Rkwright's Garden

Beautiful, delicate looking daphne.

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...

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

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

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

Variegated form of 'Jim's Pride'.

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

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

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

Similar to Annabelle but flowers are Pink

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,...

Very hardy deciduous azalea with white and yellow fragrant flowers. Easy to grow and fragrant.

Fragrant viburnum hybrid (V. carlesii x V. bitchiuense), nicer shape and better fall color than Viburnum x burkw...

Deep pink flowers with red buds

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...

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

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

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.

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

Another smaller variety of Clethra with dark green foliage

My favorite Clethra alnifolia because of the pink flowers.

Not as pink as 'Ruby Spice'

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

Medium sized oak leaf hydrangea

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

Med-sized, excellent fall color!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.