Rkwright's Garden

Compact Mountain laurel with pink-banded white flowers. Prettier shape than 'Elf'. Cultural requirements...

Larger (than Minuet and Elf) Mountain laurel with colorful branches and flowers. Habit so far is more open. Very...

Dwarf mountain laurel with bright pink buds opening to pink flowers. I bought this one expecting it to be 'E...

The species flowers in June while Rose Lantern doesn't flower until August. The seed capsules that follow lo...

Dwarf crepe myrtle, only gets 3-5' tall and wide. Excellent bright red flowers and good disease resistance. ...

Red flowering crepe myrtle, med-large size.

Dwarf crepe myrtle with pink flowers. Not hardy in my area but will grow as a perennial.

Medium sized crepe myrtle with large pink flowers. So far has been a strong grower for me.

Medium sized crepe myrtle, mature size around 10' tall. Flowers are a darker red (described as oxblood red) ...

Dwarf crepe myrtle, larger than Cherry Dazzle and Raspberry Dazzle. Will probably get close to 5' tall event...

Small shrub that is late to leaf out in Spring and is covered with small, fragrant purple flowers throughout the...

Hardier variety of sweetbay Magnolia, grows more like a tree than a shrub. Semi-evergreen, attractive foliage an...

This was sent to me from North Carolina so I wasn't sure how well it would do this far north. It's been ...

Weeping form of dawn redwood that can reach 8-10' tall if staked. There are weeping forms of bald cypress th...

The combination of flowers and fall foliage on this plant is incredible. Related to rhododendron, stems are pink...

Nice broadleaf evergreen. Pest problems can make them short-lived in the US. Pretty cold hardy and adds some col...

Slow-growing with short blue needles and horizontal branching.

Beautiful medium-sized tree, looks like a cross between Metasequoia and Larix. Deciduous conifer like Larix and ...

Reddish-Orange flowers, very cold hardy

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

Deep pink flowers with red buds

A very hardy azalea with pink flowers on bare stems.

Dwarf version of Japanese Umbrella Pine, grows to roughly 3' tall and 5' wide instead of 20' tall.

Japanese Umbrella Pine that does not yellow in winter. All the descriptions I have read claim that it is a narro...

Hardy variety of giant sequoia with blue foliage.

Beautiful ornamental tree all year, one of my favorites.

Later flowering lilac, flowers are almost blue and very fragrant. Foliage looks nice on this one too.

Small lilac, later blooming. Does not perform well in heat and drought for me. As long as I give it a little ext...

Another later flowering lilac with beautiful pink flowers. Smaller size and very fragrant.

Double-flowering blue lilac.

Fast growing arborvitae, hybrid between T. plicata x T. standishii. Attractive tree and easy to propagate from c...

Dwarf Linden tree, I am expecting this to grow no larger than 4' tall but really not sure what ultimate size...

Dwarf variety with a flat top and dark green needles. It's difficult to find much information on this cultiv...

Fragrant Viburnum, hybrid from Viburnum utile pollinated by Viburnum carlesii. Larger size, glossier leaves than...

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