Plant Profile: Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
Karen This mounding to rounded deciduous shrub is native to open woods, lakeshores, streambanks, rock outcroppings, and prairies in central and eastern US from New Brunswick to Ontario, south to Georgia…
Plant Profile: Lilac Daphne (Daphne genkwa)
This deciduous shrub is native to East Asia, China and Korea where it grows in the margins of paddy fields, hillsides and valleys. It is a member of the Thymelaeaceae…
Plant Profile: Nepalese Paper Plant (Daphne bholua)
Growing at altitudes of 5,5000-12,500′ in the Himalayas and neighboring mountain ranges from Nepal to southern China, this flowering shrub tends to be evergreen at lower elevations and deciduous at…
Plant Profile: Common Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Also called American witch hazel and beadwood, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to woodland margins and stream banks of eastern North America from from Canada to Mexico…
Plant Profile: Hybrid Witch Hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia)
This deciduous shrub or small tree is the result of a cross between H. mollis and H. japonica and is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelis, that also…
Plant Profile: Winter Daphne (Daphne odora)
Native to southern China, Vietnam and Taiwan, this broadleaf evergreen shrub is a member of the Thymelaeaceae, a plant family of just under 900 species, most of which are unfamiliar…
Plant Profile: Chinese Witch Hazel (Hamamelis mollis)
Native to forests and thickets in southeastern and southwestern China, this deciduous shrub or small tree is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes loropetalum, fothergill,…
Plant Profile: Big-Leaf Witch Hazel (Hamamelis ovalis)
This deciduous shrub was first found in 2004 in coastal Mississippi where it was growing under a canopy of pine and mixed deciduous hardwoods in shallow flat-bottomed ravines and on…
Plant Profile: Japanese Witch Hazel (Hamamelis japonica)
Native to mountainous areas of Japan, this deciduous shrub or small tree is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes loropetalum, fothergill, and winter hazel. The…
Plant Profile: Chinese Alder (Clethra fargesii)
Also known as bush pepper, common white alder, nana, and pink spire, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to woodlands and mountains of Central China and is a…