Syringa josikaea is an arching, spreading, deciduous shrub, 8 to 10 feet tall, spreading 8 to 12 feet. Leaves are glossy, deep green on top, glaucous below, ovate to elliptic, up to 5 inches long. Flowers are violet-lilac, lightly fragrant, […]

Syringa emodi is an upright, vigorous growing, deciduous shrub. Shoots are thick, leaves are oblong to elliptic, up to 6 inches long. Early summer blooming light lilac flowers have an unpleasing fragrance, borne on 6 inches long, erect panicles. Native […]

Herbaceous perennial that forms a low-growing clump. Foliage is hairy, heart-shaped, toothed, and dark green. Spike-like racemes of bell-shaped bluish violet flowers with toothed bracts bloom from spring to early summer.

Perennial that forms a low-growing clump. Foliage is medium green, 2 inches long, and linear with toothed segments. 4 to 6 inch racemes of tubular blue flowers bloom in spring.

Corm-producing perennial with basal, oblong leaves 6 inches long. Hooded 1 1/4 inch flowers in violet with with orange marks are borne in spring. Grow in greenhouse where not hardy.

Sparsely branched climbing or trailing plant with light green to white green, arrow-shaped leaves. Young leaves of Emerald Gem are deep green, glossy, and fleshy. 5 inch greenish white spathes in clusters of up to 11, borne in summertime. Water […]

Evergreen trailer or climber that is sparsely branched. Leaves are oval when juvenile, maturing into oblong segments. Green spathes, later turning to cream, emerge in groups in summer. Grow as houseplant or in greenhouse where not hardy.

Upright, bushy, evergreen shrub with small-toothed red leaves that are reddish purple beneath. Cup-shaped, yellowish green bracts with red glands bloom throughout the year. Sometimes referred to as Synadenium grantii var. rubrum, or Synadenium compactum var. rubrum.

Symplocos tinctoria is a semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, with a tendency to sucker. Found in woods and swamps from Delaware to Louisiana. Foliage is glossy, dark green, persisting into spring. Small, yellow, fragrant flowers are borne in clusters from […]

This is a vigorous, rhizomatous, spreading perennial with upright stems and coarse, bristly, grayish-green, basal leaves, with irregular, creamy-white margins. Bears forked cymes of small, light purplish-pink flowers, which open from pinkish-purple buds, beginning in late spring. Comfrey contains protein […]