Semi-evergreen shrub with spreading habit. Leaves are elliptic, shiny and dark green, turning yellow in the fall. Brown, hairy flower buds produce clusters of red anthers surrounded by brown bracts. Blooms in spring.

Small stemless palm with pinnate leaves up to 3 feet long and made up of numerous, linear leaflets. Spikes of green flowers bloom in summer. Grow in greenhouse where not hardy or as houseplant. Good speciman or border palm in […]

Small evergreen shrub with spreading habit. Leaves are pinnate and made up of gray to green leaflets. Racemes of red, pink, purple, or blue flowers bloom from spring to summer. Good border plant where hardy.

Evergreen shrub with upright, slim, hairy stems. Leaves are pinnate and made up of linear leaflets with fuzzy midribs. Racemes of pea-like red flowers bloom from late spring to summer followed by greenish yellow seed pods.

Rhizomatous perennial with thin, hairy branches and basal leaves. Single violet, sometimes pink or white, flowers that look like pincushions bloom from midsummer to late fall. Also referred to as Scabiosa succisa.

Styrax japonicus is a small tree, with a low branching, rounded crown, very horizontal aspect. Foliage of Sohuksan is leathery, very deep green in summer, yellow to red in fall, not dramatic. Flowers are white, 3/4 inch wide, bell-shaped with […]

Styrax japonicus is a small tree, with a low branching, rounded crown, very horizontal aspect. Foliage is dark green in summer, yellow to red in fall. Flowers of Pink Chimes are profuse, pink, 3/4 inch wide, bell-shaped with a mild […]

Styrax grandifolius is an understory shrub found along stream banks. The leaves are large and dark green, 2 to 7 inches long. Beautiful, fragrant, white, 1 inch flowers appear on 4 to 8 inches long racemes in early summer. A […]

Upright shrub with oblong to elliptic leaves with sharp points. Tubular, pink to red, sometimes cream, or light yellowish green flowers bloom in summer. Grow in shrub border where hardy.

Perennial with rosette-forming, hairy, scalloped and toothed leaves. Poppy-like 1 inch yellow flowers bloom in summer. Good for shady borders or rock gardens.