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Buy Cis Dwarf Korean Fir online. Cis Dwarf Korean Fir is a tiny marvel for your garden! Enhance your landscape with the exquisite Cis Dwarf Korean Fir, a miniature beauty that brings charm and elegance to any outdoor space. This unique cultivar was selected in Holland in 1989, and has gained acclaim for its exceptional qualities, even earning a silver medal at the Plantarium Plant Exposition in Boskoop, the Netherlands.

The Cis Dwarf Korean Fir features radiating, dark green needles that lie flat along the stems, creating a neat and formal appearance. The attractive, small brown buds at the branch tips add a touch of visual interest, making it a delightful focal point in any setting.

With its slow-growing, flattened spherical shape, this tiny fir makes a perfect fit for rock gardens, troughs, or any small garden spot.

In spring, the new growth sparkles, drawing attention to its glistening foliage and making it a standout addition to your garden. Cis Dwarf Korean Fir thrives in well-drained, moist soil and prefers partial shade, ensuring it remains healthy and vibrant with minimal maintenance.

Transform your outdoor space with the enchanting Cis Dwarf Korean Fir—a timeless addition that promises to bring joy and sophistication to your garden.

Buy Silver Pearl Dwarf Korean Fir online. Silver Pearl Dwarf Korean Fir is an exquisite miniature conifer that brings a touch of elegance and beauty to any garden. This unique selection, introduced in Germany, is a true gem, ideal for conifer enthusiasts and discerning gardeners alike.

Throughout fall and winter, this charming plant features compact branches adorned with resinous white buds, resembling delicate pearls. The short, wide, deep green needles, accented by silvery white undersides, offer year-round ornamental appeal, ensuring your garden remains captivating in every season.

The Silver Pearl Dwarf Korean Fir forms a dense, slow-growing, flattened sphere that eventually takes on a graceful pyramidal shape. Its miniature size and tight, compact habit make it perfect for rock gardens, trough displays, and small garden spaces.

When new growth emerges in spring, the needles sparkle, adding a stunning visual effect. The name 'Silberperle,' meaning 'silver globe' in German, reflects the shimmering beauty of this plant's silver undersides.

For best results, plant Silver Pearl Dwarf Korean Fir in well-drained, moist soil, and provide protection from harsh afternoon sunlight in hotter climates to prevent needle bleaching. With proper care, this exceptional conifer will thrive, adding charm and sophistication to your outdoor space.

Transform your garden into a haven of elegance with the enchanting Silver Pearl Dwarf Korean Fir—a timeless addition that promises to delight and inspire.

Buy Columnar Spanish Fir online. Columnar Spanish Fir is a striking columnar evergreen that brings bold structure and year-round interest to the landscape. Its narrow, upright form makes it an ideal choice for adding vertical emphasis in gardens where space is limited, while its dense branching provides rich texture from every angle.

Short, stout needles in a vivid blue-green hue radiate evenly around the upright branches, creating a distinctive, almost architectural appearance. This compact spire holds its shape beautifully without extensive pruning, making it both visually impactful and easy to maintain. Its unique form pairs well with other conifers or serves as a commanding specimen on its own.

Native to the dry mountain regions of southern Spain, Columnar Spanish Fir thrives in hot, dry conditions better than many other fir species. It grows best in well-drained soil, rewarding gardeners with exceptional resilience and enduring beauty. Whether placed in a formal design or a naturalistic setting, Columnar Spanish Fir offers an unmatched combination of elegance, adaptability, and distinctive texture.

Buy DelBar Cascade Weeping Noble Fir online. There's just something about DelBar Cascade Weeping Noble Fir that brings a enchanting elegance to a specimen garden. DelBar Cascade Weeping Noble Fir is a captivating conifer that transforms any landscape with its striking blue-green needles and strictly weeping branches. This narrow, upright-growing form of Noble Fir is a true visual delight.

Each branch gracefully hangs down along the trunk, showcasing the tree's unique pendulous form. To assist its upward growth, DelBar Cascade Weeping Noble Fir requires staking for the first 2-3 years. Once established, it matures into an upright grower with branches held tight to the trunk, creating a fascinating vertical display.

Originating from an unusual broom discovered at Drake's Crossing Nursery in Silverton, Oregon, by Delbert and Barbara Hupp in the 1980s, this tree captivates with its dark-green needles that provide a bold contrast in the landscape.

Enhance your garden with the DelBar Cascade Weeping Noble Fir, an elegant focal point that offers both beauty and vertical interest year-round.

Buy Mesa Glow® Bigtooth Maple online. Mesa Glow® Bigtooth Maple is an excellent introduction from Rolston St. Hilaire and New Mexico State University. It was selected due its drought tolerance, cold hardiness and adaptability in most North American climates, but especially make it a top choice for the intermountain West. Glossy green leaves and bold fall color distinguish this selection from the native Bigtooth Maple.

Buy Mini Mondo Dwarf Japanese Maple online. A rare Japanese maple with a tiny leaf. This maple has unusual curving lobes and a variegated green summer color. Fall colors are a mix of orange and red. Would be best in shade or dappled light. Likes consistent moisture and good drainage.

Buy Flashfire® Caddo Sugar Maple online. Flashfire® Caddo Sugar Maple was selected from Caddo Sugar Maple seedings, as this tree showed the brightest red fall color we have seen in a cultivar adapted for the Southern climate. It features dark green summer foliage, better mildew resistance than other A. saccharum selections, strong growth, and brilliant red, early fall color.

Buy Final Fire® Maple online. Final Fire® Maple is a member of Iseli's Pacific Rim® collection that is prizes for its new spring foliage that makes a soft entrance with pastel shades of yellow, pink, and green. Aptly named, this garden maple's long-lasting fall color display begins with orange tones, gradually moving to a wine red, and finally a startling fire engine red that dazzles the eyes. The fire is extinguished in late fall with leaf drop, exposing a sturdy, well-branched winter silhouette. Final Fire® Maple creates a powerful and dramatic seasonal impact in the landscape.

Buy North Wind® Maple online. North Wind® Maple is a member of Iseli's Jack Frost® collection of hybrid Korean maples and has been unscathed in Midwest field testing, surviving temperatures of -30°F. The palmate leaves emerge red in spring and change to green by midsummer. Showy pink samaras standout against the green summer foliage. When other fall color has faded in northern landscapes, North Wind® Maple continues to hold onto its foliage longer, extending the show with dramatic tones of orange and scarlet.

Buy Wabi Sabi Maple online. Wabi Sabi Maple, part of the exclusive Pacific Rim® Collection from Iseli Nursery, is a graceful small tree that embraces the beauty of natural imperfection. With its irregular, softly cascading form, this maple adds a sense of movement and tranquility to the landscape. Its finely divided green foliage creates a delicate texture that enhances both traditional and modern garden designs.

In spring, the tree offers a fleeting but captivating display as clusters of bright red seeds stand upright among the fresh leaves. Young stems often carry a subtle white bloom, contrasting beautifully with the red petioles and deep green summer canopy. As the seasons shift, the foliage transforms into a brilliant tapestry of red, orange, and yellow, ensuring year-round visual interest.

Rooted in the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, this maple is a living tribute to the appreciation of simplicity, balance, and imperfect beauty. Its modest size and unique character make it an excellent choice for smaller gardens, courtyards, or as a feature in spaces designed to inspire reflection and harmony with nature.

Buy Briotii Red Horse Chestnut online. Briotii Red Horse Chestnut is a hybrid of A. hippocastanum and A. pavia with intermediate characteristics of each species. It is best used in a broad, open landscape so it doesn't become crowded, which in turn makes it a fantastic specimen tree. Flowers are an attractive pink, splashed with yellow inside.

Buy Chocolate Fountain® Weeping Mimosa online. Chocolate Fountain® Weeping Mimosa in the summer will set pink and white blooms that cascade downward on this one of a kind weeping purple-leafed mimosa. This variety is drought tolerant and can easily make a home for itself even in small landscapes.

Buy Marina Strawberry Tree online. A delightful small garden tree with a low canopy of deep green leaves that are larger than other species. Rosy-pink flowers appear concurrently with the red and yellow strawberry-like fruit in fall and winter. A good fire-wise landscaping plant. Evergreen.

Buy Sweet Alice Pawpaw online. Sweet Alice Pawpaw is a rare, heirloom fruit tree celebrated for its bountiful harvest of large, sweet, orange-yellow fruits that ripen in September and October. Originally discovered by Homer Jacobs in West Virginia in 1934, this pawpaw has since become a beloved choice for its reliable yield and compact growth habit, making it ideal for smaller yards or as a unique orchard addition.

In spring, Sweet Alice Pawpaw delights with its intriguing purple-brown flowers that bloom in April and May, adding a touch of charm to your garden. This deciduous tree also produces one of the largest fruits of U.S. native pawpaw—a lumpy, yellow-green berry with a tropical flavor reminiscent of banana. To encourage the best fruit set, plant it alongside another pawpaw cultivar for optimal cross-pollination.

With smooth brown bark and lush, simple foliage, the Sweet Alice Pawpaw brings an exotic flair and delicious autumn harvests to any landscape.

Buy Summer Cascade® Weeping River Birch online. A weeping form of river birch from North Carolina with unique pendulous habit and graceful weeping branches. Will make a large mounding shrub if left untrained. It can be trained to any height by staking and allowed to trial from there. It also has flexible new growth that will lend it to sculpting in any shape for even more creative applications. Makes a nice specimen plant or focal point around water features. This fast-growing plant tolerates wet soils and summer heat.

Buy Emerald Flare® Tianshan Birch online. The Emerald Flare® Tianshan Birch is a captivating tree that offers year-round beauty. Its lush, emerald-green foliage remains vibrant throughout the summer, transitioning to a stunning golden-yellow hue in autumn. As winter approaches, its exfoliating white bark with gray and orange undertones creates a captivating winter display.

This hardy and adaptable tree thrives in various growing conditions, tolerating higher pH soils and drought. Its narrow, pyramidal form makes it perfect for limited spaces, adding vertical interest to your landscape.

With minimal care required, the Emerald Flare® Tianshan Birch is an ideal choice for busy gardeners. Whether you're looking for an accent tree, a focal point, or a tree for urban landscapes, this elegant variety is sure to impress.

Buy Unraveled Weeping Boxwood online. Reimagine your garden with Unraveled Weeping Boxwood, a standout among boxwoods with its captivating arching form and weeping branches. Unlike the typical neat, rounded shrubs, Unraveled Weeping Boxwood offers a fresh and intriguing look that transforms any garden space.

Naturally growing in an arching mound, this unique boxwood produces its branches to cascade beautifully over walls or down embankments. When trained to grow more upright, it showcases an even more dramatic weeping habit, perfect for accentuating entryways. Its shiny dark green foliage remains vibrant year-round with minimal bronzing.

Unraveled Weeping Boxwood is ideal for various uses: as an accent plant to add character to any garden, in groupings or mass plantings for a lush, cohesive look, in staggered or straight rows as hedges for home foundation plantings and landscape borders, and as a stunning solo centerpiece in formal or Asian gardens.

Unraveled Weeping Boxwood is truly a conversation piece that will elevate your garden's aesthetic. Embrace the unique beauty of the Unraveled Weeping Boxwood and enjoy its captivating presence in your outdoor space.

Buy Curly Lady Camellia online. Semi-double, clear red flowers bloom from mid-March, and remain in flower until mid-April. The shiny, dark green leaves are also lightly curled. Perfect accent plant or filler for the border, formal garden, or shady landscape.

Buy Dwarf Columnar European Hornbeam online. A terrific dwarf columnar to pyramidal specimen tree that needs little to no pruning! It is a great tree for tight and small spaces in the landscape, and it even has unusual winter interest with larger than normal buds.

Buy Silver Lace Japanese Hornbeam online. Silver Lace Japanese Hornbeam is a unique and hard-to-find specimen tree that features deeply cut, feathery leaves, that are extremely beautiful to the eye! Silvery green in color throughout spring and summer, in fall color is yellow to beige. Fruit production is in fall, and is hop-like in appearance with greenish-pink flowers and fruit. An extremely odd, yet stunning specimen tree!

Buy Model Rocket™ Korean Hornbeam online. A Heritage Seedlings original, this narrow growing, vase-shaped shade tree is an extremely rare variety. Green leaves cover this tree from spring to fall, where they turn beautiful yellow with tints of orange. Perfect for limited spaces, or those looking to collect the rare and hard-to-find!

Buy Green Wave Atlas Cedar online. Enhance your garden with the Green Wave Atlas Cedar, an exquisite evergreen tree that boasts naturally sculpted features and tiered branching. Its spreading form creates open flat planes of bluish-green foliage, providing a striking contrast against its reddish-brown bark.

With its dense, conical shape and long needles, Green Wave Atlas Cedar adds a touch of elegance to any landscape. Hardy and drought-resistant, this cedar thrives in dry, rocky, or sandy soils, making it an ideal choice for full sun to partial shade environments.

Green Wave Atlas Cedar originated as a witch's broom on a 100-year-old Blue Atlas Cedar at the Morris Arboretum. Its sturdy branches ensure durability in the garden, making it a perfect specimen plant, backdrop, or visual anchor for other garden plants.

Transform your outdoor space with the unique beauty and resilience of Green Wave Atlas Cedar, an evergreen centerpiece that promises to captivate year-round.

Buy Twisted Weeper Deodar Cedar online. This deodar cedar is a low-growing evergreen that is perfect for rock gardens and retaining walls. It can be staked to add height or let it grow low on its own to for a beautiful low growing screen of vibrant blue and green foliage.

Buy Alley Cat Variegated Redbud online. 'Alley Cat' gets its name as it was found in growing wild in an alley in Kentucky. Famed for its ability to put on a show with an abundance of dark pink blooms in the spring, then transitioning to beautifully variegated leaves that are shades of white and green, and hints of coppery-pink. It is also said that the color variegation will hold up better than other variegated redbuds!

Buy Green Machine Weeping Redbud online. This C. canadensis cultivar lives up to its name, as it's an incredibly vigorous and fast growing tree. It's very thick and robust in its habit, and the branches are very sturdy, with the green leaves providing a very structured appearance to each branch. Pink flowers emerge in early spring.

Buy Hearts A'Fire™ Redbud online. Part of the Garden Debut® plant collection by Greenleaf Nursery Company, this small tree will appear as if it's on fire as it bursts forth new growth in the spring. Dark pink flowers are produced in early spring and are closely followed by heart-shaped leaves of burgundy, red, tangerine and gold. As the leaves mature, they darken to green, but new growth will always appear "a'fire" throughout the growing seasons! Developed by Ray and Cindy Jackson of Jackson Nursery in Tennessee.

Buy Velvet Hearts Redbud online. Discover the enchanting Velvet Hearts Redbud, a captivating tree adorned with striking reddish-purple leaves and a brilliant red underside. This exclusive cultivar, introduced by Jackson Nursery in Tennessee, is part of the Garden Debut® plant collection.

With its vigorous growth and graceful globe-shaped form, the Velvet Hearts Redbud is sure to be a standout in any sunny garden. Add a splash of color and charm to your outdoor space...this unique beauty is a must-have! Don't wait to bring this stunning tree into your home.

Buy Little Woody Redbud online. This vase-shaped redbud is a great compact growing C. canadensis cultivar. It showcases slightly wrinkly, heart-shaped leaves that appear after the light pink spring flowers disappear. This makes an amazing and unique specimen tree for any full sun landscape!

Buy Purple Rain Weeping Redbud online. A purple-leafed weeping redbud, 'Purple Rain' is characterized by a very vigorous and fast growth habit. Dark purple leaves are produced in spring after pink flowers have appeared. The leaves mature to purplish-dark green in summer, and fall color shows off a great bright yellow explosion of color. The weeping habit helps to provide winter interest in the landscape.

Buy Midnight Express® Redbud online. Midnight Express® Redbud is an outstanding purple-leafed cultivar of redbud. Winner of the Peoples' Choice Award at the Farwest Show in 2022, this stunning tree produces bright pink flowers in spring, closely followed by deep velvety-purple leaves. It grows much faster than 'Forest Pansy', has a straighter trunk than Eastern Redbud, and sports a deeper shade of purple and longer lasting leaf color than 'Forest Pansy'. It's a part of the Proven Winners® ColorChoice® brand, and will be a great addition to your landscape!