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Digging Dog Nursery

a mail order plant nursery
on the Mendocino Coast of California

p.o. box 471
Albion, CA 95410
phone:
(707) 937-1130
fax:
(707) 937-2480



web site by
Garth Hagerman



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“Thanks agains for being so attentive to my concerns.  I am looking forward to many future years of ordering Digging Dog treasures, and feel very lucky to have access to such a wonderful selection of unusual plants.”

~Catherine in California


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Quick links to the early spring blooming plants in our catalog

Get a head start on spring with these early spring blooming plants. Here's a list of Digging Dog's selections which bloom for some part of March or April.

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Quick links to categories:
PERENNIALS    GRASSES    SHRUBS    TREES & VINES

Perennials

plant namecommon namenoteshardy
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Ajuga tenorii ‘Emerald Chip’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–mid-May.

4

6.00

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Ajuga reptans ‘Catlin’s Giant’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–mid-May.

4

6.00

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Ajuga reptans ‘Purple Torch’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–mid-May.

4

6.00

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Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–mid-May.

4

6.00

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Alchemilla ellenbeckii  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–mid-August.

6

6.00

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Alchemilla erythropoda  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–August.

5

6.00

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Alchemilla mollis ‘Auslese’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–mid-August.

4

6.00

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Alchemilla glaucescens  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–mid-August.

5

6.00

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Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Yellow Queen’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

4

6.00

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Aquilegia flabellata ‘Blue Angel’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–early June.

4

6.00

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Aquilegia ‘Kristall’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

4

6.00

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Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Woodside Gold’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

4

6.00

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Asarina procumbens  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–September.

7

6.50

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Asarum caudatum  partial shade  shade lover

Wild Ginger

Blooms April–June.

6

6.50

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Asarum splendens  new plant  partial shade  shade lover

Chinense Wild Ginger

Blooms April–May

6

9.50

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Asphodeline lutea  full sun

King Spear

Blooms April–June.

6

6.50

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Baptisia australis var. minor  full sun  partial shade

Dwarf Wild Blue Indigo

Blooms mid-April–early May.

4

7.00

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Baptisia sphaerocarpa  full sun  partial shade

Yellow Wild Indigo

Blooms late April–May.

5

7.00

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Bergenia ‘Bressingham White’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

4

6.00

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Bergenia ‘Bressingham Ruby’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

4

6.00

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Bergenia cordifolia ‘Rotblum’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

4

6.00

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Bulbinella nutans  full sun  partial shade

Blooms February–March.

8

6.50

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Cortusa matthioli subsp. pekinensis  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

4

6.00

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Corydalis curviflora var. rosthornii ‘Blue Heron’  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

6

7.00

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Diascia ‘Blackthorn Apricot’  full sun

Blooms April–October.

8

6.00

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Dicentra ‘Margery Fish’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–May & again in fall.

5

6.50

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Digitalis purpurea ‘Sutton’s Apricot’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

6

6.00

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Disporum cantoniense ‘Night Heron’  partial shade  shade lover

Cantonese Fairy Bells

Blooms April–July.

5

9.75

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Doronicum orientale ‘Magnificum’  full sun  partial shade

Leopard’s Bane

Blooms April–May.

5

6.00

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Eomecon chionantha  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April.

6

6.00

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Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Lilafee’  full sun  partial shade

Lilac Fairy

Blooms late March–May.

5

8.00

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Epimedium perralderianum  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–April.

5

7.00

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Epimedium x rubrum  full sun  partial shade

Blooms February–March.

5

7.00

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Epimedium x youngianum ‘Niveum’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

5

7.00

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Epimedium x perralchicum ‘Frohnleiten’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

5

8.00

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Epimedium x versicolor ‘Sulphureum’  new plant  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March.

5

7.00

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Epimedium x youngianum ‘Roseum’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

5

8.00

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Epimedium x warleyense  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

5

7.00

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Erysimum ‘Wenlock Beauty’  full sun

Alpine Wallflower

Blooms April–July.

7

6.00

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Erythronium oregonum  full sun  partial shade

White Fawn Lily

Blooms April.

5

7.00

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Euphorbia ‘Canyon Gold’  full sun

Blooms April–late July.

7

6.50

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Euphorbia characias ‘Red Wing’  full sun

Blooms late March–May.

5

6.50

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Euphorbia ‘Helen Robinson’  partial shade

Blooms April–mid-July.

7

7.00

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Euphorbia myrsinites  full sun

Blooms April–June.

6

6.50

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Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii  full sun

Blooms March–June.

7

6.00

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Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii ‘Lambrook Gold’  full sun

Blooms March–early July.

7

7.00

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Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fern Cottage’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–July.

6

7.00

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Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–July.

6

6.50

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Euphorbia griffithii ‘Great Dixter’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–July.

6

7.50

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Euphorbia rigida  full sun

Blooms April–June.

8

6.50

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Euphorbia ‘Royal Velvet’  full sun

Blooms April to mid-July.

7

7.00

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Euphorbia characias ‘Black Pearl’  full sun

Blooms March–May.

6

7.00

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Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii ‘John Tomlinson’  full sun

Blooms March–June.

7

7.00

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Euphorbia ‘Dean’s Hybrid’  full sun

Blooms April & September–October.

7

7.00

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Fuchsia ‘Grand Harfare’  partial shade

Blooms October–April.

8

6.00

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Geranium monacense ‘Muldoon’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–August.

4

7.00

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Geranium phaeum ‘Album’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–August.

5

7.00

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Geranium phaeum ‘Langthorn’s Blue’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–August.

4

7.00

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Geranium phaeum ‘Lily Lovell’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms April–August.

5

7.00

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Geranium sanguineum var. lancastriense  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–October.

5

6.50

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Gladiolus tristis  new plant  full sun

Yellow Marsh Afrikaner

Blooms April–May.

8

6.50

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Helleborus argutifolius  full sun  partial shade

Corsican Hellebore

Blooms February–April.

6

7.50

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Helleborus x hybridus  full sun  partial shade

Blooms January–April.

4

7.00

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Helleborus lividus ‘Pink Marble’  new plant  full sun  partial shade

Blooms February–April

8

8.50

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Helleborus x hybridus ‘Blue Lady’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms January–April.

4

10.00

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Helleborus x hybridus ‘White Lady Spotted’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms January–April.

4

10.00

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Helleborus x nigersmithii ‘Ivory Prince’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–April.

5

13.00

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Heuchera ‘Old La Rochette’  new plant  full sun

Blooms April–June.

8

6.50

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Heuchera x brizoides ‘Weston Pink’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–July.

4

7.00

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Heuchera ‘Coral Bouquet’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

4

6.50

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Heuchera sanguinea ‘Apple Blossom’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

4

6.50

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Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’  partial shade  shade lover

Golden Creeping Jenny

Blooms April–September.

5

6.00

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Nepeta reichenbachiana  full sun

Blooms April–October.

5

6.00

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Nepeta x ‘Six Hills Giant’  full sun

Blooms April–September.

5

6.00

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Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Parisian Skies’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

6

7.50

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Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Cherry Ingram’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

6

7.50

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Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Joy Skies’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–July.

6

7.50

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Persicaria bistorta ‘Superba’  full sun  partial shade

Fleeceflower

Blooms April–June.

4

6.50

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Podophyllum hexandrum  partial shade

Himalayan Mayapple

Blooms April.

6

8.00

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Primula capitata ssp. mooreana  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

5

6.00

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Primula denticulata ‘Blue Selection’  partial shade

Blue Drumstick Primrose

Blooms March–April.

5

6.00

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Primula rosea ‘Gigas’  partial shade

Blooms March–April.

5

6.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Apple Frost’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

4

6.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Benediction’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms early March–May.

4

6.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Berries and Cream’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

4

6.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Excalibur’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–May.

4

7.00

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Pulmonaria ‘Majesté’  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

4

7.00

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Pulmonaria saccharata ‘Highdown’  partial shade  shade lover

Bethlehem Sage

Blooms February–April.

4

6.00

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Pulmonaria longifolia ssp. cevennensis  new plant  partial shade  shade lover

Cevennes Lungwort

Blooms March–April.

4

6.00

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Stylophorum diphyllum  new plant  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–April.

4

6.50

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Tiarella ‘Iron Butterfly’  partial shade

Blooms April–July.

4

6.75

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Tiarella ‘Pink Skyrocket’  partial shade

Blooms March–May.

4

6.50

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Tiarella ‘Mint Chocolate’  partial shade

Blooms April–July.

4

6.75

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Trachystemon orientalis  full sun  partial shade  shade lover

Oriental Trachystemon

Blooms March.

6

6.50

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Trillium grandiflorum ‘Snowy White’  partial shade  shade lover

White Wake Robin

Blooms March–May.

4

7.50

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Trillium luteum  partial shade  shade lover

Yellow Wake Robin

Blooms April–early June.

5

7.50

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Uvularia grandiflora  partial shade  shade lover

Blooms March–April.

3

6.00

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Veltheimia bracteata  shade lover

Forest Lily

Blooms February–early April.

9

7.00

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Ornamental Grasses

plant namecommon namenoteshardy
zone		priceorder

Briza media  full sun  partial shade

Rattlesnake Grass

Blooms April–June.

4

6.50

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Eriophorum latifolium  full sun

Broad Leafed Cotton Grass

Blooms April–June.

4

6.00

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Festuca californica ‘Phil’s Silver’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–June.

7

6.50

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Festuca idahoensis ‘Stony Creek’  full sun  partial shade

Blue Bunchgrass

Blooms April–June.

8

6.50

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Luzula sylvatica ‘Auslese’  partial shade

Greater Wood Rush

Blooms mid-April–May.

5

6.50

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Sesleria caerulea  full sun  partial shade

Blue Moor Grass

Blooms March–June.

4

6.50

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Shrubs

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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Wood’s Compact’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–April.

6

7.00

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Arctostaphylos hookeri ‘Wayside’  full sun  partial shade

Monterey Manzanita

Blooms February–April.

8

7.00

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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Vancouver Jade’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–April.

5

7.00

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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ‘Radiant’  new plant  full sun  partial shade

Bearberry

Blooms March–April.

5

7.00

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Aronia melanocarpa ‘Iroquois Beauty’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

3

9.00

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Azara microphylla ‘Variegata’  full sun  partial shade

Variegated Boxleaf Azara

Blooms March–April.

8

8.00

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Berberis thunbergii ‘Golden Ring’  full sun

Blooms March–April.

5

7.00

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Cistus ladanifer var. petiolatus ‘Bennett’s White’  full sun

Blooms April–May.

8

8.00

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Cistus palhinhaii ‘Red Eye’  full sun

Blooms March–May.

8

8.00

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Cistus ‘Snow Fire’  full sun

Blooms April–August.

8

8.00

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Cistus ‘Snow White’  full sun

Blooms April–August.

8

8.00

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Cistus x aguilarii ‘Maculatus’  full sun

Blooms late April–mid-July.

8

8.00

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Cistus monspeliensis ‘Vicar’s Mead’  full sun

Blooms April–May.

8

8.00

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Cistus x dansereaui ‘Jenkyn Place’  full sun

Blooms April–July.

8

8.00

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Correa alba (Bronze Select)  new plant  full sun  partial shade

Blooms January–March.

8

6.50

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Corylopsis spicata  partial shade

Spike Winter Hazel

Blooms March–April.

6

8.00

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Erica carnea ‘Myretoun Ruby’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms December–March.

5

6.00

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Erica carnea ‘Golden Starlet’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms December–March.

5

6.00

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Erica carnea ‘Pink Spangles’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms January–March.

5

6.00

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Erica carnea ‘Ann Sparkes’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms February–March.

4

6.00

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Erica carnea ‘King George’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms December–March.

5

6.00

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Fothergilla major ‘Mount Airy’  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

5

9.00

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Kerria japonica ‘Albiflora’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–April.

5

8.00

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Lavandula stoechas ‘Kew Red’  full sun

Blooms March–June.

8

6.50

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Lavandula stoechas ‘Willow Vale’  full sun

Blooms April-August

7

6.00

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Lonicera korolkowii v. floribunda ‘Blue Velvet’  full sun  partial shade

Blue Velvet Honeysuckle

Blooms April–early June.

3

8.00

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Ribes x gordonianum  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March.

4

8.00

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Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Herb Cottage’  full sun

Blooms January–April.

8

7.00

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Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Irene’  full sun

Blooms January–April.

8

7.00

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Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Maltese White’  full sun

Blooms January–April.

8

7.00

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Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Arp’  full sun

Blooms March–July.

8

7.00

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Spiraea thunbergii ‘Ogon’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms March–April.

5

8.00

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Viburnum carlesii ‘Aurora’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms late April–May.

4

11.50

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Viburnum ‘Cayuga’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms late April.

5

11.50

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Viburnum plicatum tomentosum ‘Watanabei’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–September.

5

11.50

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Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Anne Russell’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April

4

11.50

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Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Conoy’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms late April.

6

11.50

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Viburnum x burkwoodii ‘Mohawk’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms late April–May.

5

11.50

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Viburnum carlesii ‘Diana’  full sun  partial shade

Korean Spicebush

Blooms late March to mid-April.

4

11.50

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Trees & Vines

plant namecommon namenoteshardy
zone		priceorder

Carpinus betulus  full sun

European Hornbeam

Blooms March.

5

14.00

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Cercidiphyllum japonicum  full sun  partial shade

Katsura Tree

Blooms March–April.

5

14.00

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Clematis alpina ‘Jacqueline du Pré’  full sun  partial shade

Blooms April–May.

3

13.50

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Parrotia persica  full sun

Persian Parrotia

Blooms March.

5

14.00

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Parrotia persica ‘Select’  new plant  full sun

Select Persian Ironwood

Blooms March.

5

14.00

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