‘Compacta’ seems to vary quite a bit in height, but generally hovers in the four foot range. It has the usual coloration of red-tinted foliage, white blooms and red fruit. This is an upright shrub, with evergreen leaves that change […]

‘Aurea’ bears fruits in pale yellow and ivory tones, with paler foliage, similar to ‘Alba’. This is an upright shrub with evergreen leaves that change to reddish-purple in fall. Leaves are pinate to 3-pinate, with lance-shaped leaflets. Bears conical panicles, […]

‘Alba’ is a white-berried variant, the berries usually being more ivory than true white. The foliage tends to be less red-hued and greener than red-berried varieties. This is an upright shrub with evergreen leaves that change to reddish-purple in fall. […]

Rhizomatous perennial with velvety, deep green leaves that have purple veins and are covered with reddish hairs. Red, bell-shapped flowers, with white spots on their throats, bloom from summer to fall. Performs best in areas with dry winters. Where not […]

A deciduous to semi-evergreen depending on climate. A dense, rounding shrub, 5 to 12 feet in height, with an upright habit, producing many suckers and forms colonies. The foliage is deep green and leathery, dotted with resin glands. It has […]

Myrica cerifa, or Southern Wax Myrtle, is similar to Northern Bayberry, but is a heat loving evergreen species, suited to warm climates. The leaves are narrower, more of an olive green, and evergreen, suffering heavy leaf browning in the cold. […]

There are around 100 species in this genus that is native to tropical Africa and Asia. The perennial shrubs and subshrubs have leaves that are oval to lance-shaped and membrane-like. Flowers are tubular in shape and may be either red, […]

A pretty, bright blue spring flowering bulb, tending to form clumps. Tiny blue flowers are tightly clustered on 4-6 inch long stems, resembling bunches of grapes. It is very easy to grow, not at all fussy and will easily naturalize. […]

There are roughly 40 species of bananas, all tropical in nature, but a few that can make it through a mild winter in USDA hardiness zone 7. Fruit is edible, leaves are large and ovate. Grow in full sun where […]

A spreading shrub or small tree, reaching 20 to 30 feet high, with twisting, corkscrew branches. It bears egg-shaped white fruit that ripens to pink or purple-violet in midsummer. The leaves are large, dark green and lustrous, turning yellow in […]