This tender Mexican shrub has glorious 2” pendulous and vibrant pink flowers in spring. Would do well on the Oregon coast southward. We have had container plants down to 18ºF.
This low grower is more horizontal growing than vertical. Found in Germany, this plant has deep green curled needles. Seems to be much smaller than A. balsamea ‘Nana’.
This is a prostrate fir with beautiful needles. If a leader appears, please remove as it will make an upright tree. A lovely mounding conifer.
This plant comes from Scotland and is deepest green. This healthy small conical plant will make a beautiful specimen plant year round.
The is a narrow upright Korean fir. The reflexed needles are dark green. The undersides of the needles are silver. Will have purple, blue cones in early summer. A very striking conifer.
This glorious dwarf conifer has curled needles similar to A. koreana ’Silberlocke’. The plant has its needles turn totally around the stems creating a white and green effect.
Came to us from Stolwijk Nursery, Netherlands. This deep green foliaged plant has short needles. Slowly makes a leader, but will always be very small.
Silberzwerg is a dwarf conifer with growth of 1½ inch per year. The medium green needles are small and closely packed on the stems.
Can eventually form a leader in many years. This very small Korean fir has deep green needles. The original was found as witches broom in Germany.
I often see this in gardens and want to add it to ours though we already have one in a container: so it’s always a challenge not to buy more plants. This prostrate grower gets 18”x36” and is glowing golden yellow, especially in winter.
This old cultivar from France is upright growing and is fairly fast growing. The tight needles are beautiful blue green.
The English hedge maple makes a small shrubby tree with deep green leaves. A. campestre 'CarnivaL' is a small version (8-10') over a long time. The foliage is white with a light green center.
A vine maple with brilliant red stems all winter. This cultivar seems upright growing and the stems almost glow. The fall foliage is red and yellow. Extra shipping
This has lovely yellow orange foliage eventually turning light green. Great yellow fall color.
One of our favorites: the 'Fern leaf maple' will eventually get 20' tall. The split leaves are medium green all summer. In fall, the leaves turn the most beautiful red orange and yellow. Extra shipping.
This has cut leaves similar to A. japonicum 'Aconitifolium' (fernleaf maple) but they are much more cut. The bushy plant will be a smaller grower than A. japonicum 'Aconitifolium'. Great fall color.
This plant has a rich red growth in spring. This small 5'x5' shrub will have color in spring and in fall will turn brilliant red.
This has orange red new foliage turning purple green all summer. One of Crispin Silva’s selections.
This maple looks similar to A. pal. 'Sango-Kaku', but 'Beni Kawa' is dramatically hardier. 'Sango Kaku' will regularly have winter damage or die even in western Oregon. Its beautiful red stems throughout the winter are preceded by green summer [...]
This plant looks like A. palmatum 'Sango Kaku'. the foliage is similar and the form is similar. The difference is the bark is yellow orange in winter rather than red. This upright tree is very special all winter. Nursery only.
This is one of the standards of the Japanese maple world. The foliage is deep purple in spring-summer. The tree will eventually get 20'x15' and will have glorious red fall color. Nursery only: too big to ship.
The new foliage is vibrant pink. After several weeks, it changes to dark green. In fall, this 8'- 10' tree will change to bright red orange fall foliage.
This plant has been available for many decades. Our plant is 40+ years old is 15' tall and 6' - 8' wide. The pink-white variegated leaves are beautiful all summer. We do some minor pruning each summer to remove the reversions. Extra shipping.
This is a lace leaf with extra laciness. The new growth is pink-bronze, and as the summer continues it will turn chartreuse green with the new growth showing the pink.
Said to be a lace leaf maple with extremely fine-textured purple leaves. It is supposed to be dwarf growing and will have great red fall color.
This is a golden-leafed Japanese maple. The difference is it's strongly weeping--an interesting plant to put on top of a wall to cascade down.
One of Talon Buchholz's selections. This is the narrowest foliaged of any Acer palmatum. Eventually a 10'-12' lacy small tree.
This is a medium-sized Japanese maple to 20'x15' with deep purple leaves during spring and summer. Fall color is brilliant red. Nursery only.
This is a vibrant variegated pink, white and green maple. This selection by Talon Buchholz leafs out in spring with the most beautiful pink leaves and slowly changes to green, pink and white. A. pal.'Geisha Gone Wild' will get to 15' in time.
A chance seedling from A. p. 'Ryusen', this maple will grow just as tall as it's staked, as all stems are cascading. The new growth is brilliant golden orange, staying yellow in summer then changing to orange yellow.
This is a neat small (2 - 3') shrubby Japanese maple. The new growth is pink through spring and summer. It would make a pretty plant for even the smallest garden.
Said to be a crisped leafed red foliaged (purple) that stays small, growing maybe 6’ tall.
This - is a dwarf grower to 5’. Said to be vigorous, but stays small. The green leaves have a pink margin. In fall, the foliage turns orange.
This is a 15' grower with consistent variegated pink and purple growth all summer. A. pal. 'Lileeann's Jewel' will not revert like A. pal. 'Rainbow'. This plant will be a real show stopper in your garden.
This will get 4-5’ tall and has rich red (purple) foliage. In fall, this dwarf tree will turn glowing red.
Came from A. pal. 'Sango Kaku' which will become 20' in time. This 6' multi stemmed plant will have yellow new leaves changing to medium green for summer. The bark is brilliant red all winter
This has a creamy white to pink margin to the leaves with a purple greenish center. It fades later in the season, and will have bright orange fall color.
Introduced by Crispin Silva, this cultivar has layered foliage like A. palmatum ‘Mikawa Yasubusa’ but has more orange, pink new growth. This would be a great container plant.
This shrubby-sized maple has pretty yellow green new foliage turning dark green in summer. In fall, the foliage will turn orange-yellow. The leaves are almost like shingles overlapping each other.
This is a moderate growing (12'- 14') purple leafed tree. Named by Richard Wolff in the 1970s, it has very rich purple foliage and a great red, fall color.
This 3'-4' plant will have orange new foliage that will turn yellow then green as the seasons move on.
This is a lace leaf that is purple-foliaged all summer. The new growth has an orangish color through the summer. Extra shipping.
We are thrilled to be able to offer a few of these maples this year. We first saw several plants at Talon Buchholz's nursery. This lush deep purple foliaged maple has leaves that look like star fish with the margins crimped. Truly beautiful an [...]
We have had A. palmatum 'Rainbow' available for years, but can't keep enough. When customers see the plants in Spring-Fall they can't help but buy. The deep purple leaves have patches of rich pink through the tree. Needs afternoon shade.
This vibrant purple maple has been around for quite a while but is still one of the better purple leafed small tree-sized Japanese maples.
This is one of the finest textured of all lace leafed maples. Originally discovered by Bill Curtis, it went through several hands before Iseli Nursery figured out to cut back large trees and graft, creating juvenile stems. A. palmatum 'Red Fil [...]
With rich purple foliage with red petioles, this upright maple has beautiful foliage that turns brilliant red in fall.
This is an upright 10’-12’ red foliaged Japanese maple. The purple red foliage turns brilliant red in fall.
This is a weeping form similar to A. palmatum ‘Ryusen’. The foliage will be red purple all summer and will turn bright red in fall.
This is a weeping (not cascading) form of A. palmatum. Unless staked, it will grow flat on the ground. This plant needs to be staked, and whenever it's released it will weep. Deep green typical A. palmatum leaves that turn pretty red orange in [...]
This is a 6' x 2' bushy shrub maple. The foliage is purple pink through the summer and turns flaming red in fall. Will grow in even the smallest garden. Extra shipping
Selected by Duncan & Davies Nursery in New Zealand. The new foliage is vibrant pink with a purple center to the leaves. In summer, the purple centers are consistent, but the pink margins will change to cream. This should be a 15-20' tree.
(Lions Mane Maple) has small deep green leaves that are twisted and crimped at their margins. The leaves will form clumps on the plant making an artistic effect. In fall the foliage turns deep yellow-orange. Our 40-year old plant is 15' X 8' w [...]
This was named by Crispin Silva for his son. The coral bark maple has richer bright red new growth and deeper red winter stems. Nice yellow fall color.
A Teeny tiny Japanese maple. Our 8-10 year old plant is 6”x3”. The tiny foliage is green all summer. Turns orange, yellow in fall. A container plant.
This plant is a seedling of A. palmatum ‘Bloodgood’ but will only get 4-6’ tall. Great red fall color.
Similar to A. palmatum ‘Sister Ghost’. The foliage has pinkish and light gray and green as if it's in the shadows.
This is a variegated maple with pinkish orange new foliage turning green and pink with age. Should have afternoon shade.
One of the darkest foliaged of any of the red lace leafs. This cascading lace leaf is a real showstopper summer and fall. This Japanese cultivar was listed in 1710, so it has been well tried and tested.
This is a 2'-3' shrubby form of Japanese maple. Deep green leaves turning orange yellow in fall. A wonderful container plant. Limited
Not columnar, but narrow growing. This purple leafed Japanese maple will grow in small areas.
'Floating Clouds' maple. As a young vigorous plant, the leaves will be green. As the plant matures there will be white spots, and eventually the leaves will look like they are totally white. A wonderful 10' tree for highlighting the shady gard [...]
This has tiny bright pink new growth in spring and early summer. I saw this plant in August and the new growth was still pink. This shrubby maple will stop you in your tracks.
This sweet little dwarf has snow-white new foliage held above the dark green older leaves. Yuki Yama means 'snow on the mountain'. Sold out!
Only a few of this fabulous tree! Our original (30 years) is 12’x1.5’. The thick deep green leaves make a tight column all summer. The tree grows 6” in a good year. Plants for sale are 3’-4’ and probably 6-7 years old.
(formerly A. 'Eskimo Sunset')--This moderate 20' tree has simply stunning foliage. The maple leaves are dark purple underneath and are deep green splashed with white and pink above. In the sun the leaves absolutely glow with the purple and pin [...]
Golden Full Moon maple. We have sold this glorious small tree for 40 years. Our biggest plant is 12' tall and has nice golden leaves all summer turning yellow in fall. Does best with afternoon shade. Extra shipping
Looks like A. shir. 'Aureum' but has peachy colored new growth in spring and early summer. Fall color is orange-red. Extra shipping
An excellent variety for all summer. It has a bright golden color. Needs afternoon shade, but holds color well. This plant comes from Crispin Silva and is one of the many wonderful plants he has introduced.
This has deep purple leaves that will get 18" x 18" during summer. In late August, thin stems tower to 4' - 5' with fluffy upright flower stalks. The fragrance of the flowers is very nice.
This has purple chocolate foliage. The foliage will get to 18" tall. The flowers will be on stalks up to 4'.
Deep purple foliage in this lovely plant. The dark foliage will get 18” tall and form a pretty foil for the 4’ white flowers in summer.
This has dark purple foliage to 18”. Out of the foliage appears tall (4”) spikes. The difference is that most of the other actea varieties have white flowers and A. ‘Pink Spike’ is soft pink.
This is a Piet Oudolf selection from Holland. The very deep purple foliage has flowers that are white and slightly weep when blooming. Wonderful!
This eastern U.S. native is a lovely foliaged fern. Wants to grow with plenty of moisture. One of the first ferns exported from England with the first settlers.
This superb ground covering fern has small round leaflets. The light green to bronze new growth grows over the top of the darker green mature foliage. This fern makes a lovely ground cover at the foot of rhododendrons. 10 for $100!
Grows to 2' in August. The flowers appear in clusters of dark blue purple to black. This is among the darkest of all agapanthus.
This has violet blue flowers on 18” stems. The foliage is narrower and flowers are much darker than A. Storm Cloud.
This is a mid blue agapanthus. The flowers are held 18” above the dark green foliage.
The flowers are pendulas on 24” stems. The color is very deep blue purple.
As it says in the name, the plant will get to 12” and has many clusters of white flowers.
A small (12") hardy agapanthus that has medium blue flowers in July.
This pure white agapanthus is a wonderful change to the normal blue varieties. This smaller (12’-18’) agapanthus is a great plant for mid summer bloom.
This is a mid-blue agapanthus with lovely individual flowers. New to us, but we can’t wait to add to our garden. The other agapanthus are creating quite a show in late July-August.
This is a very light blue lily of the Nile. the 2’ stems are bare but topped with these light blue flowers.
We first saw this plant a couple of years ago. The 24" stems are topped with white flowers that are blue in the center. This is a lovely agapanthus.
While we are waiting to get A. ‘Blue Glow’, this is an interesting plant. We didn’t know A. ‘Green Glow’ existed. It's very similar to A. ‘Blue Glow’ with the orange margins but has green foliage.
This blue gray agave was originally discovered in San Francisco. JC found this agave in the 80’s and it was named in his honor.
This small grower is very attractive year round. The deep green leaves have a slight white margin. We keep our agaves in terra cotta pots under an east facing eave. If it gets below 15° we move them to an unheated garage.
This selection of an American native will get 12” and have beautiful sky blue flowers in early summer.
This native of the eastern U.S. will get to 2’ late spring. The needle-like leaves are deep green all summer and turn butterscotch in fall. Check out on the internet, the pictures are glorious.
A native American wildflower. In spring, the 18” plant is covered with small blue flowers. The needle-shaped leaves are attractive green all summer. In fall, the foliage turns beautiful golden tones.
The monkey puzzle tree--this southern Chilean conifer has the hardest sharpest needles imaginable. You will either like this plant or really not like it. Mature trees were planted in many ports along the Pacific coast and are now 70' - 80' tal [...]
This is a low growing evergreen ground cover. The plants have deep green glossy small leaves. Plants can get 6”-12” tall and 48” wide.
This astilbe has rich chocolate purple foliage all season. The flowers are inconsequential. It's all about the rich foliage.
This has deep purple green leaves. The flowers are frothy light pink in June. Makes a fun plant front of the border.