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Ardisia japonica 'Izu Shinju' NEW!Various forms of this species are popular evergreen groundcovers in non-frigid climates, popular for their attractive foliage and showy red berries in winter. The plants are about 6" tall, running discretely and carpeting the ground. Likes rich, well...
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Aristolochia kaempferi NEW!Vigorous woody climber with green young stems and felted heart-shaped leaves. The flowers are pipe-shaped, yellow with a brown interior. Native to western Japan and China. Grow it on a fence or a trellis. USDA Zones 6-10.
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Aristolochia onoei NEW!Slender vine with green stems and pretty 3-lobed leaves from Japan. It is not rampant, so it can be allowed to climb through shrubs or small trees. The yellow pipe-shaped flowers are darker inside. USDA Zones 6-9.
3.5" pot. 1 plant unit....
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Aucuba japonica 'Akebono' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This is a unique form with new growth that is creamy white, contrasting with the green older foliage. It...
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Aucuba japonica 'Arashiyama' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This is one of the newest and most desirable Japanese selections, found on Arashiyama, a mountain on the...
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Aucuba japonica 'Cho Dai Ji' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. From my Japanese friend Katsuya Sakaue comes this new, wild-collected variegated form with cream to yell...
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Aucuba japonica 'Daikoga' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This new Japanese selection is notable for its great vigor and very large leaves to about 6" long. The l...
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Aucuba japonica 'Daisuke's Tiger' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. Just when you think you have seen all of the Aucuba possibilities, something completely new comes along....
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Aucuba japonica 'Daruma' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This rare Japanese selection has small green leaves; the leaves, stems and fruit are variously somewhat ...
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Aucuba japonica 'Echigo Nishiki' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This new Japanese variety was found a couple of years ago in Niigata Prefecture, in the wild. It is very...
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Aucuba japonica 'Kameba' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This Japanese landscape selection has rounded green leaves with a bullate surface and deeply toothed mar...
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Aucuba japonica 'Ki Mi' (yellow fruit) NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This very rare Japanese selection has medium size broad oval leaves with uniform yellow spotting and a t...
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Aucuba japonica 'Koba Variegated' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This landscape cultivar from Japan is the same as 'Koba', with a dense habit and small leaves, but with ...
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Aucuba japonica 'Koba' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This popular Japanese landscape selection is grown for its small green leaves, about 2.5" long and red f...
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Aucuba japonica 'Mangetsu' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This is the most beautiful and desired Japanese cultivar with large, glossy, ruffled leaves with a yello...
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Aucuba japonica 'Maruba Tensei' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This distinctive Japanese selection has nearly round leaves, toothed, green with a fairly uniform scatte...
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Aucuba japonica 'Mikazuki' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This rare Japanese selection has dark green, long oval leaves with a clear, distinct bright yellow cente...
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Aucuba japonica 'Nakafu' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This is a small-growing, compact variety with small, narrow leaves about 2.5" long, heavily toothed at t...
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Aucuba japonica 'Niigata Yamadori' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This form was recently found in the wild in Niigata Prefecture, on the west coast of the main island of ...
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Aucuba japonica 'Ogon-no-tsuki' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This rare Japanese cultivar has narrow, glossy, dark green leaves with a large splash of bright yellow i...
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Aucuba japonica 'Seiun' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This is a distinctive and very rare form that is vigorously upright, with large leaves edged with long n...
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Aucuba japonica 'Shima Mi' (striped fruit) NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This very rare Japanese selection has prominently toothed medium size oval leaves, green with yellow spl...
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Aucuba japonica 'Shonan Mangetsu' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This new Japanese variety is one of the most vigorous and most beautiful. Each leaf has a bright yellow ...
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Aucuba japonica 'Shugetsu' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This Japanese cultivar has long oval medium green leaves with an irregular yellow central splash, with s...
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Aucuba japonica 'Tatsumaki' NEW!Aucuba is a broadleaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This very strange Japanese selection has green medium size leaves that are twisted in various ways. The n...
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Aucuba japonica 'Uchu' NEW!Aucuba is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub that will tolerate difficult shaded conditions in the garden; it also makes a beautiful container plant. This Japanese clone has glossy small to medium size, fairly narrow, long oval leaves with a toothed marg...
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Buxus koreana 'Sunburst' NEW!Buxus koreana (B. sinica var. insularis) is an extremely hardy evergreen shrub. This is the first variegated selection, introduced by a Mr. Vandergiesen from Georgia, and promoted by nurseryman Don Shadow in Tennessee. It has a compact habit, and da...
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Callicarpa dichotoma 'Shiji Murasaki' NEW!New Japanese variegated form of beautyberry, with leaves dusted, speckled and splashed with white. The bright pink stems offer an unusual contrast. This is a small spreading shrub that does well in light to moderate shade or morning sun. It does not ...
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Camellia 'Nishikiba Fukurin Ikkyu' NEW!New and rare variegated camellia hybrid selection from Japan, with green leaves bordered in yellow-green to yellow, brighter on new growth. The 2.5" wide bright red flowers are fully double. USDA Zones 7-10.
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Carpinus coreana NEW!Native Korean tree growing in the wild on rocky cliffs or sand dunes, usually near the ocean, sometimes just above the high tide line. The leaves are oval, an inch or so long, very glossy and durable. The green leaves turn to various colors in the fa...
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Corylopsis spicata 'Sei Ryu' NEW!Large Japanese shrub in the witch hazel family with pretty yellow flowers in early spring. This old Japanese cultivar has irregularly variegated leaves, splashed with yellow, changing to cream or white later in the summer. Remove any branches with gr...
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Corylopsis spicata 'Tosa Kasumi' NEW!Tall Japanese shrub in the witch hazel family grown for its sulfur-yellow flowers in early spring, and handsome heart-shaped foliage. This very rare Japanese form has a cream wash over the surface of the leaf that is beautiful throughout the growing ...
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Cryptomeria japonica 'Cristata' NEW!The crested form of the Japanese cedar is a curiosity, with variously crested branch tips that are more elaborate on older plants. The crests are usually wavy fan-like structures. Cut branches are very interesting in flower arrangements. This is not ...
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Daphne pseudomezereum NEW!No shrub is more important than this small Japanese jewel of a shrub for the late winter-early spring garden. Here in USDA Zone 6a it is evergreen, with bright yellow flowers displayed against the fresh green foliage for several weeks in early spring...
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Disanthus cercidifolius 'Rikyu' NEW!Disanthus is grown for its attractive heart-shaped foliage and spectacular, long-lasting fall color. The species makes a large shrub to at least 10' tall. This cultivar grows to only 3' or so, with smaller leaves. It is a good choice for the rock gar...
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Disanthus chinensis NEW!This very rare Chinese shrub was introduced to Japan as wild-collected seed by Mr. Seiju Yamaguchi. It is similar to the Japanese species but with long stalks attaching the fruits to the stems. Here in Pennsylvania it has grown more slowly than the J...
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Halesia dipteraThis small to medium sized American native flowering tree is unsurpassed for spring floral display. The white, bell-shaped flowers bloom in May in Pennsylvania. It resembles Styrax, or silverbell, but has larger flowers and larger round-oval leaves. ...
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Hedera helix 'Shell Leaf' NEW!This very slow-growing, non-climbing ivy is a beautiful pot plant, with concave, white-variegated leaves that look like scallop shells. Grow it as a pot specimen or in a trough garden. USDA Zones 6-9.
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Helwingia japonica, white splashed NEW!Helwingia is a very unusual Japanese shrub related to Cornus that is notable for bearing its flowers and fruit on the midrib in the center of each leaf. This very rare form has leaves that are splashed with creamy white all over Best in light shade...
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Helwingia japonica, yellow splashed NEW!Helwingia is a very unusual Japanese shrub related to Cornus that is notable for bearing its flowers and fruit on the midrib in the center of each leaf. This very rare form has leaves that are splashed with yellow all over Best in light shade in ri...
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Kadsura japonica 'Beni Fubuki' NEW!Kadsura is an evergreen woody vine with glossy leaves that likes part shade. This new variety with narrow, somewhat twisted leaves brightly variegated with white and shades of pink. USDA Zones 7a-9. USDA Zones 7a-9. 3.5" pot....
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Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Maradco' NEW!Kolkwitzia or beautybush is a wonderful old-fashioned shrub for late spring bloom, with showy pink flowers. It grows 8 to 10 feet tall and likes sun or light shade. This new variety has yellow foliage that turns to chartreuse in shade. It has the sam...
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Ligustrum japonicum 'Buddha's Back' NEW!This old, rare, slow-growing Japanese cultivar probably has another name, but I haven't been able to find it in the past 10 years, so for now I am giving it one. It is a very congested "rotundifolium" type with thick, round, dark green leaves; scatte...
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Ligustrum japonicum 'Ko Ryu' NEW!Japanese evergreen shrub, eventually making a small tree. Normally, the dark green leaves are flat and oval, but on this Japanese selection the leaves are curved and narrow with a "dragon ridge" along the midrib of each leaf. The effect is irregular ...
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Loropetalum chinense Suzuki variegated NEW!This variegated form of Loropetalum is beautiful throughout the year, in or out of bloom. It is a densely branched, compact variety with leaves about 3/8" in diameter. The new growth is variegated with white and pink, gradually fading as the old leav...
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Magnolia salicifolia, wild-collected seedThe true Magnolia salicifolia is rarely seen in cultivation. Even in botanical gardens, most of the trees thought to be this species are hybrids, very different from the wild tree. The true species is one of the most elegant hardy magnolia species wi...
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Nandina domestica 'Aka Chirimen' NEW!Very slow-growing, dense, dwarf "kinshi nanten" plant with leaves reduced to threads. There are few leaf blades and these are very small and slender. The name means "red crepe paper". USDA Zones 6-10. 3.5" pot.
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Nandina domestica 'Enshu Kinshi' NEW!Congested, moderately slow-growing "kinshi nanten" variety. The leaflets are more or less normal, but very much reduced in size and slender. USDA Zones 6-10. 3.5" pot
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Nandina domestica 'Iwai Zuru' NEW!Slow-growing "kinshi nanten" variety with an open habit. The leaves look like much-extended pine needles, assembled in broad, flattened clusters. The name means "celebration crane". USDA Zones 6-10. 3.5" pot.
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Nandina domestica 'Otafuku' NEW!Leafy, bushy, mounded form of nandina that never makes tall, upright stems. The leaves of this selection are large and convex, with white flecks and small splashes of color, turning red in winter. USDA Zones 7-10. 3.5" pot.
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Nandina domestica 'Tama Jishi' NEW!Slow-growing "kinshi nanten" type, with very dense, congested growth. The leaflets are narrow, some very much reduced. The name means "jewel lion". USDA Zones 6-10. 3.5" pot
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Nandina domestica 'Tama Zuru' NEW!Slow-growing "kinshi nanten" variety with an open habit. The leaves look like pine needles with tiny red leaflets at the tip, assembled in flattened clusters. The name means "jewel crane". USDA Zones 6-10. 3.5" pot
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Neolitsea sericea 'Kanoko' NEW!Neolitsea is a very beautiful evergreen tree from E. Asia. The stems are red, and the new growth is covered with silky copper hairs that glows in the sunlight. This rare variegated form has cream-flecked leaves. Beautiful pot plant or specimen for th...
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Orixa japonica 'Summer Sunshine' NEW!Little-know deciduous E. Asian shrub in the citrus family, with oval aromatic leaves. The branches are erect and spreading, growing quickly to about 8' tall. It is early to leaf out in spring, holding its leaves until late fall. This Japanese select...
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Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Kaori Hime' NEW!Exciting new selection of autumn olive with small leaves about 3/8" long, on a densely branched, compact shrub. It grows fairly quickly as a young plant until it reaches a foot or two tall, and then more slowly. The small white highly fragrant flower...
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Oxydendrum arboreum, variegatedA friend in North Carolina showed me a variegated Oxydendrum many years ago. He said it was found by the late Fred Galle of Callaway Gardens, but recently I learned that it was found by nurseryman Don Shadow in Tennessee. I received a small plant thi...
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Parthenocissus henryana, dusted NEW!This Chinese species is the prettiest of the various Parthenocissus species in leaf, with 5 leaflets decorated with a silver splash in the center of each leaf. In this Japanese selection, the leaves are also dusted and flecked with white variegation....
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Photinia glabra, variegated NEW!Large evergreen shrub from Japan that is one of the parents of the familiar landscape plant Photinia x fraseri. It has long-oval leaves, growing quickly to about 6-8' tall. This form has grayish foliage with an irregular cream margin, often with pink...
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Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Akame' NEW!This new Japanese selection of a popular evergreen conifer has dark blue-green foliage with dark red new shoots that provide a colorful seasonal contrast. This shrub or small tree is useful for gardens in mild climates, or as a container specimen in ...
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Salix nakamurana var. yezoalpina NEW!This alpine willow is one of the best species for garden use. It is a low, semi-creeping shrub with rather thick glossy green to yellow-brown stems that will hug rocks as they grow, for a beautiful effect in the rock garden. It is vigorous and sturdy...
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Spiraea thunbergii 'Ogon' NEW!Distinctive and beautiful deciduous shrub from Japan, with very finely textured leaves that range from bright yellow in sun to chartreuse in shade. In spring the slender, graceful branches are covered with white flowers. In fall the foliage turns to ...
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Styrax japonica 'Sohuksan' Emerald Pagoda NEW!This exceptional form of the Japanese silverbell is one of the most exciting new flowering trees in years. It was found in 1985 on the island Sohuksan in the Yellow Sea off the southwest coast of Korea. At the time this island had one of the few rema...
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Trachelospermum asiaticum 'Zansetsu' NEW!Variegated form of the Asian jasmine with relatively large, oval leaves; green with marbled white variegation. The name means "melting snow" USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Trachelospermum asiaticum, pink flowerForm of the Asian jasmine with typical oval green leaves and hightly fragrant pink, instead of white, flowers. USDA Zones 7b-10.
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Viburnum awabuki 'Silver Halo' NEW!This is the hardier Japanese relative of Viburnum odoratissimum, with smaller, thicker leaves. This very rare Japanese cultivated form has a broad, pure white margin. The large clusters of red fruits are very showy. Salt tolerant garden shrub for mil...
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Viburnum dilatatum 'Kinkazan' NEW!This form of Viburnum dilatatum is from Kinkazan in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It is a wild type with small leaves about the size of a quarter, and clusters of small red fruits about 3" across. It makes a shrub about 8' tall in 10 years. USDA Zones 4-...
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