Rkwright's Garden

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Deep pink flowers with red buds

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

Reddish-Orange flowers, very cold hardy

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

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

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...

Indoor fern

Yellow flowers

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

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

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

Red flowering crepe myrtle, med-large size.

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

Reddish flowers and good fall color

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

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

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

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

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

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

Low-spreading gold mop

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

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

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

Not as pink as 'Ruby Spice'

Slow growing Hinoki cypress with nice blue foliage.

Dwarf Hinoki Cypress with green/yellow foliage.

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

My favorite Clethra alnifolia because of the pink flowers.

Another smaller variety of Clethra with dark green foliage

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

A very hardy azalea with pink flowers on bare stems.

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.

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

Double-flowering blue lilac.

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

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

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

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

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

Weeping form of dawn redwood that can reach 8-10' tall if staked. There are weeping forms of bald cypress t...

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

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

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

Coral bark Japanese maple

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

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

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

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

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

Part of the winter thriller series.

Part of the winter thrillers series

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

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

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

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

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

Beautiful ornamental tree all year, one of my favorites.

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 l...

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...

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

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

Med-sized, excellent fall color!

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