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CALLICARPA ‘EX BODNIERI PROFUSION’ Ex Hammer

Callicarpa ‘ex bodnieri Profusion’ Ex Hammer           S. P. -1@ $15.00

Deciduous showy pale purple pea sized berries persist into winter, from seed but they look identical to the clonal form. It is one of the showiest plants for berries.

 

Callicarpa giraldii (Bodnieri) 'Profusion'    S. P. -1@ $15.00

Cutting grown from a plant labeled Bodnieri Profusion from Heronswood. It has extremely large leaves and is quite unlike Callicarpa ‘ex bodnieri Profusion’, Langhammer re- keyed it and insists that this is actually a form of Callicarpa giraldii, a yellow glanded species which is the Asian counterpart of Callicarpa americana and I can believe it. Very large leaved, it tends to behave as a dieback shrub here, berries are great looking and overall it is the most distinctive looking Callicarpa we offer.

 

Callicarpa dichotoma .. BAP.-  1@ $29.00

Arching deciduous shrub to 4’ in height, Langhammer hates it because it touches nearby plants (he has a thing about worms too but we won’t go there), but the abundant metallic purple berries are great and it never fails to fruit heavily.

 

Callicarpa dichotoma ‘albafructus’    BAP.-  1@ $29.00

The white-fruited version of the above, branches in fruit are very attractive in flower arrangements.

 

callicarpa japonica ...... BAP.-  1@ $29.00

Seedling grown, Rothmans stock, coming from him I would expect good fruiting forms.

 

Callicarpa japonica 'Leucocarpa' BAP.-  1@ $29.00

The white-fruited form of Japonica, cut stems hold their berries well and are great in dried arrangements. 'Leucocarpa' is  lovely in the landscape combined with the purple forms.

 

Callicarpa dichotoma 'Spring Gold' G.-  1@ $19.00

A Japanese cultivar with bright gold spring growth that gradually becomes green as the season progresses, typical arching stems of metallic purple berries.

 

Callistemon rigidus ............ G.-  1@ $19.00

A spectacular red Bottlebrush from Australia, the name Callistemon means beautiful stamens and they certainly are, we grow it as an exotic looking tub plant for the patio, but with another few hundred years of global warming who knows? 

 

Calycanthus floridus ....... S. P.1@ $8.00

Sweet shrub, curious anise scented red flowers will perfume your garden in May and sporadically throughout the summer; its one of our best native shrubs.

 

Calycanthus occidentalis S. P. -1@ $19.00

Relatively rare in cultivation, this is the western counterpart of the above with reddish brown flowers and large leathery almost magnolia-like leaves. It's a streamside plant that Ratko collected at relatively low altitude, it has been hardy for us with a bit of protection and is extremely vigorous producing 6’ shoots in a year with flowers that are larger than floridus.

 

Calycanthus (Athens x floridus) open poll         G.-  1@ $15.00

Open pollinated seedling of Athens, which is yellow growing side by side with a normal red floridus. We did the cross both ways but the two batches go mixed however that may not make much difference these could be cool. And backcrosses may be even better.

 

CAMPYLOTROPIS MACROCARPUS G.-  1@ $19.00

A seldom-encountered Chinese legume a bit reminiscent of Lespedeza, in late summer it produces clusters of purple pea flowers in terminal racemes.

 

CARAGANA ARBORESCENS .. 2G.-  1@ $24.00

The Caragana most commonly encountered in gardens, yellow pea flowers in spring, it makes a good understock for the weeping forms.

 

Caragana arborescens 'Lorburg' BAP.-  1@ $29.00

A fine leafed form similar to 'Walkeri', introduced from Lorburg Nursery in Germany around 1906, leaflets are only 1/25wide giving the plant an exceptionally ferny and delicate appearance.

 

Caragana pygmaea ............ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Dwarf spiny subshrub with yellow pea flowers from China and Siberia we find it much easier than C. jubata, which is hard for us to keep alive.

 

Caragana sinensis ............. S. P. -1@ $15.00

Punnett likes Caragana so we scrounged another species to add to the list, the name probably should be sinica, but don't count on me I suffer from Caragana Dyslexia, a rare disease where all those little pea things look alike (except for Clitoria of course). 

 

Cardiandra alternifolia djh 435 G.-  1@ $19.00

Japanese saxifrage related to Hydrangea and similar to it except for the alternate leaves, flowers are pink lacecap corymbs, herbaceous stems arise from a woody base, in the garden treat it as a perennial or dieback shrub. Dan’s collections from Honshu in 1995.

 

Carmichaelia adpressa ... S. P. -1@ $8.00

A bit of a mystery it’s a bad sign when Google draws a blank but hey all the Carmichaelias are cool with their little pea flowers and seeds that are suspended in neat little rings.

 

Carpinteria californica . S.P. 1@ $15.00

Ratko’s collection of this monotypic gem, at 2700’ on the Sierra Nevada, an evergreen shrub with 4” glossy narrow leaves and pure white flowers up to 3” across that resemble a Stewartia or Anemone, scented of honey lemon. Seed supposedly requires fire or Ga3 to germinate although in our experience this is not true. Carpinteria is in the hydrangeaceae and probably closest to Philadelphus, but more then weird enough to be classed monotypic. Rix calls it hardy to –15c.

 

Carpinus betulus ............. BAP.-  1@ $49.00

European Hornbeam is one of the finest landscape trees it can reach 80’ at maturity but takes a while to get there, in Europe it is often seen sheared in the manner of beech to make living walls

 

Carpinus cordata .................. G.-  1@ $19.00

An attractive Asian hornbeam it is slow growing reaching 13’ after fifty two years at Morton Arb, like most woody stuff it keeps getting a bit bigger each year and 50’ plants are out there.

 

Carpinus laxiflora .............. G.-  1@ $19.00

A dwarf Hornbeam native to Japan and Korea, it has a twiggy habit with reddish stems and small leaves, it makes an excellent bonsai.

 

CARYOPTERIS DIVERICATA   BAP.-  1@ $19.00

Japanese species, large blue flowers with prominent stamens in late summer, 5' very showy, and unlike the better-known species, seldom offered. We like to grow it in our large mixed perennial border, and it really is more of a woody based perennial than a shrub. The curled blue flowers with their strongly exerted stamens never fail to catch a passing eye.

 

CARYOPTERIS DIVERICATA  ‘snow fairy’    S. P. -1@ $15.00

A new variegated form of divericata with bold variegation, it is one of the best new variegated shrubs we have seen, typical blue flowers and exciting foliage, hey something must like it our stock plant in the garden came up missing, fortunately it is in tissue culture and we now have plenty. We wondered a bit about hardiness but we are now convinced that it is fully hardy once established.

 

Caryopteris clandonensis 'Grand Bleu'        S. P. -1@ $19.00

An induced mutation of Heavenly blue it is about half the size and very free flowering. This is the best of the newer hybrids in my estimation.

 

Caryopteris clandonensis 'Sunshine Bleu'            S. P. -1@ $19.00

Vastly superior to Worchester Gold, ‘Sunshine Blue’ is simply the best gold leafed Caryopteris flowers are nearly as dark as ‘Dark Knight’.

 

Caryopteris clandonensis 'Summer Sorbet'         S. P. -1@ $12.00

Clusters of brilliant deep blue flowers in late summer into the fall and neatly yellow edged foliage  that is attractive all season long make 'Summer Sorbet' hard to beat..

 

Castanea mollisima ......... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Don’t roast these by an open fire they are much better eaten raw, the roasted ones are disgusting, trees are chestnut blight resistant and will reach 60’ high with a wide spreading crown.

 

Catalpa bignoides ex aurea G.1@ $19.00

The golden form of Southern Catalpa this flowers 2 weeks later than speciosa. These are not clonal but seedlings (it comes true from seed with yellow leaves) besides the huge clusters of2” white flowers, dangling 20” beanlike pods and the lovely golden leaves this may bring you Catalpa sphynx. You can either coo over them and photograph them or use them for fish bait.

 

Ceanothus ‘gloire DE VERSAILLES Bap.1@ $29.00

I used to think the only hardy Ceanothus were on the ugly side, not so, this has lovely fluffy powder blue plumes that are showy indeed. The foliage texture is outstanding as well, and better still it flowers mid to late summer when there aren't a lot of flowering shrubs in bloom.

 

Ceanothus gregii .................. S. P.1@ $15.00

Bradshaw’s collections from rocky limestone slopes in Otero Co. NM at 6500’, twiggy subshrubs 3’ to as much as 6’ in height with umbels of white flowers and tiny leaves; these look promising and from 6500’ should be reasonably hardy.

 

Ceanothus x vietchianus 2G.-  1@ $29.00

A naturally occurring hybrid between C. rigidus and C. griseus, an upright plant with glossy green leaves gray green pubescent on the undersides, flowers are dark blue in long loose capitate clusters; hardy in Punnett’s garden until last year, when it croaked.

 

Ceanothus prostratus ex Heronswood        S. P.1@ $15.00

This appears to us to be var. gloriosus, which many botanists consider a distinct species. It is more erect growing than the Ratko form typically a bit over a foot tall but some inland populations can reach 1-2m in height. An evergreen creeping shrub with ilex like leaves that will eventually reach 8’ wide with inch wide clusters of deep blue to violet flowers at the ends of the stems followed by very ornamental red fruit.

 

Celtis occidentalis ......... Bap. -1@ $24.00

Included here primarily because of its importance as a larval food plant for so many different butterflies including the Hackberry Butterfly, Mountain Emperor, Empress Leilia, Tawny Emperor, Empress Flora, Empress Louisa (all members of the genus Asterocampa); Question Mark and Mourning Cloak will also munch on it.  More importantly, it is the exclusive food of the bizarre Snout Butterfly (Libytheana bachmanii), a living fossil that has been found in 30 million year old fossil shales along with Hackberry leaves. There are about a dozen Snout species worldwide including two in North America, all in the Libytheidae; curiously, the beaklike palpi that comprise the snout have no discernable function.

 

Celtis tenuiifolia ................ S. P.1@ $15.00

Dwarf Hackberry is the rarest tree in Michigan and not common anywhere in it’s range. It grows in xeric openings with Quercus prinoides. All of the Hackberry feeding butterflies will eat it, the fruits are sweet but with little flesh.

 

CEPHALANTHUS OCCIDENTALIS BAP.-  1@ $24.00

Buttonbush, an attractive native shrub for wet situations, I grow it primarily for Promethia moths and a rare little Sphyngid, Darapsa versicolor.

 

Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sputnik'             S. P. -1@ $15.00

Another gift from Tim and Dale at Spring Meadow, as far as I know this is the only dwarf Buttonbush, actually, this may be the only named form. Very compact with good glossy foliage and globular heads of creamy white flowers with prominent protruding sexual parts. It will grow in standing water.

 

Cercis canadensis 'Forest PANSY' BAP.-  1@ $69.00

An outstanding plant with deep purple foliage it is hardy here but resents summer heat and drought. Dick claims it does not set viable seed and I have never seen a purple seedling, which may not be a bad thing, as Cercis tend to weed everywhere.

 

Cercis canadensis. Michigan Form S. P. -1@ $19.00

Michigan forms from near the northern limits of the species these are far tougher than most of the plants in general cultivation, if you want an indestructible redbud look no further.

 

Cercis canadensis 'weeping seedlings ex gee'    S. P. -1@ $12.00

Seedlings from a weeping plant at gees it’s too early to tell what the habit will be but none of them are flat to the ground.

 

Cercis chinensis 'Avondale' bap.-  1@ $69.00

A Duncan and Davies introduction it originated in a suburb of Avondale in Auckland New Zealand, the bud count is insane and even the larger branches are smothered in flowers the down side is it is rather tender

 

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Cameo' S. P. -1@ $15.00

The only Flowering Quince in Dirr’s garden, high praise indeed, an outstanding disease resistant plant with incredible double peachy pink flowers.

 

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Contorta' S. P. -1@ $12.00

Warped and twisted this has great potential for piercing body parts, the Dee Snyder of Quinces (what you don’t remember Twisted Sister?).

 

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Hollandia' S. P. -1@ $15.00

Large red flowers, blooming for a long period, and again in the fall, nice espalier.

 

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Jet Trail' S. P. -1@ $12.00

A white sport of ‘Texas Scarlet’, it grows to 3’ or so with a wide spreading compact habit. It is very free blooming and indestructibly hardy.

 

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Nivalis' S. P. -1@ $15.00

Another good white, ‘Nivalis’ is larger growing and more upright than ‘Jet Trail’.

 

Chaenomeles speciosa 'Toyo Nishiki'    S. P. -1@ $15.00

Multicolored flowers, individual branches contain pure white, pink and red flowers, along with all sorts of intermediates and blotchy streaky flowers. This trains into an exceptional bonsai if you have the patience.

 

Chamaecytisus pygmaeus S. P. -1@ $8.00

Dwarf shrublets only 2-5cm tall gray green hairy leaves and heads of 2-5 yellow pea flowers, collected by Pavelka on Ilgaz Dagh from alpine meadows at 1,900m.

 

CHIONANTHUS retusus ... bap.-  1@ $39.00

Asian fringe tree, airy panicles of star shaped white fls, followed by showy clusters of purple fruits, the exfoliating bark adds an extra dimension of interest. It is difficult to propagate but easy to grow, a must for every garden.

 

CHIONANTHUS VIRGINICUS BAP.-  1@ $39.00

Seedlings of the broad leaf form from Punnett, as fringe tree is next to impossible to root so only forms that come true from seed are available, however it is easy and undemanding in the garden. The showy clusters of filmy white flowers combined with huge crops of blue fruit make this one of the best native ornamentals.

 

Chitalpa x tashkentensis 'Pink Dawn'             G. -1@ $19.00

A rare intergeneric hybrid between Catalpa and Chilopsis produced in the U.S.S.R. I'd always loved the huge clusters of exotic tropical looking flowers but never managed to scrounge a specimen, I couldn't believe it when Langhammer dug the big specimen from his garden and gave it to us. He is very discriminating and apparently, it just didn't fit into the look he wanted, go figure, this thing blooms nonstop from late spring until fall, continuously setting new flower buds right up to the first hard freeze.

 

Choisya ternata 'Sundance' G. -1@ $19.00

Marion brought us this, so it must be hardier than I would have thought, she gardens in Toronto, golden leaves, rutaceous, commonly known as Mexican orange, I suspect the giant swallowtails will adore it.

 

Cistus salvifolius ............ S. P. -1@ $12.00

Huge white flowers with brilliant yellow stamens on compact 2-3’ mounded plants with attractive sagelike leaves. This is a classic plant for a medditerranean garden.

 

Cistus sp wild ........................ S. P. -1@ $12.00

I love Cistus but even the ones that survive here seldom bloom well however they make fine tub plants if you winter them frost-free.

 

Clematis heracleifolia see vine listing

 

Clerodendron bungei .... BAP. -1@ $19.00

Bold textured deep purplish green, musky foliage and huge clusters of rosy purple flowers produced at the ends of the current season's growth. An outlandish and extremely showy Verbena relative, I always thought it a pot plant, or at best, a die back here although Tim Woods has had it out for several years and convinced me its hardy, I saw it at Gee's and couldn't resist it.

 

CLERODENDRON BUNGEI DJHC 725 BAP. -1@ $19.00

This may be hardier still although perhaps not quite as showy as the previous form; but one thing is certain it is much faster when it comes to suckering, given sufficient room, lots and lots of room it is spectacular, both in flower and in fruit. We suggest a lawn planting where mowing will keep it contained. On the aggression scale, it is right up there with the running bamboo species. Hinkley collected this from a canyon in Sichuan at 5,500’.

 

Clerodendron trichotomum variegata ('Carnival')     G 1@ $19.00

Harlequin Glorybower, a member of the Verbenacaea, not as stunning as C. bungeana its still a pretty plant in its own right, Dirr was a bit hard on it trichotomum is much more well behaved in the garden than bungeana.  'Carnival' isA good variegate with wide creamy margined leaves, the fragrant white flowers and blue berries are an added advantage; it is a dieback here except in the mildest of winters.

 

Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' S. P. -1@ $12.00

A classic dwarf Clethra this stays less than 3 feet tall with fragrant white flowers in mid summer, it’s a choice plant whose stature makes it indispensable in the landscape.

 

Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ S. P. -1@ $12.00

Cutting grown from the original Broken Arrow stock. ‘Ruby Spice’ offers the deepest pink non-fading flowers we have seen in a Clethra, fragrance is outstanding and the plants are vigorous growers, performing at their best in moist acid soils in part shade.

 

Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'     G.-  1@ $19.00

Dirr selected this from a group of 260 ‘Hummingbird’ seedlings, it’s a compact grower that holds it’s form better than hummingbird with deep green foliage and abundant upward facing 4-6” spikes of white flowers in late June and July. His original plant was 30 inches high by 42 inches wide after 7 years.

 

Clethra barbinervus ......... G.-  1@ $19.00

A huge shrub or small tree from China and Japan with handsome exfoliating bark that can rival the finest Stewartia, with 15cm terminal panicles of fringed white fragrant flowers, and good fall color to set it off, this can reach an imposing 10m in height.

 

Clethra barbinervus 'Takeda Nishiki' S. P. -1@ $19.00

A tricolor variegated form with green white and pink foliage it is one of the best variegated plants we have seen in a long time, I’m guessing it will need some protection here, but it is gorgeous and worth taking the time to wrap and mulch.

 

Cneorum tricoccum ............. G.-  1@ $19.00

A 60cm tall evergreen shrub with leathery gray green leaves from the Mediterranean, flowers are yellow, followed by red olive like fruits, turning black when ripe.

 

Condalia ericoides............. SP.-  1@ $15.00

How can you pass up Snakewood? Well admittedly, it is also known as Javelina Bush, which is only marginally better than Pigbush from a marketing point of view. A xeric congested shrub with tufted foliage and masses of yellow flowers followed by impressive red fruits like mutant alien pointed eggs, sadly it is probably tender here but you never know some of the southwestern stuff is pretty tough.

 

Conradina verticillata .. S. P. -1@ $8.00

Punnett has grown this for years, his originals came from Woodlanders I think, however he almost lost it in the hard winters a couple of years ago, we decided it's high time we propagated a bunch of it. An Eastern American native and rare in the wild, it's resembles a small rosemary, with showy flowers. This is a choice plant that should be passed around; grow some, root a few cuttings, and give them away as Christmas presents to gardening friends.

 

Conradina verticillata 'Snoflake' (alba)     S. P. -1@ $8.00

The rare and lovely white form of this Eastern American native, it resembles a small rosemary, with showy flowers. This is a choice plant that should be passed around; grow some, root a few cuttings, and give them away as Christmas presents to gardening friends.

 

Convolvulus CNEORUM .. S. P. -1@ $15.00

A tall silky silvery plant with pink Morning Glory flowers, Ex Heronswood, its beautiful but very different from the silver leaved dwarf thing we had under this name years ago, this is easy by comparison.

 

COPROSMA X KIRKII ‘VARIEGATA’ S. P. -1@ $15.00

An outstanding variegated form with small glossy green leaves neatly bordered with white, the stems are horizontal making it ideal as an elegant ground cover, Coprosma is hardy here only under a lot of snow, but this should be great for the sissies in zone 7. The name refers to the alleged dung like fragrance of the foliage, I know this sounds dismal but maybe it will attract hordes of metallic horned scarab beetles.

 

Cornus alba ‘elegantissima’ S. P. -1@ $15.00

Well known; taxonomically confused, a red twig dogwood with creamy edged leaves.

 

Cornus alba 'Gouchaulti' bap.-  1@ $24.00

A spectacular variegated form that is similar to ‘Spaethii’ but more vigorous, margins of the leaves are yellow and rose and the center is green and rose with a bit of white, stems blood red in winter ultimately reaching 6-8’ in height.

 

Cornus alba 'Sibirica Variegated' S. P. -1@ $15.00

A variegated form with eye popping variegation, foliage is very deep green and the white variegation provides a particularly sharp contrast.'

 

Cornus alternifolia 'Argentea' ('Variegata')        S. P. -1@ $19.00

Outstanding variegation these are cutting grown on their own roots and small first year plants. In our experience cutting grown alternifolia does much better than the grafted forms.

 

Cornus kousa chinensis S. P. -1@ $15.00

A seed grown strain chinensis comes fairly ture from seed, vigorous with sweet fruits, I agree with Dirr that they will never replace Snickers bars and that it is indeed one of the most beautiful flowering trees.

 

Cornus kousa ex milky way S. P. -1@ $15.00

Milky Way originated as a seedling of Kousa chinensis indeed not one seedling but fifteen (selected from several thousand C. kousa chinensis seedlings) all called Milky Way and distributed by Wayside. These are seedlings of one of the fifteen, and they look pretty much the same as the original, or at least one of the originals. 

 

Cornus kousa 'Witches Broom seedlings'      S. P. -1@ $15.00

These are seedlings from the high grafted witches broom in our front garden, I suspect size will be variable but they could porduce some stuff worth propagating clonally, if you decide to do that please use only one clone per name, the Milky Way thing is insane.

 

Cornus mas 'Variegata' . S. P. -1@ $24.00

Excellent bold variegation, these are cutting grown first year plants, like alternifolia they do much better on there own roots and there is no understock to clip off.

 

Cornus officianalis ......... S. P. -1@ $19.00

Native to Japan and Korea, officianalis is similar to Cornus mas with larger brighter yellow flowers a week or two earlier than mas. There is a plant in Seacrest that is 22’h and 35’ wide after 46 years.

 

CORNUS STOLONIFERA 'SILVER AND GOLD'             S. P. -1@ $15.00

A Dick Lighty selection of Yellow Twig Dogwood, its nicely variegated, and considered superior to argenteo-marginata; stolonifera is hardly my favorite dogwood but I’m quite taken by this.

 

Corokia cotoneaster ...... SP.-  1@ $19.00

A strange shrub from New Zealand with tiny scattered leaves on silver contorted branchlets most of the year it looks dead, however if you feed it brains it makes a great zombie bonsai, immortalized in the famous Mothra vs Corokia film.

 

Corylopsis sinensis v. vietchiana S. P. -1@ $12.00

Dwarfer than straight sinensis it only reaches about ½ the height (2.5m) with shorter racemes of 6-10 flowers it is fairly common on forest edges in western Hubei at 1300-2000m.

 

Cotinus coggygria 'Pink Champagne'    S. P. -1@ $15.00

An outstanding cultivar that Dirr ranks with Daydream (this sets a high standard), new growth is bronzy purple maturing to green and in summer smothered in fabulous fluffy feathery floating flowers, fantastically pink pubescent from the pedicels and peduncle in the panicles.

 

Cotinus 'Grace' ......................... G.-  1@ $19.00

A cross between Cotinus coggygria 'Velvet Cloak' and Cotinus obovatus made in 1978 by Peter Dummer of Hillier Nurseries. 'Grace' is a spectacular thing (named for Dummer's wife) with massive pink flower panicles 14”h x 11”w. Leaves are 6” long emerging light red in spring and darkening to blue green in summer finally turning red orange and yellow in fall. Mature height will probably be 20’+, in terms of overall appearance it resembles C.  obovatus; cuttings are a royal pain to root.

 

Cotinus obovatus ................. G.-  1@ $24.00

American Smoketree is a magnificent plant that can reach nearly 40’ in height, and easily push 4-6’ of annual growth when young, good drainage seems essential and plants on wet sites seldom thrive, fall color is wonderful.

 

Cotoneaster apiculatus apiculatus bap.-  1@ $29.00

A deciduous shrub from China that resembles horizontalis, but taller growing, flowers are pink followed by showy scarlet red fruits.

 

Cotoneaster apiculatus 'Tom Thumb' SP.-  1@ $19.00

One of the smallest of all Cotoneasters with very tiny leaves, this makes a beautiful bonsai, and is great in a trough or rock garden.

 

Cotoneaster astrophoros bap.-  1@ $24.00

The name seems to be somehow intertwined with Cotoneaster microphyllusTeulon Porter’, but I was unable to come up with anything definitive.

 

Cotoneaster bullatus .. SP.-  1@ $15.00

We tucked this in the garden a few years ago and more or less forgot about it, this year it screamed for attention with clusters of large bright red fruits. The plant is upright and neat and has a fantastic fruit display. We highly recommend it.

 

Cotoneaster cooperi ...... SP.-  1@ $15.00

Call this Cotton Easter and it will eat your garden; hell Coopers hawks could hunt the Easter Bunny from this one; a huge deciduous species from Bhutan that can reach 20’, and rather quickly (we must have the dwarf form), with blackish red fruits, ours has stayed less than 18” so far.

 

Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Mooncreeper’ bap.-  1@ $24.00

A low growing selection with excellent arctostaphylos-like foliage and white rosaceous flowers followed by little red pomes, Mooncreeper is nice en-masse.

 

COTONEASTER DAMMERI ‘STREIBS FINDLING’       bap.-  1@ $29.00

A small leaved selection. It is an excellent, flat growing groundcover only 4-6" high and spreading to several feet wide, foliage is not as glossy as ‘Coral Beauty’.

 

Cot. dam. x microphylla ‘Eicholtz’ bap.-  1@ $29.00

Dense low growing plants to 10” high with ¼” bright green leaves.

 

Cotoneaster ‘himalaya bap.-  1@ $24.00

A low growing prostrate plant introduced into the trade by Mitch nurseries from seed collected in the Himalayas.

 

Cot. horizontalis ‘Variegata’ S. P. -1@ $15.00

We were thrilled when we found this cool little variegated plant at Gee's. At last, we found something that Punnett didn't already grow, we were wrong of course but the neatly margined tiny leaves are still cool.

 

Cotoneaster microphyllus ‘Emerald Spray’         bap.-  1@ $24.00

Fire blight resistant; clean emerald green foliage and attractive red berries for the birds.

 

Cotoneaster microphyllus 'Teulon Porter'        bap.-  1@ $24.00

Punnett’s favorite, a choice slow growing procumbent selection.

 

Cotoneaster rothschildiana   bap.-  1@ $29.00

A unique looking evergreen hybrid between C. frigidus luteus and C. salicifolius with large elliptical leaves and large clusters of pink tinged yellow fruit. Dick was quick to grab a plant for himself so you know its nice.

 

Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Scarlet Leader’           bap.-  1@ $29.00

A large fast growing plant bearing abundant red berries on long whip-like procumbent stems that can spread to 10’ or more and arch to 3’ in height, the glossy Salix-like foliage, and corymbs of fragrant white flowers make for an especially attractive combination against the skeleton of gray arching stems.

 

Cotoneaster saxifolia bap.-  1@ $24.00

Matte green leaves, pubescent beneath, upright somewhat open habit, very rare in cultivation.

 

Cotoneaster soongaricus bap.-  1@ $24.00

There is more to cotoneaster than creepers and this 6-8’ upright beauty was Considered by E.H. Wilson to be one of the very best species. It features attractive grayish green foliage and produces billowing masses of white flowers followed by attractive pink fruits sitting way up firm and high.

 

Cotoneaster splendens bap.-  1@ $29.00

A beautiful deciduous species related to C. dielsianus from western China that can reach 2m with lustrous leaves white tomentose beneath and rose margined red flowers followed by abundant orange berries.

 

Cotoneaster tengyuehensis bap.-  1@ $29.00

Shiny green leaves from one of the recent Yunan expeditions, new to cultivation.

 

Crataegus cuneata ........ bap.-  1@ $39.00

In a genus of over a thousand species this one is a standout, a dwarf shrubby plant from Japan and China that seldom exceeds 5-6’; flowers are white in umbellate panicles followed by red fruits.

 

Cytisus austraicus .......... S. P. -1@ $15.00

An eastern European species growing 2-4’ tall bearing terminal clusters of showy yellow pea flowers.

 

Cytisus procumbens .......... S. P. -1@ $8.00

Native to Eastern Central Europe and the Balkans procumbens is as the name suggests a mat former with stems ascending to a foot or so, flowers as one might expect are yellow peas; if you like yellow brooms you will love it.

 

CYTISUS ‘ALLGOLD’ ................ S. P. -1@ $12.00

All blue would have been more exciting, but Dick loves yellow pea flowers, anything to keep him happy.

 

Cytisus Praecox 'Albus' S. P. -1@ $12.00

Literally lights up a landscape, producing unbelievable numbers of white flowers.

 

Cytisus Praecox 'Paulette' S. P. -1@ $12.00

Light red flowers with hints of yellow, Paulette is one of the best.

 

CYTIsUS PRAECOX ‘WARMINSTER BROOM’ S. P. -1@ $12.00

Multiflorus x pungans, abundant yellow flowers; densely mounding plants can reach 10'.

 

Cytisus x kewensis ........... S. P. -1@ $12.00

Jim Jeryms from Scotland was out recently and we had some interesting discussions about Kew, which have nothing to do with this broom; I’m just easily distracted. More to the point x kewensis is a cross between C. ardoinii and C. multiflorus, only 12-18” high and spreading to 6 feet or more 1-3 creamy yellow flowers in the axils

 

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