{"title":"Woody Plants","description":"\u003cp\u003eWoody plants are the bones a garden is built on. Trees, shrubs, and woody-stemmed vines: these are the plants that give a place height, shade, structure, and permanence, holding their shape through winter when the perennials have gone underground. Woodlanders has always leaned woody, and this is the broadest of our collections, the trunk from which the more specific groups branch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe range is deliberately wide. Flowering trees and understory shrubs, evergreen screens and deciduous specimens, Southeastern natives beside quiet collector's plants from Asia and the Americas. Some are grown for a single extraordinary week of bloom; others hold the eye with bark, berry, or a canopy that deepens for decades. Much of what you will find here is uncommon, chosen for character rather than for the shelves of a big-box lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the collection is large, let the more focused groups guide you. Reach for our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/canopy-trees\"\u003eCanopy Trees\u003c\/a\u003e for shade and scale, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/large-shrubs\"\u003eLarge Shrubs\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/small-medium-shrubs\"\u003eSmall \u0026amp; Medium Shrubs\u003c\/a\u003e for structure at eye level, and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/conifers\"\u003eConifers\u003c\/a\u003e for evergreen form. Many woody plants here are also \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/southeast-natives\"\u003eSoutheastern Natives\u003c\/a\u003e, at home in local soil and weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoody plants are a long game, and the most rewarding kind. Site each one for the space it will fill at maturity, not the size in the pot, give the roots a good first year, and the tree or shrub will outgrow, outlast, and outgive almost anything else you plant. Read each listing for mature height, spread, and hardiness before you dig.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"abelia-chinensis","title":"Abelia chinensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eA seldom-seen species with old-world charm, Abelia chinensis is a deciduous shrub native to China and one of the foundational parents of the widely grown Abelia x grandiflora. Far less common in American gardens than its hybrid offspring, the true species offers its own quiet distinctions: larger foliage, a fuller habit, and a long summer season of bloom that makes it a thoughtful choice for collectors and pollinator gardeners alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt grows upright to gently arching, reaching four to six feet in height and spread, with leaves notably larger than those of the typical hybrid Abelias. In summer it covers itself in a profusion of small white, lightly fragrant flowers that draw butterflies, bees, and other pollinators in real numbers. The tubular blooms appear in clusters along the stems and carry on well into early fall, each one cradled in a rosy calyx that lingers after the petals drop and gives the shrub a soft pink haze late in the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a surprisingly hardy plant, flowering reliably into USDA zone 5, though in the coldest winters it may die back toward the ground and return from the base in spring. In warmer zones it holds a fuller above-ground form and takes well to light pruning for shape or renewal. Give it full sun to part shade and well-drained soil; it prefers steady moisture but shows good drought tolerance once established.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden its graceful habit and long bloom suit it to an informal hedge, a mixed border, or a naturalistic planting where pollinators are welcome. Set it where the late-summer flowers and lingering pink calyces can be enjoyed up close, and where its history as the parent of a garden mainstay can be quietly appreciated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057804972147,"sku":"ABEL-CHIN-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Abelia_chinensis_peganum_CCBYSA20.jpg?v=1748735441"},{"product_id":"abeliophyllum-distichum","title":"Abeliophyllum distichum","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbeliophyllum is a genus of a single species, first described from Korea in 1919 and grown in Western gardens since the 1930s, when it earned an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It belongs to the olive family beside lilac and forsythia, and in the wild it clings on at only a handful of Korean sites, where it is now protected by law as an endangered plant. This is the white-flowered species itself, the parent of the better-known pink form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is among the earliest shrubs to bloom, opening before forsythia and most everything else. In late winter, fragrant white flowers tinged faintly with pink break from purplish buds along the bare grey wood, weeks ahead of any leaf, carrying a clean almond sweetness on cold air. A multi-stemmed deciduous shrub of four to six feet, it is hardy through hard winters and altogether tougher than its delicate flowering suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it full sun to part shade and ordinary well-drained soil with good moisture; it flowers most freely in sun. It can run a little leggy if neglected, so prune right after bloom to keep it shapely, since the flowers form on the previous year's wood. Dark green foliage follows and carries the plant quietly through the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, treat it as a herald of spring. Plant it where you pass close in the cold months, by a door or along a path, so the fragrance finds you, and cut branches to force indoors. It is lovely among hellebores, snowdrops, and early bulbs, and rare enough to be a quiet conversation piece.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805070451,"sku":"ABEL-DIST-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-263.jpg?v=1720136088"},{"product_id":"acer-rubrum-candy-ice","title":"Acer rubrum 'Candy Ice'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcer rubrum\u003c\/em\u003e 'Candy Ice' is a Woodlanders introduction, found in southwest Virginia by the late Norman Beal. We use Norman's original name, though the same tree has been circulated elsewhere as 'Snowfire'. This is an unusual variegated red maple, the leaves marbled in pink, white, and green, and the foliage burns early, among the first to color when fall arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePyramidal in youth, 'Candy Ice' broadens with age into an irregular, rounded crown on the vigorous frame of a native red maple, reaching forty to sixty feet in time. The variegation is the draw and also the caution: those pale leaves scorch in full sun, so this maple wants the relief of part shade, where the pink and cream stay clean and bright. Small red flowers open before the leaves in earliest spring, the familiar red-maple signal that winter is loosening, and ripen into reddish samaras, the keys of a tree long called soft maple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe red maple, \u003cem\u003eAcer rubrum\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of the most widespread trees of eastern North America, and Native peoples knew the species well. The Cherokee, Iroquois, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi prepared a bark decoction as a wash for sore and inflamed eyes, while inner-bark teas were taken for coughs and stomach complaints, and the tannin-rich bark also yielded ink and, with iron added, a dark blue dye for cloth. 'Candy Ice' is grown for beauty rather than use, yet the variegated leaves carry that deep American lineage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSite 'Candy Ice' in part shade as a specimen where the marbled foliage and early fall color can be enjoyed, keeping the leaves clear of harsh afternoon sun and drying wind. The tree thrives in moist to average, well-drained soil and tolerates the damp ground red maples often colonize. A conversation piece for the collector's garden, and a piece of southern plant history besides.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805791347,"sku":"ACER-RUBR-CAND-ICE-01G","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AcerCandyIceWoodlanders-3.jpg?v=1750637541"},{"product_id":"acer-barbatum","title":"Acer barbatum","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcer barbatum is a medium to large deciduous tree of rounded, oval form, a southern cousin of the northern sugar maple and sometimes filed under Acer saccharum subsp. floridanum or Acer floridanum. The Florida maple is built for heat in a way the northern relative is not, smaller in every part, with leaves that are whitish beneath and a constitution suited to long, humid summers. In the wild these trees favor fertile, moist, well-drained, often calcareous ground, frequently along streams and in rich hammocks from Virginia south to the Florida panhandle and west into Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all the sugar maples, their rising sap has long meant sweetness; the syrup industry of the North rests on close kin, and the southern trees can be tapped as well, though they yield more modestly. The fall color is a clean, unhurried yellow, sometimes warming toward orange, and the bark of older trunks takes on the handsome gray, longitudinally ribbed character of the northern sugar maple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a garden tree the Florida maple earns a place as a durable, well-mannered shade maple for the South, at home as a lawn specimen, a street or park tree, or a canopy over a woodland planting. Give these trees room to round out, and underplant with shade-tolerant natives that appreciate the dappled light beneath. Native to the southeastern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057805856883,"sku":"ACER-BARB-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-3.jpg?v=1720136130"},{"product_id":"acer-griseum","title":"Acer griseum","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew trees carry a collector's story as plainly as the paperbark maple. Ernest Henry Wilson gathered seed of \u003cem\u003eAcer griseum\u003c\/em\u003e in central China in 1901 for the Veitch nursery, and for most of the twentieth century nearly every paperbark grown in Western gardens traced back to that introduction and one that followed. The maple sets abundant winged samaras, yet most are empty, a parthenocarpic habit that leaves only a small fraction viable. That quirk is why the species has always been scarce, slow to propagate, and quietly treasured wherever a good specimen takes hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bark is the glory of the tree. Within two or three years the trunk and larger limbs begin to shed in papery curls of cinnamon to coppery red brown, and the peeling layers cling rather than fall, catching low winter light until the whole canopy seems lit from within. Three-part leaves, blue green through summer, turn scarlet and orange before dropping, while the small greenish yellow spring flowers pass almost unnoticed, content to leave the bark and the autumn fire to carry the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlow and well mannered, the paperbark maple settles at twenty to thirty feet with a rounded, oval crown, a scale that suits a small lawn, a courtyard, or the corner of a mixed border. Site this maple where the trunk can be read at close range, beside a path, a patio, or a window framed for winter, and give the bark a dark backdrop of evergreens to play against. Adaptable to clay and to both acid and alkaline ground, the tree asks only for reasonable drainage and a few patient years of watering to establish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"1 Gallon","offer_id":42961950474355,"sku":"ACER-GRIS-01G","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"1 Quart","offer_id":42961950507123,"sku":"ACER-GRIS-01Q","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AcergriseumWoodlanders-3.jpg?v=1750637242"},{"product_id":"aesculus-parviflora-var-serotina","title":"Aesculus parviflora var. serotina","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wide-spreading, suckering, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub of slow, deliberate growth, \u003cem\u003eAesculus parviflora\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003eserotina\u003c\/em\u003e carries the same upright white bottlebrush flowers as the bottlebrush buckeye, but opens them two to three weeks later, well into the heat of summer. The overall shape is irregular and almost stratified, the branches layering horizontally, and the medium to dark green leaves turn a clear yellow in fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late bloom is the point. Where the straight species flowers in early July, var. serotina extends the bottlebrush season into August, a gift of nectar for hummingbirds, swallowtails, and native bees when little else in the shade garden offers any. A vigorous grower that may reach a larger size than the species, the late bottlebrush buckeye suits shrub borders and large mass plantings, and seldom needs pruning, though an old colony can be cut to the ground to renew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive var. serotina room to form a broad colony in moist, well-drained, organic soil, in part shade or, with steady moisture, more sun. Paired with the earlier-blooming species, a planting can carry six weeks of white bottlebrush spikes across July and August. The seeds, like those of every buckeye, are poisonous if eaten, so site with that in mind near paths and play areas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057807036531,"sku":"AESC-PARV-SERO-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Aesculusparvifloravar.serotinaWoodlanders-1.jpg?v=1750639271"},{"product_id":"aesculus-parviflora","title":"Aesculus parviflora","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn July, when most of the shade garden has settled into a holding pattern of foliage and waiting, \u003cem\u003eAesculus parviflora\u003c\/em\u003e opens for business. The timing is the first surprise. The flowers are the second. Each panicle is a foot or more of tightly packed white tubular blooms with conspicuous pink-red anthers projecting beyond the petals, the whole spike held upright above the foliage like something assembled by a botanical committee that could not decide between elegant and extravagant and chose both. A mature colony in full bloom in midsummer is among the more spectacular events available to the shade gardener, and the hummingbirds and swallowtails arrive reliably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBottlebrush buckeye is native to a fairly narrow range of rich woodlands in Alabama, Georgia, and northern Florida, which makes the extraordinary cold hardiness something of a botanical anomaly. The shrub performs without complaint through Zone 4 winters, traveling far further from home than most plants of that provenance. The Royal Horticultural Society granted the Award of Garden Merit, which is their way of saying this shrub does what a good shrub should, without drama, across a wide range of conditions. They are correct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBottlebrush buckeye spreads steadily by suckers, forming broad colonies that expand with a patience and deliberateness suited to a woodland setting. The large, palmately compound leaves, each with five to seven leaflets, give the planting a lush, tropical-adjacent quality through summer. Fall color is a clear, warm yellow that holds for several weeks before the foliage drops cleanly. In winter the bare architecture of a mature colony, all arching stems and layered horizontal branching, has a presence of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAesculus parviflora\u003c\/em\u003e is the kind of plant serious gardeners wonder why they waited to acquire. The usual reason is that the shrub looks modest in a one-gallon pot. That does not last.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057807069299,"sku":"AESC-PARV-01G","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-5.jpg?v=1720136187"},{"product_id":"aesculus-pavia","title":"Aesculus pavia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe red buckeye is the South's hummingbird herald, a clump-forming, round-topped deciduous shrub or small tree whose lustrous, palmately compound leaves break very early, often before the last frosts, and whose six-inch panicles of tubular scarlet-red flowers open in spring just as the ruby-throated hummingbirds return north. The bright bloom, unusual among the buckeyes, draws hummingbirds and bees in numbers and gives the plant a long place in the affection of native-plant gardeners across the southern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative peoples knew the buckeye well, though not as food without effort: every part is poisonous, rich in the saponin aescin and the glycoside aesculin, and the bright seeds are the most dangerous. The same saponins made the buckeye useful, the crushed seeds and branches tossed into still pools to stupefy fish, which rose to the surface to be gathered, while leached and roasted nuts could be eaten and the lather of the seeds served as a soap. Handsome as the seeds are, treat the red buckeye as ornamental, and keep the poisonous parts away from children and livestock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy late summer the red buckeye often drops the leaves early, so site where a summer gap reads as seasonal rather than sad, among other shrubs or at a woodland edge that fills in around the bare frame. Plant in sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil, and enjoy the early flowers as one of the first nectar sources of the southern spring. Lovely with native azaleas and dogwoods that bloom in the same season.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057807102067,"sku":"AESC-PAVI-01G","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-7.jpg?v=1720136191"},{"product_id":"aleurites-fordii","title":"Aleurites fordii","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe tung oil tree is a handsome medium-sized deciduous tree, broad and spreading, with large heart-shaped to lobed leaves up to ten inches across and showy panicles of white flowers, blushed pink and orange at the throat, that open in spring before or with the new foliage. Few flowering trees of the Deep South make a fuller spring show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAleurites fordii\u003c\/em\u003e earns the name from the large seeds, which yield tung oil, a fast-drying oil long prized for paints, varnishes, and wood finishes. Native to China, the tung oil tree was once an important crop across the Deep South, and the legacy of those old groves lingers: the tree grows fast and self-sows freely, naturalizing along roadsides and field edges where the climate is warm. The seeds and leaves are poisonous, so the tree is grown for ornament and history rather than harvest, and is best sited away from where children might gather the fallen fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive the tung oil tree full sun to light shade and well-drained soil, with room for the wide, rounded crown to spread, and enjoy one of the showiest spring-flowering trees for zones 8 to 10. A vigorous grower that sows volunteers freely, the tree is happiest where the odd seedling can be pulled or mown, and gathering the spent fruit keeps a planting in bounds. Striking as a lawn specimen or at a woodland edge, the bold foliage casting a generous summer shade, a piece of agricultural history for the warm-climate garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057808248947,"sku":"ALEU-FORD-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1610.jpg?v=1720136235"},{"product_id":"alnus-maritima","title":"Alnus maritima","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeaside alder is a medium to large deciduous shrub, sometimes a small tree, with glossy, oval, toothed leaves and a habit of doing things backward. Where every other native alder flowers in spring, \u003cem\u003eAlnus maritima\u003c\/em\u003e opens elongated catkins in the fall, then carries small, woody, pinecone-like fruits through winter for quiet ornament.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe native range is as unusual as the bloom time. Seaside alder grows wild in only a few places: a limited area on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and adjacent Delaware, a single area in Oklahoma, and a more recently discovered population in north Georgia. Genetic studies suggest these widely separated stands are distinct subspecies, the remnants of a once far more widespread plant. Our material comes from the eastern population.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRare in cultivation but easy and adaptable, seaside alder takes to moist, sunny places and to ordinary garden soil, and like other alders fixes nitrogen at the roots to enrich poor ground. A fine choice for a pond edge, a rain garden, a streambank, or any damp spot needing soil stabilization, where the fall catkins and persistent little cones earn a second look. Hardy in zones 6 to 9.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057808576627,"sku":"ALNU-MARI-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-2112.jpg?v=1720136254"},{"product_id":"aloysia-virgata","title":"Aloysia virgata","description":"\u003cp\u003eSweet almond verbena is grown for one glorious thing above all: scent. From midsummer until hard frost, \u003cem\u003eAloysia virgata\u003c\/em\u003e tips every branch with slender spikes of small white flowers that pour out an intoxicating vanilla-almond fragrance, strongest in the late afternoon and evening and carrying clear across a garden. Butterflies and hummingbirds work the spikes all season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vigorous, shrubby plant native to Argentina, sweet almond verbena can be trained as a small multi-stemmed tree in subtropical gardens or grown as a dieback shrub farther north, cut to the ground by winter and returning from the roots in spring. The dark green leaves are sandpapery to the touch, and the loose, open frame reaches eight to fifteen feet where the season is long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive sweet almond verbena a sunny spot with well-drained soil, near a path, a patio, or an open window where the evening perfume can be enjoyed. Drought tolerant once established and seldom troubled by deer, the shrub pairs well with other pollinator plants in a sunny border. In zones 8 and 9 expect a return from the roots after a hard winter; farther south, a standing small tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdditional photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057808773235,"sku":"ALOY-VIRG-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AloysiavirgataMBG.jpg?v=1784163067"},{"product_id":"amelanchier-x-grandiflora-autumn-brilliance","title":"Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmelanchier x grandiflora is the apple serviceberry, a naturally occurring cross between two eastern natives, the downy serviceberry and the smooth Allegheny serviceberry, and 'Autumn Brilliance' is the selection that made the group famous. The Illinois nurseryman Willet Wandell found this seedling in his Urbana nursery and introduced the plant to gardens in 1986 under U.S. Plant Patent 5,717, choosing the seedling above all for the blaze of autumn color behind the name. Decades on, 'Autumn Brilliance' remains the most widely planted serviceberry in the trade, prized for a vigorous, gracefully branched frame and reliable good looks in every season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe show begins in early spring, when clusters of white flowers open from pink-tinged buds ahead of the leaves and draw the season's first bees. By June the blossoms have become small pomes that ripen through red to deep purple-black, sweet and blueberry-like with a whisper of almond, so good that cedar waxwings, robins, and bluebirds usually harvest the crop before a cook can. Summer foliage is a clean blue-green, and then autumn arrives with the trait Wandell selected, a vivid wash of orange and red held more evenly and brilliantly than on ordinary seedlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServiceberries carry a tangle of country names. Shadbush recalls the spring bloom that once coincided with the shad running up the rivers; Juneberry marks the month the fruit ripens; and serviceberry itself most likely traces to Sorbus, the rowans with similar small pomes. The fruit has fed people here for a very long time, gathered fresh, cooked, or dried by many Indigenous nations and later baked by settlers into the pies and preserves that keep the Juneberry name alive. Apple serviceberry offers that same harvest on a manageable garden tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the reasons 'Autumn Brilliance' earned such a following is unusually good resistance to the rust, leaf spot, and mildew that trouble lesser serviceberries, though no serviceberry is wholly immune. Grow the tree in full sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil, as a single-stemmed specimen for the lawn or a multi-stemmed clump at the woodland edge. Underplanted with ferns, spring ephemerals, redbud, and dogwood, this small tree rewards the gardener in every season, from the first white bloom to the smooth gray winter bark.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057809166451,"sku":"AMEL-GRAN-AUTU-BRIL-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"amelanchier-x-grandiflora-princess-diana","title":"Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Princess Diana'","description":"\u003cp\u003eApple serviceberry, Amelanchier x grandiflora, is the graceful natural hybrid of two eastern native serviceberries, the downy and the smooth Allegheny, and 'Princess Diana' is among the loveliest selections of the group. The plant appeared in a cultivated garden in Elm Grove, Wisconsin in the mid-1980s and was granted U.S. Plant Patent 6,041 in 1987, chosen for a wide, gracefully spreading canopy, generous white bloom, and fall color that arrives early and holds late. Where many serviceberries grow stiffly upright, 'Princess Diana' reaches outward, a small tree with the airy, layered poise the name suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn April, before or with the first leaves, the branches fill with showy white flowers rising from yellow buds, an early feast for bees. The new foliage unfolds with a bronze cast, deepens to green through summer, then turns brilliant scarlet and red in autumn, the trait that anchors the plant's reputation. Between bloom and fall color come the berries, small pomes ripening from red to deep bluish-purple by June, sweet and blueberry-flavored, and stripped almost overnight by waxwings, robins, and thrushes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe old names tell the plant's story. Shadbush marks a bloom timed to the spring shad runs, Juneberry names the month the fruit ripens, and serviceberry most likely descends from Sorbus, the rowans whose small pomes the fruit recalls. Serviceberry fruit has long been food across North America, eaten fresh, dried into cakes, and pounded with fat and meat into pemmican by many Indigenous peoples, and later gathered by settlers for the Juneberry pies and jams still made today. 'Princess Diana' brings that heritage into a compact, ornamental tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGardeners reach for 'Princess Diana' where a graceful small tree is wanted, as a lawn specimen, at a woodland edge, or among naturalized native plantings, and growers report good resistance to the leaf spot that can mar serviceberry foliage. Give full sun to part shade and average, well-drained soil, with even moisture through establishment. The reward is a true four-season tree: white flowers, June fruit for the birds, early and lasting red fall color, and a smooth gray winter silhouette spreading wide against the sky.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057809264755,"sku":"AMEL-GRAN-PRIN-DIAN-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"amelanchier-nantucketensis","title":"Amelanchier nantucketensis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the rarest of the serviceberries, Amelanchier nantucketensis is a low, thicket-forming shrub that Eugene Bicknell first described in 1911 from the sandplains of Nantucket, the Massachusetts island whose name the plant carries. Nantucket serviceberry belongs to a small, taxonomically slippery group within the rose family, so closely tangled with neighboring shadbushes that botanists have argued for more than a century over whether this is a true species or a stabilized hybrid. What sets the plant apart is disarmingly small: petals shorter than those of any other serviceberry in the Northeast, often dusted with pollen along their own margins, a quirk called andropetaly that appears nowhere else in the group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wild, colonies cling to open, sandy, sun-baked ground, the pine barrens, sandplain grasslands, and maritime heaths scattered thinly from Nova Scotia and Maine down the coast to Long Island, with the stronghold on Nantucket itself. This is a shrub built for lean living, spreading quietly by underground stolons into low drifts rather than rising into a single crown. White flowers open in mid-spring on short, erect racemes, feeding early bees and butterflies, and give way by early summer to small pomes that birds strip almost as fast as they ripen. Because Nantucket serviceberry is globally uncommon and state-protected across much of that range, growing nursery-propagated stock is a small act of conservation as much as gardening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe genus name travels from amelanchièr, the old Provençal word for the European serviceberry, while the English names carry their own folklore. Shadbush marks the moment the flowers open, timed to the spring run of shad up the rivers; serviceberry most likely descends from Sorbus, the rowans whose small red pomes the fruit resembles, though a fond old story ties the word to the funeral services held once spring thawed the ground. Serviceberry fruit across the genus is sweet and blueberry-like with a faint almond note from the seeds, long gathered for pies, jams, and preserves, and this species offers the same edible reward on a smaller, wilder scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoodlanders is indebted to Richard Lynch of the Sweetbay Magnolia Bioreserve on Staten Island, New York, for the original stock behind these plants, a lineage worth preserving. In the garden, Nantucket serviceberry asks for full sun and sharp, sandy, acidic soil, the leaner the better, and repays neglect once established. Set the shrub where a low, suckering colony is welcome, along a sunny bank, at a meadow or woodland edge, or woven into a coastal or native planting beside little bluestem, bearberry, lowbush blueberry, and bayberry. Deer tend to pass the plant by, and the autumn foliage warms to orange and red before the bare, twiggy winter frame takes over.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057809363059,"sku":"AMEL-NANT-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1235.jpg?v=1720136300"},{"product_id":"amelanchier-obovalis","title":"Amelanchier obovalis","description":"\u003cp\u003eCoastal serviceberry is the compact, low-growing member of a beloved native clan, a small deciduous shrub of the Atlantic coastal plain that spreads gently into colonies and opens clouds of white, five-petaled flowers in early spring, among the first shrubs to bloom as the woods wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spring flowers give way to small clusters of sweet, blue-purple fruit in early summer, edible straight from the bush or baked into pies and preserves, and as good for birds as for people. Native from New York and Massachusetts south to Georgia and Alabama, often in dry pine barrens and open woods, the shrub takes naturally to lean, well-drained, sunny ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding only three to five feet, coastal serviceberry suits the small garden where the taller serviceberries would overwhelm, lovely in a native border, a wildlife planting, or a naturalized edge in sun to part shade. The early bloom, the edible berries, and the easy, colony-forming habit make this a generous, low-key native. Drought tolerant once established.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057809559667,"sku":"AMEL-OBOV-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1593.jpg?v=1720136314"},{"product_id":"amorpha-laevigata","title":"Amorpha laevigata","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmooth false indigo is a rare deciduous shrub of sandy southern streambanks, carrying pinnate, compound leaves whose leaflets are notably large and rounded, a softer, more luxuriant texture than the ferny foliage of the common false indigos. In early summer the branch tips raise slender spikes of tiny blue to purple flowers, each lit with the bright orange anthers typical of the genus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plant is genuinely rare in the wild, known from only a very few localities on sandy stream banks in Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. We thank our friend Ron Lance for collecting seed of this uncommon species and sharing it with us; Woodlanders may be the first to offer the plant to the gardening public.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA choice native for a sunny to lightly shaded border, a streamside planting, or a collector's bed, where the bold compound foliage and purple summer spikes earn their place and the flowers feed bees and butterflies. Like other false indigos, smooth false indigo fixes nitrogen at the roots and asks little once established. Six to eight feet, in well-drained, even sandy, soil.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057809592435,"sku":"AMOR-LAEV-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"anisacanthus-wrightii","title":"Anisacanthus wrightii","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlame acanthus, better known as hummingbird bush, is a tough, airy deciduous shrub for hot, dry places, hung from late spring until frost with slender orange to red tubular flowers that ruby-throated hummingbirds cannot resist. Small, pointed leaves give a light, open texture, and the long bloom season makes \u003cem\u003eAnisacanthus wrightii\u003c\/em\u003e one of the best hummingbird plants for the southern garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to the streambanks and rocky ground of Texas and the southwestern United States, hummingbird bush shrugs off heat and drought once established and asks for little. Pale, shredding bark adds quiet winter interest after the leaves fall, and no obvious pest or disease troubles the shrub. Compact enough for a large container, hummingbird bush makes a fine patio plant where the birds can be watched up close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant flame acanthus in a sunny, well-drained spot, in a xeric border, a pollinator garden, or a hot bank, among other sun-and-drought lovers like salvias and agastache. A hard cut in late winter keeps the shrub dense and floriferous. 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The clone was discovered at the San Antonio Botanic Garden and is generally taken to be the selection known as 'Pumpkin'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the scarlet-flowered species, 'Pumpkin' draws hummingbirds and butterflies through the whole warm season, and thrives on heat and drought, a natural for xeriscaping and low-water gardens. Native in parentage to Texas and adjacent Mexico, hummingbird bush asks for sun and sharp drainage and little else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardy, drought tolerant, and easy, 'Pumpkin' blooms from late spring through fall with minimal care. 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The Paraná pine belongs to the Araucariaceae, kin to the Chilean monkey puzzle, the Norfolk Island pine, the Australian bunya, and the famously rediscovered Wollemi pine, a lineage once spread worldwide and now scattered mostly across the Southern Hemisphere. Despite the common name, the tree is no true pine at all, but something far older and stranger, holding stiff, sharp, dark green leaves on the branch for a decade or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wild, Araucaria angustifolia crowns the highland forests of southern Brazil, reaching into northern Argentina and Paraguay, the defining emergent of the Araucaria moist forests within the greater Atlantic Forest. A century of logging for that pale, valuable timber, together with clearing for farms and plantations, has taken an estimated ninety-seven percent of the original range, and the species is now listed by the IUCN as Critically Endangered. To grow one is to keep a piece of a vanishing forest alive, and to plant a tree that may outlast the gardener by generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe genus name honors the Arauco region of southern Chile and the Araucano, or Mapuche, people in whose homeland the first-known species grows, while angustifolia simply means narrow-leaved. In southern Brazil the tree means winter food. Female trees, quite separate from the males, ripen enormous cones packed with a hundred or more large seeds called pinhão, gathered by the ton and boiled or roasted through the cold months, ground into flour, and celebrated at seasonal festivals. The harvest is shared with the forest, for the azure jay caches the seeds and, forgetting some, plants the next generation, a partnership on which the tree's survival partly depends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven room, Araucaria angustifolia grows tall and columnar, self-pruning to a clean trunk topped by whorls of upturned branches that flatten with age into the candelabra or umbrella crown that names the tree, well over a hundred feet in habitat and more slowly in cultivation. For Southern gardeners the appeal is practical as well as romantic, since this species tolerates the region's heat and humid summers far better than the Chilean monkey puzzle, asking mainly for full sun and well-drained soil. Site the tree in the open as a rare specimen and living fossil, where the bold, prehistoric silhouette can stand alone against the sky.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057811132531,"sku":"ARAU-ANGU-01G","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AraucariaangustifoliaRickFencl.jpg?v=1784305075"},{"product_id":"arbutus-unedo","title":"Arbutus unedo","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe strawberry tree is a handsome broadleaf evergreen, a large shrub or small tree hung in fall and early winter with clusters of nodding, urn-shaped, pinkish-white flowers, just as the previous year's fruit ripens to warty, orange-red, strawberry-like globes. Flowers and fruit on the branches at once is the particular charm of \u003cem\u003eArbutus unedo\u003c\/em\u003e, and the glossy leaves and shredding cinnamon bark hold interest year round.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit is edible, if not exactly wonderful eaten fresh; the species name unedo comes from the Latin unum edo, I eat only one, an old joke at the fruit's expense. Cooked, the story changes: across the Mediterranean the berries become jams, jellies, and sweets, and in Portugal the famous fire-water medronho is distilled from them. A relative of the azaleas and blueberries, the strawberry tree happily breaks the family rule and grows without very acid soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlow but durable, the strawberry tree suits a sunny to lightly shaded spot in well-drained soil, as a specimen, a screen, or the anchor of a Mediterranean or wildlife planting; the late flowers feed bees when little else blooms, and the fruit feeds birds. 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The real prize comes with age, when the bark peels away to a smooth, rich red-brown that rivals any madrone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSalt tolerant and handsome year round, this hybrid came to Woodlanders by way of Brookside Gardens in Maryland, which had obtained the plant in Europe. Slow growing and long-lived, the tree makes an elegant small specimen where the flowers, fruit, and above all the cinnamon bark can be enjoyed at close range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive the hybrid strawberry tree full sun to part shade and well-drained soil, and a spot near a path, patio, or entry where the polished red-brown trunk can be admired. 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'Hakuokan', a name that reads roughly as white royal crown, is a variegated selection prized by collectors, slower and more compact than the plain species and all the more luminous for the pale margin that catches light in a dim corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlants like this one carry a long cultural history. From the Edo period, Japanese growers cultivated an art of koten engei, the classical horticulture of collecting foliage variants, natural sports, and variegated forms, displayed in special pots and ranked in printed lists modeled on sumo. Yabukoji stood among the traditional subjects of that pursuit, and named variegated forms such as 'Hakuokan' descend from exactly that connoisseur's eye for the beautiful mutation. The bright red berries that follow the flowers have long earned the plant a place in Japanese New Year arrangements as a token of good fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn midsummer, small star-shaped flowers of white blushed with pink nod in little clusters beneath the leaves, followed in autumn by round, coral-red berries that hold through winter against the evergreen foliage, one of the plant's quiet pleasures. The genus name Ardisia comes from the Greek ardis, a spear point, for the sharp tip of the flower's anthers, and japonica marks the plant long associated with Japanese gardens. Low, slow, and evergreen, 'Hakuokan' asks little and gives a long season of interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond the garden, the green species holds a serious place in Chinese herbal tradition, where the whole herb, known as zi jin niu, was gathered and decocted chiefly for coughs and complaints of the lungs, a use modern laboratories have traced to a well-studied compound called bergenin. In cultivation, set 'Hakuokan' in part to full shade, in moist, humus-rich, acidic soil, as a refined groundcover for woodland beds, shaded borders, and Japanese-style plantings, where the white margins lift the gloom. Pair the plant with ferns, hostas, and hellebores, shelter the foliage from hot afternoon sun, and let the slow colony knit itself together over time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057811329139,"sku":"ARDI-JAPO-HAKU-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Ardisia_japonica_Hakuakan_NC.webp?v=1784297451"},{"product_id":"ardisia-japonica-hinode","title":"Ardisia japonica 'Hinode'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArdisia japonica\u003c\/em\u003e 'Hinode' is a variegated form of the Japanese marlberry, each glossy, dark green leaf marked with a broad gold band down the center. Low and slowly spreading, this evergreen carpets shaded ground at eight to twelve inches, lit by the gold variegation and dotted in fall with bright red berries that hold into winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to the woodlands of Japan, China, and Korea, marlberry has long been grown in East Asian gardens and is, in its plain green form, one of the fifty fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine, the whole plant used for coughs and chest complaints. 'Hinode' is grown for beauty rather than use, a refined, compact selection prized for the contrast of gold leaf and red fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant the variegated marlberry as a slow evergreen groundcover or edger in shade to part shade, in moist, well-drained, slightly acidic soil, lovely along a shaded path, at the front of a woodland bed, or in a container. Even and steady moisture suits the foliage best, and the gold-banded leaves brighten a dim corner year round.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057811558515,"sku":"ARDI-JAPO-HINO-01G","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1079.jpg?v=1720136416"},{"product_id":"aronia-arbutifolia-brilliantissima","title":"Aronia arbutifolia 'Brilliantissima'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAronia arbutifolia\u003c\/em\u003e has grown in the wet woods and pocosins of the eastern United States for a very long time, largely unbothered by the horticultural world's attention. 'Brilliantissima' changed that. Selected for foliage with a deeper gloss and berries of a more saturated, almost lacquered red than the straight species, this is the form that finally made gardeners look twice at a native shrub long overlooked despite centuries of quiet usefulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe season opens in mid spring with clusters of small white flowers, delicate and lace-like, and welcome to native bees at a moment when little else blooms. By midsummer the berries swell and deepen, and by early autumn ripen to a red so intense as to look almost artificial against the leaves. The foliage turns at the same time: the fall color of 'Brilliantissima' is among the more reliable and spectacular events of the native shrub calendar, a deep, burnished crimson that holds for weeks and earns the cultivar name outright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe berries persist well into winter, by which point the birds have usually found them; cedar waxwings in particular descend in flocks, either a delight or a caveat depending on attachment to the fruit display. Both views are fair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAronia arbutifolia\u003c\/em\u003e tolerates wet soils, adapts to dry ones once established, and asks very little in return for a great deal of seasonal interest. Native, four-season, wildlife-supporting, and genuinely beautiful, a combination still rarer than it should be. The berries are edible, very astringent fresh but good cooked, and exceptionally high in antioxidants.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057812246643,"sku":"ARON-ARBU-BRIL-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AroniaarbutifoliaBrilliantissima.jpg?v=1750800949"},{"product_id":"asimina-obovata","title":"Asimina obovata","description":"\u003cp\u003eAsimina obovata is the bigflower pawpaw, a Florida native that carries the largest, showiest blooms in a genus better known for its fruit. The pawpaws are the temperate outliers of the Annonaceae, the custard apple family whose tropical members include the cherimoya, soursop, and ylang-ylang, and Asimina alone among them ventures north into the sandy uplands of the American Southeast. The genus name descends from an early Native American word for the fruit, carried into English through the French asiminier, while obovata describes the egg-shaped leaves, broadest above the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn spring, as the new leaves emerge, the plant opens creamy white flowers several inches across, far larger and paler than the deep maroon bells of the common pawpaw, Asimina triloba. Beetles and flies do the pollinating, and by late summer some flowers give way to aromatic, fleshy green fruits holding large brown seeds. The fruit is edible, though most gardeners rate the flavor below that of the northern pawpaw and grow this species instead for the flowers, the foliage, and the wildlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a plant of the Florida scrub, at home in the peninsula's dry sandhills and sandy ridges where little else will grow, in blazing sun and sharp, fast-draining sand. Bigflower pawpaw earns a place in the native and butterfly garden as a larval host for the zebra swallowtail, whose caterpillars feed only on Asimina leaves, and for the pawpaw sphinx moth as well. Where the common pawpaw wants rich, moist woodland, this southern cousin asks for the opposite, lean sand and excellent drainage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive Asimina obovata full sun to light shade and the sandiest, sharpest soil available, with little competition from neighbors. Like other pawpaws the plant sends down a deep taproot and resents disturbance, so site the shrub thoughtfully and let the roots settle undisturbed. In a sandhill restoration, a xeric native border, or a butterfly garden, the big white spring flowers and clean summer foliage make this rare Florida endemic a quietly distinctive choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotos courtesy of Jay Horn and Alan Cressler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057813393523,"sku":"ASIM-OBOV-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AsiminaobovataJayHorn.jpg?v=1784297285"},{"product_id":"asimina-triloba","title":"Asimina triloba","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pawpaw is a small, tropical-looking deciduous tree with large, drooping leaves and the largest edible fruit native to this country. In mid to late summer the green, mango-shaped fruit softens to a fragrant custard, banana and mango in one, around rows of big dark seeds, relished by people and raccoons alike. The crushed leaves carry a distinctive odor, and the whole tree reads more like the tropics than a temperate woodland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsimina triloba\u003c\/em\u003e sends up many root suckers and forms colonies, the natural way of the species, and prefers deep, rich soil and dependable moisture. Pawpaw is self-sterile, so plant more than one, ideally unrelated seedlings, for cross-pollination and a good fruit set. Some nurseries offer named varieties selected for larger or sweeter fruit. Native to the eastern United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive pawpaw a sheltered, fertile spot in sun to part shade, with young trees appreciating some shade and mature ones fruiting best in sun. The tree anchors an edible landscape, a woodland edge, or a naturalized planting, and serves as the sole host of the zebra swallowtail butterfly. The soft gold fall color is a quiet bonus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057813721203,"sku":"ASIM-TRIL-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/AsiminatrilobaJimRobbins1.jpg?v=1783096578"},{"product_id":"aucuba-japonica-var-borealis","title":"Aucuba japonica var. borealis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAucuba japonica is one of the great problem-solvers of the shade garden, a glossy broadleaf evergreen that thrives in the dry, difficult shade where few other shrubs will, and var. borealis is the toughest of the clan. Drawn from the cold northern reaches of the plant's Japanese range, this small-leaved form was selected for hardiness, holding very shiny, dark green, leathery leaves through winters that would burn a common aucuba. The genus name is a Latin rendering of the Japanese aokiba, for the ever-green leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere most aucubas are content only from the middle South and warmer, var. borealis pushes the boundary north, recorded surviving four degrees Fahrenheit at the U.S. National Arboretum in the winter of 1994. That cold tolerance, roughly to USDA zone 6, makes the northern Japanese aucuba a rare thing, a broadleaf evergreen for shade in gardens too cold for the rest of the genus. Like all aucubas, the plant is dioecious, and female plants carry glossy red berries into winter when a male grows nearby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAucuba has long been a city gardener's ally, shrugging off pollution, salt, deep shade, and neglect, and this hardy form brings that resilience to colder ground. Set the shrub in part to full shade in good, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil, as a foundation planting on a north wall, a filler in a shaded border, or an evergreen anchor in a woodland corner. The small, dark, lacquered leaves catch what little light reaches them and give substance to the dim places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe small maroon spring flowers pass almost unnoticed, for the ornament here is the foliage and, on pollinated females, the scarlet fruit. A gentle caution worth noting: the leaves and berries contain compounds that can cause stomach upset if eaten, so site the plant accordingly where small children graze. Slow, durable, and quietly handsome, var. borealis rewards the patient gardener with decades of evergreen presence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057815982195,"sku":"AUCU-JAPO-BORE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Aucubajaponicavar.borealisJCRA.jpg?v=1784297897"},{"product_id":"aucuba-sp-himalayica","title":"Aucuba sp. (himalayica?)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the quiet mysteries of the Woodlanders collection, a narrow-leaved evergreen aucuba received years ago from the U.S. National Arboretum under the name Aucuba himalayica, and quite possibly the slender japonica form known as 'Longifolia' instead. Either way the plant is a striking departure from the usual aucuba, trading broad, spotted leaves for long, willow-like, finely serrated blades of glossy dark green. Woodlanders has not seen this aucuba offered anywhere else, which makes the plant a true collector's piece whatever the correct name proves to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe uncertainty is real and worth telling honestly. A genuine Himalayan species, Aucuba himalaica, does exist, distinguished from the Japanese aucuba chiefly by narrow leaves and fine hairs on the young shoots and flower stalks, where japonica is smooth. Because the narrow-leaved japonica form 'Longifolia' looks much the same, plants passed along as himalaica are often one or the other, and only a close look at the new growth settles the question. Woodlanders offers the plant as received, an intriguing narrow-leaf aucuba awaiting a final verdict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhatever the label, this is an aucuba, and aucubas are among the most forgiving of shade evergreens, tolerant of deep shade, dry soil, city pollution, and general neglect. The genus name comes from the Japanese aokiba, for the evergreen leaves, and like the rest of the clan this narrow-leaved form is dioecious, with small maroon spring flowers and, on pollinated females, red berries in the cooler months. The elegant, tapered foliage gives the plant a lighter, more refined look than the broad-leaved aucubas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet this narrow-leaved aucuba in part to full shade in good, well-drained soil with steady moisture, as a foundation shrub, a shaded border filler, or a distinctive evergreen in a woodland planting. The slim leaves read almost like bamboo from a distance and pair well with ferns, hellebores, and other shade companions. 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The thick, leathery, dark green leaves are coarsely toothed and dusted with scattered yellow flecks, holding their color year round and bringing a glossy, tropical-looking presence to a shaded bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike the Japanese aucuba, this species carries male and female flowers on separate plants, the small purple-maroon spring flowers giving way, on female plants with a male nearby, to glossy red berries. Native to China, undemanding and shade-loving, Aucuba chinensis wants moist, well-drained soil and shelter from hot sun, and asks little once settled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Chinese aucuba in a shaded border, a woodland planting, or a dim courtyard, where the bold evergreen leaves fill space and lift the gloom. A fine choice for the difficult dry-shade and city corners that defeat most shrubs, and a rare alternative to the common gold dust plant. Plant a male and a female together for the red winter berries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816178803,"sku":"AUCU-CHIN-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1080.jpg?v=1720136564"},{"product_id":"aucuba-japonica-golden-king","title":"Aucuba japonica 'Golden King'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is a strange romance buried in this plant's history, and 'Golden King' sits on the male side of it. \u003cem\u003eAucuba japonica\u003c\/em\u003e reached England in 1783 as a single female, the yellow-flecked gold dust shrub that Victorians went on to plant by the thousand. Aucuba carry their sexes on separate plants, and for eighty years every aucuba in the country was a clone of that one female, waiting on the famous red berries that never came, because Japan had sealed its borders and no male could be had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly when Robert Fortune reached the newly opened country around 1861 and sent a male home did the first berried plant appear, a sensation when shown in London in 1864. Someone later wrote a whole book about the saga and called it \u003cem\u003eA Virgin for Eighty Years\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Golden King' is a male clone, and a generous one. They set no berries themselves, being the wrong sex for it, but they are exactly what you plant beside a female aucuba to draw hers into color, all the while wearing some of the boldest variegation in the genus: large, leathery, glossy leaves splashed and marbled in gold, often more gold than green, no two quite alike. They came to us through Michael Dirr's evaluations of the best forms. Give them the hard places, dry shade under trees, a sooty city corner, the spot where nothing else will brighten, and they will hold their light there straight through winter. The old Japanese name for them, aoki, means blue tree, from a time when one word still covered blue and green both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816244339,"sku":"AUCU-JAPO-GOLD-KING-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Aucuba_Golden_King_Woodlanders_d533d976-e5af-45e4-9463-61d69d8c03eb.webp?v=1773768142"},{"product_id":"baccharis-halimifolia","title":"Baccharis halimifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBaccharis halimifolia\u003c\/em\u003e is a plant of edges and thresholds, growing where the land loosens and blurs into water: salt marsh margins, ditches, tidal creeks, and back dunes. In fall, when most things are shutting down, the groundsel bush erupts into a soft storm of white seed fluff, like a marsh firework frozen mid-explosion. This is the shrub that coastal Louisiana calls manglier, that botanists call groundsel bush or eastern baccharis, and that local healers have quietly trusted for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA semi-evergreen shrub of the aster family, with small, gray-green, toothed leaves, native to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the southeastern United States. Tough and salt-tolerant, the groundsel bush is a creature of disturbed, sunny ground, and seeds itself freely enough to colonize old fields, roadsides, and cleared land well inland, so site where the abundant seedlings can be managed. Female plants carry the showy white seed masses in fall, a rich late nectar source for migrating pollinators along the coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow groundsel bush in a coastal, wildlife, or rain garden, in sun to part shade, where the salt tolerance and fall display earn a place and the spread can be kept in check. A plant deeply woven into the folk medicine and natural history of the Gulf South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/blogs\/the-node\/baccharis-halimifolia-manglier-story-medicine-and-mystery-along-the-marsh-edge\"\u003eRead the full ethnobotanical story of this plant here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816309875,"sku":"BACC-HALI-01G","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-284.jpg?v=1720136572"},{"product_id":"baccharis-dioica","title":"Baccharis dioica","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare, semi-evergreen shrub, \u003cem\u003eBaccharis dioica\u003c\/em\u003e resembles the common groundsel bush, \u003cem\u003eBaccharis halimifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, but is quite distinct. In 1979, just before Hurricane Frederic did tremendous damage to the Mobile, Alabama area, we found this plant growing behind the dunes on Dauphin Island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot recognizing the shrub, we sent material to the recognized authority on the genus at Southern Methodist University, who identified the plant as Baccharis dioica, a Caribbean species new to Alabama. Otherwise known in the United States only from southernmost Florida, where the species is now considered extirpated, this rare broombush has proven winter hardy for years in our South Carolina garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA salt-tolerant, drought-tolerant shrub for a hot, sunny, coastal or seaside garden, where few other shrubs will take the wind and salt. Like the rest of the genus, Baccharis dioica carries male and female flowers on separate plants, the females bearing soft white seed fluff in fall. A botanical rarity and a piece of Gulf Coast natural history for the collector and the coastal gardener.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional photos courtesy of George D. Gann.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057816604787,"sku":"BACC-DIOI-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/BaccharisdioicaGeorgeDGannWoodlanders2.jpg?v=1755116489"},{"product_id":"bejaria-befaria-racemosa","title":"Bejaria (Befaria) racemosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eBejaria racemosa, the tarflower, is one of the odd and lovely surprises of the Florida scrub, a heath-family shrub that looks nothing like the rest of the clan. Where blueberries and azaleas carry small, fused, bell-shaped blooms, tarflower opens wide flowers of seven separate petals, white to soft pink and sweetly fragrant, held in loose summer racemes. The genus honors the eighteenth-century Spanish botanist Jose Bejar, and though older books spell the name Befaria, botanists have since settled on Bejaria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe common names tarflower and flycatcher come from the plant's strangest habit. The buds, young twigs, and flowers are coated in a sticky, resinous film that catches small insects like flypaper, and whether the shrub draws any nourishment from the trapped visitors or simply fends off nectar thieves is a question botanists still debate. Either way, the large native bees strong enough to work the blooms pass freely, doing the real business of pollination while ants and small flies stay stuck at the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTarflower belongs to the fire-shaped scrub and sandy pine flatwoods of Florida and the neighboring Deep South, thriving on lean, acid sand where richer soil and standing water would spell trouble. Like the blueberries and azaleas nearby, the plant depends on sharp drainage and an acid root run, and repays those conditions with fragrant summer flowers and a quietly picturesque, often twisting form. Bees, butterflies, and at least one native moth make use of the plant through the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeldom offered in the trade and famously particular about transplanting, tarflower is a collector's shrub and a conversation piece for the native, xeric, or pollinator garden. Give Bejaria racemosa full sun to light shade and very sandy, sharply drained, acid soil, and resist the urge to pamper the roots. Sited well, this uncommon Florida native rewards the patient gardener with sticky, seven-petaled, honey-scented flowers found on nothing else in the border.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057817489523,"sku":"BEJA-BEFA-RACE-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Bejaria_Befaria_racemosaAlanCresslar.jpg?v=1784298434"},{"product_id":"bouvardia-ternifolia","title":"Bouvardia ternifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBouvardia ternifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the firecracker bush, is a compact, heat-loving shrub of the southwestern United States and Mexico, hung from late spring to frost with clusters of long, slender, scarlet-red tubular flowers. Few plants pull hummingbirds in like this one: the bright tubes are pitched exactly for their bills, and the bloom keeps coming through the hottest months when little else holds color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhorls of narrow leaves clothe a tidy, two-to-three-foot frame. A creature of sun and lean, dry, well-drained ground, the firecracker bush shrugs off heat and drought and thrives where water is scarce. Native to the desert Southwest, root-hardy in zone 8 and a year-round shrub in frost-free gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant firecracker bush in a hot, sunny border, a rock or gravel garden, a dry bank, or a xeric planting, where the scarlet tubes draw hummingbirds and butterflies all season. Pairs naturally with salvias, agastache, and other sun-and-drought lovers, and earns a place as one of the best heat-tolerant flowering shrubs for the warm garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818374259,"sku":"BOUV-TERN-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Bouvardia_turnifolia_Woodlanders_1.jpg?v=1737245785"},{"product_id":"buddleia-davidii-attraction","title":"Buddleia davidii ‘Attraction’","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia davidii\u003c\/em\u003e 'Attraction' is a more compact butterfly bush than the usual run of the species, forming a rounded shrub of arching branches lined with gray-green leaves. From summer into fall, royal red, fragrant flowers gather in nodding panicles six to ten inches long, drawing butterflies and bees in profusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast and easy in full sun and well-drained, moist, fertile soil, 'Attraction' can be cut back hard in spring before new growth, since the bloom comes on the current season's wood. As with the species, deadhead the spent flowers before they set seed: this keeps the rebloom coming and keeps the self-sowing in check, which matters where the common butterfly bush is unwelcome. Native, in the species, to China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 'Attraction' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the deep red panicles draw butterflies through the heat of summer. Compact at four to six feet, and a strong red in a genus mostly given to purples and pinks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818636403,"sku":"BUDD-DAVI-ATTR-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/0D0AA9F4-DA1B-4E53-B86F-DB6F7570DF21.jpg?v=1772026729"},{"product_id":"buddleia-alternifolia","title":"Buddleia alternifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia alternifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the fountain or alternate-leaf butterfly bush, stands apart from the usual butterfly-bush crowd. A deciduous shrub native to northwestern China, the fountain butterfly bush is the most cold-hardy of the genus, and is grown above all for a weeping form and an early-season flood of fragrant, lavender-purple bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn shape the shrub recalls a small weeping willow, the long, arching branches cloaked in narrow, silver-green leaves set alternately, a key difference from other butterfly bushes. In late spring and early summer the branches erupt into a waterfall of softly scented blossoms, densely packed along the previous year's wood, an elegant cascade and a magnet for butterflies and bees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the flowers come on old wood, prune right after bloom to protect the next year's display. Left unpruned, the fountain butterfly bush settles into a naturally flowing eight-to-fifteen-foot fountain, a striking specimen for a cottage garden, an informal border, or a naturalistic planting. Tough and drought-tolerant once established, and reliably hardier than the modern butterfly-bush hybrids.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818734707,"sku":"BUDD-ALTE-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/0B9E2FF4-06DE-4F18-A79F-BF748D95DA4C.jpg?v=1772275407"},{"product_id":"buddleia-lindleyana","title":"Buddleia lindleyana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia lindleyana\u003c\/em\u003e, Lindley's butterfly bush, is the elegant outlier of the genus, an open, arching shrub from China hung in summer with long, slender, gracefully curved racemes of purple-violet flowers. Where most butterfly bushes carry stiff cone-shaped panicles, this one drapes, the curving spikes nodding from the tips of the branches from June until frost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTough and fast, Lindley's butterfly bush thrives in full sun or part shade in well-drained soil and shrugs off heat and drought. The flowers, though unscented, draw butterflies and hummingbirds all season. One caution: the shrub spreads by underground suckers and can colonize over time, so site where the roaming can be managed or where a thicket is welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Lindley's butterfly bush at the back of a sunny border, along a fence, or in a naturalistic planting where the arching, dark-leaved form and curved violet racemes can be appreciated. Eight to ten feet, with a wilder, more graceful habit than the common butterfly bushes. 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The shrub was bred by Dr. Dennis Werner at the JC Raulston Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina, the source of our cuttings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA relatively new introduction, 'Miss Ruby' won first place in the Royal Horticultural Society's 2008 butterfly-bush trials and has been a favorite since. Compact and free-flowering, fragrant, and drawing butterflies and hummingbirds all season, the shrub sets almost no viable seed, so the magenta show comes without the self-sowing of the old kinds. Plant in full sun in well-drained, fertile soil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 'Miss Ruby' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the hot magenta reads against silver and green. Cut the shrub back hard in spring once new growth shows, and the flowers return on the current season's wood by summer. Four to six feet, and one of the most colorful butterfly bushes going.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818964083,"sku":"BUDD-DAVI-MISS-RUBY-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/13D11DDA-0B97-4E9A-B090-D50EB7C24DA5.jpg?v=1727143282"},{"product_id":"buddleia-davidii-x-fallowiana-lochinch","title":"Buddleia davidii x fallowiana 'Lochinch'","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Lochinch' is one of the most refined of the butterfly bushes, a cross of \u003cem\u003eBuddleia davidii\u003c\/em\u003e and the silvery \u003cem\u003eBuddleia fallowiana\u003c\/em\u003e that takes the best of both: dense, fragrant panicles of soft lavender-blue, each tiny flower lit by a small orange eye, over handsome gray-green, almost silver foliage. Compact and rounded, the shrub blooms all summer into fall on the new growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasy and tough, 'Lochinch' wants full sun and well-drained soil, takes heat and drought in stride once established, and draws butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds the length of the season. Deer tend to pass the gray foliage by. Deadhead spent panicles to keep the bloom coming and to limit self-sowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 'Lochinch' in a sunny border, a cottage garden, or a pollinator planting, where the silvery leaves and lavender-blue flowers cool a hot summer scheme. Cut the shrub back hard in early spring before new growth, since the flowers come on the current season's wood. Five to seven feet, fragrant, and reliably floriferous.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057818996851,"sku":"BUDD-DAVI-FALL-LOCH-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/9E08DEB6-2752-4A0F-A693-D65CF078CCB3.jpg?v=1724938156"},{"product_id":"buddleia-cordata-ssp-tomentella","title":"Buddleia cordata ssp. tomentella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleia cordata\u003c\/em\u003e ssp. \u003cem\u003etomentella\u003c\/em\u003e is a striking, large evergreen shrub with broad, somewhat heart-shaped leaves in soft gray-green, the lighter undersides flashing in every breeze. First collected by Yucca-Do Nursery near Los Lerios in Coahuila, Mexico, the plant was originally offered by Woodlanders as Buddleia sp. 'Los Lerios', and the true identity was later confirmed by Dr. Jon Lindstrom of the University of Arkansas, a longtime customer and plantsman of note.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemarkably hardy for a Mexican evergreen, reliable in zone 8, this robust shrub thrives in a sunny site with well-drained soil. In summer, dense terminal clusters of tiny greenish to creamy-white flowers gather at the branch tips, an unusual but quietly handsome display. In form and effect, Dr. Lindstrom notes, the shrub can resemble a sumac, lending a soft, architectural presence to the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a specimen or part of a mixed border, Buddleia cordata ssp. tomentella offers year-round gray-green foliage, summer bloom for pollinators, and a fascinating backstory, a plant for the collector and the adventurous gardener. 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The leaves are narrowly ovate, dark green above, silvery and felted beneath, so the whole shrub seems to flicker when wind moves through the canes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA plant of the subtropics.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardy in USDA zones 9 and 10, where the shrub grows as a substantial evergreen, and reliably killed by frost below the high twenties. In zone 8 the plant can be sited against a south-facing wall and treated as a winter-dieback shrub, returning from the root each spring to flower on new wood. Elsewhere the Madagascar butterfly bush belongs in a cool conservatory or a generous greenhouse, where gardeners have grown the plant that way in English collections for over a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorth saying plainly: this species naturalizes aggressively in frost-free climates and is listed as invasive in Hawaii, parts of Florida, coastal Australia, and several other warm regions. We \u003cstrong\u003edo not\u003c\/strong\u003e ship to states where the plant is a documented problem. In its proper place, this is a beautiful and historically beloved garden shrub. In the wrong place, the canes form a thicket. Plant with that in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819127923,"sku":"BUDD-MADA-01G","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/IMG-1337.webp?v=1778101435"},{"product_id":"buddleia-loricata","title":"Buddleia loricata","description":"\u003cp\u003eBuddleia loricata, the mountain sagewood, is a rugged evergreen from the high Drakensberg of South Africa and Lesotho, and one of the hardiest of all the butterfly bushes. Unlike the familiar deciduous buddlejas, this species holds narrow, crinkled, sage-like leaves the year round, dark green above and felted silvery white beneath. The species epithet loricata means clad in mail or armored, a nod to that tough, quilted foliage, while the genus honors the English clergyman-botanist Adam Buddle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the warm months the shrub carries dense terminal heads of small, sweetly honey-scented flowers, creamy white to pale yellow and often lit with an orange eye. Butterflies and bees work the fragrant clusters as they do on the common buddlejas, but here the show comes on an evergreen, mountain-tough plant rather than a rangy summer one. In the wild, mountain sagewood grows among rocks and in sheltered, moist gullies high on the slopes, well above six thousand feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat alpine origin gives the mountain sagewood an unusual toughness, shrugging off frost and cold that would cut down more tender kin, and standing among the most cold-hardy buddlejas in cultivation. Give the shrub full sun and well-drained soil, where the plant asks little once established and holds a neat, bushy form on non-invasive roots. Little known and still largely untested in American gardens, this is a plant for the curious grower and the collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet Buddleia loricata where the fragrance and the pollinators can be enjoyed, in a sunny border, a rock garden, a low hedge, or a butterfly planting. The evergreen, silver-backed foliage earns a place even out of bloom, and the sweet summer flower heads bring in the winged traffic buddlejas are loved for. For a fragrant, frost-hardy, evergreen alternative to the usual butterfly bush, the mountain sagewood is a quietly rewarding choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819193459,"sku":"BUDD-LORI-01G","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/buddleja-loricataJohnGrimshaw.jpg?v=1784298596"},{"product_id":"buddleia-salvifolia","title":"Buddleja salviifolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuddleja salviifolia\u003c\/em\u003e, the sage-leaf butterfly bush, is a medium to large evergreen shrub from the sun-soaked hillsides of South Africa, and despite the exotic origin the plant has proven remarkably hardy in southeastern gardens, coming through winters at the University of Georgia's Athens trials with quiet resilience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn late spring and early summer the shrub carries airy clusters of pale lavender flowers, soft in tone and lightly fragrant. But the real draw is the foliage: long, sage-like leaves, softly textured and silvered beneath, a rare and quiet kind of beauty. As Dr. Michael Dirr once noted, \"All visitors to our trials have become enamored with the foliage.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSage-leaf butterfly bush also has a long life in South African folk medicine, an herbal tea and remedy in the home gardens of its native range. Grown here for the silvered foliage and the lavender bloom, the plant wants a sunny spot with well-drained soil and room to take its natural, upright, architectural form: a fine specimen, a texture contrast in a dry or Mediterranean-style garden, or a backbone for a wildlife planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos courtesy of Julian Sutton and John Wursten.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819226227,"sku":"BUDD-SALV-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/buddleja-salviifolia-1AndrewLargeWoodlanders2.jpg?v=1747576534"},{"product_id":"buxus-balearica","title":"Buxus balearica","description":"\u003cp\u003eA seldom-offered evergreen, \u003cem\u003eBuxus balearica\u003c\/em\u003e is the bold-leaved boxwood: an upright shrub or small tree related to the common boxwood, \u003cem\u003eBuxus sempervirens\u003c\/em\u003e, but with noticeably larger, glossier leaves. Less cold-hardy than the common box, the Balearic boxwood is a fine choice for warmer gardens, where the big evergreen leaves give a lush, polished presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNative to the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean and to southwestern Spain, the Balearic boxwood is easy and adaptable in sun or semi-shade in well-drained soil, drought-tolerant once established, and deer-resistant like the rest of the genus. Small, fragrant, greenish-yellow flowers open in spring, modest but pleasantly scented.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse Balearic boxwood as a specimen, an informal evergreen screen, or a bold-textured anchor in a Mediterranean or dry garden, where the large leaves set the plant apart from the fine-leaved common boxwoods. A rare and handsome evergreen for the warm-climate garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotos in bloom courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819816051,"sku":"BUXU-BALE-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/BuxusbalearicaMBG2.jpg?v=1730297635"},{"product_id":"buxus-sempervirens-unraveled","title":"Buxus sempervirens 'Unraveled'","description":"\u003cp\u003eA twisting, weeping take on the classic boxwood, \u003cem\u003eBuxus sempervirens\u003c\/em\u003e 'Unraveled' breaks the upright, clipped mold of the genus entirely. The branches arch and twist into a loose, cascading, almost sculptural form, dense with the familiar small evergreen leaves but carried on a frame that drapes rather than stands. A selection from the JC Raulston Arboretum, 'Unraveled' brings a wild, playful edge to a plant usually grown for rigid formality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardy, evergreen, and low in fuss, 'Unraveled' keeps a compact three-to-four-foot scale and asks little beyond well-drained soil. The arching habit makes the shrub a standout specimen, a soft note at the front of a border, a draping accent over a wall or large container, or a curiosity in a rock garden, equally at home in formal and informal settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike all boxwoods, 'Unraveled' is evergreen, deer-resistant, and best given good air circulation, since the genus can be troubled by boxwood blight. Grown in sun to shade, the twisting form holds year-round structure with a character all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819881587,"sku":"BUXU-SEMP-UNRA-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Buxussempervirens_Unraveled_Woodlanders.png?v=1730819915"},{"product_id":"buxus-harlandii","title":"Buxus harlandii","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small boxwood with narrow, bright green leaves and an unusually showy spring bloom, this is apparently the true \u003cem\u003eBuxus harlandii\u003c\/em\u003e. The boxwoods commonly sold in the South as B. harlandii, including the variety 'Richard', are, according to Dr. Todd Lasseigne, another Asian species, \u003cem\u003eBuxus bodinieri\u003c\/em\u003e; the real harlandii is much less often seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe confusion is old and well documented. Henry Fletcher Hance described the species from Chinese material in the early 1870s, and on the herbarium sheet that anchors the name two different plants were mounted side by side, one the true \u003cem\u003eharlandii\u003c\/em\u003e and one a form of \u003cem\u003eBuxus microphylla\u003c\/em\u003e var. \u003cem\u003esinica\u003c\/em\u003e. Generations of nurseries went on propagating the wrong half of the sheet. The name honors William Aurelius Harland, colonial surgeon at the Victoria Seamen's Hospital in Hong Kong and an early student of the local flora, who botanized around the harbor between hospital rounds and corresponded with Hance until his death in the late 1850s. In the wild the plant grows from Hong Kong and the Guangdong islands south to Hainan and into Vietnam, rooted among rocks and river cobble at low elevation, which explains both the appetite for sharp drainage and the dislike of hard winters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoodlanders acquired this plant from a small nursery in north Florida. The true Harland boxwood is best known to bonsai growers, who prize the fine bright foliage, the dense twiggy frame, and the handsome corky bark that ages faster than most box. Where common boxwood reads as a green mass, harlandii reads as a set of small deliberate lines, which is exactly what earns the plant a pot and a bench.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the ground, use Harland boxwood as a low evergreen edger, a small specimen, or a container plant, where the compact two to three foot frame and bright narrow leaves can be appreciated up close. Well-drained soil in sun or semi-shade suits the shrub, good air movement discourages boxwood blight, and the deer leave the foliage alone. As with all box, the leaves are toxic if eaten, so site accordingly. An uncommon, choice boxwood for the warm-climate garden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819947123,"sku":"BUXU-HARL-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/BuxusharlandiiWoodlanders1.jpg?v=1743381360"},{"product_id":"caesalpinia-gillesii","title":"Caesalpinia gilliesii","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew hardy shrubs put on a show like Caesalpinia gilliesii, the desert bird of paradise, whose summer flowers open clear yellow and send out a spray of long scarlet stamens like fireworks caught mid-burst. A legume from the dry country of Argentina and Uruguay, long naturalized across the American Southwest, the plant carries ferny, blue-green, mimosa-like foliage that sets off the flamboyant bloom. Botanists now place the species in the genus Erythrostemon, meaning red stamen, though gardeners still know the plant as Caesalpinia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe species name honors John Gillies, the Scottish physician who botanized in Argentina in the early nineteenth century. Borne in tall upright clusters through the heat of summer, the flowers draw hummingbirds and pollinators by day, and the long stamens and evening scent suggest a partnership with night-flying moths as well. Flat, curved seed pods follow, ripening until they twist open and fling the seeds free.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a plant for hot, dry, difficult places, thriving in full sun and sharp drainage where heat and drought defeat softer shrubs. Fast-growing and root-hardy, Caesalpinia gilliesii stays evergreen in warm winters and dies back to the ground in colder ones, resprouting in spring, which lets the plant reach into the middle South and the high desert alike. A word of caution belongs on the label, since the green seed pods and seeds are toxic if eaten, worth keeping in mind where children and pets roam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse Caesalpinia gilliesii as a xeric specimen, an informal screen, or a background shrub in a hot, sunny border, water-wise landscape, or desert-style planting. The lacy foliage and spectacular summer flowers bring an exotic, almost tropical air to ground that stays bone dry, and the hummingbird traffic is a bonus. Give the plant full sun, excellent drainage, and room to show off, and expect little trouble in return.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhotos courtesy of Miguel Gonzalez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057819979891,"sku":"CAES-GILL-01G","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/CaesalpiniagilliesiiMiguelGonzalez.png?v=1784299361"},{"product_id":"callicarpa-americana","title":"Callicarpa americana","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe genus name says it: \u003cem\u003eCallicarpa\u003c\/em\u003e, from the Greek kallos, beauty, and karpos, fruit, beautiful fruit, a genus named for exactly what it does. \u003cem\u003eCallicarpa americana\u003c\/em\u003e, the American beautyberry, is the southeastern native that gives the genus a calling card. From late August into November, the plant sets dense clusters of small drupes in a luminous magenta-purple, a color that registers as almost unreal in the late-summer landscape, somewhere between fuchsia and amethyst, with no real precedent among native fruits. The berries gather in tight whorls around the stem at every leaf node, all the way down the arching branches, so that a mature shrub in October looks less like a shrub bearing fruit than a ribbon of purple glass beads strung along the branches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe species ranges across the southeastern coastal plain and Piedmont, west into Texas and northern Mexico, with outlier populations in Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Cuba, growing along forest edges, in pine flatwoods, on old-field margins, and in the dappled understory of mixed hardwood-pine canopies. So much a part of the southern landscape that to many southerners the beautyberry feels native to memory itself, the shrub has only really been embraced as a garden plant in recent decades. William Bartram, the eighteenth-century Quaker naturalist whose Travels (1791) remains the foundational botanical document of the American South, described Callicarpa in the Carolina and Georgia woods he walked, and the southern poet Kathryn Stripling Byer used the beautyberry in her poem Beautyberry as a figure for endurance, beauty in the face of adversity, a fair description of how the plant actually lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe other story is more recent. In the rural Mississippi of his grandfather's generation, the USDA botanist Charles Bryson had been told that crushed beautyberry leaves, rubbed on the skin or stuffed under a farm animal's harness, kept biting insects away. Bryson passed the tip to Charles Cantrell, a chemist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Oxford, Mississippi, and Cantrell and colleagues isolated three terpenoid compounds from the leaves: callicarpenal, intermedeol, and spathulenol. In peer-reviewed testing against the mosquitoes that carry yellow fever and malaria, callicarpenal worked at roughly 79 percent the strength of DEET; against the blacklegged ticks that carry Lyme disease, and lone star ticks, callicarpenal was statistically equal to DEET; against fire ants, also effective. The USDA patented the compounds. The grandfather was right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the garden, the American beautyberry is a forgiving, durable, slightly unruly deciduous shrub, four to six feet tall and as wide, with an open, arching frame that takes a light pruning in late winter to stay compact and fruit heavily. The shrub blooms and fruits on new wood, so cutting back to twelve or eighteen inches each spring sharply increases the show. The early-summer flowers are small and pale lavender-pink, pretty up close, easy to miss from a distance, and busy with native bees and small butterflies. But the fruit is the event: more than forty species of southeastern birds work the clusters in fall and winter, from bobwhite and cardinals to mockingbirds and thrashers, along with deer, raccoons, foxes, and opossums. The berries are mildly edible, long used for jelly, though the wildlife usually clears them faster than any cook could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the native gardener, the wildlife gardener, the ethnobotanist, or anyone who wants to plant a real piece of the flora of the American South: the plant Bartram saw, the plant Bryson's grandfather knew, the plant the USDA validated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/blogs\/news\/the-tale-of-callicarpa-americana-beauty-berries-and-botanical-magic\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for our in-depth article on this plant.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057820274803,"sku":"CALL-AMER-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/Callicarpa_americana_close_up.jpg?v=1777573718"},{"product_id":"callicarpa-dichotoma-issai","title":"Callicarpa dichotoma 'Issai'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCallicarpa dichotoma\u003c\/em\u003e 'Issai', the purple beautyberry, is a compact, cold-hardy selection grown for a heavy crop of glossy, violet-purple berries that ring the stems from late summer well into fall. Smaller and tidier than the American beautyberry, 'Issai' fruits young and freely, often setting berries on a single plant, and holds the color long after the leaves have gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmall pink-lavender flowers open in summer, an unobtrusive lead-in to the berries, which are the show. A four-to-five-foot shrub that keeps a neat, rounded shape, the purple beautyberry suits a small garden, a mixed border, or a mass planting where the fall fruit can light up the bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant 'Issai' in sun or part shade in average, well-drained soil. Like the rest of the genus, the shrub fruits on the current year's growth, so cut back hard in late winter for the heaviest crop and a compact frame. Easy, reliable, and a top choice for fall color where space is limited.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057820307571,"sku":"CALL-DICH-ISSA-01G","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1518.jpg?v=1720136773"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/collections\/Woodlanders_Woody_Plants_Collectrion.png?v=1720221542","url":"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/collections\/woody-plants.oembed?page=28","provider":"Woodlanders","version":"1.0","type":"link"}