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Spring catkins

Name: Henry Lauder's Walking Stick Botanical: Corylus avellana Height x Width: 6-8' H x 5-6' W Exposure: Afternoon Shade is preferred Bloom Color: Attractive yellow catkins in spring Bloom Time: Spring Water needs: Moderate during drought Features: The corkscrew twisted branches, twigs and leaves make this plant a true conversation piece. Often used as a specimen for its winter effect. Best used in partial shade. NOTICE: Limited Availability

Name: Holly 'Carissa' Botanical: Ilex Size: 4' H x 5' W Exposure: Full Sun or Afternoon Shade Bloom Color: None Bloom Time: None Water Needs: Low Features: A fast growing hardy, evergreen shrub that never needs pruning! Perhaps the best foundation shrub available. Tolerates extreme cold or heat. Very drought tolerant. Companions: Dwarf Yaupon, Junipers, Dwarf Abelias, Variegated Pittosporum, Ornamental Grasses, Loropetalums, just to name a few! A Wilson Bros. Favorite!

Name: Holly 'Compacta' Botanical: Ilex crenata Size: 4-5' H x 4-5' W Exposure: Full Sun or Part Shade Bloom Color: None Bloom Time: None Water Needs: Low once established Features: Dense shrub most often used as a foundation plant or to form a hedge. Sheers well into various shapes. Often confused with Boxwoods. Companions: Carissa Holly, Dwarf Burfordi Holly, Junipers, Nandinas, Ornamental Grasses, Aborvitaes, to name a few.

Name: Holly 'Dwarf Burfordi' Botanical: Ilex Size: 5-6' H x 5-6' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: White, inconspicuous Bloom Time: Spring, follwed by a large crop of red berries if not pruned Water Needs: Low Features: Handsome, glossy dark green foliage on this rounded, mounding evergreen. Loaded with red berries in Winter! Excellent foundaion plant or hedge. Makes an excellent small tree-form specimen. Very hardy. Companions: Dwarf Yaupon, Junipers, Ableias, Sprieas, Pampas Grass, SOft Touch Holly, and many more.

Name: Holly - Dwarf Yaupon 'Bordeaux' Botanical: Ilex vomitoria Size: 4' H x 5' W Exposure: Full Sun is preferred Foliage Color: Grey-green with wine-red new growth Bloom Time: None Water Needs: Tolerates dry or damp soil Features: A very hardy and dense mounding evergreen shrub. Excellent as a foundation plant, a hedge, or grouped in islands. Sheers well but pruning is not necessary. Companions: Carissa Holly, Dwarf Indian Hawthorne, Gardenias, Junipers, Ornamental Grasses, and many many more. This shrub os used to being out the texture of plants around it,

Name: Holly 'Soft Touch' Botanical: Ilex crenata Size: 2-3' H x 3-4' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: None Bloom Time: None Water Needs: Low once established Features: The texture of this low mounding shrub is soft to the touch and to the eye. An excellent foundation plant. Also useful in islands, or as a low hedge. An excellent plant for contrast. Companions: Carissa Holly, Indian Hawthorne, Otto Luyken Laurel, Ornamental Grasses, Barberries, Loropetalums, Knockout Roses, Nandinas, Japanese Maples, and many more!

Name: Holly 'Fosteri' Botanical: Ilex attenuata Size: 10-20' H x 6-10' W Exposure: Full Sun or Part Shade Berry Color: Dark red Berry Time: Winter Water Needs: Low Features: Handsome gray-green foliage on this fast growing, uptight, conical-shaped holly. An excellent corner plant or small evergreen tree. Lots of red berries in winter! Companions: Carissa Holly, Dwarf Burfordi Holly, indian Hathorne, Loropetalums, Otto Luyken Laurel, Cleyra and many many more.

Name: Holly 'Nelli Stephens' Botanical: Ilex Size: 10-20' H x 8-10' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Berry Color: Red Berry Time: Large red berries in winter Water Needs: Low Features: Handsome dark blue-green foliage on this most popular tall growing pyramidal holly. Excellent on the corners of two story homes or buildings, as a screen, or a specimen in islands. Companions: Dwarf Yaupon Holly, Indian Hawthorne, Junipers, Ornamental Grasses, and other screen plants such as Carolina Sapphire Cypress, Cryptomeria, Magnolias.

Name: Holly 'Weeping Yaupon' Botanical: Ilex vomitoria Size: 10-20' H Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Berry Color: Red Berry Time: A massive crop of small red beries in winter Water Needs: Tolerates dry or damp soils Features: The weeping habit of this yaupon adds plenty of personality to to the landscape. Let it weep to the ground or limb it up as a tree form. Excellent corner plant, screen, or tree-form specimen. Lots of red berries in winter! Companions: Carissa Holly, Indian Hawthorne, Miss Huff Lantana, Junipers, Barberries, Loropetalums, Ornamental Grasses, and many more.

Name: Hydrangea 'Climbing' Botanical: Heydrangea petioles Size: up to 30' H x 3'+ W Exposure: Shade Bloom Color: White Bloom Time: Summer & Fall Water Needs: Moderate Features: An elegant vine with glossy green leaves and lacy white flowers in summer. Reaches a height of 30'. Climbs trees or porous surfaces. Companions: Azaleas, Mahonias, Nandinas, and other shade loving shrubs and perennials.

Name: Hydrangea 'Oakleaf' Botanical: Hydrangea quercifolia Size: 6-7' H x 6-9' W Exposure: Shade or Afternoon Shade Bloom Color: Large, 12" white flower panicles Bloom Time: Summer Water Needs: Low once established Features: A large showy shrub for all seasons. Huge white panicle blooms in summer turn to pink in Fall. Large oakleaf-shaped leaves turn reddish-purple in Fall. Excellent in shady foundation plantings, islands, or perennial shade gardens. Companions: Azaleas, Mahonia, Hosta Lilies, Perennial Ferns, Dogwoods, Redbud Trees, and other shade-loving plants and trees.

Name: Hydrangea 'Oakleaf PeeWee Dwarf' Botanical: Hrdyrangea quercifolia Size: 3-4' H x 4-5' W Exposure: Shade or Afternoon Shade Bloom Color: White flower panicles Bloom Time: Summer Water Needs: Low once established Features: A smaller version of the Oakleaf Hydrangea that fits in nicely where a smaller plant is desired. The white flower panicles are produced in abundance in Summer. Fall foilage is maroon-red. Companions: Azaleas, Mahonia, Hosta Lilies, Perennial Ferns, Dogwoods, Redbud Trees, and other shade-loving plants and trees. We like combining with Blue Hosta, Japanese Painted Fern, Pink Astlibe, and Palace Purple Heuchera.

Name: Hydrangea (French varieties) Botanical: Hydrangea Size: 4' h x 4' W Exposure: Shade Bloom Color: Blue, Red, Pink, or White Bloom Time: Summer Water Needs: Low to moderate Features: Masses of huge, long-lasting, snowball-like flower clusters are produced through Summer. Companions: Other shade-loving shrubs and perennials.

Name: Indian Hawthorne 'Eleanor Tabor' Botanical: Raphiolepis Size: 3-4' H x 5-6' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: Pink Bloom Time: Spring and sometimes Fall Water Needs: Very low once established Features: Compact evergreen shrub produces masses of pink flowers in Spring. An excellent substitute for Azaleas in full sun situations. Useful as a foundation shrub, grouped in sunny islands, or as a low hedge. Companions: Abelias, Crimson Pigmy Barberry, Soft Touch Holly, other Hollies, Junipers, Ornamental Grasses, Loropetalums, Yucca, Weeping Yaupon, and many more.

Name: Indian Hawthorne 'Snow' Botanical: Raphiolepis Size: 3' H x 5-6' W Exposure: Full Sun or Partial Shade Bloom Color: White Bloom Time: Spring and sometimes Fall Water Needs: Very low once established Features: Dense, mounding evergreen shrub becomes covered in masses of white flowers in Spring. An excellent substitute for Azaleas in full sun situations. Useful as a foundation shrub, grouped in sunny islands, or as a low hedge. Drought tolerant. Companions: Abelias, Crimson Pigmy Barberry, Soft Touch Holly and other Hollies, Junipers, Ornamental Grasses, Loropetalums, Yucca, Weeping Yaupon, and many more.

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