Plant Profile: Red Alder (Rubrus rubra)
Karen Red alder is a deciduous tree native to North America from southeast Alaska south to central coastal California with an extension inland across Washington and Oregon into northermost Montana. It…
Plant Profile: Indian Hawthorn (Raphiolepis indica)
Also known as Hong Kong hawthorn, this dense evergreen shrub is native to south China to Indo-China and temperate eastern Asia including Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. It is…
Plant Profile: Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
This deciduous holly is native to eastern North America from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Alabama where it grows in wetlands such as bogs, swamps, and along…
Plant Profile: Blue Haw (Viburnum cassinoides)
Also known as Appalachian tea, wild raisin, swamp haw, withe-rod and witherrod viburnum, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America from Newfoundland to Manitoba and Minnesota, south to…
Plant Profile: Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
This mounding to rounded deciduous shrub is native to open woods, lakeshores, streambanks, rock outcroppings, and prairies in central and eastern US from New Brunswick to Ontario, south to Georgia…
Plant Profile: Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis aka Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis)
Also called American elder, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to North America east of the Rocky Mountains, south to Bolivia, where it usually grows in moist areas…
Plant Profile: Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
Also known as Canadian hemlock, this coniferous tree is native to eastern North America and is a member of the pine family, Pinaceae, that also includes cedar and spruce. The…
Plant Profile: Chinese Winter Hazel (Corylopsis platypetala)
Native to South-Central and Southeast China, this deciduous shrub is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes fothergill and loropetalum. Although it grows 8-10 feet in…
Plant Profile: Chinese Alder (Clethra fargesii)
Also known as bush pepper, common white alder, nana, and pink spire, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to woodlands and mountains of Central China and is a…
Plant Profile: Japanese Clethra (Clethra barbinervis)
This deciduous shrub or small tree is native to the open mountain forests of southern China, Japan and Korea and is a member of the small plant family, Clethraceae, and…