{"title":"Woodlanders Archive","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection to serve as a reference for once-available plants in the Woodlanders archive. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThese varieties are not currently in production and may not return to our inventory. If you're interested in seeing it come back, feel free to let us know—your interest helps guide future growing decisions.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"abeliophyllum-distichum-roseum","title":"Abeliophyllum distichum roseum","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbeliophyllum is a genus of exactly one species, a quiet distinction it has held since botanists first described it from Korea in 1919. It belongs to the olive family alongside lilac and true forsythia, and in the wild it survives at only a handful of sites in the Korean hills, where it is now protected by law as an endangered plant. By the 1930s it had reached gardens in Europe and North America and earned an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society, and collectors have cherished it ever since. 'Roseum' is the blush-pink form of that rarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere common white forsythia opens icy white, roseum carries a wash of clear pink through the petals, and an almond-sweet fragrance the yellow forsythias cannot offer. The flowers come impossibly early, breaking from purplish buds along bare grey wood in late winter, weeks ahead of any leaf, often while frost still lingers. It is one of the very first shrubs to wake in the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA multi-stemmed deciduous shrub of modest size, three to five feet in time and a little wider, it can run leggy if left alone, so prune it right after bloom to keep it shapely. Dark glossy foliage follows the flowers and carries the plant quietly through summer. Give it full sun to part shade and ordinary well-drained soil; it asks little once settled and is hardy through hard winters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, treat it as a herald. Set it where you pass close in the cold months, by a door or along a path, so the scent finds you, and cut a few branches to force indoors. It consorts beautifully with hellebores, snowdrops, and the first crocus, and can be espaliered against a warm wall to show off its flowering wood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805037683,"sku":"ABEL-DIST-ROSE-01G","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-264.jpg?v=1720136084"},{"product_id":"abelmoschus-manihot","title":"Abelmoschus manihot","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbelmoschus manihot wears two faces. To a flower gardener it is the Sunset Hibiscus, a fast tropical perennial that throws up large, pale-yellow blooms with a deep maroon eye all through the warm season, each one open for a day in the manner of its mallow kin. To much of the Pacific and tropical Asia it is something more fundamental: aibika, among the most important leafy vegetables in Papua New Guinea, grown in dooryards from New Guinea to Queensland and across into China and Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA relative of okra, it trades the edible pod for showy flowers and tender, nutritious leaves. The young leaves and shoots cook down with a soft, okra-like mucilage that thickens soups and stews, and they are genuinely nourishing, rich in protein, vitamins A and C, calcium, and iron. The plant carries a long medicinal tradition too: in China the flowers have been used for chronic kidney complaints, and across Asia various parts have been reached for against fever, inflammation, and other ailments. Modern phytochemists have catalogued well over a hundred compounds in it, flavonoids chief among them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is easily grown in any warm, sunny, well-drained spot, perennial where winters are mild (roughly zone 7 and warmer) and grown as an annual or die-back perennial elsewhere, returning quickly from seed or root. Give it room, since it can reach three to five feet in a single season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden it earns a place at the back of a sunny border or in a productive, ornamental-edible planting where its big sulphur flowers and bold leaves do double duty. Site it where you can both admire the bloom and pick a few leaves for the pot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805103219,"sku":"ABEL-MANI-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-868.jpg?v=1720136091"},{"product_id":"abies-firma","title":"Abies firma","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbies firma, the Momi Fir, is a beautiful evergreen conifer of narrow pyramidal habit, with stiff, sharp-tipped, dark green needles and the capacity in time to become a large tree. It holds a particular distinction in the South: this is about the only true fir that tolerates the heat and humidity of the southeastern United States, where most of its mountain-loving relatives simply melt away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe species has long been scarce in the trade. In 1968 Edward Horder reported on thirty-five to forty-year-old specimens growing in Mobile, Alabama, and fine old trees can be seen at the Bartlett Arboretum near Charlotte. It has remained almost unavailable to gardeners over the decades, a connoisseur's conifer that we are glad to offer to those building a collection or seeking a fir that will actually thrive below the mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to Japan, where its wood is valued for construction, Momi Fir grows slowly, perhaps a foot a year, into a broad pyramid that can reach forty to seventy feet in cultivation and far more in the wild. Plant it in full sun to a little afternoon shade, in average, consistently moist, slightly acidic soil; it tolerates clay and is not fully drought tolerant, appreciating a deep soaking once or twice a month through dry summers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden it makes a stately specimen or evergreen screen for a larger property, and serves, in the nursery trade, as the heat-tolerant understock onto which choicer firs are grafted for southern gardens. Give it room to become the tree it wants to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805201523,"sku":"ABIE-FIRM-01G","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1422.jpg?v=1720136095"},{"product_id":"abutilon-megapotamicum","title":"Abutilon megapotamicum","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbutilon megapotamicum is the trailing one of the flowering maples, a slender, half-vining deciduous shrub that drapes and clambers rather than standing stiffly upright. Its species name means \"of the big river,\" for the Rio Grande basin of southern Brazil where it grows wild, and like the rest of its tribe it belongs not to the maples its leaves suggest but to the mallow family, in company with hibiscus and hollyhock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are its whole charm: curious hanging lanterns, each a swollen red calyx from which a skirt of yellow petals and a dark tuft of stamens protrude, swinging along the branches from late summer well into fall. Hummingbirds and bees find them readily. A Victorian favorite for the conservatory and the hanging basket, it has never quite gone out of fashion among gardeners who like a plant that does something unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt can be used in several ways: left to spill several feet across a bed in a single season, trained up a support or trellis, or planted in a basket where the lanterns can dangle. Give it full sun to part shade and well-drained soil. In zone 8 it behaves as a dieback shrub, cut down by frost and returning from the base; in warmer zones it holds more of its frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite it where the hanging flowers can be read at eye level or above, against a wall, over the edge of a raised bed, or from a basket on the porch, where its long season of quirky bloom can be enjoyed up close.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805234291,"sku":"ABUT-MEGA-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-265.jpg?v=1720136098"},{"product_id":"acacia-visco","title":"Acacia visco","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcacia visco, now placed by botanists in the genus Parasenegalia, is a graceful, fast-growing tree from the high country of northern Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru, where it is known simply as visco or viscote. The name nods to the sticky, resinous sap the tree exudes. Unusually among its thorny relatives it is thornless, with a light, open crown of ferny, twice-divided leaves that cast a dappled, forgiving shade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late spring the canopy fills with small, fragrant, soft-yellow flowers, a haze of bloom alive with bees, followed by flat seed pods. In its native range it is valued for timber, for fodder, and for the way it holds dry mountain soil; like other legumes it fixes nitrogen and improves the ground beneath it. It grows quickly, reaching the stature of a shade or canopy tree in relatively few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the southern or warm-climate garden it makes a fine, fast specimen or light shade tree where the soil drains freely and the sun is full. Its airy foliage and thornless habit make it safe and pleasant to sit beneath, and its drought tolerance suits it to hot, sunny situations where heavier trees struggle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805463667,"sku":"ACAC-VISC-01G","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acacia-caven","title":"Acacia caven","description":"\u003cp\u003eEspino is the thorn tree of the South American dry country, the signature shrub of central Chile's espinal, where it grows so thickly alongside the Chilean wine palm that it gives whole landscapes their character. Its range runs on through Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Spiny and twiggy, armed with stiff, pale, almost-white thorns, it is handsome from a distance and best handled with gloves. Botanists now file it under Vachellia, though the gardening world still knows it as Acacia caven.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew small trees have been put to such varied use. Its dense wood makes some of the finest charcoal in Chile and burns long as firewood; straight stems become fence posts. The tannin-rich seedpods were gathered for curing hides, the fragrant flowers distilled for perfume, and the same blossoms keep beekeepers in honey. It is, in short, a tree a whole dry country has leaned on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn earliest spring it earns every bit of affection at once. The bare, thorny branches break into a haze of small golden puffball flowers, intensely and sweetly fragrant, a scent that carries on warm air long before most things have woken. Fast to establish and short-lived by temperament, it takes heat, drought, and poor soil in stride, making a rounded little tree of perhaps thirteen to sixteen feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden it is a specimen for hot, difficult places. Plant it where the early scent can reach a path or doorway, where the pale thorns and fine ferny leaves catch the light, and where its angular, almost calligraphic winter silhouette can be read against an open sky. Pair it with other xeric, sun-loving plants and let it thrive where softer things give up.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805496435,"sku":"ACAC-CAVE-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acacia-neovernicosa","title":"Acacia neovernicosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eMany of the finest ornamentals for the southern garden come from the deserts of the Southwest, and this Chihuahuan legume is a quietly handsome example. Acacia neovernicosa is an upright, spreading, thorny shrub clothed in twice-compound leaves so finely divided that the whole plant takes on a soft, smoky texture. The foliage carries a faint varnish, sticky to the touch, which gives the species both its botanical name and its common one, viscid acacia. In spring the branches are studded with small golden puffballs of bloom, abundant and sweetly fragrant, loud with bees on a warm morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is native to the sunny, gravelly limestone hills of west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, ranging south into Mexico, and it carries that desert toughness with it: drought, heat, and lean soil are no trouble at all. Like other legumes it fixes its own nitrogen, asking little of the ground it grows in. Give it full sun, sharp drainage, and freedom from crowding, and it proves surprisingly cold hardy for a plant of such warm origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden it earns a place in a gravel or xeric planting, a hot sunny bank, or a wildlife border where its fragrant flowers feed pollinators and its thorny frame offers cover and nesting. Site it where the fine foliage can be seen against open sky or a darker backdrop, and keep it back from paths, since the thorns mean business.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805529203,"sku":"ACAC-NEOV-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acacia-angustissima-var-schreberi","title":"Acacia angustissima var. schreberi","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet aside the family reputation. Acacia angustissima is the polite, thornless cousin in a clan better known for its armament, a soft green presence where you might brace for spines. Botanists have since moved it to its own genus, Acaciella, but in the trade it keeps the old familiar name. It grows wild across the dry grasslands and open woods of the south-central United States down into Mexico and Central America, carrying itself like a small green fountain of fine, ferny, twice-divided foliage that filters the light rather than blocking it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Mexico the plant is well known as timbe (also timbre, cantemo, or guajillo), and its uses run deep. It has long served as fodder and as fuel, and its bark and pods yield a vegetable tannin once important to the leather and fur trades. Country medicine reached for it too, traditionally against toothache and rheumatism, and modern researchers have taken an interest in its phenolic chemistry. Like its legume kin it fixes its own nitrogen, building what agronomists call islands of fertility, enriching poor ground, holding soil against erosion, and sheltering wildlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the warm months it sets small puffball flowers like creamy shaving brushes, white and now and then blushed with salmon, that the bees work over in the afternoon heat. This variety stays modest, around four or five feet, where the species can reach much higher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the garden, think of it as airy structure. It earns its place in a gravel or xeric planting, in a pollinator border, or on a hot bank where its roots do quiet work below while the foliage softens everything above. Give it full sun and sharp drainage and it shrugs off drought once settled, giving texture without a single spine to catch a sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805561971,"sku":"ACAC-ANGU-SCHR-01G","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acalypha-pendula","title":"Acalypha pendula","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcalypha pendula is a trailing, mat-forming little shrub grown for its curious flowers: soft, fuzzy, crimson catkins, three to four inches long, that hang like miniature chenille tails or a cat's tail among small green leaves. It is a dwarf cousin of the familiar chenille plant, and is sold under the common names dwarf chenille, firetail, and strawberry firetails.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe species is native to the West Indies, to Cuba and the island of Hispaniola, and it carries the tropics in its constitution: it revels in heat, rich soil, and ample water, and flowers more or less continuously through a warm summer. In frost-free gardens it makes a fine evergreen groundcover or spills from a hanging basket; farther north it is grown as a tender perennial or summer annual.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere winters are marginal it can be coaxed through the cold. Cut the plants back after frost kills the tops, mound about ten inches of coarse sand over the stubs, and mulch over that with pine straw. As the weather warms, draw the covering away to let new shoots emerge. Given rich soil and steady moisture, the plants return to thrive through the next hot summer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805627507,"sku":"ACAL-PEND-01G","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acanthus-mollis","title":"Acanthus mollis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcanthus mollis is one of the great architectural plants of the garden, a clump-forming perennial whose large, glossy, deeply cut leaves are among the most recognizable of all foliage. They are, quite literally, the leaves of antiquity: their form was carved into the capitals of Corinthian columns by Greek and Roman builders, and the legend, told by Vitruvius, holds that the sculptor Callimachus took his inspiration from a clump of acanthus growing up around a basket left on a girl's grave. Few plants carry their history so plainly in their shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foliage builds a bold mound of dark green, and in early to midsummer tall spikes rise above it, hooded white flowers cowled in dusky purple bracts, stiff and statuesque. In the South the leaves are more or less evergreen; the plant dies back only in hard cold and returns reliably from fleshy roots. It has a long history in herbal medicine as well, the leaves and roots valued by Mediterranean healers as a soothing emollient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden it is grown above all for its leaves, which give weight and structure to a shaded or part-shaded border and read beautifully against finer textures. Give it deep, well-drained soil and room to spread, place it where the foliage can be admired, and be aware that the roots travel: a happy acanthus is a permanent one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805660275,"sku":"ACAN-MOLL-01G","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acer-fabri","title":"Acer fabri","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcer fabri, known as Faber's maple or emerald jade maple, is a small evergreen to semi-evergreen tree of rounded habit whose slender, prominently veined, pointed leaves are entirely unlobed; few would guess the plant for a maple until the winged seeds appear. The new growth flushes a fine copper red, and the samaras ripen red as well before fading to brownish yellow in late summer, so the tree carries color without depending on the usual autumn display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaber's maple is a rare species in cultivation, native to China, and a favored subject for bonsai, where the glossy foliage and tidy proportions show to advantage. In the open garden these trees have performed very well across several areas of the southern United States, holding their leaves through mild winters and shedding them only when hard cold arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse the tree as an evergreen specimen or small patio tree where the glossy leaves and red new growth can be enjoyed up close, in a sheltered spot with good drainage and even moisture. Native to China.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805758579,"sku":"ACER-FABR-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1591.jpg?v=1720136119"},{"product_id":"acer-cissifolium","title":"Acer cissifolium","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcer cissifolium is one of the trifoliate maples, a small deciduous tree whose leaves, divided into three coarsely toothed leaflets, look more like those of an ivy or a vine than of a maple, hence the common names ivy-leaved and vine-leaved maple. The species is native to the cool mountain forests of Japan, where these trees grow into an upright oval that broadens with age to a wide, rounded crown. Michael Dirr called the plant \"extremely rare in cultivation but certainly worthy of consideration,\" and that judgment still holds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcer cissifolium is dioecious, carrying small, faintly fragrant yellow flowers in slender pendant racemes in spring; where male and female trees grow together the females set winged fruit, and even alone they may form seedless parthenocarpic samaras. New foliage emerges bronze-tinged, matures to a quiet dark green, and turns to soft reds and yellows before dropping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden the ivy-leaved maple is a refined, modestly scaled tree for a cool, lightly shaded spot, lovely at a woodland edge or as a specimen where the unusual leaf and spreading habit can be appreciated. These trees are happiest in climates with cool summers and even moisture; give them well-drained soil and shelter from harsh afternoon sun.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805824115,"sku":"ACER-CISS-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acer-oliveranum","title":"Acer oliverianum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcer oliverianum\u003c\/em\u003e, the Oliver maple, carries the look of a Japanese maple on a tougher frame. Named for Daniel Oliver, the Victorian Kew botanist, this small Chinese and Taiwanese tree wears smooth jade green bark finely lined with white, and palmate, five-lobed leaves so like \u003cem\u003eAcer palmatum\u003c\/em\u003e that the two are easily confused. The difference shows in the constitution: the Oliver maple takes more heat and more drought than the Japanese maples, a welcome trait for warmer gardens that long for that filigree foliage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew leaves open with a bronze cast, deepen to medium green through summer, and close the year in a superb mix of orange, red, and yellow that often holds late into fall. Small whitish flowers, set off by purplish sepals, appear in modest clusters and pass without fanfare before ripening to the winged samaras of the genus. The foliage has drawn comparison to sweetgum as much as to maple, a reminder that this is a tree of subtle, second-look beauty rather than instant flash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModestly scaled at roughly fifteen to twenty-five feet, the Oliver maple suits a sheltered border, a courtyard, or a woodland edge in zones 7 through 9, set where the jade bark and fine foliage reward a close look. Offer light shade in the hottest gardens and shelter from harsh, drying wind. Lovely among camellias, ferns, and other broadleaf evergreens that frame the airy canopy, this is a rare maple for the gardener who already knows the Japanese kinds and wants something quieter and more durable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805955187,"sku":"ACER-OLIV-01G","price":18.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acer-truncatum","title":"Acer truncatum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcer truncatum\u003c\/em\u003e, the Shantung or Purpleblow maple, is a tough, tidy small tree from northern China and Korea, where the straight base of the leaf, truncate rather than heart-shaped, hands the species a botanical name. Glossy leaves emerge with a reddish purple flush in spring, mature to deep green, and close the year in shades of yellow, orange, red, and sometimes purple. Clusters of bright yellow flowers open with the new leaves in May, an uncommon sight among maples and one reason gardeners seek the tree out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn northern China the Shantung maple is more than ornamental. The seeds yield an edible oil, rich in nervonic acid, long pressed for cooking and for lamp fuel, and the tree turns up in old plantings around temples and villages, where the name yuanbao, after an ingot-shaped coin, nods to the shape of the winged seeds. That heritage of usefulness sits easily beside the modern appeal of a maple that simply behaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaching twenty to twenty-five feet tall and a touch less in width, with a dense, rounded crown, the Shantung maple is built for hard places: city streets, parking islands, hot lawns, and dry banks. Heat and drought tolerant once settled, resistant to the leaf scorch that troubles other maples, and untroubled by acid or alkaline soil, the tree casts dependable shade at a manageable scale. Set these maples where the spring gold and the autumn fire can both be seen, and pair with low evergreens and grasses that will not crowd the tidy frame. A long-time favorite for bonsai as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805987955,"sku":"ACER-TRUN-01G","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acer-coriaceifolium","title":"Acer coriaceifolium","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcer coriaceifolium is a very rare evergreen maple, and few people would recognize the plant as a maple at all: the leaves are leathery and entire, broadly oval to lanceolate, dark and glossy above, pale and felted beneath, with none of the lobing the genus is known for. Sometimes listed as Acer cinnamomifolium, this maple is native to the mountain forests of southern and central China, where the species grows as a small tree at middle elevations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe obtained this tree from Heronswood Nursery, who apparently introduced the species to North America, and Acer coriaceifolium has grown well for us here, promising to be a useful evergreen for the South. In cultivation these maples tend to stay modest, often a large shrub or small tree, holding their handsome foliage through the year where winters are mild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe garden value of the Chinese evergreen maple is the year-round presence of that leathery, cinnamon-backed foliage, a quiet evergreen anchor for a sheltered border or a courtyard in zones 8 and 9. Give the tree a protected spot with good drainage and even moisture, and use the plant where an unexpected, unmaple-like evergreen will reward a second look.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806151795,"sku":"ACER-CORI-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"acer-micranthum","title":"Acer micranthum","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the snakebark maples, \u003cem\u003eAcer micranthum\u003c\/em\u003e ranks with the most delicate, a small, sometimes shrubby tree from the mountains of Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku, where the Japanese know the plant as the Komine maple. The species has no settled English name, and that quiet anonymity suits a tree grown for refinement rather than show. James Harris, in The Gardener's Guide to Growing Maples, calls this \"a very elegant maple with attractive autumn tints,\" and Bluebell Nursery in Britain describes \"a rare and sought after species ... a very striking garden plant with a lovely habit and an excellent choice for glorious autumn color,\" adding that established specimens carry eye-catching bark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young stems are smooth and finely striped, the snakebark signature, dulling to grey with age, while dark purple red shoots and buds lend winter a quiet interest of their own. The leaves recall a small-leaved Japanese maple, five lobes deeply toothed and drawn to long points, opening red in spring, settling to green, then passing through yellow and orange to red in autumn. Slender racemes of tiny yellow green flowers appear in early summer and ripen into the paired, winged seeds of the genus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaching twenty to twenty-five feet with slender, arching branches, the Komine maple belongs at a woodland edge, in light shade, or as a fine-textured specimen where the striped bark and airy canopy can be studied at close range. Underplant with ferns, hellebores, and other woodlanders that share a taste for cool, even moisture. A holder of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, this maple is a connoisseur's tree, more often read than noticed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806217331,"sku":"ACER-MICR-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-2172.jpg?v=1720136153"},{"product_id":"acer-buergeranum-trifidum","title":"Acer buergeranum (trifidum)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcer buergeranum, the trident maple, is named for the neat three-lobed leaves, small and glossy, that point forward like the tines of a fork. This is a small, slow to moderate deciduous tree of eastern China, Korea, and Japan, long held in cultivation across East Asia and carried into Western gardens in the nineteenth century. Few maples wear age so gracefully: the bark exfoliates in gray, orange, and brown plates, revealing a warm inner bark that becomes one of the tree's quiet pleasures in winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrident maples have been a favored bonsai subject for centuries, prized for their fine ramification, their tolerance of root confinement, and the ease with which they take to training. In the open ground the tree makes a tidy rounded crown, flushing with bronze-tinged new growth in spring and finishing the year in variable color, sometimes a soft yellow, more often a mix of orange and red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTough and adaptable, these trees shrug off wind, drought, pollution, salt, and compacted soil, which makes them an excellent small shade or street tree for difficult urban sites as well as a handsome lawn specimen. Site these trees where the peeling bark can be read at close range, give them sun and decent drainage, and they ask little else.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806479475,"sku":"ACER-BUER-TRIF-01G","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"aconitum-uncinatum","title":"Aconitum uncinatum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAconitum uncinatum\u003c\/em\u003e, the southern blue monkshood, is an uncommon and long-lived native of the eastern United States, scattered through the Appalachians and Piedmont in rich, moist woods, along streambanks, and in cool seeps. The slender stems ascend and lean, sometimes weakly climbing to several feet, carrying lobed leaves and, in late summer into fall, terminal racemes of medium blue, hooded flowers held on long stalks. The cowl-shaped upper sepal gives the monkshoods their name, and few native wildflowers match this clean, late-season blue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike every monkshood, the southern blue is dangerously poisonous in root, leaf, and stem; the genus gave the world wolfsbane and the old name queen of poisons, and this native carries the same aconitine. Grow the plant for beauty and for pollinators, the late flowers drawing long-tongued bumblebees, but handle with care and keep all parts away from children, pets, and the kitchen. Settled plants resent disturbance and do not transplant well, so choose the spot thoughtfully and leave them to age in place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fine choice for the back of a moist, part-shaded border or a native woodland planting, where the blue spires close the season among ferns, asters, and turtlehead. Rich, retentive soil and cool roots suit the southern blue monkshood best, with morning sun and afternoon shade in warmer gardens. 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Across Eurasia the monkshoods were the poisons of legend, the wolfsbane of myth and the queen of poisons of the old herbals, every part laced with aconitine and its relatives. In Chinese medicine, the carefully processed and long-decocted root of a related species, \u003cem\u003eAconitum carmichaelii\u003c\/em\u003e, became fuzi, a famous and tightly controlled remedy. The plant offered here is grown as an ornamental and a botanical curiosity, never for use: all parts are dangerously toxic, and the value lies in the cool architecture of the flowers, not in any home remedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite a Chinese monkshood at the back of a moist, part-shaded border, in rich woodland ground that never bakes, where the hooded spires can rise among ferns, hellebores, and other shade companions. Offer cool roots, steady moisture, and shelter from hot afternoon sun. Handsome with later perennials that echo the blue, and best set where children and pets will not be tempted by any part of the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806577779,"sku":"ACON-SPEC-01G","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"actaea-pachypoda","title":"Actaea pachypoda","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhite baneberry earns the better-known name doll's eyes from the fruit: in late summer each white, pea-sized berry carries a single dark stigma scar, set on a thickened, coral-red stalk, so a whole cluster seems to stare back. A clump-forming native perennial of rich eastern woodlands, \u003cem\u003eActaea pachypoda\u003c\/em\u003e opens fluffy white racemes above divided foliage in late spring, then trades flowers for that startling, long-lasting fruit display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant is poisonous, the berries and roots most of all, and the common name baneberry records exactly that. Even so, several Native peoples knew the species as medicine: the Cherokee and others prepared a root tea for pain, coughs, and colds, the Cherokee using the brew to revive a patient near death, while the Chippewa turned to the same root for convulsions. These were the remedies of careful, experienced hands; the plant offered here is grown for the woodland garden, not the medicine chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet white baneberry in the cool shade of a woodland border, in rich, humusy soil kept evenly moist, where the white spring flowers and the autumn doll's eyes both read against ferns, hostas, and other shade companions. The coral stalks and white berries hold for weeks, a quiet show long after most woodlanders have finished. In the deep South, give extra moisture and shade. Lovely, long-lived, and best sited where the poisonous fruit will not tempt small children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806610547,"sku":"ACTA-PACH-01G","price":13.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"actinidia-latifolia","title":"Actinidia latifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eActinidia latifolia\u003c\/em\u003e is a little-known kiwi relative, a vigorous, high-climbing deciduous vine from the warm forests of southern and southeastern China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The broad leaves, four to five inches long and roughly two wide, carry an unusual metallic sheen that catches the light, and twining stems can climb to twenty feet or more given room and a sturdy support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the familiar kiwifruit, this is an \u003cem\u003eActinidia\u003c\/em\u003e, and the kinship shows in the fruit. Small, cup-shaped white flowers open in late spring and, on female plants, ripen by autumn into edible berries; the genus is famous for vitamin C, and \u003cem\u003eActinidia latifolia\u003c\/em\u003e is said to bear among the most flowers and fruit of any in the group. The vines are dioecious, with male and female flowers borne on separate plants, so a planting needs both sexes for fruit to set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive this vine a pergola, an arbor, or a strong fence at a woodland edge, with the room a fast twiner demands, and a spot in zones 7 through 9 where the long season suits the growth. A curiosity for the collector and the edible-landscape gardener alike, grown as much for the gleaming foliage as for the fruit. Plant a male near the females, provide steady moisture, and stand back.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806643315,"sku":"ACTI-LATI-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"adina-rubella","title":"Adina rubella","description":"\u003cp\u003eA medium to large deciduous shrub closely related to the native buttonbush, \u003cem\u003eAdina rubella\u003c\/em\u003e wears smaller leaves and bears similar but daintier flowers: round, scented heads of pale pink and white, each bristling with styles into a small Sputnik, carried over a long season from early summer well into fall. The pincushion blooms draw bees and butterflies just as the buttonbushes do, and an open, arching habit gives the shrub a fine-textured grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to the streamsides and sandy banks of central and southeastern China and South Korea, the Chinese buttonbush takes happily to wet ground and ordinary soil alike, reaching perhaps ten feet in a warm climate. In Chinese and Korean folk medicine the plant has a long use, the leaves and bark prepared for dysentery, diarrhea, skin complaints such as eczema, and toothache, though the shrub reaches Western gardens as an ornamental and a pollinator plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA graceful, water-loving shrub for a pond edge, a rain garden, a streambank, or any moist, sunny to part-shaded spot where the long season of fragrant buttons can be enjoyed. \u003cem\u003eAdina rubella\u003c\/em\u003e tolerates wet feet that defeat many shrubs, pairs naturally with the native buttonbush and other moisture lovers, and can be cut back in late winter to keep the arching frame tidy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806905459,"sku":"ADIN-RUBE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-267.jpg?v=1720136178"},{"product_id":"adina-pilulifera","title":"Adina pilulifera","description":"\u003cp\u003eA medium-sized evergreen shrub still little known in cultivation, \u003cem\u003eAdina pilulifera\u003c\/em\u003e carries small, glossy leaves and, in midsummer, round white flower heads about an inch across, each bristling with protruding styles like a tiny Sputnik. The effect is curious and charming, a pincushion of white set among shining foliage, and the evergreen habit earns the shrub a place where the deciduous buttonbushes leave a winter gap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative from southern China and Taiwan to Japan, where the plant is called shui tuan hua, the water ball flower, for the rounded blooms held over wet ground. The deciduous relatives are better known: \u003cem\u003eAdina rubella\u003c\/em\u003e and the native buttonbush, \u003cem\u003eCephalanthus occidentalis\u003c\/em\u003e, both hardier and both beloved of pollinators. In southern Chinese folk medicine the leaves of this Adina have a minor tradition, chiefly for digestive complaints, though the shrub reaches Western gardens strictly as an ornamental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a warm, moist border or a pondside planting in zones 8 and 9, where the evergreen leaves and summer buttons earn a spot near water or in a mixed shrub planting. Give steady moisture, sun to part shade, and shelter from hard freezes at the cold edge of the range. An unusual evergreen for the collector and the wildlife gardener alike, the flowers drawing bees and butterflies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057806938227,"sku":"ADIN-PILU-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-266.jpg?v=1720136181"},{"product_id":"aesculus-splendens","title":"Aesculus splendens","description":"\u003cp\u003eA red or scarlet flowered buckeye of the Gulf Coast, \u003cem\u003eAesculus splendens\u003c\/em\u003e stands close to the red buckeye, \u003cem\u003eAesculus pavia\u003c\/em\u003e, and may be no more than a striking form of that species. Dirr, in his Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, notes that Rehder listed this buckeye as a distinct species and that several horticulturists feel strongly about the authenticity, the chief differences being scarlet flowers and leaves felted on the undersides. Native to Louisiana and perhaps other Gulf Coast states, the scarlet buckeye is grown much as the red buckeye is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the red buckeye, the scarlet buckeye opens panicles of vivid red flowers in spring, an early feast for returning hummingbirds, and carries the family's lustrous palmate leaves that break early in the season. The brilliant bloom, set against the soft-haired foliage, gives the plant a quiet distinction whether or not the botanists ever settle the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA small tree or large shrub for sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil, lovely at a woodland edge or in a native border among azaleas and dogwoods of the same season. As with all buckeyes, the seeds and young growth are poisonous, so site the bright seeds away from children and livestock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057807429747,"sku":"AESC-SPLE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-2170.jpg?v=1720136206"},{"product_id":"aesculus-pavia-var-humilis","title":"Aesculus pavia var. humilis","description":"\u003cp\u003eA low, often half-prostrate form of the red buckeye, \u003cem\u003eAesculus pavia\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003ehumilis\u003c\/em\u003e keeps to a small, spreading shrub where the typical red buckeye grows into a small tree. The scarlet spring flowers come in smaller panicles, and in every other respect the plant follows the species: lustrous palmate leaves that break early, a love of moist, well-drained woodland soil, and the same magnetism for returning hummingbirds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dwarf habit makes this red buckeye a choice for the front of a border, a small native planting, or a woodland edge where the full-sized form would crowd. Plant in sun to part shade, give organic, well-drained soil, and let the low frame spread. 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Where the typical Ohio buckeye climbs to thirty feet or more, this dwarf settles into a rounded shrub of about six feet, carrying the same handsome palmate leaves divided into finger-like leaflets that flush early and color in fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpright clusters of greenish yellow flowers open in spring, an early offering for bees, and give way to the large, glossy brown seeds, the buckeyes, each cradled in a prickled husk. The buckeye is the stuff of folklore, carried in a pocket against rheumatism and for luck, and Native peoples once ground and leached the toxic seeds for use as a starch and as a fish stupefacient. Handsome as the buckeyes are, the seeds and young growth are poisonous, so site the shrub with that in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA choice native for the small garden, where a full-sized buckeye would never fit: a woodland edge, a native border, or a specimen in sun to part shade and well-drained soil. The early flowers and bold leaves suit a naturalistic planting among other natives, and the autumn buckeyes are a quiet pleasure for those who grew up gathering them. Give room to round out, and keep the poisonous seeds away from children and livestock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057807528051,"sku":"AESC-GLAB-NANA-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1597.jpg?v=1720136211"},{"product_id":"arachniodes-simplicior-variegata","title":"Arachniodes simplicior 'Variegata'","description":"\u003cp\u003eA bold, handsome fern grown for foliage that holds through the year, \u003cem\u003eArachniodes simplicior\u003c\/em\u003e 'Variegata' carries large, glossy, dark green fronds, each division marked down the center with a clean gold stripe. The variegated East Indian holly fern brings a strong, almost architectural texture to the shade garden, and the gold-striped fronds light up a dim corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to eastern Asia, the fern has naturalized near the Savannah River in Aiken County, South Carolina, a small piece of local botanical interest close to home. Easy and adaptable, the holly fern wants shade or part shade, good soil, and ample water, asking little once settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant the variegated holly fern in a shaded border, a woodland bed, or beside a path where the gold-striped fronds can be read at close range, lovely among hostas, hellebores, and other shade companions. 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Quick to establish and quick to fill in, the fern spreads gently into a soft colony and shrugs off the conditions of a typical woodland floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant lady fern in a shaded border, a woodland bed, a streamside, or any cool, moist, shady spot, lovely massed or woven among hostas, hellebores, and wildflowers. The lacy fronds soften bolder leaves and brighten a dim corner, and deer generally leave the foliage alone. 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The fine texture and small scale make this dwarf fern a jewel for the front of a shaded bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasy and undemanding like the parent, the dwarf lady fern wants shade or part shade and humus-rich, moist soil, and settles into a tidy clump rather than sprawling. Perfect for a shaded rock garden, a trough, the edge of a woodland path, or any small, dim spot where a full-sized fern would overwhelm. Deer generally leave the fronds alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant the dwarf lady fern in drifts for a soft green carpet, or tuck single clumps among hostas, mosses, and small woodland companions. Deciduous, returning fresh each spring, and as forgiving as the larger lady ferns. 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Named the Perennial Plant of the Year in 2004, this is one of the most popular and most beautiful of all colored ferns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA low, slowly spreading deciduous fern, the Japanese painted fern colors best with a little direct morning sun, though, like most ferns, the painted fern wants rich, humusy, moist soil in shade or part shade. Easy and forgiving, the fern weaves through a shaded planting at eight to twelve inches, deepening in color as the fronds mature. Native to Japan and eastern Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant the Japanese painted fern at the front of a shaded border, along a woodland path, in a trough, or massed as a shimmering groundcover, lovely against the dark greens of hostas and hellebores or the gold of Hakone grass. 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A hardy, vigorous, deciduous fern, easy in shade or part shade and rich, moist soil, and the holder of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse the ghost fern as an upright accent or a repeated silver thread through a shaded border, beautiful against darker foliage, blue hostas, and the burgundy of heucheras. 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Herbaceous and dieback in zone 8, treelike in zone 10, the angel's trumpet makes a fast, theatrical show through a hot summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn zone 8 the tops are killed by frost; cut the plants back, mound about ten inches of coarse sand over the stubs, and mulch over with pine straw, removing the covering as the weather warms to let new shoots emerge. Given rich soil and ample water, the angel's trumpet thrives in heat, growing fast and flowering heavily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA word of caution: every part of the angel's trumpet is highly poisonous, loaded with tropane alkaloids, and dangerous if eaten. Site well away from children, pets, and anyone who might mistake the plant for something edible, handle with gloves, and grow the plant strictly as an ornamental. Treated with that respect, few plants match the drama of the great pink trumpets and their evening scent. 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At close range the effect is crisp and jewel-like, a low cushion of fine texture that holds color and form the year round in mild winters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmall in every dimension, the plant is made for the front of the picture: a rock garden, the gap between paving stones, the edge of a shaded path, a trough, or a container where the silver-margined foliage can be read up close. 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The plain green species is the quiet backbone behind the many variegated selections, and a fine foliage plant in its own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEasy and well-mannered, the plant settles into light shade and moist to damp soil, knitting into a tidy mound at a shaded path, the front of a woodland border, or among ferns and hostas where evergreen structure is wanted. Native to Japan, and dependable where many grasses give out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057826697331,"sku":"CARE-MORR-01G","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-761.jpg?v=1720137011"},{"product_id":"carex-morrowii-variegata","title":"Carex morrowii 'Variegata'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarex morrowii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Variegata' is the popular silver-edged form of the Japanese sedge, a tufted, grass-like clump of narrow blades to about a foot long, each margined crisply in silvery white. The variegation brightens a shaded planting where plain greens recede, and the evergreen foliage holds the effect through the year in mild winters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn easy, attractive choice for the semi-shaded garden, the plant knits into neat mounds at a shaded path, the edge of a woodland bed, a container, or among ferns and hostas that set off the silver. 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Kin to the better-known \u003cem\u003eClethra barbinervis\u003c\/em\u003e, the Chinese clethra stays a little shorter and carries dark, glossy green leaves, broadest through the middle and sharply toothed, that color bronze-red to maroon before they fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers are the summer event: long racemose panicles, five to seven inches each, of pure white bloom that arrives in mid to late summer when little else among the shrubs is flowering, and that pours out a heavy, sweet fragrance rich in nectar for butterflies and bees. As the years pass, the trunks develop the smooth, marbled, cinnamon-brown bark that peels in the manner of the whole tribe, giving the plant a second season of quiet interest once the leaves are down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive the Chinese clethra the cool, semi-shaded, evenly moist conditions of a woodland edge or a sheltered border in acid, humus-rich soil, out of the dry summer heat and drought the shrub does not relish. Site where the fragrant panicles can be caught on the air and, in time, the peeling bark read at close range. Lovely among ferns, hellebores, and other shade companions, and a refined change from the native summersweets for the collector.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057842753651,"sku":"CLET-FARG-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-328.jpg?v=1720137475"},{"product_id":"clethra-alnifolia-anne-bidwell","title":"Clethra alnifolia ‘Anne Bidwell’","description":"\u003cp\u003eSummersweet, \u003cem\u003eClethra alnifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of the great fragrant natives of the eastern United States, a shrub of moist woods and pond edges whose white summer spikes carry a honey-and-clove perfume across the whole garden. Colonists called the plant Sweet Pepperbush, for the peppercorn-like seed heads that follow, and Summersweet, for the scent; the flowers even lather softly in water and once served as a field soap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Anne Bidwell' is the selection to grow for sheer flower power. Raised in Massachusetts from a commercial seed source, this summersweet is most remarkable for the flowers: densely clustered, multi-branched spikes far larger than the straight species, some eight to ten inches long, borne in such profusion that the bush seems to foam white. The blooms open around two weeks later than most selections, in mid to late August, stretching the summersweet season and the fragrance deep into the late-summer garden. The habit stays fairly compact and upright, dressed in lustrous dark green leaves that turn clear yellow in fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant 'Anne Bidwell' where the late, oversized spikes can be met at close range, beside a path, a seat, or a window left open on a warm evening, and where the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are part of the pleasure. Wonderfully at home in moist shrub borders, rain gardens, and the heavy, damp shade that defeats showier plants. 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Plant best in semi-shade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057843048563,"sku":"CLET-TOME-CREE-CALI-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-323.jpg?v=1720137487"},{"product_id":"clethra-alnifolia-var-tomentosa","title":"Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe summersweets are among the most fragrant of American shrubs, native to the moist woods, swamp edges, and pond margins of the eastern United States, where the white summer spikes scent whole acres of low ground. Country people knew the plant as Sweet Pepperbush, for the peppercorn-like seed heads, and as Summersweet, for the honey-and-clove perfume; the crushed flowers even raise a soft lather in water and once served as a woodland soap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe woolly summersweet is the southern face of the clan, a variety set apart by a soft felting of hairs on the leaves and twigs (\u003cem\u003etomentosa\u003c\/em\u003e means woolly). The foliage resists mites better than the smooth-leaved forms, and the fuzzy leaves flush two to three weeks ahead of relatives such as 'Anne Bidwell' and 'Rosea', then hang on as the last summersweet leaves to fall in autumn. The flower spikes run larger than the straight species and open later in the season, extending the fragrance well past midsummer. More at home in southern heat than the northern clones, though gardeners at the cold edge of the range should give the plant a sheltered spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive the woolly summersweet a moist, sunny to part-shaded spot where the late, oversized spikes can be caught on the air: a pond edge, a rain garden, a damp border, or an informal hedge. Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds work the flowers steadily, and the shrub colonizes gently by root to fill a wet corner. 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Colonists found a further use for the plant: the flowers, crushed in water, raise a soft lather, and were once pressed into service as a field soap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sixteen Candles' is the compact, well-mannered heir to that fragrant lineage. Raised as a seedling of the popular 'Hummingbird' and selected and named by Michael Dirr, whose name needs no introduction to anyone who has ever cracked a woody-plant manual, this summersweet holds sizeable spikes of pure white flowers bolt upright over dark green foliage, like so many candles on a low green cake. The habit stays dense and rounded, three to five feet high, and the leaves turn a clean butter yellow before they fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite 'Sixteen Candles' where the July fragrance can be met in passing, beside a path, a door, or a seating area, and where the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds working the spikes become part of the show. The shrub tolerates wet ground and even a little salt, so a low, damp corner that defeats other plants suits this one well. Lovely massed along a woodland edge, worked into a mixed border, or grown as a single specimen in a patio pot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057843179635,"sku":"CLET-ALNI-SI-TEEN-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1608.jpg?v=1720137497"},{"product_id":"clethra-tomentosa-cottondale","title":"Clethra tomentosa 'Cottondale'","description":"\u003cp\u003eClethra alnifolia and the southern Clethra tomentosa are stoloniferous deciduous shrubs commonly called Summersweet or Sweet Pepperbush. They form colonies in moist acid soil and make good garden subjects. They are valued for their terminal spikes of fragrant white flowers in summer. Plant in sun or semi-shade and provide adequate moisture. 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From a large bulb rise broad, strap-shaped leaves, and out of their center in mid to late summer climbs a stout stalk two to three feet tall, densely packed with dozens of small, starry, greenish-white flowers and crowned at the very top with a tuft of leafy green bracts, the whole thing a dead ringer for a pineapple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe resemblance is the charm, but the performance is the value. Each spike holds for weeks in the garden and even longer in a vase, opening slowly from the bottom up and often flushing pink or purple as the flowers age, followed by decorative seed capsules that extend the show into fall. 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The species carries fine, glossy, oval leaves on pale gray twigs, takes shearing as willingly as boxwood, and shrugs off salt, drought, and heat, a combination that explains a long career as a Southern hedge and topiary plant. 'Dewerth' is a male clone, chosen for a dense, upright habit and unusually small, narrow leaves, and grown not for fruit, which male hollies never carry, but as the pollen partner that lets the berried females set a full crop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong before the nursery trade, yaupon was the source of the caffeinated 'black drink,' a roasted-leaf tea that Indigenous peoples of the Southeast brewed for ceremony, council, and trade, and that coastal colonists later took up as a homegrown coffee substitute. Yaupon remains North America's only caffeine-bearing native plant. The unfortunate species name, vomitoria, records a European misreading: early observers watched the ritual purging that sometimes accompanied the drink and blamed the holly, though the plant is not emetic in ordinary use. The common name is older and gentler, from the Catawban ya'pa, ya for tree and pa for leaf, a diminutive that means little more than 'small tree.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular male came to Woodlanders from a Mississippi Experiment Station by way of Jim Berry of Flowerwood Nursery in Alabama, and was propagated and named by the late Tom Dodd, Jr. from a plant growing in 'Doc' Dewerth's garden in College Station, Texas. The narrow leaves and tight, ascending branches give 'Dewerth' a neater, more columnar bearing than the run of seedling yaupons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, 'Dewerth' earns a place two ways. 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