Trees & Shrubs    

Japanese Maples

You'll find lots of wonderful varieties of Japanese Maples to select from. A few now in stock are:  Shindeshojo (pictured at right) "one of the most brilliant foliage plants..   Flaming scarlet (spring).. summer - reddish green... Fall colors become blends of red and orange." Vertrees, Japanese Maples. 

Sango kaku (Coral Bark Maple)  The striking coral color of the stems and branches mark this tree as something to light up a space. Especially good for spicing up a winter garden.

Shaina   Dark red to bright red leaves (depending on sun exposure), dense and compact variety. Foliage close to branches, great fall reds to oranges.

Mikawa yatsubusa  (pictured at left) Nice dwarf variety. Pale green new leaves, light green when mature.  Shoots and quite short and leaf nodes very close together forming a dense coating of leaves on each branch.

Butterfly (Kocho nishiki)  A variegated dwarf with shades of cream, green and pink (in the new growth), the creamy areas take on a magenta color in the fall.  Very striking.

Fruit Trees & Vines

 We still have a few fruit trees ready to get planted in your yard.  These are well shaped trees with good branching, ready to start your home home fruit "orchard".   There are dwarf apples for those smaller spaces,  Bing (sweet) and Montmorency (sour) cherries, and Satsuma Plum trees.  We still have the following apple: Fuji on semi-dwarfing stock.  In the same area you will find Violetta Figs, Pinot Noir and other grape vines, several varieties of raspberries and lots of blueberries. 

There are also flowering weeping cherries and pears as well as Styrax, lots of beautiful Stewartias, Crabapples, and as always, lots of Japanese Maples. 

Hydrangea Blooming Time

One of the best plants for flowering in the Northwest, the hydrangeas produce flowers incredibly easy here, require little care and can be planted in a variety of settings.  You can find the Endless Summer (usually blue in our area), Twist and Shout (multi-color), Blushing Bride (white), nigra (pink flower with jet black stems), City of Paris (multi-color), Limelight (chartreuse green), Annabelle (large-headed white), larger-headed Incrediball (white), the Invincibelle Spirit (pink) and several others including tree form types.  All these are looking good, most are blooming and all are ready to go into your yard.

If you have part shade or mostly shade most of these will work for you.  If you have mostly sun, several of the above will work for you.  When you come in tell us what conditions you have so we can help you choose the best type for your garden space.

Magnolia "Little Gem"

 A great little tree for a Northwest setting, this evergreen tree is a perfect choice for many locations.  At its mature size it is usually no more than 15 feet and can spread as wide if desired.  If the spot you have chosen for it is tighter than that, just keep it trimmed to a narrower profile.  These trees accept pruning and training quite well.  Some people train them as espaliers against a house or fence or they can be kept columnar as a narrow specimen or as an accent in a larger setting. 

Beginning in spring Little Gem will begin flowering and should keep producing their huge fragrant white flowers even into winter.  The fragrance is very floral, similar to gardenia and wafts in the air when the flowers open.  The new leaves are a lustrous green with the typical brown indumentum on the reverse side.

     The small size of the leaves allows them to shed the occasional Northwest snow much better than their larger evergreen Magnolia cousins resulting in a tree nicely fit for our climate.  We currently have trees already at 8 feet above the top of their containers.            

 Invinicibelle Spirit 

"Finally - A pink flowered form of 'Annabelle' Hydrangea!  As if that wasn't exciting enough, it's a rebloomer, too!  After years of breeding, Dr. Tom Ranney and his team at North Carolina State broke the color barrier.  .....blooming with abundance every year in mid-summer and continuing to produce new flowers right up until frost.  We're not talking about a few dissappointing flowers in later summer, but a sure fire show of mop-head blooms on every stem."                         Proven Winners

Blue Chip Butterfly Bush

"The first in a series of new miniature butterfly bush.  Lo & Behold Buddleia changes the way you think about butterfly bush.  Blue Chip is a remarkable plant that blooms early and continuously without deadheading or pruning. It can be used as a ground cover, low hedge or in containers.  Non-invasive."    Proven Winners

Bloomerang Lilac Sold Out - Sorry!  (More on order for late summer.)

This new reblooming lilac rocks the horticultural world.  The highly fragrant flowers burst forth in spring and then again in mid-summer and continue right up until frost.  It has a compact, full growth habit and small leaves that make it the perfect shrub for smaller gardens.  Now you can enjoy your lilac beyond two weeks in the spring!  Mildew resistant.   -  Proven Winners

Itoh Peonies

"If you admire the colorful exotic flowers of tree peonies but prefer the perennial growing cycle of its herbaceous counterpart, Itoh peonies, also know as Intersectional hybrids, are made for you.

In the quest to create a true yellow herbaceous peony, in 1948 breeder Toichi Itoh was the first to successfully cross a tree peony with a herbaceous selection.  However, because these plants were slow to multiply and expensive to produce, they were only available to a limited market.  This all changed in 2004 when a tissue culture laboratory learned how to produce Itoh Peonies in vitro.  .....

Itoh Peonies resemble tree peonies with a domed, vigorous growth habit and large double flowers with disease-resistant lacy, dark green foliage.  They are winter dormant and grown exclusively in our Oregon nursery."                                                                      MONROVIA PLANTS

Varieties currently available:  Kopper Kettle, Pink Double Dandy, Sequestered Sunshine

Incrediball Hydrangea

A new and improved 'Annabelle' Hydrangea, Incrediball has beefy stems and massive blooms.  The breeding goal was stronger stems to eliminate flop.  But we also got incredibly large blooms too!  Each bloom has roughly 4 times as many flowers as Annabelle!                       Proven Winners

Sourwood Tree (Oxydendrum arboreum)

We have a nice selection of Sourwoods - a great tree for many different features throughout the year.  New growth in the spring is touched with bronzy red.  The fragrant flowers trail in clusters remeniscent of lily-of-the-valley flowers.  The hummingbirds seem to love them for their nectar and pollen.  In the fall the leaves change from a lovely green to a brilliant red.  The flowers become seed pods hanging gracefully in long finger-shaped groups and remaining through much of the winter.  Though it doesn't like to be underplanted with competing plants, it is quite easy to grow in our area and has little problem with disease or pests.  They also make good container plants when they're young.

Camellias                        

Sasanqua camellias typically bloom late fall and early winter.  Japonica camellias usually bloom in the late winter and spring.

                           Camellia sasanqua "Winter's Joy"

2010 TREES partial list

FRUITS & VEGETABLES

We have a grat selection blueberry plants and several varieties of grape vines for your spring planting season.  Varieties change so call for the latest varieties in stock

• Blueberrys - Sunshine Blue evergreen, Bluecrop, Chandler, Darrow, Jersey, and Patriot in sizes ranging from 6" pots to large ready to bear plants.
• Raspberries - Willamette, Summit, Chilcoten, Latham
• Grapes - Pinot Noir (wine grapes),
• Rhubarb - Crimson - out of stock
• Asparagus - Mary Washington - out of stock

SHRUBS

What would the garden be without fragrance? We have many shrubs with fragrant spring flowers.

• Sweet box - Sarcoccoca
• Winter Daphne - Daphne odora marginata and Daphne Eternal Fragrance
• Mock Orange - Philadelphus 'Belle Etoile'
• Lilacs - Lots of incredibly fragrant plants to choose from

Wonderful Evergreens

• Hebes - Alicia Amherst, Blue Mist, Buxifolia "nana", Red Edge, Topiaria, Purple Leaf,  
• Rhododendrons - Rangoon, Edith Bosley, Scarlet Wonder, Hello Dolly
• Azaleas
• Ceanothus - several varieties of this tough plant. Great for sunny spots
• Barberries - both red and golden forms, another sunlover
• Pieris - Prelude, Cavatine, Flaming Silver
• Compact Strawberry Tree, Arbutus unedo 'Compacta' and its taller relative Arbutus marina
• Mexican Mock Orange - Sundance and the straight species (ternata)

Hedge Plants _ If you're planning on installing a hedge, check with us for ideas and specifications.  If you want to go further we can order what you need and can even plant them for you.  The following are some of the plants we suggest for hedges in the Northwest:

• Emerald Green Arborvitae
• English Boxwood
• Northern Beauty Japanese Holly
• Ilex crenata convexa Japanese Holly
• Escallonia including dwarf types
• Mock Orange and Mexican Orange varieties
• Viburnum "Spirit"
• Irish Yew
• Bamboo
• Wax-leafed Privet
• Ceanothus Victoria or Dark Star
• Barberry (for a low growing hedge try Crimson Pygmy)

The Tropical Look

• Prickly Pear Cactus - winter hardy for much of Seattle
• Gardenia 'Kleims Hardy'
• Wheeler's Dwarf' evergreen mock orange
• Mediterranean Fan Palm
• Windmill Palm
• Yucca Color Guard
• New Zealand Flax
• Cordyline
• Canna Lillies
• Agapanthus Storm Cloud
• Star Jasmine

ROSES

We have over 80 different varieties of roses. We have many types, from fragrant to disease resistant, from new introductions to some of our old favorites.

One of our featured roses is the Pope John Paul II memorial rose from Jackson and Perkins. The JPII rose is a classic white hybrid tea with a strong fragrance and excellent disease resistance. Also, a portion of the proceeds go to charities in sub-Saharan Africa. Reserve yours now to insure you have it for spring.  If you would like to reserve one or more of these plants please contact us (through email or by phone or in person) and we will put a hold on what you would like.

VINES

• Star Jasmine
• Evergreen Clematis - C. armandii, and Early Sensation
• Clematis - Deciduous varieties
• Climbing Hydrangea
• Wisteria
• Akebia
• Boston Ivy
• Golden Hops
• Grape - ornamental or fruiting

You'll find the best trees and shrubs for our area and your yard at the Magnolia Garden Center.

Insects and Disease

   Leaf damage

Many insects damage plants by chewing the leaves, buds, flowers or stems.  Often the type of damage is clearly the work of a specific kind of insect.  Notched leaves, for example, are usually the work of root weevils.  Fortunately there are good solutions for prevention that do not involve toxic chemicals.  The best is the use of barriers that trap the destructive bugs.

		Tangle-Trap Insect Trap Coating & Tree Tanglefoot Pest Barrier These Barriers are effective against crawling insects who must reach the tops of trees in order to feed, mate, or deposit eggs. Such insects include cankerworms, gypsy moth caterpillars, army and tent caterpillars, ants, obscure root weevils and pecan weevils, tussock moths and climbing cutworms. Some of these insects are wingless females. Some of these insects are wingless females. Some may have wings but do not fly. It is a part of their life cycle that they crawl up the trunks of trees to mate and deposit eggs. And others of these insects simply crawl up the trees to feed on their buds, leaves and fruit, consequently devastating the tree. Pest Barriers provide the perfect solution to protecting your valuable trees and reducing future populations of these pests. As the insects climb up over the sticky material, they become trapped without escape. Best of all, the action is strictly mechanical --no pesticides or harmful chemicals are involved. Keep Ants off Hummingbird Feeders    Use pest barriers at the base of bird feeder hanging stands to prevent ants from climbing onto the feeders.  Be careful to avoid getting barrier material on the top part of the feeder hanger or anywhere birds might perch.  In hot weather reapply the material every few weeks to refresh its effectiveness.   Tanglefoot and Tangle-Trap Pest Barriers: Provide long lasting, all weather protection Is formulated for both home and professional use Tanglefoot contains all natural ingredients Can be used alternately for both hot and cold seasons Tangle-Trap Insect Trap Coating - Brush-On Formula 8oz. with brush in can.            $7.99 Tree Tanglefoot Pest Barrier - 6 Oz. tube      $6.99   Prices do not include shipping.  Call or email today to order.

Questions about our trees and shrubs?  Email Chuck! Looking for something in particular? We take special orders. Just call us! Don't know what you want? Just stop by and we can help!