Chilean Firetree (Embothrium coccineum)
Chilean Fire Bush is demanding about its location, but if you qualify, this is a must. The soil should be lime-free, deep and well-drained. The orange scarlet flowers in May and June among blue green (almost-evergreen) leaves are a sight to see. In normal life will get 15′ but some giants do exist. zone 7
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $30.00 |
Blue Ice (Cupressus arizonica 'Blue Ice')
Blue Ice is blue. It is not a small conifer; it will grow to 25′ before you know it and 15′ wide, but if you have the space, it is a beauty. Can stand wind but needs decent drainage. Zone 5.
| Size: Field grown | Price: $115.00 |
Birchbark Cherry (Prunus serrula)
If you look closely, you can see the bark which has peeled off the trunks of this tree; the peeled bark in whorls is translucent, but the trunk which is left is amazing–shining with colors of mahogony to green and smooth as silk. Although this is considered a flowering cherry, you don’t notice the flowers which are small and white. The tree may get to 25′. zone 6
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 Gallon | Price: $35.00 |
Beauty Berry (Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion')
Beautyberry in the winter is a sight to behold. The profuse purple berries linger long after the leaves are gone and shine like jewels. zone 6
| Size: Bareroot 2′ | Price: $16.50 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $115.00 |
Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis)
True Bay Tree is a dense small, evergreen tree (10-12′), the leaves of which one buys dry in bottles in the grocery store. It is a wonderful garden specimen, but unfortunately not very hardy. I have never had one die here in Oregon (zone 7), but it is probably a zone 8 tree.
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $25.00 |
Angels Fishing Rod (Dieramma pulcherimma)
One of the common names for Dieramma is ‘Angel’s Fishing Pole. The purple flowers hang like bells from long upright wands and are followed by golden seed pods which are also striking. At Whitman Farms, we don’t grow many perennials, but I cling to this one. zone 7
| Size: band | Price: $16.50 |
Winter Gold (Acer rufinerve 'Winter Gold')
You can see from the picture the winter effect of this tree; in summer it has a creamy look with various fall color to the leaves. Zone 6.
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |
Vanity (Acer rubrum 'Vanity')
This Red Maple is smaller than species, has a lovely sort of speckled variegated leaf that changes with the seasons and doesn’t burn in full sun.
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |
Snakebark Maple (Acer crataegifolium 'Veitchii')
Of all the trees that I grow, this may be the most delicate. It is a snakebark, so the trunk will burn if the tree is in a hot sunny place. The bluish leaves are variegated white and pink and the limbs are thin and fragile, but it is so lovely! The only mature specimen that I have seen is in the UW arboretum in Seattle; it was no more than 12′. zone 6
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |
Siebold Maple (Acer sieboldianum 'Sode no uchi')
A shrubby tree to 10′; it sports small almost round 9 lobed leaves which are a green tinged with red in the summer and gold to purple in the fall. zone 5
| Size: Graft | Price: $19.00 |
| Size: 1 gallon | Price: $35.00 |
| Size: Field grown | Price: $130.00 |