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Fragrant Mountain Sweet Box

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Fragrant flowers in the shade! Do you need to give your shady garden areas a refresh? Fragrant Mountain Sweet Box (Sarcocca hookeriana var humilis ‘Fragrant Mountain’) is an easy-to-grow shrub that will give your shady spaces the jolt of new life that they need.Fragrant Mountain loves the shade and has a neat, clean look that shines in the landscape. It has rich evergreen leaves that cover the large bush all year. It can handily reach 5’ tall and 6’ wide, but can also be pruned and used as a great groundcover. In the spring fragrant flowers in a pure satin white emerge that perfume the air with a hyacinth-like scent. If you can plant it near a path, door or window, you should. The scent alone is worth the price of the plant. The flowers are followed by glossy black fruit that attracts birds. Fragrant Mountain doesn’t shrink in the shade and will give your shady areas a huge punch of life in both form and fragrance. They do well in those challenging north-facing spots as well as the dry shade of some woodland gardens. It handles urban conditions as well – compacted soils, road salt and smog don’t seem to faze it. Deer tend to avoid it too.Don’t let those hard-to-fill areas of your garden or landscape go bare for another year. Order your Fragrant Mountain Sweet Box from us today!* Shade* Fragrant flowers in spring* Bird friendly* Groundcover* Easy care and hardy* Disease resistant.

Little Gem Norway Spruce

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Looks like you constantly prune it. (We’ll never tell that you don’t!) We know that you hate to prune. It’s a chore. It’s hard to get everything even. It makes a mess. Well, we’re happy to report that with Little Gem Norway Spruce (Picea abies ‘Little Gem’) you never have to prune again!Little Gem is an evergreen that is prized for its low-growing and slow-growing nature. The deep green needles make it look like a dense, naturally round puff ball that tops out at 18” tall. The slow growth means that it is virtually maintenance free – no coddling necessary!This stunner looks great accenting rock gardens and as a low filler in those often forgotten spaces between larger conifers and evergreens.Little Gem makes a lovely little mound of foliage that shines next to other plants. It looks really good in naturalized settings, like the aforementioned rock gardens, but its perfect shape makes it fit right into modern formal gardens and small patio, balcony and urban landscapes, too. Line a walkway. Flank an entry. Put it in large containers by the patio. You really can’t go wrong with this little beauty. It will make you look like a pro pruner! Buy some and enjoy the accolades today.* Easy care * Compact form* Bird friendly* Evergreen* Year-round interest.

Fragrant Sweet Box

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Perfect evergreen for dry shade! Some areas are tough on plants. One of the most difficult has always been dry shade. You know the spots – under the old tree in the back yard, the spot where the street tree has become overgrown, the small area in the side yard between your house and the neighbors. It is hard to find a plant that will not only thrive there, but look good doing it. And if that plant can actually produce scented flowers – wow!You know what? We have the perfect plant for you! Fragrant Sweetbox (Sarcococca ruscifolia) will happily live in these tough conditions. Not only will it live there, but it will give you weeks of small but intensely scented flowers that will perfume your garden with the scent of hyacinths. Fragrant Sweetbox will slowly grow to 3’ – 5’ tall and wide. It is a great plant to naturally espalier against a wall. It is densely covered in lush deep green foliage that makes it a nice backdrop to garden elements like statuary or fountains or intensely colored flowers. It is perfect for foundation plantings to cover vents, utilities, footings or other unsightly spots around your home or business. Fragrant Sweetbox is resistant to both deer and rabbits and is disease resistant, too! It is water-wise and doesn’t need coddling at all. It is easy to grow and easy to maintain.Stop looking at that eyesore spot in your garden. Order Fragrant Sweetbox from us today!* Shade* Fragrant flowers in late winter* Showy berries* Espalier* Easy care and hardy* Disease resistant.

Delavay Osmanthus

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A magical scented shrub border! Delavay Osmanthus (Osmanthus delavayi) is a magical plant. OK, maybe not really magical, but it comes pretty close. So close in fact, that centuries ago when it was first brought into cultivation in China, it was believed that the crater pattern you can see on the moon depicted an osmathus plant and each year it would shed its shiny seeds and they would fall to earth as shooting stars.So, perhaps this isn’t as magical as that, but any plant that has been tended and revered for centuries has got to have a little magic in it, right?Delavay Osmanthus is a great evergreen for your garden in zones 7-9. It grows densely to 6’ tall and 10’ wide and makes a smashing background for your mixed border or foundation planting. It has as outstanding jasmine-like scent that needs to be near windows and walkways for enjoyment. It grows dense enough that it can even be sheered for topiaries and formal clipped hedges. The branches are also highly prized in upscale florists displays for their beauty and fragrance.In China they are traditionally planted in temple courtyards where the sweet aroma is considered an offering to the gods and the flowers can be used in teas and potpourris.All of this rich beauty, rich scent and rich history can be yours…even if you’re not rich! Order some from us today and enjoy it all year.* Easy care * Dense foliage all year* Strongly scented flowers* Great cut flower* Hedges and topiaries.

Spring Bouquet Laurustinus

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Great flowering evergreen low-grower! Spring Bouquet Viburnum (Viburnum tinus ‘Compactum’) is true to its name, providing your garden with a lovely living bouquet of blushing white flowers in the spring. They are a perfect complement to other spring blooming flowers and shrubs. The beauty of Spring Bouquet Viburnum is that it is an evergreen, so even after the flowers fade it still provides great structure and form in your garden all year.This pretty, low-grower is dense and compact which makes it a favorite choice for small foundation plantings, hedges and screening. Try is as a border in your perennial beds. It makes a great mixed planting in places like the corner of the drive where you want a nice planting, but need to be able to see over it as you pull out.Viburnam is an easy plant to mix with other shrubs. It blends in and adds without overpowering the surrounding shrubs in both leaf and flower. It makes a nice backdrop to tulips, daffodils and other spring bulbs. It looks great in all kinds of garden styles, too. It can look formal in a contemporary setting or wild in a rustic setting. It is especially pretty in the mixed borders of a cottage garden.The flowers are lightly fragrant and you can cut the stems – whether flowering or not – as nice filler in your own home-made bouquets.Make sure to add this beauty to your own garden this year and order a few today!* Compact* Lightly fragrant spring flowers* Berries* Waterwise* Easy care and hardy* Year-round interest.

Oregon Grape Holly

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A great native with eye-catching flowers and berries! Is it possible for a plant to be both subtle and eye-catching, graceful and spiky, muted and colorful? Yes, yes and yes! Oregon Grape Holly (Mahonia aquifolium) is all of this and more.This great native shrub is one of those plants that can be either the supporting actor in the garden or the star player. It has a wild character with its tall thin shape and leathery spiky leaves. It can blend into plantings and fill in odd gaps in your shady spaces. It can cover your utility boxes and water pipe valves and squeeze between your garage and your neighbors wall and live quite contentedly. But it can also stand against your wall or fence where it will glow all season with its bronze leaves that turn deep green and then rich purple in the fall, and its bevy of Big-Bird-yellow flowers followed by loads of dark purple berries all summer. This beautiful evergreen shrub is a valuable plant native to western states, but will grow all over the US in zones 5-9 with proper care. It naturally lives under the high canopies of pine and fir forests in the Pacific Northwest, so it is a shoe-in for your naturalized shady garden. But it is also common in those beautiful Japanese gardens so famous up there, so it fits into more formal spaces well, too.This is a great plant that is underused in many places. Bring this beauty to your neighborhood today!* Easy care * Great foliage color all year* Flowers and berries* Birds love it, deer don’t* Hardy native.

Cream Ball False Cypress

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Slow grower perfect for small spaces! Sometimes you want a plant to grow very quickly. You want it to shield a view or cover an eyesore fast. You might want it to fill in an empty spot in your border, like, yesterday.But then, there are those times when you don’t want a fast grower. You want a plant that will look the same next year as the day you planted it. You want to know exactly what you’re getting right now. Maybe you have a rock or Zen garden that has a specific place that needs filled and there isn’t room for a big plant. Maybe you’re one of the millions of people who are enjoying the current “small garden” movement.If any of the above fits you, then Cream Ball False Cypress is your perfect plant. Cream Ball only reaches 2 feet tall and wide and it only grows 1 inch per year, so you can fit it exactly where you want it and know that it won’t be gangly and out of bounds next year – or the year after – or really ever!Cream Ball forms a round feathery mass of gray-green with blonde highlights all over. This evergreen is a perfect foil for darker green conifers and maroon-leaved perennials.Cream Ball False Cypress has the form, the color and the size to add that wow-factor you are looking for right now! Order yours soon!* Slow grower * Great foliage color all year* Low growing – no pruning required* Low maintenance* Great for rock and Zen gardens.

California Lilac

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Great evergreen for the West Coast! If you’re one of the relative few who live the dream of a coastal beach lifestyle, then you know all too well the pitfalls that come with the privilege:Traffic.Tourists.High prices.Add to that list the fact that it’s hard to garden with sand and salt water as your constant garden companions.Well, this is a plant for you West Coasters. Native to California, California Lilac (Ceanothus gloriosus), also known as Point Reyes Ceanothus, grows from San Francisco down to Southern California in zones 7 – 9. It is a wonderful low-growing, space filling, eye-pleasing shrub that always looks great no matter the time of year. It grows wild on seaside bluffs and down the slopes of the coastal mountains. It only grows 2 to 3 feet tall but about 6 feet wide. The mounding plants are covered in dark green spiky leaves all year. In late winter and early spring sweet little clusters of flowers bloom in shades from deep blue to rich purple.California Lilac enjoys some afternoon shade and doesn’t like drought, but they grow great in beach sand and are experts at erosion control. Try them in native plant landscapes and pollinator gardens where they attract butterflies, bees and birds.If you are one of the lucky few who live near the coast, you will want to add this easy care native to your garden this year. Order from us today!* Evergreen* Spring flowers* Low growing – no pruning required* Low maintenance* Thrives in beach sand where other plants won’t grow* Hardy.

Empire Apple Tree

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Deliciously crisp red apples from your own tree! You’ve probably heard that nothing beats the taste of homegrown apples. “It’s just all hype”, you probably say to yourself. Well, isn’t it about time that you give in to the hype and see for yourself? Empire Apple Trees are easy to grow, easy to care for and especially easy to enjoy. This cross between a classic Macintosh and a flavorful Red Delicious was first developed in the 1940’s and then brought to mass production in the 1960’s. Empire has the best characteristics of both apples and has delighted generations of backyard gardeners.Besides the longer lasting fruit and sweeter taste you get from growing your own apples, you also get the added comfort of knowing just what did (or didn’t) go into that apple before it found its way to your family’s table. Getting an Empire apple tree from Nature Hills is an investment in your family’s healthy future.Some of the benefits of this tree are the crimson red skin and dove-white flesh that makes an apple so desirable. And let’s not forget “that taste”. You know the one we mean. That sweet, desserty taste that you long for when eating an apple fresh out of hand. Many people will argue that Empire even improves on the dessert-wine taste and scent that Macintosh’s are so famous for. It only grows to 16 feet tall and wide so it is the perfect size for an urban or suburban garden. It is ideal for planting under power lines or other tough-to-plant locations. It needs full sun and cool autumn nights for optimal growth and you can increase your fall yield if you plant another apple variety close by to help pollination. Also plan to thin out the crop each year to get bigger and better apples. (Like most Macintosh offspring, it is happy to set many, many little apples for you if you let it.) We are proud to deliver the highest quality plants. Empire Apple Tress are no exception. Order yours now before they sell out!* Rich red fruit with crisp white flesh* Easy care and problem-free* Compact Tree* Delicious taste and smellt.

Meyer Lemon Tree Gift Set

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4-Piece Meyer Lemon Gift SetA Meyer Lemon has been called the “perfect” lemon because it is naturally sweeter than tart, store-bought lemons.You can’t buy Meyer Lemons at the local grocery store, so if you want to enjoy the lemons prized by chefs, you’ve got to grow your own Meyer Lemon tree.A Meyer Lemon is actually a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange. The resulting fruit has that distinctive lemony flavor with extra sweetness and just a hint of orange flavor. Fortunately, a Meyer Lemon tree grows well in containers, and adjusts to a wide variety of growing conditions. A Meyer Lemon tree is equally spectacular as a houseplant or a focal point on the patio. A Meyer Lemon tree blooms with dainty white flowers in late fall and then again in spring. The flowers will fill your home or yard with a fresh citrus fragrance. Afterwards, clusters of lemons with begin to grow and ripen. A Meyer Lemon is self-pollinating, so you only need one tree to produce fruit.The Meyer Lemon Tree Gift Set makes it possible for anyone to enjoy homegrown Meyer Lemons. The gift set includes a potted Meyer Lemon tree, 18-24 inches tall and ready to transplant into the growing container of your choice. Each gift set also incudes Bio-Tone Starter Plus food, Schrade Fruit Sampler Knife and a lemon squeezer made of durable metal with a bright yellow enameled finish.The Meyer Lemon Tree Gift Set is the perfect choice for chefs, gardeners and anyone who loves the taste of fresh lemons in cold beverages or gourmet foods. .