gelatinous pulp surrounds the seeds, sweet-tart and reminiscent of guava, long gathered from the wild for eating out of hand, for jellies, and for cool summer drinks. Songbirds and small mammals take the fallen fruit as readily as people do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong valued for more than the fruit, the maypop was brewed by Cherokee and other Southeastern peoples into calming teas, and later became one of the best-known nervine herbs of American and European practice, prized as a gentle remedy for restlessness and sleeplessness. In the garden the vine earns a place ecologically as well: the leaves are a host for the caterpillars of the Gulf fritillary and other passion-vine butterflies, and the nectar draws bees, butterflies, and the occasional hummingbird all summer long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the maypop on a fence, a trellis, a mailbox, or an arbor in full sun and sandy, well-drained soil, and give the roots room, since a settled plant spreads by runners into a generous, sometimes wandering colony. From about zone 7 the top dies back each winter and the vine returns from the root with vigor in late spring, so treat the plant as a fast, flowering perennial where frost is sharp, and site the maypop where the summer-long parade of flowers can be watched at close range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057934766195,"sku":"PASS-INCA-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1266.jpg?v=1720139971"},{"product_id":"passiflora-incarnata-alba","title":"Passiflora incarnata alba","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassiflora incarnata alba\u003c\/em\u003e is the rare pure white form of the native maypop, the wild passionflower of the American Southeast. The flower keeps all the improbable structure of the species, an intricate three-inch bloom with a fringed corona above a central column of stamens and styles, but drained of every trace of lavender: white petals, white sepals, and a white corona, luminous and cool against the deep green foliage. The effect is a ghostly, refined version of a familiar roadside wildflower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection is a Woodlanders introduction, a rare pure white-flowered maypop shared with us many years ago by our friend Gene Cline, a Georgia native-plant pioneer and expert. Passing a plant like this one from garden to garden is exactly the sort of quiet conservation that keeps an uncommon native form in cultivation, and growing the white maypop carries that small stewardship forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike the species, the white maypop climbs by curling tendrils or sprawls across open ground, hosts the caterpillars of the Gulf fritillary and other passion-vine butterflies, and ripens the same lime-sized, egg-shaped fruit, green turning leathery yellow, with sweet-tart, aromatic pulp around dark seeds. Bees and butterflies work the summer flowers, and songbirds take the fallen fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the white maypop on a fence, a trellis, or a mailbox post in full sun and sandy, well-drained soil, and give the roots room, since the vine runs by root into a generous colony. From about zone 7 the top dies back each winter and returns from the root in late spring, so treat the plant as a fast, flowering perennial where frost is sharp. Site where the cool white flowers can be read at close range, since they glow at dusk when the lavender forms have gone to shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057934831731,"sku":"PASS-INCA-ALBA-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-845.jpg?v=1720139974"},{"product_id":"passiflora-incarnata-x-cincinnata-incense","title":"Passiflora incarnata x cincinnata ‘Incense’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassiflora\u003c\/em\u003e 'Incense' is a passionflower bred for pure spectacle, an extraordinary cross between the native maypop, \u003cem\u003ePassiflora incarnata\u003c\/em\u003e, and the South American \u003cem\u003ePassiflora cincinnata\u003c\/em\u003e. The hybrid gathers the toughness of the native parent and the drama of the exotic one into a single deep-violet flower four to five inches across, the wavy corona filaments frilled and banded in purple and white, carrying a sweet, incense-like fragrance that gives the plant its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce summer heat arrives, 'Incense' behaves as though it owns the fence. The vine throws a long succession of large, richly scented flowers from early summer until frost, each a magnet for Gulf fritillaries, native bees, swallowtails, and curious passersby. Fruit set is light, so the whole performance is in the blossom, which is exactly the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the exotic look, 'Incense' keeps the hardiness of the native parent. In many Southeastern gardens, including here at Woodlanders in Aiken, South Carolina, the vine dies to the ground in winter and returns reliably each year from the root when planted in a protected, well-drained spot, typically hardy to about zone 7 with a little winter protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFast-growing and tendril-climbing, 'Incense' quickly clothes a trellis, an arbor, a porch post, a mailbox, or a sunny fence. Give full sun, warm and well-drained soil, and a sturdy support, and the vine repays the season with a curtain of jewel-toned flowers. Site where the fragrance and the butterfly traffic can be enjoyed at close range, near a path, a gate, or a seat, and cut the old growth to the ground in late winter to keep the plant tidy and vigorous.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057934930035,"sku":"PASS-INCA-CINC-INCE-01G","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/D342EF9D-33E4-452F-ACC6-FF080CE015DA.jpg?v=1752844958"},{"product_id":"passiflora-x-amethyst","title":"Passiflora x ‘Amethyst’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassiflora\u003c\/em\u003e 'Amethyst' is one of the most rewarding of the ornamental passionflowers, a vigorous hybrid grown for large, jewel-toned blooms of glowing red-purple. Each flower opens nearly flat, three to four inches across, the petals and sepals reflexing back to set off a short, banded corona and a lifted central column of stamens and styles. The parentage is somewhat uncertain, as with many old garden passionflowers, but the effect is unmistakable: an amethyst star held out along the vine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom early summer to frost the vine carries a steady run of flowers, each lasting a day or two and drawing bees, butterflies, and the occasional hummingbird. In frost-free gardens 'Amethyst' holds semi-evergreen and blooms nearly year round; where winters bite, the show is a long and generous summer one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the tropical look, 'Amethyst' is tougher than the flowers suggest. Here in South Carolina the vine freezes to the ground in winter and returns with real vigor in spring, flowering through most of the summer, so gardeners at the cool edge of passionflower country can treat the plant as a fast, flowering perennial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow 'Amethyst' on a fence, a trellis, an arbor, or an obelisk in a sunny spot with good, well-drained soil, and give a sturdy support for the tendrils to grip. Site where the striking flowers can be read at close range, near a path, a gate, or a seat, pair with other sun-lovers, and cut the old growth back in late winter where the vine dies down. A large container makes the plant easy to shelter through hard freezes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057934995571,"sku":"PASS-AMET-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-846.jpg?v=1720139980"},{"product_id":"patrinia-scabiosifolia-nagoya","title":"Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePatrinia scabiosifolia\u003c\/em\u003e 'Nagoya' is a tough, upright perennial from the meadows and grassy hills of East Asia, grown for airy, flat-topped heads of tiny golden-yellow flowers held high on wiry, branching stems. The species name \u003cem\u003escabiosifolia\u003c\/em\u003e points to the deeply lobed basal leaves, which recall those of a scabious, and the whole plant reads as a chartreuse-gold answer to Queen Anne's lace, lending height and a see-through veil to a summer border. In Japan the species is one of the classic seven flowers of autumn, and 'Nagoya' is a garden selection prized for reliable, compact performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom midsummer into early fall the flat umbels float above a low rosette of coarse, mid-green foliage, giving a light, vertical presence that never flops or fades. The clean, architectural form and clear yellow read beautifully against ornamental grasses, coneflowers, and the blues and purples of late perennials, and the cut stems last well in the vase. Up close the flowers carry a faint, honeyed scent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong before the plant reached Western borders, Patrinia scabiosifolia was a staple of traditional Chinese medicine, known as bai jiang cao, or Herba Patriniae, and used for well over a thousand years to clear heat, drain pus, and move blood stasis. The dried root carries a distinctive fermented, soy-sauce-like odor that gives the herb its Chinese name, and modern laboratories have taken an interest in the iridoids and triterpenoids behind that long tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the garden 'Nagoya' asks for full sun and well-drained soil and thrives on the hot, open, lean sites where softer perennials struggle. Set the plant in the middle or back of a sunny border, a cutting garden, or a prairie-style planting, give room for the see-through stems to rise, and pair with grasses and other sun-lovers. Deadhead to prolong bloom or leave a few heads to self-sow, and cut the plant to the ground in late fall or early spring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057935585395,"sku":"PATR-SCAB-NAGO-01G","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1021.jpg?v=1720139999"},{"product_id":"penstemon-digitalis-husker-red","title":"Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePenstemon digitalis\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most adaptable of the native beardtongues, a clump-forming perennial of moist meadows, prairies, and open woods across the eastern and central United States. 'Husker Red', selected at the University of Nebraska and named Perennial Plant of the Year in 1996, keeps all the toughness of the wild species but wears it in deep wine-red: a basal rosette of glossy maroon foliage that holds color from spring through fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn early to midsummer, slender stems rise two to three feet above the burgundy rosette, carrying open panicles of tubular white flowers, often blushed the faintest pink, each with the small bearded staminode that gives the beardtongues their name. Against the dark leaves the pale bells read especially clean, and bees and the occasional hummingbird work the flowers steadily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe genus name \u003cem\u003ePenstemon\u003c\/em\u003e means five stamens, a nod to that fifth, sterile, bearded stamen, and \u003cem\u003edigitalis\u003c\/em\u003e salutes the foxglove-like flower, the source of the common name foxglove beardtongue. In the garden 'Husker Red' earns a place for foliage as much as bloom, a wine-dark anchor that sets off silver, chartreuse, and hot color through the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive full sun for the deepest leaf color and well-drained soil, and the plant asks little more. The dry seed capsules stand tan through winter and scatter seedlings at the base, so leave a few heads for the look of the cold months or shear them off to keep a colony in bounds. Pair 'Husker Red' with little bluestem, coreopsis, salvias, and other sun-lovers, and enjoy a native that feeds pollinators and shrugs off deer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057936502899,"sku":"PENS-DIGI-HUSK-RED-01Q","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Penstemondigitalis_HuskerRed_Woodlanders2.jpg?v=1760387497"},{"product_id":"penstemon-smallii","title":"Penstemon smallii","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall's beardtongue is one of the showiest and most obliging of the eastern native penstemons, a Southern Appalachian wildflower that carries tall spires of lavender-pink to rosy-purple tubular flowers in late spring and holds them for weeks. Each bloom is pale-throated and finely striped inside, a landing-strip for the bumblebees that work the flowers, and the whole plant rises from a handsome rosette of purple-veined foliage on reddish stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe genus name penstemon points to the fifth stamen, the sterile, bearded staminode that gives the beardtongues their common name, and the epithet honors John Kunkel Small, the botanist who did so much to document the flora of the Southeast. In the wild, this is a plant of the southern mountains, of North Carolina and Tennessee down through Georgia and into Alabama, at home on rocky slopes, bluffs, and the sunny edges of woods where the drainage is sharp and the competition thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall's beardtongue is easy where happy, which means sun to part shade and, above all, soil that drains freely; like most penstemons, the plant resents wet feet in winter far more than any cold. The catch is that the perennial is short-lived, often bowing out after two or three good seasons, but a settled plant sows itself freely around, so a patch tends to renew itself and drift gently through a bed over the years. Hardy through USDA zones 5 to 8, the basal rosette stays green or nearly so through mild winters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet Small's beardtongue in a rock garden, a native or pollinator planting, a lean sunny border, or a woodland edge, and let the plant reseed into the gaps. Bees and hummingbirds come to the tubular flowers, and the foliage feeds the caterpillars of the common buckeye butterfly, so a small stand pulls real wildlife into the garden. Named North Carolina Wildflower of the Year in 1984, this is a native that has earned its admirers, and an easy one to start with.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057936797811,"sku":"PENS-SMAL-01G","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/PenstemonsmalliiAlanCressler.jpg?v=1784333186"},{"product_id":"persea-borbonia","title":"Persea borbonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePersea borbonia\u003c\/em\u003e, the redbay, is a handsome broadleaf evergreen native to the southeastern United States, ranging from coastal Virginia through Florida and west along the Gulf. A member of the laurel family and a close relative of the avocado, the redbay carries the same aromatic oils, and the glossy leaves have long been used in the southern kitchen much as bay laurel (\u003cem\u003eLaurus nobilis\u003c\/em\u003e) is, to season soups, stews, and gumbo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRedbay is often confused with the closely related swampbay (\u003cem\u003ePersea palustris\u003c\/em\u003e), but the two can be told apart by small marks: the redbay lacks the rusty, star-shaped hairs on the leaf undersides, holds the fruit on short stalks, and favors somewhat drier ground, the coastal dunes, sandy ridges, and well-drained hammocks where the evergreen canopy lends shade and structure to the native landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the kitchen, redbay carries a deep ethnobotanical history. The small dark fruits feed birds and small mammals, and the foliage is a host for the caterpillars of the Palamedes swallowtail. The Seminole and other Southeastern peoples used the leaves medicinally, chiefly as an emetic and cleanser and in infusions for fevers and headaches, one thread in a long human relationship with the tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years the redbay has met a formidable threat. Laurel wilt, a fungal disease carried by the introduced redbay ambrosia beetle, has swept through much of the native range and killed redbays across the coastal plain. That loss makes garden plantings inland, or beyond the beetle's reach, quietly valuable, a way of holding the species where the wild has been unkind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an ornamental, redbay offers year-round green on a moderate, densely branched frame suited to gardens and parks, thriving in acidic, sandy soils and adapting to a range of well-drained sites. Grow the tree as an evergreen specimen or in a native grouping where permanence, fragrance, and ecological value are wanted, and site where a passing hand can brush the aromatic leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057937191027,"sku":"PERS-BORB-01G","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1447.jpg?v=1720140041"},{"product_id":"phlox-paniculata-shortwood","title":"Phlox paniculata 'Shortwood'","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Shortwood' is one of the best of the tall garden phloxes, a strong pink that stands up straight and blooms for weeks in the heart of summer. Each large, domed panicle is packed with fragrant flowers, clear rose-pink around a deeper magenta eye, and the whole plant reads from across the garden, four feet of upright color that never seems to flop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant descends from the famous white 'David', the phlox that made mildew resistance respectable, and shares that parent's clean foliage; 'Shortwood' was selected in Pennsylvania by the plantsman Sinclair Adam. The name honors the garden of Stephanie Cohen, the writer and lecturer known to a generation of gardeners as the Perennial Diva, whose own garden is called Shortwood. The name has nothing to do, we should add, with the old pulpwood measure that most Southerners hear first in the word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarden phlox is a native of the eastern and central United States, a Polemoniaceae in the flame-flowered company that gives the genus its name, phlox being Greek for flame. The long-tubed summer flowers are a magnet for the pollinators built to reach them: swallowtails and other butterflies, ruby-throated hummingbirds, the hovering hummingbird moths at dusk, and the long-tongued bees. Few perennials feed so many for so long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive 'Shortwood' full sun and rich, moist, well-drained soil, with enough space between plants for air to move and keep mildew at bay; resistant is not the same as immune, and good airflow still earns its keep. Set the tall pink spires in the middle or back of a sunny border, a cottage planting, or a pollinator bed, and cut a few stems for the vase, where the fragrance carries indoors. One honest word: deer and rabbits are as fond of phlox as gardeners are, so protect the plant where browsing pressure runs high.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057938337907,"sku":"PHLO-PANI-SHOR-01Q","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-701.jpg?v=1720140062"},{"product_id":"phlox-pilosa-eco-happy-traveler","title":"Phlox pilosa 'Eco Happy Traveler'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhlox pilosa\u003c\/em\u003e, the downy or prairie phlox, is a native of open woods, prairies, and glades across much of the eastern and central United States, and 'Eco Happy Traveler' is one of the most rewarding garden selections, made for a spreading habit and a long run of clear rose-pink bloom. The soft, downy stems and narrow leaves give the plant the common name, and the whole low mat is topped in late spring by loose clusters of fragrant, five-petaled flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom late spring into early summer the deep rose flowers open in profusion just above the foliage, each with a darker eye and a light, sweet scent that carries on a warm afternoon. Bees, butterflies, and moths work the clusters steadily, and unlike the taller border phloxes, downy phlox shrugs off much of the powdery mildew that troubles the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Eco Happy Traveler' earns the traveler in the name by spreading slowly into a dense, semi-evergreen mat, useful as a native groundcover, a front-of-border filler, a woodland-edge ribbon, or a cover for a sunny bank where the roots help hold the soil. The habit is steady rather than aggressive, filling ground without overrunning neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive full sun to light shade and well-drained soil, and pair the phlox with little bluestem, coneflower, coreopsis, and other sun-loving natives for a naturalistic, pollinator-rich planting. Deer tend to pass the plant by, and the drought tolerance suits lean, sunny sites once the roots are settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographs courtesy of Mark Weathington at the JC Raulston Arboretum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057938600051,"sku":"PHLO-PILO-ECO-HAPP-01G","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Phlox-pilosa-Eco-Happy-Traveler-002-UNCBG-4-29-08.jpg?v=1736430129"},{"product_id":"phoebe-sp","title":"Phoebe sp.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cem\u003ePhoebe\u003c\/em\u003e is a broadleaf evergreen tree in the laurel family, Lauraceae, and a relative of the redbay and the avocado in the genus \u003cem\u003ePersea\u003c\/em\u003e. The genus \u003cem\u003ePhoebe\u003c\/em\u003e gathers more than fifty species of evergreen trees and shrubs across subtropical and tropical Asia, long known in China as nanmu and prized for hard, fine-textured, aromatic timber used in fine furniture and building since ancient times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Woodlanders plant grew from seed received from Nanjing, China, under the name \u003cem\u003ePhoebe neurantha\u003c\/em\u003e, which appears to be an invalid name. The tree seems close to \u003cem\u003ePhoebe chekiangensis\u003c\/em\u003e, a rare evergreen of southeastern China that has proven a very good landscape tree here in Aiken, South Carolina, holding glossy evergreen foliage and a clean, upright form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with many collector's trees grown from wild or foreign seed, the ultimate identity and mature size remain uncertain, so treat this \u003cem\u003ePhoebe\u003c\/em\u003e as a shared experiment. The glossy, leathery, aromatic leaves and dense, evergreen habit make the plant a handsome year-round presence whatever the final name proves to be, useful as a specimen, a screen, or a broadleaf-evergreen anchor in a warm-climate garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive good, well-drained but moisture-retentive soil and ample room for the tree to develop, in sun to light shade and a sheltered spot at the cold edge of the range, roughly zones 8 and 9. Pair with camellias, ferns, and other broadleaf evergreens, and site where the aromatic foliage can be met at close range, keeping in mind that this is a plant for the curious grower as much as the collector.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057939484787,"sku":"PHOE-SP-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1448.jpg?v=1720140081"},{"product_id":"phoebe-chekiangensis","title":"Phoebe chekiangensis","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhoebe chekiangensis is one of a group of Chinese evergreens that could give the American South a whole new kind of shade tree. Upright and clean-limbed, the tree carries dense, leathery, dark green leaves much like those of the related redbay, glossy and handsome the year round, and grows at a steady pace into a small to medium tree of real presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plant belongs to Lauraceae, the laurel family, close kin to Persea, the avocado and the native redbays, and to the storied nanmu trees of China. Nanmu is among the most prized timbers in the world, fine-grained, aromatic, and durable, so valued in imperial China that whole logs went into the pillars of the Forbidden City; Phoebe chekiangensis is one of the genuine nanmu species, though the legendary golden-silk grade belongs to a few relatives. The epithet chekiangensis marks the tree's home in Zhejiang province, on the old spelling, in southeastern China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wild the species is genuinely rare, listed as vulnerable and protected in China as a second-class species, the wild stands thinned by cutting and slow to regenerate, so growing a nursery tree is a small act of conservation as much as a garden choice. Woodlanders has watched the tree closely: one grew into a beautiful young specimen in a city park here in Aiken, South Carolina, before an ice storm brought the young tree down, a fair reminder that a broadleaf evergreen loaded with ice asks for a sheltered spot at the cold edge of the range. A second specimen grows intertwined with a magnolia at Hopeland Gardens, a verdant love story of some 40 odd years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive Phoebe chekiangensis sun to light shade and good, well-drained but moisture-retentive soil, ideally with some shelter from hard, drying winter wind, and expect an evergreen of USDA zones 8 and 9. The flowers are small and quiet and the little dark fruits sit on reddish cups, but the reason to grow the tree is the foliage and the form, a lustrous evergreen anchor for a Southern garden, at home among camellias and ferns. For the collector of rare woody plants, this is a chance to grow a piece of Chinese forest history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057939583091,"sku":"PHOE-CHEK-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/40CCD01B-D645-4DFC-9723-4D8498EC2885.jpg?v=1784334418"},{"product_id":"photinia-integrifolia","title":"Photinia integrifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotinia integrifolia\u003c\/em\u003e is a handsome broadleaf evergreen, a small tree or large shrub of the rose family, widespread through the hills of southern and southeastern Asia, from the Himalayas and the Western Ghats of India east into Southeast Asia, yet virtually unknown in American gardens. A relative of the familiar Chinese photinia (\u003cem\u003ePhotinia serrulata\u003c\/em\u003e), the species carries the same glossy, leathery foliage but with untoothed, entire-margined leaves, the trait behind the epithet \u003cem\u003eintegrifolia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew growth emerges in warm reddish-bronze before deepening to lustrous dark green, and in late spring the branch tips carry flat clusters of small creamy-white flowers, lightly fragrant and worked by bees. Pink-to-purple fruits follow, ripening dark and drawing birds, so the tree offers a full season of quiet interest on a dense, upright frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodlanders offers this little-known photinia as something of an experiment. Likely less cold hardy than the Chinese photinia but possibly better suited to the heat of the warmer zones, the species has been grown here on a hunch, and we would welcome reports from customers who trial the plant in their own gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow \u003cem\u003ePhotinia integrifolia\u003c\/em\u003e as an evergreen specimen, an informal hedge, a screen, or a backdrop for showier plants in a warm-climate garden, in full sun to part shade and fertile, well-drained soil. Give afternoon shade where the sun is fierce, water through the first seasons to establish deep roots, and site where the bronze new growth and the flat white flower clusters can be enjoyed at close range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057940041843,"sku":"PHOT-INTE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/HimalayanChokeberry-1.jpg?v=1736430470"},{"product_id":"physostegia-correllii","title":"Physostegia correllii","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhysostegia correllii\u003c\/em\u003e, Correll's obedient plant, is a rare and handsome member of the mint family, a robust, upright, somewhat succulent perennial rising from thick, spreading rhizomes. Among the false dragonheads the species stands out for unusually dark, glossy green leaves and cool purplish-pink flowers streaked and spotted with darker purple, an inch long and packed into dense terminal spikes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe common name obedient plant comes from a small botanical trick shared across the genus: each flower sits on a hinged stalk and stays put when nudged left or right along the spike, holding whatever position a curious finger leaves behind. Bloom runs from midsummer into early fall, the flared lower lip of each tubular flower making a small landing platform for the bumblebees that work the spikes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wild Correll's obedient plant is a streamside specialist, now reduced to a scattered handful of sites in Texas, Louisiana, and northern Mexico, where the plant grows in standing water or wet soil along streams and irrigation ditches. Growing a nursery-raised plant is a small act of conservation for an increasingly uncommon Southwestern native.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive Correll's obedient plant a sunny spot with ample and reliable moisture, a pond or stream edge, a rain garden, a bog bed, or any bed that never dries, and room for the rhizomes to travel into a colony. Pair with other moisture-loving natives such as swamp milkweed, blue flag iris, and cardinal flower, and cut the frost-killed stems to the ground in late winter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057940435059,"sku":"PHYS-CORR-01Q","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/54328B20-AEC7-4D44-A73C-6A3CF4A7F97E.jpg?v=1758823165"},{"product_id":"physostegia-virginiana-vivid","title":"Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhysostegia virginiana\u003c\/em\u003e, the obedient plant, is a familiar native of moist meadows and streamsides across eastern North America, and 'Vivid' is the compact, richly colored selection that has become a garden standard. Upright spikes of deep rose-pink, tubular flowers rise on square, mint-family stems in mid to late summer, holding strong color into early fall when much of the border is fading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe common name comes from a small charm: each flower sits on a hinged stalk and stays where a finger nudges it, left or right along the spike, so a child can rearrange a whole raceme. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds work the nectar-rich flowers steadily, which makes the plant a fixture of pollinator and cottage gardens alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Vivid' is more compact than the wild species, standing two to three feet, but keeps the family's vigor: the rhizomes spread steadily into a broad colony, so site where roaming is welcome, plant in a contained bed, or divide every few years to keep the clump in bounds. The spread that some gardeners curb is exactly the trait that fills a difficult moist corner for others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive full sun to light shade and moist, well-drained soil, and the plant thrives even in the wet ground of a rain garden or pond edge. Mass 'Vivid' for a strong vertical rhythm in a natural border or meadow planting, pair with asters, coneflowers, and black-eyed Susans, and cut the stems to the ground in late fall or early spring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057940697203,"sku":"PHYS-VIRG-VIVI-01Q","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Physostegiavirginiana_Vivid_Woodlanders1.jpg?v=1758823544"},{"product_id":"pieris-ryukyuensis-temple-bells","title":"Pieris ryukyuensis 'Temple Bells'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePieris ryukyuensis\u003c\/em\u003e is the lily-of-the-valley shrub of the Ryukyu Islands, the warm archipelago that trails south from Japan toward Taiwan, and 'Temple Bells' is a choice selection of this heat-tolerant species. The glossy, slightly toothed evergreen leaves emerge a warm bronze and mature to deep green, giving a polished, year-round presence on a dense, rounded frame of three to six feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn spring the shrub hangs dense clusters of small white, bell-shaped flowers, the strings of temple bells behind the name, nodding sweetly above the foliage and drawing the season's first pollinators. Set against dark evergreens or a shaded wall, the white bells and bronze new growth read especially clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe great virtue of this species is climate. Native to a land of mild winters and hot, humid summers, \u003cem\u003ePieris ryukyuensis\u003c\/em\u003e takes the heat of the southeastern United States far better than the familiar Japanese pieris (\u003cem\u003ePieris japonica\u003c\/em\u003e) grown in northern gardens, which sulks where summers are long and warm. For Southern gardeners who have wanted a pieris and watched the northern kinds struggle, 'Temple Bells' is the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow 'Temple Bells' in well-drained, acid soil in semi-shade, as for azaleas, camellias, and rhododendrons, and mulch with pine straw to keep the roots cool and sour. Give supplemental water through dry spells, shelter from harsh afternoon sun, and pair with other broadleaf evergreens and shade companions. Like other members of the heath family, every part is poisonous if eaten, which also keeps deer at bay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057940828275,"sku":"PIER-RYUK-TEMP-BELL-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-468.jpg?v=1720140108"},{"product_id":"pieris-phillyreifolia","title":"Pieris phillyreifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePieris phillyreifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the climbing fetterbush, is one of the strangest and most wonderful of Southeastern natives, an evergreen member of the heath family with a habit unlike any other hardy shrub. In cultivation the plant grows as a neat, small evergreen shrub of two to three feet, clothed in narrow, leathery dark green leaves about an inch long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wild, though, the climbing fetterbush does something no other \u003cem\u003ePieris\u003c\/em\u003e does. Rooted in the acid muck of cypress swamps, the plant climbs the trunks of pond cypress (\u003cem\u003eTaxodium ascendens\u003c\/em\u003e), threading stems high up beneath the loose outer bark and then pushing out horizontal, leafy branches that seem, uncannily, to sprout straight from the cypress itself. Few gardeners ever see the trick, but it is one of the great curiosities of the American flora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly each spring the plant hangs showy, compound racemes of small white, bell-shaped flowers, like strings of porcelain thimbles, sweetly fragrant and among the first heath flowers to feed the season's pollinators. New growth flushes faintly reddish before deepening to dark green, so the fine foliage carries the plant handsomely the rest of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the climbing fetterbush as you would a related azalea, rhododendron, or blueberry, in moist, acid, humus-rich soil and the dappled light of a woodland edge or shaded border. Give steady moisture, mulch with pine straw to keep the roots cool and sour, and let the shrub knit into a low evergreen presence. Like other members of the heath family, every part is poisonous if eaten, which also keeps deer at bay, so site away from where children or livestock might graze.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057940959347,"sku":"PIER-PHIL-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-467.jpg?v=1720140111"},{"product_id":"pinus-wallichiana","title":"Pinus wallichiana","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Himalayan white pine is one of the most graceful of the large conifers, a broad, elegant tree hung with long, soft, blue-green needles that droop from the branches in feathery sweeps. Borne five to a bundle in the manner of the white pines, the needles give the whole tree a silvered, weeping softness, and the long, resinous, banana-shaped cones dangle among them like ornaments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to the high Himalaya, from Afghanistan and Pakistan through Nepal and Bhutan to the edge of China, the tree grows on cool mountain slopes between roughly six and thirteen thousand feet. The epithet wallichiana honors Nathaniel Wallich, the Danish surgeon-botanist who ran the Calcutta Botanic Garden and sent the first seed west in the early nineteenth century. Gardeners know the pine as Himalayan white pine, Bhutan pine, or blue pine, for those cool-toned needles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne honest caution belongs at the front of any description. This is a cool-climate mountain pine, at home in USDA zones 5 to 7, and the species resents the heat and humidity of the Deep South; even in cooler inland gardens the pine can be tricky, and in the hot, muggy low country the tree tends to struggle. Grow this one where summers stay relatively mild, in full sun and well-drained soil, with some shelter from fierce, drying wind that can brown the needles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere the climate suits, Pinus wallichiana makes a magnificent specimen or shade tree, casting dense shade under a broad, sweeping crown, more tolerant of city air than many pines and, as a Himalayan white pine that co-evolved with blister rust, generally untroubled by that scourge of the American white pines. In the Himalaya the resinous wood serves for timber, torchwood, and turpentine. For the right garden, this is a conifer of rare elegance; for the wrong one, an honest nursery will tell you to look elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057941254259,"sku":"PINU-WALL-01G","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/PinuswallichianaMBG.jpg?v=1784335230"},{"product_id":"pinus-palustris","title":"Pinus palustris","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore the South was farms and pavement it was, in great part, longleaf: an open, sunlit forest of widely spaced pines over a ground layer so rich a single square yard could hold dozens of species, the whole thing held together by fire. They ran across tens of millions of acres of the coastal plain, by some counts as many as ninety million, from Virginia to east Texas, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/blogs\/the-node\/longleaf-pine-restoration-and-the-art-of-restraint-in-modern-landscape-design\"\u003ealmost all of it is gone now\u003c\/a\u003e, which is the quiet grief behind every longleaf you meet. They gave the South tar, pitch, and turpentine, the naval stores that caulked the wooden fleets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and earned North Carolinians the nickname tar heels. \u003cem\u003ePinus palustris\u003c\/em\u003e is the patient one. A seedling spends years as a dense green tussock, looking for all the world like a clump of grass and fooling everyone who doesn't know better, while underground they drive a deep taproot and wait out the fires that clear their rivals. Then they bolt, throwing up a single thick candle of a stem before they bother with branches. The needles are the longest of any eastern pine, well past a foot, hanging in soft fountains and catching wind like nothing else in the genus. Give one sun and room and you are planting the architecture the gopher tortoise and the red-cockaded woodpecker were waiting for. They ask only for patience, and they reward it for three hundred years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057941778547,"sku":"PINU-PALU-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-184.jpg?v=1720140132"},{"product_id":"pinus-glabra","title":"Pinus glabra","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlmost everything about \u003cem\u003ePinus glabra\u003c\/em\u003e argues against their being a pine at all. The bark is smooth and gray, close-grained, so like the bark of an oak or hickory that people walk straight past a mature one without taking the tree for a conifer; it is the single most reliable way to know the tree. The needles are soft, short, and paired, a cool dark green, worn in a dense rounded crown rather than the open candelabra of their relatives. And most usefully, they tolerate shade. Where nearly every other southern pine demands full sun and open, burned ground, spruce pine settles happily into the wooded margins just above the bottomlands, growing in the understory beneath oaks, beech, and magnolia. They were named by Thomas Walter, the English-born botanist of the Santee whose \u003cem\u003eFlora Caroliniana\u003c\/em\u003e appeared in London in 1788, the year before he died; the epithet glabra, meaning smooth and hairless, marks those glabrous young twigs. Even the timber keeps its own counsel, drying at so different a rate from other southern pines that mills cannot season it in the same batch. This is a pine for the places pines aren't supposed to go: the shaded corner, the woodland edge, the spot where you wanted evergreen structure and assumed you couldn't have it. Once you can recognize one, you start wanting them everywhere the light runs thin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057942007923,"sku":"PINU-GLAB-01G","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-182.jpg?v=1720140136"},{"product_id":"pinus-patula","title":"Pinus patula","description":"\u003cp\u003ePinus patula is the weeping pine, and few conifers wear their needles so gracefully. Long, slender, and soft, the bright grass-green needles hang straight down from the branches in feathery curtains, so that the whole tree seems to pour toward the ground, especially in a light breeze. Fast-growing and open-crowned, this is a Mexican pine grown above all for that pendent, shimmering foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative to the cool mountain escarpments of eastern Mexico, from Hidalgo and Puebla to Veracruz and Oaxaca, the tree carries the Latin name patula, meaning spreading, for the outward, drooping sweep of the needles, borne in bundles of three or four. Mexicans know the pine as pino lloron, the weeping pine, or pino triste, the sad pine, for the same downcast grace. The narrow, curved cones cluster along the branches and often hang on for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the garden, Pinus patula is one of the great working trees of the world, planted by the million across the highlands of eastern and southern Africa, South America, and beyond for fast-grown timber and pulp, a testament to sheer vigor. That vigor is a gift and a caution: the tree grows quickly and has naturalized aggressively in a few mild countries, so plant with a little forethought. In the garden the pine is tender, happiest in USDA zones 8 to 10 and frost-sensitive while young, wanting full sun and sharp drainage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive Pinus patula room and a mild climate, and the reward is a graceful, fast, evergreen specimen unlike any hardy pine, a fountain of soft green that softens a hard corner or screens a view in a hurry. Site the tree where the weeping habit can be seen against the sky or a dark backdrop, shelter a young plant from hard frost, and let the pine grow into the loose, elegant crown that has made the species a favorite far from its Mexican home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto courtesy of Sairus Patel from Standord\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057942466675,"sku":"PINU-PATU-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/PinuspatulaSairusPatelStanford.jpg?v=1784335026"},{"product_id":"pistacia-chinensis","title":"Pistacia chinensis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePistacia chinensis\u003c\/em\u003e, the Chinese pistache, is a medium-sized deciduous tree and a close relative of the pistachio nut, though this species carries no crop for the table. What the tree offers instead is one of the finest autumn shows in the warm South: lustrous, dark green compound leaves that ignite, nearly all at once, into a fire of scarlet, orange, and red before they fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the growing season the glossy, fern-like foliage stays clean and untroubled, and the tree shrugs off heat, drought, poor soil, insects, and city grime with equal ease. That toughness, paired with a tidy rounded crown, has made Chinese pistache a favorite shade and street tree across the warm South, including as a downtown street tree here in Aiken, South Carolina, and in many towns beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are small and easily missed, greenish to reddish and carried in loose clusters before the leaves break, since the trees are wind-pollinated and dioecious, male and female on separate plants. Only the females bear fruit, and only with a male nearby: small round drupes that pass from green through red to deep blue-purple in fall, not for people but stripped quickly by birds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow Chinese pistache as a lawn specimen, a patio shade tree, or a tough street tree for hot, paved, difficult sites, in full sun and well-drained soil of almost any texture. Give room for the rounded crown, train young trees to a strong single leader, and site where the autumn color can carry a whole view. Note that seedlings can self-sow in warm climates, so choose a spot where volunteers are easy to manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotos courtesy of David Prasad and Jim Robbins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root","offer_id":42844687630451,"sku":"PIST-CHIN-BARE","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"1 Gallon","offer_id":42844687663219,"sku":"PIST-CHIN-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Pistacia_chinensis_f_B1JjkUOHqL4j.jpg?v=1739374709"},{"product_id":"pithecoctenium-cynanchoides","title":"Pithecoctenium cynanchoides","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePithecoctenium cynanchoides\u003c\/em\u003e, the monkey's comb, is a vigorous, tendril-climbing vine of the trumpet-creeper family, Bignoniaceae, native to the warm woodlands and thickets of South America. Semi-evergreen in mild climates, the vine climbs by many-branched tendrils and clothes a support quickly in heart-shaped, three-parted leaves, the terminal leaflet often turned into a grasping tendril of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the warm season the vine carries showy, tubular flowers, creamy white with a soft yellow throat, held in short terminal clusters and drawing pollinators. The bloom is handsome, but the real curiosity comes after: a thick, woody, flattened capsule covered in dense bristles, so like a stiff comb or hairbrush that the plant earned the name monkey's comb, and dries to a striking oddity that splits to release papery winged seeds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive \u003cem\u003ePithecoctenium cynanchoides\u003c\/em\u003e a sturdy trellis, arbor, pergola, or fence in full sun to part shade and well-drained, fertile soil, and room for a fast, twenty-foot climber to run. Water through dry spells while establishing, then let the vine take the heat in stride, and prune after flowering to keep the growth in bounds and spur the next season's bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSite the monkey's comb where both the flowers and the extraordinary combed fruit can be met at close range, on a warm wall, a garden structure, or a fence along a path, and treat the plant as a conversation piece as much as a flowering vine. At the cold edge of the range, grow in a large container that can shelter through hard freezes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057942794355,"sku":"PITH-CYNA-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-848.jpg?v=1720140156"},{"product_id":"pittosporum-tobira-variegata","title":"Pittosporum tobira 'Variegata'","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Japan they call the shrub tobira, short for tobira no ki, the door tree, because the cut branches were hung in the doorway at Setsubun to turn back demons at the threshold of spring. The broken wood smells rank, which was rather the point: bad spirits, like most of us, would rather not walk through a bad smell. The genus name is kinder and more exact, \u003cem\u003epitta\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003esporos\u003c\/em\u003e, pitch and seed, for the resin that coats the black seeds and glues them to whatever bird carries them off.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou meet none of that at the doorstep. What you meet is the scent of the flowers, pure orange blossom, carried on creamy five-petaled stars clustered at the branch tips through late spring. This is the variegated form, and the foliage is the reason to reach for the plant: oval, leathery, gray-green leaves rimmed in irregular cream, their edges rolled softly under, holding the two-tone all year. By autumn the spent flowers have become small woody capsules that split into three and show a lining of bright orange-red seeds set in that same resinous gloss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTough in the way coastal plants are tough, unbothered by salt wind, heat, or a hard shearing, and asking only for sharp drainage and a little sun. A hedge that perfumes the whole garden for a fortnight in spring and stays composed the other fifty weeks of the year. Site the shrub where you pass close by, beside a gate or a door, where the scent can ambush you on the way in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057942958195,"sku":"PITT-TOBI-VARI-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Pittosporumtobira_Variegata_Woodlanders3.jpg?v=1736447808"},{"product_id":"pleioblastus-distichus-mini","title":"Pleioblastus distichus 'Mini'","description":"\u003cp\u003ePleioblastus distichus 'Mini' is the smallest of the running bamboos, a fine-textured dwarf that behaves more like a groundcover than a grove. The tiny, glossy leaves line up in flat, two-ranked sprays, fern-like and neat, on threadlike stems only eight or ten inches high, building a dense green carpet that can be mowed or edged like a lawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the fern-like delicacy, this is a true bamboo, a member of the grass family from Japan, and the epithet distichus describes exactly that two-ranked leaf arrangement, while Pleioblastus means many shoots, for the several branches at each node. The Woodlanders start traces to the late Adam Turtle, the well-known bamboo grower of Our Bamboo Nursery in Summertown, Tennessee, who kept a famous collection and knew this plant as the most dwarf of the runners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a runner it is, which is the one thing to understand before planting. 'Mini' spreads by shallow underground rhizomes, and while the shallow roots make the bamboo genuinely controllable with an edger, a mowing, or a buried barrier, left alone in open ground the plant will travel. Treat that habit as the price of a superb groundcover: give the bamboo a bed with a firm edge, a strip between paving, a slope to knit together, or a container, and the running becomes an asset rather than a worry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow 'Mini' in sun to part shade in almost any decent soil, hardy through USDA zones 6 to 9, and mow or shear the planting in late winter if hard cold has browned the foliage, so fresh green comes back clean in spring. Use the bamboo as a dense low groundcover and lawn alternative, for erosion control on a bank, among stepping stones, or in the quiet green geometry of a Japanese garden. Few plants make so tidy a carpet from so little height, as long as the gardener respects the run.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057943613555,"sku":"PLEI-DIST-MINI-01G","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-770.jpg?v=1720140179"},{"product_id":"podocarpus-acutifolius","title":"Podocarpus acutifolius","description":"\u003cp\u003eA refined and rarely offered evergreen from New Zealand, \u003cem\u003ePodocarpus acutifolius\u003c\/em\u003e forms a dense, finely textured silhouette of short, sharp-tipped leaves that give the plant a crisp, architectural presence. Heat-tolerant and well suited to the southern United States when properly sited, this uncommon conifer offers structure, restraint, and year-round depth in the landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommonly known as the needle-leaf totara, \u003cem\u003ePodocarpus acutifolius\u003c\/em\u003e is native to New Zealand's South Island, where the species grows on well-drained slopes, rocky outcrops, and forest margins. Unlike the towering totara trees of the homeland, this podocarp typically stays a compact, dense shrub or small tree, with a tight branching habit and a naturally composed form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foliage is the signature: short, narrow, and sharply pointed, usually under an inch long, arranged along slender stems in a layered, fine-textured effect. The deep green color holds beautifully through southern heat and humidity, and a subtle gloss lends quiet sophistication without flash. Up close, each leaf reveals the acute tip that gives the species its name, an effect crisp but not coarse, especially effective in modern or restrained planting schemes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the needle-leaf totara as a fine-textured evergreen specimen, a low hedge, or a screen in full sun to part shade and sharp, well-drained soil, giving room for a slow, dense grower to fill in over the years. Salt and heat are taken in stride, and deer tend to leave the rigid foliage alone. A collector's conifer for gardeners who value texture and form over flash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto: University of British Columbia Botanical Garden, Vancouver, June 2023. Image by John Grimshaw.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057943908467,"sku":"PODO-ACUT-01G","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/podocarpus-acutifolius-johngrimshaw.jpg?v=1771619306"},{"product_id":"podocarpus-parlatorei","title":"Podocarpus parlatorei","description":"\u003cp\u003eA conifer of mist and mountains, \u003cem\u003ePodocarpus parlatorei\u003c\/em\u003e comes from isolated cloud-forest ridges just east of the Andes in Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. Rare in the wild and scarcely seen in cultivation, this CITES-listed species is one of the most unusual evergreen introductions Woodlanders has ever offered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative to scattered high-elevation forests between roughly 1,000 and 3,000 meters, the pine of the mountain grows in humid montane country where cool air, persistent mist, and sharp drainage define the ecosystem. Those forests are biologically rich but geographically fragmented, one reason the species stays uncommon and is protected under international trade agreements. In habitat the tree can reach forty to sixty feet or more in a narrow, upright to conical crown, though a garden plant, especially in warmer temperate regions, is expected to develop more modestly while keeping the composed, vertical habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foliage is distinctive: narrow, elongated, leathery leaves arranged along the stems, deep green and subtly glossy. Where the needle-bearing conifers of the north carry stiff needles, the podocarps bear flattened, strap-like leaves, which give the plant a refined, almost yew-like look with a distinctly subtropical character. As a member of the ancient Podocarpaceae, \u003cem\u003ePodocarpus parlatorei\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to a Southern Hemisphere lineage reaching back to Gondwanan times, and the presence of the species in South American cloud forests reads as a living relic of ancient continental drift. Like other podocarps, the plant bears fleshy, often colorful seed structures rather than the woody cones of pines and spruces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe species is CITES listed, a reflection of limited and vulnerable wild populations, and the plants Woodlanders offers are legally propagated and responsibly sourced. Woodlanders is likely the first nursery to make \u003cem\u003ePodocarpus parlatorei\u003c\/em\u003e available in the United States, continuing a long tradition of introducing uncommon and botanically significant plants into cultivation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor collectors of rare conifers, botanical institutions, and adventurous gardeners, the appeal is real: exceptional rarity, strong vertical evergreen structure, deep evolutionary history, and a genuine cloud-forest provenance. Give sharp drainage, consistent moisture without waterlogging, and shelter from severe freezes, ideally on an elevated site with good air movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057943974003,"sku":"PODO-PARL-01G","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/PodocarpusparlatoreiStefansauzuk.jpg?v=1771619805"},{"product_id":"podocarpus-macrophyllus-okina","title":"Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Okina'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePodocarpus macrophyllus\u003c\/em\u003e, the yew pine, is a familiar evergreen conifer grown as a shrub or small tree across the southern United States, valued for dense, dark, strap-like leaves several inches long and a tidy, upright frame. 'Okina' is the variegated form, a relatively recent introduction from Japan, whose new growth emerges creamy white before settling to soft green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe variegation is the whole point. Each flush of growth opens near-white and matures slowly, so the plant carries a layered, two-toned effect through the season, pale at the tips over deeper green within. The narrow, fine-textured foliage reads as refined and composed, a quiet, luminous version of a plant usually grown for plain green structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle known in the United States, 'Okina' has been offered elsewhere only in very small sizes at a high price. Woodlanders is pleased to make the plant more widely available, and thanks Tony Avent of Plant Delights Nursery for the original start.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow 'Okina' as a specimen, a low hedge, a screen, or a container plant in full sun to part shade and well-drained soil, giving a little afternoon shade in the hottest gardens to spare the pale new growth from scorch. Slow and dense, evergreen and shearable, the plant suits both formal and naturalistic plantings and pairs beautifully with darker evergreens that throw the variegation forward.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057944301683,"sku":"PODO-MACR-OKIN-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1996.jpg?v=1720140199"},{"product_id":"podocarpus-macrophyllus-low-growing","title":"Podocarpus macrophyllus (low growing)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis low-growing form of \u003cem\u003ePodocarpus macrophyllus\u003c\/em\u003e is a compact, spreading evergreen with flat, needle-like leaves that spiral tightly around the stems. Where the ordinary yew pine climbs into an upright shrub or small tree, this selection stays low and horizontal, building a dense, glossy green mat of steady year-round texture and structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe habit is the value. A low, wide, spreading frame makes the plant a natural for the front of a border, a foundation planting, a shaded garden edge, or a bold evergreen groundcover where height would only get in the way. The fine, dark foliage holds through southern heat and reads as refined and composed in both formal and naturalistic settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative to Japan, this low-growing form was sourced by Woodlanders from a rare specimen in Alabama, and remains a dependable choice for gardeners seeking form and simplicity without height dominance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the plant in full sun to part shade and well-drained soil, giving a little afternoon shade in the hottest gardens. Water to establish, then enjoy a drought-tolerant, low-maintenance evergreen that takes light shearing, tolerates salt and sandy ground, and is generally passed over by deer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057944334451,"sku":"PODO-MACR-LOW-GROW-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-471.jpg?v=1720140203"},{"product_id":"podranea-ricasoliana","title":"Podranea ricasoliana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePodranea ricasoliana\u003c\/em\u003e, the pink trumpet vine or Port St. John's creeper, is a fast-growing evergreen climber from the warm regions of South Africa, a member of the trumpet-creeper family, Bignoniaceae, prized for showy, trumpet-shaped flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plant was first cultivated in the eastern part of the country, around the area known as Port St. John's, which gave rise to one of the common names. From the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the vine traveled to other regions with similar climates, the Mediterranean, Australia, and parts of the United States, and quickly won a following.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe appeal is obvious: vigorous growth and a talent for clothing large walls, fences, and structures in lush foliage and clusters of soft-to-vibrant pink flowers, each flaring trumpet marked with a deeper magenta throat and carrying a light, sweet scent that draws bees and butterflies. Bloom runs from late summer into fall, bringing strong color to the garden as the season cools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the pink trumpet vine on a sturdy trellis, fence, or wall in a sunny, well-drained spot, and give ample room to climb and spread. In zones 9 to 11 the plant holds evergreen; in the cooler parts of zones 8 and 9 the top freezes to the ground and returns with fast growth in warm weather, so mulch the base with sand and pine straw for winter, or grow in a container that can shelter from frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdditional pictures courtesy of Katia Reyes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057944563827,"sku":"PODR-RICA-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/PodranearicasolianasingleviewWoodlanders.jpg?v=1728932245"},{"product_id":"poliomintha-longiflora","title":"Poliomintha longiflora","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoliomintha longiflora is one of the several aromatic plants that go by the name Mexican oregano, and one of the prettiest, a small evergreen shrub that flowers for months and seasons the pot besides. Slender, aromatic leaves clothe a rounded bush two or three feet high, and from spring well into fall the branches carry long, tubular flowers in soft lavender and pink, a steady supply of nectar in the heat when little else blooms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe naming here is honestly a bit tangled. The plant sold as Poliomintha longiflora may in truth be Poliomintha maderensis, and Mexican oregano is a common name shared with several unrelated plants, the commercial spice most often coming from Lippia graveolens. What is not in doubt is the kitchen use: the pungent leaves stand in for oregano in Mexican and Southwestern cooking, a little spicier than the Mediterranean herb. The genus name means gray mint, for the hoary, minty foliage, and longiflora marks the long tube of the flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA subshrub of the dry, rocky country of Coahuila and neighboring northern Mexico, this is a plant built for heat and sun and sharp drainage, thoroughly at home in a xeriscape. Credit for bringing the plant into the Texas nursery trade is shared and a little uncertain, given variously to the late Lynn Lowrey, the dean of Texas native-plant introduction, and to Casa Verde Growers of San Antonio; either way, the plant has become a Southwestern favorite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow Poliomintha longiflora in full sun and fast-draining soil, hardy through USDA zones 8 to 10 and root-hardy a little colder, evergreen where winters are mild and returning from the base where they are not. Little water and less fuss suit the plant, and deer tend to pass it by. Use this one in a xeriscape or rock garden, a pollinator or herb bed, or a container on a hot terrace, where hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies will work the long lavender flowers and a few leaves can be picked for the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057944629363,"sku":"POLI-LONG-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Poliominthalongiflora.jpg?v=1784336321"},{"product_id":"polygala-x-dalmaisiana","title":"Polygala x dalmaisiana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolygala\u003c\/em\u003e x \u003cem\u003edalmaisiana\u003c\/em\u003e, the sweet pea shrub, is a fast-growing evergreen hybrid of two South African species (\u003cem\u003eP. oppositifolia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eP. myrtifolia\u003c\/em\u003e), grown for a nearly year-round show of orchid-like flowers on an open, informal frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are the whole point: a rich purplish pink, each carried on two winged, petal-like sepals that surround a fringed white-to-purple crest, so the bloom reads like a tiny sweet pea or a small orchid. In mild climates the shrub flowers almost continuously, peaking in spring and summer, and the nectar draws bees and butterflies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foliage is dull to deep green, an inch or two long, on a loose, open, rounded shrub of three to five feet. The evergreen frame makes a quiet backdrop for the constant flowers, and the plant takes well to a container or the front of a sunny border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong grown in California but still little known in the southeastern United States, the sweet pea shrub is well worth trying in the milder areas. Give full sun to part shade and well-drained soil, water to establish and then only moderately, and shear lightly after the main flush or cut back harder in late winter to keep the plant full. Shelter from hard frost at the cold edge of the range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057944793203,"sku":"POLY-X-DALM-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-2061.jpg?v=1720140215"},{"product_id":"polygonatum-commutatum","title":"Polygonatum commutatum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolygonatum commutatum\u003c\/em\u003e, the great or giant Solomon's seal, is a bold native perennial of the eastern North American woodlands, sending up tall, unbranched, gracefully arching stems clad in broad, oval, alternate leaves. From the leaf axils along the underside of each stem hang small, creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers, usually in pairs, in late spring and early summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers give way to small dark blue-black berries in late summer, and the clean foliage holds through the season before turning a soft gold in fall. The largest of the native Solomon's seals, this species can rise several feet, arching over lower woodland plants and lending strong horizontal line and structure to a shaded planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name Solomon's seal is old, said to come from the round, seal-like scars left on the rhizome where each year's stem breaks away, or from a long tradition of using the root to seal wounds. Native American and European herbalists alike valued that rhizome, poulticing it for bruises and joint injuries and taking it as a tonic, a use taken up again by modern herbalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow great Solomon's seal in the dappled shade of a woodland garden, a shaded border, or a forest-edge planting, in rich, moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil. The plant spreads slowly by rhizome into handsome colonies, pairs beautifully with ferns, hostas, wild ginger, and other shade companions, and is largely passed over by deer. The blue-black berries are toxic if eaten, so site away from where small children graze.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057944858739,"sku":"POLY-COMM-01G","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-706.jpg?v=1720140218"},{"product_id":"polygonatum-falcatum-variegatum","title":"Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolygonatum odoratum\u003c\/em\u003e 'Variegatum', the variegated Solomon's seal, is one of the most graceful of all shade perennials, an Old World cousin of the native Solomon's seals grown for luminous, cream-edged foliage on arching stems. Each lance-shaped leaf carries a soft green center rimmed and streaked in creamy white, and the new stems flush a warm rose before greening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn late spring and early summer, small, creamy-white, green-tipped bell flowers dangle in pairs from the underside of the arching stems, softly and sweetly fragrant (the epithet \u003cem\u003eodoratum\u003c\/em\u003e means scented), and worked by bees. Small blue-black berries may follow in fall, and the foliage turns clear gold before dying back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe arching, cascading stems and bright variegation make the plant a standout in shade, lighting a dim corner where plain green recedes. Spreading slowly by rhizome into dense, well-behaved colonies, variegated Solomon's seal knits beautifully among ferns, hostas, hellebores, and astilbe, and reads as elegant and composed in any woodland or shaded border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow in part to full shade in moist, rich, well-drained soil, and shelter from harsh direct sun that can scorch the pale leaves. The rhizome of Solomon's seal has a long medicinal history in both Chinese and European traditions; the blue-black berries, though, are toxic if eaten, so site away from where small children graze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdditional photos courtesy of Missouri Botanical Gardens.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057944924275,"sku":"POLY-ODOR-VARI-01Q","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Polygonatumodoratum_Variegatum_MBGWoodlanders1.jpg?v=1755631205"},{"product_id":"polyspora-axillaris","title":"Polyspora axillaris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolyspora axillaris\u003c\/em\u003e, the fried egg tree, is a glossy, small evergreen tree or large shrub of the tea family, Theaceae, native to southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam and still rarely cultivated in the United States. A close relative of the native loblolly bay (\u003cem\u003eGordonia lasianthus\u003c\/em\u003e), the plant bears abundant, showy white flowers three inches across.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are the whole show: large, crisp white, camellia-like blooms with a bold central boss of bright yellow stamens, so like a fried egg that the common name writes itself. Bloom comes in late fall and winter, an elegant splash of white when little else in the garden is flowering, and the mildly fragrant, nectar-rich blooms draw the season's bees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glossy, dark green, leathery leaves make a dense, handsome canopy the rest of the year, and the plant suits mild regions best, zone 9 and the warmer parts of zone 8. Give full sun to part shade and acid, well-drained soil, with afternoon shade in the fiercest heat, and shelter the large flowers from strong wind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWoodlanders originally propagated cuttings of this uncommon species from a specimen then in cultivation at the famous Tom Dodd Nurseries in Semmes, Alabama. A collector's evergreen for the adventurous southern gardener who wants camellia-like flowers at an unexpected season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto courtesy of Jim Robbins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057945251955,"sku":"POLY-AXIL-01G","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Polysporaaxillaris-JimRobbins.jpg?v=1725917053"},{"product_id":"polystichum-acrostichoides","title":"Polystichum acrostichoides","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a plant this common, the Christmas fern carries an oddly specific origin for the name. The fern was christened, the story goes, by one John Robinson, a botany professor at the Peabody Academy in Salem, Massachusetts, sometime in the late 1800s, and set down for posterity in a 1923 volume with the irreproachable title \u003cem\u003eThe Fern-Lover's Companion\u003c\/em\u003e. Robinson's reasoning was seasonal. When the other ferns of the eastern woods go brown and crisp at the first hard frost, \u003cem\u003ePolystichum acrostichoides\u003c\/em\u003e holds green straight through December, which made the plant the fern people cut for wreaths and mantels at Christmas. There is a second theory, quieter and harder to settle, that the name comes from the leaflets themselves: look closely and each pinna carries a small lobe at its base, an ear or a thumb, that gives the leaflet the outline of a Christmas stocking. Both camps are probably right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Latin, for once, is plain description rather than flourish. \u003cem\u003ePolystichum\u003c\/em\u003e means many rows, for the ranks of spore cases lined up beneath the fertile fronds; \u003cem\u003eacrostichoides\u003c\/em\u003e means resembling \u003cem\u003eAcrostichum\u003c\/em\u003e, a leather fern whose spores cover the leaf almost completely. The botanists named the fern twice for the same modest feature and left the poetry to the common name. The plants grow in a tidy fountaining clump, eighteen inches to two and a half feet, the fronds leathery and dark and lance-shaped, rising from a central crown rather than running off across the bed. In spring the new growth uncurls as silvery, scaly fiddleheads, the most ornamental moment in an otherwise composed year. The fronds that come up first are usually the fertile ones, held stiffly upright with their upper third contracted and browned beneath with sori. The sterile fronds follow, lower and looser, and those are the ones that stay green.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat the fern does in winter is the whole reason for the name, and one of the more endearing habits in the genus. As the cold sets in, the evergreen fronds give up their upright posture and lie flat to the ground, pressed low under the leaf litter and the snow. It reads as collapse and is in fact strategy: flattened against the earth, the fronds ride out a freeze that would shred them standing, and rise again when the ground warms. Give the plants organically rich, acidic, well-drained soil in part to full shade, hardy across a remarkable run from Nova Scotia to the Florida panhandle, zones 3 through 9. They want moisture while establishing and turn surprisingly drought-tolerant once settled, holding their ground in the dry rooty shade beneath big trees where most things sulk. The one thing they will not forgive is wet feet in winter, which rots the crown. Deer and rabbits walk past them. Massed on a shaded slope, they knit the soil and hold it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fern that decked the halls before anyone thought to plant the species on purpose: green at the solstice, flat under the snow, and standing again before you have quite registered that winter is over. The quiet backbone of the eastern woods, and one of the few green things left when the rest of the garden has gone to sticks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057945383027,"sku":"POLY-ACRO-01Q","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/PolystichumacrostichoidesSAWasowskiWoodlanders1.jpg?v=1750347586"},{"product_id":"polystichum-polyblepharum","title":"Polystichum polyblepharum","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture a midnight-green fountain unfurling in a woodland garden: that is \u003cem\u003ePolystichum polyblepharum\u003c\/em\u003e, the Japanese tassel fern. Native to Japan and South Korea, this evergreen fern forms elegant, shuttlecock-shaped clumps of glossy, bipinnate fronds to eighteen or twenty-four inches tall and wide, bringing shimmering texture and structure to shady corners. In spring the fiddleheads twist back on themselves, like silk tassels, before straightening into perfectly arching blades, lending a touch of theatrical grace to the early-season garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new fronds emerge dressed in golden hairs that contrast beautifully with silvery-scaled stipes, the many eyelashes behind the epithet \u003cem\u003epolyblepharum\u003c\/em\u003e, before maturing into lustrous dark green blades that glow even in deep shade. Hardy in USDA zones 5 to 8, the tassel fern thrives in part to full shade in moist yet well-drained, humus-rich soil. Once established, the plant stands firm against deer and rabbits, resists most pests, and rewards with seasons of low-maintenance woodland elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse the Japanese tassel fern where the polished, evergreen architecture can be read at close range: a shaded border, a woodland layer, a large container, or a mass beneath trees. The neat, vase-shaped clumps pair beautifully with hostas, hellebores, wild ginger, and other shade companions, and the dark, glossy fronds throw variegated and finer-textured neighbors into relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive part to full shade and moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil, water through dry spells while establishing, and cut back the old fronds in early spring as the new tassels rise. Deer and rabbits leave the fern alone, and once settled the clump asks almost nothing, a low-maintenance backbone for the shade garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057945448563,"sku":"POLY-POLY-01G","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Polystichum-polyblepharum--Henry10--CC-BY-NC-ND.jpg?v=1750347834"},{"product_id":"prunus-incisa-kojo-no-mai","title":"Prunus incisa 'Kojo no mai'","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Kojo no mai' is a small cherry with a large personality, a dwarf Fuji cherry grown as much for the winter silhouette as for the spring flowers. The stiff, twiggy branches grow in sharp zig-zags, crooking this way and that into a dense, architectural little bush, and in early spring, before the leaves, those bare zig-zag stems line themselves with single flowers, pink in bud and opening to white and blush. The Japanese name translates, fittingly, as flight of butterflies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe parent species, Prunus incisa, is the Fuji cherry, a dainty early bloomer from the mountains around Mount Fuji, and the epithet incisa points to the deeply cut, doubly toothed leaves. 'Kojo no mai' keeps all the charm at a fraction of the size, slow and compact, reaching only four to eight feet after many years, and finishes the season with a fine show of orange, yellow, and red autumn color before the leaves drop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew flowering cherries suit a small garden so well. The dwarf scale and the sculptural zig-zag framework make 'Kojo no mai' a natural for a courtyard, a patio, a rock garden, or a large container, and the plant is a longtime favorite for bonsai, where the crooked branches and early bloom come into their own. Four seasons of interest come in a plant you can stand beside: winter structure, spring flower, summer leaf, autumn fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow 'Kojo no mai' in full sun to part shade in any decent, well-drained soil, hardy through USDA zones 5 to 8 and thoroughly cold-tough. Little pruning is needed beyond shaping, and when you do cut, do it in summer rather than winter, since the flowering cherries are prone to silver leaf and canker through wet dormant wounds. For the gardener short on space but long on appetite for a real ornamental, this is one of the best small trees going.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotos courtesy of Insomniac Gardener and The Plant Pot.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057946366067,"sku":"PRUN-INCI-KOJO-NO-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Prunus_Kojonomai_PlantPot2.jpg?v=1784336488"},{"product_id":"prunus-mume-peggy-clarke","title":"Prunus mume ‘Peggy Clarke’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus mume\u003c\/em\u003e 'Peggy Clarke' is a selection of the Japanese flowering apricot, a medium-sized deciduous tree grown above all for showy, deeply fragrant blossoms that open in the depths of winter when few other trees are in flower. 'Peggy Clarke' bears rich rose-pink, double, cup-shaped flowers, ruffled and fragrant, crowded along the bare branches in late winter and early spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese flowering apricot, or ume, is a great and traditional favorite in Japan, celebrated for well over a thousand years, and is becoming steadily more popular in the southern United States. Many named forms exist, varying in flower color from white through pink to deep red; 'Peggy Clarke' is prized for the depth and warmth of the rose-pink doubles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall, round, apricot-like fruits, about an inch and a half across, follow in late spring and early summer, ripening yellowish-green, too tart and hard to eat fresh but traditionally used for preserves and pickles in East Asian cooking. The ovate, serrated leaves are bright green in spring, hold through summer, and turn golden-yellow in fall, after which the dark, elegant branching carries the tree through winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow 'Peggy Clarke' in an open, sunny site with good, well-drained soil, and site where the powerful winter fragrance can be met near a path or a door. Prune right after flowering, since bloom comes on the previous year's wood, and avoid low frost pockets that can nip the early flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057946562675,"sku":"PRUN-MUME-PEGG-CLAR-01G","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/prunus_mume_Peggy_Clark_Woodlanders.jpg?v=1738024388"},{"product_id":"prunus-caroliniana","title":"Prunus caroliniana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus caroliniana\u003c\/em\u003e, the Carolina cherry laurel, is a fast, dense broadleaf evergreen native to the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, from North Carolina to Texas. The glossy, deep green, finely toothed leaves and tight, upright habit make the tree one of the South's most useful evergreen screens, and the crushed foliage carries the sharp almond, maraschino-cherry scent that marks the genus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn late winter and early spring the branches carry dense, upright racemes of small, creamy-white, lightly fragrant flowers, a welcome early nectar source for bees. Small black cherries follow through summer and fall, relished by mockingbirds, cedar waxwings, and other songbirds, which spread the seed freely, so volunteer seedlings are common where birds perch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an evergreen the Carolina cherry laurel makes a superb tall hedge, screen, or windbreak, and takes well to being limbed up into a handsome small specimen tree with smooth gray bark. One caution belongs with the praise: the leaves, twigs, and seeds contain cyanogenic compounds and are poisonous to people and livestock if eaten in quantity, so site away from pastures and keep the clippings out of reach of grazing animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the tree in full sun to part shade and well-drained, acid soil, and expect heat, drought, and salt to be taken in stride once established. Shear for a formal hedge or leave loose for an informal screen, remove basal suckers to hold a single trunk, and pair with other Southern broadleaf evergreens where fast, dependable, deer-resistant cover is wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057946693747,"sku":"PRUN-CARO-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Prunuscaroliniana-CRN_IMG14688.jpg?v=1743011524"},{"product_id":"prunus-lusitanica","title":"Prunus lusitanica","description":"\u003cp\u003ePortugal laurel is the evergreen that quiet, well-run gardens lean on, a dense, glossy, dark-leaved shrub that Hillier's manual once flatly called indispensable. The oval leaves are a deep lustrous green, carried on wine-red petioles and reddish young stems that give the whole plant a warm undertone, and in early summer slender racemes of small, fragrant, creamy-white flowers stand out against the dark foliage before ripening to little cherries that pass from red to near-black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe species comes from the western edge of Europe, Portugal and Spain, southwestern France, and the Atlantic islands of Macaronesia, and the name lusitanica means of Lusitania, the Roman name for Portugal. In cultivation Portugal laurel earns its keep for a simple reason: the shrub is hardier, more tolerant of chalk and drought, and altogether more refined than the coarser common cherry laurel, and takes the shears beautifully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat combination makes the plant one of the great hedging and screening evergreens, as happy clipped into a formal wall or a lollipop standard as left to grow into a loose, twenty-foot specimen. The fragrant flowers draw bees in early summer, and birds strip the dark fruits in autumn and sow them about. For year-round structure, a windbreak, a background to brighter planting, or a handsome specimen, few broadleaf evergreens are more useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne honest caution comes with the virtues. Like the other cherry laurels, Portugal laurel carries cyanogenic compounds in the leaves and seeds; the foliage is poisonous if eaten and gives off a bitter-almond smell of cyanide when crushed, so keep clippings away from children, pets, and livestock, and never burn them in a closed space. Otherwise the plant is easy, thriving in sun or part shade on almost any well-drained soil through USDA zones 7 to 9, drought-tolerant once established, and forgiving of hard pruning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057946824819,"sku":"PRUN-LUSI-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Prunuslusitanica.jpg?v=1784336656"},{"product_id":"prunus-angustifolia","title":"Prunus angustifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003eA native plum with a longer human history than any other fruit in North America. \u003cem\u003ePrunus angustifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the Chickasaw plum, also called Cherokee plum, sand plum, sandhill plum, or Florida sand plum depending on the part of the range you are standing in, was actively cultivated by Indigenous peoples across the southeastern and central United States long before European contact. The Chickasaw, Cherokee, and several other nations carried the species in their orchards and food gardens, dried the fruit for winter storage, and almost certainly moved the plant eastward through pre-Columbian trade networks from what botanists now believe to be the species' true origin further west. The species was so deeply associated with Indigenous cultivation by the time European naturalists arrived that the binomial \u003cem\u003eangustifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, narrow leaf, eventually displaced earlier names like \u003cem\u003eP. chicasa\u003c\/em\u003e in formal taxonomy, though the common names kept the tribal attribution. Kansas made the plant its official state fruit in 2022. Few American native fruits carry their human history this visibly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plant itself is one of the great early-spring trees of the southeastern landscape. From late February through April, well before most other woody plants have leafed out, bare branches erupt into clouds of small white five-petaled flowers, fragrant and swarmed by every emerging pollinator within range. This is one of the most important early nectar sources in the entire eastern flora: the flowers open at the precise moment when overwintering native bees, queen bumble bees, mason bees, and early butterflies emerge from dormancy and need food before almost anything else is blooming. Without early-spring plums and serviceberries, the native bee community has nowhere to go in the gap between the last winter aconites and the first warm-season flowers. Doug Tallamy's research on native-plant ecological value places the genus \u003cem\u003ePrunus\u003c\/em\u003e in the top tier of woody natives nationwide, and \u003cem\u003eP. angustifolia\u003c\/em\u003e hosts more than 380 species of butterfly and moth caterpillars, from the coral hairstreak and eastern tiger swallowtail to the cecropia, polyphemus, imperial, and promethea silkmoths, a list that reads like a roll call of the eastern lepidoptera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fruit follows in midsummer. Half-inch drupes ripen from yellow to red, cherry-like in color and slightly tart in the flesh, the kind of small wild fruit that needs cooking to come into its own. Generations of southerners have made Chickasaw plum jelly, preserves, pies, and wine; the fruit dries well, cooks beautifully, and carries a flavor that improved-orchard plums have largely lost to commercial breeding. Birds, foxes, raccoons, and box turtles work the ripening fruit hard, which is why most wild stands lose their crop within days of full ripeness, so pick early or share generously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plants offered here are seedlings from a particular late-flowering, late-fruiting clone growing in Aiken County, South Carolina. Late timing is meaningful: it shifts the bloom past the worst frost windows, extends the bloom and fruiting periods relative to the species' typical schedule, and gives gardeners a slightly different window of wildlife support and harvest. The parent clone has been observed at Woodlanders for years, and the seedlings carry forward the genetic tendency toward later phenology while introducing the variability needed for good cross-pollination and resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057946955891,"sku":"PRUN-ANGU-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1186.jpg?v=1720140280"},{"product_id":"prunus-laurocerasus-parkway","title":"Prunus laurocerasus 'Parkway'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe English laurel is a large broadleaf evergreen shrub grown for bold, glossy foliage, spires of small white flowers, and, at times, small cherry-like red-to-black fruits. The species is variable, with a number of cultivated forms, and the plant is native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe selection Woodlanders offers as 'Parkway' may be the large-leaf form known as 'Magnoliifolia'. Our stock was propagated from a large old specimen growing along one of the historic parkways of Aiken, South Carolina, and carries that local pedigree forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Parkway' makes an excellent large evergreen shrub for a semi-shaded site with well-drained, acid soil, useful as a tall hedge, a screen, or a bold specimen. The glossy leaves take shearing well and give year-round structure. Like others in the genus, the leaves and seeds contain cyanogenic compounds and are poisonous if eaten, so site away from grazing animals and keep the clippings out of reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow in full sun to part shade and well-drained, acid soil, water through the first season to establish, and shear in late winter or lightly through the season to hold a formal hedge. Give shelter from harsh, drying winter wind at the cold edge of the range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057947152499,"sku":"PRUN-LAUR-PARK-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-191.jpg?v=1720140289"},{"product_id":"prunus-umbellata","title":"Prunus umbellata","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus umbellata\u003c\/em\u003e, the flatwoods plum, is a picturesque small deciduous tree native to well-drained soils across the southeastern United States. Where the Chickasaw plum forms suckering thickets, the flatwoods plum grows as a single, gnarled, small tree with rough, dark bark and a wide, open crown, an old-field and fence-row character that reads as quietly beautiful in age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn spring the bare branches carry clouds of small white flowers, often aging to pink, a little later than the Chickasaw plum and a welcome early nectar source for bees and the season's first butterflies. The bloom is one of the loveliest sights of the southern early spring, dense and fragrant against the dark bark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall, sour, purple plums follow in summer, tart and puckering fresh but excellent cooked into jelly and preserves, and taken freely by birds, foxes, and other wildlife. The fruit is a traditional country jelly plum across the South, gathered from wild trees for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow the flatwoods plum as a small specimen, a wildlife tree, or an anchor in a native or naturalistic planting, in full sun to part shade and well-drained soil. The single-trunk, non-suckering habit makes the plant far easier to place than the thicketing plums, and the gnarled winter silhouette earns a spot even out of leaf. Give room for the open crown, and pair with other native small trees and shrubs at a woodland edge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057947218035,"sku":"PRUN-UMBE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1036.jpg?v=1720140291"},{"product_id":"prunus-japonica","title":"Prunus japonica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus japonica\u003c\/em\u003e, the Japanese bush cherry or Japanese almond-cherry, is a compact deciduous shrub grown for an early flood of delicate pink-to-white bloom. Wiry branches carry dense clusters of five-petaled flowers just as the leaves appear, wrapping the low, rounded frame in soft color in early to mid spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall, bright red cherries follow in late summer, round and shiny, tart and slightly astringent, best cooked into preserves and jellies or left for the birds. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves emerge fresh green and turn warm yellow to orange in fall, so the two-to-four-foot shrub earns a place across several seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small shrub for a small space, \u003cem\u003ePrunus japonica\u003c\/em\u003e suits the front of a border, a low informal hedge, a container, or a woodland edge, in full sun to part shade and well-drained soil. Long valued in Japan and dependable in warm climates, the plant performs especially well in southern gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond the garden, the seed of \u003cem\u003ePrunus japonica\u003c\/em\u003e is one source of the traditional Chinese herb yu li ren, long used to moisten the bowels. Give the shrub a sunny, well-drained spot, and enjoy an easy, early-flowering plant that feeds the season's first pollinators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto courtesy of Visions.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057947349107,"sku":"PRUN-JAPO-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/PrunusJaponicaVisionPicturesWoodlanders1.webp?v=1753121842"},{"product_id":"prunus-mume","title":"Prunus mume","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrunus mume\u003c\/em\u003e, the Japanese flowering apricot, is one of the most beloved of all winter-flowering trees, opening almond-scented blossoms in the depths of winter, from soft white to deep pink, on bare branches while the rest of the garden sleeps. In China and Japan the mei or ume has been celebrated in poetry and painting for well over a thousand years as a symbol of resilience and the turning of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the southern United States the flowers open in mid to late winter, sometimes as early as January, filling the cold air with a powerful sweet, honey-almond fragrance that carries far on a still day. Bees and the earliest pollinators find the blooms gratefully, at a moment when almost nothing else is open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese seedlings come from the celebrated 'Peggy Clarke' and tend toward single flowers. Beyond the bloom, \u003cem\u003ePrunus mume\u003c\/em\u003e is a productive fruit tree: small, round, apricot-like fruits ripen yellow-green with a red blush in late spring and summer, tart and acidic, and made into preserves, pickles, and the famous Japanese umeboshi and ume wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe smoked, dried fruit is also wu mei, one of the oldest herbs of traditional Chinese medicine, recorded nearly two thousand years ago. Grow the tree as a small specimen for a courtyard, a lawn, or a mixed border, in full sun to part shade and fertile, well-drained soil, and prune right after flowering, since bloom comes on the previous year's wood. Site where the winter fragrance can be met near a path or a door.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057947381875,"sku":"PRUN-MUME-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1185.jpg?v=1720140301"}],"url":"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/collections\/plants-that-start-with-p.oembed?page=4","provider":"Woodlanders","version":"1.0","type":"link"}