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These are seedlings from our own named selection of this slow-growing and choice, compact deciduous shrub with a somewhat horizontally branched and rounded habit. The foliage of this selection is bright blue-green and colors attractively in the autumn. The exquisite pale rose-pink flowers (mid-spring) are small and bell-shaped, hanging in clusters and covered with a glaucous "bloom" (like a plum). Perfect in a woodland garden but also quite successful in full sun if well-watered. Native to Japan. These are seedlings so no guarantee regarding foliage color. 

NOTE: formerly known as Menziesia ciliicalyx 'Honshu Blue'. 

This is a slow-growing and choice, compact deciduous shrub with a somewhat horizontally branched and rounded habit. The small and rounded leaves are deep green, quite hairy and color up quite attractively in the autumn. The exquisite deep rose-purple flowers (mid-spring) are small and bell-shaped, hanging in showy clusters beneath the newly emerging foliage. Perfect in a woodland garden but also quite successful in full sun if well-watered. These are seedlings from our own named selection 'Plum Drops'. This is a stunning and very slow-growing species native to Japan. Rarely offered.

Note: formerly Menziesia ciliicalyx 'Plum Drops'

Our own named selection of this slow-growing and choice, compact deciduous shrub with a somewhat horizontally branched and rounded habit. The foliage of this selection is bright blue-green and colors attractively in the autumn. The exquisite pale rose-pink flowers (mid-spring) are small and bell-shaped, hanging in clusters and covered with a glaucous "bloom" (like a plum). Perfect in a woodland garden but also quite successful in full sun if well-watered. Native to Japan. Our best “blue-leaved” form of this variable species. NOTE: formerly known as Menziesia ciliicalyx 'Honshu Blue'.

(formerly Menziesia ciliicalyx) This is a sister seedling to our own selection ‘Honshu Blue’ and is virtually indistinguishable from that outstanding clone. This is a slow-growing and choice, compact deciduous shrub with a somewhat horizontally branched and rounded habit. The foliage of this selection is bright blue-green and colors attractively in the autumn. The exquisite pale rose-pink flowers (mid-spring) are small and bell-shaped, hanging in clusters and covered with a glaucous "bloom" (like a plum). Perfect in a woodland garden but also quite successful in full sun if well-watered. Native to Japan.

A relatively new species to cultivation. This high alpine member of subsection Taliensia has dark red-brown indumentum on the lower leaf surface. Brightly colored rose to deep pink to almost red flowers in mid-spring. Best in very light shade with excellent drainage. From seed collected wild in a newly explored region of the Eastern Himalaya. 

An amazing and very distinct species from the temperate rainforests of the Eastern Himalaya. This species has remarkable stiff and leathery, narrowly heart-shaped leaves to around three inches long - each leaf covered with long silky silvery hairs. The new growth emerges bright red-purple and is complemented by the small, bright yellow flowers. Very slow-growing and requiring excellent drainage. Not very hardy so best in a container in colder climates (Pacific NW for example!) but quite happy rootbound in a pot due to its epiphytic nature. A real beauty and very different from any other species. Long lost in cultivation but recently reintroduced from the wild.

Rounded evergreen shrubs with shiny, deep green foliage. One of the hardiest of all species. White to yellowish or pink flowers with greenish spots in early summer. This form has glossy recurved foliage and a really dense and mounding habit, very attractive. These are grown from seed collected wild on Mt. Surikogi, Japan from a plant with pink flowers.

This is a newly discovered species in subsection Triflora. Unusual two-tone dark pink flowers with a strongly contrasting white throat in very early spring set against hairy dark green foliage. Typical vigorous growth and upright ss. Triflora habit. Sun or light shade.