Rkwright's Garden

Needles are curved up showing their silvery underside. One of the conifers I wouldn't want to be without, ad...

Brown-cinnamon color exfoliating bark, yellowish-green summer foliage. Beautiful in fall, usually a bright red c...

Semi-dwarf variety with variegated leaves and very colorful new growth in spring. So far it has held up well wit...

Fast-growing for a Japanese maple, holds its color well in the shade. Mine is three years old and is still 4 fee...

Coral bark Japanese maple

Indoor fern

Hybrid of B. davidii x weyeriana. Larger leaves, purple buds and cream white-yellow flowers.

Will die-back to the ground here after a hard winter although so far it has never been killed back. Fast-growing...

One of the few cedars hardy in zone 5. Survived last winter in the open without damage. Blue foliage, fast-growi...

Variety of Eastern Redbud with deep pink-red buds that open to a deep almost neon pink. This is my favorite vari...

Small tree/large shrub with loads of small, bright pink flowers. One of my favorite redbuds, only gets to 9'...

Slow-growing with silvery-blue foliage. I have read sizes between 10 and 40 feet tall but don't think I'...

Deep blue form, color is deeper blue than 'Pembury Blue' and is also smaller.

Upright blue Alaskan cedar. I don't like blue spruce but I like the blue foliage on this.

Larger than Gracilis but smaller than the species.

Dwarf Hinoki Cypress with green/yellow foliage.

Slow growing Hinoki cypress with nice blue foliage.

Low-spreading gold mop

Fast-growing blue conifer that is usually shaped into a topiary. When young it is a tight ball of blue foliage.

Another smaller variety of Clethra with dark green foliage

Not as pink as 'Ruby Spice'

Smaller variety of Clethra, blooms a little bit earlier. Produces large number of good-sized very fragrant flowe...

My favorite Clethra alnifolia because of the pink flowers.

Larger than Clethra alnifolia in every way and has ornamental bark too.

The nursery label just said red dogwood but it looks like 'Cherokee Chief'. I have only seen one flower ...

Smaller Cornus kousa variety, 12' tall and wide. Flowers heavily and typically begins blooming in late May o...

Contorted Hazel or Harry Lauder's walking stick. Large contorted shrub, slow-growing and cold hardy. Most pe...

Green foliage with pinkish flowers. Fall color is where I see the most pink color though, usually a deep-pink to...

Similar to smoke bush but larger and upright. Considered to have best fall color of any US native tree although ...

Spring flowers, nice fall color and red fruits. Huge thorns between 1-2" long.

Beautiful smaller variety with darker green foliage that holds its color well during winter

Cross between D. burkwoodii 'Somerset' and D. collina. I planted it in a hypertufa with a mix of peat, f...

Very little leaf damage over the winter and flowered very well in spring. Daphne tangutica suffered more leaf da...

Very fragrant evergreen daphne with variegated foliage and pink flowers. One of the larger daphnes. Is not hardy...

Flowers are white with purple tube. Fragrance is different than other daphnes but still nice. Easier daphne to g...

Variegated daphne with fragrant white blossoms. I have two of these planted and so far both have done well.

Sport of 'Silveredge'. More compact than Silveredge or Carol Mackie. Variegation is brighter and there i...

Variegated Daphne that looks identical to Brigg's Moonlight. Supposedly more vigorous

Brighter variegation and more compact than Carol Mackie. Sport of Somerset. Easier to root from cuttings than Ca...

Larger daphne with light pink buds opening to fragrant white flowers. Appears more upright and not as wide as Ca...

Cross between Daphne cneorum 'Eximea' and Daphne collina. So far has not been difficult to grow and has ...

Beautiful variegated Daphne and so far has done well for me. Haven't been growing it long enough to say much...

Small evergreen daphne with fragrant pink flowers. Has bloomed in Spring, Summer and Fall for me or any time tha...

Variegated form of 'Jim's Pride'.

Similar to Summer Ice, so far I really don't see a difference.

Beautiful, delicate looking daphne.

My favorite Fothergilla, has beautiful blue leaves in summer and orange-red fall color.

Low-growing Fothergilla with excellent foliage, especially in the Fall.

Actually considered a hybrid between Hamamelis mollis and Hamamelis vernalis. Orange flowers, considered possibl...

Spring flowering witch hazel with yellow flowers and yellow fall color. I have never been impressed with this on...

Fall flowering witch hazel with lightly fragrant flowers and pretty yellow fall color. I like this witch hazel a...

Reddish flowers and good fall color

Coppery-orange flowers, yellow flowers at base, orange in center and reddish tips. Very beautiful when viewed fr...

Beautiful silvery foliage on red stems, earlier blooming than my other Helleborus varieties.

Part of the winter thrillers series

Part of the winter thriller series.

Flower colors on the Royal Heritage strain varies but I think I lucked out by getting one that is a deep purple,...

Yellow flowers

Fast-grower, up to 3' a year. Exfoliating tan bark, fragrant white flowers in September that turn red after ...

A pink flowering smooth hydrangea. Flowers are much more attractive on this than Invincibelle Spirit. One of the...

Smaller form with double lace-cap flowers. My favorite of the H. arborescens.

Similar to Annabelle but flowers are Pink

Very attractive stems that are deep red-almost black. Bright pink lacecap flowers. Have heard that it can be &qu...

Part of the Endless Summer series and one of my favorite hydrangeas. The flowers open white with a hint of pink ...

Re-blooming hydrangea, very hardy and flowers are HUGE. Some hydrangeas don't turn very blue but this one ha...

Variegated hydrangea, got it as a small cutting and still waiting to see how well it does

Smaller hydrangea with beautiful foliage. Flowers start white and turn red. Remontant but has not bloomed as wel...

Not hardy here but I keep it as an indoor plant. White/blue or white/pink flowers, double lacecap. Very pretty p...

Smaller hydrangea with lacecap flowers. Color can be from pink-light purple or light blue. Had more mildew than ...

Lacecap hydrangea with large pink or purple flowers and red stems. Very hardy and also remontant. Part of the En...

Dwarf variety, flowers are smaller but held upright on stronger stems. Much smaller than typical H. paniculata

Probably my least favorite of all the hydrangea species I grow. They look fine when they're small but can lo...

Large variety of oak-leaved hydrangea with larger flowers. This is a very nice variety that took me a couple yea...

Med-sized, excellent fall color!

Smaller oak leaf with yellow foliage and pretty red color in fall. Worth growing for the foliage alone.

Smaller oak leaf hydrangea. Not as vigorous as any of my other H. quercifolia, even Little Honey grows faster

Medium sized oak leaf hydrangea

Prettiest oak leaf hydrangea, flowers are large and very pretty. One of the harder ones to find at a nursery so ...

Small lacecap flowers are pink or blue. Excellent fall color.

Nice lacecap hydrangea, larger flowers than Blue Billow. Nice fall color

Large leaves and double lacecap flowers that are pink to deep purple depending on soil. Delicate looking flowers...

Attractive flowers from white-red or purple. Nice fall color but leaves did have some mildew, more than any othe...

Deciduous holly native to US swamps. Grows to 10-12' tall and likes acidic, moist (even wet) soil. The berri...

Low, wide-spreading variety of Virginia Sweetspire. Sometimes there is branch die-back after a hard winter but i...

One of my favorite houseplants, when I bring this indoors for the winter I look forward to it opening for months...

Heavy flowering Jasmine with a scent that smells like perfume. Always seems to have flowers open during the summ...

Flowers frequently in Summer and again in winter. Has been a slow-growing house plant for me and struggled last ...

Nice golden foliage and good size. Only grows 4' tall and 6' or a little wider.

Weeping Juniper that is slower growing and wider than Juniperus rigida. It should also make a fuller plant.

Fast-growing weeping Juniper. This is my favorite Juniper and wasn't an easy plant to find. It's not con...

Narrow upright Juniper with silvery-blue foliage. Has a very nice color and is tolerant of heat and drought.

Beautiful in bud and flower, larger leaves than most and a full-sized Mountain laurel. Didn't grow at all th...