Plant Symbols:   Butterflies & bees are identified by color orange  Birds,  Hummingbirds are identified by color blue	Pine Ridge Gardens   2012 Catalog          Trees, Shrubs, & Woody Vines   ABCDEFHIJL M-Z | Order | Catalog Contents | Main Menu |  Note: Trees, shrubs & vines are planted in a variety of containers, quarts 4x4x5', 1/2 gallons 5 X 5, 3 quart 6 x 5, gallons 6 X 6 & various sizes. A few are in containers too large to ship except by special order  --  These are marked Shipping surcharge.    The shipping charges on these will be $10.00 to $20.00 (if shipping is to adjoining states) or more for each box shipped.  Trees needing a box exceeding 5' will be $30.00 shipping charge per box or more. NP means Nursery Pickup.  Generally these cannot be shipped except by special arrangement.  Unfortunately you can count that the shipping will probably cost more than the plant   Acanthopanax sieboldianus variegatus      Variegated Aralia  $a few large for nursery pickup Not native    Shade/pt shade  Z: 4-9  Family: Araliaceae Syn: Eleutherococcus sieboldianus 'Variegatus' White or occasionally yellow edged glossy foliage is very effective in areas of dry shade.  It does have prickles, so you might want to site it accordingly.  6-8 feet tall with a similar spread.   Acer barbatum   South Sugar Maple $12.00 3 quart  Arkansas native   Sun/part shade  Z: 6-10  Family: Aceraceae(syn: Sapindaceae) A small sugar maple (40-60') with smaller leaves that have whitish hairs on the underside of the leaf.  Generally is found as an understory tree in moist woods or along streams.  Smooth gray bark when young develops into furrows & platy formations with age.  Yellow to orange/red fall color.  Expect about 2' per year growth.  Much more tolerant of heat than the standard sugar maple.   Acer grandidentatum       Big tooth maple $15.00 #1 Native    Sun/pt shade  Zone: 4-8  Family: Aceraceae (syn: Sapindaceae) A small sugar maple - 20 to 40 feet - usually having red/orange or yellow leaves in the fall - sometimes all three colors abound.  Native to the Edwards plateau in Texas & northward into the western states. Acer griseum         Paperbark maple  $45.00 #2  May have extra shipping Not native   Part shade   Zones 4-8  Family:  Aceraceae(syn: Sapindaceae) An exquisite small tree (20-30') with peeling bark even at a very young age.  Needs partial shade in the afternoon in the south. Acer leucoderme           Chalk maple $12.00  3 quart  Arkansas native  Shade to part sun Zone 5-9  Family: Aceraceae(syn: Sapindaceae) Also known as white bark maple, this beautiful small tree grows 25-30' tall.  The chalky white or light gray bark is quite attractive.  The bark on older trees becomes ridged and blackened near the ground.  The 2-3" diameter, lobed leaves, give a spectacular display in the fall with shimmering colors from yellow to vivid orange & deep red.   Acer rubrum            Red Maple   $15.00 #2 (nursery pickup on #2)  Larger at nursery also Arkansas native   Sun/part shade   Zone 3-9  Family: Aceraceae(syn: Sapindaceae) Red maples are such an integral part of the landscape that we should be lost without them.  Fall color is quite variable ranging from a buttery yellow to a bright red.  Red maple is so named because of the red flowers in late winter.    Acer rubrum 'Summer Red'         Summer Red maple $30.00 #2   $40.00 #4    nursery pickup for both Selection of Arkansas native  Sun  Zone:5-9  Family: Aceraceae(syn: Sapindaceae) With its new foliage an outstanding burgandy. Summer Red starts the year beautifully.  Then deep green foliage takes over for the summer with varying shades in the fall.  Height 40-50 feet.  Birds, Butterflies.     Acer saccharum      Sugar maple   $15.00 #2     Ship surcharge on #2   #5  $30.00 Arkansas native   Sun/part shade  Z: 3-8  Family: Aceraceae(syn: Sapindaceae) Native to most of the eastern half of the United States, sugar maple has amazing fall color.  This does become a large tree in time so be sure to allow plenty of space - 40-80 tall or more & 30 to 50 feet wide.      Buckeyes are in the family Hippocastanaceae. Valued for their early spring flowers, they are an outstanding source of nectar for early migrating hummingbirds. While in nature, buckeyes are usually understory trees,   with some extra moisture the first several years, they do quite well in full sun.  PLEASE REALIZE THAT BUCKEYES WILL DEFOLIATE IN LATE SUMMER FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS. Aesculus flava             Yellow buckeye $15.00  4 Quart Native    Sun to part shade  Zone:  4-8  Family: Hippocastanaceae Yellow buckeye may reach 50 to 75 feets in time with lovely yellow flowers.  Native to Illinois, Kentucky, Tennesee, Mississippi and further east.  Yellow buckeye is the largest buckeye native to the U.S.  Synonym: Aesculus octandra.  Birds, squirrel & other critters - particularly hummingbirds early in the year. Aesculus glabra  - Ohio Buckeye Arkansas Native    $17.00 #2      $25.00   #4  + shipping surcharge $50.00  # 7  - $65.00 #10  nursery pickup on #7 & #10  Shade - part shade -  sun  Zones 3-10   Family: Hippocastanaceae Ohio buckeye is usually seen as a small understory tree, however, I have seen some nice specimens grown in full sun. pale creamy colored flowers. The fruit of all buckeyes is poisonous to humans, however squirrels eat it with no harm. Attracts hummingbirds.      Can grow in very dry conditions once established.   Aesculus glabra v. arguta    Texas buckeye   Arkansas native   $12.00 3 quart Shade - part  shade - sun  Texas buckeye is a shrub or shrubby small tree with the typical buckeye flowers.  Usually found growing on limestone slopes or sandy open woods.  Also known as white buckeye. Zones 6 to 10 at least.  Probably colder. Seeds came from Russell Studebaker.   Attracts hummingbirds. Aesculus parviflora     Bottlebrush buckeye.    sold out  Native  Afternoon shade in the south.   Zones 4 to 8. Family: Hippocastanaceae  A very striking buckeye for landscape use with its cloud of creamy white flower spikes that invite hummingbirds & butterflies. 5 to 10’ tall, a suckering shrub that in time can get as wide as it is tall. Some afternoon shade is probably desired for zones 7 & south.  Attracts hummingbirds. Aesculus parviflora v serotina   Bottlebrush buckeye  $15.00 3 Quart -  afternoon shade in the south.   Zones 4-8. Native shrub with a spreading habit & eye-stopping white flower panicles in July.  Full sun to part shade, well-drained acid soil.  Adequate moisture needed.  Usual height is from 8 to 12' or so.    Bloom time is a couple weeks later than A. parviflora. Attracts hummingbirds.   Aesculus pavia  Red buckeye Arkansas native   $15.00 3 quart     $28.00 #2.5  $30.00 #5 Extra shipping charges on #2.5 & #5     $50.00  #7  Shade to sun      Zones 4-9      Family: Hippocastanaceae Red buckeye is a lovely understory tree or shrub.  With care & extra watering it can also be grown in full sun.  The first red buckeye I saw was so outstanding I had to get a closer look.  It was grown as a shrub, perhaps cut back every year or so, and was about 3 feet tall.  It seemed every branch ended in a mass of red flowers.  This can be grown as a shrub or small tree.  Native to Arkansas & much of the U.S. with the largest recorded specimen being in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.  Attracts hummingbirds.    When Martin Luther was asked what he would do if he knew he had only one more day to live, he replied "I would plant a tree".     Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, waterbugs, tadpoles, frogs & turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, hickory nuts, trees to climb, animals to pet, hayfields, pine cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets – and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of his education. -Luther Burbank 1849 - 1926     Alnus serrulata    River alder    $12.00 3 quart Arkansas Native  Sun - part shade    Zones 5a to 10.    Family: Betulaceae Smooth alder, tag alder are just more of the names applied to this wetland species. Wild crafters often use the fruits of alder to gild & sell as earrings or necklaces. Alders grow quite fast & provide food & nesting for birds & small mammals.  Large rain garden plant. Wetland status facw+ for Arkansas    Amelanchier belong to the Rosaceae family. They go by such common names as juneberry, shadblow bush, serviceberry & sarvisberry which is how I knew the plant when I was a child. My grandmother had sarvisberry bushes by the chickenyard fence - it was the variety that is a stoloniferous bush, rather than a tree. I loved to eat the fruit & I’d ask my grandmother (who I called Mama) if she would make a cobbler for me - she’d always say " Yes, if you will pick the berries."  So while they are good to eat for people, the birds dearly love them too. Plant enough for them too!  Amelanchier alnifolia Sarvisberry/Juneberry/Servisberry $12.00  #1    $15.00 2 gallon - shipping surcharge Native  Sun to  1/2 day sun (preferably full sun)  The sarvisberries are the earliest trees/shrubs to bloom in the wild having white flowers that often have a sweet fragrance. If you want to attract birds, be sure to plant some of these as the delicious fruit is gobbled up quickly by the birds (they make wonderful cobblers if you can get to the fruit first). This species is stoloniferous making a running clump in time. Height is variable up to 15’, usually smaller.  Amelanchier canadensis      Shadblow serviceberry $12.00 3 Quart   $15.00 #2 (extra shipping #2) Native  Sun/part shade  Zones 3-7(8)  Family: Rosaceae Upright suckering shrub from 6 to 20 feet with smooth bark that is gray-brown & mottled with white patches.  The fruit is delicious (if you can beat the birds to it).    Amelanchier humilis     Low serviceberry $sold out Native  Sun/part shade  Z: 3-8  Family: Rosaceae Low serviceberry is native to most states north of Arkansas & to the east of Missouri.  A stoloniferus variety which produces tasty edible fruits which birds love. Birds need shelter which thick shrubs help provide, as well as nesting sites & food & water sources. Migrating birds need more than bird feeders. Plant some evergreen shrubs & fruit bearing shrubs & trees. Amelanchier laevis  Allegheny serviceberry  Native  $12.00  3 quart               $15.00 #2+extra shipping Sun to part shade   Zones 5-9 at least   Family: Rosaceae   Sarvisberry shrubs or trees are a bird’s delight. People too if they get the chance. A. laevis is native to the woods & mountains of Virginia, Georgia & Tennessee.    BIRDFOOD Amelanchier lamarckii        Lamarck serviceberry $12.00 3 quart     $15.00 #2 + extra shipping Native   Sun to part shade   Z:      Family: Rosaceae Lamarck serviceberry is thought to be a natural hybrid but botanists are not sure of the parentage. Amelanchier stolonifera     Running serviceberry Native $sold out Sun to part shade  Zones 4-8  Family:  Rosaceae This serviceberry reaches 4-5 feet tall & has a similar spread.  All serviceberries are wonderful bird food & most make excellent people food too!  Grows in most soils, including clay but doesn't like a limey soil.  Tolerant of drought (once established) , sale & black walnut. Amorpha canescens lead plant  Arkansas Native  $7.00 Quart    $10.00 3 Quart Sun to light shade Zones 4-9 When I visited the 'Tall Grass Prairie' in Oklahoma, this lovely leadplant was in full bloom in early June.  The spikes of soft lilac were covered with a myriad of butterflies. Amorpha fruticosa Lead plant Arkansas Native  $9.00 Quart     $25.00  #5       CAN NOT SHIP TO CONNECTICUT! Sun to light shade     Zones 5-10.    Family: Fabaceae    This lovely native plant has beautiful pinnate foliage & purple flowers with gold stamens. An airy shrub that is found throughout the SE United States on stream & riverbanks & open woods. 3 to 5’ tall.   Very adaptable to soil & moisture levels. Butterflies. Amorpha nana  dwarf lead plant  Native   $10.00 3 quart Sun to light shade     Zones 4 to 7 at least. At 2 -3 feet, this fragrant subshrub attracts noses as well as butterflies.  Very hardy native found from Minnesota to the Rockies.     Andrachne phyllanthoides     Buck brush   $sold out  Arkansas native  Shade (some sun)  Zone 6-10 at least   Family: Euphorbiaceae I know so little about this plant & so little is written about it, that I had to ask an expert!  All I could really find is that Buck Brush is the only woody member of the Euphorbia family that extends this far north, probably a relic left from before the last Tertiary uplift.  Anyway, my expert says:" Andrachne phyllanthoides is one of my favorite plants because it is so unusual.  Extremely drought tolerant; usually grows on sites having little or no soil.  It can get to maybe 2 1/2 to 3 feet tall.  A bit of fall color (yellow & pale red).  When grown on better sites, with better soil, it is quite attractive."       Aralia spinosa  Hercules club Arkansas Native $10.00 Quart    $16.00  4 Quart Part shade to Sun Family: Araliaceae.This spiny landscape specimen is also known as devil’s walking stick! As this plant ages, the compound leaves become huge ... often having leaves up to 3 feet long. Abundant fruit the birds love appear in the fall. Since it does sucker, in a small garden it should be restrained by a planting barrier. Native to much of the eastern U.S. & should be hardy to zone 5, perhaps colder.  Aristolochia macrophylla Bigleaf pipevine Native $sold out Shade/part shade Family: Aristolochiaceae Syn: Aristolochia durior. My thanks go to Tom Dilatush of Dilatush Nursery for seed that he collected in Virginia & sent to me. We spent several hours in winter talking of plants & such. It is the kindness & thoughtfulness of people like Tom that allow me to have such diverse native specimens. As a reminder, the pipevine swallowtail larvae feeds on the leaves of this vine. Shade/part shade. Extra moisture until well established. Aristolochia tomentosa     Dutchman's pipevine Arkansas  Native $12.00 Quart Shade to part shade    Zones 5-9 Dutchman’s Pipe is a climbing vine that has unusual flowers that are greenish colored. Lovely heart shaped leaves make a nice cover for a shady arbor. Please be aware that at some times of the year, the plants we have may be ragged & almost bare of leaves.  At this time (mid summer) the pipevine caterpillers are munching away at the leaves.  Larval food plant for pipevine swallowtail butterfly. Deciduous.  Aronia arbutifolia Red Chokeberry Arkansas Native  $9.00 Quart     $12.00  4 quart  Sun to part shade  Zone 4-9  Family: Rosaceae The fall color of the leaves on red chokeberry is a deep claret red that lasts several months.  Red chokeberry is also outstanding for winter fruits. A suckering shrub that usually is 6 to 10’ in height & 3-5’ width.   Birdfood! Wetland status - FACW (Botanists have renamed this Photinia pyrifolia but I choose to stay with the name known by most folks) Aronia arbutifolia "Brilliantissima" Red Chokeberry Arkansas Native  $12.00  3 quart    $16.00 #2 nursery pickup Sun to part shade  Zone 4-9  Family: Rosaceae  Outstanding for winter fruits. Suckering shrub that usually is 6 to 10’ in height & 3-5’ width.  Red chokeberry fruits begin to color nicely about September.  Birdfood! (Botanists have renamed this Photinia pyrifolia but I choose to stay with the name known by most folks) Aronia melanocarpa Black chokeberry  $15.00   3 Quart  $22.00 #2    $25.00 #3     $45.00  # 10   $60.00 #20 nursery pickup  Arkansas Native  Sun to part shade        Zone 3-9  Family: Rosaceae  Black chokeberry is another excellent bird attractor providing fruits in fall & also make excellent jelly of dark reddish-purple. Sandy or wet boggy soil is native habitat. Very hardy & ranges from Newfoundland to Missouri. Large specimens available at the nursery   Birdfood!(also renamed by botanists to Photinia melanocarpa)  Wetland indicator: FAC Aronia melanocarpa 'Iroquois Beauty'tm  PPAF  sold out   $28.00  #3 Nursery pickup #3 Native  Sun/pt shade  Zone 3-9  Family: Rosaceae Iroquois Beauty was selected for its smaller & more compact size of 3 x 3 feet.  Hardy to -40 degrees, Iroquois Beauty has fragrant white spring flowers, is attractive to butterflies; it has black fruits for jellies, jams or the birds & gorgeous fall color.  Can tolerate clay soils & seasonal flooding. Birdfood!(also renamed by botanists to Photinia melanocarpa)  Wetland indicator: FAC   Asimina triloba           Paw-Paw. Arkansas Native $13.00  3 Quart    $16.00 #1 $22.00 #2+extra shipping #2 Shade to part shade  Zones 5-9 at least   Family: Annonaceae  The leaves, on a well grown mature tree are huge & tropical looking with a very decided odor of green bell peppers when the leaves are crushed. It is a Zebra swallowtail larva food plant. Two trees are generally needed to produce fruit. The native range of pawpaws is from Florida to Texas north to New Jersey, New York & over to southern Iowa & part of Nebraska.    May be grown in full sun but special care must be given for the first several years.  (Shaded during hottest part of day and plenty of water).  If you have tried to grow paw paws in the past from bare root stock & was disapointed, you might want to try again with one that has been grown in a pot from seed. Azalea   -- see Rhodendron       Baccharis halimifolia Groundsel tree Arkansas Native $ inquire Sun to part shade  Zones 7 to 10    Family: Asteraceae.  One of the few woody members of the Aster family, a Baccharis in fruit is a sight to behold. The fibers that expand from the ripe seed make most people think it is in flower. Very late fall show. Small shrub to about 6 feet. Native from Virginia to Georgia & west to Arkansas.   Only a few. Betula nigra “Little King”Dwarf river birch Native selection      $25.00  #2  $45.00 #4  $60.00 #7 $80.00 #10 & $100 #15    Nursery pickup on all  Sun to part shade      Zones 5-9    Family: Betulaceae    The neat compact habit of this selected river birch makes it very useful as a specimen tree in limited space landscapes where the species would be unsuitable because of size.  Extremely resistant to bronze birch borer.  The bark has a colorful exfoliating pattern of pale peach alternating with cinnamon as the tree ages.  (3-5 years). Deep green foliage.  Little King will grow 8 to 10 ‘ in height & spread in 10 years.    Bignonia capreolata       Cross Vine  Arkansas Native     out til May 2012 Sun to light shade     Zones 5-9    Family:  Bignonaceae  Yellow & red colored flowers that hummingbirds love!  Full sun to light shade on an arbor, trellis or fence.  Native to Illinois, Maryland, and south through Arkansas, LA & Texas,  this little known vine deserves greater attention.  Semi-evergreen.     Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty'     Cross vine $ sold out Sun to light shade  Zones 5-9  Family: Bignonaceae Tangerine colored flowers almost obliterate the foliage in spring time.  Here at the nursery it is growing on an arbor & the hummingbirds go crazy.   Brunnichia cirrhosa      Ladies’ eardrops, buckwheat vine Arkansas Native sold out Shade to half day sun   Zones 5-9   Family:  Polygonaceae    White flowers with a nice fragrance adorn this native vine between May & August.  It occurs naturally in lowlands, wet or damp areas but grows fine in ordinary garden soil & is drought tolerant after established.  Usually found climbing on trees or shrubs, this deciduous vine has long narrow winged fruits which inspired the common name, Ladies’ Eardrops.   The native range is from Illinois to Texas & east to the Carolinas.     Caesalpinia gillesii   Bird of Paradise shrub Not native (South America)  $10.00 Quart Sun   Zones 6 (with protection) to 11. Family: Fabaceae    Bird of Paradise shrub (called shrub as to differentiate from the tropical plant by the same common name) is an eye-catching shrub or small tree that has naturalized in Texas & Oklahoma.  With its vivid yellow flowers and bright red stamens that protrude 3 to 5” out of the center of the flower, you must know it causes lots of comment.  Very fine pinnately compound foliage with a blueish cast, is lovely, making it a striking plant even when not in flower.     Callicarpa americana Purple Beautyberry  Arkansas  Native $12.00  3 quart    Ready about May 1st Sun - shade      Zones 6-10    Family: Verbenaceae Beautyberry certainly makes a statement in the late fall garden with its brilliant purple (?) fruits that wrap around the stem. Very tough plant being able to handle sun or shade, wet or dry. Birds feast on the berries in late winter when most other fruits are gone. Combine with a white-fruited form for beautiful contrast.   Native to Arkansas & Oklahoma, Texas & east to Florida & north to Maryland. Once found in Missouri, the species was exterminated by the water impoundment of Table Rock Dam. Larger available at nursery.   BIRDFOOD Callicarpa americana 'White Beauty'    White beautyberry Arkansas Native  $15.00  3 Quart   ready about May 1st Sun  - shade      Zone 6-11.   This is the white fruited form of the purple beautyberry. While the purple fruited beautyberry is fairly common, this form is quite uncommon.  Birds of many kinds eat the fruits late in the year when many other fruits have long since vanished. BIRDFOOD    Plant condition was Excellent. I look forward to ordering more plant material that will aid wildlife.  M. Horst , Missouri Calycanthus floridus     Carolina allspice/sweet shrub Native     Should be ready about May 2012 Part shade, afternoon shade      Zones 5-10.    Family: Calycanthaceae   Carolina allspice, sweet shrub, sweet Betsy are just some of the common names for this native shrub. It has glossy leaves & spicy fragrant reddish brown flowers in early summer.   Good fall color.     Camellia sinensis        Tea plant out - maybe ready fall2012 Not native   Sun/part shade  Zones 7-9  Family: Theaceae This evergreen shrub is what tea is made from.  It reaches four to six feet and has lovely white to pinkish blossoms.  Camellia sinensis seems to like some afternoon shade in the southern states. Campsis radicans 'Flava'      Yellow flowered trumpet creeper out Native   Sun to part shade  zones 4-9      Family: Bignoniaceae Michael Dirr says this is a particularly handsome form of the species/ to him, preferable to the species.  Bright yellow flowers on a vine that gets 30 to 40'.  In my experience, it is not quite as vigorous as the orange flowered one. Hummingsbirds!!!    Carpinus caroliniana     Hornbeam  Arkansas Native    $12.00 3 quart   $16.00 #2  $28.00 #4 (nursery pickup) Light shade - afternoon shade    Zones 3-10     Family: Betulaceae  Blue beech, also known as musclewood because of the smooth blue gray bark which is fluted & has a serpentine growth. Sometimes known as ironwood for its very hard wood which is used for handles. A small trouble free tree that prefers shady conditions. Fall foliage is usually a clear yellow or orange, sometimes being red. Finches, ruffled grouse & turkeys relish the fruit. The native range of this tree is one of the widest of all our trees; from Ontario to Florida & Texas over thru Mexico. It is excellent for small yards & attracts songbirds to nest in its dense crown.     Carya species are in the family Juglandaceae which is walnut, butternut, hickory & pecan. Given enough time these make large trees. Plant for your children & grandchildren or birds & squirrels of future generations.  Carya aquatica      Water hickory Arkansas native  $sold out  sun/part shade  Zones 6-10  Family: Juglandaceae An obligate wetland species, water hickory grows in wet clay areas & sloughs & backwater areas where seasonal flooding is common.  Birds, squirrels & other wildlife use the nuts.    Carya cordiformis      Bitternut hickory Arkansas Native       sold out  Zones   4-9  Bitternut hickory can grow to 50-75', sometimes larger.  The winter buds of this hickory are a sulphur yellow which makes it easily identifiable from other hickories.  Generally a slender tree with a cylindrical crown.  Said to be the fastest growing of the hickories.  Native to most of the eastern half of the United States. Carya illinoensis  Native pecan  Arkansas Native $ out This is the unimproved little pecan with so much flavor -- if you can get it before wildlife hoards the fruits away. There are a few huge specimens of these trees still left along the Arkansas River that just give me great pleasure to view.  These particular trees come from seed from a thoughful customer in Morrilton. Carya laciniosa    Shellbark hickory $sold out Arkansas Native Sun to part shade   Zones 5-10   Family:  Juglandaceae Another hickory with usually shaggy bark.  A slow growing medium sized tree with nuts that are sweet & large. Plant one, plant some for future generations. Carya ovata   Shagbark hickory  Arkansas Native  #16.00 #2  Sun to part shade Native to most of the eastern half of the United States, shagbark hickory gets to be a very large tree with gray shaggy bark. Very good tree for the nuts which feed wildlife & people too. Opening leaf buds in spring are as attractive as many flowers, even sometimes mistaken for the.  Although 4 years old, these are still less than 12". Plant for your grandchildren ---- or future generations.  Carya texana      Black hickory  Arkansas Native  sold out  Sun to part shade     Zones 6 to 10. A good small tree to 30' for dry upland soils, found throughout the Ozarks & parts of louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri & into Indiana.    Carya tomentosa      Mockernut hickory Arkansas native out Sun    Zones 4-9     Family: Juglandaceae Mockernut hickory is an extrememly long lived large tree (75-100') While intolerant of shade & flood, this tree is very drought tolerant & adaptable to most soils from sandy loam to clay. Syn: Carya alba   Castanea pumila v. ozarkensis $out Arkansas native Shade to Sun  Zones 6-9 at least    Family: Fagaceae. Thanks to Arthur Evans & the Nature Conservancy for the seeds that have produced these plants.  A small tree usually found as an understory tree in the Ozarks.  Unfortunately they are subject to the Chestnut blight which has killed out many of the chinkapins.  These can get the blight.  Often, however, Chinkapins will survive even if the top dies off and will put up another shoot.  Chinkapins prefer a fairly dry, well drined soil - SO DO NOT OVERWATER. Castanea pumila v. pumila  Allegheny chinkapin $10.00  Quart  Arkansas native   Shade/pt sun  Z: 6-9  Family: Fagaceae Chinkapins hold lots of memories.  Tough burr coverings on the sweet nuts have led to many sore fingers.  Allegheny chinkapin is more of a shrubby species than the Ozark chinkapin.   Catalpa speciosa    Cigar tree/Indian bean   $15.00 #2 for pickup Arkansas Native Sun     Zones 4-9.  Family: Bignoniaceae   Large leaves & beautiful large white showy flowers.  Good tree for shade.  This is the largest of the catalpa trees and grows fairly rapidly when young.  Unusually well adapted to extremes of heat & cold & to most soils. Sphinx moth caterpillars can defoliate trees, but the leaves do grow back.   Ceanothus americana New Jersey Tea  Arkansas Native  sold out until summer 2012 Sun to light shade     Zones 3-9   Family: Rhamnaceae  New Jersey Tea. Used as a tea by early settlers, this 3’ shrub has showy fragrant white flowers in spring & the fruits are eaten by wild turkeys. Hummingbirds are also attracted to the tiny insects that come to the flowers. This shrub is very intolerant of wet conditions. Well drained soil is a must.    Celastrus scandens     American bittersweet $15.00 # quart Arkansas native  Sun  Zone 3-8  Family: Celastraceae American bitterseet vine grows 15-20 feet & fruits best in full sun locations.  Grow on the ground or a trellis or arbor as growing up a tree can cause damage to the tree - even possibly killing it.  Female plants produce the bright red/orange fruits.  Since you must have a male & female to get fruit, it is suggested that your buy several.    Celtis laevigata   Sugarberry Arkansas Native $9.00 Quart             $12.00  3 Quart         $15.00 #2 nursery pickup Sun   Zones 5 to 9  Family: Ulmaceae Sugarberry or Sugar hackberry is native from Illinois to Texas & Florida.  Ultimate height is 60 to 80' and has relatively smooth bark.  Celtis occidentalis        Common hackberry  $15.00 #2    may need extra shipping Arkansas native  Sun/pt shade  Zones 3-8  Family: Ulmaceae Common hackberry is decidedly a survivor - tolerant of urban pollution, salts & drought.  With its warty bark it is easily identifiable.  Songbirds flock to the fruit & several butterfly species use the foliage as larval food. Celtis reticulata         Netleaf hackberry $out Native to OK, TX, LA & westward  Sun/part shade Z: 6(5) - 10 Small tree to about 25 or 30 feet.  Host plant for several butterflies.  Birds eat the small fruits.   Family: Ulmaceae   Celtis tenuifolia      dwarf hackberry Arkansas Native    $15.00 3 quart Full sun to part shade    Zones 5-10 at least.     Family: Ulmaceae   Dwarf hackberry has a very wide range from Florida to Louisiana & north to Pennsylvania & west to Missouri, occurring in open rocky woods. Seed source near Lake Wedington in NW Arkansas. Hackberry trees provide fruit for birds & good nesting sites in their branches. larval food plant for many different butterflies.  Dwarf hackberry reaches 20 -25'.  Cephalanthus occidentalis 'Sputnik'      Buttonbush    $15.00 3 Quart  $20.00 #2 Arkansas Native   Full sun to part shade   Zones 4-9   Family: Rubiaceae Buttonbush gets to be a large rangey shrub - ideal for pond's edge or streamside.  Large glossy green leaves are attractive.  Lovely white ball-shaped flowers attract tiny insects, which are in turn eaten by hummingbirds!  So, you thought hummingbirds only drank nectar!  Actually, particularly when they are feeding young, insects are a very important part of their diet.  Wetland status indicator: Obligate Cercis canadensis Eastern redbud Arkansas Native $sold out Sun to part shade    Zones 5-9. Family: Caesalpinaceae  Eastern redbud is a eagerly awaited sign of spring which is found in rich moist mixed woods & dry fields throughout the eastern part of the U.S. as far north as New Jersey & West to Nebraska. Showy pink flowers on small tree. Redbuds are  one of the most drought tolerant showy trees that I know.                        NEW FOR 2012 Cercis canadensis v. texensis       Texas redbud Native $9.00 Quart  Sun to part shade  Zones 6-9  Family: Caesalpinaceae Texas redbud grows on thin well-drained soils west of eastern redbud's native habitat.  More drought tolerant (when established), also with smaller leaves & a smaller stature.  Tolerant of heat - need that this year! Pinkish - magenta bloom colors.  Did you know that redbud blooms make a nice addition to your salad?    Birds & Butterflies.   Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'    Forest pansy redbud Selection of Arkansas native $30.00  #1 Sun to partial shade Zones 5-9  Family: Caesalpinaceae Forest Pansy is a Purple leaved cultivar of the popular Arkansas native Redbud and makes a lovely small tree.  Rose purple pea shaped flowers appears in early spring.  In the south, most redbuds benefit from afternoon shade.  Bird & Butterflies. Cercis canadensis 'Rising Sun'    Rising Sun redbud Selection of Arkansas native $85.00 #5    $125.00 #10    Nursery pickup on both Golden leaves make this redbud really shine.  Afternoon shade is a must in the south for Rising Sun as the leaves will scorch in the high heat.    Chionanthus virginicus    Fringe tree    Grancy greybeard Arkansas Native $12.00 3 quart  $14.00 #1   $16.00 #2  $20.00 #2.5   $25.00 #4 -  $50.00 #7  & $125.00 #20     (can ship only 3 quart, #1 & #2 Sun to part shade  Zones 4-9       Family: Oleaceae.  The scientific name of this tree translate to snow flower. Usually a small tree, it can be maintained as a shrub by periodic pruning. Fringe tree is not a rapid grower but usually blooms while quite small.  Fragrant late spring blossoms are cloud-like. Also known as granddaddy graybeard or grancy greybeard.    Cladrastis kentuckea American Yellowwood   $16.00 3 quart  Arkansas Native   Sun to light shade  Zones 3b-8  Family: Fabaceae   Syn: Cladrastis lutea. A lovely tree, especially in flower with its fragrant panicles of white flowers in spring. This tree is fairly rare in the wild with populations in Kentucky, Virginia & West N. C., found in Alabama west to Oklahoma & disjunct in Indiana. Eventually might reach 50’. Often grown as multi-trunked small tree.    This spring the Yellowwood in my 'arboretum' was absolutely magnificent.  The flowers were so thick that you could barely see the foliage and as you approached the tree, you became aware of an intense humming sound.  There were so many bees of different species eagerly drinking the nectar from each flower.  If you have never been blessed to see American yellowwood in flower - look it up on Google.  You are in for a treat.   Cladrastis kentuckea  'Perkins Pink'  Pink flowered yellowwood $45.00  3 quart Native    Sun  Zone 4-8  Family: Fabaceae Yellowwood is an Arkansas native - usually having white flowers that look like wisteria blossoms.  This particular selection was a chance discovery in Massachusetts 80 years ago.  fragrant pink blooms appear in May - trees must be at least 8 years old to bloom.  Plant one now for future enjoyment.            Clethras belong to the family Clethraceae, the summersweet family & have highly fragrant blooms. They need good soil, light shade & ample moisture to do well but they will reward you in June with outstanding blooms that the butterflies love. Clethra acuminata       Cinnamon clethra $12.00  Quart Native   Shade to part sun   Zone 5-8  Family: Clethraceae Native to the Appalachian mountain range, Cinnamon or Cinnamonbark Clethra is a small shrubby tree.  It can be pruned to one truck or multiples.  12 to 20 feet although occasionally larger.  White spires of flowers in early summer or late spring.  Good soil, moist conditions. Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird'     Summersweet  $13.00 3 Quart Native  Morning sun to dappled shade  Zones 3-9  Family: Clethraceae Hummingbird was selected for its more compact, mounding shape & because it is more floriferous than the species.  2-4' tall, it is smaller than most.  Again, one of the few fragrant plants blooming in shade in the summer.   Clethra alnifolia 'Ruby Spice'  $13.00 3 quart  $18.00 2 gallon - nursery pickup Native  Morning sun to dappled shade  Zones 3-9  Family: Clethraceae Selected for the pinkest coloring to the flowers.   Same great fragrance, shade & moisture loving - 6-8'.   Clethra alnifolia 'Sixteen Candles'     Summersweet $12.00 3 quart Native   Morning sun to dappled shade   Zones 3-9  Family: Clethraceae Michael Dirr selected this as an outstanding specimen of summersweet for its compact habit and very upright flowers. Cocculus carolinianus Carolina snailseed  Arkansas Native    sold out Sun to part shade      Zones 6a to 10.    Family: Menispermaceae    Carolina snailseed or what some people call moonseed, is a woody vigorous vine that produces copious amounts of brilliant red fruit in the fall. Birds relish the fruits causing them to rapidly disappear. (To me, Carolina moonseed is the vine with blue pearly looking fruits  which we offer also, see Menispermum canadense). Native to Arkansas & most of the SE & central states. BIRDFOOD        Cornus are of the family Cornaceae which comprise the dogwood family. Usually small trees or shrubs, these are some of our most attractive natives & provide an excellent source of desirable fruits for the birds. While most advertising in the trade is for the ‘flowering dogwood’, which is Cornus florida, too often many people do not realize how many native dogwoods we have.  The Other dogwoods are much more site adaptable & are not near as finicky about soils. Try some of them - I think you’ll be very pleased. Cornus alternifolia Pagoda Dogwood Arkansas Native   $20.00  #2     Extra shipping applies Morning sun, dappled shade, full sun   zones 3-7   this dogwood is found from the mountains of Georgia to Canada in well drained clearings or woodland edges. There are several reasons for considering this dogwood; height 15’ to 25’, often half as wide as tall, cold tolerance & resistance to dogwood anthracnose disease. Fruits turn from green to a dark blue black on red stems.     Birds love dogwoods! Cornus amomum  Swamp Dogwood  Arkansas Native $15.00 #1  (ready in late April)  $18.00 #2  $20.00 #3   Shipping surcharge on 2&3  Part shade, dappled shade, sun with extra moisture   Zones 4a - 9. While you don’t need a swamp to grow this lovely native dogwood, it can tolerate seasonal flooding & damp soil. Lovely blue fruits that the birds gobble up very rapidly. Native as far north as Newfoundland.     We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. Unknown Cornus drummondii Rough leaved dogwood. Arkansas Native   $9.00 Quart    $15.00 2 gallon (maybe extra shipping) $25.00 #4   $45.00  #7  $55.00 #10 $75.00 #20     #4 thru #20 - nursery pickukp Morning sun - dappled shade - full sun    Zones 3-9.  Small understory tree that featured white fruit also beloved by birds. John Pelton gathered the original seeds for me in the Ouachita Mts. of Arkansas and now I gather my own off the trees I grew from them.  Rough-leaved dogwood’s native range is from Mississippi to Texas & north to Ontario, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa & Nebraska. This dogwood can survive fairly dry conditions. Cornus foemina    Stiff dogwood     $15.00 3 Quart  $18.00 4 Quart    $20.00 #2 - nursery pickup #2 Arkansas native  Shade/sun  A: 4-9  Family: Cornaceae A small tree, usually growing as an understory shrub.  White flowers appear in May or June in Flat-topped heads, followed by blue fruits in the fall.  My thanks again to Larry Price for these seeds.  Stiff dogwood is often found in wet places - but is growing just fine in full sun in my little arboretum. Cornus florida           Flowering dogwood Arkansas Native     $20.00 #2  pickup only Shade - dappled shade    Zones: 5b to 9 Flowering dogwood needs no introduction as this is what most people think of when you say dogwood tree. The showy bracts in late March to early April in a woodland are most beautiful. We are fortunate here to have many scattered throughout our woods. This dogwood needs to be sited well, preferably in dappled shade or afternoon shade. The drainage needs to be good as standing water or heavy clay will usually assure its demise.  Birds love dogwoods!   Cornus obliqua  Pale dogwood Arkansas Native    inquire Shade - morning sun - full sun with extra moisture  Zones 4-9 This too is called swamp dogwood & pale dogwood & silky dogwood. I have only seen this growing as a multi-stemmed shrub to about 5’. I first saw it in 1997 on a native plant hike in Searcy County, Arkansas by Falling Water Creek & was struck by the beauty of the fruits that were in different stages of maturity & therefore different colors. These plants are from seed I collected from those plants.  It’s native from New Brunswick to Arkansas.  Birds love dogwoods!   Cornus racemosa          Gray dogwood  Arkansas Native  $15.00  3 Quart   Some larger for pickup Shade - morning sun - sun with extra moisture  Zones 3 - 8  Family: Cornaceae Gray dogwood feeds over 100 species of birds with its lovely white fruits....which do not last long.  The bright reddish pink pedicels stay on the tree well into winter providing a nice visual effect.  The flowers are white in terminal panicles on almost every stem.  Height is 10 to 15 feet & spread about the same.  Gray dogwood occurs in moist or rocky ground along streams & ponds, wet meadows & borders of prairies with its range from Maine to Ontario, south to Florida & west to Oklahoma. It may forms suckering thickets & is excellent for wildlife planting. The foliage turns a purplish-red to dull rose red in fall.    Birds love dogwoods!  Corylus americana American hazelnut  Arkansas  Native     $12.00 3 Quart  Shade part shade  sun     Zone 4-9.    Family: Betulaceae  A real treat for wildlife!   Often found in rich woods throughout the Eastern U.S. Squirrels, turkeys & other wildlife use these nuts so don’t expect a big harvest. Wetland status indicator: FACU   Corylus cornuta       Beaked hazelnut     $15.00 3 Quart Native   Shade/part sun  Z: 4-9  Family: Betulaceae Beaked hazelnut is native to most of the United States.  It forms a thick shrub about 4-8' tall & wide.  It may form thickets in time.  Beaked hazelnut has been used medicinally for centuries & as food for many native Americans, as well as early settlers.  Small critters & upland birds eat the nuts as well.   Cotinus obovatus       American smoketree $16.00 3 Quart Arkansas native  sun to dappled shade  Zones 4-8  Family: Anacardiaceae Exquisite!  In Tulsa, there are a number of these tree planted.   Driving around the city I couldn't help but note the rounded blue-gree leaves that made this small tree really stand out in the crowd.  In June, misty panicles of flowers bloom which give rise to the common name smoketree.  And yet, the best is yet to be...in autumn, the leaves more than rival any Sugar Maple in the colors of orange & yellow & red.  A small tree to about 30 feet at maturity.  Smoketree must be planted where it will stay on the dry side.  Please do not try to put this in a larger pot to grow on ... It is easy to kill in pots from overwatering.    Hawthorns are in the Rosaceae family.  This means they share the beauty of the rose family, and also the problems that often go along with it.  One problem can be cedar-apple rust that can be present if you have cedar trees anywhere near. Many hawthorns also have THORNS – not all, but be aware that they can.  Hawthorns produce a nice fruit for the birds.   Crataegus marshallii    Parsley haw Arkansas Native   $9.00 Quart Sun  - dappled shade - part shade  Zones 5-8 at least A beautiful small tree with leaves shaped like parsley.  Generally without thorns and having bright red fruits.  The bark will begin to exfoliate as the tree ages.  Adaptable to dry conditions.     BIRDFOOD   Crataegus phaenopyron    Washington Hawthorn $9.00  Quart Arkansas native   Sun or pt shade  Z: 3-8  Family: Rosaceae Washington hawthorn is a mass of white flowers in the spring followed by a heavy crop of brilliant red fruits in the fall.  While many of the other hawthorns locally seem to suffer from cedar-apple rust, so far Washington hawthorn is free from that.  Ultimate size 20 x 20.  Birdfood     Nationwide over 149 species of birds, 73 species of mammals, 93 species of amphibians & reptiles and nearly all fish, use "ANIMAL INNS" (dead trees) for food, nesting or shelter. Only 31 birds species can make their own nest cavities in trees. Another 54 species of birds & other animals also use these holes.  Be an Innkeeper! Your help now safeguards future generations!  Reprinted from U.S. Forest Service handout. Decumaria barbara wood vamp Arkansas Native  $15.00  3 Quart Shade to dappled shaded - morning sun   Zones 7(6) to 10    Family: Saxifragaceae  This SE native vine is little known & Dirr says it deserves better recognition.   it has lovely white fragrant flowers & glossy leaves. Deciduous.    Decumaria barbara 'Barbara Ann'   Wood vamp 'Barbara Ann'  $15.00 3 quart Native  Full shade to morning sun  Zones 6-9 Family: Saxifragaceae 'Barbara Ann' is named after Coach Vincent Dooley's wife & was discovered on the couple's property in Madison County, Georgia.  Outstanding for its deeply lustrous, light-reflecting leaves with fragrant creamy white flowers, this self-clinging vine for shade has been very much overlooked in horticulture.  Here in Zone 7, most years this vine is evergreen.  Cold hardy to -20 degrees.    Diospyros virginiana       Persimmon Arkansas Native $12.00 3 quart    $16.00 #2  extra shipping #2 Sun to part shade   Zones 5-9    Family: Ebonaceae  Persimmons come in male & female trees & these are not old enough to tell the difference.  If you wish to be assured of having a female, you should probably purchase several.  Every child should be able to have the fun of tasting persimmons, both ripe & upripe.   Dirca palustris        Leatherwood $20.00  3 Quart  Arkansas native Shade  Zones 4-9   Family: Thymaelaceae A slow growing understory shrub, leatherwood has the curious ability to have its twigs twisted in a knot without breaking.  Early spring flowers are a pendulous yellow appearing before the leaves.  Fruit quickly matures in May & is eaten by songbirds.  Long lived & generally free from problems. Moist soils.   Eleutherococcus sieboldianus 'variegatus'  See: Acanthopanax   Erythrina herbacea       Coral Bean $out Arkansas native  Sun/pt shade  Z: 7b to 9   Family: Celastraceae A small tree from 4 feet to 10 feet or more in frost free areas.  Bright red flowers are replaced with pods that split open to showy red beans.  These beans are poisonous to humans.  In Zones 7 & 8, Coral bean dies back to acaudiciform (a storage unit mostly above ground) & in the spring puts out new stems & leaves.  Euonymus americanus       Strawberry bush/Hearts a bustin Arkansas Native  $12.00 3 Quart  Shade - dappled shade - Zones 6a-9   Family: Celastraceae.   An attractive shrub that is known by several common names:  Strawberry bush, Hearts a bustin.  These common names are understandable when you see the fruit.  In fall, brightly colored pinky-purple fruits form & then the covering splits & you see 5 orange-red seeds.  This fruit persists for several weeks, putting on quite a show.  Young stems are a dark green which helps to readily identify it when you are walking in the woods.  Strawberry bush prefers dappled shade or at least afternoon shade.   Full sun with extra moisture   Euonymus atropurpurea     Wahoo Arkansas native     Sold out Sun/part shade  Zones 4-9  Family: Celastraceae Taller growing than Euonymus americana, Wahoo nevertheless has the lovely pinky-purple fruits that burst open to have a long display of scarlet seeds.  Flowers are small but an intersting purple.  Good fall leaf color.  Ultimate  height in cultivation is about 20-25'.    NO ACT OF KINDNESS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, IS EVER WASTED.       AESOP Fagus grandifolia American beech $12.00 3 quart Arkansas native  Sun/part shade  Zones 3-10  Family: Fagaceae Beech is one of the most majestic & graceful trees in the forest.  Reaching 90' at maturity, it is a tree for posterity.  Smooth gray bark is a hallmark of American beech.  Golden fall foliage lingers on the trees for a long time, producing a silvery look in winter.   Forestiera acuminata       Swamp privet $ a few for nursery  pickup Arkansas native   Sun/part shade  Zones:    Family: Oleaceae Don't know who gave this the commom name of swamp privet - but it is not the terribly invasive stuff that one normally thinks of as privet!  A small native tree that is usually found in wetlands.  Blooms early February to March with small bright yellow flowers.  Females produce fruit in summer.  A significant wildlife food, particularly favored by Chestnut-bellied quail in Texas, also used by mallards & wood ducks & robins.    My thanks to Brent Baker for collecting the seed and bringing this to us. BIRDS!!        Progress always involves risk; you can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first ......Frederick Wilcox Fothergilla gardenii Dwarf witch alder   $12.00 3 quart   $14.00 Full gallon native  Sun/pt shade  Z: 5-8  Family: Hamamelidaceae Thse come by way of Dr. Jon Lindstrom from open-pollinated plants where he collected the seed in order to see the variations that would appear in the progeny.  It has been amazing for me to see this variation in summer color & fall color.  All seedlings have been quite vigorous in their growth.                           NEW FOR 2012 Fothergilla 'Blue Shadow' PP#15490     Witch alder $15.00 3 Quart Native selection   Afternoon shade  Z: 4-8  Family: Hamamelidaceae In early spring, the honey scented flowers appear before the foliage.  This is the bluest leafed fothergilla I have seen - a very powdery coating on the leaves that has been barely diminished by rain or sun.  Mature size: 6' x 5'.   Fothergilla ‘Mt. Airy Witch alder  Native  $12.00 3 Quart  Part shade to full sun   zones 4-8.   Family: Hammelidaceae  Witch alder seems a strange name for this lovely shrub with it’s distinctive brushlike creamy white flowers. This cultivar is a natural hybrid of F. gardenii & F. major.  Mt Airy has been selected for it’s floriferous nature. It is fairly drought tolerant with fragrant flowers & brilliant fall foliage. They reach about 4-5’  In the wild, fothergillas are on the endangered list.   Backlight by the sun in the fall, the foliage seems to glow.   Fothergilla major     Witch alder  Arkansas Native  sold out Part shade to full sun  Zones 4-8  Family: Hammelidaceae    The large witch alder is native to the uplands of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains and has larger flowers, greater hardiness & drought tolerance than the dwarf witch alder.  While growing to about 10’, you can easily keep this smaller by pruning – summer pruning to ensure the most flowers.  Bottlebrush looking white flowers that generally have a honeylike fragrance on a warm spring day.  Their fall foliage is brilliant in oranges, reds & yellows – give as much sun as possible to get the best flowers & best coloring in foliage.    Franklinia alhamata     Ben Franklin tree $100.00  10  Gallon - apprx. 6 feet tall  nursery pickup - bloomed in 2012 Native  Sun to part shade  Zones 4-8(9)  Family: Theaceae A small shrub or tree of an upright appearance with perfect white 5 petaled fragrant flowers. The flowers are slightly cupped and up to 3 inches across.  Not the easiest tree to grow, Franklinia needs good soil with lots of organic matter that is moist, acid & well drained.  Full sun gives the best fall color but will tolerate  light shade.  The history of this tree is quite fascinating as it was collected from the wild in Georgia in 1770 by John Bartram.  John planted some in his garden, which survived: but Franklinia has not been seen in the wild since 1790.  The Franklinia is blooming now in July.  :-) Fraxinus americana    White ash  Few - inquite Extra shipping or nusery pickup may apply to all sizes of white ash Arkansas native    Sun     Zones 4-9      Family: Oleaceae  A stately tree that is widespread throughout the eastern half of the United States.  In time can reach 75 feet or more.  Pinnately compound leaves turn a lovely yellow in fall. Larval food for Tiger Swallowtail   Fraxinus caroliniana        Carolina ash $9.00 Quart Arkansas native    Sun or shade    Zones:  7-9     Family: Oleaceae Carolina ash, also called pop ash, is a small attractive tree tolerant of flooding and wet feet.   Not drought tolerant however.     Fraxinus pennsylvanica     Green ash  $12.00 3 quart     $15.00 #2  Nursery pickup #2 Arkansas native     Sun to part shade    Zones 2-10    Family: Oleaceae Green ash doesn’t get quite as large as White ash but still will make a large tree.  Native over about 2/3 of the United States, once established it’s a pretty hardy tree.  Also tolerant of wet soils.  Larval food for Tiger Swallowtail Fraxinus profunda      Pumpkin ash $15.00  3 quart  $22.00 #2  $30.00  #4   nursery pickup Arkansas native  Sun/part shade  Z: 4-9  Family: Oleaceae Thanks to Theo Witsell for sending me seeds of Pumpkin Ash.  Native from New York to Michigan, south to Texas & east to Florida.  Pumpkin ash is an obligate wetland species & develops a large base when grown in areas that remain wet.  The base can be pumpkin-shaped, which accounts for the common name.  Pumpkin ash may reach 120 feet at maturity with large leaves & dangling flowers.   Fraxinus quadrangulata Blue Ash Arkansas Native $ inquire    Nursery pickup Sun/part shade  Zones 4-8        Family: Oleaceae   . An unusual ash with stems having 4 sides. Native from Michigan to Arkansas & Tennessee. May eventually reach 80 feet, so don’t plant under a power line! Valuable tree for wildlife, many birds like to nest in the branches of ash.    Gelsemium sempervirens  'Margarita'             Carolina jessamine Arkansas Native $9.00 Quart  $12.00  3 Quart  $16.00  #2 (extra shipping #2) Sun - part shade   Zones 6-9. Carolina jessamine is also called yellow jasmine.  a climbing vine with evergreen leaves has bright yellow fragrant flowers.  An ideal vine to cover a  mailbox, an unsightly fence or as a screen. 'Margarita' is a selection made because it is more winter hardy than the species.  Be aware that all parts of this vine are poisonous. Ginkgo biloba     Maidenhair tree ??native  ?? not native??   $35.00 #7      -$90.0  #20     nursery pickup Sun - part shade     Zones  4-8. I have read fossils have been found that indicate the possibility that Ginkgo may have been on the North American continent at one time.  Whether it was or not, Ginkgos are outstanding trees.  The fan shaped leaves are lovely in their green dress & outstanding in their yellow fall color.  An interesting fact about Ginkgos is the leaves fall almost all at one time (within a day or so).  Unsexed seedlings.      Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold'        Maidenhair tree - male selection $35.00  3 quart Sun  Zones: 4-8  Family: Ginkgoaceae  Autumn Gold is a male section which means that is will not produce fruit.  A slow growing tree, Autumn Gold eventually reaches from 35 to 50 feet with glorious fall color.  The leaves are unusual - fan shaped & generally all fall off the tree within a few days of each other. Gymnocladus dioicus     Kentucky Coffee tree Arkansas Native   $15.00 3 Quart     $20.00 #2  Sun to part shade     Zones 3-9. A beautiful tree, very straight & symetrical.  Deep grooved rugged bark on this fine native tree.  Compound leaves make for very light shade, so that if you grow lawn grass, you may grow it up close to the trunk.  It does make large interesting pods when it gets old enough.  Native to much of the eastern U. S.  Halesia diptera    Snow-Drop tree  Arkansas    Native $a few large for nursery pickup Shade - part shade      Family: Styracaceae     Zones 6-9.      Also known as 2 winged silverbell for the ridges on the fruit as opposed to the four ridges which the Carolina silverbell has.  A beautiful small tree with white bell-shaped flowers 3/4 inch long that dangle on pedicels of about 3/4 inch.  Two winged silverbell blooms about 2 weeks later than H. tetraptera (carolina).  It is found on moist sites,  woodland floodplains, marsh edges & ravines from S. C. to Florida to Texas & Arkansas. It has withstood -25 degrees in Cincinnati & flowered profusely.  Not widely known, this small tree reaches 20 to 30 feet and derives its common name from the shape of the fruit.   Halesia diptera 'Magniflora'     2 winged silverbell Arkansas native $20.00 #2 -may require extra shipping)    $45.00 #4 & #5 -nursery pickup Sun/part shade  Zones 6-9 at least  Family: Styracaceae Magniflora is a selection of the two winged silverbell that has larger flowers than the species. Beautiful white bell-shaped flowers dangle on pedicels of about 3/4 inch.  Two winged silverbell blooms about 2 weeks later than the 4 winged silverbell (Halesia tetraptera (carolina)).  20 - 30' ultimate height. Halesia tetraptera          Carolina silverbell $20.00 #2 + shipping surcharge  $30.00 #4 -nursery pickup Arkansas native    Sun/pt shade  Z: 5-8  Family: Styracaceae Carolina silverbell is one of those trees that is so beautiful it is hard to believe it grows wild - here in Pope County, Arkansas.  White bell-shaped flowers appear in springtime of very young trees.  Height in about 15 years is 12' - possible mature height is 30'. Hamamelis vernalis Vernal witch hazel  Arkansas  Native  $12.00  3 Quart     $15.00 4 quart     $20.00 #2  4 qt & #2 extra shipping  Shade - Part shade to sun Family: Hamamelidaceae Late winter or early spring blooming shrub to 6’. Spreads by means of short stolons. Found from Missouri to Arkansas & Louisiana and Oklahoma. Fragrant flowers.  As I rework these web pages, the witch hazel are blooming - the fragrance is incredibly sweet on a warm February day.   Hamamelis virginiana     Common witch hazel $12.00 3 quart  Arkansas Native   Sun to shade   Zones 3-8(9)  Family:  Hamamelidaceae The extract, witch  hazel, is distilled from the roots or bark of young stems.  A small tree or shrub reaching 15 to 20 feet in cultivation.  Yellow fragrant flowers are made up of 4 strap-like petals.  Common witch hazel blooms between October & December.  Hydrangea arborescens Wild hydrangea  Arkansas  Native $inquire Shade  -  morning sun     Family: Hydrangeaceae  Hardy sprawling shrub native to the eastern half of the U.S. Zone 4. You can cut this shrub back to about 4 - 5" each winter & will stay more manageable & still bloom nicely each year. White flowers are attractive to bees & wild turkeys eat the fruit. I collected the seed last fall on our Ozark Chapter hike at Leatherwood Creek near ponca. (which is in NW Arkansas)  Will grow in very heavy shade. Hydrangea arborescens  'Annabelle'   Wild hydrangea Native  $15.00 3 quart Morning sun to full shade   Zones 4-8 at least  Family: Hydrangeaceae Annabelle has been selected for its outstanding flowers, larger than the species.  For shade, it certainly brightens a dark corner of your garden with its bright white flowers.  May reach 5-6 feet but can easily be shaped by pruning or cut back to the ground early in the season.   Hydrangea arborescens 'Invincibelle©Spirit'  pp20,765 $15.00 Quart Native hybrid   Part shade  A: 4-8  Family: Hydrangeaceae A pink flowering wild hydrangea!  Treat the same as the other wild hydrangeas.   Invincibelle©Spirit will be 3 to 5 feet tall - Prune it if you like.  A portion of the proceeds of this plant help support Breast Cancer Research. Hydrangea arborescens 'Hayes Starburst'  Wild hydrangea      sold out Native   Shade/morning sun  Zone 4-8  Family: Hydrangeaceae May I be so bold as to predict this new selection of our native wild hydrangea will be a hit throught the world where it can be  grown.  White multi-sepaled flowers stand out like... like a Starburst!  Hayes Jackson of Anniston, Alabama discovered this wonderful plant. 4-6' ultimate height. Hydrangea arborescens ssp radiata      Silverleaf wild hydrangea out Native  Morning sun/full shade  Zones 4-9  Family: Hydrangeaceae `With a light breeze, the startling silver-white of the undersides of the leaves point out this variation from the more common wild hydrangea.  Silverleaf hydrangea is found in Tennessee, Georgia & a few surrounding states.  These will grow in full heavy shade & still flower.  Wild hydrangeas get pretty leggy & since they flower on new wood, should be cut back severely in late winter.  You can cut the flowers before they start browning & dry them for use in flower arrangements.         There are several sizes  of  tubes or bands.  The one we use mostly is what I call a tall tube or tall tree band(when you see it beside the price of a plant).  This size is 2 and 7/8 inches square by 9 inches deep.  This give a maximum root run while conserving soil & shipping costs.  When  you see the words large tube or large tree band - this size is 4 inches by 4 inches by 10 inches deep.  TTP means Tall Tree Pot & these are 4 inches by 4 inches by 14 inches deep.  As we add more sizes you will see different descriptions.             "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets, forests or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing & human spirits would rise."  - Lorrie Otto Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice' Oakleaf hydrangea Native  $sold out Shade  - dappled shade - morning sun  Zone 5-9  Family: Hydrangeaceae Oakleaf hydrangea 'Alice'  may eventually reach 12 feet high by 12 feet wide having inflorescences that can e 15" long.  Creamy clusters of white sepals are almost 50 Cent size.  The flowers age to a dustry pink-rose - staying beautiful on the shrub as they dry.  The flowers may be cut for use in dried flower arrangements.   Fall paints its leaves a maroon & in mid winter when the leaves drop, the exfoliating bark creates more textures in the winter landscape.    This is such a wonderful cultivar and if you don't want it so large, PRUNE IT!!     Hydrangea quercifolia 'Amethyst'    Oakleaf hydrangea Native $13.00 3 quart Part sun or shade  Zone 5-9  Family: Hydrangeaceae 'Amethyst' has been selected for its compact form & 6" flowers that age to a deep maroon..  Height 5 to 6 feet. Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey' (pp) $inquire Native    Morning sun  Z: 5-9  Family: Hydrangeaceae Yellow leaves make 'Little Honey' really standout out from the rest.  A dwarf shrub growing 3-4 feet tall which will fit into most anyone's yard.  Flowers are the typical white and are in proportion to the rest of the plant.  Burgandy red leaves in the fall.  Dappled shade or high shade is suitable also.                  NEW FOR 2012 Hydrangea quercifolia 'Munchkin' $20.00 3 Quart Native  Shade or morning sun  Z: 5-9  Family: Hydrangeaceae 'Munchkin' is a perfect Oakleaf for the smaller garden - or to plant under that certain large shrub or tree.  In 7 years time, Munchkin should be only 3 1/2 feet tall by 4 or 5 feet wide.  Excellent foliage color and lovely white blossoms that quickly turn to the soft deep rose that many oakleaf hydrangeas are famous for. Hydrangea quercifolia 'Pee Wee'    Oak leaf hydrangea 'Pee Wee'  $15.00  3 quart     $30.00 #5 (nursery pickup #5) Native  Morning sun/shade  Zones 5-9  Family: Hydrangeaceae A more compact form of oak leaf hydrangea, 'Pee Wee' should grown 2 to 3' by 2 to 3' with smaller leaves & flowers than the species.  Just the right size for under most windows or in borders.                       NEW FOR 2012 Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers' $20.00 3 Quart  Native   Shade or morning sun  Z: 5-9  Family: Hydrangeaceae Ruby Slippers is a plant developed by the U S National Arboretum in Tennessee.  A hybrid between Snow Queen and Pee Wee.  Ruby Slippers was released in 2010.  In early summer, Ruby Slippers is covered with 9 inch long inflorescences that are held upright above the foliage.  The flowers open white & quickly turn pale pink & deepen to rose.  Ultimate size: 3 1/2 feet tall by 5 feet wide.   Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sikes Dwarf'   Oakleaf hydrangea 'Sikes Dwarf'   $15.00   3 Quart    $22.00 #2.5 (nursery pickup #2.5) Native   Morning sun to shade  Zones 5-9   Family: Hydrangeaceae Sikes Dwarf is a low growing oak leaf hydrangea  3-4' should be it's maximum height with a spread of about 4 feet.  Attractive white flowers that are in proportion to the plant size.  Ideal for smaller yards.  Still has all the wonderful attributes of Oak leaf hydrangea.   Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake'   Oak leaf hydrangea 'Snowflake'      inquire Native   Morning sun/shade  Zones 5-9   Family: Hydrangeaceae 'Snowflake' has multiple bracts which emerge on tops of old ones which create a double flowered appearance.  Panicles of 12 to 15" are the most beautiful of the sterile flowered forms. The flowers open white with older sepals turning deep pink which makes a lovely show.  Ultimate height about 5-8 feet. Among all the mail-order nurseries I've dealt with, this was the most loving & careful packing job I've ever seen.  The plants are gorgeous.  Thank you!     RS - Ohio   Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’     Oakleaf hydrangea Native $15.00 3 Quart Shade  - dappled shade  - morning sun     Zones 5 to 9. Family:  Hydrangeaceae     Oakleaf hydrangea is one of my favorite shrubs for year long interest.  In springtime there are large elongated flower heads which turn to a lovely buff color as they dry as summer arrives (they can be cut for dried arrangements)  Fall paints its leaves a maroon & in mid winter when the leaves drop, the exfoliating bark creates  more texture in the winter landscape.    Hypericum hypericoides       St Andrews Cross Arkansas native sold out Sun/part shade  Zones 5-9  Family: Clusiaceae Lower growing than most hypericums, St. Andrew's cross has small bright yellow flowers & very attractive foliage.  Good for dry areas.   Hypericum frondosum 'Sunburst'    Saint John's wort  $15.00 #2 - extra shipping #2 Native   Sun/pt shade  Z: 5-8  Family: Clusiaceae Sunburst is a lovely selection of Golden St. John's wort with 2" large flowers.  Semi-evergreen in the southern part of it's range which is from Kentucky eastward & south.  3 feet is the usual height. Hypericum kalmianum 'Gemo'  Kalm St. John's wort  $12.00  3 Quart     $15.00 #2 (extra shipping #2) Native    Sun/part shade  Z: 4-7  Family: Clusiaceae Gemo has been selected for its long flowering habit.  It is typically evergreen and makes a nice shrub for the border at 2-3'.  Yellow flowers in early to mid summer.  Hypericum prolificum      Shrubby St. John's Wort $8.00 Quart  Arkansas native  Sun to part shade  Zones 5-9  Family: Clusiaceae From my friend Larry Price comes this St. John's Wort.  Bright yellow flowers on a truly tough plant.  Butterflies love it.  Plants cann be from 1 to 5' depending on situation and the bark exfoliates on older plants showing a lovely orange striping.  In ancient years, plants of this genus were burned on the eve of St. John's day in order to ward off evil spirits - giving rise to the name: St. John's wort.           Hollies are in the family Aquifoliaceae.  We have lots of wonderful American native hollies to choose from for all types of situations.  Wet, dry, evergreen or deciduous, there is a holly to fit the bill.  All of them are loved by songbirds – for their fruits or for nesting in their boughs.    Ilex decidua 'Red Cascade'      Female possumhaw $  Arkansas native  Sun/part shade  Z: 6-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae 'red Cascade' has been selected for the weeping habit of the branches.  Red berries in winter are abundant. Ilex decidua 'Red Escort'      Male possumhaw $30.00   #3    pickup only Arkansas native  Sun/part shade  Z: 6-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae 'Red Escort' is a pollinator for the female selections of possumhaw.  Eventual height & spread is about 25 x 20.  Yellow fall foliage.  Ilex decidua 'Warren's Red' Possumhaw Arkansas Native $  Sun - part shade   Zones 6-9      Family: Aquifoliaceae Possumhaw.  This is the small tree you notice in fence-rows during the winter that is covered with red fruits.  For years I've tried to find this magnificent holly to offer to my customers.   We finally were able to secure this female selection that has been made for its outstanding fruit.  Late winter food for  birds.  Ilex glabra        Inkberry holly $sold out Native      Sun/part shade  Z: 4-9      Family: Aquifoliaceae Evergreen shrub - good for birds & low screening.  Female plants provide berries.  If you wish, please state in ordering that you would like a male & female & we'll try to accomodate.  Bird food   Ilex glabra 'Nigra'       Female inkberry holly sold out Native   Sun/part shade  Z: 5-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae Glossy dark green foliage on a broad upright plant.  Very dense foliage - ultimate height 3-4'.  Black fruits on evergreen shrub.  Bird food Ilex opaca 'Jersey Knight'      Male American holly $out Arkansas native   Sun/part shade  Z: 5-9   Family: Aquifoliaceae Evergreen holly with a broad pyramidal form.  This is a male selection. Ultimate height 30' Ilex opaca 'Jersey Princess'    Female American holly sold out Arkansas native  Sun/lt shade  Z: 5-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae Jersey Princess is considered to be one of the best cultivars of American holly.  Generally reaching 30' in cultivation, the foliage is deep dark glossy green and the fruits are a bright red.  Evergreen.  Use 'Jersey Knight' as a pollinator. Ilex opaca ‘ Miss Helen’      American holly ‘Miss Helen’ out Arkansas native   Sun to part shade     Zones 5-9 at least   Family: Aquifoliaceae Miss Helen has thick dark green leaves and produces an abundance of oblong cherry red fruits.  Slower growing than some American hollies, Miss Helen eventually reaches 40’.  Use 'Jersey Knight' as a pollinator. Late winter food for  birds.     Ilex opaca ‘Princeton Gold'’   American holly  Arkansas Native $out Sun - part shade - dappled shade     Zones 5 to 10. Beautiful dark green foliage provides an excellent backdrop for the golden yellow berries.  American holly has a broad pyramidal habit & may reach 25 to 30’ in time, so allow plenty of space.  In Russellville, near here, there are some large American hollies that I admire whenever I drive by.    Ilex pedunculosa (female)    Female longstalk holly $12.00 3 Quart Not Native   Sun to part shade  Zones 5-7  Family: Aquifolianceae Michael Dirr states in his book Manual of Woody Landscape Plants that Longstalk holly is one of the most handsome of the evergreen hollies & should be planted more often.  Bright red fruits on long pedicels are relished by birds.  It has survived in Illinois field testing under adverse conditions of heavy soil, dry sweeping winds & intense summer heat.    Ilex pedunculosa (male)    Male longstalk holly $sold out Not native (Japan & China)  Sun/part shade  Zones 5-7  Family: Aquifolianceae Male form has flowers in clusters - nice evergreen shrub or small tree - just without the fruit of the above female - has lustrous dark green leaves. Winterberry holly is a  sure fire bird attractor. A deciduous large shrub or small tree native from Nova Scotia south to Florida & Texas.    At least 48 species of birds are known to eat the fruit including bluebirds, robins & cedar waxwings.    Ilex verticillata 'Afterglow' Female winterberry holly        $15.00 full gallon   $18.00 #2.5+ extra shipping Arkansas native  Sun/part shade  Zones 4-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae Afterflow was selected for its orange-red fruits which are not exactly round as most holly berries.  White it is relatively slow growing, it eventually becomes multi-stemmed & will reach 10 feet.   For pollinator use Apollo or Southern Gentleman.   Birds Ilex verticillata "Apollo"         Winterberry holly male Arkansas Native $12.00  3 quart Sun to part shade  Zone 3-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae  Winterberry hybrid holly which is male pollinator.  Check description of each female to determine which male is needed.  "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."    ~John Muir~ Ilex verticillata 'Berry Nice' tm   Winterberry holly female Arkansas Native      #2  $18.00  extra shipping Sun to part shade   Zone 3-9   Family:Aquifoliaceae Berry Nice has been selected for its bright red fruits. While these can be planted in part shade, you will get the more fruits in full sun.   Use Jim Dandy as pollinator. Birds Ilex verticillata 'Earlybright'    Female winterberry sold out Arkansas native  Sun/pt shade  Z: 3-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae Growth habit is columnar to 5' with orange red fruit.  Jim Dandy is the pollinator for Earlybright. Ilex verticillata 'Jim Dandy'  Male winterberry  Arkansas Native   $12.00 3 quart        $15.00 #2 - extra shipping Sun to part shade    Zones 4-8  Family: Aquifoliaceae Early heavy blooming male with dark green deciduous foliage.  Compact form. Ilex verticillata 'Kennebago'      Female winterberry holly $13.00 3 quart  Arkansas native  Sun/part shade Z: 4-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae Selected for earliest red fruit on a compact shrub - 6 x 6' at maturity.  Jim Dandy is pollinator for this lovely gem.  One of the slower growing winterberries Ilex v. 'Maryland Beauty'     female winterberry $12.00 3 Quart  $16.00 #2 Arkansas native  Sun/part shade  Z: 3-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae Maryland Beauty was selected for it's very heavy fruit set and has the berries extending the length of the branches.  At five feet, Maryland Beauty is shorter than most winterberry hollies.  Use Apollo or Southern Gentleman as pollinator. Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'  Female winterberry  holly Arkansas native  $15.00 3 quart  $20.00 #2   Extra shipping #2 Sun to part shade  Zones 4-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae 'Red Sprite' is ideal for the small garden as its overall size is 3' by 3'.  Bright red fruits.  Use 'Jim Dandy' as pollinator.  Birds     To feed birds from summer thru fall & winter, plant a variety of shrubs & trees that bear fruit. (please stay away from Russian olive & other invasive aliens). Some to plant are Winterberry holly, Inkberry Holly, beautyberry, Chokeberry, sumacs, wild plums & Viburnums. Ilex verticillata 'Southern Gentleman'     Male winterberry Arkansas Native  $12.00 3 Quart Sun to part shade     Zones 4-8 Male selection of winterberry holly. You should probably have one male holly for every 5 females.   Ilex verticillata 'Stoplight'      Female winterberry holly   sold out Arkansas native   Sun/part shade  Z:4-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae With deep red fruit & lime green foliage, 'Stoplight' is a standout among the winterberries.  Rather slow growing, 'Stoplight' will reach 8' in thirty years.  Use 'Apollo' or 'Southern Gentleman' as pollinator.  Birdfood.   Ilex verticillata 'Sunset'    Female winterberry holly  $15.00 FG Arkansas native  Sun/part shade  Z: 4-9  Family: Aquifoliaceae 'Sunset' was selected by the Simpson Nursery for its vigorous spreading habit, large fruit, dark green foliage and dark brown twig color.  'Southern Gentleman' or 'Apollo' is the pollinator.  Reaches 8' in 30 years. Birdfood. Ilex verticillata 'Winter Gold'     Female winterberry holly Arkansas native  $14.00  Full gallon    $20.00 #2.5 - pickup   $30.00  #5 Sun/part shade  Zones:  4-9   Family: Aquifoliaceae I like to combine 'Winter Gold' with 'Winter Red' which makes a pleasing contrast - orangey-gold fruits with red-red ones.  Use 'Apollo' or 'Southern Gentleman' as pollinator.  Grows as a multi-stemmed shrub - usually 7' x 7'. Birdfood. Ilex verticillata 'Winter Red'        Female winterberry Arkansas Native  out until about the first of May 2012 Sun to part shade      Zone  4-8   Family: Aquifoliaceae 'Winter Red' puts on one of the best fruit displays of any of the winterberries.  The bright red fruits are held on the shrub long after the leaves have fallen.  Birdfood Illicium floridanum    Florida Anise tree Native $12.00 3 Quart Morning sun to full shade  Zones (6) 7-9  Family:  Illiciaceae Evergreen shrub with very aromatic foliage when bruised or crushed.  Maroon flowers borne in late March thru April - lovely with a curious odor.   Illicium floridanum 'Semmes'   White flowered Florida Anise tree sold out Native  morning sun/full shade  Zones (6) 7-9  Family: Illiciaceae White flowered form of the Florida Anise tree.  In a proctected site, these will survive in Zone 6 (in field test Illicium floridanum has survived -9 degrees. Illicium parviflorum   Yellow Anise shrub  Native $12.00 3 Quart  Shade  - morning sun  Zone 6 with protection   Family:Illiciaceae. Small Evergreen shrub reaching 6-10 feet . A very nice shrub for your shade garden.  Place where you walk by & stroke the intensely fragrant leaves.  Small yellow flowers in late spring give way to interesting seedpods which look like a star anise.          Itea is in the family Iteacea and is a beautiful shrub for several seasons of the year. In early summer, they put forth racemes of fragrant white flowers which attract butterflies, bees, & hummingbirds. In the fall, the leaves turn glorious shades of reds & burgandys & the leaves remain on the plant for most of the winter. Itea does best with some extra moisture when it’s dry. The growth habit of Itea is suckering, alot like forsythia.  Itea virginica 'Henry's Garnet'      Virginia sweetspire $12.00  3 quart Arkansas native  Sun/pt shade  Z: 5-9  Family: Iteaceae 'Henry's Garnet' was selected for its outstanding fall color of garnet red.  Fragrant racemes of white flowers 4-6" long appear in late May & June.  'Henry's Gardnet' reaches 3-4/ in height & spread will be about 4-6'.  Average to wet soils. Itea virginica ‘Little Henry’ ppafSweetspire Arkansas Native   $15.00  3 quart Sun to light shade    Zones 5-10  Family:   Iteaceae  Little Henry is a dwarf selection of sweetspire that is smaller in all parts than the species. Very attractive fragrant white flowers . When mature, it’s about 24" x 36". Would make a nice patio plant.    Butterflies Itea virginica 'Merlot'      Sweetspire  Arkansas Native $14.00 gallon    $16.00 #2  + extra shipping Sun - part shade Zones 5-10  Family:  Iteaceae A beautiful shrub for several seasons of the year.  Fragrant flowers & burgandy fall foliage. Butterflies   Itea virginica 'Saturnalia'  Virginia sweetspire 'Saturnalia' $sold out Arkansas native Sun to light shade  Zones 5-10  Family:  Iteaceae Saturnalia was selected by Larry Lowman of Ridgecrest Nursery for the intense fall color of reds, oranges & gold.  The autumn color of Virginia sweetspire lasts a long times through fall & into winter.  Some years I've even seen the new green leaves pushing off the old.  Same wonderful flowers characteristics of all the Itea selections.  3-4' tall with similar spread.  Butterflies       Juglans cinerea      Butternut $out Arkansas native  sun/part shade zones 3-7  Family: juglandaceae  Butternut is a large tree which reaches 40 to 60" although there are specimens that have reached 100'.  The inner bark of the tree as well as the hulls of the nuts were used for a dye in past years.  The nuts are sweet & very oily.  I planted one in a field coming into the nursery & it has grown well, only receiving extra watering the first year. Birds & critters! Juglans nigra          black walnut $12.00  3 quart Arkansas native    Sun/part shade  Zone: 3-9   Family: Juglandaceae Black walnut is valued for its fine straight grained wood & for the distinctive tasting nuts the tree produces. If you wish to harvest the nuts, you must get them quickly before the squirels carry them off.  Black walnut grows fairly rapidly -    Leitneria floridana Corkwood   $13.00 3 quart    $17.00 #2 (pickup only)    other sizes available for pickup Arkansas native   Shade to sun  Zones 5-9   Family: Leitneriaceae Corkwood is a suckering shrub and  a rather interesting shrub (rather than being particularly ornamental).  Planted in a moist area (along streams or pond banks), it will colonize the area in time - being very adaptable to standing water or water levels that flucuate.  The wood is extremely light, more so than cork.  The colonies take on the look of a grove of small unbranched trees with long deep green leaves.  Bark is a reddish brown.     "In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy".  John Sawhill Lindera benzoin       Spice bush   Arkansas native  $13.00  3 Quart  $18.00 #2 (extra shipping) Shade -  part shade - Zone 4-9.  Family: Lauraceae    Fragrant leaves & stems used to make tea. Small yellow flowers in the spring & bright red fruits in the fall before the birds get them. Native to damp woods in almost all of the eastern U S. Larval plant of spicebush swallowtail butterfly.  Rounded shrub to 8 x 8 or so. Unsexed seedlings.  full sun with adequate moisture         Liquidamber styraciflua - Sweet gum Arkansas Native $10.00 3 Quart  few larger Sun to part shade      Zone 4-11 While I do not recommend this as a tree to plant close to your house because of the prickly seed balls it makes, sweet gum remains one that should be planted where you can enjoy the intense fall foliage color. Some years the foliage is a brilliant yellow, other years it seems to be red or burgundy.   Many sizes at the nursery, please ask. Liriodendron tulipifera tulip poplar  Arkansas Native  $25.00 #3   $30.00 #5  $45.00 #7 nursery pickup  Family: Magnoliaceae Tulip poplar planted where it gets full sun, good drainage & ample moisture becomes one of our fastest growing & most magnificent trees. Tulip poplar has gold color in fall, spectacular flowers in spring & bright green foliage that is unmistakable. Native to most of the eastern half of the United States. In addition, Tiger swallowtails lay their eggs on tulip poplars & the larvae feed on the leaves.   Lonicera is in the family Caprifoliaceae which consists mostly of shrubs & woody vines. In the United States we have several native honeysuckles but the most common one, Lonicera japonica is NOT native although it is doing its best to take over woodlands, displacing native vegetation. The native honeysuckles are much more constrained; while at the same time providing nectar for hummingbirds, fruit for other birds & providing nesting places for birds. Lonicera heckrottii ‘Gold Flame’      Gold Flame honeysuckle Hybrid $sold out Sun  - part shade   Zones  5-9   Family: Caprifoliaceae  A lovely fragrant honeysuckle with pink & yellow flowers that does not suffer the invasiveness of Lonicera japonica (which roams thru the trees & shrubs covering all in its reach) HUMMINGBIRDS!   Lonicera sempervirens 'Alabama Crimson'   Trumpet honeysuckle   sold out Arkansas native  sun/shade  Zones 4-9  Family: Caprifoliaceae 'Alabama Crimson' has been selected for its dark red flowers & floriferous habit.  An excellent vine for screening & will grow in sun or shade but produces the best flowering in the sun.  Hummingbirds really love trumpet honeysuckle. Lonicera sempervirens ‘Blanche Sandman’   trumpet honeysuckle Arkansas Native  $12.00  3 quart  $25.00 3 gallon -(pickup) Sun - part shade - dappled shade     zone 4.  Hummingbirds ‘Blanche Sandman’ has been selected for its outstanding red flower coloring.   Lonicera sempervirens 'Cedar Lane'   Trumpet honeysuckle Arkansas Native sold out Sun - part shade - dappled shade   Zone 4. Cedar Lane trumpet honeysuckle has been selected for its intensely red flowers & very narrow blueish leaves.  Heavy bloom in springtime, followed by sporatic blooming the rest of the year.      Hummingbirds Lonicera sempervirens "John Clayton"   Trumpet honeysuckle Arkansas Native $16.00 3 quart  Sun or part shade.     Zones 4-9. . This lovely selection of our native honeysuckle has beautiful YELLOW flowers. The flowers are a soft buttery yellow & rebloom frequently throughout the year. Not invasive. Hummingbirds Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler' $12.00 3 Quart Arkansas native   Sun/shade  Zone 4-9  Family: Caprifoliaceae Major Wheeler has been selected for its outstanding long bloom season.  Bright red florwers drawbutterflies & hummingbirds. Lyonia ligustrina         Maleberry Arkansas native   $sold out Shade/morning sun only   Zones 3-10  Family: Ericaceae Medium size shrub (6-12') with small white bell shaped flowers followed by a dry capsule with several seeds that remain a long time on the plant. Maleberry has attractive dark green small leaves which turn red/orange in the fall.   Very tolerant of wet soils.  I've been researching to find the origin of the common name - maleberry or He-huckleberry - but no success thus far.  If you know the origin, please let me know.     Lord, how many miracles go unnoticed.  Ken Brown    Pine Ridge Gardens T-shirt  In fall of 1999, we had a new cover page, designed by Sandy Kimbriel (who just happens to be my daughter). We then decided to do some T-shirts using the front cover of the catalog. The shirts will be 100% cotton, preshrunk, offered in a soft sandy color with forest green printing - in sizes Medium, Large or Extra-large. The back side of the T-shirt will have our mission statement: .......helping restore the earth! Price: $17.50 including shipping if ordered with plants, otherwise we must get $5.00 shipping.  Visit our Shoppe.    ABCDEFHIJL  | Order | Catalog Contents | Main Menu | Tree M-Z 02/20/12