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Pains us to part with these on the rare times that Plant Merchant overwhelms Plant Hoarder. Diminutive Pineapple Lily that gives way more pleasure than its size might suggest. Time to take the high road here and not get into personal digressions. Pure white 6"-10" bloom stalks lasting for weeks. Great little container plant but don't leave the pot out over winter. It is ok in the ground here if mulched in winter.

This is the hardiest of the Eucryphia species and it has gone through some seriously bad times here and bore all with affable equanimity. These are cutting-grown from a plant we salvaged from Leo Hitchcock's Seattle garden. A deciduous species with trifoliate green leaves and surprisingly large showy white flowers in latter summer. Very Choice.

Typically a white-flowered Tasmanian native evergreen tree, this pink version was found in 1984 by Ken Gillanders. Must have been jaw-dropping as the plant was 65' tall although the tallest in cultivation is perhaps 25'. Serious authorities have it hardy zones 7-10 but we'll say Z 8-10 and best sheltered from freezing/drying wind. Bees love this, adding kinetic beauty plus the species accounts for the majority of honey production in Tasmania. These are small cutting grown trees.

A hybrid between E. moorei and E. lucida that grew from a chance cross at Hillier's nursery, the original plant was cloned and distributed under the name 'Winton' and we preserve that name here to differentiate it from any further x hillieri selections. Retains the glossy narrow semi-evergreen foliage of its parents with pure white flowers beloved by bees and pollinators. Has shown excellent hardiness, anecdotally surviving a below 10F winter freshly planted in a nearby garden. A child which may well outexcel its parents.

Why don't we all have a Eucryphia in our gardens? Few trees compare to this narrow evergreen - just 8' wide when 20'+ tall and when in flower it's Swoon City. Impressive 2" white flowers are borne in abandon in early summer. This likes a cool root run but we don't get hot here.

A hybrid seedling selection between Eucryphia glutinosa and E. cordifolia that showed up at Mount Usher Gardens in Ireland thanks to some discerning work done by the local pollinators. The deciduous E. glutinosa brings good hardiness and the E. cordifolia adds excellent flower and evergreen foliage. Uncommon in the trade. Tall narrow habit.

Originally from Maurice Foster who is one of the UK's great plantsmen who would not gladly brook an inferior form. This can hit 10'+ in height with a narrow aspect and generally deciduous willowish or bamboo-like leaves. Small purplish flowers and outrageous jester's cap fruit with dangling orange arils. This used to be the variety quinquecornutus but that has been sunk. We've seen this various times in China and Vietnam and always get the same pleasant rush.

A small evergreen shrub in everyone's favorite family, the Pentaphylacaceae. This was collected in Taiwan by Mark Weathington of the famed Raulston Arboretum and is a rarity in cultivation. Best suited for mild gardens, this will have very small white flowers along the stems under the leaves followed by small black fruit. Best planted in a raised position to better view the flowers.

Very attractive selection with gray-centered evergreen foliage. This used to be in the Camellia family Theaceae but has been reclassified into the Pentaphylacaceae and we are resting much easier for the knowing. Sad we missed the big party. Better in milder gardens but so worth trying. Small white flowers on the underside of the branchlets.

Luscious variegated selection out of Japan of this small evergreen shrub. The leaves are heavily frothed and patterned in creamy whites which can take on some pink depending on the season and exposure. No two leaves are alike on this new wave plant canvas. Small white flowers under the branches. Small but nice plants.

A very welcome addition to our rock garden thanks to our generous taxonomist, Cody Hinchliff. This native to the mountains of South Africa forms an architectural mound to 3' or so with many stems clad in short, stiff and persistent green leaves. Terminal clusters of small cheery and sweetly scented yellow flowers. Good drainage and can tolerate low water.

Dan Hinkley collection of this incredible member of the Witch Hazel family. Glossy evergreen leaves emerge as flattened paddles and unfold into a shape best described as a rounded duck's foot held on yellow-green petioles all making for an extremely unique silhouette. The Vietnamese collections of this species tend not to be hardy in Zone 8 but this collection of Hubei provenance is growing well at Windcliff, so here's to hoping!

OMG! What a Vine!! I have no idea how to text, but people younger than me says this means Oh My God and omg, this perennial, dying-to-the-ground-each year vine with white flowers in late summer eats Golden Hops for lunch. Expect 20' of blazing color.

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Fantastic little plant from South Africa which used to be Aster natalensis but is now in the genus Felicia. We got this from a Scottish alpine nursery in Scotland and know of a rock gardener in northern Norway who raves about it. Tight clumps with blue flowers with a yellow button in June-July. Very hardy. First introduced to the US by Far Reaches Farm.

This is a hybrid named by Sean Hogan which was found at the Ruth Bancroft gardens and is a suspected cross between the creeping Ficus pumila and the big edible fig, Ficus carica. It does seem to be perfectly intermediate. A rambler/scrambler for a sunny spot good for winding through shrubs. Zone 8, tiny figs.

Our collection of this especially small-leafed form of Ficus which we are referring to pumila as the geography fits. We observed this looking especially nice climbing vertically up a tree trunk to 6' in light shade. We've not tried it outside for hardiness but should have reasonable cold tolerance.

Tough, heat-loving, sun and drought tolerant fig species from, from.... oh, where the heck is it from.........yeah, Afghanistan! This makes a dense multi=stemmed deciduous shrub that is pretty awesome. While the small figs may be edible, the ornament far outstrips any desperate culinary use. We grow this species in our dead dry Arctostaphylos and Garrya bed which never gets watered except by rain here in the rainshadow - 'nuff said.

These are cutting-grown from a plant Steve Hootman found growing in a garden in Philadelphia where it was defying conventional wisdom as to its hardiness. Being a savvy sort of fellow, he snagged a few cuttings thinking this might prove to be very useful. We think so too. While we haven't trialed this one out, our wild collection of a different form of the species is doing well. So many plants, so little space. If you're looking for a small-leafed evergreen creeper that will cling to rocks or a wall, then this might be just the ticket.

We first encountered this species in the fall of 1997 when we were on the mid to lower slopes of the Cangshan Mountains looking down to the barely discernible 3 Pagodas of Dali fronting the broad expanse of Lake Erhai. This groundcover species formed broad carpets of evergreen foliage covering the large rocks on the boulder-strewn slope so as to give the impression of a tumultuous green sea frozen in place. The day sounds much better than it was, for back in 97 there was but a rough single track road to the higher elevations and on that day our jeeps were blocked by a massively overloaded lorry whose driveline had failed under the weight of massive marble blocks quarried from the higher reaches. The truck was gradually sinking into the mud with just a few inches of clearance and a young skinny boy had been fetched from downslope to slither underneath and effect repairs, which was going to take many hours at best. This meant we were stranded at low elevation with a bunch of botanically fascinating, marginally hardy plants which was not our goal. We made the best of it and one of our new acquaintances was this Ficus.

We were pleased as punch when our friend Jim Fox gifted us with cuttings he took from Roy Lancaster's garden where it is growing as a foundation plant against his home. It was not a stretch to think that this plant was from the same population we had seen as Roy had traveled this same road years earlier as part of the Sino-British Expedition to Cangshan. Sadly we can't grow this outside here in our gardens but if you are lucky enough to have only very light frosts or none at all, then this would be a fine groundcover. This does have small reddish figs but stick to the ones you get at the store.